Page Fourteen John Braden's Diary
thursday 5th
i snapped corn to day in the afternoon
friday the 6
John and Ed was here to day i snapped corn all day
saturday the 7
Joes boys was here to day Ed came out and got ma took her to town cora is sick the boys is not well wife is sick two
sunday the 8
i went to town after ma i took ____ in to Ed i got some medicine
monday 9
snapping corn is the order
tuesday the 10
a big frost cloudy all day wife is sick yet
wednesday the 11th
we got done snapping corn
thursday the 12
grace and i went to town took ma load of cobs brought out a load of coal i got two dollars from ma and $1.00 from lee got me a pair of over alls i got some groceries it rained all day me was down to johns a while played the fiddle Ed played the mandalin
posted by The Travelers Journal @ 12:12 AM
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2 Comments:
Reading this is mesmorizing to me. $1.00 for overalls? The idea of snapping corn made me wheeze when I was little...allergic to the silks. I'm sneezing right now. Please tell me "wife" gets well.
I am so happy you are enjoying the diary. I was sad when he stopped writing. Not only did I enjoy reading about his everyday life, it was unbelievable thinking it was my great great grandfather writing it.
Bless you; I hope you have stopped sneezing by now :)
Wife does get better.
I have been working a lot on genealogy, now I am putting the names I have had with the story. It is just so amazing.
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