February 7 thru 8, 1894

 

I will not be transcribing each entry since most of Bert's diary is pretty clear. You can read the original more easily by clicking on the image above to view a larger version. I will be including this paragraph, or something similar in each entry so that new readers will know they can click the image to enlarge it for easier reading. Also, there will be some links to the right of the page with relevant information that may be of interest.  If you follow Bert's diary regularly, you can skip this paragraph. My notes will include the basics of what Bert talks about each day, along with my own personal thoughts, research, information gleaned from past or future entries, etc. If you have information or suggestions that may help my research, please e-mail me.
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Wednesday, February 7, 1894 ---  Another nice pleasant day, with some thawing.  Leman and Bert each took a load of potatoes to Worth and Flaherty in Prattsburgh in the forenoon.  In the afternoon, all three of them sorted potatoes.  (I'd love to know what percent of them make the grade?  It is probably about 4 months since harvest, with storage just a cellar under the house or barn?)

Thursday, February 8, 1894 --- Bert again declares it a nice pleasant day.  "the sun shone real warm and thawed like fun and it spoiled the road".  Despite the muddy road, Bert and Leman took two loads of potatoes to Prattsburgh in the forenoon, and "got along nicely", but in the afternoon, conditions had gotten muddy, and Leman "got hung on the point of a little pitch".  Bert went to pull him out, but broke a runner on the sleigh in the process.  Leman went back to "billeys" (sic) and got another one to repair the sleigh.  In the evening they went on sorting potatoes by lantern light.