Wallace - 1924

1924

January

Tuesday 1

26 Above Fair and windy

Wednesday 2

2 above A nice winter day

Thursday 3

20 A Snowed all day

Friday 4

18 A Clear and fine all day

Saturday 5

4 Below The first time that it has been below zero this winter. Snowed gently all day.

Sunday 6

8 A Cleared off fine no wind

Monday 7

2 B Cloudy some windy

Tuesday 8

0 Fair no wind

Sunday 13

0 Fair No wind

Monday 14

2 A Sheridan got his first load of pulp to river today. Some windy

Tuesday 15

6 A Fair no wind. Killed our pigs today.

Wednesday 16

10 Below The coldest so far this winter

Thursday 17

40 Above a Beautiful day

Friday 18

10 A A fine winter day

Saturday 19

10 A Fair no wind another fine day

Sunday 20

26 A cloudy and mild

Monday 21

5 B at sunrise. Windy and cold tonight 10-B

Tuesday 22

2 B Cloudy and snowy

Wednesday 23

5 B windy and snow squalls

Thursday 24

4 Above Fine clear day. No wind. Merrill Henry died suddenly today.

Friday 25

16 to 36 Above. Snowed all the forenoon

Saturday 26

5B to 5 A and 20 Below tonight

Sunday 27

28 Below to 8 B and 20 B tonight. A strong wind all day. L.M. Henry buried today.

Monday 28

22 B to 16 Above

Tuesday 29

5 A to 40 A Cloudy all day. No wind

Wednesday 30

24 A to 48 A Cloudy and mild.

Thursday 31

30A – 0 Clear all day. Finished packing our ice today. 200 cakes. Fredis with us tonight.

February

Friday 1

8 B to 30A A beautiful day for business around here in the woods.

Saturday 2

20-30 Above. A mild cloudy day. The first half of winter has been grand.

Sunday 3

14 to 34 above. Cloudy and mild. Woodrow Wilson died today. ???? snow squalls.

Monday 4

4B to 20 above. Cloudy and snow squalls. No wind

Tuesday 5

14 to 20 Above. Cloudy and calm all day.

Wednesday 6

16 to 30 Above. Snowed about all day.

Thursday 7

20 to 26 Above. Fair and some wind. Mattie went to Auburn today.

Friday 8

4 – 26 clear

Saturday 9

4 to 24 Above. A clear pretty day.

Sunday 10

2B to 20 A. snowing tonight.

Monday 11

18A to 5 A. clear cool and windy.

Tuesday 12

4B to 20A Has been a fin winter day.

Wednesday 13

0 to 20A Fair and some windy.

Thursday 14

0 to 26A Fair. Fred came up tonight.

Friday 15

6B to 26A Fair Fred went home today.

Saturday 16

0 to 10 above at noon. Fair and cool.

Sunday 17

0 to 20 above. Fair. Fine winter weather.

Monday 18

4A to 20A Clear a find day. Some wind

Tuesday 19

5B to 20A Has been a fine day.

Wednesday 20

10A to 20A. Snowed all day and still storming.

Thursday 21

20A to 28A. Fair. One foot of snow fell yesterday and last night.

Friday 22

8A to 20A Fair and some windy.

Saturday 23

0 to 14 Above Clear but cold and windy.

Sunday 24

4A to 24A Fair and windy

Monday 25

10 to 323 Above Clear and fine

Tuesday 26

4 to 40 above. Another fine day. Clear and no wind.

Wednesday 27

10 to 45 A. clear

Thursday 28

10A to 36A. Clear and fine. Fred came tonight.

Friday 29

10A to 30 Above. Some cloudy and windy.

March

Saturday 1

10A to 34A Fair. No Wind. Fred went home today.

Sunday 2

4B to 40A A fine day. Fair and no wind.

Monday 3

10A to 34A. Some cloudy with a little snow this morning. No. wind.

Tuesday 4

4 a to (8)6A No wind. A pretty day. 51 years ago today we moved from Upton to Andover.

Wednesday 5

30A to 36A Snowed all the afternoon with signs of more storm of rain or snow.

Thursday 6

32A to 40A Cloudy and warm. Sheridan has got his pulp all out.

Friday 7

32 to 40 Above. Cloudy and warm all day snowed some.

Saturday 8

30A to 38A Cloudy and snow squalls

Sunday 9

34A to 42A Warm windy and cloudy. Have been in the house all day with a cold in my head.

Monday 10

28A to 38A cloudy and warm

Tuesday 11

32A to 42A cloudy and calm all day.

Wednesday 12

30A to 28 A Cloudy and squally

Thursday 13

20A to 28A Clear and cool. Sheridan finished hauling his birch.

Friday 14

16A to 24A Cloudy and windy. Saw my first crow today for the spring.

Saturday 15

18A to 24A Cloudy & windy

Sunday 16

8A to 22A Cold, cloud and windy with some snow squalls.

Monday 17

18A to 30A cloudy & windy. Sheridan finished drawing our wood today.

Tuesday 18

20A to 34A Fair and windy.

Wednesday 19

24 to 36A Fair and windy

Thursday 20

30 to 40A A beautiful day.

Friday 21

34 to 50A Cloudy with no wind

Saturday 22

28 to 60A Clear and fine. Went to Grange today.

Sunday 23

18 to 40A Clear and fine

Monday 24

28 to 36A Fair and windy

Tuesday 25

20 to 40 A Clear with a cool wind. A sap day.

Wednesday 26

10A to 50A Partly cloudy. Commenced to saw up our orchard today.

Thursday 27

20 to 36A Commenced to tap our sap orchard today. A good sap day.

Friday 28

16A to 45A Fair and windy. Finished tapping to run well this P.M. Drove the horses up to the sap house with using a shove at all

Saturday 29

22A to 50 Above Commenced to boil sap today.

Sunday 30

32A to 50A Snowed today. A good sap snow.

Monday 31

28A to 32A Cool and ?wingy? Boiled of 4 Gal of honey today.

April

Tuesday 1

18A to 45A Cool. Habe been sawing wood today.

Wednesday 2

24 to 28A Cool morning with six inches snow fall

Thursday 3

22 to 42A Clear and cool. Sap run good this PM

Friday 4

20 A to 50A A good sap day. Commencing to run wagons today. Took off 4 Gal = 8

Saturday 5

Did not freeze last night so sap run all night had a good run. Boiled of 6 Gal making 14 Gal.

Sunday 6

36 to 44 A Cloudy and cool all day. Snowed all day.

Monday 7

32 to 40 Above Cloudy and cool. No sap weather.

Tuesday 8

28 to 50 Above Cloudy all day. Sap run some. Ned worked 2 days. Ned worked thru A.M. Last week of spring in the sap woods.

Wednesday 9

Tuesday word should have been written here.

Thursday 10

32 to 50 Above. Cloudy in the AM. Clear tonight. Have been boiling sap too of 6 Gal. making 20 Gal.

Friday 11

16 to 42 Above. A very good sap day Finished sawing on wood today.

Saturday 12

16 to 40 above. Sap run some today. Stormy tonight. Boiled off 3 gal making 23 Gal.

Sunday 13

30 to 50 Above. Some cloudy. Ira Bodwell was married last night to a Miss Robinson one of the school teachers.

Monday 14

35 to 45 Above. No sap day. Boiled off 6 Gal making 28 in all so far.

Tuesday 15

28 to 49 Above. Cloudy. No sap day. Boiled of 4 Gal = 33. Sheridan commenced to throw in his pulp this P.M.

Wednesday 16

24 to 45 A A clear nice day. A fair sap day. A little cool. Sheridan worked on his pulp today.

Thursday 17

18 to 50 A Clear and fine. Boiled off 2 Gal making 35 Gal. Sheridan has worked on his pulp today.

Friday 18

22 to 62 Above. A good sap A.M. boiled off six Gal making 41 Gal. Raining tonight.

Saturday 19

30 to 46 Above and snowing hard. About 5 inches has fallen. Clearing off tonight.

Sunday 20

Warm all day. Another birthday (my 72d) and Easter too. A beautiful day.

Monday 21

30 to 50 A A nice day. Sheridan has been throwing in his pulp today. I have been doing chores as usual.

Tuesday 22

Snow & rain all day. A bad day outside.

Wednesday 23

32 to 42 A Cloudy & cool. Hervey Hall died today. Sad indeed for the family. We are all sorry for them.

Thursday 24

34 to 44 A. Cloudy and cold and windy. Fred came up tonight.

Friday 25

34 to 44 A cloudy and windy. We went down to Hervey Hall’s funeral today Mr. Robinson preached.

Saturday 26

A fine day. Turned over our sap buckets today. Some warm tonight.

Sunday 27

Clear and windy. Drying up the mud

Monday 28

Another nice day. Sheridan has been on the river today. I have done the chores and gathered in the sap buckets.

Tuesday 29

Another fine day. Signs of rain tonight.

Wednesday 30

Cloudy all day with signs of rain again tonight.

May

Thursday 1

Rained all night. Our first freshet this spring.

Friday 2

Cloudy. Sheridan got his pulp drive out today.

Saturday 3

A nice cool day. Margaret and Mattie have gone to Rumford. Their first trip with auto this spring.

Sunday 4

Monday 5

Have been working on the manure spreader today. Sheridan has been out to Hanover to get the work horses shod.

Thursday 8

A find day. Beginning to warm up some. Fred came up tonight.

Sunday 11

Cludy and cool. Harry and Lizzie came home from lake today.

Monday 12

A rainy day.

Thursday 15

Have not done much farming this week on account of bad weather. Fred came tonight.

Saturday 17

Sowed six akers of oats today.

Tuesday 20

A fine day. Sylvanus Leonard [Learned]was buried today.

Thursday 29

Sowed some oats today.

Friday 30

Finished sowing our oats today.

June

Thursday 5

A fine day. Finished planting our potatoes today.

Wednesday 11

A fine day. Planted a small field of potatoes today.

Saturday 21

Begins to warm up some. Has been a cold Spring. Crops a small and late. Sheridan has worked farm day on pulp = 8 days

Sunday 22

A nice day. Our wedding took place 45 years to ago today. Sheridan gave us a nice ride to Rumford this P.M.

Friday 27

Sheridan has got in 16 days on his hauling job.

Saturday 28

A fine day. Commenced to cultivate the potatoes today.

July

Friday 4

Another Independence Day. Andover had a small celebration but quite good. A fine day.

Thursday 10

Am stopping with Bro. David tonight in Dresden Maine. Have enjoyed the ride down.

Friday 11

Today we have been riding around seeing the country. Seems to be quite a goo farming community.

Saturday 12

Got tonight on my pleasure trip. I have enjoyed it very much.

Tuesday 15

A fine day. We commenced haying today. Gradon and Earl worked today.

Wednesday 16

Dull

Thursday 17

Rain

Friday 18

Rainy

Saturday 19

A fair hay day. Got in 4 loads. The boys worked again today.

Sunday 20

A fine day.

Monday 21

A good hay day. Got in 3 loads. Both boys worked today. Dry warm.

Tuesday 22

Not a very good hay day but we got five loads today. Making 12 in all. Raining again tonight.

Wednesday 23

A good day. Got 2 loads today. The boys both worked today.

Thursday 24

Cloudy. We got 3 loads = 17 in all. The boys both worked today.

Friday 25

No hay day. Mowed some with machine. The boys did not work today.

Saturday 26

A fine hay day. Got in one load = 18. The boys worked today.

Sunday 27

A beautiful day. Have been to home all day reading the papers.

Monday 28

Another fine hay day. Got in 4 loads making 22. The boys worked today.

Tuesday 29

a good hay day. Got in 3 loads = 25. The boys worked today.

Wednesday 30

Not a very good hay day. Got in 3 = 28. The boys worked today.

Thursday 31

Cloudy. Got 1 load = 29. The boys worked today.

August

Friday 1

A good day. Got 4 loads = 33. The boys worked today.

Saturday 2

Another hay day. Got 4 loaes = 37. The boys worked today.

Sunday 3

A beautiful day.

Monday 4

Got 2 loads of hay today = 39. The boys worked this AM. Raining tonight.

Tuesday 5

Dull weather with rain.

Wednesday 6

Showers

Thursday 7

Showers and hot. Fred came up tonight.

Friday 8

Fair. Have been hoeing some in the garden.

Saturday 9

Showers tonight. Poor hay weather.

Sunday 10

Showers again today.

Monday 11

A fine day.

Tuesday 12

Rain.

Wednesday 13

A good hay day for the farmers who are still haying. Went to a ride around the 8 mile square.

Thursday 14

Cleared off again today. Rained last night. Fred came tonight.

Friday 15

A beautiful day. Got in another load of hay today making 48 loads in all. Finished haying.

Saturday 16

Another fine day. I finished hoeing our garden today for the third time this season.

Sunday 17

Showers. The first dull Sunday we have had for a long time.

Monday 18

Cloudy and cool

Tuesday 19

A fine day

Wednesday 20

A rainy day. Have been in Pomona Grange today.

September

Sunday 7

Cleared off today quite cool. Went to church today. Mr. Robinson preached a fine sermon.

Monday 8

A fair day. Got our first frost last night. 28 above zero.

Tuesday 9

A rainy day.

Wednesday 10

Another rainy day.

Thursday 11

Have had a big rain causing a freshet or flood of water. Washed some of our oats.

Friday 12

Picked up 22 Bu. of potatoes today that were washed out by the flood.

Saturday 13

Cloudy and dull. Has been a bad week for farmers to harvest their grain.

Monday 15

Have been working on the oats trying to dry them. The bundles are full of sand and dirt. Some job.

Wednesday 17

Uncle Charles and Aunt Mary Chase are with us tonight. Glad to have them visit us.

Thursday 18

Went to the fair today.

Friday 19

Another frost this morning. 28 above. Did not kill the corn and potatoes.

Sunday 21

A fine day. Have been around home resting and reading all day.

Monday 22

Commenced to dig our potatoes today.

Thursday 25

A slight frost this morning. A beautiful day. Lewis Hall commenced work today.

Friday 26

A heavy frost this morning the first real killer one have had this Fall. 24 above. A fine day.

Saturday 27

A fine day. The boys worked every day ths week and Lewis 3 day = 15. Got out 560 Bu. of potatoes.

Sunday 28

Another warm pretty day.

Monday 29

Cloudy today. Dug 95 Bu.= 655. Sheridan went to Rumford this P.M. with a load of 40 Bu.

Tuesday 30

A very rainy day.

October

Wednesday 1

Too wet to run the digger so Sheridan has been to Rumford with 40 Bu. potatoes. Earl & Arthur worked thru P.M.

Thursday 2

A find day. We dug 80 Bu today. Making 735 so far. Arthur & Lewis worked today.

Friday 3

A fine day. Lewis & Arthur worked today. Got 50 Bu =785

Saturday 4

Another beautiful day. Got out 55 = 840. Lewis and Arthur worked today. 10 days hired help this week = 25 days.

Sunday 5

A fine day. Sheridan gave us a nice ride around the North Rumford Square this P.M.

Monday 6

Another pleasant fall day. Arthur & Harris worked . Dug 65 Bu = 905

Tuesday 7

Clear with a little rain tonight. Arthur and Harris worked today. Dug 45 Bu = 950 Bu

Wednesday 8

Cloudy and cool. Finished digging our potatoes at home today got The three boys worked today making 7 days this week + 25 = 32 days in all.

Thursday 9

Clear & windy. Sheridan commenced to dig his potatoes on the Hall farm today. Fred came up tonight.

Friday 10

Cloudy and warmer today. Commenced to pick our apples to have not got many to pick

Saturday 11

A fine warm day.

Sunday 12

Pleasant but cool windy

Monday 13

Windy cloudy and snow squalls. Our first snow this fall.

Saturday 18

Have been working on potatoes all the week. Sheridan finished digging on the Hall farm today.

Saturday 25

Lizzie cam today noon to do the house work for her mother for a while.

November

Saturday 1

A fine week of weather. A few cool nights. Not a drop of rain for the whole week.

Monday 3

Harry came tonight

Saturday 8

Burt Dunn buried today. A very windy day. Beatrice came today to make a visit.

Sunday 9

Monday 10

A fine day. Sheridan has been plowing today with the tractor and I have been fixing up things for winter.

Wednesday 12

Walter Berry buried today.

Thursday 13

Mrs. Fred Grover died today we hear.

Friday 14

Cattle have been in the barn all day. About two inches of snow.

Saturday 15

The stock did not run out today.

Sunday 16

And still they are in the barn

Monday 17

4A with a high wind. A cold day for this time of the year. Sheridan and Harry commenced sawing pulp today. Good wheeling.

Tuesday 18

Another cold windy day. Have been at home doing chores all day.

Wednesday 19

A clear pretty day.

Thursday 20

Cloudy and mild

Friday 21

A beautiful day. Repaired the ?Pumpley? well house. Let the horses in the field today.

Saturday 22

Fine weather all the week until today. Rained this PM. Have been fixing up for winter around the buildings. Good wheeling all the fall thus far.

Sunday 23

Have had another freshet. Rained for 24 hours. Cooling off tonight.

Monday 24

Cloudy and mild. Fields all bare.

Saturday 29

Cloudy and cool. Fixed up the sap house for winter today.

Sunday 30

Snowed about 6 inches last night. Cloudy and squally today.

December

Monday 1

16A Cloudy and windy with some snow squalls.

Tuesday 2

24A. cloudy cool and windy.

Wednesday 3

22A. cloudy. No wind. Jane Flgler [Jennie Flaglor] died today.

Thursday 4

20A. Cloudy and windy. Fred came tonight.

Friday 5

4 to 28-above. A find clear morning and nice day. Beatrice came tonight for a few days.

Saturday 6

28 to 42A Snowed a little last night. A warm wind has taken the most of it off. Autos are still running.

Monday 8

Warm foggy and cloudy. Rained all the PM.

Tuesday 9

34 to 40 above. Foggy and mild.

Wednesday 10

22 to 18 above. Cloudy and windy.

Thursday 11

12 to 34 above. Partly cloudy. Clear tonight. Fred came tonight.

Friday 12

0 to 24 above. Partly cloudy.

Saturday 13

20 to 26 above. Snowed all day about 4 inches has fallen.

Sunday 14

14 to 24 above. Cool and windy. Wm. Pickins called on us today. We were glad to see him.

Monday 15

3 to 5 A.. Cold and windy.

Tuesday 16

2B to 16A Partly cloudy

Wednesday 17

20 to 26A. Cloudy. Grilled our pigs today.

Thursday 18

12 to 20A Partly cloudy.

Friday 19

16 to 20 above. Cloudy. Some hail and mist all day. The boys did go in work today.

Saturday 20

10 to 16A cold and rainy

Sunday 21

18B to 8 Below. A cold windy day. Way below zero all day.

Monday 22

12B to 14A Partly cloudy and cool. No wind.

Tuesday 23

18B to 10A. A find day for winter

Wednesday 24

20 to 24 above. Snowed gently all day about 3 inches fallen.

Thursday 25

20 to 24A This is my 73 Christmas. Cloudy and mild.

Friday 26

6B to 20A A fine day. Homer went to Upper Dam and Middle Dam today with his auto.

Saturday 27

16B to 30A Another fine winter day. The boys have been installing a raidio this PM.

Sunday 28

15B to 6A. A fine pleasant cold day. Sunshine all the forenoon and down to zero at noon.

Monday 29

26B to 15A. A clear cold morning but signs of snow tonight. Commenced to get our ice today.

Tuesday 30

4 to 24 Above. Cloudy.

Wednesday 31

6B to 6A Finished the ice job today.

Dimensions of House

Length of front 53 ft

Width 26 “

Highth 13 “