October 1877

[BTM]  This part of the diary was so brittle and deteriorated that only part of the month is found on paper that is mostly missing.  I felt that what was legible was important to write down for records on her diary.   We still find some interesting information of the day to day happenings in the life of Rhoda and her TOTTY families.

October the first Day Monday    Ben and Louisa gon home   baby sick   Bart and Tilda come brought Ade  Staid all day    Jase hauling corn for Bourland    Extremely warm wich for a norther     horses all got out    having one of Georges tunes<sic>? After them in the dark

2nd Day  Laten moved another layout to the wall    old man Sick again to day    Bart gone after his hogs   Still the cotton picking goes on Pea Sick to night with a sore on his……
warm enough tonight for August
………………………………….about the place old man
………………………………….oon as he can going to rest

………………………………….k rented 30 acres    Bart
…………………………………n now a roaring northern
…………………………………up this evening    Hildreth back 
………………………………

…………………………..Bourlands  Saw Lane and Lou   cold this
…………………………..id  She would wash for me tomorrow
………………..ling corn for Cross I can see him from the window
…………..for …this eveing him and Pea hauled wood

5th Day hired Mrs Williams to wash   I think She is a
……..Bart here picking cotton  Pea drove up the Cattle
….kill a beef    Frank worked for Lane   pleasant to night

6th Day    killed a beef    me and Lillie ironed    Bart and 
Pea went to the Burg   bought boots   Frank went home 
With Ben    Alen went to Dorcys   old man went to 
 Cooks to wight cotton    Lillie went to Bourlands
I Staid at home Cooked beef and things

7th Day Sunday   Jase come brought Bettie and Tilda
………Caracer and wife come this evening to pick cotton
………a big rain last night
……………….Cotton picking Still goes on   Lane……
……Jase……me down with his wagon………….
……….see………………..ennis come to see………

October the 9th     Frank and Jase hauled their first load 
To the gin   Dr Cox come round from Felins    Bart 
Medicine for Tildas eyes   Sherif summoned Mr. Totty
Jury       got  dinner a little after ten   So they get off to the
Gin  layout moved to Freemans

10th Day    be long remembered Jase got big………..
and the old man had a fight in the yard   Ben   Frank 
pulled them apart    I had been Sick all feel better 
now    reckon the row helped me…………
rode Jack    She had just gone before the crowd got…..
I guess She will be glad of that

11th Day     Old man and Frank went to the gin  See Tilda
me and her went to see Manda come home   feel better to night
Alen Staying all night   him and Pea got dinner  had a crowd 
Jase was here to See what he had done   Ben got oil and ……..

12th  Day    Frank hauled his cotton nearly  crazy with his foot to 
night  old man got fever   I think they will nearly kill themselves 
yet about cotton   I went to See Mrs Young this evening  Ben come 
to get a mule  To ride to the Store   his mule got away yesterday
high wind from the South  day warm   hot ………..

13th Day October 1877    Got their cotton loaded up ready to 
………raining to night    Ben went to the Store got to …….
……Day    another deluge ranin and hail before day   heat out the cotton
…..and Bart took dinner    hauled rails and put up fence….
…..and Lillie went to See Baly this evening
…..Day  rain  rain bigh rain to night  Pea Started to …
…..to school   Willie C come this evening

16th Day    Harville got his wagon   Bob and Bart 
a  ….ade come down    talked Some about corners
…me and Lillie washed a big washing
…..a Sore throat to night    old man got a sore finger
…..Day     more rain    cloudy and misting to night
…..Springer  brought cotton in to day   Sprouted in the bo…..
….ank and Alen fixed up their wagons all ready for
……..ting  if it ever quits raining    old man took 2 or 3
……of Laudnum   he said been Sleeping nearly all
…day  feel lonely thinking way back to my Fathers house

18th Day    rain a little    wind from north to night
……..all ready to Start with the cotton in the morning
 ….Bart and Tilda come down to night

19th Day    roled out with the cotton   Bart and Tilda 
went home after dinner    me and Lilie went with them
………….on to Jases ……so thankful to be able to walk
…..hl…..tha..e  not….im……..

20th Day of October    Spent the day…..
cold and cloudy    Jase went to Taylors   Be….
………….and Pea come Staid all night

21 Day    me and Bettie and Lillie come down ……
Bart found Anna and Sid there   Tilda Sick   Staid til evening
Rode home in Harvilles wagon   John and Sarah…….
Glad to See them  and the children   Bourland
Baly come Set till bed time   wind  got still…………
Shining bright to night   glad to see it clea…….

22 Day   old man and boys got back form Gainesville
I went to See Mrs Springer   saw Dolly

23 Day    Harville Ben and Bart here this morn…..
Tilda very Sick Sent for Cox think I will go Se…..
In the morning   Ben Hodges called Mollie  Said his 
Uncle had come    Frank and Alen commenced to 
Haul corn    Jase come after me to go see Tilda
I went found her very Sick  Staid all night

24 Day   old man went to See her this evening
found her better glad to hear it   rain to night
thunder and lightning

25 Day found the hogs    Bourlands making the wagon bed
I went to See Baly her eyes very sore   Frank and Alan
Killed a hog   Ben come to night been to Dorcys 
To settle        Jase and Hale took dinner 

26th Day    Me and Lillie washed     Frank and 
……..up the hogs   ‘Chesser come after me about 
……….dressed a boy  [drew babys picture]
…………come home  Bettie come with me     boys
……..work the road      old man got fever

…..Day   John and Anna   John and Sarah all come
…..an Started to Court  very warm to night Lillie
……..to see Ida

…..Day    Harville got back from Montague  rain….
…..orning      Frank and Alan hauled cotton seed
…..and   and Ben went to Forestburg   Frank gone
….ay with Tilda  to ight   Bourland got his hog

….Day    Cloudy and misting..  all quit trying to haul
… and gone home   Lillie went with Anna nobody
…me  but me Frank and Alan to night

..1 Day  Spent the day with Mrs Cross    Frank went to
Dorceys    raining a big rain to night  fear it will drown
All the little pigs

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Transcribed from Original Diary by Birdie (Totty) McNutt ©2000