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Timothy Meigs Younglove Diary
June, July, August 1841
Compiled by
8333 Pleasant Valley Road, Hammondsport, N.Y.
Great-Great Grandson of T. M. Younglove
June 1841
1 Tuesday
Raised the underwork & sills of our barn & the corner where the ground
is the lowest the sil is eleven feet from the ground. Bailey on the ground.
This night I expected to hear from Matilda but Julia Ann & Miss Moore
have just returned from the village & nothing at the Post Office for me.
What the reason could be I am wholly at a loss to know unless she is gone
to Hornby & this must be the case for if she had got my last letter she
would have written certainly.
2 Wednesday
Father, Bailey, Thomas & self worked on barn frame. Wm & Cornelius sowing
& harrowing oats. We calculate to raise day after tomorrow.
3 Thursday
Bailey & Thomas at work on frame all day. Self in forenoon & in afternoon
I invited the hands to help raise tomorrow. Went to Hamport got a letter
from Matilda & she & Myra are both well. Ira Clisbe here today.
4 Friday
Raised the barn, had a good lot of hands & everything in good order. The
building went up well & no accident whatever.
5 Saturday
Went to Bath, saw H. Brother & Howell, got back by noon, in afternoon
went to Reading after Matilda, found her & Myra both quite well. Myra
improved very in walking & now runs all round although she cannot creep
or get up on her feet without help. Hoyts all well as usual. (warm & boys
hoeing corn)
6 Sabbath
Came home from Reading, very warm & thunder shower just night which cooled
the air & this is the first rain we have had since a week ago last Monday
& the ground has been dry.
7 Monday
Began to shear sheep, Isaac Cook, Thomas, Cornelius & self sheared 81.
Wm ploughing buckwheat ground on hill. Warm & dry. Weaning baby.
8 Tuesday
Isaac Cook, Thomas, Greek, Stoddard & Osterhout, Cornelius & self sheared
sheep & Wm ploughed on hill. Shower. O. Hoyt here on his way to Bath,
a witness on Sweezy's trial.
9 Wednesday
Cook, Greek, Stoddard, Osterhout, Thomas & self sheared. Will plowed on
hill.
10 Thursday
Cook, Greek, Stoddard, Osterhout, Thomas & self shearing, Wm at work in
corn. O. Hoyt here, left the lawyers summing up the Sweezy trial. J. B.
Stevenson here & Dan Hedges. Th 67½.
11 Friday
Finished shearing just night, have not counted the fleeces but they are
generally heavy & in first rate order. Today a fine shower & very much
needed. Th 68½.
12 Saturday
Father & Self went up & trimmed the lambs & Father & Cornelius took them
to the Wheeler pasture. I went in the afternoon to H'port & met H. Brother,
J. Bennet & L.C. Dunning & settled the Biteridge & Harried claim. Took
C. Dunnings note for $58.00.
13 Sabbath
At home all day, shot two woodchucks. The weather fine & cool. Julia came
home from Sams where she went yesterday.
14 Monday
Hoed corn — showery.
15 Tuesday
Hoed corn & potatoes, Greek helped — went to H'port bot chip hat
5/ & a pair of gambroon pants of King for $2.75.
16 Wednesday
Hoed potatoes & Will ploughed buckwheat. Watched with Saml Baker very
sick.
17 Thursday
Went on the hill & drew stone to fill up by new barn door. Will ploughed.
Rain in afternoon. F. S. Hackley here all night.
18 Friday
Rainey, packed away the wool, in afternoon went up the hill & staked out
the summer follow in front of Bushes.
19 Saturday
Drew boards, 3 loads from Angels & Clarks to the new barn on the hill,
went to H'port in evening. Boys fencing the summer fallow.
20 Sabbath
At home most of the day. Tried the thermometer in the spring, found it
to stand at 49½ precisely.
21 Monday
Drew boards to barn & one load house logs on summer follow. A. C. Younglove
here.
22 Tuesday
Bailey came to finish barn but so lame that he could not work. Marked
out our gable end & I sawed it. He went home. Father & I went at the old
barn. Cor & Tom began the summer fallow & broke their plow. Will at buckwheat
ground.
23 Wednesday
Morning Father & me went to H'port bot Idea plough of Wm Randel for $6.50.
Jacob Willhelm here worked on barn. Will began to sow buckwheat. Rain
some just night.
24 Thursday
Worked on barn. Cal Angel helped, Barret & Greek ploughing potatoes. Th
71½.
25 Friday
Surveyed road on South hill & then a 35 acre lot for Simmons & Orin Webster.
Willhelm at work at barn.
26 Saturday
Self & Willhelm at work at barn, rainey & we did not do much. Wm ploughing
potatoes. Thomas unwell & did not work. Kill'd calf.
27 Sabbath
Sam & self went over the valley, Tom Baker & A. C. Younglove came back
with us. Sat up with Sam Baker, poorly.
28 Monday
Father & self went work at old barn, boys plowing summer follow.
29 Tuesday
P. Harrison, J. Peck & self all day & Charley Clark ¾ day shingling. Boys
on summer follow.
30 Wednesday
Bailey, P. Harrison & self all day & Perry Stratton ½ day shingled barn.
Most done. Th 78½.
July 1841
1 Thursday
Plowed potatoes & corn. Boys hoed potatoes. A. S. Gregory called in forenoon.
Corn tassels & corn quite large.
2 Friday
Finished hoeing corn.
3 Saturday
Finished shingleing the barn. A. C. Younglove & self went to H'port in
afternoon. Father & boys worked on road. Tom unwell.
4 Sabbath
65 years ago today the United States declared themselves independent of
Great Britain & since that time the change on this side the great water
has been so great that it is beyond description. Even the great Atlantic
has tapered down to a 12 day journey.
5 Monday
Went up the hill, sorted out some sheep to sell. A small shower. Went
to H'port found the whole village almost out in the steamboat riding in
the evening — threw fireballs.
6 Tuesday
Went up & sowed some buckwheat. The State Geological Surveyor came up
on the hill, I went with him on the top of Squire Read's hill. The mercury
stood 27.3 & 6/1000 of ½ 0 inches while at tide water it stands at 30
inches & mercury in the barometer sinks one inch for every 1000 ft elevation.
Thunder showers.
7 Wednesday
Self & William ploughing on follow. William Barret moving fence & cutting
hedge. Thomas unwell yet.
8 Thursday
Finished plowing follow and began at buckwheat. I went down to sawmill
& got ox yoke sticks. Wm Barret clearing away hedge.
9 Friday
Hoed potatoes, Cornelius finished harrowing in the buckwheat. Tom began
to work again.
10 Saturday Surveyed for Sam Simmons in Pulteney as road on South hill
& a road in the town of Bath by order of Judge Hammond. Father & boys
fixed going in place at new barn.
11 Sabbath
At home all day, fixed a board at my window to write on. Wrote a letter
to Rickey & another to Gillette.
12 Monday
Began to mow. Perry Stratton, Colwell Townsend, Will, Tom & self. Father
went to Obd. Wheelers to get the forks fixed. Ira Clizbee called here
this evening & told us of John Loders cutting his throat at about 12 o'clock
noon today. He had been down to H'port & had drank too much, went home
& began to quarrel with his wife, got the butcher knife & threatened her
life but she eluded his grasp, he then cut his own throat from ear to
ear but is not yet dead.
13 Tuesday
Mowed in forepart of day & in afternoon put up 320 cocks. Father went
to H'port & bot a new horserake for $8.00.
14 Wednesday
Greek began & Moses Wintchill came down, drew in 15 loads of hay & put
up 5 or 6 more. Aunt Lizzy came with Uncle & Aunt Aulls - wool buyers
here.
15 Thursday
At work at hay, got in four loads, a small shower just night. C. Townsend
unwell in afternoon.
16 Friday
At work at the hay, rain some in forenoon. Mr. & Mrs. Bostwick called
here last night. I paid my subscription $3.00, Father paid him $2.00 cash
& the rest in cider - $3.00.
17 Saturday
At work at the hay all hands. Seven load of hay & about 200 cocks up.
Myra one year old today, fat & healthy.
18 Sabbath
At home, went down to the creek, cherries very good. Sam & Lydia down
today on horseback.
19 Monday
All hand at work at the hay, got in 14 loads.
20 Tuesday
Finished mowing the lower meadow & the little meadow. I cut my finger
pretty bad with the scythe. Edward Sweet brot my watch from the city.
I paid $3.00.
21 Wednesday
All hands at hay, got 9 loads.
22 Thursday
All hands at hay, got 17 loads.
23 Friday
All hands at hay, got loads. Greek quit at noon. Thunder shower passed
to the south. Finished mowing at home.
24 Saturday
Got through haying at home, 10 loads. Self grunting with the tooth-ache
down & saw Pulling, gave me a little medicine for a wash.
25 Sabbath
Very bad with the toothache all day. Showers went round but none came
here.
26 Monday
Began to mow on the hill. Self poorly with the tooth. Saw Pulling says
it won't do to have it out.
27 Tuesday
Hands at work on hill. Self quite unwell, went over to Bakers. Prospect
of rain.
28 Wednesday
All hands at hay. Self went to Sams, got some potatoes. Face broke & feel
pretty well. A. C. Younglove & wife here.
29 Thursday
Self well, all hands at work on hill.
30 Friday
Self & Col. Townsend at work at wheat on the flat, rest on the hill at
hay.
31 Saturday
Self & Col Townsend at work in wheat on flat, about 10 o'clock began to
rain & continued rainy nearly all day which is the first we have had since
the sixth & the dryst time I have ever know. Pasture all dryed up, potatoes
& corn suffering much.
August 1841
1 Sabbath
Went to Bath with F. M. Hammond. Mr. Wisner here all night.
2 Monday
All hands up to Barrets except Tom mowing barley. Cor. taking up flax,
self & Col Townsend cut 19 doz wheat. A. C. Younglove went home.
3 Tuesday
Finished mowing on hill — two of L. Warners boys helped.
4 Wednesday
Wm & Thomas drew in the wheat down here — worked in wheat on hill
in forenoon — finished haying in afternoon.
5 Thursday
Worked in wheat on hill, shower just night.
6 Friday
Went self & father to Waterloo factory, staid all night at Bologna, Saturday
went to factory with 33 fleeces 78½ pounds got $0.50 in cloth. Back to
Uncle Aarons staid the night.
8 Sabbath
Came home, while we were gone the boys finished chopping Drakes job. Rain
tonight.
9 Monday
Self, Will, Tom & Greek worked in wheat. Father & Mother went to Bath.
I killed a rattlesnake.
10 Tuesday
Self, Will & Tom in wheat. Tom & Father stacked the barley in afternoon.
Drew in 44 doz wheat.
11 Wednesday
Self, Will & Tom all day in wheat & Greek ½ day.
12 Thursday
Self, Will & Tom all day in Wheat & Greek half day. Wm Baker here in evening.
13 Friday
Self, Will, Tom & Cornelius worked in wheat, finished drawing in all 220
doz.
14 Saturday
Went up & burned Rosses & Drakes job, Father & boys took the lambs from
the ewes. J. F. Andrews & wife here. Self & Matilda went to H'port.
15 Sunday
Self & Matilda took Miss Moore to Kenneydaville, wrote to J. H. Hill.
16 Monday
Fishing day — all went but Will, Matilda & Julia went berrying,
got a fine mess & we got about 75 small lake fish.
17 Tuesday
Burned Barret's follow. Hosea Longwell & Garret Rosenkrans here all night.
18 Wednesday
Surveyed for Snider & Hustings $41/4. Nelson Clark began to lay barn floor.
19 Thursday
All hands at work at barn. Nelt Clark helping.
20 Friday
Father went to Wayne hotel. Self, boys & Clark at work at barn. Finished
floor. J. H. Hill came here on his way to Kenneyadville.
21 Saturday
Went with Hill to H'port in forenoon and in afternoon went to Kennedyville
to Hill's wedding. A fine company & pleasant time. Mr. Hosmore officiated.
Staid all night &
22 Sabbath
Came home Sabbath morn. Filled a deed. J. M. Brundage here, we made out
Miss Moores school bill, a small shower last night.
23 Monday
Went up & marked & sorted sheep, took 150 young ewes to Wheeler pasture.
Will got two loads wood.
24 Tuesday
Leveled up the old barn. Clark worked. Will began to plow on summer follow.
Tom began to cut oats.
25 Wednesday
Sorted some sheep in forenoon & went H'port. Boys at work on summer follow.
26 Thursday
Father, Clark & self at barn. Will at follow & Tom at oats. Cold rain.
B. R. Streety came to town last night.
27 Friday
Father, Clark & self at barn. Will at follow & Tom cutting oats. Cold
no rain of amount.
28 Saturday
Self sold Sam's & Palmer's wool to J. J. Poppino for 40 cents amt $116.40
— A good deal of company. Mrs. Hosmer all night.
29 Sabbath
Warm, the thermometer stood at 86 when it was cloudy, rained hard for
a few minutes, thundered & lightning — filed deed.
30 Monday
Self & Thomas got some timber for shed. Will at follow & Father at Bath.
Bot valisse for $5.00.
31 Tuesday
Self & Tom got out timber most of the day & began to take up oats. Rainy
thunder showers but not much water fell. John Finch came & got his deed,
paid me $1.75 — Miss Sherwood here — I paid Sam for his wool
$45.80.
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