DIARY OF
SARAH A. GRANDEY CONVERSE
February 1899
Wednesday, February 1 –Still very cold & bright, not a
cloud to be seen.
Thursday, February 2 – Cold, clear & bright all
day.
Friday, February 3 – This morning clouds and cold, more moderated
at noon & commenced to snow.
Saturday, February 4 – Snowing quite briskly this forenoon, afternoon bright & pleasant. A. M. Juba at home. P. M. He has gone to Vergennes with Hariets team to bring them a load of coal. Rollin went over to the lake with George Allen to see him ___ ice & ride home on the ice.
Sunday, February 5 – Very pleasant but cold. All at home.
George Allen came over. Towards
evening
Monday, February 6 – Cold & some cloudy.
Tuesday, February 7 – Still very pleasant but cold.
Wednesday, February 8– Snowing fast this morning, very light
snow, no wind yet.
Thursday, February 9 – Bright sunny morning, cold. Ther. 4 above zero.
Friday, February 10 – Cold, 4 below zero this morning. The sky is clear & wind south. Hope it will soon be warmer.
Saturday, February 11 – Very cold this morning, six degrees
below zero in the porch. Sun is shining
bright but don’t seem to warm the air much.
Rollin is sick, vomiting so he cannot go to school, the last day.
Sunday, February 12 – Coldest morning yet. Ther. 11 below zero in our porch. All at home. Rollin is feeling some better.
Monday, February 13 – Still very cold, are having a severe
north snow storm, coldest this year.
Rollin is feeling pretty well today.
Tuesday, February 14 – Bright sunshine today but cold. Juba
& Joe out clearing the road. The
weather has been cold for two weeks. 11
years today since my dear grandchild died in
Wednesday, February 15 – Very cold, wind south this morning, will fill the crossroads again. Juba & Joe out to get the mail through. I made a bad mistake in the day. Grant & Juba went to Vergennes tonight. They attended a show. Did not get home till twelve oclock.
Thursday, February 16 – A little more snow forenoon. Juba & Joe out clearing the road again. Before night the wind blew a gale & filled the tracks they had dug out full again. Rollin is better, so he has been out some, coughs hard. Juba & Clara after the mail. I rec’d a letter from Minnie.
Friday, February 17 – Much warmer & bright.
Saturday, February 18 – Still thawing.
Sunday, February 19 – Still and warm, ther. up to ___. All at home. Mr. Long, the Methodist Minister is on the sick list yet.
Monday, February 20 – Cloudy & looks likely to storm.
Tuesday, February 21 – Very bright & pleasant this
morning. Juba & Joe out digging out
the road over west. Loyal & Bertha
came down. Bertha made a short call
&went back up to see Flora Spalding.
Loyal went over & worked on the road with Joe & Juba. Joe worked
only half a day.
Wednesday, February 22 – Very cloudy & dark this
morning. The snow is disappearing
fast. All gone in the north & south
road. Juba & Joe digging out the
banks so the mail wagon can get through. I suppose Minnie is enjoying a holiday today,
as it is Geo.
Thursday, February 23 – Very bright & pleasant. Juba & Joe dug out the banks again.
Friday, February 24 – Very clear & pleasant. Colder, froze so the banks will leave. Gette Allen came over on the crust after some
milk.
Saturday, February 25 – A beautiful spring day. The mud plenty in the road, is high on the
sides of the road.
Sunday, February 26 – Sun came up very bright & soon the clouds obscured it, before night it was bright again. Heard two men died in Vergennes last night, Mr. John Norton & a barber I don’t know his name. Mr. Long, the Methodist Minister, is real sick yet. Is no better today.
Monday, February 27– Very clear pleasant day, snow
disappeared fast, high south wind.
Tuesday, February 28 – Very bright & clear, wind very
strong in the south.