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Cloudy & Smokey
56o ther. WED. NOV. 2d, 1892 Wind S.W.
I took sister Mary & Dora over to
Riverside & Thos: Lea's to call before
dinner. Chas: Adams was here to
consult me again for his infant son -
After supper Edwd & I walked up
to the store. After I had gone to
bed I was called up to prescribe
for Rev: Brook's child.

Cloudy
58o Ther. THURSDAY 3d Wind Variable
It rained some time during
last night enough to "lay the dust"
Sister Mary left this morning after
early breakfast for Philad-a & home
sending trunk by stage & going with
Anna Parker in Edith Bentley's
carriage to Laurel, Wm John Hinton
came for me at 7. o'clk this a.m.
to attend his wife in confinement.
I drove over & came home to dinner
after which he came again for me &
I drove over again & left her a fine
boy, born at 5. o'clk p.m. Reached home
just after dark.

(Right side of journal)

Cloudy & Rain
Ther. 62 FRI. NOV. 4th, 1892 Wind S.E.
Rained at intervals all through
last night & continued this morning
until afternoon, when it partially
cleared off. Henderson "staked out"
the foundation for another tenement
house on the lot between us and
the mill : to near our house for
our liking - After dark Walter
Matthews & his wife brought their
little boy "Gilbert" to the office to
have his wounded head dressed:
it was cut by falling of a porch
(at "Amersley") onto a pile of stones.

Clear
Ther. 37 SATURDAY 5th Wind N.W.
Cold & windy. I drove down
to see Mrs Wm J. Hinton again Frank
Robison went with me, we had a
cold ride. I fixed the pantry window
Edwd & I walked to Ashton about
dark & brought home stove pipe & c
for the "little stove". Chas Addison
was here to see me after supper
Edwd & I went to the store & toll-
house. I borrowed a box of coal from
Perry Leizear & paid E Gilpin six
dollars with which to get me a ton
of nut coal, which he promised to
deliver on monday or tuesday next.

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JCA-Parris1

line 64 : nut coal - egg sized pieces of very clean burning coal that burns to a soft white ash. A ton of this type of coal sold for $6.00 in Caleb Iddings 1892. That same tonnage is $75.00 present day. Coal was mainly used for heating. Coal sizes range from "Nut Coal" larger of the anthracite's, "Chestnut" coal which are medium sized pieces and "Rice" coal which pieces are smaller in size.
Anthracite coal is a higher quality coal for domestic use -producing less smoke and sulphur, more environmentally friendly. Bituminous coal produces thick black smoke and a higher sulphur content
and is used in industrial, trains. (Google) (KG Smith 7 Son, Coal Merchants UK)