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Mary Emma Jocelyn diary, 1851-1852.
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Sunday.. Cloudy.. Spent the morning at home in reading. In the afternoon attended Sunday School and Communion. Rain kept me home in the evening.
Monday.. Pleasant. In the morning received a letter from Sarah Wilde Carrie and I went into Grand ['st?] of an errand, afterwards I called on Mrs Stearns. George Hudson and Kate called in the afternoon. Mr Dias brought us some [music?] books in the evening
Tuesday.. Pleasant . Tried an experiment in the millinery line. In the afternoon Carrie Mary Reeve and I called on Hannah Wilde, took tea with her and spent the evening. We had a very pleasant time. I enjoyed the society of the sweet little children very much. Little children ! earth's sweetest blossoms! How I love them. Joseph and Nathaniel joined us in the morning. We left about half past two.
Wednesday.. Sewed busily all day. In the evening we all attended singing school at our church taught by Mr Taylor C. Warner I liked it very much. The Hudsons accompanied us home.
Thursday..Carrie made a large quantity of fruit cake in the morning Hannah Wilde called in the afternoon and accompanied me to distribute my tracts. Called on Mary Reeve, and then Carrie and I went into Grand ['st?] ]] shopping. Attended Lyceum in the evening escorted by Natty. Dr W. Bettaner? delivered a very interesting lecture on "Java and the Javanise". Begh Dickinson? accompanied Carrie as usual. She also received a call from Mr Talbot in the afternoon.
p. 24
Friday.. January 2nd Pleasant. Mr Murphy who had staid over night spent the morning with us. Miss [H?] & Mr M. Stearns Misses E & I Waterman, Mrs Cook, Miss H. Wilde & Miss Emma Horing? called also several of Harriet's Sunday School scholars. Mother called on the Hudsons and found H - much worse. - Hannah Wilde gave us an account of Mr Dias' insolent proceedings at the singing school one evening in the abscence of Mr Warner, at which I was so indignant that it was quite a while before I recovered my composure. - Sarah and I made quite a long call on Mary R. Joseph has presented his little intended with a beautiful gold watch. A New Year's present. Mr Murphy spent the evening with us.
Saturday. Cloudy. Sarah and I called at the Hudson's in the morning. George opened the door. He spoke to us cheerfully, but he was pale, and his eyes were red, as if by watching and weeping. He said that he had been up all night with Henry, who had suffered very much. Mrs Hudson took me aside into another room, and told me that they had but little hopes of his life. The thought of the dying youth affected me much, but after asking a few questions I left them quite composed I could not however restrain my feelings when I reached home though I would rather have done so. Poor Henry It seemed too bad to die under such circumstances, though I felt that he could lose nothing in dying.
[text continued in left margin:] Sent word to Father about H. as he had requested me to do in case he was worse Miss Dillingham called, also Mr ?. Corning
p. 31
Wednesday.. Snowed most of the day. Annie Cruthers made a long [call?] in the morning. George Hudson came about nine A.Me. and staid [it?] one P.Me. Of course we had a very pleasant time. The young gentleman, however, broke a window while frolicking with Sarah. On account of the snow Sarah was obliged to give up the idea of going home to-day. Father also wrote to us that the Sound is filled with ice, and the boats are unable to [run?]. The Bay [States?] in performing her usual trip, last night, had to cut her way through the the ice for fifty miles.
Ice! ice!! ice!!! We are under a complete blockade from this rare, but truly formidable [besiege?] !
Out-of-doors every thing is compelled to wear his cold, hard, and glittering chains; and tight as we may bar our doors he is sure to find his way inside, [illegible?] - [illegible?] even there! And as if in wry sarcasm he will at night esconce himself in the tea-kettle, still on the stove in which the fire has just gone out. In one or two rooms, at the cost of a great deal of fuel, and by keeping close to the fire, we manage to keep from freezing. Of course a great deal of our time is taken up in trying to get warm, but to attain that seems almost impossible. At night we dread to leave the fire to go to bed, and in the morning we dread to arise. And then to think of the poor in this dreadful wea- ther - The poor who have no fire - no shelter - how sad! God pity the poor! is my daily prayer.
[written sideways across left gutter] sea with us. George Hudson called after tea / and we all / attended singing school. There was no singing school however. Mr. Warner did not come. and we sat round the fire all the evening laughing, talking, [illegible?] and in fact enjoying ourselves quite as mach as if the usual exercises had taken place Mr Donaldson and Mr Dias were there but [in decency?]. refrained from interfering though we did not share other feelings that is if they have any! They [schuo?] as have a good [opening?] of George's spirit and it is well [theraputic?].