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Dr. C.E. Iddings Sandy Spring Montgomery Co Md
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The Standard Diary 1897 Published for the trade
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Ther. 32° Cloudy Wind. N.E. Friday, Jan. 1,st 1897
Dull & cloudy with raw wind. Heavy white frost early in the morning but thawing later in the day. I was about the house all day except going to the mill, store, & P.O. Afternoon Edwd rode up to "Fairfield" & brought the phaeton home. Willie has been using it for some time past but having purchased a "Jagger" from Fanny Tillum he no longer needs it. After supper Dr. Agustus Stabler called & spent the evening here.
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Ther. 35° Cloudy. Wind. S.E. Monday, Jan. 4,th 1897
Still cloudy and threatening without rain. Jno. Ed Hill came & worked 1/2 a day at the tree at toll house. Annual Meeting of Insurance Co. was largely attended. Mrs J. Bryan was here for advice & medicine.
She brought 1 1/2 bushels of potatoes & 1 bushel of turneps. Mrs Frank Downey was here & had a tooth extracted.
Afternoon Willie came & helped Edwd haul down wood from the toll house using "Charley" & Henderson's cart.
August Bulwar was here & went over his account on my books:
Edwd went to "Fairfield" with Willie to spend the night. I went to the store & P.O. several times. & to the mill for flour. Lizzie Scott was here to see Dora.
Ther. 37° Cloudy & Clearing Wind. N.W. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1897
It rained several showers last night about midnight Jno Ed Hill and John Rounds came this morning to breakfast and worked all day.
I drove over to "Fairfield" & brought Edwd home. After lunch I walked over to John Bentley's to see about getting his cart & oxen to haul down the wood to the wood pile from the toll house. leaving a "biscuit block" for Mrs Walter Brooke. After Supper Edwd went to the Lyceum to an entertainment.