Life as a Quaker Family: The Brookes

1880 S .. 4 11 18 25 M .. 5 12 19 26 T .. 6 13 20 27 W .. 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9. 16. 23 30 S 3 10 17 24 31

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JANUARY THIS BOOK WILL SAVE THE LABOR OF LOOKING UP DATES. 1st. A quiet day, James Alice & F Miller etc. called. 10 below zero 2nd Went to meeting & to Olney with L.P.S 3rd. C. hauling ice & went to S. Spring 4th Eliza, Mary & I went to the mill Little Thomas Allison died. 5th spent the day at Longwood 6th Eliza went to Herman & we to W.H. Brooke's & F Stabler's Robert went to James [illegible] with wheat 7th. Paid numerous calls & came home. Charlie & Edith went to Insey's. Henry staid at Herman. 8th. Went to Home Interest at [illegible] 9th Snowing. no one went to meeting 10th, Heavy sleet. Robert went to [B] Grove for meal. 11th. Went to [Woresthen & Willow Grove] Robert went to town. 5

January Memoranda. 12th. Went to see Hannah 13th. Charlie went to Farmer's conven tion. Eliza came home. E.F. came 14th I took Calista F. home & brough Edith B - back 15th. Stramis spent the day. Charlie went to Club. 16th Went to meeting & dined at Fair Hill. 17th. C went to Nash. J.P.S. here 18th.Mother, Eliza, Roger & Carrie [illegible] Sarah & Ellen here. 19th. Took Cassie to Rockland & dined Charlie hauling ice 20th Went to [illegible] with Capt S Charlie H to Mr Riggs. Rain 21st. Came home, found children sick, sent for dr. 22nd Sister & Margaret called. All better Uncle N.H.F. and M called. 23rd. No one went to meeting, Grace & Eddie Taylor came after ten 29

January Memoranda. 24th. Hannah Bond died. Mr. Lee, & E.E. Tyson called. 25th Len N. &children & Dorseys here Entertainment at Mechanics hall 26th. Mother, Eliza & K.Lamy here little Charlie sick, also Mary 27th Robert went to B Grove, No one here. Children better 28th Eliza Anne home 29th. Nothing new 30th. Eliza & I went to meeting. Allan Lothe & Nellie F came to tea. 31st. Hauling ice for Jim. Tea at Grove upset & smashed sleigh. Feb 1st Great [illegible][illegible] Charlie got slipp from Jones 14.00 2nd Thermo zero. Went to A.S.Brooke's Lovely night & [illegible] light in the sky 3rd. N.J. & R Thomas spent the day. Took Isabella to Baskeville. 31

Memoranda. Feb 15th C & Eliza went to Nash - 16th, C went to E Gaithire sale. Mr Bell here to ten. 17th. E.M. & I spent the day at Capt S. - Mother did not come. Ellen F here 18th I walked down into Eden and spent the day at Olney, Edith F quite sick. Sister cam home with me & the little calf [illegible] [illegible] 19th Clara's calf came. 20th C.M. & I wnet to Olney & meeting. Uncle R. S.K sick 21st. Sister & Eliza went to Jim's I called at Olney with Brooke. 22nd. Sister went home. 23rd. C & I went to meeting, I staid at Olney & brought Edith B home withme, sick with cold. 24th. No one here. No news. I made 5 cravats.

Memoranda. Feb 25th Eliza spent day at Olney C & I went down after dinner. B. went to Mr [illegible] . [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] went to town. 26th Very busy. Nothing important 27th Eliza & I went to meeting left my shawl at Stanmore. 28th Eliza & Edith spent day at [illegible]. Rain & cold. March 1st Very blustering & cold Pancake day. No one here 2nd. Some [illegible] washed, very windy 3rd. Cold & snow in the evening J & Phebe to tea. Thunderstorm 4th Inauguration, but [illegible] so rough none of us went. 5th Home Inter[illegible] at Asa L Claudine came. 6th C & Eliza went to meeting Mother, Edith, Charlie & Eliza came.

Memoranda. April 1st, Cold & snowing. Girls party at Rockland. 2nd. Children came home, Anna & Sa -rah Farquhar with them. Henry & I went to Home Interest at Jack Stublive. Late getting home. Snow 3rd. Eliza & I went to meeting Jim here. Cold & windy 4th. Snowed. Paul & Pattie dined & took one to Brooke Grove [illegible] 5th. Eliza & I walked to Long[illegible] Horticultural. Heavy rain. Ther 20" 6th. Isabella at home. Dorsey's here. 7th. Churned & [illegible]. No one here. Henson & Henry went 15 Sherwood Mill 8th. 39

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

with the highest honors. A simple knowledge of the routine of practice as then in vogue was not enough. He sought new means of healing, and explored "schools" of practice that were prohibited by his sect. He denounced errors in the prevailing "schools," and accepted truths belonging to those prohibited. Every one knows how such daring and destructive innovations are regarded by the medical profession generally. Dr. PIERCE was no exception to the rule. But he paid no attention to detraction, pursuing his own way with that energy which proves now to be a most excellent ally of his medical instincts.

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[two words written in shorthand at top of this page]

How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood

When fond recollections recall them to view

Eliza Brooke

Falling Greene

January 1st 1856

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