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Below is the third web page of text from a journal that David Henry Frost kept from 1878 to 1880. There is a link to the next page near the bottom of this page. There is also an index of all of the pages. |
[Retyped by David Frost, (B, Victor)]
Dec. 8th [1878]
Sunday. Our first snow storm of the season came last night and this morning [?] [?] four inches high. It snowed lightly most of the afternoon. Read aloud this evening from [?] Cook's[?] last lecture on "Sex in Christianity". Cora received a letter from Marian to-day. D. H. F.
Dec. 9th [1878]
Met Bro. Sam at the train, 4:17 am. All of course glad to see him. Weather still fine. [D. H. F.]
Dec. 10th [1878]
Rev. [?] Lane called in the evening. Later the young folks with mother and Uncle Sam had an old-fashioned game of blind man's bluff. They got very tired. [D. H. F.]
[Dec.] 11th [1878]
Bro. Sam left us this morning on the early morning train for home. Received a letter from Marion giving some account of her surroundings and trials. Sent her a pair of spectacles. [D. H. F.]
[Dec.] 12th [1878]
Commenced moving the printing office into the room (2 story) in Hausins[?] building. Will have a larger and more airy room there. Yesterday Ellery and Artie brought Cherry and Daisy [?] from their pasture in [?] fields. They are looking well. [D. H. F.]
[Dec.] 13th [1878]
Continued the tedious and laborious job of moving the printing office without completing it. It commenced snowing again to-day and to-night it looks as if we will[?] now to[?] have winter in [?]. Bought three cords of oak wood tp-day at $3 per cord. Received news to-day through a copy of the Philadelphia Ledger of the death of Mrs. Eveline[?] H. Cleveland [?] which took place on the [?]. The sad event recalls very vividly one[?] pleasant visit to her home in Philadelphia in October, 1876, and one week's stay there during our visit to the Centennial. [D. H. F.]
Dec. 14th [1878]
Another hard day's work moving, and the job not finished yet. More snow to-day. Fair sleighing. D. H. F.
Jennie and I called on Carrie Blood[?]. She [?] down with consuption. She was sitting up, and feeling better[?] than for a few days past. We also went to [???] to find out if she was going to teach a Sabbath Day class in the Methodist Church. She said she could not unless the superintendent asked her, and we suggested we might speak to him about it. She seemed afraid we really would, but of course we wouldn't. Cora
Dec. 15th [1878]
Sunday. A little more snow to-day - not much. Pleasant overhead. Mother and I enjoyed the reading of Cook[?] and Swing[?] together. Swing's sermon was on "Home" as one of the great potential motives of human life. Carrie, Ellery, Jennie and Cora attended meetings at the Baptist Church [?] evening, where they heard immersion[?] and [?] communion[?] indicated and were present during the baptism of several candidates for church membership. D. H. F.
Dec. 19 [1878]
Received a letter from Brother Sam telling us of his safe arrival home, withstanding the Pennsylvania storms[?] and [?]. Answered the same day. Also received a letter from Marion. She is liking her school and its responsibilities better. Sleighing good, still snowing a little every day. Thermometer yesterday moving 1° below zero. [D. H. F.]
[Dec.] 20 [1878]
Owing to delay caused by moving and a smoky chimney we did not get out the paper till to-day - one day behind time.
[Dec.] 21 [1878]
Very sharp wind from the northwest all-day - the seventh day of the winter thus far. Seibuens[?], Lippincotts[?], St. Nicholas and the Atlantic for January - are all here [I have no idea, but this is the best I can make out!]. Also friends[?] of Harpers' Publications. So there is good-cheer in prospect[?], even if the winter be a hard one. [D. H. F.]
[Dec.] 22 [1878]
Sunday. All staid at home to-day - the day opened quite cold - 2° below 0. The wind, however, is not so severe, and there has been no snow to-day. Ready aloud Cook's prelude and lecture - the former on the temperance question. The later on [?] and children's rights. Both were strong[?] and good. Also read Swing's last Sunday sermon on "Family" as an incentive to noble living; also the January instalment of Howells[?] "The Lady of the Arovitook[?]" in the January Atlantic. To the reading of the last two I had for listeners Carrie and Ellery, as well as Mother. Afterwards read Goldwin Smith's excellent paper in the Atlantic - "Is Universal Suffrage a failure?" He thinks not, though he points out some dangers. Thermometer at 11 p.m. just where it was at sunrise, 2° below zero - Packed to-day. D. H. F.
Dec. 25 [1878]
Christmas. We girls got up early and dressed ourselves and helped the children dress and went down to see what Santa Claus had left for us. Pa got $21-$20 from Carrie and $1 from Ma and a paper weight; [?] [?] overshoes from Pa and an album from Carrie; Henry Tennyson's peoms from Carrie; Carrie a hairbrush from me[?]; Ellery Scott's peoms from Carrie; Jennie a thimble from Carrie, and a lace necktie from Pa; Thea a book [?] [?] and a set of dishes from me; Artie a book from Carrie and an express[?] wagon from Thea; Ethel a book from Carrie a sled from Pa and a wax doll from Thea. Marion is not at home, but she got a gold pen and a pair of [?]. The pen was from Carrie, and the legging[?] from me. I got a knife from Carrie, a scrap book from Henry and [???] and photographs from Carrie. Our Christmas dinner was not very extensive. We each had a little doll besides [???]. The children also had some little pictures from me. [Cora]
Dec. 26 [1878]
I went up to see Carrie Blood to return some patterns she had lent me. She was looking worse than she did [?] [?] [?] before[?]. She was feeling[?] [???]. [Cora]
Dec. 31 [1878]
Carrie Blood died last night. Four of us sat up until 12 o'clock tonight and said
Jan. 1 [1879] Happy New Year. [Cora]
Jan. 2 [1879]
Carrie Blood was buried to-day. The thermometer was 26° below zero, and there was a sharp wind. Only single[?] men[?] went to the burying ground, and no ladies. We got very cold going up to the house. Mr. Lane would not let Mrs. Lane go to the funeral on account of the cold. [Cora]
Jan. 3 [1879]
The thermometer was 22° below zero this morning. [Cora]
Jan. 4 [1879]
Cold again, 24° below zero. Henry, Ellery, Carrie and I played dominoes until nearly midnight. [Cora]
Jan. 7[?] [1879]
Carrie felt[?] faint[?] this [?] [?], so I took her [???]. [Cora]
Jan. 8 [1879]
[???] [Cora]
Jan. 9[?] [1879]
Carrie was able to go to the post office today. 1° below zero. [Cora]
Jan. 11 [1879]
Artie came in and said that Mr. Shuti[?] [?] and [???] were putting their noses together. He tole Pa and Pa said it [?] [?] stricktly forbidden. Cora
Jan. 21 [1879]
Artie had his picture taken to-day. [Cora]
Jan. 22 [1879]
Ethel's and Theo's pictures were taken to-day. [Cora]
Jan. 25 [1879]
We got some of Artie's photographs to-day, and Jennie and I had our pictures taken. We also got Artie's first coat at the tailor's. Carrie, Jennie and I were weighed to-day and our[?] weight was as follows: Carrie 127½; Jennie 146[?]½; Cora 117[?]½. A few days ago Thea and Artie were weighed and Thea weighed 67 pounds and Arthur 69. [Cora]
Last revised September 27, 1998.
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