|
|
Below is the fifth 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)]
[March] 5th [1879]
Thea has been ailing since Sunday, and to-day shows unmistakable symptoms of measles. Carrie and Cora began to get strength to walk out[?] short distances. [D.H.F.]
March 6th [1879]
Received another letter from Marion. She seems a little more encouraged about her school and proposed to "fight it out on that line if it takes"[?] - two[?] weeks more, as it will to complete her four months' tenure. [D.H.F.]
[March] 8th [1879]
Carrie and Cora walked down to the Post Office to-day and visited Mrs. [?], the [?] [?]. They also called and cheered me a while at the Union office. They got pretty tired. Thea seems to be getting better. Mother pretty well tired out. Weather to-day very warm. Has been mild ever since the month came in, and Spring seems to be fast coming on - "Hail! gentle Spring!" That last remark is not original as the quotation marks are intended to show. D. H. F.
[March] 28th [1879]
We have about got through with the measles, we hope. Marion is the only one now who has
not had the measles. Mr. & Mrs. Lane took tea with us to-day and they wrote in our
autograph album. Mr. Lane gave each of us four girls a book. Mine is "Pilgrim's Progress".
I came home last Saturday, and was very glad to be at home once more.
While Mr. and Mrs. Lane were here Arthur and Ethel was in the dining
room with Rosa Merrill: Artie accidentally broke Ethel's doll's leg. Rosa told Ethel to
break Artie's doll. Ethel said "We should receive good for evil." [?] has glued on the
leg and perhaps I will knit the doll some stockings so that the break will not show. E. M. F.
[March] 29 [1879]
Sunday - Pa, Marion, Carrie, Jimmie, Artie, Ethel and I went to church to-day to hear Mr. Lane preach. In the evening we went to the German church and heard him again. Only we four girls went in the evening. Pa had a headache all day. Cora
April 20 [1879]
This is my birthday, and I am 21 - of age all over the United States now. Artie gave me a purse. Carrie $1.96 and a pair of low shoes, Marion a lace neck tie, Henry a pair of deco[?] boxes, and Ethel a paper doll and a stone. Afterwards Henry put 10 cents in my purse, and Artie 5 cents. Mr. Percival[?] was here yesterday. I celebrated my birthday yesterday becasue to-day is Sunday, and I made some cake, with some very soft frosting on it. Marion and Jennie began teaching school a week ago to-morrow. They came home yesterday and are going back to-morrow morning. Cora Frost
[April] 21 [1879]
Pa took Marion and Jennie back to their school this morning, and Thea, Artie, Ethel, and I went too[?]. After[?] I got home Pa gave me a book "American Author William Cullen Bryant." It is a very nice book. Cornelia [handwriting looks the same as Cora, but there is definitely more here, and this is my best guess - perhaps she is experimenting now that she's 21 years old - note above she signed Cora Frost instead of Cora]
[April] 24 [1879]
To-day it rained, which was very welcome. Freddie [?] and Florence Head came up this afternoon, and as the rain came up. Florence stayed to supper. I taught the children a little German to-day. Cornelia[?]
[Unclear, but not simply a date] [1879]
We went to Grinnell this morning to hear Joseph[?] [?] lecture to night. Thea is with[?]-fever. I have been sick since Saturday - sicuraigia[?]. Cora
June 30 [1879]
Ma is not very well. Marion's school ended Saturday. Jennie's will this week. I am helping Carrie in the post office. [Cora]
July 2 [1879]
I got Artie some suspenders, and he is very much please with them. Cora
July 15 [1879]
Carrie weighs 115½, Jennie 140½ and I 114 pounds. Very hot to-day. Cora
July 16 [1879]
Ethels birthday. She is eight years old. For birthday presents she had a solid rubber ball, spools[?] and flags, knife, hemstitched[?] handkerchief, and a [?]. Jennie also made her a nice large cake, frosted, and marked with her name in red sugar. Jennie set it in the tin oven to dry the frosting and left it so long that it was browned to match Ethel's complexion. Marion
[July] 17 [1879]
Tedie[?] is 4 ft. 6 5/16 in. tall; Artie 4 ft. 5 5/8 in.; Ethel 3 ft. 10½ in. Tedie weighs 65 pound, and Ethel 48½. Marion
[July] 18 [1879]
Artie weighs 62 pounds, and I 127½. Cora and I took Artie to have his photograph taken to-day. Mr. Macy objected to his hair being so short. Marion
[July] 25 [1879]
My hammock came to-day. Ma will not get in it. Pa went to Dysart this morning; and Carrie has been at the Post Office nearly all day; the rest have all been in it. I tried to get Mrs. Glanz[?], who is working for me to-day, to get in, but she would not. Artie was in a good deal because he is sick with crysifililas[?]. He does not look much like his photograph that was taken a few days ago. Jennie, Cora, and I, are getting ready to go to the Normal Institute. It begins August 4th. [Marion]
[July] 26 [1879]
Jennie has taken Ethel down to have her photograph taken. E. M. F.
[July] 27 [1879]
Jennie, Cora, and Ethel had two tin lyfus[?] taken yesterday of the three to-gether. Cora's looked some like her, but one of Jennies looked very wicked, although Jennie is, without doubt, the most perfectly good person in the family, always excepting Papa and Mamma. Irony[? this looks like Marion's writing]
Last revised September 27, 1998.
forward to next D. H. Frost Journal page