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Below is a web page of text from a journal that (Elizabeth) Marion Frost kept from 1883 to 1921. There is a link to the next page near the bottom of this page. There is also an index of all of the pages. |
Oct. 15, 1898
Elgin, Neb. I think I will change this into a pleasure book such as I have heard of.
To-day the thing that has given me the greatest pleasure was that Miss Edwards said that when she tried to do someone a favor, someone got ahead of her. That was because she did my ironing for me because I read to her, and then I darned her stocking, her eyes being poor.
Oct. 22
I can't put down all the things that have been pleasantest. Once it was something Mr. Lewis Edwards did, once Frank, and once Mr. K. C. Edwards. Today [from this point the transcript stops using "to-day"] I think the most pleasant incident has been the beautiful day.
Oct. 17 the first snow of the season fell. It was quite heavy and is not yet gone. today is the first pleasant day since.
Oct. 24
I think that that which has given me the most pleasure today has been that Frank Edwards behaved better in school than usual so that I had to speak to him only once.
Saturday, the 22nd, I went up on top of Mr. Edward's windmill tower, 55 feet high.
Oct. 25
Today Frank took out the low nails that were in danger of hurting the children and put up several nails where they would be convenient for hanging wraps.
Also Miss Edwards told me that Mr. Swanson had been around asking how folks liked me. He had already promised me the school, so that seemed unnecessary. It seems that Mr. Buffington was complaining because Minnie was not studying Civil Government.
Oct. 30, 1898
The pleasantest thing was that Miss Edwards didn't seem provoked at me, and I had supposed she would.
Oct. 31
This time it was a rumpus with Frank, or at least the after effects. We both seemed to like each other better.
Nov. 1, 1898
Frank was quite good in school all day today.
Nov. 2
Frank was nice tonight and studied his lesson for tomorrow.
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Nov. 3
Frank brought his book home and studied it without any suggestion for me. We all seemed rather pleasanter than we have lately, except Mr. Lewis Edwards, who is always pleasant. Miss Emily is also always pleasant, but she was a little more so than usual.
Nov. 4
Friday night.
Nov. 5
Mr. K. C. Edwards said that if he had known about the Buffington kick, that is, enough about it, before I gave Minnie permission to study Civil Government he would have had me refuse to teach it and see what came of it. I thought that if I had known about it I should have been inclined to do so, too.
Nov. 6, 1898
I think that being at Sunday school was the pleasantest thing.
Nov. 7
A very pleasant day. The pleasantest, in itself and its outgrowths, was that the Lord gave me a "free spirit."
Nov. 13
The pleasantest thing was that I heard a very good sermon by Mr. Peacock, which helped me to forgive Frank and myself and to like him as well as ever.
Nov. 14
Mr. Lewis Edwards took me to school in the morning and brought me back at night.
Nov. 15
The pleasantest occurrence to-day was something that I can't write down.
Nov. 16
To-day it was the way in which Frank told me that he would get a longer History lesson if he could.
Nov. 17
The way in which Frank learned his lesson was about as pleasant as anything.
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Nov. 18, 1898
The pleasantest thing was that Frank stopped making a noise when he seemed to have set in to be as disagreeable as possible and I looked at him. I did think that I could probably never respect him again if he kept on.
Nov. 19
Last night I had a dream, a very pleasant dream, about Mrs. Lewis Edwards.
Nov. 20
It was very cold coming from church and Frank did not resent my putting my shawl up to protect him from the wind and was very nice to me all of the time.
Jan 2., 1899
I think the pleasantest happening to-day was that Elwin Stevens wished me a Happy New Year.
Jan. 5
Two very pleasant incidents. Mamie Dohre told me that she wished school kept Saturdays, and Frank said that he didn't get along any better when Miss Seeley taught than he did now.
April 26
Ebba Ahlman and Nancy Erickson swept out the school room to-day.
May 3
Two of my little girls were sweeping at noon. Two larger ones came in and wanted to sweep instead. The little ones didn't wish to let them but did because it was late.
I thought I would write down something every day (if I write so often) that I have done to help or please someone else, but I haven't done anything of that sort that I can think of to-day.
May 5
I let Alma Bergman ride the rest of the way to school after I overtook her.
Nancy and Ebba asked to take my horse to water. I had been afraid that the children were not going to like to do it, but I think they will.
Sept. 24, Sunday
Have taught 3 weeks in 74, boarding at Mr. Guilliams. Yesterday was a strange, hard, pleasant day. It seemed almost
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impossible to keep my mind off one subject, but toward night I found peace. There wasn't much pleasure in it; perhaps none until evening.
Oct. 31
All the days since have been much like that. It has been hard on my health, but yesterday evening while reading Richard Bruce and pondering on it I think I found the way, and the will, to chase away such thoughts.
This was the passage that helped me, "I know God is love and he makes no mistakes, and if you suffer now he is not pleased, but grieved, and will give you something to compensate you for this loss."
And I felt that my compensation was to be a heart filled with love to God and his creatures and ability to help some of those who have fallen into the mire out if it and to turn others who are in danger of falling in back into safe paths.
Oct. 28, 1900
It is ended.
Jan. 26, 1901
To-day is the anniversary, 80th, of Father's birthday. I have written to Aunt Em, to Thea, to L. M. Powers. There is a Teachers' Meeting at Elgin to-day, but I had no way of going.
I am teaching in Dist. 21, (Antelope Co., Neb.) and boarding at Mr. Mapes'. There are Mr. and Mrs. Mapes, and Florence, aged 2 1/2, in the family.
Oct. 5, 1902, Sunday
Mr. Hovey died last May. We did not hear until lately.
I am now teaching in district no. 97, Antelope Co. I am boarding at Mr. M. H. Shay's. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Shay; Harrison, aged 13; Norwood, aged 12; Valma, aged 7; Vinton, aged 5. I have taught one week. Ester Nichol taught three weeks.
Mr. Shay had a telephone put up yesterday. It is not yet connected to the line.
Oct. 6, Monday
Mr. Richardson visited my school after recess. The work was rather slow. I didn't have it well in hand. Had given some, that should have come then, earlier in the day.
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