Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1889 Diary
January 1889
1 i worked for j b a helf day or till half past too 0 clock 2 clear) i worked
for j b a half day or more makeing 1 day anci 4"
3 i chored around home
fri 4 me and Elisha went after wood with j b team over on the river
sat 5 i hawled dirt on the house with j b team me and j b is square
sun 6 i tended meeting in mannassa
mon 7 i went to the mountains after wood for J b came home tus 8
wed 9 i went after wood for my self with j c b team came thi 10
fri 11 i started to make wood rack in partners with j b
sat 12 i finished it
sun 13 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 14 i hunted all day for my calf and found it just before sun set little
wind snowed ˝ inch
tus 15 i went to fetch the calf and found my stear calf that i lost last
spring but it was branded and marked so i let it go and it snowed 4
inches and blowed
wed 16 i worked for j b on his fence it blowed a little
fri 18 i chored around home
sat 19 my brothers child died 2 oclock sun morning
sun 20 i tended meeting in sanford .
mon 21 i tended the furnel of' my brothers child -
tus 22 chored around home
fri 25 i started to go to the mountains after wood for j c b with his team
came home sat 26
sun 27 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 28 i worked for j c b in makeing a fraim for the artison well
wed 30 i went after wood and stayed 3 days and cut some poasts with elisha
came friday the 1 of feb with a load of wood for e b
February
sat 2 i got 685 lbs from sbb on the wheat brick i wade lst summer und
went to mill with j c b team
sun 3 i tended meeting in richfield
mon 4 i went after a load of coten wood for j c b
tus 5 i went to the west after wood for j c b came home thir 7
fri 8 and sat i hawled cotenwood for my self
sun 10 i tended. meeting in sanford
mon 11 i worked for j c and finished his well
tus 12 i went after cotenwood with jc team for my self
wen 13 me and c c fredrickson sawed wood for him all day
thi 14 we went after wood
fri 15 i came home with a load of wood for j b with his team
sat 16 i chored for j c b cleaning stable
sun 17 i tended mee+ing in sanford the first conference ever held in sanford
tus 19 i went to richfield after my sputed cow
wed 20 i went after cotenwood with j c b team for my self
fri 22 i halled a load of rock on labor tithing J c b team
sat 23 i tended priesthood meeting in mannassa
sun 24 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 25 i went after wood with j c team came. home wen 27 with a load and
wood for him
ehi 28 i chored around home
March
fri 1 i went after wood for my self ,with j c b team and came home sat 2
sun 3 i tended meeting in sanford me and J c settled up and he owed me 5 days work
mon 4 i hawled a load of hay for j c in the forenoon in the afternoon i hawled a load of otes straw from rile ownes
tus 5 i chored around home
wed 6 i hired to j c b to help him with his well business he payed 10 dollars on my land we went to kintens place and set but did not do much
sun 10 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 11 i worked for j c
sun 17 i tended meeting in sanford
sun 24 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 25 i kiled my pig
tus 26 i worked for cc fredrickson on i owed him for sawing wood
wed 27 i chored around home
sat 30 28 i tended priesthood meeting in mannassa
sun 31 i tended meeting in sanford.
April 1889
mon 1 i started to plant and chore around home
tus 2 i went to the field and shoveled ditch for a burk to get my sitalot plowed .
thi 4 i started for mannassa to work for b hareson and j a smith for 150 c a day and board 2 day fri 5 one day
sun 7 i tended meeting in mannassa
fri 12 i worked for harson
sat 27 i got j a smith and came home and plawed my lot
mon 29 planted beets in my lot
tus 30 i chored around home
May
wed 1 worked for cc fredrickson to get my lot plowed
thi 2 i planted on the lot
fri 3 i worked on the ditch to get my peats watterd at j atsen
sat 4 i worked in the lot .
sun 5 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 6 i went to manmassa to vote on school election
tus 7 i watered my peas in ottsen f'ield and shovel ditch
thi 9 i went out to mountain to get 15 acres of land transfered to j c b which i had just sold him which bought of n widerd and all sold 15 of my own for which i (got) a cow and 5 acres close to town
fri 10 i worked for cc fredrickson
sat 11 i planted potatoes in my lot
sun 12 tended meeting in sanford
mon 13 i waterd my lot .
tus 14 i fenced on my lot
wed 15 i worked on the lot in the forenoon and then went to mill at mannassa
thir 16 i helpt the bishop fix up for makeing J urs
f'ri 17 planted potatoes in my lot
sat 18 in the forenoon i helped the bishop refineing clay and then shoveled ditch in my lot
sun 19 i tended meeting in manassa conference
tus 21 and wed 22 chored around home
fri 24 i went to get a cow out of eskriges pasture which i bought
sat 25 i plowed some in my lot and planted some
sun 26 i tended meetings in sanford
mon 27 i watered my to lots
tus 28 i hunted for my cow that i got of J c b
thi 30 i chored around home
fri 31 i turned flower pots
June
sat 1 got an ortisen well made
sun 2 i tended meeting in manassa
mon 3 i watererd my lot
tue 4 i went after a load of clay
wed 5 i chored around home hunted for my cow
thi 6 turned some flower pots
sat 8 i worked on a wheel barow to go in the brick business
sun 9 tended meeting in sanford
mon 10 i watered my lots
tus 11 i worked on the wheelbarows
thi 13 worked on brick moles
fri 14 fineshed making them
sat 15 i worked on pole tax a helf a day
sun 16 tended meeting in sanford
mon 17 i waterd my lots
tus 18 i and ct poulsen started clear of yard to make brick
fri 21 we got started to molds and molded 2 or 3 hundred
sat 22 we broke the sweep and did not molded much (note: DCR. As I remember
the sweep was a long pole that hung diagonially, between the pole in the center
of the mill and a horse, The horse pushed the sweep and it turned the pole
inside the mill to which paddles were attached. The paddles mixed up the
clay and sand to a consistency for dobes -- the mill was the shape and
size of a well curbing and had a square hole at the bottom on one side out
of which the mud came. Some times straw was put in with the clay and sand.
Some one had to feed the mill with the proper amounts of each. At the ground
level there was a small opening through which the mixture poured onto
a platform. Pa stood in a hole of the right depth so he could work easily
on the platform. With a trowel and a special board he scooped the mud
into moulds, sheered off the excess, and the moulds were then carried by
men or boys and the adobes dumped in parellel lines on ground prepared for
them. He had to work very fast so the mud oozing out did not get ahead
of him, and he had to scrape up the excess and keep the platform clean.
Some times he would fill toy moulds for us -- he had made the moulds - he
was never too busy to do something for his children. We always had many more
things to play with -homemade- than any children in town.)
sun 23 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 24 we fixed the mill and got started to molde in the afternoon
tus 25 we set brick in the kill
wed 26 j j jackson started at noon to go in pardenership with me in brick
business and bare his share of the expences
thi 27 i and poulsen got more brick in the kill
fri 28 we set some in the kill
sun 30 i did not go to meeting
July 1889
mon 1 me and poulson went down to work on the brick yard alone j jackson quit
tus 2 worked on the brick yard
thi 4 selbarated the day at sanford
fri 5 i came down to work and the horses had run away I hunted all day
for them and did not find them poulsen set brick in the kil set 18
hundred pout in the kill
sat 6 poulsen went to hunt for the horses Elisha found them
sun 7 tended meeting in sanford
mon 8 molded brick me and elisha started to make brick together
wed 10 it rained not work
thi 11 we set in the kiln 4650
fri 12 molded 15 hundred
sat 13 rained set in the kiln 750 2450
sun 14 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 15 I and elisha went to work in the brick yard
sat 20 set in the kiln 4450
sun 21 tended meeting in sanford
tus 23 i to the brick yard to make brick
wed 24 i selabrated the 24 of July
thi 25 molded brick
sat 27 put in the kiln 6550 up to date
sun 28 tended meeting in sanford and herd john henry Smith preach
august 1889
22 i started to work at the mason trade on the Sanford school house it being
my first experience at the work i am working sornsen for 100.25 one dollar
and twenty five cents per day
sun 25 i tended meeting in Sanford
mon 26 i worked ˝ day
tus 27 worked all day
September 1889
mon 22 i started to work for 150$ per day (1.50 }
sun 8 i tended meeting in Sanford
mon 9 i started to hawl my peas which raised on j otteson land
wed 11 haled 10 loads one for tithing
thu 12 i chored a round home
wed 13 i got brother fredrickson horse to hunt for my calf and found it
Sat 14 started to make ready to make brick again
sun 15 tended sundy school in sanford i did not go to meeting wife sick
mon 16 i and Elisha went to brick yard to prepare for makeing brick but did
not get to molding
tus 17 we started to molde and molded 15 hundred
wed 18 molded
fri 20 night rained hard wet through 10 quilts
sat 21 got up and could not find the horses no work
Sun 22 tended meeting in sanford
mon 23 i helped Oleson on what i owed him we had a hard wind which blowed all night
tus 24 it started to snow in the morning snowed till noon
wed 25 we worked on the brick yard
tus 29 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 30 worked on the brick yard
October 1889
we 2 worked on the brickyard
sun 6 i tended meeting in manassa
sun 13 tended meeting in Sanford rained nearly all day
mon 14 started to make a small chicken coop of brick
wen 16 we went to brick yard to brick but did not work for it stormed all day
fri 18 chored around the brick yard makeing kiln yard
Sun 20 tended meeting in sanford
mon 21 worked on the kiln yard
thi 24 worked on my chicken coop and finished it
fri 25 helped S peterson to thrash
sat 26 and paid it on my desret news
sun 27 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 28 worked for P. Olsen a half a day which made us square
wed 30 worked for rile owens helpeing thrash for the use of his team
for to go after wood
November 1889
fri 1 went after wood with rile ownes team
sun 3 tended meeting in richfield
mon 4 blowed and snowed about 5 inches i did not work for the wether was
aful bad north east wind
we 6 went after wood for J. C. Berthelson with his team
thi 7 came home with a load of wood for j c b
fri 8 i hunted for my cow and claf in the field and found them
sat 9 worked for j c b makeing a well for sister rasmussen ortishon (artesian) well
sun 10 i didi not go to meeting for i had such a coold i went to bed
mon 11 we had a bad storm from the north east a hard wind with it the worst
storm we have had since i came to colorado
tus 12 i chored around home bad wether
thi 14 i started to work for f'redrickson masening in his chicken coop
sun 17 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 18 i masend on the coop ˝ day other half worked for j c b wel
tus 19 fineshed the coop
wed 20 helped j c b thrash till noon and the bishop in the afternoon
thi 21 worked on my stable
fri 22 took rile owens team and went after lumber for myself from brady s mill
sat 23 came home
sun 24 tended conference at manassa
mon 25 worked to home
tus 26 brother Fredrickson and i went after wood for the meeting house
wed 27 i worked for brother beals masening to flues for him and lineing house
thi 28 i worked ˝ day for j beals in the afternoon i went to the big dinner in the meeting house
fri 29 i worked all day for beals
sat 30 i worked with a colt waich i got of jack stenines about 10 days ago
December 1889
sun 1 i tended meeting in Sanford
mon 2 i worked for beals
wed 4 i made a manger for my cows in the stable
thi 5 tended fast meeting in sanford
fri 6 i chored around home i helped j jensen thrash
sat 7 i went to manassa to work on the school house did not work but _ hours
because of a hard wind storm
sun 8 i tended meeting in sanford
mon 9 i went aŁter wood with hans browns team carne horne tus 10
wed 11 chored around home in the afternoon helped. brother f'unk on his house
thi 12 i went to the brick yard to work to prepare to burn
sat 14 i and nielsons boy went to the brick yard
sun 15 i tended meet in sanford and. the apostle M Lamaen was present
mon 16 i went to build a fireplace for brother hanson
wed 18 i went after wood for rile owens with his team on what i owed him
sun 22 tended meeting in sanford.
mon 23 i fasted. with the church .
tus 24 i and c c fredrickson went to the brick yard and put in the kiln
wed 25 chrismus
thi 26 i and cc fredrickson went to the brick yard
sat 28 i chored around the house
mon 30 i chored around home