Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1893 Diary
January 1893
sun 1 i came home
mon 2 i chored around home blacksmithing for rile ownes 10ct
wed 4 i went to garlon to see mires about what i owed him and i payed him 12 dollers and 25 cents on my debt came home
fri 6 i started to work on a well
sat 7 Elisha helped me
sun 8 i tended meeting in eastdale
mon 9 i and hearin went after wood to cold to --- at the well
thi 12 i and dunn worked at the well
fri 13 i and Elisha worked at the well
sat 14 herian and Elisha worked at it and i went after wood
sun 15 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 16 i brother herian killed apig for sister jenson in the fore noon in the after noon we worked on the well
thi 19 the bishop and the president of this stake of zion was here and held meeting in Eastdale I tended
i made a well bucket for my well i worked at blacksmithing for myself and a little for san holman
sat 21 i worked at blacksmithing for my self and 10¢ for holman in the after noon i went see some land in costill of myer that he wanted me to take
sun 22 did not go to meeting
mon 23 i and yerian worked at timbering my well
thi 26 Elisha and Ephriam mortenson and yerian helped me
sun 29 tended metting in Eastdale
mon 30 i chored around home and made a ladle and fited 2 shoes for rile ownes 30¢
February 1893
wed 1 i F. M. mortenson worked on my well
thi 2 tended fast meeting in forenoon the afternoon we worked on the well
fri 3 i and dunn worked on well and struck water
sat 4 worked on the well
sun 5 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 7 i worked makeing a cole kiln to burn cole in
sat 11 me and yeriam Elisha and famley went to conferce at manassa brother B.R. Roberts was and gave some good council
sun 12 tended confernce
mon 13 went to sanford
wed 15 come home and brother c c fredrikson came home with me
thi 16 went after poast we got 70
sun 19 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 20 stormey i spent the day in the house writeing 14inches of snow
tus 21 i dobed on s holman house
wed 22 worked till noon and came and worked at laying my floor
thi 23 finesh laying my floor and Elisha worked my team on the resovor put in 6 hours
fri 24 i put in 7 hours with s peterson team on what i owed him and allen mortenson worked my team 7 hours
sat 25 i put in 8 hrs p. team
sun 26 i tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 27 i worked for S again for 1 doler per day
March 1893
thi 2 fast day afternoon plasterd on house
fri 3 i worked for S. P.
sat 4 i went to sanford to tend the furnel of Mary Berthelson
sun 5 she was buried 4 oclock
mon 6 me and my wife came home
tus 7 i dobed on my house
wed 8 i made a fire shovel for brother marsa and cleaned my well out and helped Elisha move in a tent
thi 9 i went to the river after willows for my house
fri 10 i took my last wheat to mill 756 lbs
sat 11 came home with my grist
sun 12 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 13 i burned cole and worked at blacksmithing for myself i got a wagon to put new tires on from
Costilla and 12 fellies and 3 spoks to put in
wed 15 i worked at it some and blacksmithing
fri 17 i went after wood
sun 19 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 20 i worked on Dunns plow and F.M. mortenson and my wagon
tus 21 worked on mores plow mexicans wagon and my wagon
thi 23 i fineshed the mexicans wagon in the afternoon i went after wood
fri 24 i pointed 3 plows for some mexicans at costilla
sat 25 i fixed brother marses plow snowed most of the day
sun 26 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 27 thru fri 31 did blacksmithing for myself and others
April 1893
sun 2 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 3 worked at blacksmithing and started to plow
tus 4 worked at smithing and plowing for mexicans our rose broght to calvs
thi 6 i tended fast meeting in Eastdale and plowed in the afternoon
sun 9 i tended meeting in Eastdale j c was here as a home missionary
tus 11 up to date i have urned ten dolers and 75 in cash of the mexicans payed $1.00 in tithing
wed 12 cold and windy mary came home
thi 13 i set a tire on a buggy
sun 16 tended meeting in Eastdale
17 thru sat 22 i worked at smithing and plowing and choreing
mon 24 i worked at smithing and Elisha plowed for me
tus 25 i moved Elisha and family to manassa
thi 27 came home
sat 29 plowed ½ day worked on the publick ditch ½ day
sun 30 tended meeting in Eastdale
May 1893
mon 1 i plowed tday and went to Costilla to vote
tus 2 plowed for my self and sharpened 3 drills for R Mire 50¢
thi 4 i sowed otes and harrowed
sun 7 i did not go to meeting i did not feel well
mon 8 thru fri 12 i worked at farming
sat 13 planted some potatos
sun 14 no meeting
mon 15 planted some artachocks and potatos
tus 16 i burned brush and blacksmithed
wed 17 i pointed a plow for a mexican and planted potatos
sun 21 went manassa with Elisha to move him to the railroad
tus 23 took him to lajara station came home
wed 24 worked on the levey watered otes
fri 26 i went to the seventies meeting came home sat
sun 28 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 30 continued to watter my otes
June 1893
sun 4 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 5 fineshed and worked on a mexican wagon fineshed it $3.35
wed 7 3 ½ day on the canal me and team and worked for S S Dunn
sat 10 started to summer plow
tus 13 i went to costilla after mail
wed 14 i helped Dunn and Wm. morBe fix the field fence
thi 15 i went after wood for my self
sun 18 i did not feel well
mon 19 worked on the publick canal from the resavor
tus 20 i started to plaster for C Jenson
sat 24 plastered for C Jenson the resavor water give out
sun 25 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 27 fineshed plastering and went to the box canon after willes did not get meny in Costilla
wed 28 plastered on my house in the forenoon afternoon i plowed for myself
July 1893
sat 1 i worked at blacksmithing for rile ownes in the forenoon afternoon i plowed for myself
sun 2 tended meeting in Eastdale president A Smith and his first councleI was her with him
wed 5 plowed ½ day and worked for c. Jenson
thi 6 tended fast meeting in forenoon afternoon worked for C. Jenson
fri 7 shod my horses
sat 8 Dunn and myself went to ward conference at Sanford
mon 10 we came home we worked at blacksmithing and got Dunn to plow for me
thi 13 me and jenson went to sanford i went to work on the coop store maysining i borded at W.T. Marse for to dollers and 50¢
fri 14 worked on the walls for 150
sun 16 tended meeting in sanford
mon 17 worked on the walls
wed 18 i made adobies for the store
fri 21 made some over 11 dollers 50¢
sat 22 came with W.T. Marse
sun 23 spent the day in writeing
mon 24 i got mary redy to go to sanford and weeded in the garden
sun 30 i went to sanford to get a job of makeing 12000 adobies but did not get it from jones
mon 31 it came a hard rain
August 1893
wed 2 came home without work
mon 7 i took a grist to mill i got 6001bs of wheat at richfield of Christen Jenson
wed 9 came home on 1001bs of flour i could. not get the rest
thi 10 weeded and plowed
sun 15 tended. meeting eastdale
mon 14 fineshed our spinning wheal and plowed
wed 16 fineshed. plowing 20 acres
sat 19 went to richfield to work for Oleson on peter petersons house started today for 125 and bord
sat 26 went home after work
sun 27 tended meeting in Eastdale snow in the mountains one 1/3 of the way down
mon 28 i went back to work
September 1893
wed 6 came home i had urned 16 ½ dollers
thi 7 i and ephroam went up and baptized our mary in the canal i baptized her and ephraim confirmed her the same day
fri 8 we had a hard frost the wheat and sunflowers froze
sun 17 meeting was in our house Wm. Christenson and Brother Jackson from manassa was here
mon 18 haIled my otes
thi 21 i helped cut the last of my otes 10 acres
fri 22 i and simey Dunn went to questa after poasts i got 55
sun 24 tended meetin in Eastdale
mon 25 halled for jenson and myself
thi 28 hard rain storm i plastered on my house
fri 29 i chored around home and worked on a spining wheal
sat 30 i tended Priesthood in Sanford
October 1893
sun l i went un to Eskriges to see if i could get a job of diging potaots on shares but did not get it came home in the afternoon
mon 2 i helped A mortenson thrash ½ day
thi 5 helped c. jenson and Decker W.T. mares and myself i had 48 bushels on 10 acres otes
fri 6 plowed potatos
sat 7 i went after wood for myself
sun 8 i did not feel well
mon 9 i made a test on 3 kinds of clay
tus 10 i plowed potatoes for myself
wed 11 i went to the east mountains to get poles came home with 25 poles and 3 logs
sat 14 i went to Costilla to get a thimble for my wagon i got one of ove Pane
sun 15 i tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 16 drove hogs to the field
tus 17 i started to lay adobies for A mortenson a house for 150 per day
fri 27 i got mary redy to go to sanford and chored around home
sat 28 i worked for A Mortenson
mon 30 i worked on A mortenson house
tus 31 i worked on steny funks house one day and a half
November 1893
thi 2 made fire place for maria Funk
mon 6 i worked on A mortenson house masen work
tus 7 i went to costilla to vote
sat 11 cold blustery day i nailed up a few willows in my house
sun 12 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 13 i hunted antlope and kiled a pig for myslef
tus 14 i went after wood E. Mortenson for on 150 Ibs of wheat
wed 15 i colected debts and get redy to go to mill
thi 16 went as far as sanford
fri 17 went down to see peter peterson and setled up with him
sat 18 brother fenson and i went to Donejos mill
sun 19 came home
mon 20 i helped rile owenes kill a stear .smd chore around home
wed 22 i went after logs for a stable and to cut a load got rile and A mortenson to bring it for work
fri 24 we all fetched 60 logs
sat 25 i haIled clay and sand for to dobe my house
sun 26 i tended meeting in Eastdale
December 1893
fri 1 i went after wood for myself i still worked on my house
sun 3 we had herd a good sermon for Andrew jenson from Salt Lake City
sat 9 i eto stable to the square
mon 11 i worked on my house and stable
wed 13 i worked for c jenson for a stear hide
sun 17 tended meeting in Eastdale brother Bradey and may field was here as misioneryes
mon 18 i plasterd for E mortenson
mon 25 we had chrismus dinner at Brother Dunns house the hold town
tus 26 plasterd for myself
thi 28 we all had time my wife birthday the hold town soprised her with a dinner
fri 29 i went and plastered for A mortenson to balance hawling logs for me
sun 31 tended meeting in Eastdale Brother Wm Christenson and Brother Jackson from Bulo was here