Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1896 Diary
January 1896
thi 2 tended fast meeting in Eastdale myself and famley Bishop Funk and sister Dunn present and no more
fri 3 went to mill with 1010 for my self and 510 for lars mortenson
sat 4 came home
sun 5 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 6 hawled straw for myself
tus 7 worked on S Holman well
wed 8 went after wood
fri 10 went after wood for the meeting house
sat 11 bought some straw from Funk which the stalke was destroying for 1000 adobies
sun 12 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 13 worked on a spining wheel for mary
fri 17 went to sanford to get a check cashed and fetch A S Yielson team home for he was going to Utah saterday evening
sun 19 tended meeting in richfield lisent to a good discorse from Br Grantha and Bro Jackson as home misunarys gave to doods 200$ for --- on my debt
tus 21 dun nothing an old sprain in the brest hurt me
sat 25 went after wood and poasts
sun 26 no meeting
mon 27 not able to work
wed 29 went to mill 1095 bls
fri 31 tended birthday party of Zina D Young
February 1896
sat 1 went after wood and poasts
tus 4 went to Sanford with 30 poasts to buy potos for and A Nielson took 20 with me
wed 5 snowed 4 inches
sun 9 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 10 tried to halled straw to much wind
sun 16 no meeting gone to conference
thi 20 i and S Holman went to Sanford to get potatos I got 1300 lbs 640 for A S Nielson
sun 23 tended meeting in Eastdale
fri 28 came to Sanford
sat 29 tended priesthood meeting in Sanford
March 1896
sun 1 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 2 started to plaster for S 0 Crother
thi 5 tended fast meeting
sat 7 took down with a pain in my brest
sun 8 did not go to meeting felt to bad
tus 10 fineshed plasterins got square with came to 10 dollers
sun 15 tended meetin in Eastdale
mon 16 went after wood
tus 17 went to Sanford with Bishop funk in the worst snow storm i ever was out in snowed 6 inches
thi 19 started to masen for W Hunt for blacksmith work on my wagon
thi 26 fineshed $10
fri 27 started plaster A Nielson
sat 28 tended priesthood meeting in mannassa and went home that night
mon 30 fineshed plastering came to 250
tus 31 built a chimney for J Nielson 150
April 1896
wed 1 came with my wife who came over in a big snow storm
thi 2 went to work on my wagon preparing to go to Utah
tus 7 started to watter for A Mortenson for 100 cash per day
sun 12 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 21 went after wood with my new box
sat 25 went to sanford to get a sanbord put in wagon and get my horses pastured but could not get it
sun 26 tended meeting in sanford
mon 27 Hunt worked on my wagon 5 oclock in the evening place burned up
thi 30 started for tres Piedros to cut ties took all 4 horses
May 1896
tus 5 i rode to garlon to get a job of work the man was gone chances favorbell
thi 7 tended fast meeting Mary was baptised by A S Nielson and confirmed by Anderson
sat 9 tixed up to go and cut ties up to garland (from then until June 11 he cut ties)
June 1896
mon 15 went to Sanford to work in the brick yard but found the boys not redy put pet and Billey in Whittney pasture
tus 16 walked back
wed 17 me and Joseph helped on the fence
thi 18 went to ute mountain to cut logs for a shop
sun 21 did not go to meeting to ragot (ragged)
mon 22 went to Sanford with my other horses and got my wagon
tus 23 went to Costilla to trade
wed 24 went to the ute mountain after logs
sat 27 went to Sanford to priesthood meeting
sun 28 tended meeting in Eastdale snowed on mountain
July 1896
fri 3 it was our turn to hurd
sat 4 i hurded went to Sanford to make brick (from then until 18 he made and set in the kiln over 20,000)
fri 24 worked on our sewing machine
sat 25 tended priesthood meeting in mannassa (molded brick again)
August 1896
mon 3 hunted for my horses in the forenoon afternoon i set in the kiln with W H K and ricked up
wed 5 went to garlan got no money
thi 6 came home and found that Seth Jones had been to my place to get me to come up to Alamossa and see about geting a brick job
fri 7 came to sanford
sat 8 went to Alamossa
sun 9 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 10 came home
tus 11 started to move to Sanford
thi 13 came to sanford with my famley
fri 14 went back after the pig and other things
sat 15 lost my horses came over with A Mortenson
sun 16 tended meeting in sanford
mon 17 hunted for my horses and found them west of Eastdale and came home that night
sat 22 took my wife over to Eastdale to the anual sister meeting
sun 23 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 24 brought my recomend and fetched a load home
wed 26 picked up potatos for A Hagord
sun 30 layed in bed all day
mon 31 went to Alamosa to make brick
September 1896
tus 1 worked on the yard
sat 12 broke the mill came home in the evening
sun 13 went back in the evening
sat 19 i helped jones set and went home
sun 20 went back in the evening (molded trick all week)
October 1896
thi 1 i was sick
fri 2 molded 2532
sat 3 1632 came home
sun 4 wife sick
mon 5 gave birth to a girl (Nina)
tus 6 stayed home
thi 8 went to Alamosa (molded brick until fri 23)
sat 24 went to Eastdale after wood and to see Ephraim Mortenson
sun 25 tended meeting in Eastdale
fri 30 went to Alamosa and set 1600
November 1896
sun 1 came home to vote on the 3
tus 3 voted in Sanford
wed 4 came to Alamosa
mon 16 fineshed burning and came home
wed 18 went to Eastdale with a load as i was moving back for the winter
sun 22 i stayed in sanford tended meeting in Sanford but my wife went to Eastdale
mon 23 went to Alamosa to get my pay but did not get it i was promised it in a few days
tus 24 started to work for Wes Hunt maseing to pay for an 8 doller machine for my wife
thi 26 thanksgiving day hunted for my calf
fri 27 work for hunt put in 18 hours 15 cents per hour
sat 28 tended priesthood meeting in Manassa came home on my wheel and broke it
sun 29 no meeting called Bro Dunn in and Blest and named the baby Nina Johanna Bro dunn was mouth
December 1896
wed 2 went to Sanford to plaster but he was not redy
sun 6 no meeting
mon 7 worked at shoe makeing
tus 8 went to Sanford to get my pay from ottaway
wed 9 got it and came home
sat 12 went to plaster for W 0 Crowthers
sun 13 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 14 started to plaster the west room
wed 16 urned 4.15 cents
sun 20 walked home no meeting in Eastdale
mon 21 chored around home came home to hawl wood but Dunn had my wagon to sanford
thi 24 went after wood
fri 27 selabrated christmus
sun 27 went to sanford
mon 28 worked 5 hours for J holman
tus 29 8 hours fell 8 inches snow
thi 31 worked on the reed and chored around home