Wednesday, October 10, 1832

 1832

October

Wednesday 10

8 20/..

10 3/4

At eight incurred a cross thinking of Miss Walker.  Had been musing about her for an hour before –

 Rainy morning at 6, but fair and fine when I got up –

Down at 9 1/4 to Mr. Henry Bates of the firm of Bates and Son of Washer lane, and paid him by check on Rawson's his bill of £191.15.0 for wheel and other work done at Mytholm Mill – He then sat talking politics and country news above an hour – Keeps 40 men in constant employ – He or his son will be glad to shew me over their workshops –

Breakfast with my aunt at 10 1/2 – Staid talking to her till out at 11 50/..

Dick having just finishing walling and sodding up banking in my walk, sent him to do the bit of trenching and planting in the bit of Well Royde upper brow cut off by the new Godley road – Then with John Booth setting up lilies of the valley etc. in the garden.  Sauntered about while he got his dinner and helped down with the plants in the hand barrow, and waited in the walk till he came back from Halifax at 4, and then with him while he planted out the lilies etc. and removed a good sized holly from the front of the hut to fill up part of the old line of walk in Lower brook Ing wood – Charles and James Howarth here today.  Mossed roof of hut, door and bench of ditto, and propped overhanging branches of trees.  Moveable bench done – perhaps not done today but before –

Home at 6 1/2 – Dinner at 6 50/.. – Afterwards read from p. page 101 to 104, Sketches of India, and came into the little room at 8 40/.. and wrote the above of today –  Read over tonight’s Courier and came upstairs at 10 – My aunt, tho’ better these last few days, had still spasms and says she feels weak, and different from what she used to do –

Fine day – Fahrenheit 62° now at 10 5/.. --

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/15/0130