Monday, October 12, 1835

1835

October

Monday 12

7 1/4

11 55/..

No kiss.

Ready in an hour – Fine rather frosty morning,  F44 1/2° at 8 1/4 a.m.

Had Charles Howarth about doing up the library passage – Begged off for today to finish the roofing at Barraclough cottage –

Breakfast at 8 1/2 – Ann’s cousin came this morning, yet off at 9 50/.. to Slaithwaite to inquire after Mr. Watson, the schoolmaster there, and returned at 4 1/2 – Not much wet and all the better for her ride – Had had bread and butter at the little Inn at Slaithwaite, and hot wine and water at home before I knew she was returned – Did not come in till 5 1/2 to inquire after her and then out again in a minute or 2 till 6 –

She had seen Mr. Jackson, the incumbent of Slaithwaite – Mr. Watson a man of superior attainments he said – but still Ann gathered by stealth, from his manner, that perhaps he (Mr. Watson) was fond of change, having been in trade, then a schoolmaster at Brotherton, Jann, and now Slaithwaite, and inquiring after a school at Richmond – Complained of having no society at Slaithwaite! I not liking Ann’s account of all this, have persuaded her to inquire after some of the other people who answered our advertisement

I out at 9 1/2 a.m. and all the day at the Cascade bridge except just peeped at Adney bridge and into the new farmyard, and sent off at 3 10/.. Booth’s 2 masons (his 1/2 brothers) in consequence of the rain –

Fine till 2 1/2 then drizzling rain and by 3 heavyish and had sent off Robert Mann and his 3 men, but it became a little fairer and they staid to get down some of the large stones just come from Whiskum quarry for foundations for the 5-ton stone –

Sad weather for us, but do as well as we can – Get on slowly – Mr. Gray may approve what I do or may not – Dear uncertainty! –

Frank with Nelson’s 4 men and Mawson’s and his 2 men, Richard and Jagger, at the quarry loading the hurry and baring and getting ready for getting more stone – Mark with Robert Mann and his men getting down heavy stone – They got the 5-ton stone down this morning from just within the wall against the road to 1/2 way down towards its place – To be lifted tomorrow by Nelson’s 3 legs and blocks –

Dinner at 6 1/2 – Coffee – above 1/2 hour with my father and Marian – then talking over the matter of schoolmasters – 20 minutes with my aunt till 10 10/.. – then till 10 1/2 wrote the above of today – 

Fahrenheit 49 1/2 now at 10 1/2 p.m. fine day or at least fair till about 2 1/2, afterwards drizzling or heavier rain all the afternoon and evening --

 

 

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/18/0110

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