Wednesday, January 13, 1836

 1836

January

Wednesday 13

8 50/..

11 25/..

No kiss.

Dressed Ann’s back and, this included, ready in an hour. Snowy morning and F 35° at 9 50/.., at which hour, breakfast and sat reading till 11 50/.. from page 86 to 102, Milne Edwards’s Éléments de Zoologie.

Mr. Hutchinson, the candidate schoolmaster from Osbalwick near York, came at 11 55/.. –

Ann and I some while with him – Think him very likely to suit, being to be recommended by Mr. Thompson of Escrick – Offered him £60 per annum and the house (including small school) if Mr. Thompson’s answer favorable – Can come in 2 months or perhaps less – Makes £30 per annum where he is – Thankful for the present offer – To be entirely under private patronage – his time to be at Ann’s disposal save the evenings, which he is to have at his own disposal –

Some while with Ann. 

Sent John Clarke with Mr. Hutchinson to the School immediately after his dinner, and sent George off with compliments and inquiries from Ann and the family here to Pye Nest after Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards – and to pay bills –

Wrote the above of today till 1 35/.. – Then out till 5 in the farmyard – Then with Wood and John Green in front of the house, the former making up holes in the wall, the latter barrowing scale –

Mark Hepworth’s man brought 2 loads of stuff from Whiskum quarry – Robert Mann in the farmyard with the 3 paviours, putting sand on new pavement and getting the sets to the very spot – got the dunghillstead paved and about 4 yards length of the lower end up to stable – Samuel Booth getting up sets in the Coachhouse court – the remaining set-part of the old roadway up to the gates into the front court –

Snowy morning till between 10 and 11 – then a little from about 2 p.m. and heavy between 4 and 5 – Sent the paviours off about 4 1/2.  Robert Mann and company staid to put up spouts temporarily and puddle up against where the setting left off, so as to secure us against rain – Gave orders for the paviours not to come again till all was dried up, and then to have all ready (all the new sets wanted) and 4 men to come and get all done in one day –

Came in at 5 – Wet – 1/2 hour dressing – Then sat with Ann reading the 1st 45 pages of Brydon’s Heraldry that came this afternoon from the library by George –

All well at Pye Nest and Darcey Hey (Mrs. John Edwards) and all arrived last night from Torquay –

Dinner at 6 1/4 – A few minutes with my aunt – Coffee – 1/2 hour (Ann part of the time) with my father and Marian –

Got the remainder of my Gentleman’s Magazines from binding at Whitley’s, complete from 1824 to 1835 inclusive – Arranging them in the library, and wrote the last 16 lines till 9 35/.. –

Windy, stormy night –

Letter tonight from A. B. – She lived last with a Mrs. Christie as lady’s maid and housekeeper Mrs. C- was a Miss Gosling – Asks 30 guineas wages – From her own account is a good lady’s maid and housekeeper –

With my aunt from 9 3/4 to 10 20/.., at which hour 41 12°.  Fair – High wind – My aunt cheerful, but said she had much pain and a little fluttering –

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/18/0160