Julia Brumfield Diaries

A good day. Jim stayed here and worked on a plant bed & shucked some corn. Josie got dinner and kept Mabel. Ben and I went to see Lonnie Bennett. He is very sick yet but better than he was a while back. I hope he may get well a gain. Ben and I come by Gretna and went to Marvin Smiths a while. I was glad to see them. Did not see Marvin. He was burning a plant bed. The children went to school. Franklin went today.

A bad day. Snowed all day. Not very cold. Mabel is sick. I am so sorrie for her & her mother.

Jim & Ben stripped tobacco. Mr Norman Booker helped them. I killed a chicken & dressed it and got dinner. Helped to holde Mabel some. Josie done what she could. She had to rock Mabel most of the time. Henry & Edna went to school as bad as it was. I have bin mending overalls tonight.

I sympathize with all the poor and hard up people and the sick and that is the most of them.

A cloudy day. No weather.

Ben & Jim stripped some tobacco. Booker helped them. Ben went to the store. Bought some coffee. Caught a rabbit. The children went to school. A pedler come here today selling glassed. I have done most of the work today. Poor little Mable is sick and crying right now. I am so sorry for her & Ben & Josie two. The peice for Henrys gun come today. He is so glad that it fits right.

I do hope that the sick grand children will all be well soon.

A cloudy day. Jim & Ben stripped tobacco all day. Booke helped them. The children went to School. Doris & Jania Brumfield & Christenia Reynols come home with them. Annie and Brtha Doss come here this evening. They brought the lasts[?] home. Maybel is sick. Don't seem to get better fast. I do hope she may get well soon. The children are haveing a big time to night. I am so sleepy tha I can hardly write.

A rainy day. The boys stripped tobacco. The children went to school. They were late at school. Mabel is better today. I am so glad Josie and I do a little cookin and [Nanes?] Mabel is so cross.

I have not bin anywher or heard any thing new so I have not got anything to write. The weather is bad and soon the roads will be bad so that people can't run a car. Henry & Edna are studying their lessons yet.

9: o clock