Volume 11, 1889/1890

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 6

Scope and content:

October 28, 1879: "The winter meeting in the M. E. S. Church still in progress. Herschel Young professed religion tonight"

October 29, 1879: "547 cattle passed through town today."

November 1879-January 1880: Mentions a lot of religious meetings and conversions.

November 2, 1879: "56 for church service. Protracted meeting still going on in M. E. Church." [This revival continued for the first week or two of November]

November 6, 1879: "Mr. Sheetz plank mill burnt down with 7,000 feet of lumber."

November 8, 1879: "Several drummers in town today selling goods."

November 9, 1879: "Wofered Vancant struck Joe William with a club at our church door." [sketch of club with word club written on it] "John Myers was converted to night about 9 o'clock."

November 11, 1879: "Moffett Miller, Dr. Bucher and Thrush Sellers were all converted." [Moffett Miller is commemorated in a stained glass window in Bridgewater United Methodist Church].

November 21, 1879: "I H. Smals heard a great noise to night in the skyes about 12 o'clock. The Noise was as Distant Thunder." [He noted that the temperature was 8 degrees the next morning.]

December 8, 1879: "Miss Rosenbaum came to our town to teach music on the piano from Staunton."

December 13, 1879: "The Tunkard Brethren had quite a revival. 15 were baptized by immersion. Old man Marshall killed a 568 ¼ pound hog." [Sketch of hog, Smals always reported who all was butchering this time of year]

December 24, 1879: "Christmas tree in the M.E. Church. A large attendance on the occasion. In Shiffletts Hollow, Shifflett killed his brother Shifflett."

Christmas Day: "a ladder at the Methodist Church with presents for the children."[This must have been a structure erected for the children's presents].

December 30, 1879: "Lutherans locked the Baptist out of their church this evening."

January 1, 1880: "Rev. Grennan preached in the Dunkard Church on the subject of baptism by immersion-3 times face down."

January 13, 1880: "Miss Mulley Robinson gone home to Harrisonburg with mail wagon."

January 18, 1880: "Preaching at 11 o'clock by Dr. John S. Martin in the M. E. Church. Quarterly meeting."

January 20, 1880: "John Allemong elected president of our Narrow Gauge Rail Road."

January 21, 1880: "A cave discovered on Blosser's Farm by Bud Peterson close to Pike about 2 ½ miles this side of Harrisonburg."

January 22, 1880: "The U. B. trustees sold the church to the Baptists for $400."

January 24, 1880: "Some scoundrel stopped my shop chimney up and smoked me powerful."

January 28, 1880: "One hundred cases of smallpox at Culpeper."

February 3, 1880: "The organ for the M. E. Church came this evening." [sketch]

February 9, 1880: "Campbell killed Smith at the Warm Springs today."

February 11, 1880: Rev. Grachen preached at M. E. Church.

February 23, 1880: Big fire in Bridgewater. Destroyed Mr. Byrd's House and stable and burned the houses and out buildings of Mrs. Covington and Mrs. Arey. $10,000 loss.

March 2, 1880: "The chimneys of the burnt houses were thrown down today. M. E. Church broken into and the organ injured."

March 3, 1880: "The Baltimore Conference met this morning at Front Royal, Warren County."

March 4, 1880: "Wild geese over river today near bridge."

March 5, 1880: "Mr. Ehrman the Beef man in town today settling with his customers."

March 6, 1880: "A man here today measured 6'7" high. He was a monster."

March 22, 1880: "John Hatfield puts a roof on Mrs. Covington's dairy. Commenced this morning for $5. High winds-could hardly stay on the building."

March 31, 1880: "The negroes had a fight at Lowman's stable last night."

April 2, 1880: "A great negro trial at our courthouse. About 90 persons present. Jos. Higgins and John Bundy paid a fine of $3.90 each for fighting at the corporation [of Bridgewater.]"

April 28, 1880: "George Dinkel and A. H. Smals commence making brick back of the school house."

May 6, 1880: "George Jenkins wife had a child cut from her womb and saved the woman."

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