Volume 12, 1880/1881

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 5

Scope and content:

May 17, 1880: "Old Black Aunt Dasha died this evening about 10:00 at Miss May Areys."

May 23, 1880: Preaching by Rev. King.

June 3, 1880: "Mr. Jacobs wife and others gone to Harrisonburg to see the decorations of the soldiers graves. A very small crowd present."

June 5, 1880: "A great Memorial Day at Winchester. A great many persons present."

June 10, 1880: "A lawn party at Harrisonburg by the Colored People and the Colored Band attended the party."

June 14, 1880: "Allemong gone to Staunton to close of female school of the M. E. C. South."

June 17, 1880: "Mrs. Goldsmith buried to day in our grave yard and Brother Cunningham preached text Revelation."

June 19, 1880: "Colored Band went to Newmarket to the Cave."

July 2, 1880: "The colored people had a festival tonight at their church. Realized $7.30."

July 3, 1880: "Hopewell was elected Sargent [sic] for the Corporation Bridgewater colored people."

July 3, 1880: "Colored people had another festival. Realized $10.18." [White lawn parties Smals mentions raise anywhere from $40-$70].

July 6, 1880: Smith stole George Milstead's watch and about ten dollars in money. [He got it back in the next day or so].[Smals records that Bridgewater had a population of 400 people in July 1880]

July 8, 1880: "The amount of population of the encorporation of Bridgewater is 400 white and colored."

July 20, 1880: "T. P. Humphreys gone to Sunday School Convention at Valley Grove between Baltimore and Washington City."

July 30, 1880: "The Sons of Purity [colored] have a great parade today in Harrisonburg."

July 31, 1880: "The colored band gone to Pleasant Valley to a picnic."

August 6, 1880: "Rev Bush and Rev. Wolfe came down the street in a Rockaway and spindle broke and one jumped out the other fell out of the Rockaway and neither got hurt."

August 9, 1880: "Henry Hocks and T. Sheets had a fight. Sheets struck H. Hocks with a piece of iron. It is supposed that Hocks was in fault."

August 21, 1880: "A good many cattle and sheep gone through our town today."

August 22, 1880: Sabbath: "Preaching by the Tunkards at the far end of town."

September 3, 1880: "A big watermelon trial between Joseph Nisewander and the Kerecoofs."

September 25, 1880: "The negroes had a picnic at Mt. Solon today. The Nigger Band played for them."

September 30, 1880: "Colored People Village Camp commenced this evening in this place. A negro show at the River schoolhouse."

October 1, 1880: "Old Uncle Adam Rader has come over to our town at the age of 90 years old."

Octpber 19, 1880: "A big show in Harrisonburg today, a great many persons present. Some drunk and some sober." [sketch of circus tent]

November 11, 1880: "Peter Miller gone to West Va. on a preaching ture [sic] today."

November 29, 1880: "I H. Smals killed my hog today."

December 1, 1880: "Some scoundrel cut the guts of Charley Teters horse this morning. Mat Barber was arrested for gutting the horse, his trial comes off next Saturday in this place."

December 4, 1880: Mat Barber trial commence in old Town Hall. [Smals implies that others were implemented, but the trial outcome is not clear]

December 24, 1880: "Coldest weather I ever felt or saw."

December 31, 1880: "25 degrees below zero. Frank Erwin and Dewit Brown froze their ears stiff."

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