Monday Sept 15th Mrs Stevens & I made our plan
to go to North Bridgewater this afternoon but
could not get a horse in season Augustus
rode up to his house with us and we brought
Miss Eddy home with us. Called at Mr Reeds
and got some peaches. Mr & Mrs Whitwell
called before we went away Ruth & Louisa
Swan called at the other part of the house
Plans to go to North Bridgewater had to be cancelled today when Evelina couldn’t get a horse in time, or “in season,” as she says. The morning hours had been spent on housework and laundry, certainly, and the planned trip to Bridgewater must have been a sweet incentive to get the choring done. No doubt Evelina and Mrs Stevens were disappointed not to go.
Evelina and Mrs. Stevens did get to call on Evelina’s nephew, Alson Augustus Gilmore and his wife, Hannah Lincoln Gilmore. Hannah had recently given birth to her second son, Willie, and might well have welcomed the company. The women also secured some peaches at one of the Reeds’ homes, no doubt with plans to make some preserves. Reverend William Whitwell and his wife Eliza called on them and two of Dr. Caleb Swan’s offspring, Ruth and Louisa, called to see Sarah Witherell. Ruth was about to be married. The social comings and goings of summer continued despite the light frost overnight, a sure sign of approaching autumn.
