reducing a room to a bath room. Eve read X & N. J. etc.. Am conscious ofthe great Grace of God, He is good. Missions .50, House 3.00, Handle Ed's Hatchet =.35." Tuesday May 13: "Pleasant. After prayers to work. Ed finishes ceiling in new house while I prepare to make side porch into a bedroom. Level floor and start partitions. P.M. move door for hall and put up hall partition. Had a busy fleeting day. Eve shave, read paper and visit Mrs. McLucas. Our God is very good. O for Grace to serve Him & love Him more, Amen. Commissary 1.65, Etc. (for) house .55." Wednesday May 14; "Fine. To 106 and put up front walls. Ed goes to put up ceiling 107 and I to tear out walls for bath rooms in 106. P.M. wife away and I enjoy cold tongue etc.. To house and saw boards and pry walls. To get saw and nails. Put down one foot of floor to enlarge kitchen. Eve read, make request for Building permits. Write Journal and read. Wife caring for a family. God bless my good wife. Storage (of) Wife's plants: 5.00. Nails = .50, saw sharpening =.35," (thursday May 15: "Very pleasant. After prayers I go to 106 and put Ed to work on 107 and I work at bath rooms of 106. Cut and move partitions. P.M. put in partitions and place a short floor. The day seems to have gone swiftly. Eve make measure for rustic and see Holman for letter to wreckers. Eve to prayer service. Count (sic) rustic and read. Our God is with us, Thank God." Friday May 16: "Pleasant. Prayers at 6:30. Take 8:00 train to Frisco, stop off 1 hour at Palo Alto. Reach city about 2:00, spend P.M. buying lumber and bathroom outfits. Find much kindness. At 6.00 P.M take cash Ferry and cross and go to Fruitvale to see Pearse James and go to revival meetings. God is good to us. Western Plumbing Sub. Co., 1341 Miss. St., 133.25, 3 stoves, pack and 2.50 transportation 40.00, Dan P. Dolan, lumber 34.50, faa 2 ways 4.10, Street cars etc., barber .80, Church Collection 1.007 Saturday May 17: "Very pleasant. Up at 6:00 at Pearse's and take car to ferry and cross and go to 3rd and Townsend and take 8:00 train home. On way read Phillippians and eat lunch and rest. Find wife well & happy. P.M. to 106 and finish walls of Bath rooms and put in window to bed room. At 6:00 go with Frank, Francis & friends to Beach to eat Pasties. To see Miss Polk. Eve read A & N. J.. Write notes and look over accounts. God is very good, Amen." Sunday May 18: "Very pleasant. Prayers. Make ready for S. S.. At S. S. class, slow in coming. Lesson: Saving Grace. Dr. Baker talks Centenary. P.M. Subscribe =wife and I $50. each to the Centenary. Read S. S. Paper and rest up and look up negatives for Centenary Con.. To church and hear report of Centenary. Nearly $20,00 subscribed, God lead us. Collection $1.60." Monday May 19: "Find. After prayers I go to house and put window in Bath room and do finishing work. Finish window in bed room. P.M. to get things to work. Put down floor, strips, base boards, etc. and cut a place for window in bed room. Eve look up a number of negatives for Centenary Con.. Wife has an album so I cannot finish. Am tired and my hands feel the effects ofwork. God is very good and leads me, Amen. Postum .50; Nails .50;, Brace and bit $1.20." Tuesday May 20: "Pleasant and warm. Prayers. To #106 and finish kitchen window and hang bathroom door. Work around walls to finish. P.M. home to eat salmon. At 106 place door from hall to apartment left the put in top of 1 end of bedroom. Eve finish pictures and send negatives and $43. to Missionary Society for slides. Am tired and happy. God be praised, Amen. Commissary = $1.20; Nails.21 cents." Wednesday May 21: "Pleasant. Prayers. To Mill and get 1/4 round, 250 feet. Carry to 106 18th Street. Put finish aqua (sp?) on bath rooms. Dinner at home. To mill and get 100 Ft. more 1/4 round and ftat strips. Carry to 106. Take off strips and put on front of house. Start strips in bath room. Eve to plane mill etc.. To sing at Mrs. Bolt's with wife. God is near to us, Amen. Groceries 2.75; Nails.35; Lumber $7.00." Thursday May 22: "Very pleasant. After prayers to 106 and nail strips then put up top of side bedrooms. Home to a good dinner. P.M. take down windows and go to bank. To Pay freight bills. Cut 2 windows and nearly finish putting them in. Get Hawn and Frank and we bring tuck load of rustic and one ofbath tubs and other plumbing. To Prayer meeting. Thank God. meat .50, etc. .10; windows 2.00, freight on lumber, plumbing goods and stoves: 16.34." Friday May 23: "Pleasant. Prayers. To 106 and finish window. To get hinges etc. and at plane mill for strips, glass. Then to bank and plumbers. P.M. put pillars on porch. To see a house with Shaw's (sp?). Work seems to go slow. Open crates with tubs etc. this AM.. Eve write Lost Baggage Depot, Hoboken to inquire of boxes. After supper walkwithwife. Read A. & N. J.. Thank God, Heis withus. Window Glass Strips etc. 2.05." Saturday May 24: "Foggy, good day to work. Prayers. To 107 and E. and I start to put rustie on house. Find it pleasant work. Wife gives me good dinner. P.M. to press with Ames' Letter and to get food and barbering. To 107 and continue putting on Rustic. Finish one side and half of front. Eve read Christian Advocate, write Mrs. Ham (sp?) Clast (sp?) 94 (sp?) card. Bath and to early bed. God is near to us, Amen. Eats for house .80, Barber .70; E. L. Chase 10 1/2 days work $29.70." Sunday May 25: "Pleasant. 12 DIARY JC.19 , OCR Text: reducing a room to a bath room. Eve read X & N. J. etc.. Am conscious ofthe great Grace of God, He is good. Missions .50, House 3.00, Handle Ed's Hatchet =.35." Tuesday May 13: "Pleasant. After prayers to work. Ed finishes ceiling in new house while I prepare to make side porch into a bedroom. Level floor and start partitions. P.M. move door for hall and put up hall partition. Had a busy fleeting day. Eve shave, read paper and visit Mrs. McLucas. Our God is very good. O for Grace to serve Him & love Him more, Amen. Commissary 1.65, Etc. (for) house .55." Wednesday May 14; "Fine. To 106 and put up front walls. Ed goes to put up ceiling 107 and I to tear out walls for bath rooms in 106. P.M. wife away and I enjoy cold tongue etc.. To house and saw boards and pry walls. To get saw and nails. Put down one foot of floor to enlarge kitchen. Eve read, make request for Building permits. Write Journal and read. Wife caring for a family. God bless my good wife. Storage (of) Wife's plants: 5.00. Nails = .50, saw sharpening =.35," (thursday May 15: "Very pleasant. After prayers I go to 106 and put Ed to work on 107 and I work at bath rooms of 106. Cut and move partitions. P.M. put in partitions and place a short floor. The day seems to have gone swiftly. Eve make measure for rustic and see Holman for letter to wreckers. Eve to prayer service. Count (sic) rustic and read. Our God is with us, Thank God." Friday May 16: "Pleasant. Prayers at 6:30. Take 8:00 train to Frisco, stop off 1 hour at Palo Alto. Reach city about 2:00, spend P.M. buying lumber and bathroom outfits. Find much kindness. At 6.00 P.M take cash Ferry and cross and go to Fruitvale to see Pearse James and go to revival meetings. God is good to us. Western Plumbing Sub. Co., 1341 Miss. St., 133.25, 3 stoves, pack and 2.50 transportation 40.00, Dan P. Dolan, lumber 34.50, faa 2 ways 4.10, Street cars etc., barber .80, Church Collection 1.007 Saturday May 17: "Very pleasant. Up at 6:00 at Pearse's and take car to ferry and cross and go to 3rd and Townsend and take 8:00 train home. On way read Phillippians and eat lunch and rest. Find wife well & happy. P.M. to 106 and finish walls of Bath rooms and put in window to bed room. At 6:00 go with Frank, Francis & friends to Beach to eat Pasties. To see Miss Polk. Eve read A & N. J.. Write notes and look over accounts. God is very good, Amen." Sunday May 18: "Very pleasant. Prayers. Make ready for S. S.. At S. S. class, slow in coming. Lesson: Saving Grace. Dr. Baker talks Centenary. P.M. Subscribe =wife and I $50. each to the Centenary. Read S. S. Paper and rest up and look up negatives for Centenary Con.. To church and hear report of Centenary. Nearly $20,00 subscribed, God lead us. Collection $1.60." Monday May 19: "Find. After prayers I go to house and put window in Bath room and do finishing work. Finish window in bed room. P.M. to get things to work. Put down floor, strips, base boards, etc. and cut a place for window in bed room. Eve look up a number of negatives for Centenary Con.. Wife has an album so I cannot finish. Am tired and my hands feel the effects ofwork. God is very good and leads me, Amen. Postum .50; Nails .50;, Brace and bit $1.20." Tuesday May 20: "Pleasant and warm. Prayers. To #106 and finish kitchen window and hang bathroom door. Work around walls to finish. P.M. home to eat salmon. At 106 place door from hall to apartment left the put in top of 1 end of bedroom. Eve finish pictures and send negatives and $43. to Missionary Society for slides. Am tired and happy. God be praised, Amen. Commissary = $1.20; Nails.21 cents." Wednesday May 21: "Pleasant. Prayers. To Mill and get 1/4 round, 250 feet. Carry to 106 18th Street. Put finish aqua (sp?) on bath rooms. Dinner at home. To mill and get 100 Ft. more 1/4 round and ftat strips. Carry to 106. Take off strips and put on front of house. Start strips in bath room. Eve to plane mill etc.. To sing at Mrs. Bolt's with wife. God is near to us, Amen. Groceries 2.75; Nails.35; Lumber $7.00." Thursday May 22: "Very pleasant. After prayers to 106 and nail strips then put up top of side bedrooms. Home to a good dinner. P.M. take down windows and go to bank. To Pay freight bills. Cut 2 windows and nearly finish putting them in. Get Hawn and Frank and we bring tuck load of rustic and one ofbath tubs and other plumbing. To Prayer meeting. Thank God. meat .50, etc. .10; windows 2.00, freight on lumber, plumbing goods and stoves: 16.34." Friday May 23: "Pleasant. Prayers. To 106 and finish window. To get hinges etc. and at plane mill for strips, glass. Then to bank and plumbers. P.M. put pillars on porch. To see a house with Shaw's (sp?). Work seems to go slow. Open crates with tubs etc. this AM.. Eve write Lost Baggage Depot, Hoboken to inquire of boxes. After supper walkwithwife. Read A. & N. J.. Thank God, Heis withus. Window Glass Strips etc. 2.05." Saturday May 24: "Foggy, good day to work. Prayers. To 107 and E. and I start to put rustie on house. Find it pleasant work. Wife gives me good dinner. P.M. to press with Ames' Letter and to get food and barbering. To 107 and continue putting on Rustic. Finish one side and half of front. Eve read Christian Advocate, write Mrs. Ham (sp?) Clast (sp?) 94 (sp?) card. Bath and to early bed. God is near to us, Amen. Eats for house .80, Barber .70; E. L. Chase 10 1/2 days work $29.70." Sunday May 25: "Pleasant. 12 DIARY JC.19 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,C through D File Names,clemens,CLEMENS_019.pdf,CLEMENS_019.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: CLEMENS_019.PDF, CLEMENS_019.pdf 1 Page 1