Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . The sales for 1849 including all the herbs, and de-livered to agents amount to # net. We raise, gather, and prepare this year 5788 poundsof herbs, barks, roots, etc., which is five hundred poundsmore than was ever culled before. The foregoing statistics would be a good introduc-tion, I thought, for the first journal I ever kept afterhaving worked in the Herb Department 14! successiveyears. Elisha Myrick, Jan., 1850. Jan. 2d. Elisha works at work bench in the HerbHouse, packing herbs to go to Boston. Jan. 9, 1850. Eli
Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . The sales for 1849 including all the herbs, and de-livered to agents amount to # net. We raise, gather, and prepare this year 5788 poundsof herbs, barks, roots, etc., which is five hundred poundsmore than was ever culled before. The foregoing statistics would be a good introduc-tion, I thought, for the first journal I ever kept afterhaving worked in the Herb Department 14! successiveyears. Elisha Myrick, Jan., 1850. Jan. 2d. Elisha works at work bench in the HerbHouse, packing herbs to go to Boston. Jan. 9, 1850. Elisha works all night packing andmaking out bills. Jan. 14, 1850. Elisha up at 3 oclock in the morningwriting and putting up his herbs. Jan. 17, 1850. Elisha is up at 4 oclock putting upherbs to go to Boston. Three sisters pick over dry sagein the evening. Feb. 10, 1850. Elisha and Mary and Charlotte put33 pounds of herbs in ounces for Reed & Casler. Feb. 14, 1850. After meeting in the evening we gotsome help and put up 18 dozen large cans of thyme till12 THE SCHOOLHOUSE
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