Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . ph Myrick is at work at our mill atsawing sieve rims. Jan. 13, 1844. Some rainy in the morning, and somesplashy. Elijah Myrick makes a lot of broom handles. Sabbath, Jan. 28, 1844. Meeting as usual. LucyMyrick attended in the — danced a song in livelymanner and expect it will be the last that she will everdance in this world. Feb. 2d, 1844. Evening at 8 oclock we have a stand-ing meeting to commemorate the anniversary day thatthe Holy Roll and Book was given to be written bymortal hand for the inhabitants of Earth. Mar
Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . ph Myrick is at work at our mill atsawing sieve rims. Jan. 13, 1844. Some rainy in the morning, and somesplashy. Elijah Myrick makes a lot of broom handles. Sabbath, Jan. 28, 1844. Meeting as usual. LucyMyrick attended in the — danced a song in livelymanner and expect it will be the last that she will everdance in this world. Feb. 2d, 1844. Evening at 8 oclock we have a stand-ing meeting to commemorate the anniversary day thatthe Holy Roll and Book was given to be written bymortal hand for the inhabitants of Earth. March 2d, 1844. Cloudy and warm — thaws con-siderable. The arrival of the mail this brings intel-ligence of an awful accident that has happened at Wash-ington this week, occasioned by the bursting of a gun onboard the steamship Princeton, which killed the Secre-taries of State and of the Navy of the United States, alsothree other men and wounded a number more. March 8, 1844. Cloudy and warm. Augustus Gros-venor finished sledding mud — has sledded one hundred. ELDRESS ELIZA BABBITT Niece of Tabitha BabbittDied 1S65—aged 84 years THE HARVARD SHAKER INDUSTRIES 243 loads of mud and collected two hundred bushels of ashesto a compost for the nursery. March 21st, 1844. Abiel Crosby is here a-learning ofSamuel Myrick to braid palm-leaf hats. May 4, 1844. Elder Brother made a frame to put awriting in that is to be placed at the entrance of the HolyGround. Dana White and Elisha Myrick have planed alot of seats for the Holy Ground this week. May 4, 1844. William Leonard went out in pursuitof fruit trees. May 5, 1844. We have our meeting upon the HolyHill to-day. May 17, 1844. Brother Abel Jewett and AugustusGrosvenor went with Elder Joseph Myrick to see CharlesLanes farm. x Sabbath, May 19, 1844. Clear and quite windy andcold. Lucy Myrick departed this life this at ten min-utes before four oclock, aged twenty-seven years. Dis-ease, consumption. She has been sick about six m
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