This book bought at Springwater, NY.

31 August 1895.

While E. W. B. and C. R. S. were enroute for lake.

Record

Of the “doings of the Barnes Family” & friends.

Consisting mostly of their “goings” & “comings” to & from Hemlock Lake.

Compiled from ancient records found at Grove Cottage.

And continuing from time to time as events of great moment transpired.

1888

The undersigned arrived at Grove cottage Hemlock Lake, Sept. 13/88.

Mrs. Chas H. Smith

Miss Bessie Smith

Miss Nellie Smith “A Royal Time”

Henry Smith “I’m In”

E. Willard Barnes

Thad C. Moore

Mrs. EW Barnes & Miss “Taddie” arrived Sept 20-

Charles Barnes put in an appearance & a large meal Sept 29/88 “Wow”

Total number of fish caught by Misters Smith & Moore 238.

Charlie & Thad at Cave Banks during clear up shower Oct 1. The lake surface very spotty

The party leave for Wellsville Oct. 3 carring along 28 large Black Bass.

(The above is from the pen of Thad C. Moore. It may be only fair to the reader to say that the present writer has not enlarged upon the fish story contained in the original manuscript.)

1889 to 1892 Inclusive

These years seem to have passed without any authentic record of events, but the inhabitants of Grove cottage at different times during the period, as nearly as may be ascertained, include the following:

1893

Sept. 30th. - Mrs. B., Tadie, Jennie Nichols & CMB arrive.

Oct. 14th Mrs B. Jennie N. & CMB depart for W. -

EWB comes over sometime in the interval & he & Taddie remain at St. James until Oct. 21st.

(It is learned, upon very good authority, that the two last names remained so late at St. James on account of the sprained knee sustained by EWB while climbing a chestnut tree on Sunday.)

Mem. - “Fishing WG”

1894

July 28th. Mrs B. & Archie Hanks drive over with the G.M. - CMB Taddie & CRS wheel over.

July 31st. CMB & CRS wheel home via Hill road & Dansville.

Aug. 5th. Sunday - EWB comes over on train remaining over Sunday.

Aug. 12th, Saturday. CMB & CRS arrive on wheels

Aug. 19th, Saturday. Mrs B & Archie H. drive the G.M. home. CMB Taddie & CRS wheel to Almond & ride in on No. 1

Aug. 27th, Monday. Mrs. B. & EWB come over on cars. Taddie & CRS on wheels.

Aug. 29th, Wednesday. CRS wheels home.

Sept. 4th, Monday. Mrs B. EWB & Taddie home in cars

Oct. 21st, Sunday. Mrs. B. Taddie, CMB & CRS (as usual) drive over

Oct. 24th, Wednesday. CMB & CRS.

drive home, leaving Mrs B. & Taddie at St. James.

Nov. 3rd Mrs B. & Taddie go home on cars.

1895

June 1st, Saturday. CMB & CRS arrive on wheels from Buffalo. EWB & Taddie ditto from Wellsville.

June 2nd, Sunday. Party left for W. on wheels.

June 14th, Saturday. CMB & CRS arrive from W. on wheels.

June 16th, Monday. Leave for W.

July 3rd. Mrs. Barnes & Jennie Nichols arrive from W. via cars. EWB, CMB Taddie, & Jay Wilson wheel over from W.

July 8th. EWB CMB & Jay Wilson leave from home on wheels.

July 13th, Saturday. CMB & CRS wheel over.

July 16th. Same parties leave for home. & TF Fisher arrives on his wheel.

July 20th, Saturday. TF Fisher starts home on wheel accompanied as far as Wayland by Taddie & Harry Knox. They meet Ed. Brown & CRS bound for Lake on wheels & at Wayland meet CWB. Later Mrs. JM Rathburn & daughter Dill arrive by horse & buggy from Silver Lake.

& Mrs. Scott & “girl” arrive via Erie Livonia. All parties at Grove Cottage. “Full house” that night.

July 22nd, Monday. EWB & CRS go home on wheels. Judge Farnenn arrives from Rochester.

July 23rd. Judge Farnenn, Mrs B & EWB start for Wayland & home on wheels. Mrs B. & EWB return, - Mrs B. with a black eye. Mrs. Rathburn & Dill drive home.

July 25th. EWB wheels home.

July 26th. Jennie Nichols leaves for Livonia.

July 27th, - Saturday. - CMB & CRS ride “in the rain”

July 31st, Tuesday. CMB & CRS wheel home.

Aug. 3rd, Saturday. Mrs.B. Mrs. Scott, & Taddie on boat & stage & wheel to Wayland & via RR to Hornellsville & home on No 1., Mrs B. with a “face on” “FTC brigade”.

Aug. 17th, Saturday. Taddie & CRS arrive on wheels (dinner at BM’s) Aunt Eunice on L.V. train at 5:50. Mrs B via Corning & Livonia & “private conveyance” (herself & baggage) arrive at 6 pm. (WB stage

stopped running from Livonia to St. James.)

Aug. 20th, Tuesday. CRS wheels home.

Aug. 23rd, Friday. Aunt Eunice departs via L.V. RR for Watkins.

Aug. 24th, Saturday. CRS arrives on wheel from W. EWB & CMB come in on wheels from Livonia having reached that point via Buffalo & Erie RR.

Aug. 26th, Monday. 3 P.M. EWB, CMB & CRS start for home on wheels.

Aug. 27th, Tuesday. Ruth Edson arrives from Rochester via L.V. RR.

Aug. 31st, Saturday. EWB & CRS arrive on wheels at about 7:30 P.M.

Sept. 2nd, Monday. EWB & CRS depart for home on wheels. Ruth Edson goes in 4:40 L.V. train.

Sept. 6th, Friday. Mrs B. departs for home via wheel to Wayland. Taddie starting for Wayland with her. They meet Mrs. S. & Uncle “Jim” driving down from earlier than expected & Mrs. B drives in to Wayland with Capron & Taddie returns to cottage

with the others. General “mixup”. CRS arrives later on wheel.

Sept. 10th, Tuesday. - CRS goes home on wheel.

Sept. 13th, Friday. 7:30 P.M. CMB arrives on wheel.

Sept. 17th, Tuesday. CWB goes home via Livonia & Erie RR.

Sept. 19th, Mrs. B arrives via Watkins & L.V. RR.

Sept. 20th, Friday. Mrs. S. & Uncle “Jim” depart for Wellsville via Wayland R.R.

Sept. 21st, Saturday. 8:30 P.M. CMB & CRS arrive on wheels.

Sunday - “Row & Ride” to Stewarts to see if lumber for addition to cottage was loading. Took whole day.

Monday. CMB, aided and abetted by JRW gives us a splendid “imitation of a mare plowing”.

Sept. 24th, Tuesday. CMB & CRS start for home on wheels at 3 P.M., rough lumber for cottage having arrived from Stewarts at noon.

Sept. 25th. Mr. Van Zanty, the carpenter, puts in an appearance and hauls lumber up from shore.

Sept. 26th. Foundation for addition, sills, etc. are

placed in position & work is under way.

Sept. 30th, Monday. Rial arrives from W. with team & wagon load of bay window, etc, the etc. including two pups.

Oct. 1 & 2. Great “World’s Fair” at “Slab City” with none of us there. Mr. Weaver, Mrs & Mr. s. Weaver & Bert & Miss Rose Wills with Mrs B, Taddie & Rial spent “Fair time” mitting & picnicking at Hop Point & various points.

Oct. 3, Thursday. Lubme for cottage from Honeoye arrives at G.C.

Oct. 5, Saturday. CMB & CRS arrive at G.C. on wheels at 9 P.M. TCM having spent nights in 17 since Sept 21 (mostly)

Oct. 6, Sunday. Mrs. & Mr. “Dill” Madison of Rochester spend Sunday at G.C.

Oct. 8, Tuesday. CRS wheels home. Aunt Eunice arrive on 7:40 L.V. train.

Oct. 10, Thurday. Aunt Eunice goes home via L.V.

Oct. 12, Saturday. Mrs. Edson & sons Allan & Paul spend day at G.C. 9:30 P.M. EWB & CRS arrive from station on wheels.

Oct. 14. EWB Taddie & CRS go home on wheels.

Oct. 16. CMB takes an inspection, ordering business & pleasure trip to Honeoye Falls & Rochester via L.V.RR.

Oct. 18. Taddie & CRS come all the way through from home on wheels.

Oct. 19. Results of CMB trip (hardware, tile, lumber, frames, doors, etc. for addition) arrive on L.V. and are conveyed to G.C. with occasional aid from the boss “work team”

Oct. 20. First snow storm of season

Oct. 21, Monday. CRS wheels home.

To Mamma - “I went out in the morning when the sun was three hours high. I slipped upon a frozen plank and broke my leg and thigh.” Oh my!

(Signed)

CM Barnes at L.V.RR. Station loading lumber and “the horse” balked.

A flock of wild geese passed over about 7 P.M.

Oct. 25, Friday. A flock of wild geese passed over at dusk, alighting somewhere

between G.C. and Picnic Point at 7:30 P.M. CMB and Taddie go trolling, taking along shot gun. After catching three large pike they started on a “wild goose chase”, and succeeded in killing one and wounding a second. A lively chase then followed between “wounded goose” and aforementioned couple. The goose at last being captured was carried to G.C. alive, where it was killed and skinned. The skin being sent to Mr. O.A. Vars to be stuffed. All this took place between the hours of 7 and 12. Lake calm. Moonlight.

Oct. 26, Saturday. CRS arrives on wheel at 2:30

Oct. 27, Sunday. The lake very rough. Mrs B. CMB, CRS, and Taddie start to row over to St. James to a turkey dinner, but on account of the waves and water return to shore and all walk around.

Oct. 28, Monday. CRS wheels home.

Nov. 2, Saturday. Preframing for the dinner to dedicate addition to G.C. EWB & CRS arrived on wheels at 7 P.M. Thermometor registered 30 at 10 P.M.

Grove Cottage Hemlock Lake NY

Menu

OYSTER SOUP

BAKED PIKE with Marrow-back cream dressing

Olives - Pickles - Celery

WILD GOOSE WITH chestnut dressing

ST. JAMES TURKEY with cranberry sauce

EAST SIDE CHICKEN

Gelatine - Hop Point Grape Jelly

POTATOES Syndicate - SQUASH - ONIONS - CABBAGE

BREAD, Rye and Mrs. Stewart’s Best

PUMPKIN PIE - MINCE PIE - APPLE PIE

CHARLOTTE RUSSE

HICKORY NUT CAKE - FRUIT CAKE

FANCY CAKES - DOUGHNUTS - CANDY

Schwietzer Cheese - Allegany Full Cream Cheese

Hickory Nuts - Walnuts - Butternuts - Chesnuts

Raisins - Pop Corn - Apples

COFFEE - Cider - Mineral Water - Glen Water - Tea

Mrs. Fitzgerald and Miss Ethel were guests at the dinner. A most beautiful day.

Nov. 4, Monday. EWB left for Wellsville via lumber wagon to Livonia from there the Erie R.R. at 6 A.M. later CRS wheels home.

Nov. 5, Tuesday. Mr. & Mrs. Weaver come down to spend day, thermometer registered 70

Nov. 9, Saturday. CMB goes home, raining.

Nov. 16, Saturday. CMB arrived Erie RR. to Livonia then wheeled to lake.

Nov. 18, Monday. The big stone between the Barnes and Cook cottage was moved by means of chains, roller, team, “JR Daniels” Rial and CMB toward the Barnes Point.

Nov. 21, Thursday. Mrs B. and Taddie leave for Wellsville via L.V.RR. to Rochester and Erie to W.

Nov. 23. CMB leaves for home via Erie RR. and “Rial” driving wagon and team.

1896

May 15 - Friday - CMB and Roy Rider wheel over from Wellsville on the “tandem” returned Monday May 18.

June 3, Wednesday - Mrs Knowlton, and twins Gertrude and Janette, T.C. Moore, Fred Hanslett, and Mrs. Barnes arrived by way of Erie, CNY & W and caprons stage and the carpenter work began Thursday A.M. ceiling and finishing the new addition. Weather very warm. Thermometer ranging between 85-90 in shade.

June 6 - Saturday - Roy and Bess Rider and Taddie arrive at 12, wet and muddy having ridden from Wayland to “Rain Water” in the rain from which place they took stage & lake.

June 7, Sunday. Exceedingly hot - thermometer 85-90 in shade Grand storm at 6 o’clock.

June 8, Monday - Roy, Bess and Taddie left for Wellsville on wheels to Wayland C.N.Y. & W to Hornellsville & Erie train 1 - home. Very warm and S-E wind - “Mud” “Nit”.

heavy shower at 1 o’clock. Ceiling finished Main room at noon.

June 11 - Thursday - Mrs. Knowlton and babies left for Wellsville. Mrs. B driving her to Livonia with Topsy for 10 o’clock train.

June 13, Saturday - Willard happily surprised the occupants of Grove Cottage by appearing about nine o’clock. Having wheeled from Wayland. Spent Sunday & Monday.

June 16. Tuesday EWB left for Wellsville about 3 o’clock - lost 6 o’clock train at Wayland. So took Erie to Corning arriving in Wellsville via train three Wednesday morning. A big store during afternoon - not a fish big or little - cool -

June 20 - Saturday - CMB and Taddie wheel in about 9 o’clock P.M. Supper

At B.M.’s -

June 22, Monday - CMB left on wheel at 11 A.M. for Wayland. CNY and W to H-ville and Erie train 1 home.

June 27, Saturday. CMB & CRS put in an appearance about 9 o’clock. Supper at B.M.’s - A beautiful day. Mrs. B. and Taddie picked black raspberrys for dinner Sunday.

June 29 - Monday. Carpenters through breakfast at 5:30. CMB & CRS leave for Wellsville at 6 o’clock - T.C. Moore via Erie RR. to Wayland and Fred Hanslett on wheel to Wayland. - Rain.

June 30, Tuesday. Mrs B. and Tadie start for Wayland on wheels at 11 o’clock reaching there at 2:40 went to Bryant House and slept until 5 o’clock then a big meal - and on CNY & W at 6 o’clock to H-ville - home on train 5.

July 3 - Friday. Grove Cottage opened for the summer. CRS and Taddie arriving on wheels at 8:30 after a supper at B.M’s. Mrs. B. and Maude Bryson, dog & baggage arrived at 11 P.M. from Springwater via Erie RR. and Caprons stage. It “pinkled” but not enough to hurt roads.

July 4. Saturday - EWB CMB and Judge Farnum wheel in at 10:30. At 12 o’clock it “pinkled” hard continuing nearly all the afternoon.

July 5. Sunday. Rowed Judge Farnum & wheel to Bert Miller’s from there started for Wellsville the remaining party returned to G.C.

July 6. Monday - The boys expected to return home but Mr. Capron presented to occupants of G.C. with a 6 pound trout which was cooked for dinner.

July 7 - Boys left for home on wheels.

July 18. Saturday. Mrs B. Taddie and Jim Miller wheel to Bert Millers to attend Field Day sports. CRS arrived at cottage.

July 20. Monday - As usual a rainy day. CRS amuses himself by composing the following verse on:

Mrs. B’s effusion -

July 21 - Tuesday - CRS left for Wellsville on wheel. Piano arrived.