season instead of fall or winter for those cut in the summer or winter season will not keep over threeyearsbfor in that time
all the gum will work out & dry rot will follow & they become
as light as A cork And any ship or steem boat will be runied
whare they are used, while those cut from Sept to March
will last 50 or more years retain the gum & be sound this
is important information which I recieved from Joseph
Russell who in 20 years has built over 40 ships over 600
tone burthan. I spent the night at an Inn at the bend 15
~ Monday
6th I spent the day at the Bend we went on board of the
steemer at night & slept on board expecting to go out at High
tide but it was so foggy she could not get out
~ Tuesday
7th We are still at the bend the tide Here rises & falls about
50 feet each tide at the turn of the tidde it comes in with
a great swell & r[e]ach from 7 to 10 feet deep it is called the bore
it often destroys ships when they are in the bore this is the reason
why boats cannot go out & in bore rivers ownly at High tides
the bore came in to day at half past 11 oclok & we all left the bend
on board of the steemer at 2 oclok & rode all day & night
~ Wednesday
8th We arived at St Johns at 6 oclok this morning & stoped at Mr
Reads boarding House. I went about the city some & spent part of
the time writing I wrote one Letter to Ezra Carter Jr
[FIGURE] distance from the bend to St Johns 110 miles
Receipt for the Erryysipelas Put on the swelling rye flour (but no
other flour) put no wet applications upon it except a little
linsed oil for the dry flour to stick to
~ Thursday
9th I went on board of the fairry Queen at 8 oclok I
took deck passage we left St John at 9 oclok for Portland
it was quite rough through the day we got to Eastport at 2 oclok
I went on shore the boat stoped 10 minutes. It was vary rough
And A storm through the evening & night. Nearly all were sick
on board I took care of a family of 5 small children all sick
at a time with there Mother untill 2 oclok at Night I was then
taken sick & had to leave them I was vary sick the latter part
of the night
~ Friday
[FIGURE]
10th It was vary rough all through the day I suffered much with
sickness we landed at Portland at 1 oclok I was sick I called
upon Ilus F Carter took tea I then went to the cars to go to Boston I there found sister Sarah B. Foss going with the same train
to my house. It rained all the way I was still sick we got
to Boston at 8 oclok took cab to Brattle street & omnibus to my
House My family were all in bend Mrs Woodruff arose & were glad
to recieve us home distance from St Johns to Boston 500 miles
~ Saturday
11th I was still vary sick through the day confined to my bed
~ Sunday
12th Sunday I am still vary feeble I had a family meeting Also met
with the Church in the Afternoon & spoke to them
season instead of fall or winter for those cut in the summer
season will not keep over threeyearsfor in that time
all the gum will work out & dry rot will follow & they become
as light as A cork And any ship or steem boat will be runed
whare they are used, while those cut from Sept to March
will last 50 or more years retain the gum & be sound this
is important information which I recieved from Joseph
Russell who in 20 years has built over 40 ships over 600
tone burthan. I spent the night at an Inn at the bend 15
~ Monday
6th I spent the day at the Bend we went on board of the
steemer at night & slept on board expecting to go out at High
tide but it was so foggy she could not get out
~ Tuesday
7th We are still at the bend the tide Here rises & falls about
50 feet each tide at the turn of the tide it comes in with
a great swell & reach from 7 to 10 feet deep it is called the bore
it often destroys ships when they are in the bore this is the reason
why boats cannot go out & in bore rivers ownly at High tides
the bore came in to day at half past 11 oclok & we all left the bend
on board of the steemer at 2 oclok & rode all day & night
~ Wednesday
8th We arived at St Johns at 6 oclok this morning & stoped at Mr
Reads boarding House. I went about the city some & spent part of
the time writing I wrote one Letter to Ezra Carter Jr
[FIGURE] distance from the bend to St Johns 110 miles
Receipt for the Erysipelas Put on the swelling rye flour (but no
other flour) put no wet applications upon it except a little
linsed oil for the dry flour to stick to
~ Thursday
9th I went on board of the fairry Queen at 8 oclok I
took deck passage we left St John at 9 oclok for Portland
it was quite rough through the day we got to Eastport at 2 oclok
I went on shore the boat stoped 10 minutes. It was vary rough
And A storm through the evening & night. Nearly all were sick
on board I took care of a family of 5 small children all sick
at a time with there Mother untill 2 oclok at Night I was then
taken sick & had to leave them I was vary sick the latter part
of the night
~ Friday
[FIGURE]
10th It was vary rough all through the day I suffered much with
sickness we landed at Portland at 1 oclok I was sick I called
upon Ilus F Carter took tea I then went to the cars to go to
Boston I there found sister Sarah B. Foss going with the same train
to my house. It rained all the way I was still sick we got
to Boston at 8 oclok took cab to Brattle street & omnibus to my
House My family were all in bed Mrs Woodruff arose & were glad
to recieve us home distance from St Johns to Boston 500 miles
~ Saturday
11th I was still vary sick through the day confined to my bed
~ Sunday
12th Sunday I am still vary feeble I had a family meeting Also met
with the Church in the Afternoon & spoke to them
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," August 6, 1849 - August 12, 1849, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/73zO