March 5
Laura M., age 15, North Carolina
March 5, 1998
Good day. Lots of compliments on my hair. Found out in 6th period that Chris is going to be in that class now. (English.) Shit. It’s not gonna work. Went home w/ Ashley. Em & Cap came at 5:30. Went 2 Eddie’s. Worked on comp. whole time. Came home & showered.
Laura M., age 14, North Carolina
March 5, 1997
Today Sean wasn’t good at all. Karen said he said he just wants us to be “good” friends. W/E. He needs to stop screwin’ me over. Came home and did J. Fonda. I loved it. Went to Dad’s and showered. Had dinner. Blow-dried hair. Watched “90210.” Didn’t talk to anyone and kind of enjoyed it.
Anna L., age 75, Illinois
March 5, 1960
Very cold. Cleaned some, baked pie, got things ready for eve. Thot we were going to eat at home but learned later we were to pick up the Cooks and go out to cabin. Came home shortly after 8:00 as Lo had seen Kay and was coming about 8:30. Geo getting set for A.M. Doc was to drive them to airport when he got word from Einer not going because of bad cold Dr. advised not going.
Marcy S., age 19, Missouri
March 5, 1944
Cold, windy, cloudy. Heard Burrall. To church at 12. Good sermon. Good chicken dinner at 1. Betty looked so nice and me in my ickey old brown dress!! Kath. and Mary went to show. Betty had Board of Pub. meeting at 2:30 so we couldn’t go. I struggled with report again, gave up in tears and read Nazarene. Betty back at 4:30. Went down to Missouri but box office closed so went to Uptown and long line there.
Marcy S., age 16, Tennessee
March 5, 1941
Beautiful, not so cold. Chapel in morning. Were going to have moving pictures, but fuse blew out. Funny. I played for marching out. In English, when we first went in, I sat down real hard with my arms full of books. Surrounding schoolmates got tickled. Then had bad attack of dropsy. In history, had reports. Fun. Played peekaboo with ?! In Latin, Goody raved over friendship booklets -- mine included. Have started Cicero’s letters. Typing paper on board. Just as Mary Louie and I were coming out of typing at end of period, Bunny was coming in, and he held open the door for us. Then he crossed behind us, and somehow I tripped over his foot and made a fine spectacle of myself. He looked so surprised, and Mary and I burst into laughter. Then in study hall I got so tickled reading one of Mark Twain’s short stories that I laughed out loud, thus attracting quite a bit of attention. Typed one hour after school. Home and washed hair. Robins so sweet. Then started “Pudd’nhead Wilson.” Daddy left for Nashville about 6:30. First he brought Chattanooga Free Press with my innocent picture in it and poem. Practiced after supper. To bed. Daddy saw the manager about detail of Mary-Jeanne affair. Monday night he is going to school board.
Henry S., age 26, Michigan
March 5, 1888
I received tonight by mail the sad and totally unexpected news of the death of my sister Effie, which occurred last Wednesday. They did not telegraph for me as they thought I could not get there in time or leave Kate and the baby. It don’t seem as though I could believe that Effie is really gone, my last sister. We will go home now to stay and try and comfort poor mother and father.
*(R. Henry Scadin Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville)
Henry S., age 25, Michigan
March 5, 1887
It was zero weather when we went to bed last night, but was 6 degrees above when I got up this morning. It began to storm and snowed some nearly all day the ther. went up to 20 degrees above. I wrote copies and studied Bookkeeping all the forenoon. Went to the office and studied telegraphy after school. Mr. Case did some “writing” on the key and I tried to read it. I could get some of it and as I have spent but little time on it as yet, I feel encouraged to think I can learn it. Fred and I called at Mr. Case’s this evening and had a visit with Mr. Will Case. He showed us some of the C.L.S.C. books that he is reading. Their Astronomy seems to be a fine work. I must wash my feet now and go to bed.
*(R. Henry Scadin Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville)
Cornelia H., age 26, North Carolina
March 5, 1863
Mr. Henry went to Asheville today. Took about fifty yds. of jeans, 18 yds. of it very fine. I have been knitting some today, footing some stockings. Matt making some tatten for Zona & Willie’s gowns. Turned some warmer.
*(Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family, Eds. Karen L. Clinard and Richard Russell, used with permission.)
Cornelia H., age 25, North Carolina
March 5, 1862
I sewed on my chemise, nearly finished it at night. Cloudy but no rain. Atheline sewed some on one of the chemise.
*(Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family, Eds. Karen L. Clinard and Richard Russell, used with permission.)
Samuel P., age 35, London
March 5, 1668
With these thoughts I lay troubling myself till six o’clock, restless, and at last getting my wife to talk to me to comfort me, which she at last did, and made me resolve to quit my hands of this Office, and endure the trouble of it no longer than till I can clear myself of it. So with great trouble, but yet with some ease, from this discourse with my wife, I up, and to my Office, whither come my clerks, and so I did huddle the best I could some more notes for my discourse to-day, and by nine o’clock was ready, and did go down to the Old Swan, and there by boat, with T. H[ater] and W. H[ewer] with me, to Westminster, where I found myself come time enough, and my brethren all ready. But I full of thoughts and trouble touching the issue of this day; and, to comfort myself, did go to the Dog and drink half-a-pint of mulled sack, and in the Hall [Westminster] did drink a dram of brandy at Mrs. Hewlett’s; and with the warmth of this did find myself in better order as to courage, truly. So we all up to the lobby; and between eleven and twelve o’clock, were called in, with the mace before us, into the House, where a mighty full House; and we stood at the bar, namely, Brouncker, Sir J. Minnes, Sir T. Harvey, and myself, W. Pen being in the House, as a Member. I perceive the whole House was full, and full of expectation of our defence what it would be, and with great prejudice. After the Speaker had told us the dissatisfaction of the House, and read the Report of the Committee, I began our defence most acceptably and smoothly, and continued at it without any hesitation or losse, but with full scope, and all my reason free about me, as if it had been at my own table, from that time till past three in the afternoon; and so ended, without any interruption from the Speaker; but we withdrew. And there all my Fellow-Officers, and all the world that was within hearing, did congratulate me, and cry up my speech as the best thing they ever heard; and my Fellow-Officers overjoyed in it; we were called in again by and by to answer only one question, touching our paying tickets to ticket-mongers; and so out; and we were in hopes to have had a vote this day in our favour, and so the generality of the House was; but my speech, being so long, many had gone out to dinner and come in again half drunk; and then there are two or three that are professed enemies to us and every body else; among others, Sir T. Littleton, Sir Thomas Lee, Mr. Wiles, the coxcomb whom I saw heretofore at the cock-fighting, and a few others; I say, these did rise up and speak against the coming to a vote now, the House not being full, by reason of several being at dinner, but most because that the House was to attend the King this afternoon, about the business of religion, wherein they pray him to put in force all the laws against Nonconformists and Papists; and this prevented it, so that they put it off to to-morrow come se’nnight. However, it is plain we have got great ground; and everybody says I have got the most honour that any could have had opportunity of getting; and so with our hearts mightily overjoyed at this success, we all to dinner to Lord Brouncker’s — that is to say, myself, T. Harvey, and W. Pen, and there dined; and thence with Sir Anthony Morgan, who is an acquaintance of Brouncker’s, a very wise man, we after dinner to the King’s house, and there saw part of “The Discontented Colonel,” but could take no great pleasure in it, because of our coming in in the middle of it. After the play, home with W. Pen, and there to my wife, whom W. Hewer had told of my success, and she overjoyed, and I also as to my particular; and, after talking awhile, I betimes to bed, having had no quiet rest a good while.
*(The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S., edited by Henry B. Wheatley F.S.A., London, George Bell & Sons York St. Covent Garden, Cambridge Deighton Bell & Co., 1893.)