Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

By Annie
Good morning! I am Caitlin and I’m going to tell you about my stay at Wade House. I have two kids; Lucy who is going to be 11 and John jr. is 10 months old. My husband John is a black smith.

Sometimes he helps in the sawmill at 5:00 am and 11:00 pm. He gets paid 50¢ when he does both Jobs and 40¢ if he works in the blacksmith shop.

We moved because we heard howling in the night. On our way we got tired so we stopped at the Wade House.

Did I mention I work in the kitchen? I make lunch and dinner, I get paid 140¢ a week or 1dollar and 40¢. Each day I go to the parlor and read my book. We have two rooms, and a crib. Lucy and I sleep together, John sleeps in the other room, and you can guess who sleeps in the crib.

Lucy makes candles, we keep some and sell some. Two for a penny. She makes 3¢ to 8 ¢ a day. She buys candy with some of the money and pay the rent with the rest. John goes to the barroom anytime he can. Women never go in the barroom.

I have to go! I’m going to make colored candles with Lucy. Goodbye!