Morning - Office.
Afternoon - Putting in distress(?) for 2 pounds 12 shillings and 6 pence for George Day at Henry Tippers, Charles Street - did not get any money for Landlord but settled it by drawing up an agreement for Tenant to pay Landlord 3 shillings per week i.e. 1 shilling and 6 pence towards arrears.
Evening - Rindle for Rents etc.
Dad is very ill - very weak.
Cull sent for me this afternoon regarding Charlesworth, Dimmingsdale affairs and we had a long chat. It was arranged that I should go over to Dimmingsdale early in the morning and bring him to Cheadle if possible.
H. Tippers distress(?) exp charges
Leying distrep(??) - 3 shillings
Man in possession - 2 shillings and 6 pence
Agreement (unrecognised word) - 6 pence
2 and half % from Landlord - 1 shilling and 6 pence
Total - 7 shillings and 6 pence
SATURDAY 25th FEBRUARY 1888
Not very well today. Palpitation of heart I think; been eating too much lately. Must diet myself.
Odd jobs about home and office.
Snowing all day.
Odd jobs about home and office.
Snowing all day.
FRIDAY 24th FEBRUARY 1888
Writing out report on Cottages at Boundary for Thacker and Cull.
Mr Mottram over from Waterhouses - had tea with us. Cannot settle Oakamoor valuation. Mr Lees will not have the hay at 10 tons and will not take it unless weighed. Mr Mottram says Mr Woodisse will not have it weighed so I told him then to do the best he could for his client as his decision on the part of Mr Lees was final.
If I could get out my machine for testing the weight of hay and get it accurate, such disputes could not occur.
Mr Mottram over from Waterhouses - had tea with us. Cannot settle Oakamoor valuation. Mr Lees will not have the hay at 10 tons and will not take it unless weighed. Mr Mottram says Mr Woodisse will not have it weighed so I told him then to do the best he could for his client as his decision on the part of Mr Lees was final.
If I could get out my machine for testing the weight of hay and get it accurate, such disputes could not occur.
THURSDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Various home work and in town on Beer Business.
Afternoon - To Woodhead Hall to see Mr S. Allen Esq and fixed on Thursday the 8 March for my lecture.
From Woodhead Hall to Dimmingsdale via High Shut. Charlesworth away so left note that Cull wanted to see him before 5 March as case comes on then.
The country is covered with snow and the East wind is piercingly cold today.
Dimmingsdale would be a grand and warm spot for a poultry farm and fish culture combined.
Home via Greeman Inn and Counslow Pot.
Evening - Put advert regarding lecture in press. Mr Thacker called at Walton Villa and left Rakeway specification with dad with verbal instructions to proceed. So I took it up to Williams and handed it over to him.
Afternoon - To Woodhead Hall to see Mr S. Allen Esq and fixed on Thursday the 8 March for my lecture.
From Woodhead Hall to Dimmingsdale via High Shut. Charlesworth away so left note that Cull wanted to see him before 5 March as case comes on then.
The country is covered with snow and the East wind is piercingly cold today.
Dimmingsdale would be a grand and warm spot for a poultry farm and fish culture combined.
Home via Greeman Inn and Counslow Pot.
Evening - Put advert regarding lecture in press. Mr Thacker called at Walton Villa and left Rakeway specification with dad with verbal instructions to proceed. So I took it up to Williams and handed it over to him.
WEDNESDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Writing out a 2nd new specification for Rakeway Farm repairs for Thacker, in place of the one they lost, and took it to Cull.
Afternoon - To Boundary under instructions from Mr Cull to look over property belonging to Thorley for proposed sale.
Evening - To Walton Villa. Dad, they say, is not well again. Flushed. Dr Webb has been drawing his water for the last day or two. Poor old chap. I'm afraid it's a poor case with him unless he alters soon.
Afternoon - To Boundary under instructions from Mr Cull to look over property belonging to Thorley for proposed sale.
Evening - To Walton Villa. Dad, they say, is not well again. Flushed. Dr Webb has been drawing his water for the last day or two. Poor old chap. I'm afraid it's a poor case with him unless he alters soon.
TUESDAY 21st FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Walton Villa and home - odd jobs.
Afternoon - With Bert to see Hazlewall Sale. Deep snow on the ground.
At Sale heard Capt. Smith of Consall Hall say that Ash was out of his latitude in selling furniture. Might do for cattle.
Evening - Out on Beer Business etc for dad. Received cash for dad.
Noden(?) Unicorn - 3 pounds 5 shillings
Keates 3 weeks Club - 1 pound 4 shillings
Rindle Rents - 4 shillings and 6 pence
Total - 4 pounds, 13 shillings and 6 pence
Afternoon - With Bert to see Hazlewall Sale. Deep snow on the ground.
At Sale heard Capt. Smith of Consall Hall say that Ash was out of his latitude in selling furniture. Might do for cattle.
Evening - Out on Beer Business etc for dad. Received cash for dad.
Noden(?) Unicorn - 3 pounds 5 shillings
Keates 3 weeks Club - 1 pound 4 shillings
Rindle Rents - 4 shillings and 6 pence
Total - 4 pounds, 13 shillings and 6 pence
MONDAY 20th FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Walked to Oakamoor - snow on the ground 2 inches deep - to meet Mr Lees and Mr Wooddisse(?) and Mottram. Only Lees came so we could do nothing.
Mr Lees says he will have the rick cut and weighed or not take it at all. The (word unrecognised) he will not pay for at all.
Evening - Writing letters. Rindle to collect rents etc.
Mr Lees says he will have the rick cut and weighed or not take it at all. The (word unrecognised) he will not pay for at all.
Evening - Writing letters. Rindle to collect rents etc.
SATURDAY 18th FEBRUARY 1888
Morning and afternoon - Marking up sizes of posters on Wall of office upstairs, writing out price lists of posters for outside printers etc.
Evening - To Walton Villa - whist and to reading room and spoke to Nathan Loton(?) re the next invention of mine
"Alcock's Patent Hay Stack Measurer"
Dad tells me that Oakes Ash is selling at Hazlewall sale for 1 and 1/4 percent and he pays all expenses out of that.
Evening - To Walton Villa - whist and to reading room and spoke to Nathan Loton(?) re the next invention of mine
Dad tells me that Oakes Ash is selling at Hazlewall sale for 1 and 1/4 percent and he pays all expenses out of that.
FRIDAY 17th FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Preparing things for Sale of Hay today - Stoniers.
Afternoon - Selling Hay by Auction near gasworks. Offered 8 stacks altogether and Barnes clerked for me. Realised 59 pounds 10 shillings.
Evening - Home writing 6 letters and doing up books etc.
Afternoon - Selling Hay by Auction near gasworks. Offered 8 stacks altogether and Barnes clerked for me. Realised 59 pounds 10 shillings.
Evening - Home writing 6 letters and doing up books etc.
THURSDAY 16th FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Left Hartshill at 7:30 and left Stoke per 8:10am train to Cresswell. Walked to Tean on Brewery Business and home. Saw Mr Cotton at school and collected cash for school tickets. Met Mr Bull (Bell? Ball?), Butcher, at Tean and paid him 5/- for Room.
Evening - My first sale of property at the Wheat Sheaf Hotel - for Hacker and Allen, Leek. Young Allen there and their head Clerk. Realised 126 pounds. Only about half a dozen people in the room. However, I managed to sell and I was glad I did, not only because this was my first sale of property but because my terms were, if sold 2 (unrecognisable word), if not not sold I go.
Evening - My first sale of property at the Wheat Sheaf Hotel - for Hacker and Allen, Leek. Young Allen there and their head Clerk. Realised 126 pounds. Only about half a dozen people in the room. However, I managed to sell and I was glad I did, not only because this was my first sale of property but because my terms were, if sold 2 (unrecognisable word), if not not sold I go.
WEDNESDAY 15th FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Walton Villa making up Foales(?) rent. Bull Head Cottages etc.
Afternoon - To Cull's office - says they have lost Rakeway specification so I shall have to write out a fresh one.
To Hanley after tea, walked to Blyth Bridge station and quite enjoyed the walk.
Evening - To Mechanics' Institute, Hanley to hear Mr Clough of London lecture on "Holland and her struggles for civil and religious liberty". Dissolving views - Curtain slide very effective. He is subsidised by Mr Robert Heath under whose auspices the lectures are held. Mr Clough used no pointer and so missed one point which would have made his lecture more interesting.
George Yates called on me after lecture and we walked to Hartshill together.
Notes:
1) George Yates (born 1871) was William's nephew, son of John's sister Ursula who lived in Hartshill. John probably stayed the night at his sister's house.
2) Thomas Bishop Cull (1854-1921) was a solicitor in Cheadle who lived at The Croft and worked at 2 High Street (Source: Edwardian and Great War Cheadle book)
Afternoon - To Cull's office - says they have lost Rakeway specification so I shall have to write out a fresh one.
To Hanley after tea, walked to Blyth Bridge station and quite enjoyed the walk.
Evening - To Mechanics' Institute, Hanley to hear Mr Clough of London lecture on "Holland and her struggles for civil and religious liberty". Dissolving views - Curtain slide very effective. He is subsidised by Mr Robert Heath under whose auspices the lectures are held. Mr Clough used no pointer and so missed one point which would have made his lecture more interesting.
George Yates called on me after lecture and we walked to Hartshill together.
Notes:
1) George Yates (born 1871) was William's nephew, son of John's sister Ursula who lived in Hartshill. John probably stayed the night at his sister's house.
2) Thomas Bishop Cull (1854-1921) was a solicitor in Cheadle who lived at The Croft and worked at 2 High Street (Source: Edwardian and Great War Cheadle book)
TUESDAY 14th FEBRUARY 1888
Out on Beer Business and in Office, writing letters etc.
Very cold day and snow on ground.
Wrote to Mr G.H. Elam, Schoolmaster at Oakamoor, to say that I should postpone my lecture indefinitely - as I had found that it would noy pay me to lecture such small places.
Very cold day and snow on ground.
Wrote to Mr G.H. Elam, Schoolmaster at Oakamoor, to say that I should postpone my lecture indefinitely - as I had found that it would noy pay me to lecture such small places.
MONDAY 13th FEBRUARY 1888
Office in Morning.
Will Hodgkiss left Cheadle today per 2:30 coach from Blyth Bridge. He leaves England for America in about a month.
Called on Bert Keates who has just returned from Boston, USA. He gives a poor account of the place, extreme cold, house rent 10 to 15 shillings per week. Board and lodging 28 shillings per week. Suit clothes cost 10 pounds.
Out in Town on Beer Business etc. Evening to Rindle for rents.
Will Hodgkiss left Cheadle today per 2:30 coach from Blyth Bridge. He leaves England for America in about a month.
Called on Bert Keates who has just returned from Boston, USA. He gives a poor account of the place, extreme cold, house rent 10 to 15 shillings per week. Board and lodging 28 shillings per week. Suit clothes cost 10 pounds.
Out in Town on Beer Business etc. Evening to Rindle for rents.
SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 1888
Sale at Cross Keys, Tean. Will Hodgkiss, Ursula and Bert went down with me.
THURSDAY 9th FEBRUARY 1888
Preparing things for lecture.
Evening - To Tean schools with Ursula, Mona, Bert, Will Hodgkiss, J. Lowndes, self and Payne - (number unreadable) of us.
But the school children spoilt it for everybody - there were about (number unreadable - it is 2 digits ending in 0) children and the noise they made was dreadful.
I will never have school children again along with the public. Their pennies amount to next to nothing and they are a nuisance - Experience.
There were very few grown-up people. In fact, altho there were nearly 100 children and people with them, the takings only amounted to about (word unreadable) what they did at Kingsley.
Altho I made myself hoarse with shouting the people could not hear me speak and consequently at the end of the lecture there was no clapping as at Kingsley.
Evening - To Tean schools with Ursula, Mona, Bert, Will Hodgkiss, J. Lowndes, self and Payne - (number unreadable) of us.
But the school children spoilt it for everybody - there were about (number unreadable - it is 2 digits ending in 0) children and the noise they made was dreadful.
I will never have school children again along with the public. Their pennies amount to next to nothing and they are a nuisance - Experience.
There were very few grown-up people. In fact, altho there were nearly 100 children and people with them, the takings only amounted to about (word unreadable) what they did at Kingsley.
Altho I made myself hoarse with shouting the people could not hear me speak and consequently at the end of the lecture there was no clapping as at Kingsley.
WEDNESDAY 8th FEBRUARY 1888
In workshop helping Chadwick with reading stand.
Evening - Went through lecture sheets once more.
Mother is 70 years of age today. We had a little social gathering at Walton Villa - tea and supper there and Ursula came over from Hartshill
Notes:
1) John's mother Hannah Yardley was born in Horton, near Leek, in 1818.
2) John's sister Ursula was born in 1844 in Cheadle, Staffs. She married William Yates in 1867 (Ursula's sister Sarah Ann married William's brother John Yates). In 1881, John and Ursula were living at 1 Allen Street, Stoke on Trent. They had the following children: Hannah Alicia YATES, George William YATES, Ursula Elizabeth YATES, Ethel Mona YATES, Harold Alcock V YATES and Leon Yardlay YATES.
Evening - Went through lecture sheets once more.
Mother is 70 years of age today. We had a little social gathering at Walton Villa - tea and supper there and Ursula came over from Hartshill
Notes:
1) John's mother Hannah Yardley was born in Horton, near Leek, in 1818.
2) John's sister Ursula was born in 1844 in Cheadle, Staffs. She married William Yates in 1867 (Ursula's sister Sarah Ann married William's brother John Yates). In 1881, John and Ursula were living at 1 Allen Street, Stoke on Trent. They had the following children: Hannah Alicia YATES, George William YATES, Ursula Elizabeth YATES, Ethel Mona YATES, Harold Alcock V YATES and Leon Yardlay YATES.
TUESDAY 7th FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Walton Villa. I looked up the conditions of sale of Hay.
Afternoon - Mr Lees over and Mr Holmes regarding valuation at Oakamoor. Met dad at Walton Villa regarding this.
Evening - To Rindle for rents. Revising lecture on New Zealand.
Afternoon - Mr Lees over and Mr Holmes regarding valuation at Oakamoor. Met dad at Walton Villa regarding this.
Evening - To Rindle for rents. Revising lecture on New Zealand.
MONDAY 6th FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Writing letters etc.
Afternoon - Went to Tean with (name unreadable) and delivered over 200 circulars in Upper Tean. Home again for tea - Diorama.
Evening - Writing letters and posting sale papers re Stonier's Hay Sale.
Afternoon - Went to Tean with (name unreadable) and delivered over 200 circulars in Upper Tean. Home again for tea - Diorama.
Evening - Writing letters and posting sale papers re Stonier's Hay Sale.
SATURDAY 4th FEBRUARY 1888
To Park Head Farm, Foxt with Will Hodgkiss to measure hay ready for sale. Very dirty journey. Called at Kent's, Fox and Goose Inn, on the way home and had some tea and bread cheese.
Saw Mr. Harding at Froghall and he said the lecture at Kingsley was perfect. If I had one at Whiston, he says it would pay better than Kingsley and he would come again.
Home very tired about 4:30 and had tea.
Evening - Mr. Smith, Cross Keys Inn, Tean, came up, so I went to Tean to make an inventory at his place for a sale.
This makes 17 miles of walking today - "Not so bad for me".
Saw Mr. Harding at Froghall and he said the lecture at Kingsley was perfect. If I had one at Whiston, he says it would pay better than Kingsley and he would come again.
Home very tired about 4:30 and had tea.
Evening - Mr. Smith, Cross Keys Inn, Tean, came up, so I went to Tean to make an inventory at his place for a sale.
This makes 17 miles of walking today - "Not so bad for me".
FRIDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 1888
Home
Morning - Beer Business.
Afternoon - In market and with Mottram setting about valuation at Oakamoor.
Evening - Writing letters etc.
Morning - Beer Business.
Afternoon - In market and with Mottram setting about valuation at Oakamoor.
Evening - Writing letters etc.
THURSDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 1888 (Candlemas)
To Tean and Gorsty Hill on Brewery Business.
Snow on the ground and very bad walking. Will Hodgkiss went with me - Home via Freehay and Rakeway.
When at Tean I saw Mr Cotton the schoolmaster and he said next Thursday would suit him for the Diorama.
Snow on the ground and very bad walking. Will Hodgkiss went with me - Home via Freehay and Rakeway.
When at Tean I saw Mr Cotton the schoolmaster and he said next Thursday would suit him for the Diorama.
WEDNESDAY 1st FEBRUARY 1888
Morning - Home writing letters etc.
Afternoon - In workshop making reading stand for Lectures.
Evening - Will Hodgkiss returned to Cheadle.
Dad managed to get downstairs a bit today for first time.
Notes:
1) William Hodgkiss was John's cousin on his mother's side. He settled in Montana, USA. For detailed information on his life, click here
Afternoon - In workshop making reading stand for Lectures.
Evening - Will Hodgkiss returned to Cheadle.
Dad managed to get downstairs a bit today for first time.
Notes:
1) William Hodgkiss was John's cousin on his mother's side. He settled in Montana, USA. For detailed information on his life, click here
TUESDAY 31st JANUARY 1888
Home and at Walton Villa running about after Beer Business, nearly all the afternoon.
Evening - Making up Brewery Cash sheet etc.
Evening - Making up Brewery Cash sheet etc.
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