Hello, tis I once again. Today I worked an extra hour in the mines and the manager gave me an extra ten cents. He acts tough and mean but I see that he is nice at heart. The mine is getting deeper. I hardly think that it will last another year with out collapsing, not that I’m an expert on the matter.
It was a nice day here in Yorkshire, England. The birds were out and my wife said she saw the first lady bug of the season. Of course I never saw it. I was in the mine the whole day.
Say, I haven’t wrote much about my work. Here are the details: that hot dusty smelly place is our only source of income these days, It is dark and you’re swinging a pick all day at the wall trying to find a little bit of coal. My coworkers are all tense and tired, and my boss is a jerk most of the time, plus I have low wages.
Well, anyhow, I cleaned up our cooped up house when I got back from work today, and I fixed that leek in our roof, now the drip drip drip wont keep me and my wife up all night long.
Now that its been dark out for some time I would guess it’s about ten o clock here. I also tried to join the labor union but their building was closed.
I do not enjoy urbanization. The people are mostly grumpy and factories come in and take over. Entrepreneurs are all over and the cottage industry goes under. I guess that urbanization brought the steam engine which in turn reduced labor. I enjoyed being a farmer in Scotland. We weren’t as cooped up or worked as hard. If only I could leave this job and go back to being a farmer in scotland.
Diary assignment:
Coal mines
Day 265 of employment
Journal,
Hello, tis I once again. Today I worked an extra hour in the mines and the manager gave me an extra ten cents. He acts tough and mean but I see that he is nice at heart. The mine is getting deeper. I hardly think that it will last another year with out collapsing, not that I’m an expert on the matter.
It was a nice day here in Yorkshire, England. The birds were out and my wife said she saw the first lady bug of the season. Of course I never saw it. I was in the mine the whole day.
Say, I haven’t wrote much about my work. Here are the details: that hot dusty smelly place is our only source of income these days, It is dark and you’re swinging a pick all day at the wall trying to find a little bit of coal. My coworkers are all tense and tired, and my boss is a jerk most of the time, plus I have low wages.
Well, anyhow, I cleaned up our cooped up house when I got back from work today, and I fixed that leek in our roof, now the drip drip drip wont keep me and my wife up all night long.
Now that its been dark out for some time I would guess it’s about ten o clock here. I also tried to join the labor union but their building was closed.
I do not enjoy urbanization. The people are mostly grumpy and factories come in and take over. Entrepreneurs are all over and the cottage industry goes under. I guess that urbanization brought the steam engine which in turn reduced labor. I enjoyed being a farmer in Scotland. We weren’t as cooped up or worked as hard. If only I could leave this job and go back to being a farmer in scotland.
Good night, Journal,
Mark
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