Misc: A.O. Jones Diary, 1935, Lincoln Parish, LA Submitted by: Calvin B. Jones, 180 Bay Drive, Farmerville, LA 71241 Keyed by Jo Autrey, Dallas, TX ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Spelling and punctuation is as found in transcript compiled by Calvin Jones from original diary of his father, Arthur O. Jones. Format used: Date - day of week - entry - weather entry JANUARY, 1935 1 - Tue - Hope Mr. Gilmore kill hog-Pesnell moved - Ledford horse sick - cool fair 2 - Wed - Split wood most day - fair 3 - Thu - Mr. Gilmore moved to Simsboro. Mr Reynolds moved sick evening - cloudy 4 - Fri - Sick in bed most of day - fair 5 - Sat - Went town & Sims taken cow etc - fair 6 - Sun - Went SS - eve rain cloud 7 - Mon - Bro Jones came-worked on kids wagon & hope make a bed matress - rain most of the day - rain 8 - Tue - Went cane patch & town - fair 9 - Wed - With level from parish-run terrices, Andrew Ledford hope - fair 10 - Thu - Finished terrices-start clearing cane patch near spring - fair 11 - Fri - Cleared on cane patch -near spring - part fair 12 - Sat - Went Ruston-hauled 2 loads wood-fixed lock on church door - cloudy 13 - Sun - Went SS - Mr & Mrs Blackwelder came eve - cloudy 14 - Mon - Marked off & plowed terrices - part fair 15 - Tue - Cleared in new ground-40 airplanes went west - cloudy 16 - Wed - Cleared in new ground-went town, cow buying by Govt. - cloudy 17 - Thu - Taken Jimmie's cow to male H Mays-cut some in new ground-filed saw - cloudy 18 - Fri - Nite rain-sold cow & yearling to Govt. $19 -cut trees in new ground - rainey 19 - Sat - Went Church-cut in new ground am-went town pm - cloudy showers 20 - Sun - Went Church- All day & nite rain - rain 21 - Mon - All day snowing started 5am-hardest snowing ever snowfall abt 9 to 12 - snow 22 - Tue - Snow stopped abt 8 or 9 am-abt 6 in fell - snow 23 - Wed - Went Ruston, Calvin went - snow melted some - fair 24 - Thu - Killed hogs am - snow not melted much - cold cloudy 25 - Fri - Salted, hung put away meat-cooked lard -ground & stuffed sausage 26 - Sat - Went town groceries 483 flour-snow mostly melted - fair 27 - Sun - Sick staid home - snow finished melting - fair 28 - Mon - Went cotton meeting town am-worked in shop for Ledford - fair 29 - Tue - Worked on forge-taken heifer to male Henry Mays 50 cents - cloudy 30 - Wed - Worked in new groud-Riley man Monroe children home came - part fair FEBRUARY, 1935 1 - Fri - Went Ruston-got cow check 19 less 11 $ - fair 2 - Sat - Sawed & hauled wood - fair 3 - Sun - Went SS - Mr Will Lann came - fair 4 - Mon - Worked in new ground - fair 5 - Tue - Plowed & put out fertilizer in garden - fair 6 - Wed - Planted lettuce, spinish, E peas, mustard, turnips, set out onions, went town - fair 7 - Thu - Plowed some in potato patch-Geo Alexander went home - cloudy rain pm 8 - Fri - Plowed in potato land-Claudie went to Minden - cloudy 9 - Sat - Nite rain- went town - cloudy 10 - Sun - Went SS & town-Claudie came home - cloudy 11 - Mon - Drizzle am-hauled wood pm-Simmies mule got sick - cloudy 12 - Tue - Went town pm - drizzly rain most of the day - rain 13 - Wed - Went town pm - cloudy 14 - Thu - Plowed in potato patch-went town late pm - cloudy 15 - Fri - Set out onion and cabbage plants-went town - cloudy 16 - Sat - Went Church-sawed post & wood, Calvin hope - turned cold pm 17 - Sun - Went Church & Mr Ledfords in eve - cloudy cool 18 - Mon - Split wood-sold hog to Mr John Davidson $5.00 - fair 19 - Tue - Went town am-hauled post & wood pm - fair 20 - Wed - Hauled poles from new ground & hauled 3 loads fertilizer from lot to potato patch - fair 21 - Thu - Sowed & plowed in oats - fair 22 - Fri - Finished oats & worked on fence - cloudy 23 - Sat - Went town-got old pieces off ford car for fence post braces-road crew surveyed road in front of house-hauled load fertilizer to potato patch - part cloudy 24 - Sun - Went SS & to view new road survey to Big Creek pm - cloudy 25 - Mon - Nite rain-worked on fence pm - cloudy 26 - Tue - Killed 2 hogs-went town got wire-cold wind cloudy am faired pm 27 - Wed - Went town for staples-set post for fence (spring cut) - cold fair 28 - Thu - Worked on fence stretched wire - fair cold MARCH, 1935 1 - Fri - Finished fence & planted irish potatoes - part fair 2 - Sat - Planted cane & burned 6 heaps of brush at spring - part fair 3 - Sun - Went SS -Jim & Bell Alexander came - part fair 4 - Mon - Went Ruston-Dewey Houck died-most all day rain - cloudy rain 5 - Tue - Road crew pulled stumps on road-Dewey Houck burried Claudie went I staid with Simmie Edwards Mother sick - cloudy fair 6 - Wed - Went town for cane & cotton meeting-started clearing new ground for cane in Sims Creek - cloudy 7 - Thu - Cleared in new ground for cane-Mr Reynods hope - fair 8 - Fri - Cleared land am-went Ruston pm-cleared more Reynolds hope - cloudy 9 - Sat - Fri nite sat up with Carl Blackwelder sick-worked on stove - rain 10 - Sun - Went SS - cloudy & high winds - drizzle 11 - Mon - Cut & drug out trees in cane new ground (boy hope) - cloudy rain 12 - Tue - All nite rain snow at 7am for 30m-worked in new ground - faired 13 - Wed - Sawed & drug out trees-plowed cane patch pm-set up with Carl Blackwelder sick nite - fair 14 - Thu - Plowed in cane new ground on Sims place - fair 15 - Fri - Went Ruston am afer Gov cotton rent & parity checks- Lewis B. Hog- planted some cane - pm fair 16 - Sat - AM in bed-went Church to town pm - cloudy 17 - Sun - Went Church & SS-Will & children came - cool fair 18 - Mon - Planted cane-Negro brought 50 cents owed for hog service taken - cloudy 19 - Tue - Stripped, hauled & planted cane - part fair 20 - Wed - Planted cane - part fair 21 - Thu - Finished cane, bedded potatoes, started breaking corn land - fair 22 - Fri - Went Ruston am-plowed corn land pm - fair 23 - Sat - Planted peas am-went town, got 3 hog sale signatures - fair 24 - Sun - Went SS & to Bennie's & boy Hughes - fair 25 - Mon - Plowed corn land - part fair 26 - Tue - Plowed corn land-Will came noon - shower pm - cloudy 27 - Wed - Plowed corn land - windy part fair 28 - Thu - Plowed corn land-Went to Davidsons & Morrises etc - hazy clouds 29 - Fri - Went Ruston-Mr Reynolds plowed middles, cut sprouts - cloudy 30 - Sat - Planted corn-Reynolds hope - drizzly cloudy 31 - Sun - Went SS - cloudy -showers thunderstorms cloudy APRIL, 1936 1 - Mon - Went Ruston am-went Jim Rasbury funeral 2:30 pm Mr Reynolds plowed - part fair 2 - Tue - Plowed irish potatoes & peas-put out fertilizer planted 3 rows watermellons-taken down fence for road - part fair 3 - Wed - Went Ruston-Mr Reynolds planted field corn & plowed - part cloudy 4 - Thu - Road crew started on road building-plowed corn land fair 5 - Fri - Went Ruston after N soda-Pat finished corn & plowed terrices-I cut sprouts - part fair 6 - Sat - Rain Fri nite-cut sprouts-Mr Reynolds plowed terrices - cloudy hot 7 - Sun - Went SS - part cloudy - cold wind 8 - Mon - Cut sprouts-Pat plowed - fair cool 9 - Tue - Went to Choates & town-Pat plowed - cloudy cool 10 - Wed - Big rain-put out soda on oats-worked on stove in shop - big rain 11 - Thu - Went Simsboro after planter-finished soda- Herman Alex came-dust 12 - Fri - Worked on fill to road-went after road scraps at Fred Mitchels - cloudy 13 - Sat - Built fill & colvert from road to house - fair 14 - Sun - Chloe & children came, brought 2 goats for me for $l.00 - fair 15 - Mon - Build colbert [sic](and was removed) plowed irish potatoes & peas etc - part fair 16 - Tue - Plowed peas, planted cantelope seed-plowed in orchard Will came - cloudy 17 - Wed - Plowed in orchard & went to town late for groceries - part cloudy 18 - Thu - Plowed cane-laid off terrices - cloudy 19 - Fri - Rained am-went town pm - cloudy & rainey 20 - Sat - Worked on colbert-went church & set fence posts - showery cloudy 21 - Sun - Went Church-Mrs Bennie Hughes & Leadford came- am rain faired pm 22 - Mon - Built fence at road on pasture - fair 23 - Tue - Put out fertilizer & plowed-Pat & boys hope -fair 24 - Wed - Went Ruston-plowed cotton land, Pat hope - fair 25 - Thu - plowed cotton land - cloudy 26 - Fri - plowed cotton land-covered fertilizer - part fair 27 - Sat - Taken dirt slip home-replanted some corn-put out tree deadner in new ground - part cloudy 28 - Sun - Went Jim Alexanders - cloudy and start rain in pm 29 - Mon - Went Ruston-replanted corn - cloudy 30 - Tue - Sawed wood-cut wood am-Pat plowed pm & replanted corn - fair [Submitter's note: Boy=Russell Reno Reynolds Pat=Mr. Patrick Reynolds who lived on Sims place just below where George lives now.] MAY, 1935 1 - Wed - Plowed cotton land middles - cloudy 2 - Thu - Planted cotton-Pat hope-rain 3oc pm and continued rest of day 3 - Fri - Went town, finished replanting corn-made chicken soup - rainey 4 - Sat - Set out patato slips - rain and more rain 5 - Sun - Went SS - Big rain at noon & nite - rain 6 - Mon - Set out potato slips-went cane patch am - cloudy faired 3pm 7 - Tue - hoed cane - Pat hope - fair 8 - Wed - Put out nitrate of soda around corn-cut trees near line-Pat plowed - fair 9 - Thu - Planted cotton in front of Leadfords-Pat hope - fair 10 - Fri - Sick with rheumatism staid in bed most of day - part cloudy 11 - Sat - Plowed middles in cotton land & patches - fair 12 - Sun - Went SS - Mothers Day -part fair 13 - Mon - Planted cotton 1/2 day-Pat hope-start plowing corn middles-part fair 14 - Tue - Plowed middles in corn - part fair hard rain 5:30 eve 15 - Wed - Plowed corn middles - part fair 16 - Thu - Went town-cut some bushes - cloudy 17 - Fri - Plowed & planted cotton below oats - cloudy showers 18 - Sat - Finished planting cotton-plowed burmuda corn went Church - eve big rain 19 - Sun - Went Church & Mr Bob Davisons-got wet coming home - all eve rain 20 - Mon - Went town am-went cane patch pm - wet - faired 21 - Tue - Hauled wood am-planted peanuts pm - fair part 22 - Wed - Start to borrow off cotton - part fair 23 - Thu - Borred off cotton-School closed went graduation exer - part fair 24 - Fri - Borred off cotton - fair 25 - Sat - Borred off cotton am-plowed garden pm & patches - fair 26 - Sun - Went SS-Bro Morgan, field rep of childrens home Monroe preached-Bell & Jim Alexander came - fair 27 - Mon - Plowed potatoes & watermellons am- & cane patch pm - fair Pat 28 - Tue - Borred off corn-Mr Spencer came abt relief Oats 2 tons @ 8 part 29 - Wed - Plowed corn - big rain pm - hot 30 - Thu - Set out potato slips am-went Ledfords * Davisons pm - showers 31 - Fri - Borred off cotton south cut-Beadie & children came - rain 4:30 pm JUNE, 1935 1 - Sat - Borred off cotton am-went town pm & planted peas - part fair 2 - Sun - Went SS-staid home-Beadie & children went home - fair 3 - Mon - Rainey morning-set out potato slips-cut some oats - cloudy 4 - Tue - Cut Oats-Mr Reynolds hope - part fair 5 - Wed - Plowed corn-Claudie & boys finished thining corn pm - hauled in oats - part fair 6 - Thu - Cut oats - hot clouded late pm 7 - Fri - Swept cotton-hauled in oats 9 am 700 bundles - part fair hot 8 - Sat - Swept cotton - set up with Mrs Edwards - part fair hot 9 - Sun - Mrs Edwards died 3oc am carried to Douglas for burrial hope dig grave for Mr Cole pm - fair 10 - Mon - Swept some cotton & plowed patches & corn - fair hot 11 - Tue - Plowed corn-cut oats for Ledford-Will & all hoed cotton - hot eve 12 - Wed - Plowed corn-Claudie & children hoed cotton - part fair showers 13 - Thu - Plowed corn & dug irish potatoes-children hoed cotton - part cloudy 14 - Fri - Stored potatoes-plowed cotton pm rain 5:30 pm - cloudy 15 - Sat - Went town am-planted peas-hoed sweet potatoes pm - showers cloudy 16 - Sun - Went church am & Mr Reynolds pm - fair 17 - Mon - Plowed cotton-children hoed - part fair rain nite 18 - Tue - Borred off young cotton am-plowed cotton pm Eunice came - part fair 19 - Wed - Plowed cotton-Claudie hoed - part fair 20 - Thu - Plowed & Claudie & children hoed cotton - fair 21 - Fri - Plowed cotton-finished chopping oldest cotton - part fair rain nite 22 - Sat - Plowed truck patches - etc - part fair 23 - Sun - Went SS - fair 24 - Mon - Plowed corn middles-boys picked some peas - part fair 25 - Tue - Planted soy beans & peas in corn middles - fair 26 - Wed - Finished planting peas in corn - evening rain 27 - Thu - Went black berry picking am but all were gone set post for fence around oat field - pm rain 28 - Fri - Dog-finished fence-borred off peanuts-swept cotton - part fair 29 - Sat - Plowed cotton-made gate ot rear lot - cloudy hot rain 5 pm 30 - Sun - Went SS & Monroe Morrises-Claudie & children went Eunices - big rain [Submitter's Note: Beadie = Beadie Choate, Aunt Trudie's daughter Eunice = Eunice Alexander, Uncle Howards wife] JULY, 1935 1 - Mon - Went town got Gov check am-hoed cotton below oats - hot part fair 2 - Tue - Hauled fertilizer to watermellon patch & planted some - hot - planted some peas - big evening rain 3 - Wed - Went town am-& to black lake fishing with a croud [sic] in Tinsley's school bus - part fair 4 - Thu - At black lake am, came home pm - part fair 5 - Fri - Plowed cotton-children finished hoeing young cotton - fair 6 - Sat - Plowed cotton - hot & sweltry 7 - Sun - Went SS - hot fair 8 - Mon - Plowed cotton - hot fair 9 - Tue - Plowed cotton - hot fair 10 - Wed - Hoed cane - hot fair 11 - Thu - Hoed cane (finished)-went town late pm - hot fair 12 - Fri - Plowed cane & peas - hot evening wind & rain 13 - Sat - Went town am - plowed cane pm - hot part fair 14 - Sun - Went SS - fair 15 - Mon - Plowed cane & terrices in cotton - fair 16 - Tue - Plowed middles in cototn-Earl McGuire meas cotton - hot fair 17 - Wed - Plowed cotton - fair 18 - Thu - Went W.C. Grave Yard working am-plowed cotton pm - fair 19 - Fri - Plowed cotton middles, finished - fair 20 - Sat - Went Trussell Grave Yard working with Chloe etc our W.C. meeting started - fair 21 - Sun - At church - evenig rain 22 - Mon - Went church - threatening cloudy rain 23 - Tue - Went church-Bro Jones & family & McCann came - showers 24 - Wed - Went church-children & Claudie taken sick - part fair 25 - Thu - Went church all better - shower 26 - Fri - Deadened some trees in cane new ground-went church - showers 27 - Sat - No noon service, meeting closed at eve service children sick - part cloudy 28 - Sun - Mr & Mrs. Reynolds came-children sick - big noon rain 29 - Mon - Mrs Davidson & Russell came-had Dr. Harrell with children - part fair 30 - Tue - Edwin better, Clara Belle not-deadened some trees new ground - fair 31 - Wed - Went town am-Clara Belle still sick - fair July 3 1 skillit .40 l bread .10 crackers .10 July 13 3 doz qt jars @ .90 = $ 2.70 48 # flour 2.05 10 # sugar .60 25 # sugar l.45 soda & starch .10 AUGUST, 1935 1 - Thu - At home baby still very sick - part fair 2 - Fri - went Ruston am-had Dr. pm to see baby - fair 3 - Sat - At home - fair 4 - Sun - Staid home-Clara Belle better-Mrs Gilmore & Emma came - fair 5 - Mon - Baby some better-Mrs Alice Russell came pm- cut some peaches for drying - fair 6 - Tue - Plowed peas & late watermellons-hoed some in garden hot fair 7 - Wed - Taken cow for T.R. test-cut some corn tops - hot fair 8 - Thu - Cut corn tops - baby better - hot fair 9 - Fri - Cut corn tops, hauled in some - hot dry fair 10 - Sat - Went town-hauled some corn tops - hot fair threatening eve 11 - Sun - Mr Reynolds came pm - hot fair threatening eve 12 - Mon - Went work on road checking gravel - hot fair threatenig eve 13 - Tue - On road - hot threatening rain 14 - Wed - Worked on road - hot threatening rain 15 - Thu - Went to road but was rained out - rain all am pm cloudy 16 - Fri - Went town pm - faired 17 - Sat - Went road not any work - went church - fair 18 - Sun - Went to Monroe Morrises & to Church & Hilly - rained pm 19 - Mon - Worked on road - fair 20 - Tue - Worked on road - fair 21 - Wed - Picked some peas & went fishing - pm rain 22 - Thu - Picked some peas & cut syrup mill wood - part cloudy 23 - Fri - Went Ruston & set up at Monroes nite-he sick - fair 24 - Sat - Put out some worm poision on cotton - fair 25 - Sun - Went SS - Leona & Thelma came - fair 26 - Mon - Went to road, no work-cut some cord wood - fair 27 - Tue - Cut some wood went town, put out some worm poision - fair 28 - Wed - Checked gravel on road - fair 29 - Thu - Checked gravel on road - cool am fair 30 - Fri - Worked on road - cool am fair 31 - Sat - Went to Arcadia - fair SEPTEMBER, 1935 1 - Sun - Staid home went SS - fair 2 - Mon - On road - part fair 3 - Tue - On road - clouded rain 4 - Wed - On road - cool fair 5 - Thu - On road - fair 6 - Fri - On road - part fair 7X- Sat - Went to Bunk Prices & town - fair 8 - Sun - Went SS - part fair 9 - Mon - On road - showers & cloudy 10 - Tue - On road - cloudy cool 11 - Wed - On road - cloudy 12 - Thu - Picked cotton - fair 13 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 14 - Sat - Went church & Ruston - fair 15 - Sun - Went church-called pastor - fair 16 - Mon - Went town-school starts-picked cotton - fair 17 - Tue - Picked cotton (B Welder hope) - fair 18 - Wed - Picked cotton-Mr Blackwelders folks hope - fair 19 - Thu - Picked cotton - fair 20 - Fri - Cloudy-shelled corn for mill & thrashed peas - went town - cloudy 21 - Sat - Hauled 2 bales cotton to gin & sold same - part fair 22 - Sun - Went SS-Mrs Sims & Justin Hawkins came for dinner - fair 23 - Mon - Picked cotton - Blackwelders hope - fair 24 - Tue - Picked cotton - Blackwelders hope - part fair 25 - Wed - Picked cotton - cloudy late evening mist rain 26 - Thu - Hoed grass in garden-Mrs Ledford came - cloudy & rain eve 27 - Fri - Worked on heater etc - all day - rain 28 - Sat - Went town - cloudy 29 - Sun - Went SS - Call conference - fair 30 - Mon - Planted some turnips & onions in garden - fair OCTOBER, 1935 1 - Tue - Went to Ruston - fair 2 - Wed - Went to Henry's & Rogers to see abt cane mill pick cotton pm - fair 3 - Thu - Went to Association at Pleasant Grove Church - fair 4 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 5 - Sat - Went town & Arcadia - fair 6 - Sun - Went SS - fair 7 - Mon - Went Arcadia after cane mill & pan - fair 8 - Tue - Went Ruston am-picked cotton pm - cloudy day 9 - Wed - Picked cotton - cloudy 10 - Thu - Picked cotton - part cloudy 11 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 12 - Sat - Went mill-tharashed peas etc - fair 13 - Sun - Went SS-Mr West depot agent died - fair 14 - Mon - Picked cotton - clouded late eve & nite showers 15 - Tue - Dug potatoes - faired 16 - Wed - Finished potatoes & picked cotton - fair 17 - Thu - Picked cotton - fair 18 - Fri - Finished picking cotton am-pulled corn pm - fair clouded late pm 19 - Sat - Went church & fixed fence am-went town pm - fair 20 - Sun - Went church - fair 21 - Mon - Calf came-got mule from Mr Sims-hauled bale cotton gin - part cloudy 22 - Tue - Hauled bale cotton gin-pulled corn - fair 23 - Wed - Hauled 2 loads corn - nite rain & all day mist & big evening rain 24 - Thu - Went town (cow due) - part fair 25 - Fri - Pulled corn - fair 26 - Sat - Hauled in 90 bu corn & went town - fair 27 - Sun - Went SS - cloudy & rained all eve 28 - Mon - Nite rain-Went to Ruston-Jule Lolley came bought yearlings - faired 29 - Tue - Hauled rock & dirt for syrup mill furnace - fair 30 - Wed - Built on furnace - cloudy 31 - Thu - Went Ruston, bought evaporator etc - cloudy NOVEMBER, 1935 1 - Fri - Worked on furnace-Mr Arnold came for corn etc - fair 2 - Sat - Went mill-cut post for cane mill - fair 3 - Sun - Went to Jim Alexanders - fair 4 - Mon - Went Ruston-Notes made to Hodge & Hunt - fair cloudy 5 - Tue - Hefer due-rain nite-worked on cane mill & cut seed pm - cloudy 6 - Wed - Cut cane am & l hr pm - rainey pm -cloudy am 7 - Thu - Cut cane am-went Ruston pm - part fair 8 - Fri - Worked on cane mill - fair & clouded late pm 9 - Sat - Went town & worked on cane mill - part fair 10 - Sun - Went SS - windy part fair 11 - Mon - Worked on furnace-covered cane seed bed & stripped some cane - rainey all nite 12 - Tue - Made syrup for Mr Ledford - cold & cloudy 13 - Wed - Finished Ledfords syrup & sripped cane pm - cloudy 14 - Thu - Stripped cane - cloudy cool 15 - Fri - Made Mr Reynolds syrup-Simmie stripped cane - cloudy 16 - Sat - Stripped cane - part cloudy 17 - Sun - Went SS - part fair 18 - Mon - Stripped cane am-hauled cane pm - part fair 19 - Tue - Hauled cane - fair 20 - Wed - Made syrup for Mr John Davidson- fair 21 - Thu - Made syrup-12 gal for Davidson, 4 1/2 for self - fair 22 - Fri - Made syrup for self 49 gals - fair 23 - Sat - Went town am & bedded cane stubbles - cold fair 24 - Sun - Went SS - part fair 25 - Mon - Hauled cane - part fair 26 - Tue - Hauled cane & wood - cloudy 27 - Wed - Nite rain & all day rain-put potatoes in barn - rainey 28 - Thu - Made syrup 48 gals - fair 29 - Fri - Made syrup 48 gals - fair 30 - Sat - Went town - cut wood - fair DECEMBER, 1935 1 - Sun - Went Sunday School - fair 2 - Mon - Cut post & wood - cold fair 3 - Tue - Cut wood - part cloudy 4 - Wed - Made syrup for mr Davidson 36 gals - toll 6 gal - fair 5 - Thu - Hauled wood - fair 6 - Fri - Split wood - cloudy & rain 7 - Sat - Split wood-went town - rainey 8 - Sun - Went SS - Jimmie came (Jimmie = Gilmore) - fair 9 - Mon - Hauled post & made hog pen - fair 10 - Tue - Split post - warm fair 11 - Wed - Split post for fence - cloudy cold 12 - Thu - Stretched wire - fair 13 - Fri - Went Ruston-drug wire - fair 14 - Sat - Went Church-cleaned grave yard & went town - fair 15 - Sun - Went Church & SS - part fair 16 - Mon - Finished fence-Dr Harrell got syrup 24 gal $12.00 cut bush - fair 17 - Tue - Cut sprouts - fair 18 - Wed - Went Ruston - part fair 19 - Thu - Split wood - partly fair 20 - Fri - Went town - cold fair 21 - Sat - Went mill & town-start snowing 12oc abt 4 in stopped in nite - cold 22 - Sun - Staid home-snow mostly melted off faired pm late 23 - Mon - Run terrice levels - fair 24 - Tue - Finished terrice leveling - fair 25 - Wed - At home - cloudy cold 26 - Thu - Hope Jim Alexander move - very cold fair 27 - Fri - Hope Jim Alexander move - cold sleet & rain nite cloudy 28 - Sat - Went town - cold rainey 29 - Sun - Went SS & to Bennie Hughes-mules out - cloudy 30 - Mon - Moved Mr Blackwelder - cold fair 31 - Tue - Hauled cane & post refuse to terrices - part fair