DIARIES OF ALBERT FONZO COPE 1894-1913 FROM HIS FARM NEAR WALKER, VERNON MISSOURI NOTE FROM TRANSLATER: This is typed as near as possible as it was written. I did not correct spelling although I did add periods at end of sentences and commas or dashes which were not in the original diaries. Words that I could not figure out what they were, were spelled as they were written or put in dashes or question marks. Many sentences were not completed. Loretta May FEBRUARY 1897 1. Monday, som clouds warm pleasant an still. Kild Abbie Hog wade 252, Richard Bill an Frank here, geting vary mudy. i am not so well today. 2. A big frost, fog ..... of sun shin warm a few clouds wind SW. The boys haling manure. 3. Cloudy wind SE Manthy came to get Jim help put hay in barn. All the boys haled manuer in for noon, camenst raning at one a slow rane. Jas went to Harwood, Jim gon to Dillon. 4. Raned all night, turned to snow, the gound about cuved at 7 then raned agane til 10, the slopet time fogy all day. 5. i an Jim went to Walker, i got a par shoes 20 yard dimestict 1 dolar in coffee 50 lb flour, hogs ringer an rings 40 nals 20 rods. vary mudy cloudy a litle mist and fogy all day. 6. Cloud an some fog yet, smal skim of ice lots of mud, wind SE 7. Sunday snoing hard about 4 inches at 12, grond not froze snow melting wind NE. Jim at Jonathans, Becke sick. 8. cloudy a few spits of snow still an pleasant, wind N a litle. Frank here, Bill cam to se about a hog, Jim came home from Jonathan, beter. 9. Clear wind SE still an plesant snow going fast. Jim at Bills, Jas gon to Johnathans. 10. Cloudy plesant an still wind gon all round. Bill an Frank came an butchered, we butcherd one wade 258. 11. A litle mist rane, misted with snow dark smoky all day wind N. Becky Dalton sick, my cafes sick, vary mudy, patch of snow but melting. Jas went to Harwood, Jim to Jonathans. 12. Clear ground frozen a litle but thoud out, wind SW mud deep a fin wind clouds. The boys made a cow rack in the Bon yard. 13. Clear wind NW plesant lots of mud. Ringed the pigs. Becky an Alis sick, ----- Cooper vary sick wil?ea swager home. 14. Sunday cloudy wind NE in the morn ground froz a litle at 2 the wind in SE an snowing. Sarah an Lilly gon to Johnathan at dark snowed. 15. Cloudy cloud high and broken still an plesant wind W a litle S. Jas gone to St. Clear, Jim fetchd Sarah an Liley from Jonathan, Becky yet sick vary mudy. Lesley Brown got a hog of Jim wade 240. 16. Som clods wind SW pleasant mud. Jim cut my hay, snow nerly gon. 17. Cler an plesant mud drying fast. Jim went to Harwood got som peper and shuger. Wind NE get partly cloud and cule. 18. Clere wind NE the grond cursted a litle soon thowd out mud dride fast. Abbie went to Jonathan, i sode Chaf on the been plow, som clouds in afternoon. Jim went from 19. Some clouds wind SE and warm. Elmer here, Jim gon to Walker, Dun boy dide. 20. Som flimy cloud wind SW warm. Jonathon litle beter, mud dring fast. 21. Sunday cloud and hard thunder at 2 am, a litle rane times cold wind NE then NW an cule. Elsy and Jesy Means here. 22. Cloudy and cul wind N. i an Jim went to Walker got $1 coffee 55 cents in potatos, calico 30 flour 1 sack $1. i stoped to se Cooper, he is vary low, i sent for the Globe post ofice order $3 23. Clear an cul wind NW Harvey went home, Jim went to the timber and i went to M..... 24. Cler grond frose but thawing, wind SE. Becky beter. Shanpen past. i went with Jacob Blotia to Walker got my check cash, John Mitchel got 2 bushls of timath seed pade $2.50, Jas came home. 25. Snow about 2 in meting (morning?) wind NE, Jim went to Snotgras sale. 26. Mostly clear a litle flying snow wind NW an cold, grond froz hard. Last day of school, Jack and they Grays?? came by left his tem here. 27. Clear and cold wind SE grond frose but thawing. Mary Dalton gon home Jas and Bill went to Harwood, Jim to Walker. 28. Cloudy wind SW ground though lokes lik rane. Richerd Cobb here, Bill folks went to Johnathans Sundy. MARCH 1897 1. i an Albert set out turnips for grens. Jim & Lilley started to riting school. Cloudy wind SE then SW then NW. Comenst a slow rane at noon. J.J. Mitchel broght the Sidon?, hung the meter, finished paing for his paper the Globe. i fised up Sam Paligs have a cow. 2. raned a slow rane all night, dark and misty wind NE a litle cul. Harve here H.C. Brown got the seed soen. 3. fue cloud gron frozn hard wind N. Jas gone with Harva to their farm, Jim and Lillia gon to riting school, i am fiscer----- Mr. Cooper dide. 4. Cloudy camenst raning about 6 the bigest rane of the year. Jim gon to help dig. Mr. Cooper grave. The draw as ful as i ever saw it. Wind NE then SE and thunder all day. i taken out 105 buckets of water out of the s---, Abb and Lil 12. 5. i went to Harwood to Mr. Cooper funerl, but late got no futher then ????? som clouds wind NW but plesant an lots of mud. 6. Sadurday cloudy wind SW a litle cul. Harvey here, Jas gone to Harwood, i an Sharp went to Harwood, wind wend N. 7. Clear a litle frost wind SE plesant. Marten here, a tramp got a lunch, Harva here. 8. Thunder an a litle sprink of rane at 3 in the morning, cloudy warm wind SW and high. Har here, i set out some turnips, Jas & Harva haled some hay. Thund hale an afful hard rane. 9. Cloudy snow at night fogy at 5 in morning turning cul. Wind NE then W. i sold a pig to Mr. Swargan for $5, Sarah Disen here. Mr. Linsey here, Harva here yet. 10. Jim an Lily gon to riting school, clear a litle frost figy wind SE warm. i naled up some rale round the garden. C.H. Brown got l bushel ??? 11. raning a good big rane then mist plesant. Harve here yet, Sarah pecin Sus qilt, Jas an Harva pact out a sack of flour from Shamp. 12. Clear wind N cul froze some ground aful wet. i fixed stinger for the gardens, Jas and Harve naled them up. the riting school out. 13. Cloudy grond frozn thaud an clered up later in the day. Harvay went home stade here one week. Wind NE ground weat and mudy, wing gon NW cule. i an Albert set out turnips, Uley an Haty got a bucet of turnips, Sarah gon to Marten 14. Sunday clered in the but vary cold i froz about 1-1/2 in wind gon to the S and warmer. Suthelend hav omfey an picked here a vary day 2 men came here last night got a feed of corn for there horses and went on. 15. Partly cloudy cule, but plesant wind SE then NE. Jas went o Harwood, Jim to Bills, i naled up palen set out turnips. Mrs. Brown got som turnips. 16. Mistly clear wind SE. Mr. Swangan sent an got the hog pade $5. The boys gon to the timber, Sarah an Abbie gon to Jonathans to quilt, i naled lath in the garden. 17. raned throu the night very dark and damp wind SW. i naled lath on the garden. 18. Thursday. i an Jim an Albert went to Walker, bot a bale of wier 50 nals, sack flour 7 bunch of lath, got 42 cts coff with egg 6 cts doz. The rods was mudier than i ever saw, raned a few drop vary dark broke away wind SW. 19. raned hard in the night clear but some cloud in the afternoon wind SW. Jack Frank and Bill's folks here. i finished the plings rond the garden, vary warm. 20. raned in the night, thunder, cleard up but cloud by 7 in the morning wind NW a litle cul lots of mud. i an Mitchel went to Harwood got womm? 21. Sunday Mrs. Brown an Lesly an Ema here Jess men came, mostly clear wind SE an W very ??? 22. Cloudy an cul wind NE an W mostly N. raned a few sprinkle at noon. Jim an Jas plowed the rode next to the draw Abbie an Lil clen the school. 23. Cloudy wind NW strong an cold ice frezing. the boys plowing the rode south a litle mist of snow at 1. 24. Clear in the for noon wind SW frost grond frozen thawd erly. The haled 2 lods wood. i went to Walker, sent to Rockund Ill for som seeds. Cloud up got cold wind NW. 25. Nerly clear an nice, som frost soon went off. Jas gon for wood. i made a potato bed then fixed the pump. i Jim went to Walker got 2 bushels potatos a boxan 50 coffee $1 shugar 50c. 26. Clear a lite frost soon gon. Still an warm. Comenst soing oats made some garden sode letis planted peas set pifla? 27. Partly cloudy a litle cule wind NE planted a bucket of potatos going to set on ins the boys soing oats. Bill an Frank gon for wood. 28. Sunday som clds gets smoken and warm night wind SE. Sarah and Abet went to Mrs. Crawfords, Jonathan came Harva came, went to Bills. Bills all came by in the evening. 29. Raning at 3 in the morning, raned til 9 slow wind SE. Harvey got 12-1/2 bushels of oats, i sode some chafey gas sed in the orched, camest on the lane fence. Boys drove post roud the paster. 30. March cloudy but clears up by 9 wind SE warm. The boys puting oats i finished the lane fence. Bill an Frank halling hay. i went to Walker for the mal, raned and thundred at 10 in the night. 31. Cloudy all fore noon an som lite showrs wind S mostly clear up in the after noon. the boys finished the oats, taken 4 head of catle to Finley's had dehorned at 5c a pece by Archey. April 1897 1. Thursday som clouds wind SW and plesant. Jas sode gras sede on the 20 west. Jim broke a place for melons an onions, haroud an camest planting. i went to John Sharps i got 2 bushel of sede corn Estel got 4 bushel of oats, we comenst planting corn. 2. Mostly clear wind SE got the west peas across the draw, planted then. Jas an Jim cultavate west of ?? beded out sweat potatos. HOG DIDE. (this must have really upset him as it was written in capital letters and very dark!) 3. raned a good rane wind SE an N quit about 8. i sheled some sed corn and bred born. i an Mitchel went to Harwood, i got a sack flour 1.20 2 par stocken 1.00 coton baten 25 cole oil 15 turpine gon ???? taken eggs 53c 4. Clear an cul wind SW children gon to church then to orgaize a sunda school. 5. ???? planting west of barn, i 1 roe watermelons, mostly clear wind NW and cul. 6. Cloudy wind NW a litle cul. the cultavate having ar plating. i sode some chaf in the orchard, comenst a slow rane after 11, was damp and wet all afternoon. Jim an Jas went to the school. i got my sede from Rockford Ill. 7. cloud a fue drops of rane erly wind E a litle cul. The boys haling hay faey men cam and got her flours. Alea and Elsey an Jesey Means stad all night litened through the nits. 8. Camenst rane a slow rane all day wind NE cul and bard. Ale here. 9. Still a white frost but pleasant. Jas an Jim gon to Harwood, i sode chaf. i sheld sede corn. Alle here, clear an nise and warm after the rain. Andre came up at 3 in the afternoon. Leus Cobb here Alle went home, i plated 1 roe of all prise onions and some pop corn. 10. raned all fornoon and some in the noon. got a leter from Post? Jim went to Walker to mill. got $1 in coffe, taken 9 doz eggs, i sode chaf in the orched. 11. Sunday som clouds wind SE som frost a litle cul rode mudy. Dick Cram got harcut, Johathan and Becky came by going to Cobbs. Sarah and Albert went along. 12. Som clods wind NE then SE then SW an high. i went to Nordans to se about paster, then to Yongs worked some at onion patch. 13. som clouds wind NW an cul. i finished planting onion seds the boys cultavating an planting west of barn, Martha came to go to Nevada. 14. A wite frost, some cloud wind NE gets warmer, got Don plating the W. pece, Martha here has heaach, i have headack, i an Mitchel got paster. Dr. Traten kiled - H.P. Cocavel came Manthay here. Frank and Abbie went to Nevada got moved. 15. i an John Mitchel taken catle to paster at blotes i 4 head 50c an 65, Mitchel 2 head at 65c. Some clouds wind SW a litle cul had got 1 bushel of timoth sed hade an Manthy went to Jonathans, the boys plowing east of hous in trater bened 16. Clear a white frost, wind NW. The boys cultavating East of house. i an Sarah cooked the sorgum over. 17. Jim plating corn east of house. Jas, Lillie and Albert went to Walker got a sack of flour, a tabel cloth, Lil and Abert shoes, Albert a hat. I an Mitchel went to Harwood got the nuse of Dr. Trater being kiled. 18. Sunday cleain wind SW high. i am not well vary warm rane at 8 in the after noon. 19. Clear and plesant wind NE an cule. Jas haroing Jim planting raned at 5 a. 20. Cloudy wind SE an cule. finished planting the pese next to the house - gon to cultavating the east pece, quit cultavating got mans dist. 21. Clear wind SW and vary high - worn the Dist in the East pese - the affut high, raned a few drops at 11 afternoon. 22. Jasper finish disten the east pece and went to Haven, Jim went to halls and water, Chanky cut up broke the sled, Jim camenst planten the east pease at 10 cloudy wind SE an warm. 23. Som clods wind SW and high. Jim got me Shorts planter, planted the east peas all but a little, Jas had headache haned all day. 24. Cloudy wind SW. Jim an Jas finish the east peas the we planted 1- rose of potatos in the garden as we got don, comenst to rane at 11 raned a good rane. A tramp stoped to get a drink going Sedaily from Eldorado, lived in Missipp. 25. Sunday camense raning after a 11 at night raned til 1, steand up wind NE an plesant. Jim an Lilly gon to Sunday School. 26. Clear an plesant. i went to Eldorado to mill, got a sute a hat an socks $9.75 27. Clear and plesant wind SW. Jim disten up the west pese of corn to plant over, Faney Means came to se about going to Nevada, a man by the name of Line was here seling grasses. 28. Raned in the night. i Jas an Albert went to Walker taken sogram and som eggs, got 100 lbs flour 8 pack coffe, 2 bus potato, 100 in lye, it warm goin to St. Cleain. 30. i went to Chanceys, cul wind NE May 1897 1. i went to John Sproull then to Hades, cul wind NE 2. Sunday i went to Wickets then to Powens, then to Chanceys. Warm wind SE a lite shower. 3. Chance came with me to Rockvill, i got Chance some flour, a coff pot, warm wind SE 4. i and Liley Elcy and Jesse Means went to Nevada, i 200 flour 10 lbs bed tick domestic book waste warm. 5. Warm still, Hunt Yong and Stone came for corn and Curly got corn. 6. Som cloud wind SW. Bunes 2 lods of corn, Canflel an Canada a lode a a pece. Jim plowing, Jas replating corn in the W pece. 7. The boys finished replanting the west pece. Wom Graham from Eldorado here to see about corn, Osborn got a lode of corn. Clear and warm wind SW. 8. The boys replanting til noon east pece, Jas went to Harwood. Some clods wind SW. Sarah making sope. Jim went to Harwood in afternoon. 9. Sundy, raned a good rane, comenst at 5 in the morn, still an plesant. 10. Som clouds in fore noon sprinkle in the after noon. Hunt an Gray here for corn, stil wind SW. The boyes replanting corn, camenst on mowing gras. 11. Som cloudy plesant and still. The boys camenst cltivating east of home, Finly came to see about hogs. Paten was a long ploud an hode erly potatoes. Vrgel and his wife came, hode in garden an onins bed. 12. Vergel and his wife went home. i an Jasper taken hogs to Harwood wade 1510 my wade 1240 $40.32. Thompson got a lode of corn w 31 turned cul at 4 loked like rane, wind N. 13. Fogg wind SW a litle cul. The boys plowing corn est of house. Mr. Routsong came by going to Jeses, Abbie helpen to clean up the north rume, cloudy. 14. Clear a lite frost cul wind N. Tul got 2 lods of corn made 56 bushels an 45 lbs $14.11c. Hunt finished get his corn B1.11.50?? gave check for 27.95c 15. Som clouds wind SW still an warm. i went to Harwood 5 wagons from ceday came for corn, got 78 P8 come to $19.50c 16. Sunday som fine scater clouds wind SW plesant. Gorge Means here in forenoon, - Ahey an Bunty eve 17. Clear wind SW. Jo Marten here got 21 bushels an 50 lbs corn pade $4.95, yet behind 55cts. The boys replainting east in forenoon, i put up crib Dave taken Jim went to Harwood an got some shugar 50c 18. Mostly clear an warm wind SE. i an Sarah worked in garden, the boys cultavating in the E pece. 19. Som clouds wind SW warm. Short got 28 bush 40 p Grham 29 + 10 busel 32 - 50. The boys camenst the 2 tim 20. Mostly clear wind SW high an warm, the boys cultivating. 2 men stade here from Sock River name Rolston B 1960 Glison B 1940. Bures finish his corn. 21. Wind high a fue drops rane. Bishop McFadan, Lee Hardacre an Short got corn, i get Selen. 21. Some clouds wind SE but still and warm. The boy cultvating west of barn. Mitchel he get hane cut. 22. Mostly clear wind SW warm wind high. Jas and Jim helped to put in a brige next to Shorts. Jas went to Harwood, i an Jim to Walker. i got Sarah 3 par stockin got my and Lilys shoes fixed cost 25c. 23. Raned a good shower last night, clear but dark like dust to day wind NW and pleasant children gon to Sunda School. 24. Clear an warm wind SW. Jas went to Nevada with Jack - Mary, Al and Marth here, soing for Lil. i an Jim planted potatos west at the draw. Cate Pondester came to se Marth to work for her. Lisey Cuningham came to get a patren (pattern?) i hode onions, Jim cultivate corn camenst east of the house the 2 time. 25. Cloudy wind SE and cul raned in the afternoon. Barney Cuwhon here, Marth went to Roses, the cultivated east of house. Jas an Jim went Mrs. Brown at night to..Si... set out 90 potato slips. 26. Some clouds wind SE an warm. i went to Tuls the boys cultivating, i gave Bill $5 in Silver, i went to Marten. 27. Some clouds wind SW then west. a good litle showr of rane the boys finish cultaviting to the draw 2nd time, Jim ploud the garden. 28. Cloudy a mist of rane a part of day. i to Shorts then to town. i rote to Suse an to John sent John $5 dolars. 29. i an Sharpe met Shafr an Robertson at Amels cimetry an decorated Colons and Hameltons graves. Sharp Shafer an family an Roberson an litle gurl came here for dinner, then to Harwood and decrated at the Harwood cemetry. Albert went hom with Bills. Jim went Nevada. 30. Sunday clear an cule wind NE Frank and Abbie here, the children went to Sunda School, we all went to Harwood to memorel at 2 o'clock. 31. Som cloud a litle cule, i an Pine went o Eldorado, i got a check cashed it was from Hunt. June 1897 1. Some clouds wind SW an warm, baled hay. i an Marten went to Johns for potato slips, i got 15 cts worth of the vinles potato and 50 cts ch....ys. Set my slips out. 2. Some clouds a litle mist wind SW. Lily gon with a party a fishing, i hode my water melons, Culy pade for the corn, the boys cutivating the east pease, raned. 3. Cloudy wind NW cule. i worked my onions the boys comense cultivating the 3 time west of barn. 4. Party clear wind NW then SW still cule. i set out 54 potato slips, the boys finished west of the barn. 5. Clear wind SW warm boys not at work, Jas went to Harwood, i an Mitchel went to Harwood, Harvay came. 6. Sunday raning a lite rane, still plesant, Harvy here. 7. Cloudy wind SE cul and plesant. Harvay got a load of corn of the boys. i an Mitchel taken our catle out of Bloats paster, i pade $4 an $2-15 for Mitchel. Mary and Abbie here picken bens. 8. Cloudy some rane in the nite wind SE a litel cul and plesant. i hode the sweppotatos, boys cultivating, i straten up fence raound the path. 9. Cloud some sprinkles of rane wind SE. the boys got done the east pease N to the house an ploud the west corn then went fishing. 10. Some clouds wind SE plesant. Jim found calf ded, Bill taken it . Albert Sutheren here, Abie here. 11. Som cloud wind SE. Marth here got som cabg plats at Jonathon. i went to Martens wad a lode of corn, Jim sold a lode to Mascres?, Pine here. 12. Som clouds wind Sw and warm. the gon to the Bluff with a party of plesure siken. raned some lite showers. 13. Som clouds wind SE and warm. Dafner and wife here. i an Dafner went over to Andys in the 3 U? Harvey came. 14. Some fine cloud mostly clerin wind SW warm. Harva gone home Jas ploud in the garden then both the boys ploud in the East pease, we finis plan corn an beans in tato pac... 15. Som cloud wind SE. Powers stade all night went home. i sent to $5 to Suse by Powers, got a leter from Suse. a little sprinkle of rane. the boys a finish cultivating the 3 time the east peas. i hode my onions and water melons yews and manten... got 17 bushels of corn 16. Clear an warm wind SE and warm. Children all gon to Conly to fish fry. i went to deposed $156 got $5 cofe two daz cans 10 yards apren (afren)? taken 47 cts of egs. 17. Clear an warm wind SE and high an warm. The camenst east of barn the 4 time, i hode sw potatos. Ab an Mary here pie goos bery. 18. Some clouds wind SW high and warm an very dry. planted beens west of cane, the boys finished cultivating the 4 time west of barn. i made albert a hammok. 19. i and Mitchel went to Harwood it was hot and dry wind SW high an worm. rane cam up with a wind an dust storm. 20. Sunday som clouds a litle cul but plesant wind N cleared up at 10 wind gone to the west. 21. Cloudy wind N plesant a fue sprinkle. the boys worked the rode i went with Pine for brige lumber to Harwood, Lily got cabage plants at Jonathan. Mrs. Brown got sed peas here. 22. Som clouds warm wind SW the boys cltivate east of barn the 4 time. 23. Some clouds wind SE and warm. the cultivating the east pece the 4 time, i puled up cale at the daw (dam? draw?)) 24. Mostly clear wind Sw an warm. need rane bade. the boys cultivating. Lill going to Bills a bad storm dg. 25. Storm at 2 in the morning a good rane blod the top off of Jims crib, boke in the barn, i went to Walker got lumbr $10 shuger $1 secks 25c coffe pot pan an cup $1. John Ray came got a leter for Mr. Porter 27. Raned at 6 in the mornig Wind SW. Jon to help Bill Shocks wheat Jas to Harwood. raned a good rane last night some cloud wind SE warm vary threatning in the afternoon. 28. Som clouds all day wind SW. Drove post betwene the meder and corn. Bill an Frank came an helped. Sam May and Ab cam fisced the me Shean up gave the 2 jar of meete. Bill got a chease. 29. Wind SW warm som clouds. i went to Walker note to Mrs. Porter. raned for a few mins. Hardeles fetched a lode of post 35 at 5c a pece. 30. Clear wind SW an warm. i stuck buter beens. July 1897 1. Clear an warm wind Sw. i went to Eldorado to mill got 100 lbs $220 got a pare of pants $1.15 bill camest. 2. Clear an warm wind Sw Bill cuting, i went o Jacksons at 3 cts got 9 hogs wade 800 pade him $20-- yet behind $4. 3. Clear wind Sw warm. i went to Harwood left $4.00 for Jackson with Mary. 4. Sunday, Still an warm, some clouds, comenst raning after 8 raned all night. 5. Some clouds wind SW warm 2 sun dogs 6. Clear an hot wind SW. i went to Scots bout some hogs, went to Harwood got 25 coffee, went to Walker, note to Bill, the boys stacked a part of the oats. 7. Clear hot wind SW. Harva came the boyes finising the oats, got up 2 sta? 8. Clear an warm wind SW. Harvy gon home got a lod of corn of the boys, i went to Scots to sea bout some hogs then Jonathans. 9. Clear escstremely hot wind SW. 10. a lile plesant wind all around camenst raning at 4 raned a good rane. The boys cultivated in the east peace til noon. 11. Sunday, clear an plesant wind NW. Jim an Sarah gone to priching at school. 12. Clear an plesant wind N. i went with Bill an Frank to Eldorado, very cul at night. 13. Clear an plesant wind NW. i an Albert went to Grifens to se thrash. 14. Wensday cloudy a fue drops of rane wind SW. i went to Scott got 7 hogs wade 965 lbs pad $28-95. Mrs. Cobb an Lewis the boys helping Jonathon in hay. 15. Som clouds wind SW plesant haled out corn ... for the hogs. The boys helping Jonathan in afternoon in hay, i hoe in garden. 16. Som clouds wind SW Jack camenst cuting the meder (meadow) tul hape after diner. Jas and Mim got Mrs. Brown rake. 17. Som clouds wind SW Mr. Short helping Jas, Jim and Bill making hay til noon. 18. Sunday some clouds wind Sw raned in the afternoon at 3 a good rane. Jim an Bud went to Eldorado. 19. It rand camenst about 8. Dick Crampton got corn of the boys. 20. raned the boys gon to Eldorado. 21. i an Albert went toWalker, i got wire 55 lbs an lime 22. i an Frank went to Eldorado, Frank taken wheat for Bill, i taken corn to the mill 26-1/2 B got 30 cts got bucks 1/2 fast ? , Jack cuting gras Marten an Mack Short helpin. 23. Clear an warm wind SW. The boys working in the hay. Mack Miner an Richard helping, i hode onions. 24. Cleair an warm wind SW. the boys helping Jonathan stack hay. Frank fetched bed sted and got water. 25. Sunday, partly cloudy a few drops of rane warm wind SW then N. Frank Ab and Gerge Gray here, Yongs folks Martens here, Jack an the gurls here. 26. Clear warm wind N. Bill got corn of the boys, Frank started to Kansas, i an Albert went to Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Brown sick. 26. continued from 26. Mrs. Lancaster got 18-1/2 bush of corn, the boys helped Miles to trash. Bill got 15 B of the boys. 27. Clear an warm wind N still. i an the boys put up wire round the medew, i went to Walker with Mr. Short got 50 coffee. 28. clear an warm wind SW still. L.E. Short got 26 B 65 lbs corn. the boys and Browne boys went berian. 29. i an Bill went to a sale then to town got 1/2 galen whisky for Ms. Brown 1 galen for myself. Hot an dry warm sind SW. 30. Clear an warm wind SW Mr. Cobb here i home with him, he wanted sel me his pigs. Jim an Jas taken the red heffer to Ponderters, Short got corn, one wade 27 B P $13.50 31. Clear an warm wind SW. Canfintes got 33 B corn P $8.25, i went to Walker got the grosers and lumber for water ..... ..... August 1897 1. Clear and warm, sind Sw geting vary dry. Jim and Marth at Rich hill. 2. Clear hot and dry wind SW. i comenst triming fence roe to fix fence Carpenter got one lode of corn for the mill. 3. Clear and how wind SW clods up in the afternoon. i an Jim taken Daffner 10 bushels of corn got 4 hogs cost $10. 4. Clear in forenoon wind SW clouds up in afternoon rane a little. i an Albert went to Walker got 4 towels Sarah an Lily a d.... an other things, taken eggs and Bute? (BUTTER) 5. Some clouds warm wind SE. Canfatener Pyle and Hardaker got corn. 6. Som clouds a litle sprinkle. i an Harve went to Harwood, we cam back by Kitin Creak, got some bark an nuts for biters. 7. Fue clouds warm wind SW. Carpenter Smith an Roberts here for corn. Patens house burned. Jim an Jas gon to Conly. 8. Sunday some clouds wind NE. 9. Warm wind SW rane at 4. Clear in the forenoon an hot winds, wind change in the afternoon NE. i sode turnips, Jim went to Conley. i went to Nevada got pump harnes and Shafs 2 dollar coffe 2 shugar, Jas went to St. Cleair. 10. Wind NE warm an dry. nerly sold out the boys corn, Bill thrashing flasc. 11. Hot an dry wind NE. Chiles got the last lode of white corn for the Eldorado mill. Jim helpin Bill to finish thrashing flasc. the sesen here flin??? 12. Wind NE warm an dry. 13. Hot an dry win gon SE. i went to Eldorado Seted at the ?? Setle with the mill an Hunt pade $6-50 got a par of boots $2.50 pant an pills $1. raned a good rane at night wind blue hard from NE. Mary helping put up fruite, Jas back from St. Cleare. i gave Jonathan 50 for Pate. 14. Som clouds wind SW. i puld white onions, sod the patch to turnips. Sold 26 head of hogs to Finley at 3-1/4 cts an 50 esetmy? i an albert went to Walker, got cans an sack flour, taken Mary home Liley not well. 15. a fue clouds pleasant wind SW. Sunday Wiley Man Marvin Brown here. Wind went to the N. 16. Clear an plesent wind N. Mary helping washing, i taken my hogs to Finley Wade 4200 came to $1.37 00 17. som clouds a sprinkle of rane no wind stirring. i panted my buggy, boys gone to the woodman hog Nolen at Nevada. i panted my brig, raned a sprinkle at night. the boys got back at 1. Tull cow got -- 18. Som clouds wind NE plesant, many helping to work up Plum..., i mode weeds a long the fence. Walten came to bale hay, baled 1 stack made 50 bales then put it in the barn. 19. Clear an plesant wind NE. Walton finished bailing hay at 12 had 160 bales wade 12.880 pad $7.45 cts. Mary Dalton went home. 20. Clear an plesant and still. i cut weeds around the paster fence. Jim gone to Monigso? i went to Mrs. Cramston then to Browns. 21. Mostly clear wind SW then NW, changbel all day. i went with Sharp in the eage of St. Clair to look at som hogs then to Harwood an to Conly. 22. Sunday, clear an plesant NE wind. Sarah an Jas gone to prechen at Harwood. i Lily an Albert stade at home. 23. Clear an plesant wind NE. i an Albert an Jas taken watermelens to Walker sold $1.50c got $1.50 in lumber, taken eggs an buter cam to $1.40 got calico. Jim cam back from Manigaw?? 24. i taken Liley to Schell, had 3 teth puled cost $1.80, in all bought 10 pigs of Charly Stanky cost $15. Clear an plesant wind NW. 25. Cloudy a litle sprinlen soon in the morning pleasant warm in the afternoon wind SW. Bill's folks here, i ploud the sheol? rum? at the barn. 26. Clear an dry an hot wind SW an warm and vary hot dry winds. i mad a been plane (plowe) picked a basket of beens. 27. Clear and dry an hot wind SW. i picked beens, Jim gon to Walker, got sack flour at Dunns. 28. Clear hot an dry wind SW. i picked beens Em here Jim cut my... an Albert have. 29. Clear hot an dry, corn damage gretly wind SW. Sunday. 30. Hot an dry in the day a litle sprinkle at 6 in the morning, wind NE then SW. i worked on been plow, picked beens afternoon. the boys cut some corn in east pece. 31. Hot an very dry, corn burnen up fast wind SW. i picked beens boys cut corn. Lily came home from Jonathans. SEPTEMBER 1897 1. Wendsay Clear hot an dry, wind SW hot. the boys gon to Nevada to the fare. i picked over the beans the first time got 17 baskets. the themomiter 103. 2. Clear hot and dry wind SW. the boys cut some corn, i fisced the pump, stoped at Tulls. 3. Clear hot an dry wind SW an SE Martha here i clend my beans, had 2 bushels. 4. Clear an dry wind SW Martha here. i taken Marth hom. i Jonathan went to Harwood, i got a pan an tin dishes to the amount of 25 cts, themomiter 102. 5. Sunday, hot an dry wind SW an SE. Corn drying very faste warm winds. 6. Clear a litle more plesent wind SW Andy Albert started to school. i cut weeds in the S. west peas of corner. 7. Clear hot an dry the themometer stad at 101 wind SW. i went to Walker taken clock to get fixed got 2-3 galens gares (ganes)?? i cut 1 stock of corn in SW corner. 8. Mostly clearin in fore noon, hot an dry wind SW. Martens child sick, a fue drops of rane at 1 o'clock 9. a fue clouds wind SW dry. i cut the biens patch, the boys cut som corn in SW corner. Martens child a litle beter, raned a good rane in afternoon. 10. Mostly clearin and warm, wind SW. i went to Walker got the clock. Becky Harva Walter an the Laney .....cam. 11. a fue clouds hot an dry wind SE. Harva help the boys cut corn in the fore noon in SW corner. Becky Harvay and Lary G.... gon to Bills on there way home. 12. Sunday, clear an hot wind SW. Am still hot. i Mack and Tul fixed the pump. 13. Clear warm and dusty wind SW. i Lilly, Jasper, Mary an Ales went to Nevada to the reunion, stade til Sadudy the 18. Bill's folks came the 14 Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Hinkle came 15, Mrs. Brown came the 17. raned a shower the 16 turned cul 14. No entry for September 14 through 18. 19. Clear cule night Sunday, hot days. Mr. Gray here. 20. Cule night warm days. i went to Mrs. Lankstens to se a bout some honey then to Parkers to se a bout making sogram. Mr. Gray taken Manthay home with him. Marten helped in 1/2 day in cane. i haled 1 lode of cane to Parkers. 21. Cleain cul at night a till frost warm in the day. i went to Tulls, Bill hafe taken the cane to parkers. 22. Clear a litle cule at morning warm later in the day wind SW. Sharp have water in pons vary low. 23. Cler an dry wind SW. i an Jim hauld out the case sede Jas, Tull and Lock started to the tenatomy. 24. Som cloud at times wind SW warm. i went to Finleys let him have my corn then to the timber, taken gugs got a few of tembe. Davas taken his cow out of paster. 25. Cleain hot an dry wind SW. Davis came agane for his cow. She was in the paster, Bill fetched the wagon home. 26. Sunday, clear an warm wind SW. 27. Clear hot an dry wind SW. i burnt some in the draws east. Themorter at 99. 28. Som clouds north west dry an warm wind SW. i haled Finly a lod of corn. Jim gon to Eldorado, Mr. Cobbs horse sick, Jim taken the read cow to Edmas the 29. 29. Clear hot an dry wind SW an E. i to mill to Eldorado got the molases. a man by the name of Culver left his satchel in the waton, i taken some corn for Mrs. Brown. 30. Clear a litle cule at night, hot day and dry wind SW. i taken a lode of corn to Finly. i hald a lod of corn to Finly made 2 loads on the 30th i went to Yongs. OCTOBER 1897 1. Clear a litle cule at night, hot an dry days wind SW. i puled my onions had about 2 bu, Jim went Harwood got a card from Jas 2. Cleair cul at night hot an dry in day still. i an Mitchel went to Harwood taken eggs an but... com to 75 got 25 in thread nedles 10. i an Jim haled corn to Finleys 3 bu. 3. Sunday clear cule at night hot in day and dry in day wind SW but still. Halls cow came here i hleped taken her back. Jim gon to Eldorado in afternoon. 4. Clear hot an dry wind SW. i titened up the wire round the orched then cleaned up the south sume. 5. Clear hot dusty and dry cul nights wind SW an west then N. i an Jim went to Nevada got whisky. 6. Cleain an dry wind N a litle cule. Jim went to Shell got mareth (maneth)? i went o Jonathan 7. Clear an plesant but dry still a litle cule in the morning. Mrs. Brown an Lesly here. 8. Som cloud comig up from NW. a litle plesant wind SW. 9. Clear a litle plesant dry an dusty wind SW. i an Mr. Short went to Dalton Gibson's sale. 10. Sunday cloudy some thunder early very still plesant but dusty. i taken the catle to the medow. i went to St. Cleair in the afternoon, raned a sprinkle. 11. i went to Davis Andrews a litle culer. 12. Cleain, i went to Chancey stayed at Jones. 14. Clear an hot. i went to Rosebrooks and back to Sumpler 15. Clear an warm, i went to Hads then to Chancy. 16. Clere and dry, i came home, Mabel and Albert came with me. 17. Sunday clear wind NE still. i an Sarah went to Church. i got some lemons for Albert 1 dz, Bill gon to Chancy after pigs/wood. 18. Som clouds still an plesant. 19. Clear an plesant still. camenst shucking corn. 20. Clear an plesant warm. i an Jim went for a lode of wood. Albert a litle better, Suse at Bills. Sus an Bill came Bill got a check for $45. 21. Some clouds a litle sprinkle, soon cleard up warm. i an Jim went for wood fetched a lode. 22. Clear plesant. i Jim, Sarah an Lilly went to Nevada. i got cumfut.. an Lilly a pare shoos. 23. Clear an pleleant wind SE dry. Hetens an wife here Suse gone to Jonathans, Jim an Sarah gon to Richards. 24. Sunday, cleare plesant wind SE then SW. i went to Martens, ther child no beter, Albert beter, Suse at Bills. 25. Clere an plesant vary dry. Chances gon home, i an Jim went to Walker, i sent Frank a draft for $20, i drew out all the money i hade in the Walker Bank, gave the boys $80 a pece. 26. Clear and dark plesant in forenoon. Mary Dalton stade at Martens came here, the boys gone for wood. 27. Som clouds a litle sprinkle of rane. i went to Finleys got a check for myself for $90.80 one for Jas for $25, one for Jim $36.60. Jim gon to dig potatos at Bills, Jas gon to Walker. 28. Som clouds a litle mist of rane. i an Jim went to Nevada. Jim got a wagon of Johanas, sold his bugy to JJ Mitchel for $25, i got a stove coffee an shugar, i got a shirt patron (pattern) an muslin 32-1/2 yars. Dick Cramfaton camenst shucking. 29. Clere a big frost, i went to Kitincree got roots an banks??? 30. Clere an dry som frost still. i dug some potatos, the boys gone to Walker, i to Jonathan for Becky 31. Sunday, a mist of rane til noon bark off - - - - - NOVEMBER 1897 1. Monday, mist of rane cloudy an cul all day wind N. the boys fiscen to get off Beck Harey and Walter, John home Charly Gibson came. 2. Clearin a big frost, the boys fiscen to start to Oklahomey they started about 10 o'clock. Mr. Swangan an Mack Short here. 3. Clear a good big frost, i put a yoke on blue finished digen .... potato. 4. Som clouds wind SW an high rane a showr at night. i an John Shank went to Walker then to the still house i got 1 galen and one for Mr. Andrews. 5. Cloudy and cul wind NW. 6. Som clouds wind SW. i an Mitchel went to Harwood, raned at night. 7. Sunday cloudy litle rane. i an Lily went to Youngs, the wind blue from SW. 8. Raned sume in the morning a litle mist all day off on. Tull an Mack ---- Shock faden. 9. Some clouds plesant wind SW. i went to Lock then to Tulls then to Mrs. Brown, Enly Wicket came at 4 oclock. 10. Clear a big frost wind SW. i an Eney wicket went to Harwood got sack flour an ..., Jack an Martha went for lisene 11. i went with Dick Crampton to Halls Sale. Jonathan stoped an got diner. Lilia gon to Jacks weden, Jack mared at 6 in the evening. 12. Clear wind SE then SW. Sarah gon to Jonathans to the fane 13. Cloudy and plesant wind SW. i went to Eldorado then Harwood. Past went to meeat with the Eldo Past i got back at night. 14. Sunday, cloudy wind SW an hight. Eve Wicket went to Mack Shorts to get sha...., got a leter from Abe, Jim an Jas got there the 9th. Mr. & Mrs. Gray cam from da..... at 7 in the afternoon. 15. Cloudy an still. Mr and Mrs. Gray gone home. Eve Shucken came. Soled Jims red cow to Pease Mitchel $25. a sprinkle of rane blue up cold. 16. Clear an cule wind N. Mitchel cam for his cow. 17. Clear a big frost wind SW, Jesey Means here se about puting flour in seler, Sarah fetched can from barn. 18. Cleare an plesant an still. gether corn turned the cows in the stalks. 19. Cleain an windy wind SW. 20. Clear an warm wind SW an high. Ene cuting wood Wade Dicks lod of corn wade 29-35. 21. Sunday som fue clouds Clarence Ditty came to se Ene. 22. Som clouds wind N and cule. i helped Ene Wicket shuck corn. 23. Clear an cule wind N. Ene Mack Tull an Dick all shucking corn. i went to Walker. 24. Cloudy wind SW plesant. i an Ene finished the corn. Bill an Charly went to the timber, raned at night. 25. Cloudy wind SE plesant. Ene Wicket gon home, started at 9. i an Albert gathered pop corn. 26. raned a good showr in the night, cloud and cule this morning thunder in the night wind NW an cold. Some clouds cul wind N. Bill Cope taken a lod of corn to Eldorado to mill, fetched us a litle meal. 27. Clear an cul wind NE. Bill an Charly Gibson haled up som hay taken som home. 28. Sundy clear a big frost a dise day. i to Harwood maled a leter to Jim Sarah Albert an i went to Mrs. Browns, Liley an Jonathan gurls went to Bills. 29. A big frost and cold an still, ice about one inch thick. butchered a hog wade 24o lbs. Bill an Osker helped Bill fetched lode corn. 30. Som cloud a litle cule wind SW. i went to Walker sond Finley Jims hefer for $20. DECEMBER 1897 1. Cloudy and cold wind N. Bill came for the catle to butcher, Finly sent Albert Sutherlen for the read herefer, Marvin got the wagon. 2. Cloudy an cold wind NE. Jonathan here, Loren Porter cam about 3 afternoon, comenst sleting an snowing about 5. 3. Cold slete an snow all night an the day wind NE, Lary here to cold to go hom. Lary Porter went Bills in the afternoon. 4. Snowing a litle lite snow wind NW then W a litle S an cold. i choped some wood then kild 2 yong chickens for diner. 5. Sudy clear through the night clouds up a gane wind NW an cold, snow melted a litle erly but soon qit. Mary, Marth also Eme sped a litle while, bin to church but was non. 6. a fue clouds, clear afterward snow melting fast water runing in the rod wind SW. i went to Harwood got a sack flour. 7. Clear an cul wind SE an still. i camenst moving the bugy hous for a bien house. 8. Clear an warm still snow nerly gon. i worked a litle at the bugy hous. Jonathans team run off, Albert gon to school. 9. Cloudy looked lik rane all day. i Bill an Charley Gibson went for wood, raned a litle shower at night, thundered an litning in the night. 10. Cule looked like snow til noon, wind N partly clear in the afternoon. Faney Ross here. i fisced the hen house. 11. Cloudy a frost clouds broke away at noon. i an Lilia went to Nevada, i gave Lily $5.00. pade my taxes, got coffee $3, shugar 50 soda 25 pepper socks yarn $1.60 saw $1.25. 12. Cloudy wind NE Martha an Eme here from the Party at Hamaltos, went home this Sunday. 13. Raned a litle through the night turned to snow before day, snode hard til afternoon, snowed a bout 8 inched deep wind NE. 14. Cloudy in the fore noon cleared up about noon wind NE plesant snow melting. i an Albert sawed some wood with the new saw. 15. Som read clouds in the Se wind SE snow crusted til som plases wood hold. i got a biete of Finly to cap a--- snow melting snode about 1 inch. 16. Cold an cloudy wind N. i got a ch... for Jims red heafer for $20. 17. Clear an cold wind NE. i went with Bill an Shorty Gibson came, moving to town, i sent Jim a leter an draft for $92. got a leter an $2.-35 from Mrs. Porter, got 1-1/2 yards of waterproof for saw. 18. Cloudy and cold wind NE. 19. Sunday cold wind NW snow crusted som litle rane an slete. John Sharp here. 20. Cold snow crusted wind NW. i went to Tulls made a rabet trap, fisced the well. 21. Wind SE snow crusted. 22. Som cloud snow melted Sam still, i went to Walker fixed the in stoves sent it to Syms. i sent Syms the insurence voting, got a sack flour taken buter an eggs came to 88 cts. 23. Clear wind NE but plesent thawed some. Bill an (someone) went to Eldorado to mill, taken som wheat an corn for me. Roses child vary sick with crup, Sarah over there. Roses child dide about 5 pm. 24. Clear an nise snow melting a litle wind SE but still. i an Lily went to the bering of Roses child. Sarah an Albert came home i got 25cts oranges, Lilia pic........Liley went to the Chismus tree, got a leter from the boys. 25. a fue cloud but clered up snow melting som wind SE an plesant an still. 26. Sunday, mostley cloudy but plesant wind SE. Bills folks here, Marten here, i was not well. 27. som clouds but plesant snow crusted meltg an where melting in the rode frosee slick the snow is mostly ice, wind SW. Clere at noon but clouded up raned a sprinkle. i burnt som patches of grass. Elmer an Linea Fulen came to get linen ??????? a long dr fence. 28. Cloudy an still wind NW but plesant. Marvin an Wiley Brown came for the wagon, snow frose slick, som litle spots of grond necked. 29. Som fue clouds plesant wind SW. Snow melting fast roads mudy. i by still hous got 1 galen for Mr. Andrews went to Nevada for a pare pants cloth to make Abbe a pare. 30. Some clods plesant wind SW snow melting rods mudy. Marten here meaking Lilla a dress Mr. Pine caled in a bit Mr. Marten got a birel of water an ice, wind went to the N at 4 turned cold. 31. Cloudy wind NW an cold. i taken Sarah am Albert to Bills. i got back from Bills half past 2 Marth here maken Jelly & dress. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives Loretta May (© 1997 Loretta May) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. 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