DIARIES OF ALBERT FONZO COPE 1894-1913 FROM HIS FARM NEAR WALKER, VERNON COUNTY 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 1898 JANUARY 1898 1. Sadurday January 1898 mostly cloudy a litle snow flying wind NE and cold som patches of snow on the ground. Martha here Sarah an Albert at Bills. Sarah an Albert came home, i went to Harwood to insillation. Sent Ms. Porter a gug , the rods as ruf as i ever saw. Bill hald a lode of toe (erased) 2. Sunday, clerin wind SW a litle chily. Martha here got wade 128 Lily 96, Albert 46 i wade 136. Som patches of snow. i an Albert went with Martha home. Plesant an nice. 3. Clear an nise wind SE then SW plesant. Bill an Chancy Gibson helped butcher, i pade them $1.50. snow melting fast. 4. Cloudy wind NW snow melting all gone but patches. Albert started school. Miscellaneous Information: January 7, 1897 - Jim’s cow will be fresh. December 18, 1896 - Buchere 2 hogs one 276 one 188. January 14, 1897 - butchered 1 hog wade 264 February 10, 1897 - one hog wade 258 February 10, 1894 - Bill Cope got one hog of Abbie wade 198, one of Jim wade 200. February 20, 1894 - Pade Abbie $7-55cts for hog. April 15, 1897 - i turned in the paster at blotyes(?) 2 caves and 2 yearlings at 5-0 cts an 65 cts a month. Cope Diaries - 1898 January 1898 (left edge of paper crumbled, unable to read some information) John a Syms came an pade the in Sitzen ----- mony i pade the first installment $6.64. Jim Scott got the cetle to butcher, Bill went for wood to Parkers. 5. cloud threaten rane wind SE. Still an pleasant som patches of snow. i fix up the fence between me and Mrs. Brown, buntnt some in the fence roe a long the rode and som in the draw. a litle fine mist at night some fog in the morning. 6. Clear an nise wind SW then N. Still an plesant som patch snow. Sarah gon to Cobbs, Lily to Tulls. i went to Brown for the Yesly, got the wagon to hall poles. 7. a fue fling cloud wind SW an high but plesant. som litle patches of snow melting fast. Bill plowing and Hamelenton plowing. Harva came, i have rhumits in my feet hurts me to walk. 8. som clouds wind SE still and plesent. som litle patches of snow or ice. i have rhumits in my feet. Harva and Charly Gibson . . . . . . . . .came by taken Bill. 9. Sunday, January, 1898. A cloud came up at 4, thunderdan litened, raned a good shower at 5, wind SE then NW. Partly clear up warm an nise looks lik may Bills Harvy and Charly and Lily went to Dalton, snow all gon my feet a litle beter. 10. Cloudy an plesant wind NE no frost in the ground. i ringed the pigs, Willey Brown came to grind his asc????Mack Short came to rent ground. 11. Thunde an litnig a hard rane at 7 raned til 8, wind all around. Still an warm. i went to Harwood, sent Jas a leter, got a brush a dres Lill. a thund storm cam up at 7 pm with hale and wind, raned hard. 12. Clear all but a bank N and W, wind SW an cule. 13. Clear ground frozen a litle a big frost, wind SW plesant. i shucked a shock of curn it made 1 1/2 bushels. 14. cloudy wind E an cul, no ice. Camenst about 9 in the morning raned nerly all day, a litle snow at night. 15. Cloudy a spinkle of snow wind NE, a litle cul thoe not freesing. Got a leter from Tom. I went to Harwood the rode mudy. 16. Som clouds wind NE ground crusted a big frost. Jese Means here, Bills came in the afternoon. 17. Some clouds gound crusted a litle wind NE. Willy an Bud got the catle to butcher. 18. Cloud a fue doops rane wind NW. Martha came, Sarah, Lily an Martha went to Mrs. Cramptons. i went to Walker got coten baten an thread. got a leter from Jas an one from Abie. 19. Cloudy raning some snow mixt wind NE. Marth here, i hungthe meete raned a good rane. 20. Snow a bout 4 inchs melting all night an all day. Grund a geten have in plases wind NW but still an plesant, looks like rane. Martha here. 21. a big frost an fog wind NE a mist a frost all day. Martha went home. i went to Mrs. Browns, then to Mrs. Cramptons. Dick, not back yet, snow crusted last night, melting today. 22. Snowing big fleaks then much with snow an rane all day, wind NE then N then NW. i camenst somken the meat. 23. Sunday still an cloudy. fogy and cold wind SE clears up by 11, nise an plesant. Bill came a litle while, snow drifts, some melting a litle this afternoon. 24. Some clouds in the morning later in the day ccamenst raning a slow rane til 1 broke away, wind SE, snow meling. Bill haled a lode of toe?, Lily went home with Bill. 25. Thunder an litnig at 1 in the morning, then raded hard with some hale, and a litle wind high, snow nerly all gon, still. McShort came for me an Maten to setle a bout a hog have Still half the purse. 26. Tuesday vary dark and rany all day. 26. some clouds erly then cleared up, i starded to Harwood, got to Martins, came back, wint to Mrs. Browns. Sent the male by Lily. wind NW. i ce about 1 inch Mitchel bout the balences home. 27. A fue clouds ice about 1 inch wind SW. a tramp by the name of Stevens stoped in, Marten got a bucket of salt. 28. Cloudy ground froz in the morning thawed by noon wind NW. Bill’s folks came an fetched Lily home, Bill went to mill. Swargan came and ground his ax. 29. Cloudy wind nerly al around plesant, frose in the morning though out. i fenced i n the cane to stay in at night for blue then cut wood and smoked meet, Bill came at 4. 30. Clear and plesant Sundy wind SE then n. Snow a bout all gon. 31. Clear an cule wind N.Goodman finely got Sarah put in a quilt, got Cobbs frames. February 1898 1. Tuesday, clear cold but plesant wind NW. Went on round to SW some cloud in the after noon. Lesley fetched the Sunday Globe an a leter from John. 2. Stormy an a sprinklin of snow, wind NW and North an cold. Mrs. Cobbs here to quilt. Som cloud abut sun shine grond frozen. 3. Cleain wind SW and cold grond frozen. 4. Cloudy wind SW an plesant, thawing. i an Albert went to Walker got Albert a pare of shous. 5. a fue clouds wind NW plesant. i went to Walker to get my voucher made out then to Harwood. 6. Sunda mostly cleair wind SW plesant. the ground getting dry, rodes dry a litle ruf. Lilly an Albert went to the school house prechen. A man by the name of Link Stade alright. 7. Some clouds wind SW warm. Albert gon to school. i went to Tulls. Bill an Charly gon for wood. 8. Some clods wind SW grund all thaud out. i went to Walker. A man stoped got his dinner. the man name was Downs, had stuff to transfer picture. thundrd in the nite. 9. Cloudy wind SW warm. i went to Cobbs taken qilting frames hom, came up a black cloud about 10, i came home, raned a sprinklen not vary warm for time of year. 10. Cloudy a fue drops of rane looks vary raney, wind SW warm for Febuary. Marten camenst plowing in the NE pese. Mary came Chance an Bertha came. 11. Cloudy in for noon, clere afternoon. Wind NW plesant, Blue found a calf. Chance Shult?? cut 6 shocks of foder made 12B. 12. Clear an plesant wind SW rods got good only in plases. Mary Dalton gone home, Chancy and Berthy here but goin home, got single bed of corn. i went to Mitherns? sale bout a span of horse cost $83.10, Jack led them home. 13. a fue clouds clears up wind SW and high but plesant. Sunday wind NW. 14. Mondy som clouds cule wind SW. i went to Walker Deffaset ? $56.00 got a check of Finly for hog for $20. 15. Som clouds a litle cul wind NW. i went to Tulls got som milk. 16. mostly clere wind SW tolerbel warm. i to Mis Browns to se a bout going to Nevada. 17. Cloudy wind SW. i an Lesley Stanter to Nevada, got nerley to the brige, turned back, wind went to NW, raned som turned cul. Mrs. Brown here. 18. Som clouds wind NW. Jonathan an Beckey here. Harvy came late went back to Bills Pade $10, sent Beck $5, camenst to mist an sleet at 5 pm. 19. Cloudy an cul, some slete on the grond wind NW. Becky Hary an Walter came, Bill an Charly fetch som toe haled bts to barn, got some cts, i an Mitchel went to Harwood. 20. Sunday cloudy a spit of snow wind N an cold. Harvy an Beckey gon home grond fros hard. 21. ground frozen clear wind SW plesant afternoon. i went to Moos Saly.?? 22. mostly clein wind NW an E. i an Lily went to Walker. 23. i got shus and Sarah a dress i got harvy (corner torn off) cleain wind all a round setled NW. i got Marten go with me to Walker after harnes pade $27--Fergson bred, got Albert paper and ink for the witin school. 24. Clear frosty wind SW then NW. i to meanses to get some one to shuck corn then to Tulls, trying to take off wagon bed mashed 3 fingers. Marten camenst on the oats ground. 25. Clear in forenoon, frost wind SW cloudy after noon a fue drops rane. i an plumber went to se Short, diner at the school house. clouds up some thunder litnig at nite. 26. Cloudy braken a way later warm and still. Martha caled in going home from Cobbs, Bill after warter, i loded the wagon with manure. Blacky found a calf i loded manure. 27. Sunday clear a big frost an a big fig still. Tulls, Martens, and Bills here. Jas came home from Okla, a nise day warm after part. 28. A frost stil after noon warm. Bill an Jas haling shock corn, wind out of SW west coner. i burnt the ??dr?? Tul came to setle Swang and to gind sisens. March 1898 1. Tuesday mostly clear still an plesant. Sun later in the day wind got high from NW. i went to Walker got a plow shen of Buck change a colar, Bill and Jas finish haling foder, i setle with Tull. 2. Haled 12 lode manure on gande, camenst plowing in the lod meadow, wind N a litle fine spit snow. 3. Cloudy cul wind NE. Jas plowing in old medow. i an Jas taken plow to Delany shop, i taken Steve back to Buck, Susan Ddity moved to Kansas, Dick Crampton planting beans, i pade for the horse. 4. Clelar an dark steak east still. a big frost, made some garden. i went to Walker got the plow got 4 bens (something?) 5. clear wind SE. i finished soing gas sed. Mrs. Marten went with me to Harwood. 6. Sunday March 1898 Clear som frost wind SE plesant. Bill pade $10.00 for the hay, i pade him $1.40 for baling foder. 7. Clear wind SW plesant an warm. i sode some sede in the east part of the meder burnt, Sam went to Bills for cuter. 8. Som clouds wind SW an high an warm. i went to Nevada got $2 coffee, irish potatoes 3 pecks, bed ticken 9 yards. 9. Cloud wind SW an high in fore noon wend NW after noon an still. Jasper plowing in the old medow, i haled a barel of water with Dad. (Das?) 10. Cloudy wind NE. Mr. Swargan got planks to make a platform at the schol house, camenst raning about 10 rand til after 2, a litle sprinkle later. 11. Cloudy an litening all day wind NW. i went to Walker taken 4 1/2 P buter 16 dz eggs, got $1.05 lye an alpen?? stuff. 12. a sprinle of rane a litle cul still in cres on ranig raned off an on all day show. Jas went to Harwood. 13. Sunday, clear a good big frost lots of mud wind SE. Wilby Brown movin an Emea here. 14. Clear an warm wind SE an high Jas finished braken the old meder, we haled a fue old post round the paster then haled out a lode manure. i sode tomato an cabbeg sed in a bosc, raned and haled. 15. mostly clear an plesant wind SW. Every thing groin. Bill helped to move the garden fence on the E, pade Bill 50cents, Roberson got a lod of corn for Crus pad $5.00, one lode for his self Robertson. 16. Clouds round south and North. Bill helped dig up the trees in the garden, i went to Hines for Swing letres. 17. Cloud a sprinkle of rane at 6. Jas, Marten and Bud shucking corn, wind NE. i made garden gate at Bills, raned a big in the night. 18. Cloudy wind Sw vary mudy. Marten helping to hall in the corn, Bud an Lesley haling foder. 19. Clody some rane wind SW an W N an NE turning cul in afternoon. Wever got 6 bushels of corn pad $2, a negro found ded on RR. 20. Sunday cloudy a fue sprinkle of rane wind SE but still an plesant. Willey Brown fetched the Sundy Globe. 21. Raning slow most of the time, lots of mud. Bin wet for 10 days wind SE and tolerbel, high thunder an litniig and wind an a big rane. 22. Cloudy very thretnig turning cold fast wind NW 23. Cloudy an cold ice 1 inch thick a litle snow wind N get clear a long in the day. i fixed a plase in the old crib to shuck out corn. 24. Clear ground froze a big frost. i burnt of the paster, fixed a manger for the cow, then shucked corn. Jas helping Jack brake a yong horse. 25. Mostly cleain wind SE plesant, a litle frost. i an Albert went to Walker, taken 16 doz eggs, 3 pound buter. Crus finished paing for the lode, bought 2 hogs of Roberson for $8. Got a leter from Doe Andrews with $5.52. 26. Clouded up raned a shower at 8. 26. A mist of rane wind SE. Bill an Charly half to drive post round paster, pade Bill 50 c Roberson fetched 2 hogs at $8. 27. Sunday, rane wind hie in the night SW later in the day went NW turned cold. i wen to Mitchels then to Sharps, i an Sharp went Shorts, Short ded. 28. Monday clein ground frose hard wind NW. i an Lily going to Shorts funeral, Bill an Jas ging to mill at schol. 29. Clear some frost wind E a litle cule. Bill haling hay, John Kettiman got a lod of corn for cows. 30. mist of rane soon a litle cule wind NE. Set out briens in the guly an goos bery in the garden. Canve? and helped to set out (something( br?s. Chance got 3 bushels sede corn. 31. Thursday clear a big frost wind SE a lite cul some clouds in the day. Jas helping Marten hal hay, Chance gon home. April 1898 1 Friday som clouds a mist of rane later in the day. i went to the stil hows, sent Due Andrews a jug by Brien, Jo Marten got 12 bushels and 10 p of corn. 2. Cloudy wind SE. i went to Harwood got my pech trees. Jas haled manure. 3. Cloudy wind SE looks like rane this Sunday raned a litle in the afternoon at night raned and thundered. 4. Monday, raned throough the night and raned til noon the bigst rane of the seson wind Ean N lite a litle fine hale at times raned some til 2 pm. 5. ice nerly 1/2 inch thick ground frozen had clear wind NE. Jas went to Walker then to School alectin, will have 6 months Bill elected Director. 6. Clear soon some cloud later in the day, a big frost ground frosen wind W. i set out peach tree that came from Otaway Nerley Kansas, Jas gon to Harwood. 7. partly cloud a good big frost wind SW. Sigman got a lode of corn pade $5, Gifen got a lode of corn pade $7.50 Elcy Means got her flours, Wad Cans got harow teeth to bring Post. 8. Som clouds wind NE plesant. i went to Walker an to Jes Thompson got cl... seeds, raned some thunder at night. 9. clear and warm wind SE. Bane got som corn 13 bushel 24 p pad $4.. 10. Sunday cleair wind N an cul. I pade Lilly $10 for her calf. 11. Clear and warm wind E. Jas ploud the rode til noon then cut stalks, Lilia gon to (ended sentence not finished) l2. Partly clear wind SE. Jas cut stalks, i sode gras sede til noon, camenst a fine rane at noon, loded the wagon with corn for Finly, finished shucking the snaped corn. 13. Raned in the night some clouds wind NW and high an cold. Hald Finly 96 B an 40 P of corn at 31 cts, got a leter from Mrs. Brown. 14. Clear an cul wind NE. i finished soing gras sede on the SE peas of oats ground, Jas cut stalks. 15. Clear nise and still wind shiftin. i haled manuer in hot bed then burnt of fence roe between me an Dick, Jas cuting stalks. 16. Clear and plesant wind al a round. Som cloud later. we plated potatos over at the draw, i went to Harwood, Martha came home with me. 17. Sunday a sprinkle of rane cloudy all day, Martha an Lily gone to chirl at Harwood. 18. Som rane but still and plesan. 19. Cloudy nerly all day wind N an cul. Jas camenst plowiong in the feald nesct to the house. Wil got 2 lods of corn, i went to Walker sent a tele to Bry?? 20. Clear an plelsant wind NE, Eme here, White finished geting his corn give a check, Graham got a lode of corn. 21. Raned nerly all day wind SE. Bill came sawed the Hefers horn off, trimed the 2 calfs. 22. I went to town got cole oil, cloudy raned in the afternoon, Bills here. 23. Cloudy in fore noon broke off later. Bill an Charly helped to sharpen post til noon, Clay Brown an Dillon got corn, Jas went to Walker. 24. Sunday cloud raned before day a litle cul but still som thunder. No corn planted yet only about 8 acres brok. 25. Raned turned cul in the afternoon. Jas and Mary, Bill an his folks have halled hay. 26. Clear wind N an E cule. I went to Walker to mill got 50 coffee, bale of wire, 3 scren dors $5.25. Bill folks here, Bill, Charly and Jas drove. i sent $5 to John, $5 to Abbie, give $5 to Bill, $5 to Lilley, $5 to Jasper, $5 to Sarah Budget corn 30 B, clear wind Ne and cul. Thursday the first corn planted in the old meder finished it the 29th. Bob Marten camenst the in the NW pease. 27. Rane found a calf. i went to St Clelain to Hads litle cule wind Se had a litlebeter. 28. Som clouds raned a sprinkle. i was at Haas went to Chances give Sus $5 stade all night at Hades, he had a bad spell. 29. Som clouds, i went to Johnson City for hade then came home raned at nite. 30. Raned in the morning agane at the evening. i made cow lot and calf pen. Bob Marten planted som corn, got about 2/3 dun. the peas Jas ploud som raned a big rane at night at midnight. May 1898 1. Sunday May came in with rane an wind from the W looks llike rane this fore noon, raned a fine hale wind W an harde in afternoon. 2. Threatnig all day. Jonathan an Becky here. Mrs. Means came and got a lode of corn, Marvin got a lode, Bill came, i finished the calf pen. 3. Camenst raning at 2 in the morng, raned til 7 sprinkled of an on til noon an thetnig after wind E an NE. Jas gone to Bills to help saw yerlings horns off, turned calfs in the orcherd. 4. Raned a sprinkle of an on all day wind SE then NE turned cul about 4. i went to Walker started to Jim $5 send Caddell a card a bout corn. 5. Cloudy an cule fogy an dark a mist of rane. i put up wire the meder for paster, John Sharp came, sprinkle afternoon, Jas gone to Jonathans, vary cul for the time of year. Harvy came. 6. Cleare and cold wind NW. Harvy here, Havay gon to Bills, Dun got single bed of corn, i fixed fence. 7. Sadurday, cleair and plesant May, i fisced fence be twenn me and Dick, i went to Harwood, Chacy an Bertha came, Jo Martin got 17 B corn. 8. Sunday May 1898 clear and nise, Chancy here Liley an Bertha gone to Jonathan, Chancy gon to Bills, Harvey came. 9. Som clouds of an on all day a litle sprinkle a bout 3 wind NE, Harvy gone home, Good got a single bed of corn, ground wet but ploughs starting, vary litle corn planted yet. 10. Som clouds a fue drops of rane but plesnt. i an Lesley went to Walker, i got a can of pant, ground wet, Jas and Marten ploud, Marten finish planting. the 2 burth? went to Bills. 11. Cleair still an plesant cloudy in afternoon fue drops of rane. 12. mostly cleair wwind NE plesant. i put screne dors up. 13. Partly cloudy. i went to Harwood, Good got a lode of corn, gave a chek, Ice vary low, Scotts gurl low. 14. raned a good big rane. I an Jas went to Walker, taken chicckens got salt. Raned a litle in fore noon wind SE then SW. Finley got 20 B 20 p corn $8.10, Scotts litle girl dide yesterday. Marten ploud in afternoon for Jas, i went to Harwood to mill an to the funel of Anie Scott. 15. Sunday raned all fore noon nerly, a part of the time hand wind NE. Faniea Means here, Bill came, Jas went home with , rane shours all day. 16. cloud and fogy in the monig, clouds boken in the day, sun shine. Jas went to Harwood, i an Albert went to Cobbs in foore noon wind NE. 17. Som clouds wind SE. Jas plouing acros the draw SE ground very wet. 18. A litle rane before day an cloudy still on in the day wind SW an high. Jas plowing next to barn, ground wet, Marten planting west of barn. 19. raned an thundrd in the night, cloudy in fore noon raned at one oclock the bigst rane and wind. i hod some potatos in fore noon. Jas ploud in forenoon, raned the hardst rane for a while at 1. Harvy came. 20 Cloudy some sprinkle wind SE. Jas an Harvy gon to Bills, Jack came got Jas cultivater. 21. Som clouds wind SE. James cam got 50 bushels corn, Harve got 25 B went home, Bill came in the afternoon, John Mitchel caled and goin back to Harwood. 22. Sunday Clear an warm wind SW. Mrs. Cobb and Louis here, Walter and the Porter boys came, ground drying fast, 2 day and no rane. 23. Clear an warm wind SW. i Lil an Albert went to Nevada, got Albert a sute of close and hat, my self a hat an sock, Lily got a hat, got 50 lbs coffee, a sack of flour and 25c soda at Dons?? 24. Cleair wind SE warm. i went to Walker, Jas finished baken ground went to haren, we set out 300 swetpotatoes, i got a hoe. 25. Wendsdy, clear ground dring. Jas planting corn, Bob Marten finish planting, Abbe came to go to Nevada. 26. Clear an warm. i taken Al to Walker, Mavens got hay 5 bals an 1 bushel of corn. rane a good at mid night. 27. partly clear wind SW. Jasper finished planting corn, Martha here to se about going to Nevada. 28. mostly clear an warm. i Mary and Marthan an Ensey went to Nevada, got back about 5. Jas camenst cultvating corn in the old medow, i got Sarah shoes. 29. Sunday a wind strom at one, som clouds. Jas went to Jonathans after Ddaz?, John Sharp caled in going to Harwood, Jes went on an taken Mary, Marth and Eme to Memorel, i an Lil an Albert went. 30. Mostly cleir an warm, I an John Sharp meet Dunn Dafner and Shafer an went to Orvels (Ornels?) Church and decked the grave. Dunn Dafner an Shafer here for diner had the frid chicken and potatos and peas. i Sarah, Lily an Albert went to Harwood to Deceration, Albert rod with Dun, Lily with Mrs. Brown. 31. Mostly cleair some clouds after noon rane. a nise showr at night, set out 300 swet potatoes. June 1898 1. finiched plowing the garden and plant potatos. Jas planted Kafer corn. 2. Som cloud wind SE.. i hode potatos taken Sarah to Askers to a burth day diner wome 3. Clear an hot themiter nerly 100 wind SW som cloud in the afternoon. i an Albert went to Walker for the male. 4. Some clouds a litle rane still and warm. Planted som corn, beens, and water milens and mus milens sweat corn in the garden. i went to Harwood, got a sack of snow flakes $1.50 some chicken feed. 5. Sunday som clouds som drops of rane, thunder in the afternoon a hevea cloud went round west and north. i an Albert an Lily went to Jonathan, Harva came. 6. Mostly clear Jas camenst cultvating the first time east of the house on north side, Havay got 25B of corn, went home, i hode sweat potatos. 7. Some clouds and warm. i went to Walker, eate diner at Duns got shugar 98c, taken eggs an buter $1-3 got bllluin 10c, raned in afternoon all the evening. Litnig kiled Mort Edmoson, Chance at Bills. 8. Som clouds wind SW. Jas gon to Mr. Edmons funerel. 9. Some clouds wind SE. Mrs. Means got 11 B 37p of corn, Mr. Rupend taken diner here. 10. Mostly cleain wind SW plesant. i went to Walker for the male. 11. Cloudy son shose out at times, wind SW plesant. Bob Marten will get over the 2nd time lacked 12 rose. Jas will get over 1 st time planted som potatos in horse lot, raned harde at 6 some hale 12. Sunday, som clouds warm. Osken and famly, Bills folks, Chance, Mabel an Staley (Stella?) here, Jo Marten. 13. Mostly clear an hot, Chance an the 2 girls went home. i an Bill went to Shell to mill. Jo Marten got 14 B of corn, Sam Macormack 14 bushels of corn at 40 cts. 14. Mostley cleair in fore noon and big rane at 6 in the afternoon. Bill an Charly haled the oats out, Bill taken a lode home. i went to Walker with Marvin, got postle order chashed. 15. Cleain an plesant raned a big rane at 6 in the after noon. 16. Cloudy in fore noon. C...vas (hole in paper) helped on porch one half day an hose one day. 17. fogy Combas here to work on house. pade $1.50 18. Saturday, mostly clear in fore noon some clouds and thunder in afternoon. i went to St. Clare to Chances afful hot. 19. Clear an plesant, i went to Hades, hode somm beter in fore noon, had a bad spel late in the after noon. 20. Monday clear an warm. Hode some beten, i left Hades at 11 came home, Becky and Walter came. 21. Cloudy raned a litle about 9 an plesant. Becky pade $10 on corn. 22. Cleain and warm, Becky an Walter went home. 23. Mostly cleair an warm. Ros camest cuting Martens oats. 24. Cleair wind Sw and a good gale. I went to Jonathans in fornoon. Mr. Marten finished cuting oats, i an Albert went to Walker i got valey iron 4000 shingls an all $14. 25. Som cloud in fore noon wind Sw an warm. i went to Wilsons to se about a bute it raned a good ran an litnig an thunder stedy a big rane at 12. 26. Sunday, a big rane an continued thunder at 12 last night cloudy with thunder and some rane all fore noon raned til in the night. 27. Nerly clelar and warm, water all over the seler. i an Jonathan went o Wilsons got a Bul bred a while. 28. clear wind SW warm. Bill and Charly an Jas helped to shingle on the hous, i went to Walker, got Sarah a dress, myself 2 shirts. 29. cler an warm. i an Jas put single on the house, got the NE side dune, Bill an Charley mode in the orched. 30. Clear and warm wind SE. i went to Tills to se of whood helped in hay then to come bases. Bill an Charley halling out the orcherd gras, the ground too wet to plow yet. July 1898 1. Clear an warm wind SE grond to wet to plow. 2. Clear an warm wind SW. i an Mitchel went to Harwood, Jas ploud corn, i the old medow, i planted some Navey Beans in the garden. 3. Sunday, some clouds wind N plesant. 4. Som clouds wind NE an warm. Harvey came got 25 B of corn. 5. Som clouds wind S a litel E warm. Harvy gone home, Good got a lode of corn, Marvin Brown got 1 B of corn, Sarah set out some potatos slips in the garden. 6. Som clouds wind SE threatnig rane, Jas plowed corn, raned a big at 4, i an Albert went to Walker, got som gres thead 4c. 7. Som clouds movin camenst cuting gras, i went to Bills and Goodmans. 8. Cloudy an still an warm, raned a litle at 10 thunder all forenoon. 9. some clouds an dingy looking forenoon, cleair up afternoon. Marvin cut gras, raked hany, Goodman an Still an Jas shocked in after noon. 10. Sunday, clear in fore noon som flying clouds after noon. i went to Jonathans for Wilsons bout Elec...., Jesey and Eme here. 11. Clear still and plesant. Goodman an Still helped in hay got done Shocky? pade Goodman $1 an Bud $5. 12. Clear an plesant. i an Albert went to Walker, cam round by Clay Browns to se after had, Hads fetched a sheckle to Jonathan. 13. Clear an still. Jas stacked hay, still pitched on the wagons, Graves and Roberson pitched on the wagon. 14. Cloudy a litle cule but plesnt. Jas gon to stack for Jonathan. i put some gras on the litle stack wated, it raned a good shower. 15. Clere, i an Albert went to Walker 16. Jas helped Cuningham thrash, i ploud the garden, i went to the Union School House to a convention, cleair. 17. Sunday cleain and warm. Sam McCormik pade $5.60 for corn he had got. Kiley went to Mt. Vernon, Jas to Harwood. 18. a fue clouds wind SW an warm. Jas camenst laying by the pese next to the house, Lily at Bills. 19. Clear wind SW warm. Jas cutivating, Sarah going to Mrs. Browns, Jas went to Bills at noon. i an Albert went to Walker. 20. Rane camenst about 7 a rane last night and hard wind. Jas an Lilly at Bills, i plated 2 rose of corn in the garden. Bills folks here, Bill an Charley cultivating for Jas, showered at night. 21. Cloudy showers and warm. Jas cultivating Goodman got the crecht saw, Jas got dun cultivating corn. No entry for the 22nd, 23rd or 24th. 25. i went to Eldorado to mill, raned a shoer. i got 50 lbs flour. No entry for the 26th. 27. i went to Finleys taken 2 hogs wade 210 lbs came to $17.35. i went to Naces bought 4 hogs, then to Walker boute 4 hogs there. No entry for the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st. August 1898 1. Monday, i taken Sarah to Conley to camp meting, she stade at Mrs. McCleys. came back planted 2 rose of corn in Enly Cabig patch som turnips in between beans. 2. Belcher fetched 4 hogs wade 5-40 lbs cam to $17.55. raned all for noon. 3. Taken Lily to Conley, she stde at McCleys. 4. i an Albert went to Walker, clear an cul in forenoon. 5. Clear cule fore noon warm in the after, i went to Mrs. MacCuleys after Sarah then to Jonathans after Mrs. Tull. 6. Som clouds warm, i taken Mrs. Tull to Roses, sode som turnips seds in the onins patch, i went to Harwood, taken ol gee som tomatos. 7. Sunday, raned severrl showers thru the day. Liley at camp meeting yet, i am so lame i hardley can walk. 8. Som clouds, Bill came to help move fence, got it hald don, i went to Conly for Lily. 9. Looks smoky, i made the fence long the medow, finished the fence. No entry for 10th. 11. i an Albert went to Nevada to the reunion, clear an warm. 12. Cleair and warm. I an Albert came back with Mrs. Brown from the reunion, got home at 9. 13. Clear an warm, Bills an the rest came from the reunion. 14. Clear geting dry an dusty. 16. clear and warm geting dry. i went with Cunningham an Cobb to the timber then to Walker, got a gave?? 8 galen and a ax, sold Mr. Fitels(?) 3 calvs an 1 cow for $9.00 17. Raning a slow mist of rane, Ficles got the Black cow and 3 calves. 18. i an Jonathan went to Parkers got some timber, Jas haled a lode of wood, i went to Jenkens to look at (something) 19. i an John Sharp went to Nevada, i change a sute of clos, got wall paper, very warm. 20. Clear and very warm, Martha here. 21. Clear and very warm, Sunday. 22. Clear hot an dry. I an John Sharp went to (??) creek. 23. Still hot an dry. Jas an Bill went to Nevada. 24. Cloudy and plesant an still. Clear an dry, Jas gone to St. Clair. 25. Som clouds an liting through the night, clear and fogy this morning. 26. Clear an hot. I an Sarah went to Jacks then Babe was bred about 4. 27. Hot an dry. I an Lilly went to Haleys Bluff to a pick nic. 28. Sunday, hot an dry. 30. a hard shower of rane for a second. 31. Hot an dry. September 1898 1. Thursday, hot an dry. i went to Nevada, taken som onions, got 75c for white, got shugar, got me a par of slipers and Albert books. 2. Som clouds wind SW a litle plesant. i an Albert cut beens in the stubel. 3. Hot an dry wind SW.. i an Mitchel went to Harwood, i taken som onions to Sharp 17 lbs. 4. Sunday, hot an vary dry wind SW. Everything drying up fast. 5. Monday, cloudy an a good rane and plesant. Albert started to school. 6. Camenst raning about 89 raned til 11 turned cul. i went to Walker taken Kinkade one bushel of onions, at night was very cule. 7. Cule an clear but no frost, litle frost some plases. I sold Jims yerlen to Finley came to $25.40. 8. Clear an cul a litle frost in som plases. I sent Jim his melen money $24 - Bill camenst soing wheat, i let Bill have $10. 9. Clearin cule an still but plesant. 10. Cloudy a sprinkle of rane at 4, camenst at night raned all nite. 12. Sunday raning at day brake, raned all day. 13. Raning a slow rane all day. taken Albert to school. Bill an Jasp helped make fence bout a half day. NOTE: TOP LEFT CORNER BADLY TORN 14. clear an plesant. Bill an Jas camenst baken ground in east peas, to wet ----- 15. ....Clair, i fixed fence, Jas and Bill haled wood., 16. Cleair an plesant. i mad fence, went to Walker, Jas an Bill plowing. 17. a big rane an hard wind, bloed the school hous off foundation, top off of hay stacks. 18. Cleain and plesant. Havy came pade me $5 on corn, Oliver Mitchel an Charly Gibson here. 19. Cleair plesant, i went with Mrs. Cranton to Walker to se a bout (?rent, i an Albert went to Harwood to make affadavit for Still, got Albert shoes, Sarah shoes. 20. Som clouds, i went to Walker, taken eggs an butter to Frits 98c. 21. Clody rane a litle, Jas com today. 22. a good big rane in the night. 23. Clear, Jas gon to f (hole in paper) I am panting some. 24. Clear, i an Martha went to Walker. 25. Clear an hot Sunday. Mrs. Cobb an Louis here, i went to Stl Clair to Chancys. 26. Clear an hot, i went from Chancy to Hades. 27. Clear an hot, i came home from Hades. 28. Clear an warm wind SW an high. 30. cloudy but plesant. i an Bill went to Eldorado taken corn to mill. October 1898 1. Saturday some clouds a litle mist, i went to Harwood. 2. Sunday, cloudy a litle mist. Mr. an Mrs. Swargan here, Jonathan came. 3. Some clouds, Jas and Bill cuting Cafer corn, Becky an Walter came, Lily went home with them 4. Foggy, fog went of clear, i went to Preachers Hall. 5. Clear most of the day. i an Shape went to look for hogs (somebody - Rufred?) stayed here, turned cul. 6. Cloud but plesant, i taken grape vines cutens to Mrs. Brown, then taken Sarah to Jacks, i went to se Gee. 7. Som clouds warm day cul nite. 8. som clouds, I an John Sharp went to Walker to see old man Davis, he dide at 10 o’clock, went to Monts. 9. Sunday, Daves bered at Bethel, i went with Plumer, Plumer came here for diner, Bills and Becky went to St Clair. 10. Ranig a good big rane. 11. Clear an plesant, diging potatos and Paferen vine, Bill came back from St. Clair. 12. Clear, Mrs. Furgson came for Martha, pade Martha 75c for paferen 13. som fue clouds. Jas went to wood, i sode Jas seed, cule an plesant had the last mes of rosten yers. 14. a litle frost dug the sweet potatos. 15. Wind high from SW an cule. I went to Chances. 16. Sunday, raned nerly all day, Hade a litle beter 17. Snow an rane nerly all day. i went to John Spralls then to Appleton, got cold. 18. i was at Dewes Andrews, cold some snow an rane. 19. i came from....., cul, camenst havey snow about 12 then raned the rest of the day. 20. Cold a big frost ice a 1/4 inch cloudy in the afternoon an cul. 21. Snode a sprinkle, raned a sprinkle. Bill an Jas started to Nevada to mill, got 300 lbs flour and 3 hundred for ?? 22. A good big frost finished panting the citchen in side. 23. Sunday, clear wind SW an high. I Sarah an Albert went to Mrs. Brown, Lily went to Jonathans then to Bills. 24. Clear nerly all day, rane thunder an litning in the night, i camenst pantig the house. 25. Snowing hard some rane, snode til noon. 26. Clear an a big frost an ice, camenst panting the house. 27. Clear an plesant, i got Mr. Cobb to top out the flue, i bought a hog of Emet Hamleton for $5.00, wade 170, Jas an Lil went to Nevada. 28. Clear an nise, we butchered a hog i got of Emet. 29. Clear an plesant, panting on house. 30. Sunday, clear an cule, Mr. an Mrs. Gray came. 31. Clear a gib frost, Jas camenst schuking corn. November 1898 1. Jas gethern corn, som clouds, the wind high. i taken some beans to Walker, the Precher an his wife caled in, i got a bucket of pant an 3 ink. 2. Clear a tolerbel big frost. i startened on the front of the house. 3. Som clouds, i worked on porch, Lil finished panting the house. 4. i went to Walker then to Nevada, got a pare of pants an som Brandy, wind SW an high. thunder in the night clear lin the morning. 5. Clear an plesant, i went to Harwood. 6. Sunday, clear an plesant. i an Sarah went to Harwood to Church, Mrs. Brown stoped for diner. 7. Clear in fore noon, som clouds after noon. Marten’s baby borned, wind vary high. 8. Cloud an a litley cule. i an Jas went to the Election, camenst raning a slow rane about one. 9. Cloudy an cule wind N an cul. i put up the heater, Jas went to Harwood. 10. Cloudy in forre noon, broke away in after noon. Jas shucking corn, i put potatos in seler. 11. Clear, i went to se Mitchel, he is sick, i went to Walker, came back went to bed with my back. 12. Clear, my back no beter, Jas got dun shucking. 13. Sunday, a litle sprinkle, about 7 my back no beter, Starky an Haveman caled in. 14. Clear a big frost, my back no beter, Jas camenst East of barn, Fane Mitchel for milk for John, Martha came with Fane. 15. Clear a big frost, my back no beter, Sarah went to Swagans to quilt. Bill got a cow at Mrs. Furgsas sale. 16. Clear an plesant. i am some beter, Lily gon to Jonathans. 17. Som cluds wind SW and high, Lily gon to Martens, i am up today. 18. Clear and plesant wind SE then SW got a litle high. Butchered a hog Mr. Still and Bill helped, i went to Jonathans for Alis to go to Bills then i went to Bills for the sasage grinder an on to town. 19. Som clouds at 6 as the cam up clearing warm clear and nise. i went to Harwood. 20. Sunday, som clouds wind SW an high, turned the catle in the stalks next to sill. Harva cam an pade $20.00 21. Raning a big rane til one then turned to snow wind NW cold. Sarah got sick, sent for Dr. Nicle, Nickle came at aleven left nere 12, charged $2.26, puled a tooth for Lil. 22. Some clouds cold ice about 3 inche, wind NW. Sarah sick yet. 23. Clear and cold wind NW a litle snow yet grond thawd a litle in the afternoon. i went to Harwood to se Dr. for medeson, pade my tascas, sent a post office the ensurrance sompany at chago for $6.60. Bill Cope came back from Harwood with me. 24. Clelar wind E. Sarah a litle beter. 25. Cloudy litle sprinklin of snow, butchered 2 hogs. Mr. Still an Combs butcher on Dick one Lesley one. Mrs. Brown halpe (helped?) Mary here. Mr. Still Comvas Dick Lesley, Bill and Web halpe. Sarah no beter. 26. Cloudy and cold wind SE. Sarah not much better. 27. Sunday, cloudy an cold. Sarah no beter. Mary an Charly still comvas?? an Mrs. Still came, Ales came, Bill went to se the Dr. for Sarah. 28. Cloudy a mist an damp. Sarah yet down. Facy Ros here. 29. Clear an plesant. Sarah a litle beter, Alis here. i taken some rusters to Shaw. Got col oil 52c coming yet, got a botle of qinine cost 65c. 30. Cloudy rane an som snow, got warmer at night. Frank an Abbie came. December 1898 1. Thursday, cloudy but plesant. Grond thoud out. i bought 4 hogs of Bill Short wade 614 lbs, pade $18.40. Bill an George Gray came. 2. Clear a big frost but plesant, grond vary mudy. Alis here, Frank an Abbie here, Sarah a litle beter, not up yet. 3. Dark an smky, ranig in a litle. Sarah not up yet. Alis here. Frank an Abie gon to Bills. i went to Harwood, turned cold al most a blisert 4. Sunday clear an cold grond nerly cover with snow, ice a bout 1 1/2 inch. Alas gone home, stade a week. Sarah a litle beter seting up som to day. 5. Cold som clouds. i an John Sharp went to Geer furnel. thaud some, got mudy. Taken some eggs an buter to Sharp, got ice, wool. Sarah a litle beter. 6. Som clouds but disapeard. George Gray came for Frank an Abbie. i went to Harwood for medison for Sarah. rodes vary ruff got 24 lbs of honey of Sharp... pade Sharp $1.28. 8. Clear an cule ground ruf ice 1 1/2 thick. i worked at the privey. Marten finished getheren the new pece of corn. i turned the cows in. vary cold all day. 9. Clear an cold ice in the citchen. 10. clear an cold but modrated som. i went to Walker, Frank an Abbie cam from Mr. Grays. 11. Sunday, som clouds an cul. Frank an Abbie an George Gray here. it camenst snowing at 6 pm. 12. Snowing at 5 in the moring. Snow about 4 inch. still an plesant. Frank gon to St. Clare. Jas gon to Harwood, i sent $2 to Suse by Frank. 13. Clear an cold. i taken cow yoke down to Browns, Jas gone to Walker. i finished the back hose. 14. Clear an coldest night up til now. ice thick, ice on the ground. Jas gone out with the gun, Abbie, Lilly and i put up the stove in the north rume, i taken Abbie to Johnathans. 15. Cloudy in fore noon but plesant, cleared up in the after noon, snow melting. i taken 6 chickens to Sharps and Dales come. 31c to $1 16. Cloudy an vary damp a litle mist. Jas gon for wood I hug the mette. (hung the meat?) 17. Friday, snow melting a litle and vary damp an dark. Mr. Chitwood here in fore nooon. John Niclton funeral at one. Jas gon to Harwood, Abbie here. i am nerly down with rhmatis. A partey at Bills, Charly Gibson got it up. 18. Ranig snow all don Sunday raned all day a cold rane. Jas at Jonathans with gurls from the party. Frank an Abbie at Bills, Frank and Abbie came home about 6, Jas came from Joathans, a heap of rane. 19. Raning a slow rane til 10 cloudy an dark all day. Frank went with Cuninham to Magans for a Christmas tree. Charly Gibson here. Jas went with him to Walker. Sarah sent Blle a dress patren. i sent John $5 by Charly. Sarah tacken a comfort for Abbie. 20. Cloudy in fore noon but plesant. Cleared up in after noon, warm, mud deep, frost nerly cut. Frank an Abbie gon to Jacks. Bill’s folks here. i ringed too of the hogs. 21. Fog an very dark grond a very litle. Jas go to Harwood. i ringed the other 2 hogs. 22. About 3 inches of snow but melting fast. i taken Albert to school, went on to Walker. Snow all went off rodes all most impasabel. i got some canda som origes a cup on sorgen for Albert. i have rhumatais. John Mitchel sick, Vinen came here, Richerd came back. 23. Cleair ground frose some. Abbie her vine and and Jas gon to Cuninghams. i rot to Hade, Jonathan an Becky here. 24. Clear the grond frose. i went to John Mitchels, he is no beter. The grond thaud some, vary mudy. Abbie here, Jas gon to help fisc the tree, Frank cam back from Mr. Grays. 25. Sunday, Christmas. clear an plesant. grond thaud some. Frank an Abbie, Bill’s folks, Jack an Mona (?) an Martha, Allis an Em here. a man cam trampin hinting for work, went with Bill. Viney came, went with Jonathan gurls. Wind SW on the 24. 26. Clear in fore noon a big frost cloudy in after noon wind high from SW.. i buthchered 1 hog wade 314. Frank, Abbie an Lilia went to Mrs. Brown. 27. Clear an plesant grond cruted (crusted?) a big frost. Frank an Abbie started home, Jas an Martha went as far as Walker with rendered larde. 28. Clear an plesant grond crusted, vary mudy in the fields. Viney stade here went with Mr. Cobbs to Jonathans vary warm wind SW. 29. Thursday, clear an vary warm wind SW. Jas went for wood. Mrs. Cobbs an Richard here. 30. Clear an vary cold wind NW ice 1 1/2 inches grond - bars a wagn, Jas went to Walker, i went to Chitwood. 31. Clear ancold wind N, so the year go out cold an no snow. MISCELLANEOUS OTHER NOTES FROM 1898 2. Black eye cow will be fresh the 2 of Oct by Finlys Bull. 27. of June 1898 rane hefer by Wilson’s bull. 2. of August Blue by Wilson l0. of July Blacken by Wilson 29. of July Jack fetched a hefier to Wilson. 15. of March Roberts got one lode of corn for Cruse 25 Ban 35 lbs pade $7.75 Robertson got 1 lode 26 an 15 lbs got 2 hogs of Roberson com to $8.00 - $7.87 13c 8. July Marvin camenst the medow, Greson camenst raken about 4 pm. Still shocked from 4 til night, Jasper from 4. 9. Gashum from noon til 4 pade $1.00 Still Goodman an Jas a half day. 11. Goodman half day pade him $1. Still half day pade still $2.50 pade Marvin $5. August 1898 Setle up with Dunn got $1.50 in shugar 2. August Belcher fetch 4 hogs wade 540 lbs, pade $17.55 8. August H.C. Brown pade $6.10 23 April H.C. Brown to corn 14B 41p the second lode (Dec the 10 pade $5) 14B 10p $8.10 the hole a mount 25B 51p Crus to corn 26B 60p 16th of August C.H. Brown pade by gw $8.55c Roberson to corn 25B 25p $7.60 credit $1.50 work in hay. Good to corn 26B 40p $10.60 Jo Marten to corn 14B $5.60 credit $5-60# Mrs. Means to corn 11B 37p $4 pade $3.50 pade Steven J. move to corn 12 B 35p due $5.00 September 8 I loned Bill $10.00 an Mrs. Brown $1.00 pade. Mrs. Laancster red by Honey $3.60 24 lbs of honey the det was $4.20 yet behind 60c. Oct the 6th i loned Mrs. Brown $5.00 January the 13th pade $5.00 October the 6 i loned Mr. Still $1.50 Oct 18 pade $1.25, pade 25c. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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