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 January 1901 1. Cleair and cold vary still. the wind went all a round clouded up in the afternoon. i taken a fue apples to Chitwood and Mrs. Brown. 2. Cleair still an nise wind NW an Ike Jesey mens here. Mr. Swagan came, Jas hald toe. fogy a wind 3. Cleain an nise still, rods good. i went with Mr. Cobb to Eldorado to mill. i got a litle corn meal and Brand 16 hundred fetch 300 of brad left 1300 got 200 of flour at $1.60 a hundred. Brand cost 60c. We got back at 2 o’clock. 4. Cleain an nise still wind SW. i gave Albert 25c to pay for a grammer. i split up some wood. 5. Som fue clouds still an plesant . i an Albert and Lilly went to Harwood to instalation an a diner. 6. Sunday som clouds thouing senies chily. Alis here maken a dress for Lily. 7. Cleair an warm still. Mr, Pine came. 8. Cloudy wind SW then NW turned cord. I Jas went for wood. Alles an Lily went to Harwood. 9. Sleat an rane all day wind NE still. ever thing full of ice. Harvay came, Allis here. 10. Cloud could wind N and NW. Abbie an Frank came Allis here. 11. Cloudy an cold spit a litle snow wind N an west. Frank, Jas an Harva went hunting. Alis here, Mrs. Cobbs came. Sleet still on the....a litle sun shone. 12. Cleain wind SE warmer sleat all went off. Allis Frank and Abbie here. Harvia came a while, Frank and Jas went to Walker. 13. Sunday, partly cloudy plesant. Allis went home. Lilly Frank an Abbie went home with Alis. Bills folks came, mudy. 14. Monday, som fue cimens of clouds soon cleared up later on nise an warm. i an Sarah went to Mrs. Browns. Mrs. Megill at Mrs. Browns. 15. Cleair warm an nice still in fore noon wind SW high in afternoon then NW. Abie an Frank went to Grays. 16. Som clouds an cule wind NW. i went to Nevada to get Moshean fixed hunters fixed it cost 25, i got Albert a Langege book second hand. Sharp came back with me. 17. Some clouds a sprinkle of snow wind NW cold then cleared up. 18. Cleain an nise plesant still wind NW. i went to the Clebe..k with Sharp, Jas went to St. Clear. 19. Cleain an nise warm still wind SW. 20. Some clouds wind South an high. i an Albert went to Grays, i bout Grays cook stove pade $8.00. Mrs. McGill, Marvin an Only came at night. 21. Cleair an nise warm and still wind SW. John Newlen cam with a bout free delivery. i got seeds out of the manger. 22. Clear still an plesant wind SE. i went to Bills take Dave Umberel and som mete to send to Grays. Mrs. Brown, McGill and Anay here. Charly Dickenson came cleaned the moshean. Lillie sick, i am not well, Jas came back from St. Clear. 23. Cloudy a litle mist in fore noon brok a way later warm wind W. Lilie sick, Harvey fetched the Stove we put it up. Jas went to help Mr. Cobb in sistern. Ben Powers and family came. 24. Cleain an cold wind NW. Lillia and Albert sick. Jas went to Harwood for medison then to help Cobb in sistern. 25. a litle cul. Bill, Harvey an Jas went to the timber. 26. 27. Sunday, cleair an nise wind NW. Mr. and Mrs. McGill an Aney came, Mr. Cobbs an Bills came. Emey here, Scherff came. 28. Cleair nise an still. all have the grip a litle beter. 29. Som clouds a litle cule but plesant wind N got culer. Jonathan came. 30. Som clouds wind N an cold all a litle beter of grip. Em here, got a leter from Abbie an Jim an Sarah. John Chitwood got som potatos. 31. Cleain wind NW an cule. Grond frozen. John Chitwood helped to hall hay. Mrs. Chitwood here. February 1901 1. Nise warm and plesant stil. i was aful sick. Sarah, Lillie an Abert sick, Emie here. 2. All sic, rane an snow a disagreeabel day. 3. Sundy som rane an snow all sick. Em here Jas went to Johnathans, Harva, Marvin an Mr. Pine came. Mr. Pine taken my papers to Walker. 4. Cleain an nise wind N an cul. All sick, Em here. 5. Cloudy wind N an cold all sick yet but a litle beter. Emie gon home, pade her $1.50. 6. Cloudy wind E a litle cul and still an plesant snode a litle sprinkle. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb Mr. Pine Aney came. All som beter but me. 7. Snode last nite a sprinkle cloudy to day wind SE but still. i am sick yet. Jas gon with Marvin to Harwood snow gon. 8. Cloudy raned in the night agan to day. i am yet sick. Bill an Harva came for tow. Small Pox reported in Walker. 9. Som clouds a spit of snow wind N and cold clear up about 9. i am not so well. 10. Sunday i was no beter cul. Jas an Harvey went to Johnathans. Mr. an Mrs. Cobb came. Mr. Pine came, Mrs Brown came. 11. Could snode at night in morn. Mrs. Chitwood came feched invatation to the weding. 12. Snow nerly all gon still an nise. i wors in for noon, some beter in afternoon wind NE an cul. John Sharp and John Miler came. 13. Cleair an still cule. i feel a litle beter have new ..alge over night even. Mr. Powers came at 5 pm. 14. Clear still an nise wind SW. i am but litle beter. Mr. Powers gon on to Librel. Marth, Em and Harva Lucus came, John Sharp came. 15. Nise still an plesant. John Sharp came begoine to Harwood. i sent the money and book to the post. Lillie went to Johnathans. 16. Som flying clouds but nice a spring like day. Lillie came home from Daltons, i am no beter of grip. my hed hurts all the time. Jas gone for wood, Bill an Havay went for wood. 17. Sunday, partley cloudy plesat an still. i am a litle beter. Johnathan, Harva, Pine and Mr. and Mrs. Dun here. Jasper and Lillie went to Chitwoods to the weding. Aney an b..ted. 18. Som clouds wind NE plesant. Jas gon for wood Maten came. i no beter yet Neuraga now??? 19. a sprinkle of snow cleain up later an a litle plesant. Powers went home, Em and Harva, Lucus came. 20. a spit of now cleared up plesant but cul wind NE. i am a litle beter, Maneys baby bered, Hava came by. Mrs. Brown fetched a chicken. 21. Cloudy wind SE plesant, snode about 1 1/2 inches still. i am som beter. John Miler came. 22. Cloudy an cold spit a litle snow borke a way later. Mrs. Chitwood came, Bill hald a lode of hay. 23. Cloudy spit a litle snow an cold. Bill haled a lod hay, i am not able to be out yet. Aney came for som milk. 24. Sunday cleain snow nerly gone. Mrs. Chitwood, Bob and Bud here. Snow gone only in shade wind SE. Jas went to Johnathan. 25. Cleair an nise wind NW but plesent. i am a litle beter, Jas gon to Harwood, snow all gon. 26. partle cloudy in fore noon clered up nise an stii an plesant. Jas went for wood. Mr. an Mrs. Motly came, by bout 6 borrms for $1.00. Johnathan came, i am beter. 27. Som clouds cept braking a way plesant an still. Jas went for wood Albert camenst halling manewer on garden. i am som beter. 28. Mostly cleair after the morning wind NW warm, raned a litle in the nite an a bout day. Jas went to the timber fetched rals, i went round the plase fix up fence then burnt out an scolded the hen house. Harvy bored $2.00. February 1901 1. Clear an nise spring like day wind SE. Albert cleaned out hen house, i set out a fue big onions was groin, Finley cam promis to pay me mog mag? 2. Clear an nise wind SW warm like sumer. Jas went to the timber, i an Albert planted peas an potatos 2 rose. Set out some onions. patched up garden fence. 3. Sunday some flying clouds plesant wind NW a vary drying day. Harva came. Luis here, Lillie went to Bills. 4. Som clouds thretning all day wind NE an cold vary cold at night. Jasper help Bill hal out wood, fetch a lode home. 5. Cleair wind NW an cold. Jas gon duck hunting, Lillia came from Bills. 6. Cleair an cold wind SW. John Chitwood came, Jas went to Jonathans, Chitwood went with him, i went to Swangans. 7. Cleain and windy wind SW. i an Bill went to Eldorado, a got a check cash, i got a knife returned 8 brand sacks, got 2 paper, sak of corn meal. i am down with grip agane. 8. Cloudy wind SW and afil high. Blue off top of hay stack in low... i was aful sick in for neen with the grip a litle beter. Elett stoped in til after diner. Finely came gave me a check for $200 on the Harwood Bank and a dubil for $78.00 9. Raned before day cloudy all day. Jasper gon to Harwood i sent a check, i bought Jasper horses harnis an wagon hay an sed corn 10 days work for $175.00. Lillie an Albert gon to Harwood with eggs. I pade Jas $1.25, i pade Lillia $35.00. it camenst raning a bout 4 raned a big rane turned to snow. 10. Snowing about 2 inches of an sluch qit snowing got colder wind NW. Harva here, Jasper gon to Browns then to Kesters. 11. Clear an plesant snow all gon aful mudy. Bill came to hal hay, to mudy to hall. Jas went with Sariah put in a quilt, camenst quilten. 12. Cloudy early cleaird up later on nise wind SW and high, rodes dring fast. i an Albert went to Mrs. Brown, Jas cam from Bills, Sarah an Lillie qilting. 13. Cleair wind Nwest high an cul. Jas gon to Harwood centers bered, Pine came, Bill Thompson came stade til 5 went to Bill Cope. 14. Cloudy winds NW an cold. Jas gon to Browns, som litle spits of snow. 15. Som clouds in fore noon clear up in the day nise wind NW a litle cul. Mary an the children cam, Jas went with Marven to Walker, i cut my thumb, Sarah got the qilt out at 8. 16. Cleair an nise wind SW plesant. Park and Mrs. Chitwood came stad til lafter diner. 17. Sunday cleair an plesant wind SW a litle high. Mr. an Mrs. Cobb here. John Chitwood came to se a bout work, Ray Brown came, Billow an Mavis a bit. Lillie went to pece at Harwood, Jas went to Swargan. 18. Mostly cleair som clouds wind S an SW an high plesant. i an Jasper went to Sharps got 52 bushel of oats, John Chitwood camenst at noon. 19. Som litle rane turned cold at noon a sprinkle of snow wind NW an cold. Chance an Jef Rigeway came, Marven here. 20. Som clouds a spit of snow wind NW an cold. Chance an Ridgway started home at 1/2 past 10. John Chitwood choping wood. 21. Jas an John put hay in barn. i went to Harwood taken eggs, got one role of gaven wine came to $5.60 at held 20 cts. 22. a fue scatren clouds wind SW. Bill an Harva helped to cultivate oats Jas sowing. Mary an the children here, Allise here, the first yong chickens 23. Cloudy camenst raning a slow rane about 8 Bill, Harve, Amp, Jas an John Chitwood work til 10 o’clock, got to the pond soing oats. i pade John Chitwood $3.00, Allis here, i sent John Cope $5.00. Allis an Lillie went to Mrs. Browns stayed all night. 24. Sunday raned an thundred in night cloudy but cleard up by 9 wind SW a litle cul but plesant. Albert an Sarah went to Cobbs. 25. Cloudy wind W and a litlel N high an chily. got dun soing oats at noon but not don cultivating nor haroen. Allis here, Bill an Harva helping to cultivate an harrow. 26. Som cloud wind N a litle cul. Jasper finish haring oats at noon, helped on garden fence. i taken down the old palins east of barn, put of wire. 27. Som clouds scatren wind N a litle cule. Jasp gon to Bills to plow, Lillie gon to Walker, Allis gon to Edmonsons, i am puting up wire on the side of garden. Black heifer found a calf. 28. A good big frost some clouds came up wind NE but plesant. i an Albert plated to rose of potatoes in the garden, Allis came up from Edmonsons, Jas plowing for Bill. 29. Raning camenst slow got harder cept raning til one got colder wind NE. Jas taken the Nancy heaffier to Browns, Allies here. 30. Cloudy wind NW an cule. I an Albert finished soing chaf, Lesey a round wanting to be mals carer, Alice here. 31. Sunday cloudy in forpart cleard up at 8 wind NE a good big frost ground frozen a rite smart cust. Alies went home Sarah an Albert went to Jonathans, Bill Brown dide. April 1901 1. Snowing camenst a bout 8 camenst with a rane snowed til 1 then by spels big flaks wind SE then NE. Turnbel Slapy?? an Chilly had one aple a pese. Lillie an Sarah had 2, had 2 punkins got soft, gave to calvs. 2. Cloudy a fue spits of snow in fore noon, sun shone out at a leven. Shet up qick. Bill an Havay haled hay, snow melting grond geting bare, school a lection elect Fox. 3. Cleain an nise a frost ground frozen a litle wind NW then NW then SE. lots of mud. i an Jas went to the timber got post out of a tree i got off mane, Bill finish the hay. 4. Clere in the night clouded up be fore day wind SE plesat got warm later in the day, i an Jas went to the timber got a lode to make post, got back at 2. Lillie an Albert went to Walker with eggs, eggs was 10 1/2c. 5. Rane with thunder last night look like rane this morning. i went to Sharps got 8 bushels oats, camenst raning at 10 o clock rane wind SW went NW hard. 6. Cloudy a litle cul wind NE cleard up to som extent plesant. i went to Harwood drue out $55.45 all i had there, rods vary mudy. 7. Sunday some frost cleain an nise an still. 8. fue clouds cleard up wind SE. i an Jas went to Andrews got 25 post pad 75c. Bill cut his arm. 9. Mostly clear looked like rane later in the day wind SE. Jasper plowing for Bill. we made garden planted potatos, beens, peas, radishes, corn an cabage seed. had the pee rol an onions that was up, i sent Jim an Suse some mony. 10. Cloudy a fue drops of rane wind SE but still. Jasper soing for Omp. i an Albert camenst haroing to plant corn. 11. Cloudy camenst raning a bout 9 raned a cold slow rane wind SE. Jas camenst harowing. i an Albert haled some manuer in the garden. 12. Cloudy wind SE. i an Albert went to Harwood got garden wire and a bal of wire all cam to $8.45. Sam Heifer found a calf it raned. 13. Cloudy som rane wind NE an cul we turned the calf, Bill, Harvay an Mavin here, we trimed Jersey and Samuel heifers calves. 14. Sunday, som clouds wind NW an a litle cul, i turned the heafers in the Peraca paster, Jonathan an Oneny came Albert went with Bills to Johnathans, clouds give way later in the day. 15. Mostly cleain wind SE son shined warm up fore noon. Turned the calfs in the orcherd put up garden fence in after noon. 16. Cloudy raned a litle at noon we fixed fence, wind SW plesant. 17. Cloudy wind NE cule. I an Jas drove post in forenoon went to timber afternoon. Snode hard from 1 til 3. 18. A big frost grond froze a cust. we moved the old crib up up wire. 19. A litle frost. Jas haring in the SE peas for corn, wind NE then SE. 20. Clein an plesant. Jas haring, i an Albert plated 2 rose of watermelons and 2 rose of potatos. i sold John Sharp two cows redy and Nancy for $53. 21. Sunday clear an nise wind NE. Mr. Shafer an litle gurl here. Mr. Pine came a while, Albert went to Cobbs. 22. Cleain and nise. I and Albert haring, Jas gon to sow flax for Bill, fixed up the planter in afternoon. 23. Jasper camenst planting corn. 24. Jasper got dun planting by noon an sode grass seed for Mrs. Means. i went for post to Andrews got a lode 35 thindred raned a sprinkle. 25. Jas got Pins stalk cuter, went to cuting stalks, thunderd but no rane. 26. Cleain an warm wind SE. Jas cuting stalks, we turned the calvs in the orchad pen, Jim Daivs got Bills planter. 27. Som cloud wind SE, Jas finished cuting stalks 20 rose, Jas went to Harwood then with Park home. i an Albert went to Bills got the plow an Kitle went to Andrews for post got 40. raned an haled. 28. Sunday looks dark but plesant. Every thing groing fine. i an Albert went to Bills for a clevit.??? 29. Cleain an nise an warm. Jas camenst plowing NW of the house. George Horning sick and mined not right. we planted swete corn. 30. Cleain warm an plesant. Jas plowing, i fixed orched gate. Sara maken sope. (soap) George Horning no beter. 31. Cleain an dry wind NE cul morning, i went to Andrews for post got 43. Pine came stad til 5. May 1901 1. Clear an plesant wind SW a litle high. We planted caffen corn. Smith the Delikn collector stoped and got his diner. i and Albert planted a roe of watermelons. 2. Clear plesant wind SW a litle high. Jasper plowing. 3. Cloudy a fue drops of rane of an on all day wind SW but still. I an Albert horing an plowing, Jas gon to St. Clire. 4. Cloudy i went to Walker, raned a hard showr about 10. i came home. i an Albert plowed it raned a gane about 9 some hale and wind. 5. Cloudy wind SW an cul. i went to see Homing then shffer the corn conor mising nite sme. Albert gon to Browns, Harva here. 6. Cloudy and cul. i an Albert braken ground N W of hous Jas at St. Clair, wind NW. 7. Cloudy loks like snowing wind NW an cule. Albert plowing, Jasper cam back from St. Clair. 8. Cloudy looks like snowing or rane wind NW an cule. Jas gon to see a bout seling his corn. i an Albert plowing. 9. Cleain partily cloudy and cul. i an Albert plowing, got Bills planter. 10. Som clods a fue drops of rane. Marvin planting corn for me, got done planting pad 75c. Jas haled his corn to Finley, had 7.5 bushels got 36c. 11. i went with Jas to Finleys’ taken the last of his corn. i taken Bills planter home. I went to Andrews got 33 post cost $1.00 12. Sunday, cleain wind N an drying. Albert and Sarah gon to Bills. I turned the horses out the first time this morning. Lilie went to Jonathans, Jas went to Jonathan. 13. Clear an warm. i am replanting, Albert haring corn. 14. Cleain an dry, we finished horing the corn east, Lilie planted penuts. 15. Cloudy raned a litle last night a sprinkle today. Lilie gon with Means to Nevada, Jas gon with Park, Marvin an Lesley to Nevada. A man by the name of Caldwell came to work for me. 16. Cloudy a sprinkle of rane. Caldwell camenst work, Jo Ross cam to get the cedar. Caldwell ploud corn. 17. Raned a good showr in the morning. Albert hared the west peas of corn, Caldwell sharpen post, Jas went to Harwood. 18. Cleain an plesant, Caldwell an Albert plowing corn. Mr. Still here. Raned a showr at noon. 19. Sundy som clouds in fore noon cleard up in after noon cul. i an Albert an Caldwell went to Pines, Emery here went hom. Jasper went to Browns, Dall---- 20. Mostly cleain wind NE and cul. Jasper, Park an Marvin started to Kansas. The preacher came. Caldwell finished plowing the S. peas then helped cut weeds out of oats. 21. Cloudy sprinkl of rane. i went for post. Albert an Caldwell cuting weeds, cul. 22. Som clouds a litle mist of rane. We sharpen post, tore down calf shed, made fence between us and Mrs. Brown. 23. Clear an plesant. Drove post between us an Ira broke potato pach. 24. Cleain an dry wind NE. Caldwell haring East peas of corn. Got Mr. Cobbs harow, Bill maken fence to have paster, Caldwell helping, Jas don taken harror home. 25. Cloudy an cold wind NE. i went to Andrews got 37 post pad $1.00. Caldwell and Harva drove post a long the north side, camenst at 8, Bills folks went to Eldorado. 26. Sunday cul clear an dry. Old Marth found a calf. I an Albert and Lilie went with Bill’ls folks to memorel at Harwood. Sarah an Caldwell stade at home. 27. Clear an dry wind NW then ---Caldwell camenst plowing corn the 2 time in east pease. Bill planted cabig seed in hill rose, Doin got corn. 28. Som fue cloud son brok away wind NW geting vary dry. I had an replented water melions, Albert an Caldwell plowing corn. 29. Clear an dry wind NE. Caldwell plowing corn, got over the east pece the 2 time, camenst in west peas, vary dry. 30. Clear vary cule in the morning, hot and dry later in the day, wind NE. Dust bad. Caldwell went home. Shafer an wife came and went to memorel. i Lilie and Albert went. 31. Cleain cule morning and hot day wind NW. i went to Andrews for post pad 43c. June 1901 1. Cleain cule morning hot day wind NW vary dry. i went to Andrews got 30 post, som peses for a roler, taken him som corn 3 bushel, 2 bushels potato. 2. Cleain an dry wind SW a litle cul at night warm in the day, so dry every thing on a stand still, doing no good. Sarah sick all night Sunday. 3. Cleain warm wind SW aful dry. i to Andrews got a log to meak a roler. Sarah sick. 4. Raned a good shour at day wind SW. Jake plowing i went for Nicels pade him $2.50 i worked at a roles. 5. Som clouds wind SW an high and dry. in finished the roler, camenst to role in new peas. 6. raned a good lite showr at day. We finished roling the west peas of corn, clard up plesant. Sarah still febel. 7. Cleain cule morning hot later wind SW. i went to Nevada got one galen for Jonathan. 8. Raned a litle, Albert horing west pece, Lilie gon to Walt..., got the west peas hored, hot an dry, planted cabige sede. 9. Sunday som clouds wind SW hot an dry, every thing herten bad. Lilie an Albert gon to Jonathans. 10. Cleain hot an dry every thing wiltin, sind SW 11. Cleain hot an dry every thing hurting, bad wind SW. i put handers on the harwer. 12. Cleain in fore noon wind storm an dust at noon, Mary here, we hard 13. Clear an dry, every thing herting bade. We are haring the peas, awful dry. Albert an Lily wint to Walker for nals to fix roler and get ??? 14. Clear dry an hot wind all a round. i fexed roler then i an Albert rold in east pece som corn hils is hip high so wilted don’t brake. 15. Clair an hot wind SW every thing burning up looks nothing can live. got dun roling east peas of corn at noon. 16. Sunday, cleain hot an dry wind SW an NW every thing dring up fast. Louis Cobbs,t Fonzo and Roye Brown here. no clouds to be sene, Jas wood burn. 17. Cleair hot an dry wind NE then SW. we went to haring west peas of corn. 18. Clear a litle culer wind all around, we hared an ploud corn west of house. Dale sested the 60 acs at 600 dolars, Caldwell came to work. 19. Raned a lite shour last night cloudy and still. Caldwell camenst work this morning in East pece. Sarah sick. i went for Nicels, she got a litle beter. Pine came. 20. Cleain hot an dry hot wind SW cloudy the night before, lots of litning and thunder but no rane. Jonathan an Becky came, Miler here, the Dr. came agane, i pade $5. Mrs. Brown came at nite. 21. Cleain or mostly so, hot wind, wind SW high an dry. Caldwell finished the east peas then went to haring, i went to Walker. Sarah wors in afternoon. Mrs. Brown cam a stade all night. 22. Cleain hot an dry wind SW an high, every thing burningup. Sarah a litle beter, i taken Caldwell a fast Portia he rode with Mrs. Flag on to Eldorado. i went on to Andrews got 39 posts. 23. Sunday, cleain hot an dry wind SW and high. Albert an Lilie went with to church. Ernie cam got diner, John Sharp came, Chancy brought Burtha over to stay a while. 24. Cleain hot an dry wind SW an hot every thing burning, Jack Miler camenst cuting oats got dun roling. We quit horing an roling til ranes. 25. Cleain hot an dry wind SW , Jake cuting ats Bill an Parson puting up oats, Backy an Walter came. 26. Cleain hot an dry. Becky and Walter went home, Al Andrews an wife came fetched 21 got 11 bushels of corn, Bills folks here, Bill an Parson haling in oats, Jack got don cuting. 27. Cleain hot an dry. Bill haling in Oats will get dun, Sam McCormak got 13 an 1/2 bushels of corn. 28. Cleain hot an dry wind SW an hot an high. i went to Walker. 29. Clear hot an dry wind SW hight an hot not qite so hard as Friday. Bill help fix lot in orchard for calf. S.McCormak got 2 of corn, 54 bushels 45 lbs pade $21.86. i went o Swangas to se Goodman about cuting gras. 30. Cleain a fue clouds in south west wind SW an high. Lilie, Burtha an Albert gon with Bills to Fairhaven to a Sunda School picknick. July 1901 1. Monday, Cleain hot an dry, wind SW hot an high. John Goodman camenst cuting gras about 10 in peas. I give bil, i went to Harwood for oil for Goodman, got hanses oil an lether to make a halter of Jo Whitly. 2. Som fue clouds high an scatren wind SW hot an dry. Goodman got the well peas don helped to stack gesum helping to pitch, i raked. 3. Cleain hot an dry wind SW an hot. we put up hay, Short an Honing stacked my part of the east pece, Goodman got dun cuting my hay. I to Harwood to get a pice of rake mended, calves got out, went down to Mrs. Browns. 4. Cleain hot winds SW every thing dring up water faling fast. i got dun with Pins rake, Browns got it. i pade Geason $2 for working in hay, Bill went home til wind lay to finish stack. 5. Clearn hot winds SW every thing dring up fast i was puting up hay.. i got dun put up hay and hald cole for Swargon to thrash with, went to Jonathans got a birel of water. 6. Cleain hot winds NE every thing dring up fast. i and Albert went to Harwood and to Monts to a ise cream super, got home Bill’s mare down in the mud. 7. Sunday, cleain hot an dry wind NE. i drove Browns catle home. i and Albert went to Jonathans se how Mary was geting a long. 8. Cleain hot wind NE mostly E. Everything drying up fast. 9. Cleain, the hotst day 111 degrees hot wind SW, i went to Harwood to se Finley then to Walker. 10. Cleain hot an dry. i went to Andrews for post got 26 . lost the band off the eand of hub and cracked the tung 11. Cleain hot an dry wind SW no sine of rane. i to look for the wagon band, did not find it. Ina Short pate me, Ira an Oat started for Kansas. 12. Cleain aful hot an dry wind SW. Everything dride up and corn nerly gon. i went to Walker got the wagon fixed cost $1.50 dun pade me for corn. $5.70. Mary Dalton here Bill is haling water from home for his horses. Friday 12th the themoter was 115. 13. Som clouds erly a lite shour later in the day a bout 11. Mrs. Chitwood and Mis. Collins came, was here for diner. i an Albert went to Swargas, we haled up some slue gras, taped the hay stacks. It cleared off by 1 thermoiter 98. 14. Cleain hot an dry hot wind NE some catren clouds later on, corn wilted wors then eney day. Bills folks here, Jack an Jonathan came . Sunday, everything dring. 15. Som clouds distent thunder hot winds SW. i went to Finleys got a check for what he ode me $78.00. i went by Sharps to Walker, John went with me to Walker. i an Albert oild the harnis. 16. Clelain hot an dry wind SW an hot. i an Lilia went to Walker to se Dr. Lunsford. i rote to Havar Thompson. 17. Cleain hot wind SW the wind went NE got cloudy, clouded up in after noon, raned a sprinkle, a big dust storm. i went to Gerge Horing and Ira Shorts in fore noon i made a halter. 18. Som clouds a drop or to of rane wind NW not qite so warm but hot a nuf. i an Albert halling maneuer on the garden. Som out of barn, som out of cow pen. i to Mrs. Browns, Lesley cut my hare, themoiter 103 raned a spinkle at 5 after noon. 19. Cleain still an hot. I went with Alenson to the Col bank. i stoped at Jacks, i an Albert went to Walker, the thermomter 106 a sprinkle. 20. Hot an dry wind SW hot thermoiter 108. i an Albert went by Bills then to Walker. 21 .Sunday hot wind SW bin hot wind for a month. i let Bill have some money to got to Akly $20. Albert went to Jonathans to se how Mary was. Lilie gon to Jonathans to get one of the gurls to sew, afful hot a fue high catern clouds. 22. Cleain hot wind SW a bout the hotst day, som clouds an thunder at night.. Graves Moshen cam to Browns, Dickenson here posting reunion. 23. Som high cloud hot an dry still. Alis here soing for Lilie, i an Albert went ??? an made a litle sider, taken Bill to Walker for OK, i taken Burtha to stay with Mary, Bill had 37 1/2 flax seed, Elsey cam back as i came 24. Cleain not quite so hot as yesterday wind SE then SW an hot. Lilie, Allis an Albert gon to meases to a ise crem diner, got no ??? 25. Cleain an drye wind SW som scatern clouds later. i an Albert went to Hanlys plase to se them drill for oil. Will Mitchel got the catle. 26. Cloudy some culer raned some. i went to Andrews for post got 32 that all i get. i an Albert went to Walker, changed a bucket, got a pape bucket an turnip seed. 27. Som clouds a litle shour. i sode turnips next to barn. i an Albert went to Conely to mill, got chicken feed for Mary, Alis here. 28. Sunday, cloudy raned at 10 a good shour. i an Albert went to Bills se how Fonso had got , Jonathan came. it looks like raning at 5. 29. Som clouds a litle more plesant wind SW. John Miler stoped in on his way to se Wormley about a house. Lilie taken Allis home. i rold the turnip ground. Sarah planted seeds, Mary an the children came, it raned a big rane about 8 til 10. 30. Grond wet first time sence April, som clouds. Lilie went hom with Mary, i went to Walker rote for milens duplicate, still an nise. 31. Som cloud wind NE but still. i an Albert went to Bills to sow turnip sede but Fox was puting them, i an every felow on the jimp soing turnips, milit planting beens, corn, making gaden planting potato. August 1901 1. Mostley cleair an hot an still. we planted 2 rose of nava beans, 2 rose of sweat corn in the garden. Lilile came home, Mary came. Bertha went home with Mary. 2. Clelair an hot. I an Albert went to Walker, wind SW an warm. 3. Cleair in for noon hot an still. I went to Harwood, some clouds in after noon. 4. Sunday, thunder an litning rane at 4 am raned a good rane cule the first time in three months. 5. Cleair an plesand an still. i an Sarah went to Walker, Bill came back on the 5 o’clock train from OK, Jas on the 4. i went to Ginns to get Burt to cut grass. 6. Clear pleasant in fore noon warm after. i went to Lancaters se a bout hogs, got none.Bu rt Quinn cut the slew grass pade him $1.00 7. Mostly cleair wind Sw but still, we sode turnip seeds in the garden, Burt Quinn raked up the sluse gras, we haled up 3 gags, Jas went for one. 8. Cleair still an dry, we finished haling out slue gras. i an Albert went to Fairhaven to the celebration. 9. Most ley cleair warm an still. i an Albert went to Bill Thompsons. raned at night a good rane. 10. Cloudy hot an still. i an Albert cam back from Bill Thompsons, rods vary mudy, streams running. 11. Sunday, raned a good rane with thunder an litning, very still an warm. 12. Som clouds warm an still, Bill taken the folks to Nevada. i the orched fence, Jas went to Nevada on the trane. 13. Some clouds hot an still. Bill fetched his horses an cow, turned in the paster, went back to Nevada. 14. Cleair an hot an still. i an Albert went with Browns folks to the reunion. 15. Mostly cleair at the Park. 16. Som clouds hot an still. i an Albert came home, Lewis Cobb met us at Walker. Bill an Fonzo came, Bill taken them back. 17. Cleair still an pleasant. Billl’s folks, Allis, Lilie an Elsey Means came home from the reunion. Jasper went to St. Cleair. 18. Sunday, cleair still an pleasant. Alis here, Sarah an Lilie gon to Harwood to prechen. 19. Cleair still an plesant. i went for some hogs got 2 nere vergel of man name Davis, thay would way a bout 110 pade $10.00 got back at 10 pm. 20. Cleair still an plesant every thing groing like spring time. i an Albert went to Walker, Steve More an Hedirck had a fight. 21. Cleair still an hot. I went to Browns in for noon to Shorts an Honigs. Martha, Jas, Bill and Mary paperin the north rume. 22. Raned a good rane camenst about 4 and quit after 7 cleard up hot an still. Sarah taken Martha home, Charley Flin came sesed the land at $10.00 baley at $25 Personele at $1.80, the hole land an all $16.70, miy hole a sesment is $22.70. 23. i went to Ira Shorts bought two hogs for $15.00 went to Jonathan, fetch Mary. i an Albert went to Walker got the plow sharpen, Bills cow found a calf, we tried to plow, to drye. 24. Cleair an plesant. i went to the timber to se a bout wood, can get wood soth of Mrs. Curelesis. i went to Pines then to Cobbs. 25. Sunday mostly cleair still and plesant. i an Sarah went to Swargans and all went to Finleys for the day. 26. Som cloud in for part cleair an hot an still later in day. i went to Eldorado to se about selin some corn afer 62c. 27. Cleair still an warm. i an Lilie went to Nevada. 28. A fue clouds a litle are shining but warm. Sarah went to Milers. 29. Cleair still an hot. I an Albert went to Milers got vinagar 3 galens at 15c a galen. 30. fue clouds hot an dry a litle wind SW dry an hot. i taken buter to Walker got 12 c, i sent John $5.00 31. Som fue scatring sloud wind NE culer but dry. i mod weeds a round the gaden fence, Jas gon to Bills to to go Walker. September 1901 1. Sunday, som clouds erly cleard off later warm an still. i an Albert went to Fairhaven for Mr. Gray, Fill fetched Lilie home at 5. 2. Cleair still an warm. i taken Mr. Gray to Cetaman got back at two came by Walker. 3. Cleair very cul last night, still an warm to day. i an Jasper taken the horses, got them at Fairhaven, an bugey tires set cost $150. for bugey and $1.60 for shoeing. Marvin Brown sick at Elvens. 4. Cleair an plesant cule nits, hot days. i went the timber got a lode of wood cost 40C. 5. som clouds wind SW dry. Mr. Swargan cam to se about his turcky. 6. sum fue clouds dry an hot. i an Bill went to Mrs. Wilsons sale, i cut 1 shock. the pesadent shot. 7. Cleair an hot an dry. i an Albert cut up 2 shocks of corn in east pese. i went to Harwood got a pen an holder, coffy, books an pencil. McCinley not dede as was reported. 8. Sunday, som clouds till an pleasant a sprinkle of rane at 4. Lilia an Bird gon to Jonathans, i to Tom. 9. Som clouds still an warm. i cut 2 shocks of corn in ???. i went to the timber got half acre of galven pade him $1.25 raned a good rane at 2. 10. Cloudy camenst raning half past 7 raned til 12. part of the hard wind all a round but not hard. 11. i haled out some old palins and fixed the screns. Jonathan came, raned hard at 11 an at 5 agane. 12. Cleair an plesant. i went for wood. Jonathan went with me. i at the 1st lode. 13. Partly cleair an plesant. i went to Ginns to bet Burt to mow paster an to Jonathans. Mary no beter. it raned a good big rane at 5 raned nerly all night slo. 14. Cloudy an plesant an still. Wings (Vingo?) barn burnt last night a bout 8 pm. The presadent dide last night. i an Albert went to Harwood got a birel of salt a dozen qart cans, a botle of ink, doped a fue drops of rane. 15. Cleair still and cule but plesant. MISCELLANEOUS OTHER COMMENTS/NOTES IN BACK OF DIARY, MOSTLY PERTAINING TO COWS/HORSES. I have picked out only some of the information. May 19, 1900 - got a bull at Mrs. Browns. June 22, 1900 - Sam found a calf the 12th of April. October 21, 1900 - found a calf. October 28, 1900 - Nancy found a calf. Next page gave balances, deposits, withdrawals of bank account. October 18, 1900 - went to Nevada to a Rally, got a suit of close cost $7.50, 2 pare socks 50c. October 19, 1900 - Eye spelest here, Sarah got speck in Sharde for 10 years cost $4.50 October 25, 1900 - Chancey an Suse went home. November 2, 1900 - tax rect for $18.98 November 10, 1900 - Alis went home, Jesey Means came, Bill Shorts baby was bered the 9th. November 11, 1900- Sarah and Lilie gon to Harwood to Church. November 12, 1900 - i put away sweet potatoes, Elett stade all lnight, Sarah and Stellea put a way Irish potatos. December 4, 1900- sold to Finley a stear for $58.00 Finley now owes me $278.00 next page(s) list workers and amount paid to them August 30, 1901 - sent John Cope $5.00 September 1901 (continued) 16. Som clouds at night turned vary cule a fue drops of rane. Crane camenst plowing at noon. Jas gone to look for a team. 17. Cleair an cul wind NE. i went to Walker, got a sack of flour, matches, coffee, tablet an a shirt for Crane. 18. Cleair som frost the first frost, wind NE. i cut some corn. 19. Cloudy an cul raned a shour at one oclock quit at 2 pm. i made 2 swingles trees and cut 1 shock of corn. 20. Cloudy in fore noon cleared up nise still an plesant. i cut 2 shocks corn. 21. cleair an cule wind SW a litle high. i an Albert an Crane went to Harwood. i got Albert a sute and a dozen qarte cans. i page to Crane $1.50.. 22. Sunday, cleair an plesant wind SW and high. Bilow an Bob here. 23. Cleair cul in moring wind SW high. 24. Cleair an plesant wind SW high. i cut corn, Crane ploud til noon, Baldy got so lame had to qite. 25. Cloudy raned 1/2 past 8. Burt Qimm cutong over the paster, i gave him $3. 26. Raned at 6 shurig but plesant. 27. Cleain an plesant. i went to Harwood, got jars 5 galons. i an Bill went to Jacknsons got 3 hogs pade $17 dolar, i pade $11 John Coffer send an her gerga ??? 28. Clean an plesant. i went to Pines to se about a rake, Bill came, got Finlys rake to make the paster over. i and Albert haled out some. 29. Sunday som clouds plesant an still wind blue the night. Mrs. Whitehead and children came stade all day. 30. Cleain an plesant. i finished cuting corn all i cear to cut. Bill an Jas got a lode of perea hay off of the paster, Dering got corn. October 1901 1. Cleain an pleasant. i haled up fom perea hay an stacket it. Jas an Bill got a lode, Albert helped after school. 2. Cleain a litle cul but plesant. i am haling an staking perese hay. 3. Cleain an plesant. i haled weeds out off the paster. 4. Cleain cul an plesant. i finished haling weeds off the paster, bin stil and nise for October. 5. Cloudy raning a slow rane cloudy off an on all day. i an Albert went to Harwood. i taken a lode of corn to Doeing Preston, put a shor on boley. 6. Sunday raned a shour at 6 then broke off but some clouds and som thunder N so still an plesant. 7. Som clouds all a drop or 2 of rane. i taken a lode of corn to Harwood to 11 bushels to belt 23.15 pade to Nickel. 8. Raney fore part of day clered up later. hired Arbuckles to work. i an Arbuckels went to Harwood. 9. Cleain an nise. i went to Harwood got my plow fit cost $3.50. Arbuckle choped wood til noon then ploud. I taken Mary a bote of medsson. 10. Raned a hard shour at 7 sun shined while raning broke off an cleard up by noon. Bills came to bake apple bute fetched sider got Swargans ketle, Arbuckle plowing. Cuningham got 12 bushes of corn. 11. raned stadey all day. i started to Nevada, got as far as Bills, came back. Bill and Mary came. we fixed the fence round the stacks. 12. Some cloud raned about 9 til after 10 cleared up rand a nother shour at 6 cleard up cule. i an Bill an Sharp went to Nevada. i went to get a mare. Johanas is to ship it to Walker. i got a galen of whisky for Mary and a galen for my self. 13. Som clouds and cule. Arbuckle gon to Eldorado. Jas came. 14. Cleain a kiling frost. i went to Walker to se if the mashene came, it did not come. i cut a litle caffer (caffen) corn. it is warmer wind SW. Mary here making apple buter. 15. Clearin a litle cul but plesant. i went to Findlys to se about twin to bind the caffer corn. Bill went to Walker for the moshen, it did not come. i ploud a lite be fore noon. Mary an Mrs. Brown helpin to make apple buter. 16. Cleain an a litl cul. i Bill an Jasper went to Walker got the mosean and rake. i pade 60c on the frate. i got a sack of flour at Fritzes, a can of oil an a basket at Buck Fryback, cut the caffen corn. i pade him $1.25. put the mare up Bill went to cuting grass. 17. Cleain som frost. i finished puting the rake up set up some cafe corn. Bill cuting gass, Jas raking after noon. i fixed a gaf to let the calf in the me.... to wate. Lilie, Mary an Burtha taken up and put don the carpet. 18. Clearin wind SW got vary high blue hard all day. i set up some cafen corn, before i got it tide 2 shocks blue down. George Hanning got the rake. 19. Cleain an warm wind SW but still. i got dun shocking cafer corn. Lilie and Burtha went to Bills to help put down a carpet. Bill an Jas haling hay. 20. Sunday some fue clouds wind SW still. Sarah an Albert gon to Jonathans. Bill an Mary came an went to Harwood to prechen, left the children here. 21. Cleain still and hot. i went to gather timber for wood. Alis here. 22. Cleain still an plesant. Allis gon home. 23. Cleain still an hot. i went for wood. pade myne and Jasper taxes 24. Som clouds wind SW warm 25. Som clouds still an warm. i went for wood. 26. raned a good shour . i an Albert went to Harwood to have the plow fixed to take more land but fixed my self. got Albert a pare of shoes cost $1.25. 27. Sunday vary fogy and damp. Louis an Mitchels boy here. 28. i dug holes to drive post, haled water, put in them, taken down the fence i the meder that Bill put in for paster. 29. i went to Roses for flax seed, i got of Swaragan 10 bushels. Marvin Brown cam to work, worked til 10 an qit. drove post, i am puting the wire on. Bill, Mary an Jas here picken apples, Lilie went to Walker got flour. 30. Cleain an warm. Dovefling camest work. i put up fence. 31. Som clouds a spinkl of rane. i taken 7 chickes to Dale an Shapt came to $1.02 taken the plow to have fixed, Dave Flinger choped wood. November 1901 1. Cleain frost but got fogy and melted off. i made a slead we plowed the garden. 2. Som clouds wind S but plesant. Dave Flinger plowing. Chance an Mabel came. i went to Harwood met Mr. Sumpter going to Jonathans to se Mary started back with me met Chance went with him to Jonathans. 3. Sunday. Raned last night turned cold snod a fue flakes soon them cleared up cold wind N. Chance got about 8 bushels of apples. Chance, Mabel and Burtha start home at noon. Sarah an :Lilie went to Jonathans. 4. Cleain an a big frost still an plesant. i camenst getheren corn in the SE peas. Charly Daveflinger worin, i went to Walker, pade Swargan fo flax sede $1.80. 5. Cleain som wind SW. gethen corn, it takes 20 ros for a lode. Swargan cam se a bout the wagon to hall corn. 6. some clouds wind Sw an high. i an Charley get out corn. 7.. Som clouds wind N an pleasant. i an Charly gethern corn. Becky, Walter an Saley cam. Bill went to Eldorado to mill. 8. A big frost clouded up got warm. i an Charly getherin corn will get dun the east pece have 10 lods. Becky an Saley went hom. 9. Some clods frost soon. I got 20 ponds of beef of tall for 88. Charly and Albert gethern corn. i fex the pump. 10. Sunday cloudy looks like rane wind SW smoky looking. Charly gone home, Charly came back, Alis here. 11. Cloudy wind SW an aful high. Swangan got the wagon to hall corn from Walker. i an Charly gethern corn the techer got a bushel of corn. it raned a litle and a litle hale. 12. a big frost cleain still an nise the sun shines warm. i an Charly gethern corn. Alis here Mrs. Chitwood came for some apples. 13. Clear an plesant. i an Charley gethern corn got dun with the wagon had in all 18 loads. Alis went home. 14. Clear an nise. i haled out foder out of east peas 5 shocks, Charly plowing. 15. Clear a good frost an cold wind NW turned cold fast. I Sarah, Lilea an Albert bered apples an turnips. 16. Cleair an plesant. Charly finsh baken east of barn. i an Albert went to Walker. i got an ax an a cap an gloves for Albert. haled 19 bushels of corn to Swangan for closen. i got my tat receat $78.51 17. Sunday cloudy an cul wind SE. Mrs. Citten, Mrs. Brown an Faney mothers here to spend the day. 18. Cloudy wind NE but plesant. Bill, Jas an Charly, Dave Flinger butchered 2 hogs one wade 278 one 252. Mary here i went to Walker got 750 ponds of flour cam to $14.50 irish potato at Duns 2 1/4 $2.40 Sage 15c. 19. Clear an plesant. i an Charly went to the timber. 20. Clear a big frost. Dove Flinger quit pade him $10.50. 21. Cloudy a mist of rane turned culer. 22. Cloudy i haled some foder out. Preacher Randles came. i gave him some turnips and apples. Raned. 23. Cloudy still. i an Albert halling foder. Lilie went to Walker for coffee, brok off at 8 o’clock plesant. 24. Sunday clear frosty but nise an plesant. Plumer came i gave him a bucket of apels a basket of turnips. John Chitwood mared Mrs. Whitehead mared. 25. Clere frosty an nise. i hald foder. 26. Frost som clouds erly but clere later on. i went with Sharp to sale SE of Schell. i sent a draft to chage to continentle in Surence for $6.60. 27. Mostly cleair a frost. i haled out coffer corn. 28. a big frost i finished haling cafer corn. i an Albert finished getheren corn, turned cows in stalf, feched up the beef turned in stalks. 29. A big frost still an plesant. i went to the timber halled a lode of wood. Jonathan haled a lode. 30. A litle frost still an plesant. i an Albert went to the timber got a lode of wood. Aney an Biney caled a while. Jonathan fetched the ketle home. December 1901. 1. Som clouds wind NW but still an plesant. Mrs. Chitwood an Biney here. i helped Biney an Bob get the last apples out of the orchard about 1/2 bushel. 2. Cloudy cul but plesant. i went for wood. wind NE. Bill an Jas put hay in barn, taken some home. 3. Cloudy cul wind NE. i an Sharp went to Nevada. i got a sute, we went to the still house. 4. Cloudy wind SE Cul but plesant. i went for wood. 5. Cloudy, camenst snowing at 7 last night a tracking Soro this morning wind SE plesant. 6. a big frost but plesant mostly clear but glumey. i went for wood. Jonathan went for wood. 7. Cloudy an a litle mist wind SW. Bills folks and Lillie went to St. Clair. mist got stronger at night. 8. Sunday raned a good rane throu the night. Snowing at day cuverd the grond wind N a litle cold. the 2 snow . Bob got som apples, Jack an Jas and Mrs. Chitwood here. 9. Cloudy i worked at a calf shead. Bills folks an Lily came from St. Cleair. 10. Cloudy i worked at calf shead. i sent an order to Dr. Nicles by Lilie to Sharp, Lilie got the coffee 50 lbs. 11. Cloudy. i an Bill went to Galven timber for wood. 12. Cloudy. i loded the wagon of wood hald som dirt an fixed in barn an round seler dore. raned som sprinkle raned hard after night. 13. Cloudy rane hale sleat then snow ground cuvered the 3 snow. cold all day wind N. i went to Browns. 14. Afful cold cloudy ice about 3 inches wind N ice on windows all day. 15. Sunday cleair an cold wind all a round but still snow melted a llitle ice a bout 5 inches. Elecey an Jesey Walter an Lewis here, snde at night, vary cold the 4 snow. 16. Snowing vary cold cloudy all day. 17. Mostly clier snode an drifted lat night wind NW vary cold the 5th snow. Bill came this morning. 18. Cloudy a litle snow snow drift in plases 2 feet deep wind NE. 19. Som clouds wind NW cold. 20. Som clouds but cleard up (Friday) cleair an cold wind SW. Old man Powers and Will here left a 8 going to Bens. Still an nise. Bill an Jasper came an buchered 2 hogs one wade 288 the other one wade 282. i fede them 4 months. 21. Clear an nise and plesant wind SW. snow melted some plases necked, rendered the lard, Jas came an helped. Cunningham came to sea about wood. 22. Sunday, clear an nise snow gon only drifts ice 8 inches thick wind SW but still. Jonathan an Cobb here. some cloud later. 23. Clear an nise wind SW but still. i an Albert went to Harwood i taken a bushel of apples got 50c got Albert a pair over shoes $1.000 a 10c knife 15c sas.., candal 5c Onings 10c. 24. Som clouds but still an nise wind SW soon went to the N in the evening. Snowing an raning at 7. 25. Lillie went to Walker got 20 for eggs, buter was 12 1/2 got Sarah a pair of shoes an a pair of over shoes, some hankchief a set of tee spoons. 25. Wensday Chrismas. som clouds was clear in the night a frost wind a litle S of W but vary stil. Jas an Lillie gon to Jonathans got gofa at 11 o’clock, Eme came, Lilie, Eme an Jasper went to Nanses to a party. Jas came back a bout 12. Oney came up a litle bit, Lewis here a while. a vary still an warm Chismus, litle bits of snow ground thoud out some, ice on ponds. 26. Som clouds wind NE but still sun shinig some plesant. Em an Lilie came from Bills. i an Albert plowed a litle in the 20 west of house ploud a litle wet. 27. Clear a big frost. Albert plowing after the ground thud. ice on the ponds 5 inches thick. The frund thowd. i have rhumatism in my shoulders. 28. Cloudy wind North an cule. Albert ploud in the caffer corn patch til noon. 29. Sunday, cleair wind N an cule a big frost this morning. Lilie gon to Means, Albert gon to Cobbs, the sun shines nise but cul. 30. Cleair a big frost wind SW but still an nise. i went to Walker got a pare over shose an a trap. 31. Clear an nise still a big frost up in the day vary warm. Lilie an Sarah gon to Jonathans taken two rabits to Mary. i plowed west of the house. Harva came went on to Jonathans. the yere ends afful nise an still wind N then NE and at nite wind was E and SE. 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