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 1902. January 1902 1. Wednesday some scimens of clouds som frost warm an nise wind SE. Harva went home. Lilly taken Martha home. Allis came with Lillie home. i am a plowing west of the hous, Lillia, Allis an Jesey Means went to a surprise to Mrs. Chitwood, cam back that nite. 2. Cleair an nise in the morning wind SW but still some cloud later an the wind went N and NE got cul. i ploud west of hous. Lillie to Hardkers for the calvs, i went round fence at noon, Lillie taken Alis home. 3. Cloudy wind NE and cold but Mr. Cobb is plowing. 4. Som frost an cold but clear later. i Albert an Lillie an Bill went to Harwood to a diner an instalation. Fonzo an Lilile had speches, rods good. 5. Cloudy an dark wind SW and cold ice 1 1/2 thick. Bob Chitwood an Louis here. 6. Clear an nise frosty wind SW but still. Jas an Bill helped killed a beef neeted 360 lbs. hide wade 51 lbs. Heneson got it pad 5 1/2 c, got shugar. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Chitwood here. 7. Clear an nise still. i taken Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Chitwood a mes of beef and Jonathan a peas, taken beef hide to Henson. i fetched Mr. Grifen home, i plowed a litle in the after noon. 8. Clear an nise wind SW a litle high. i am plowing a litle ice. Hank Ross came wanted the to rick. Lillie and Mrs. Brown went to Jonathans. 9. Clear a litle frost wind SW plesant. i haled a birel of water, Hank Ross came pade me $20.00 for the toe rick. i am plowing west of house. 10. Fue clouds vary litle freze wind N but plesant. Lillie gon to Walker, i am plowing west of house, ground a litle hevy but plows nise. 11. Som clouds but gave way as the sun rose groud frozen a litle but thoud. Albert plowed 1 and 1/2 acres, wind N a litle cul all day. 12. Sunday Cleair wind N an a litle cold. Binie an Bob here Jas came went to Jonathans. Jonathan an Mary sic. Pine sold out on the 11th. 13. Clear an frosty winds SW but plesant. i went to Gorge Galvens timber for wood. Jonathan a litle beter, Mary no beter. 14. Cleair an frosty wind SW blue all nite blowing som to day plesant after noon, i went to Chitwoods. 15. Cleair an frosty wind SW then NE gound thoud rods good. i to Galvens for wood got 50c more wood, pade. 16. Cleair frosty wind SW plesant. i went to Pines, Jas finished haling corn from Pines, i plowed after noon, gound to hard in fore noon. 17. Mostly cleair som fue clouds early wind SW a litle high, som frost, ground frozen to hard to plow til 10. i plowed from 10 til after 4 plowed 1 1/2 ac. my ankel an sholder hurts so i se no peas. 18. Was cloudy part of the night cleaird up wind N a litle cold ground frozen a litle. Albert went to plowing at 10. 19. Sunday, cloudy all day but a big frost wind SW an plesant. Mrs. Cobb an Louis, Mrs. Chitwood an Aney here. Elcy came after noon, looks rane, rodes good. 20. Cloudy all night camenst hale a but half past 8 then rane an snow then snow wind SE. the grund was coverd by noon. Albert went to school with thout his book. wind went NW got colder, snode at night. 21. Cloudy wind NW sun came out at 1 snow melted som where wind didnot st... 22. Som cloud erly give way later sun shine nise snow melting nerly gon wind S. i went to Jonathans to se how thay are geting - Jonathan grunty Mary no beter. sun shines nise snow nerly gon. 23. Cloud but plesant wind NE rods ruf got a litle mudy. i went to Harwood taken buter got 14c got 16 years of towels, i went on to Schell City to se about taxes, camenst snoing about 3 snow got about 4 inch deep. 24. Cleair cul and still. i taken Albert to school went on to Sharp, sun shines nise and warm, snow melting. i went to Mrs. Browns, Greshum sick. Mr. Pine here. 25. Cloudy wind NE a litle cold camenst snowing a bout 8 snde hard a bout 6 inches, then a miste not vary cold but disa greeabel, Bill came went to Jonathans, Mary no beter, Jonathan a litle beter. 26. Sunday a litle fling snow wind NW and vary cold sun not shing but sene about 1 snow about 6 inches, crusted. 27. the coldst night cleair an still wind NE som clouds later in day, snow melted vary litle when the wind dit not strick. 28. Clourd wind SE chiley cold. i went to Nevada to see a bout my taxes, a bout be sesed twist, left the mare an bugy at Duns went on came on the Eldorado trane. 29. Cloudy an cul some flureys of snow wind NE snow did not melt eney. 30. Cleair earey a big frost cloud came up frost blue off of the trees like a snow. Bill went to Schell to se about tax but teken my recete had it fixed up. i sold bunce 3 calves and 4 shocks of caffer foder, calf at $46.50 cafer at $2. 31. Cleair still an nise sun shined warm an nise. Bill an Jasper haled up hay to the barned 2 gages. Liley went to se how Mary was. February 1902 1. Cloudy wind NE but still cul an plesant. i an Albert sawed wood camenst at 3 a lite dry snow drifting. Jas stade here last night, went to Jonathans this morning. 2. Sunday cleair wind W an cold still som thin clouds came up long in the day snow is from 2 to 6 inch deep, dirfts deeper. 3. Cleair still nise but cold thoud a litle soth side. i went to Mrs. Browns, Chitwoods moved to Walker. 4. Cleair wind NW still an cold. i taken Albert to school, went to Sharps an on to Walker, got my watch cost $4.15, made out my papers before miney. (notary???) 5. Cleair at 5 got cloudy a litle fine rane snow so fine all most like a rane not thawing eney cold all day sun came but closed up a gane. 6. Cloudy an vary dark like snwing sun came out a bout 10 still an plesant thoud som som clouds came up later from the NE. i went to McCormacks for a lode of wood. 7. Cleair an cold stil thoud rite smart. i an Bill an Jas went Galvins timber for wood. i taken Galven a fue apples in plasemt, got slopy. 8. Snode a litle fine lite snow brok away at 10 wind NW cul. Bills here, Bill taken 48 hens to Sharp, got 7c,. wade 154 lbs got a due bill, spend old Marths bile. 9. Sunday som clouds wind NW an cule not melting eney. Elcy an Jimey came. Lilie went with them to Cobbs, Albert gon to Jonathans to se how Mary is. Camenst snowing at 11, Jas started to St Clear at one o’clock. 10. Cold but plesant. Bills came, Bill an Lilie taken chickens to Harwood had got 7c. Mary Dalton Harva came, no beter thad a litle. 11. Cleair wind SW a real nise day thawing. Fox here for diner. Harvey came from Jacks, Harva went to Mounst for Cafer Cafen? 12. Som clouds wind NE clouds gave way thawing after noon. Harvay an Lillie went to Jonathans, i went to Anderson the first time then a round the fence ploud grond begening be necked. George an Bunce hunting feed. Harva gon to Bills. 13. Cloudy an cule wind NE. Gorge came want to bye som feed, we did not trade. Camenst snowing at 7 pm. 14. Snode all night drifted bade wind NE see the sun at 1 o’clock. 15. Partly cloudy cold snow melting pleasant later in the day vary still snow melting in after noon. i Albert sawed som wood. 16. Cleair an still cul but plesant. Bill came Lewis here. i an Bill went to how Mary was, no beter. the snow melted rite smart. i got a leter from Finley Cope, he was in Indiana Rilnods his Postofice. 17. Some cloud soon an cold clouds gave way got plesant wind NE but still snow melting rods geting slopy. i went to McCormacks for the 2nd lode of wood, Jas came back from Chances, sed Suse cut her foot. 18. Cloudy an cule wind NE then SE. Jas went on to Bill, Lillie to Jonathan. i have rhumatism. the wind is vary ??? 19. Camenst snowing at 8 snde hard til noon then homeny snow drifted badly wind NE nerly E not overly cold. Parke Chitwood fetched Abbie out an stade all night. Snow drift big. 20. Cloudy a litle snow an homay sleat, Park went home, snow drifts hi as the gate, i an Park had to Shuvel it out before he could get his horse out. 21. Cleair still an nise wind all round snow melted fast the last day of school. A diner at the school house, Abbie and Lillie went drove old das as far as Cunhams, then went with Cobbs. Closon an Hardacer got stuck in the snow, i went to se how Mary was, Bill’s Abbie and Sarah went to se Mary in the evening, Sarah an Abbie stad all night. 22. Cleair in fore noon still an nise snow melting fast cloudy after part. i an Albert went to McCormacks for a lode of wood rods ful of water an some mud. Mary wors, Bill fetch Sarah from Jonathan, Abbie at Jonathans, Bunce pade me for the calfs and 4 shocks of cafer foder an $5.00 on geona he pade $53.50, George ows yet $15.00 23. Sunday, cloudy still an plesant wind N snow melting clouds partley give way by noon. Jas came taken the bugie and went to Jonathans. 24. Clear a plesant wind N but still snow melting fast. Walter taken Becky and Abbie to Jonathans, i taken a cetch in my back, at 5 o’clock Bill and Jas put som hay in barn, taken some home, i sent for the Globe an som garden seeds to Rockford Ill. 25. Partly cleair still an plesant snow a bout all gon but drifts. my back still hurts so i can’t get out. Walter fetch beca (paper torn) and mere from Jonathans. Mr. Pine here. Bills folks came, Bill taken Mary over to Jonathans, Mary worse, Abbie up thare, Bill went to Jonathans stade all night. 26. Some fue clouds wind SE warm snow nerely all gon wind vary chiley and damp later. Mary Dalton dide at 1 o’clock. Bills folks went home, Abbie came back here, Becky stad at Jonathans, camenst raning in the night. 27. Raning lots of water and mud some scatered snow drifts wind NE. my back hurts yet. Walter here, Becky at Jonathans, Abbie and Lillie went to Jonathans, Jas went to se a bout digin the gave, i sold a steer an old manth to Mr. Finley for $53.50 28. Snowing the grond nerly cuvered cul but melting an frozing the same time rodes vary mudy snow all melted be fore night qit snowing along in the day. Abbie here Becky and Walter went to Bills, Walter lifte his halter, had to come back for it. Mr. Cobb an Jack here. My back a litle beter thoe not abel to do eney thing but water the horses. i gave Walter 50 cence, got Becky a pare over shoes 85c at Sharps. March 1902 1. Cloudy an blusting a litle snow soon went off groud crusted but thud out wind NW an cul. i am a litle beter, Abbie here, rods vary mudy sun shined a litle in plases but shet up spit snow off an on. 2. Sunday cleair an cul wind NW thoud some gound got mudy but dride fast. Jas an Jonathan came, Abbie here, my back beter. 3. Cleair still an nise warm in the day. Albert haled som manuer, i fixed up a stall in the barn. Mrs. Brown came stade all day, Jonathan came for the cetle, Abbie went home with him, cloudy. 4. Cloudy wind NE an cul up til 1 o’clock the sun shined out the wind was cul. 5. Cleair grond frosen a big frost wind NW but plesant. i put a head in water birel, fixed the pumb , hung the meet. Lilie fetch Abbie from Jonathans. 6. Cloudy wind South W a litle chiley but litle ice. i an Albert haled a brel of water, Jas cleaning up some, Timothy seeds, Lilie an Abbie gon to Walker. 7. Cloudy a drop or to of rane. we set out turnips planted some peas on 3 rose of crapy pottatos, Frank came Park fetch him Frank and Abbie went to Bills, i an Albert went to McCormacks for wood, Lillie went to the Ros school to a diner the last day. Bunce pade $15. that George owed on the hay. 8. Cleair still an nise, i an Albert went to Walker, i got 2 bushels and 1/4 of potatos and $1.10 for Anderson, i depost 3 checks one $36, one $27.50, one $26. 9. Sunday, cloudy still an warm wind SW. Frank an Abbie an Jas here grond to weet to plow, rods dry. 10. Cloudy looks like rane warm wind SE a litle high. Frank gon to Walker, i an Albert planted 1 1/4 potatos, set out turnips, Sarah sode letis. Mr. Pine came stade all night. 11. Raning wind SE everything full of water. Mr Pine here, raned all day, Jack fetched Abbie. 12. Raning wind blue all most a Herican. Mr. Pine here. Rane a big rane draws very full raned til la bout 12 then broke away. Mr. Pine here, Frank here. 13. Cleair an plesant every thing started. Mr. Pine left for Harwood, Sarah, Abbie, Albert an Frank went to Cobbs, Fill’s folks at Cobbs. i went in the evening. 14. Cloud a fue drops of rane soon broke a way mostly cleair wind SE a litle high warm. Frank an Abbie went to Jacks. Mr. Swargan here i an Albert fenced shocks. 15. Thunder at 5 rand a hard shour some hale brok a way by 10 wind SW an NW a litle cul. i an Albert went Sam McCormacks for a lode of wood. 16. Sunday cleair wind NW and cold, Jas here. 17. Cleair wind NW an cold grond frozen hard ice 1 inch thick. Harva came for seed corn got singel bed ful. 18. Cleair wind SE vary chiley grond frozen but thawing. Harva gon home. i an Albert went to Harwood got a pare of pants a pair of shous a 2 pares of shuse and 2 pair of stockings for Albert. A picter man stoped in. 19. Cloudy wind S a litle chiley. i an Albert haled 2 lods of wood from McCormacks, Jonathan went for col, stoped for diner, got som turnips, Lillie went to Walker with eggs. 11 cts. 20. Raning at 6 a slow cold rane wind SE. George Horning got 1/2 bushel of apples 25. 21. Raning Frank an Abbie came from Cleze, vary misty an muda, Frank an Abbie came to Harwood last nite came here this mornig. 22. Cloudy but braken a way at 7 wind NE, Frank an Abbie here. 23. Sunday cloudy still an plesant. Mrs. Cobbs an Lous here Frank an Abbie cam from Jonathans, i went for the, Emey came with Abbie. 24. Raned a shour at 5 cloudr. Frank gon to Wilses on the river, Marvin came up, Eme here, still an warm. 25. Partly cloudy still an warm. i an Albert went to Nevada, got swete potatos 50c, irish potatos $1.50, saks whisky 1/2 galen fron Mrs. Bane for Jonathan. 26. Raned a big rane at 2 cleaing warm wind SW. Alllis here, Bills Frank here, Lilie taken Alis hoe, Marth came. 27. Cleair warm an still. i taken Marth home Jonathan puney, Frank went to Fair Haven, Abbie went to Bills. 28. Cloudy warm wind NW plesant. Bill taken Frank an Abbie to the trane, Greer camenst work at 5 day. i beded swete potatos Bunce pade for the foder, Lillie gon for Ma... 29. Cloudy wind N raned a sprinkle. i an Albert went an hauled out som old hay stuf off of the meder. i stoped at Thomnas, Charley Geer qit work tha went w..., camenst to rane a sprinkle about 11 camest snoing a bout 2 snowed til 6 the grond cuverd. 30. Sunday, cleair wind W an cul snow going fast nerely all gon by 10 snow all gon looks vary stormey. 31. Cleair grond frozen cule all day, wind NW rodes drying fast. April 1902 1. Mostly cleair cul in the norning. i went to Eldorado to mill. Albert haled maneuer in garden. 2. Cloudy but plesant wind SE. i an Albert went to McCormack for the last lode of wood. som mud in plases. Sarah went to Jonathan’s he is sick. i hierd May to work a month at $1 dolers. i an Albert ploud 4 rounds ground wet ploud for flax. 3. Thundered an raned in the night. Jonathan sold his horse. raning this morning, raned til noon wind went NE turned cold. Albert went to Jonathans for Sarah. 4. Cloudy cleard up in the evening still an warm. i an Albert went to Rodericks an then to Cobbs to se Richerd. we cut heds off of a shock caffer corn. Anderson got a shod of Cafer corn foder. 5. Cloudy warm an still. i an Albert ploud a round the dow ground vary wet, winds got high. i an Albert went to Harwood. 6. Sunday, mostly cloudy sun shone som warm wind N. Jas came from Jacks, Lillie went to Bills, last eving to go to church day. 7. Som clouds broke a way later in day. May camenst work. i went to Harwood to the shop cul. Albert hared for flax, May trimed in orched. 8. Cloudy wind SE a good big frost, May triming trees. Albert haring, we sode 1 1/4 bushels of flax sede. May sode. 9. Cloudy raned a litle last night a sprinkly this morning. May plowing ground very wet. i worked in the stalls. 10. Clear warm an still. May plowing, got cloudy at night, raned a sprinkle. 11. Mostly clear nise and still. May plowing, Blacky found a calf, we planted som potatos and sweat corn. 12. Mostly cloudy still an warm. May plowing. we drove a fue post, hared some, planted potatoes, Albert planted sede onion. 13. Sunday, cloudy a litle cul wind E. Mr and Mrs Dun came stade all day. 14. A mist of rane soon quit cloudy a litle cul wind E. May plowing. i finished haring goos bereys. 15. Clered up last night but cloudy this morning a litle cule wind SE. May plowing for flax, cloudy at night. 16. Mostly cleair som cloudy up later in the day a litle cul but plesant. May finished plowing for flax. i an Albert planted potatoes in barn lot and put up corn planter. i went to Mrs. Browns she pade me $5 bored money 75 for the paper, raned a hard shour at 4. 17. Dark foga, we dove post til 9 then hared. May sode flex sede, cleared up nise. 18. Clear a litle cul but nise. May finished sowing flax sede went to Harwing in - Lillie taken seder to Bills, went on to Walker. i an Albert planted a roe of water milens E. of barn. 19. Clear warm still an nise wind NE plesant. May finished haring in flex sede at noon, camenst cultivating for corn north side of east of the hous for corn, Suse, Mabel , Cora an the baby came. i burnt off the dow over in the medow. Albert plowed the garden. 20. Sunday, wind S an high warm. Suse an children here, Jas went to look as som hay, Jack hode, Elcey and Jeser here. Jack, Jonathan and Bill’s folks came, Mrs. Swargan fetch Martha 17 gpt wade. i wade 138. 21. Som clouds gave way as sun came up wind SW an high. Albert taken Martha to Sargans, Sus an the children started home, i gave Sus all the corn she could hall, May plowing. 22. Cloudy wind SW an high raned hard a bout 10 broke a way. i an Albert went to Walker got 5 c wire to go round the ketle, som lim for Martha. May plowing. 23. Clear an cul wind N but still Albert haring with old cultivating mashine, May plowing. 24. Cloudy wind SW raned at 10 til 1. May went to Walker, started at 2. Cobbs boys got the sheler fetched it home, helping to get it in mashed my fingers. Sam cou found a calf. 25. Som clouds wind SW offul high. Albert and May finished haring the east peas for corn, May plowing in west pease we camst planting corn after noon, raned, haled, wind blue hard at 2. Dave an Albert sawed some wood, shoury all the evening, wind blue hard til 9, blue offel hard. 26. Clear a litle cul wind N a litle W. May planting corn, Lillia an Albert got to Harwood for Albert to pratice for memoral. 27. a litle cul some cloud rane a shour a bout noon, Lillia an Albert gon to Jonathans to go to Mt. Vernen to churce. Jasper here camenst raning an haling at 10 pm, the bigest ran and hale as large as burd eggs, Daws an ponds run over. 28. Mostly clear an plesant. We moved the hay to the barn, Dave planted corn after noon, Fonzo and Evl taken bushels off the orcherd. Albert helped after diner. Yogin cam to for rode tax pade 69 cts. 29. No entry 30. a litle mist wind NE looks vary rany cleared up. May finished planting the east peas. i , Albert and May taken the planter home, May planting for the boys this afternoon. i an Albert came home. Allie an Lil go to Jonathans came back. May 1902 1. Som cloud a sprinke at 10 wind SW an high. Dave (May) camenst cultivating up the winer braken west of house. Albert ploud up the cofer west of pen for penuts and pop corn, Ale here. 2. Cloudy a sprinle of rane at 9 pm, cloud went round north clered up wind SE warm. Alea here but gonin home, Dave cultivating in west pece. Albert haring with dase, i sheled dead corn. Sarah complany. 3. Som clouds warm wind SW a litle high. Dave finished cultivating west of baken, i got a fish wade 12 ponds, pade 60. i an Albert went to Harwood. 4. Sunday, some clouds all day a shour. Bill betched his colt to Andersons paster, Rankens came with him. Jas here, the Dichman cam down. 5. Raned til 9. i an Albert went to Walker to have my papers fised. i got a hoe 48 a duble shuvel $2.50 at Bucks. Dave ploud some, a big rane at 2. 6. Ranig every thing full of water Dave laof. cloudy til late in day then clered up. i an Albert sawed some wood. 7. Clear cul in morning warm in the dya. 8. Mostly clear an nise an still. Dave came back this morning planted til 11 got dune, went to haring afternoon. his month up today. i set out 87 potato slips. 9. Clear still and nise. Dave haring. 10. Clear an nise Dave planting corn wesr pece. 11. Sunday, cloudy an clere. May an Albert cultivating east of house. i cultivated in garden with duble shuvel. cleair an warm wind SE. Lilia an Sarah went to (looke like Nor dairy) 12. Clear an warm wind SE a litle high. Albert an May got don east of house, camenst west. i taken Sarah to Andersons. Hardacrer got 5 bushels of corn., 13. Cloudy. May ploud the caffer corn all but 2 rose raned at 8 til noon off an on. May cut weeds an cultivated the rest of the day. 14. Som cloud a sprinkl of rane. i an John Sharp went to Nevada to a convention. 15. cloudy raned a litle shour. i went to Andersons then to Browns. i sent John $5.00 16. Clear an plesant. Cope got 6 bushels 35. i went to Jonathans May plowing. Cope got 11 B of corn, fetched one hog wad 110 lbs, got corn. stade all nite. i worked in the garden, i went to Mrs. Browns for the chickens. Lillie taken 6 chickens to Walker got 7 1/2 cts. Albert riding on cultivator. i an May go to help the boys to day. 17. Cloudy rane a mist. May plowing for the boys. Som fue clouds. i went with him cam back by Sharps, i an Albert went to Harwood. May got the west peas done, camenst in east pese to lay big?? raned a slow rane. 18. Sunday, mostly cloudy warm wind SW. Fonzo an Lillie here, Albert gon to Cobbs, the precher here. i was gon to Andersons, the wind blue a gal at 7 raned a shour at 8. i went for Emay to help to paper south rume. Albert went for Jesey Means to help to paper. Yong Starky came, got a lode of corn. Alis brot Lilia. 19. Clear wind SE a litle high. May gon to plow for the boys, raned a sprinkle at mid nigh thundered. Cloudy raned of an on til noon. i taken Em home went with Anderson to then to youlls then to gammons, got 3 msels for the calvs, >>>>>????? got 15 bushels, brok a way at noon. 20. Som clouds warm wind SW and high. i hode the sweat potatos, May camenst cultivating west of house, Lilie gon for Alle to go to Bills. Raning the bigest rane of the seson, hard thunder. Dave went to May’s. 21. Cloudy raned a lite shour at 6 brok a way wind SW a litle high. i went to Walker, Albert an May cultivating. Cobbs an Nance got som corn. i quit seling. i an Albert went to S monts to a fish fry and ice creem super. 22. raned last night a good rane, May gon to plow for the boys. Rodick came, Bill’s folks here. 23. Som clouds a fue drops of rane, May cultivating. Wind SW a litle high clouds brok a way but is coming up a gane. I an Albert went to Harwood, i got the cultivator sharpened, Bills went the old mare cup up. 24. Cloudy raned rite smart shour at 10 som wind SW. i taken Al home, went to Walker, got Sarah a pare of shoes, Bill got a lode of corn for him and Jas. Raned a big rane at 8. 25. Sunday, cloudy and warm, Bills came to go to Memorel. l Went by Jonathans taken Eme raned som wind, a litle hale at 3 raned a gane at 9 then raned nerely night. 26. Raneing a litle at 5 when i got up kind a brok a way but warm. Ira Short got 6 bushels of corn pade $3.90. i got a fish of Childres 3 lbs 20 c. i an Albert went to Walker got 5,000 shingels cost $16.25 hanes fixed got valey irnon 12 1/2 lbs nales. i drue out what money i had in the Walker bank. 27. Mostly clear wind N but cul frst at Harwood. Dave spliting wood. i went to the cemtry to help to clean it off. Albert sold som corn 10 bushels at 70c. 28. Cloudy May, Bill an Jas shinglen the west side of house. Bill an Becky came. i got some fish of Childer. Albert, Lillie, Mary an the children went to Harwood. 29. Som clouds still. i went to Walker for lime to fix the flue. Bill Thompson fixing flue. May helpin. Mrs. Cobb came, Mary an the children came, Elley men’s came to se Bill a bout a school. 30. Som clouds. Bill an Beck here. we all went to deckoration. Bill an Becky went to Jonathans in the evening. 31. Some clouds wind SE.. rane an wind at 1. Bill an Becky gone home started at 10 to wet to plow raned hard a bad wind. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES: David May camenst work by the month at $15.00 a month. lad off the 6th of May and 7 of May, finished the month the 8th of May. Pade $15, camenst a nother month the 9th of May. June 1902 1. Sunday, clear wind S a litle high. 2. Some clouds wind SW an high. Bill, Jas an May cultivating south side of kitchen. i went to Walker for shingls 2 bunches. Albert an Fonzo went to Walker for nales 15 cts. 3. Cloudy an warm. i went to Walker. Bill, Mary sent eggs an buter. i got Bill a sack of flour pade one doler for it. May cultivating east of house, ground vary wet, raned a fue drops. i gethered the turnip seed, raned a litle the nite. 4. Raning a litle brok a way still cloudy wind S an a litle high. Lilie an Elcey gon to Bill Thompsona. raned a big rane. Lillie an Elsey came back. June 5 through 23rd missing. 24. Cloudy looks vary threatning but still, broke a way by noon. May cultivating. Albert cultivating popcorn. i went to Walker then to Bills. Bill was sick beter camenst in w.p. 25. Cloudy wind SW a litle high. May cultivating in west peace. 26. Some clouds a drop or to of rane wind SW then NE. Albert cultivating west of house, i stuck tomatos then put up screane. 27. Som clouds wind all round. Albert cultivating west of house, got don the 3rd time. i went to Walker. Lesley went with me to see S.G.More, he is vary low. Raned a big rane wind blue hard from SW. 28. Raning slow but steady. i an Albert went to Jonathans, pade Em 50, we went to Mr. Cobbs settled with May pade him $4.50 29. Sunday, raning a hard rane then slow til 10. Broke a way then slow a gane. 30. Cloudy an cule. Bils cam Sarah an Lily went with Bill to Harwood, Em Graham came. July 1902 1. Cloudy i got Bill an Jasper an Hary Finley and haled Finley my snaped corn 6 lods. Chancy an the 2 boys came. 2. Som fue clouds but gave way wind SW an high. Chance got a litle corn an caffer corn, started home at 8. Ground to weet to plow. 3. Clear wind SW. we camenst cultivating in west peas. i sent 2 cheks by Lilia to Walker for $6.50 and $49.90. 4. Mostly clear wind SW a litle high. i went with Sharp to Mrs. Means to se a bout some wheat. Swargan came. Albert cultivated corn. we had the first fride chicken to day. 5. Mostly clear wind Sw an high. Albert cultivating in west pece of corn. Dave May came to se a bout working in hay. 6. Sunday mostly clear wind SW a litle high, Jasper here. 7. a fue scatern cloud, a drop of rane, still No entry found until September 16. September 1902 16. Som clouds at night turned vary cul a fue drops of rane. Crane camenst plowing at noon. Jas gon to look for a teem. 17. Clear an cul wind NE. i went to Walker got a sack of flour, matches, coffee, tablet an a shirt for Crane. 18. Clear som frost the first frost wind NE, i cut som corn. 19. Cloudy an cul raned a shour at one o’clock quit at 2 pm. i made 2 swingles trees and cut 1 shock of corn. 20. Clear an cule wind SW a litle high. i, Albert an Crane went to Harwood, i got Albert a sute an a dozen qarte cans. i pade $1.50 to Crane. 22. Sunday, clear an plesant wind SW an high. Bilow an Bob here. 23. Clear cul in morning, Wind SE high. 24. Clear an plesant wind SW high. i cut corn Crane ploud til noon, Bally got so lame had to quit. 25. Cloudy raned 1/2 past 8 . Burt Guinn cuting over the paster. i gave him $3. 26. Raned at 6 shury but plesant. 27. Clear an plesant. i went to Harwood got gars 5 galons. i an Bill wlent to Jacknsons got 3 hogs pade $17 dolar, i pade $11 John Caffen Sinda here. 28. Clear an plesant. i went to Pins to se a bout a rake. Bill came got Finlys rake to rake the paster over. i an Albert haled out some. 29. Sunday, som clouds plesant an still. wind blue the night. Mrs. Whitehead an children came stade all day. 30. Clear an plesant. i finished cuting corn all i cear to cut. Bill an Jas got a lode of Perea hay off of the paster - (somebody) got corn. October 1902 1. (top part of paper badly torn) --cleair an plesant ---up some ---stacked it. Jas an Bill go to ----Albert helped after school. 2. Clear an a litle cule but plesant. i am haling an staking Perene hay. 3. Clear an plesant. i haled weeds out of the paster. 4. Clear cul an plesant. i finished haling weeds off the paster, bin still an 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 Dreing Preston, put a shere on baley. 6. Sunday raned a shour at 6 then broke off but som clouds an som thunder N, still an plesant. 7. Som clouds all a drop or 2 of rane. i taken a lode of corn to Harwood to 1c to belt 23, 15 lbs to Nickels. 8. Raney fore part of day came up later. Hired Arbuckle to work. i an Arbuckle went to Harwood. 9. Cleair an nise. i went to Harwood got my plow fit cost $3.50. Arbuckle choped wood til noon then ploud. I taken Mary a botle of medsson. 10. Raned a hard shour at 7 sun shined while raning broke off an cleard up by noon. Bills came to make apple bute, fetched sider, got Swargans ketle, Arbucle plowing Curing ham, got 12 bushels of corn. 11. Raned sloley all day. i started to Nevada got as far as Bills, came back. Bill an Mary came, we fixed the fence round the stocks. 12. Some cloud raned a but 9 til after 10 cleard up rand another shour at 6, cledrd 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 an a galen for myself. 13. Som clouds an cule. Arbucle gon to Eldorado, Jas came. 14. Cleair a kiling frost. i went to Walker to se if the mashene came it did not come. i cut a litle caffer corn, it is warmer, wind SW. Mary here making apple buter. 15. Clear a litle cul but plesant. i went to Finleys to se a bout twin to bind the caffer corn, Bill went to Walker for the mashen it did not com. i ploud a litle be fore noon. Mary an Mrs. Brown helpin to make apple buter. 16. Clear an a litl cul. i Bill an Jasper went to Walker got the masean and rake. i pade 60c on the frate. i got a sack of flour at Fritzes, a can of oil an a basket at Bucks. Fryback cut the caffen corn, i pade him $1.25, put the more up, Bill went to cuting grass. 17. Clear som frost. i finished puting the rake up. set up some cafen corn. 18. Bill cuting gass, Jas raken after noon. i fexed a gaf to let the calf in the meder to wate. Lilie, Mary an Burtha taken up and put don the carpet. 18. Cleair wind SW got vary high blue hard all day. i set up some Cafen corn, bef i got it tide 2 shocks blue down. George Harning got the rake. 19. Cleair an warm wind SW but still. i got dun shockin cafer corn. Lilie and Burtha went to Bills to help put down a carpet, Bill an Jas haling hay. 20. Sunday som fue clouds wind SW an still. Sarah an Albert gon to Jonathans, Bill an Mary came an went to Harwood to prechen, left the children here. 21. Cleair still an hot. i went to galver timber for wood. Alis here. 22. Clear still an plesant Alis gon home. 23. Cleair still an hot. i went for wood. Pade myne an Jasper’s 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 in 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 and qit, drove post. i am puting the wire on. Bill, Mary an Jas here picken apples. Lilie went to Walker got flour. 30. Cleair an warm. Dorefling camenst work i put up fence. 31. Som clouds a spinkl of rane. i taken 7 chickes to Dale an Sharp came to $1.02. Taken the plow to have fixed, Dave Flinger chiped wood. November 1902 1. Friday, cleair frost but got fogy and melted off. i made a slead, we plowed the garden. 2. Som clouds wind S but pleasant. Dave Flilnger plowing, Chance an Mabel came. i went to Harwood met Mrs. 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 cleaired up cold wind N. Chance got a bout 8 bushels of apples, Chance, Mabel and Burtha start home at noon. Sarah an Lilie went to Jonathans. 4. Cleair an a big frost still an plesant. i camenst getheren corn in the SE peas, Charly Dave Flinger working, in went to Walker. Pade Swargan for flax seed $1.80. 5. Cleair som wind SW. gethen corn it takes 20 ros for a lode. Swargan cam se a bout the wagon to hall corn. 6. Som clouds wind SW an high. i an Charly geting out corn. 7. Som clouds wind N an plesant. i an Charly gethern corn. Becky, Walter an Saley came, Bill went to Eldorado to mill. 8. A big frost clouded up got warm. i an Charly getherin corn will bet dun the east pece have 10 lods. Becky an Saley went home. 9. som clods frostsoon. Charly an Albert gethern corn. i fex the pump. i got 20 ponds of beef of Tall for 88. 10. Sunday, cloudy looks like rane wind SW, smoky looking. Charly gon home, Charly came back, Alis here. 11. Cloudy wind Sw an aful high. Swargan 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 cleair still an nise the sun shines warm. i an Charly getheren corn, Alis here. Mrs. Chitwood came for som apples. 13. Clear an plesant. i an Charly gethern corn got dun with the wagon, had in all 18 lods. Alis went home. 14. Cleair an nise. i haled out foder out of east peas 5 shocks, Charly plowing. 15. Clear a good frost and cold wind NW turned cold fast. i, Sarah. Lilea an Albert bered apples an turnips. 16. Cleair an plesant. Charley finish braken past of barn. i an Albert went to Walker, i got a ax an a cap an gloves for Albert. haled 19 bushels of corn to Swangans for closen. i got my tax receat $8.51. 17. Sunday, cloudy an cul wind SE. Mrs. Citten, Mrs. Brown an Haney mithes here to spend the day. 18. Cloudy wind NE but plesant. Bill, Jas and Charly Dave flinger butchered 2 hogs, one wade 278, one 252. Mary here. i went to Walker got 750 ponds of flour com to $14.50 iraish potato at Duns 2 1/2 $2.40 sage 15c. 19. Cleair an pesant. i an Charly went to the timber. 20. Cleair a big frost. Daveflinger quit pade him $10.50. 21. Cloudy a mist of rane turnede culer. 22. Cloudy i haled som foder out, Preacher Randels came, i gave him som 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. i went with Sharp to sale SE of Schell. i sent a draft to chage to Continentle insurence for $6.60. 27. Mostly cleair a frost. i haled out caffer corn. 28. A big frost. i finished haling cafer corn. i an Albert finished getheren corn, turned cows in stalks, 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 hald 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 1902 1. Sunday, som clouds wind NW but still an plesant. Mrs. Chitwood an Biney here. i helped bine a bob get the last apples out of the orched, about 1/2 bushel. 2. Cloudy cul but plesant. i went for wood wind NE. Bill an Jas put hay in the barn, taken som 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 sow 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 and a litle mist wind SW. Bills folks and Lilie went to St. Clair. mist got stronger at night. 8. Sunday, raned a good rane throu the night snowing at day, cuvered 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. Clair. 10. Cloudy. i worked at calf shead, i sent a order to Dr. Nicles by Lilie to Sharp, Lillie got the coffee 50 lbs. 11. Cloudy, i an Bill went to Galven timber for wood. 12. Cloudy, i on loded the wagon of wood, hald some dirt an fixed in barn an round seler dore. raned som sprinkle raned hard after night. 13. Cloudy rane hale sleat then snow the 3 snow, ground cuverd 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 litle ice about 5 inches. Elcey an Jesey Walber an Lewis here snode at nige the 4 snow. vary cold. 16. Snowing vary cold cloudy all day. 17. Mostly clier snode an difted las 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 21. Cleair an nise an plesant wind SW. snow melted some plases necked rendered the lard. Jas came an helped, Cunningham came to sea about wood. 22. Sunday, cleair an nise snow gon only drifts ice 8 inches thick wind SW but still.l Jonathan an Cobb here. som cloud later. 23. Cleair an nise wind SW but still. i an Albert went to Harwood, i taken a bushel apples got 50c, got Albert a pair over shoes $1.00 a 10c knife 15c of socks, canda 15 onions 10. 24. Som clouds but still an nise. wind SW soon went to the N in the evening, snoing an raning at 7. 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 som hankchief a set of tee spoons. 25. Wensday Chrismas. som clouds was cleair in the night a frost wind a litle S of W but vary still. Jas an Lillie gon to Jonathans for ... at 11 o’clock, Eme came, Lillie, 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, vary still an warm Chrismus, litle bits of snow, grond thoud out some, ice on ponds. 26. Som clouds wind NE but still sun shinig som plesant. Em an Lilie came from Bills, i an Albert plowoed a litle in the 20 west of house, ploud a litle wet. Bill taken Em hom. 27. Cleair a big frost. Albert plowing after the ground thud ice on the ponds 5 inches thick. the grund thoud. i have rhumatism in my shoulders. 28. Cloudy wind North an cule. Albert ploud in the caffen 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. Cleair 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 and still wind N then NE and at nite wind was E an SE. Martha came with Harvay so the yer ends. 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