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 NOTE: many dates no entry. 1905 February 1905 ? Snode every day til the 8th. Snow is from 8 to 10 inch, som drifts nerely 2 feet. 9. is clair an nise the wind is NW a litle culd, snow a melting vary litle. Lillie not come yet, Stelle here. No rane for 4 moths, stock water scars. 11. Snowing som litle all day warm a nuf melting a litle til 2 in the after noon then turned cold vary fast. Mrs. Buckhanan and Mrs. Anderson here. 12. Snowing a litle wind N an cold as all get out. Snow drifting a bout 8 or 10 in deep on the levl drifts 2 feet in plases. 13. Cold an snowing vary cold. 14. Wind SW morated a litle went N, snow aufle bad til night got still i let Blazer have $1.50.00 (not sure if he meant 1.50 or 150.00, probably 1.50) 15. Cleair an nise still wind SW plenth of snow but cold. 19. Snow melted some still 4 in nise. 20. Snow melting still an nise. 21. Snow melting son sines warm. Jas gon home with Stelle. 22. Still an nise snow melting. 23. Raned a shour a bout midnight snow going fast. 24. grond getting bare in plase the frst time in 6 weeks and 4 days, lots of water. 25. Cleair an nise some frost, snow melting fast. Jonathan fetch Martha, i sent for the Globe. 26. Som high clouds wind a litle high, snow melting fast all gon but drifts. 27. Some clouds wind N but plesant. snow nerly gon. Lilie came home. March 1. Som cloud litle frost still an plesant snow all gon but som litle drifts. Becky an Mabel came yesterday, Becky goin back, rods a litle mudy but dry up fast. Mabel gon home. 2. i went to Nevada. Jonathan went with me. rods mudy but dry the way we came. i got $12 interst and $25 that not loned out of J.B. Hayes. 4. We planted 5 ros of potatos. Som clouds but warm, snow all gon. 15. I taken Jas to Walker to start the 16 for Ky. A big rane 17 frida and frida night. Daws vary full. 19. Cule cloudy looks a litle like snow. April 5. raned a slow rane all day. 6. Cloudy all day but warm 7. Cloud at 4 pm rained hard wind blue hard all night, som litle rane. 8. Fine snow soon an snode a litle til noon wind blue hard all day. At noon camenst to snow a regler snow storm all after noon, the grond cuvered with slush snow. 14. We camenst planting corn got dun the 15th at nuun. cule mostly clear on up to the 17th 17. Very cule some frost an ice. 23. We finished the paster fence east and turned the cows in , raned from 10 till nerly noon then in the evening and nerly all nite. the daws (draws) was fuler than i ever saw. 24. Sunday raned nerly all day at times hard som litning an thunder waters high, the hole land look like a lake. May 2. Bill Thompson an Becky came, it has raned for 10 days. 5. May omph Swargan turned in paster 3 yearlings. 10. Lewis Cobb bred his cow. 12. Jonathan Dalton one yerlin. 14. Jim Sulen baled hay, it haled it to loler 8 tuns 500 pat $5 an $5.50. 16. rane, rane, the groudn wet, we got no stand of corn, have to plant over. 23. Camenst to plant over in the after noon. John Boican came for corn. 24. We got the nere pece don at noon, raned a fue drops. Mr. Finley got the paster til the 10th of Oct is to pay $40.00 the 1st of Sept. 25. Got dun planting the 2nd time at noon, ploud the potatos, it a hard rane at 3. June 4. I got a bull of Bill Short pade him $21.00 8. Mr. Powers came here could not cros the river left his mare an takin a foot for home. we replanted the nere peas of corn. 14. we finished planting the fur pece of corn, makes the 3rd time we plated it. John Ceven came for corn. 18. We all went to Walker to the Odd Felows memorel an to Jonathans. 19. Monday moring a good rain. we camenst laing by corn in the after noon. 23. I an Albert went to Eldorado to mill got 100 ponds of flour, got my self an Albert pants, hat and ??? 24. We lacked a litle geting thrugh plowing, hot and dry, nede rane bad. 26. We got dun laing by corn. July 4. Raning can’t get in the fild, Bill an Becky went home. 5. Raned some in fore noon and nerly all nigh til 6 in the morning of the 6th. it has raned 11 days out of 12. Albert put up one hay stack. 6. Miner Cuningham cut flax got dun the 6th pade him $5.00 Albert cut hay camenst at 4 o’clock, cut 3 rounds one hour 1/2 acer. 7. Cut a bout 3 houres 3 acers. 8. Cut 1/2 day about 5 acres. 9. Jasper came home it has raned 14 day out of 16 10. Cloudy raned. Albert finished culing Andersons hay, vary cule.Two peases of a day about 1/2/ hald day or 4 1/2 acres. 11. Cold and raning a slow rane bin cloudy and some shoures for 2 weeks. 19. Setled up with Aderson all open acounts up to date. i got north west stack and the south east stack and half of the north east stock. 20. Amply taken his 3 out, maks 2 1/2 months, Eavuls 7 1/2 months Camenst raning at 3 raned til after 10 a study gentle rane, no wind. 25. Ant Becky came Orel Blazier fetched her. 26. Raned a good rane. raned all day somtimes afful hard, raned a bout 8 in of water. a litle larg hale. Becky Dalton here. 27. A big rane an storm. 29. i taken Chance to the trane. August 3. Blasur pade off his note $100 and intruste. Raned nerly 1 inch, camenst at 3 raned til 7 am. 6. Sunday, raned 1 1/2 in in the after noon. was oful hot an still til the last of the rane then some wind SE an NE. 7. Clouds keep going over the sun. 12. Thrashed my flax, had 87 bushels got 84c came to $73.39 got dun a bot a 11, went to Cunninghams. 13. Raned a rite good shous at 7 pm. A gave Sarah, Lilia an Albert $5 a pese. 14. I an Lillia an Albert went to Nevada to the reunion. Emey an Allis went, Abbie came, i came home the 16th had a bade storm. Jack’s baby dide the 16th bered the 17th. Abbie, Allis and Emey came from Nevada to the furnel. 18. Raned a big rane camenst at about 7. i an Anderson went to Nevada, we all came home Saturday. 24. i an Albert went to Eldorado to mill, taken a lode of corn, hurt the horses feet by being tender auful hot the hotst day of the year. 27. Loned Geshem Brown $5.00 pade 5.00 29. Malen Dicks thrashed for me. Harter and MacKindsey feeders, Bill Brown in genenees, Jones water haler, had wheat 101 bushels, oats 183 bushesl lpade $8.60. Wheat and oats was damp, dot dun by 4 o’clock. 30 Raney looking wether. 31. I taken Abbie to Jonathens, on her way home vary warm. i gave Abbie $5. September 5. I went to Porter’s sale, bought a cow gave a check $23.50. Finly an Jack hape me home withe the cow. 6. Raning a cold rane. 9. I an Albert went to Nevada, got som books, Albert a par of pants, my self a pair of slipers. 10. Sunday, raning a cold rane or shours. 13. Jas haled hay 109.50 16. Mr. Finly gave me a check for $40.00 i an Albert went to Jacks for his calvs. Finly gave Jack a check for 40 dolars that he ode. 17. Another rane it camenst in the night. 18. Raned in the morning and in the after noon raned and stormed til night. 19. Clear a litle cule. 23. i an Lilie an Albert went to Harwood to the streat fare, fot Albert a pare of shooes, Harva came, i taken Harva to Walker the 24th. 26. i taken the horses to turcks Shop an got them shod cot $1. 28 & 29 a streat fare at Walker, i Lilia an Albert went afternoon. 30. Jim an Sarah came. October 6. i an Jim went to Schell to mill taken the last of the wheat to mill, 18 bushels, got 62cts a bushel. Got Albert a spling book, got 100 of flour at the corner stor. 7. got a gug of sogram of Anderson 2 bal gug sogram both wade 31 ponds here on by balences. 8. Sunday clear an plesant. 10. The precher and his family came. Wind N and cul, som frost a night the first frost. 11. Wind NW and cul but dry an plesant. Precher and famaly went to Mrs. Browns. 15. Mr. Cobbs faily and Mr. Finly’s here. Jim and Sarah went home with Mr. Cobb an then to Preachen, came back the 16th. 17. Jim an Sarah gon to Mrs. Browns, camenst raning a bout noon raned til 4. 19. Jim, Sarah, Greshum and Lillie went to Nevada. Jim and Sarah stoped at Jonathns. 20. Suse and the children came. 21. i went to Walker for Sarah, Becky Thomson came, Becky, Suse and Kim here. I drese out of the Walker bank $60, leves a balence $377.23. 22. i an Albert went to Nevada got Albert shous and pants, my self boots. 23. Beck went hom, Emea went to Walker with her. Sarah went to Mrs. Browns as Becky went home. i gave all the children an Sarah $5 a peas, started the boys to thr...... Jim an Sarah at Mrs. Browns. 24. Raning an vary dark cloudy at 8. 26. Becky an Walter came. Suse an her children came. Jim an Sarah started home, Mrs. Brown taken them to Walker, Albert went along. 27. Becky, Sus an Mrs. Brown here, clear and dry frsty. i an Albert worked the rode worke out my taxes. 28. haled hay to the cow rack some to the barn, taken the yong catle to the east paster, a cold day, snowing at 3 like winter, snow an raned til late at night in the morning. 29. The sno plas mesurd 4 inchs., cloudy and still, snow melting. 30. Raning a study rane, snow all gone. November 1. i went to Harwood, got a sack flour, a pare of over shoos for my self and a pare for Albert. Will have to take Alberts back to short. camenst shucking corn shucked 3 rose 2/3 down i pade Jas Dus .65c. 2. Cloudy vary thretning. i shucked corn til noon veary mudy. 4. i went to Walker to fix up my papers. i got Sarah a pare of shous, a pare of stockens, Albert a pare of stockens, my self 2 pare. i an Albert shucked a round, it camenst raning at 3 raned til la bout midnight then bloss the rest of the night an cloudy. 13. Anthen Merical camenst shucking corn. 16. i bucherd a hog i got of Jack this week, nise so fare warm to day. Ather an Albert shuckin corn. Albert stade to shuck corn since tusday, this is thursday and warm. Severs mooved to day to Sedaily. Bill and Becky came bin up to Nevada. 17. Warm som thin clouds. i an Bill Thompson went to Harwood, i got a birel of salt. 18. Bill and Becky went home, i give them a single bed of corn. Ather made 6 days to day. 23. i an Arther Merical finished shucking corn today at 3 o’clock jest as it camenst to rane. i pade ather $12.50. 24. I an Lillia went to Walker, i got a sack of flour. 25. We turned the catle in the stalk. 26. Sunday, nise cleair still an warm. 27. Cloudy an warm. i butched 2 hogs i got of Jack, Jack bucherd 1. Amphy hope (helped), the i got one wad 248, the other 327, the 3 hogs wade 845 came to $38.00 i gave Jack a cheack for $38, Jacks hog wade 302 lbs. Wind blue all night. 28. Cleair and warm and winda. i helped to reneder the larde. turned cold at night got vary cold. 29. vary cold wind N west, frose tolerbel hard but cleair. 30. The month went out cold. December 1. Came in cold and blustri, sleat camenst a bout 5 a mist got a litle slick. 2. clouds braken got a litle warmer. I Albert an Lillia went to Harwood. it was a litle cold but nise. 3. Partly cloudy a litle flying snow and cold. Lewis and Blaziers children and Franke Anderson here. 6. Jonathan taken his yerlin home was her 6 month an 18 days. Cleair an nise. i went to Radds an got a lode of cole 26b 65 lbs $2.10. 7. Cleair nise an frosty. i went to Radds an got a lode of cold 30 b $2.40 8. i an Albert went for wood nise and plesant. School dis on a count of the death of Halleton. 9. Cloudy a cold N wind. 13. i an Anderson went to the timber. Anderson choped down the trees and haled back a lode of wood. Gave Anderson credet on note $1 for the day he worked at the timber. 16. i let Buchanan have $170.00, gave a note.. i Buchanan and Albert went to Nevada, got Albert a sute of close an a hat, went to Haveas got diner. 17. I went to see King for J.B. Haris. 19. i finished the calf shead, still an plesant. 20. Camenst to rane with sleet a bout day wind NE an cul. 22. i an Albert went for wood stated at a 11 got back at 5. 23. i an Albert went to Walker for his gun. i got a stove cost $10 and a pump bost $6.50, got them at Dunns. 24. Nise still an cleair a litle snow in patches. Lillia an Albert went to Mrs. Swaringans. 25. Cleair still an nise a cold frosty night a litle spots of snow in the shade. 26. Nise and plesant some lite scimens of clouds. Mr. Anderson fetched a bushel of meal he bored. Jack he helped put the pump in camenst a mist of rane at dark. 28. Raning about 9 turned to now, we put up the cole heter. 29. Ground frozen but thoud an was mudy. i an Albert haled hay from over east. Mr. Buchanan came up stade til bed time, gave a note for the $170.00 he had got on the 16th. 30. Cloudy grond frozen but thoud wind SE then SW. i an Albert finished haling the stack to the rack. 31. A party at Anderson last night. Lena came went with Lillia and Albert to the party came back an stad all night. vary damp an chily cloud an vary threatning. looks vary much like sleat wind SW. it cleared up at sundown a litle cul still what wind was in SE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives Loretta May (© 1997 Loretta May) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. 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