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. 1906 January 1. Wind SE tolerbile still cloudy and looks like snowing a litle cul som litle spots of snow in the shade from last weeks snow. 2. Camenst raning before day light raned hard part of the time some thunder an lightning, it raned til one, vary litle wind. 3. Raned last night turned to snow at a bout 6 this morning snode hard til a bout 10 ground well cuverd melting all the time rite smart wind NW. 4. Cleir vary litle wind NW wind N cul sun shines warm. i went to Mitchels to se Ed a bout the beef. 5. Cleair and cul tolerbel still wind Sw. Ed Mitchel came, went to Harwood. som thin cloud coming up at noon. Lillia gon to Finlys to se a bout Jases money. 6. No entry. 7. Sunday cloudy tolerbely still wind NW loked theatnen all day snode a sprinkle at night wind got high at night an cold. Albert shot at a woulf it came the field. 8. Cliear an cold wind NW. 10. Nise an plesant snow a litle later in the after noon. Kiled the beef. Jack an Anderson hope (helped). Jack an Lillia taken half of the beef and hide to Herlston. Anderson pade 6 dolars and 1 for work, made 7 on his note. 11. 12. 13. i suferd with lagrh in head last night not abel to abe... Raned to day. Anderson hapl to hal hay til noon. i let Charley Moos have the horses, he pad $140.50. Anderson taken to Walker Albert went a long, taken the check to Walker bank. Jess an Elsy in goin to Andersons. 14. Cloudy tolerbel warm for winter wind SW tolerbel still. Mrs. Cobb and Lewis here. Jack came going to Walker. Lillia went with Jack to Jonathans. it liter lik it mite clair up at 12. Jack an May came back by here at 7 fetched me a botel of whisky. 15. Cloudy an theatning wind NW an high warm for January snow patches all gon a litle ice in tub yet. 16. Cleair still an nise a big frost som scruts of clouds later in the day. Mrs. Swargan here to spend the day. 17. Stomey looking wind SW warm for winter a litle threatning did not froze last nite. I am sufring with lagif have bin for 2 weeks, a bad cough at night. 18. a frost warmer after part of day still what wind is NW. Sarah moved to the Sever plase to day, rads mudy. 19. mostly cloudy wind S an high no ice. 20. cloudy vary threatning wind SW an high, warm. 21. Warm thru the night thunder litnig an rare at 11 turned cold be fore day this Sunday moring a mist an freezing wind NW. i am beter of lagrip but not abel to be out yet. 22. Snowing wind N a litle W. a blizerd all day, snow drifting badly all day. Albert went to Chan... 23. Cleair an still but cold and plesant wind what is, is SW. Snow drifts deep, snow melting a litle. 24. Cleair in the morning some scants of clouds west wind SW not high snow melting a litle vary plesant. 25. Som thin clouds snow melting a litle wind SW but nerly still. a nise day an vary plesant. i an a a litle beter of algrip an rhumatism. 26. nise an plesant snow melting som. 27. real nise warm for January vary still snow melting fast. i am som beter of grip. 28. Cleair an nise wind NW not high but plesant a litle cul. i am not so well to day. Snow not melting much to day yet at 10 am, melting in the after noon fast. 29. Clair frosty an nise wind SW a litle high som thin clouds in the west in after noon. i am improving slow, my head do not feel rite. 30. fue clouds but all vanaished off clear an nise wind N not high. snow nerly gon all but the drifts rods mudy. Buchanan cleand cane seed. i am feling rite smart beter but week. 31. Cleair wind SW a litle cul but nise snow nerly all gon some litle patches of the big drifts yet. Finley came and gave a check for $170.00 he owed Jasper. February 1906 1. Cleair erley in the morning clouds later in the day som small patches of snow yet. Wind N cloudy in the after part. Lillia went an got Linea to go with her to Walker to send Jasper a draft. 2. Gronhog day cloudy a litle spot the sun shined through for a second or 2 only jest as the sum came in sight the shut up wind SE but still a litle cul. grond frozen a few litle spits of snow on the ground yet Emea came. 3. Cleain wind SE an high cul an damp. Mury hop Albert to hall som hay to the cow rack, so windy had to stop. snow drifs about all gon. 4. Sunday, a litle stracks of snow in the shade, cloudy wind N an turning cold fast camenst snowing a bout 9. i am not well yet but beter. Emea here, snowed to nite then cleard up. 5. Cleair an cold wind NE not high. Em an Lillia gon to Menses, Ridle here stad til 2 a nise day. 6. Clair an nise wind NW not high. Lillia an Emea go to Cobb, Buchhanan here for the qilting frames. 7. Cleair an nise wind SE nily still. Sarah gon to Buchanan to a qilting, Em gon to Jacks. i am not so well as yeterd but im proving som. 8. nise an cleair wind SW nerly still grund thawing some. Lillia gon to Jacks, Jesey Means here a while. i am improving vary slow, Albert went to Browns last night. 9. Cleair wind NW tolberel still an cule a butiful day. Mrs. Brown an Famia Mitchel here. i am mending vary slow but up all the time. 10. Cleair an nise wind SW not much high. the children went to Buchanan to a party. 11. a fue hasey clouds erly later clody all over wind SE not high but vary chily. thawin in the shade, i am a litle beter but mend afful slow. 12. Cloudy a fue drops of rane in the fore noon still an worm for winter. ground thawing. Rakestraw caled in to se how i was geting a long. i am not mending vary fast. 13. raned some though the night vary dark an cloudy all day a litle mist at times not cold. Lillia went to Finleys for milk at one, it raned tolerbel hard then the wind went N an got col and looks like snowing. Snode a litle at 5. 14. Cold N wind a litle fine light snow. 15. Cloudy a fue spits of snow in the morning wind NE mostly cleair at noon ground thawing some but cul an damp. 16. Partly cloudy grond frozen in the morning thoud later. Jane cow found a calf. i loned Mr. Cobb $40.00. 17. Snowing grond cuvered a bout noon all melted off. Allis here, Mr. Buchnan helped to hall hay. 18. Cleair and nise in fore part of day som clouds later in after noon stil an warm. Allis here, Albert gon to Cobbs. i an Sarah went to Anderson’s Jim Mithel an wife an boy was thare. 19. Cloudy looks like rane but only a fue drops. i an Sarah went Mrs. Browns later, Allis went, rode mudy. 20. Vary cloudy raned about 10 and a gane at 1 vary hard and the mude. 21. Cleair a litle frost but plesant an still. Allis here rods vary mudy. Jack cam after Allis, he sed the rods was afful. 22. a fue thin high clouds wind Sw an high rods drying fast warm. 23. Camenst thunder at 1 raned a bout 3 raned a gan at 7 vary damp. Albert gon to the last day of school. Lillia a going with Browns folks an take diner. rod awful mudy. Anderson gurls came to go with Lilly, was gon than stad til Buchanan came a long. Buchanan started in the waton, it was so mudy they put the teem in the barn and went a foot. Elcy came with the children stad all night. 24. Clear an mostly S wind SE and W. mud awful deep, rods bade. 25. Vary dark an fogy at 8 am. 26. raned a litl thrugh the night, right smart thunder north, cloudy an culer, mud plenty. a spit of snow in the after noon. 27. Cleair wind NE but vary still grond frozen ice a bout 3/4 of inch in birel, grond thoud out in the sun thru the day. 28. Cleair only a fue thin clouds N. west wind tolerbel high SW. i got a horse of Mrs. Brown, went to Jims Correleo?? to see a bout a teem, rodes thoe dride fast. Becky Dalton had a nother strok of peralasas. March 1906 1. Cloudy an theatning wind S a litle W an high an damp. Oney broght word that Backy Dalton was vary low. 2. Cloudy an damp. Albert went to Jonathans to se how Beckey a litle beter. Albert went down to the last day of school at Posom run. 3. Cloudy only wind high an cold grond froz sun came out a bout noon, groud thaud a litle but wind cul. 4. Cleair wind NW and cul grond frozn but thawing out in the sun. Jack cam by goin to how Becky is. Albert with him, Jack left his horse here - the last of the beef to day ..... Jack and Albert came back sed Becky was not so well or no beter. 5. som thin clous looks rite smart threatning frond froze som thawing out wind SE. 6. A sprinkle of rane a vary light on til 11. Greshem cam up to let no Becky Dalton was ded. Becky Dalton dide at 7 am. Sarah went with Mrs. Brown up to Jonathans. Wind SE not high. 7. Cloudy wind Se warm a nuf. Sarah came home from Jonathans an Becky’s funerl. Chance back with Mrs. Brown. 8. Cleair an nise a big frost wind Sw. we burnt the meder west of the house. Omph and billow drug the rode north. Wind went NW an then N an got cold. Set 2 hens. 9. Som fue clouds thin an high wind NW a litle cul a lite frost. i went to Walker with Oney and bought a teem frome Macns, cost $140.00 gray mare. 10. Cloudy tho a big frost still. i an Albert went to Harwood got a sack of flour a $1.00 coffee a dolars shugar. Snode a rite smart sprinkle all melted. 11. Sunday, wind NE sleeting some litle cold all day an cold wind an high, som ice on windows all day. 12. thru 17 no entry. 18. Sunday, Cloudy wind NE an cold vary cloudy a litle snow flying at times it snde hard at a bout 4 pm. Mr. Anderson here at 5 pm, big wods?? of snow ground soon cuvered up got cold. 19. Som snow falling a bout 3 in deep som rite smart drifts wind NW snow drifting cleaird up later in the day wind not qite so strong at 5 pm. Snow melted a litle ice over 3 inches, bin ice an ground frozen 10 days now. 20. Last night the coldest of the winter, clere this morning wind SW cold but got warmer snow melting plases neckid a nise day. 21. Mostly cleair wind SW tolerbel plesant thoud all day lots of mud snow mostly gon we worked the teem the first time sence we had them, drove to Harwood after noon. the Heffier found a calf. 22. Cloudy an cule ground frozen clerd up but looks hazy, rods mudy a gane. Old Judy found a calf a bout 10 am. Old Jussy found a calf. i an Albert worked the horses over to Sharpes. 23. Raned an sleated some though the nite, raning some in the fore noon, wind Se and chilley. 24. Ssome sleat thru the night wind N an chily but nerly still dark cloudy, the sleat melting off an lots of mud. 25. Dark cloudy som later sun came out but looked dark all day not cold wind SW an then SW. Sudey Lewis here, ground vary mudy, my arm hurts bade. 26. Raned last night at times all night with thunder an litning som clouds sun shined nerly day wind SW then NW but plesant. Mr. Buchanan an boys helped to dehorn the calves and 2 for him 5 our selfs. 27. Cloudy wind NE not cold but chiley. i Albert an Lillia went to Harwood got 100 lbs of flour and coffee. the rods bade. 28. Cloudy looks threatning wind NE not high. 29. Cloudy vary threatning wind NE not hight. 30. plenty of mud thou dring a litle. we put up sombody pigs 5 in no emey and water Sharp. cold in. Stocken leg found a calf. 30. Wind NE a litle high sun shines a litle throu the clouds mud drying. Albert went to Alensons to tel him a bot his pigs being here. We turned the pigs out thay went home. 31. Mostly cleair an nise wind NE not cold. i an Albert went to the timber finished sawing an choping our wood so we can lode it, brought a sall gag of wood with us came by Hales, rods vary rugh but dry. April 1906 1. Som clouds wind Se a litle plasant. 2. Nise an plesant wind SE cler an warm after noon we went after wood. 3. Cloudy we ar goin for wood at Jim Curelis, rode afful rugh when not draged. Spring afful late nothing down towards farming. The first lode come through by Oscar, Mitchels run of the culvert broke the axel, bored Mrs. Browns wagon went back and finished haling the wood. 4. Cloud raning a sprinklin. Cambel cam for corn got 13 1/2 came to $5.40. raned on til late at night slow rane. 5. Cloudy wind NW high at 5 am but com dow a litle cule looks like snow. 6. Nise an still warm. Anderson helped to drive post, Graham pade for corn he got. 7. Vary cloudy raning a sprinklin still. 8. Sunday, it thundered and raned last nite a bout midnight som clouds this morning, wind Sw an high. 9,. Cleair an nise warm a nuff wind and a litle high. raned a fue drops. Sode oats for us. Sarah went down an helped Mrs. Anderson put in a carpet. 10. Cleair an nise wind NE then SE not high. Albert a cultivating in oats, groud geting dry. 11. Nise an warm got dun cultivating oats, nise an warm got done dragin in oats, plowed som in garden. Jo Ross gor 95 bushels of corn, we planted peas an onions. 12. Som clouds wind SE we planted potatos and 3 ros sweat corn an beens. Jo Rods sent me a check for the corn. i Albert went to Harwood, Lillia an Frank went got a pint on plow, Albert got shous. 13. Raned som thunder an litning wind blod hard between 8 an 9 some cloud this morning but cleard up wind SW a litle high cloudy a gane a litle cul. Albert camenst plowing for corn in the SW peas, grund ful weet. 14. Som clouds wind SE a litle cul. Albert ploud som in east pece. 15. Ester Sunday nise an cleair a litle frost plesant an still. Jonathan came. 16. Clear still an nise. Albert plowed east of the barn. Buckhan helped hall hay til noon, pade 50. 17. Som clouds but still an plesant. Buckhanan got 1/2 tun of hay. Sarah gon to Andersons to work and help put in a carpet. 18. Fair still an plesant. Albert hared in west pece an then in east pece. Sheled some sede corn. Finley came to se about p...sten. 19. Cloudy still an warm. i went with Oney to Nevada. J. B. Haras pade $28.50 intrest. i got a hat an swet potatos. 20. Cloudy still an warm. 21. nise an warm. I sent Bill an John som money. Harva brout his calf. 22. Nise and warm we turned the catle in East paster, Harva went home. 23. Nise an warm wind SE a litle high. Albert camenst planting corn in west pece. i sent Suse, Beck, Abbie an Jim $5 a pece. 24. Cleair an nise wind SW an high. Albert camenst panting east of the ..... Tall got corn 23 bushels and 40 foder. 25. Turned the calfs in orched. Cleair an warm wind SW afil high. Albert planted up what was broke east of barn. 26. Some fue clouds wind Sw but still. plowing in west peas. 27. Warm an cleir taken plow to shop. 28. i moved fence SE corner of paster. 29. Sunday. Mr. Cobb came, warm cloud and still. Centers turned 2 cows in paster. 30. Raned a litle shour erly in the morning then was nise til 5 pm then a nother lite shour. i planted a water milin patch where i moved fence. May 1906 1. I raned a good shour at a bout 3 am lots of litning a litle thunder an som wind a litle cule and cloudy this morning rand a hard rane a but 4 pm prety hard wind an thunder an litning. 2. Vary fogay then som clouds. Albert a plowing east of the house will get done braken east today. I went to Walker got back at 11 am. 5. Cloudy a fue drop of rain an qite cule. we finished planting corn. i have rhumatis bad. 6. Sunday cloudy an cloudy an cul. Blanch Ross vary sick had to Dr. an all so Daivs made 8. 7. Cul an plesant we rold up an fetched out the wier from east paster. i and Albert went to Harwood got the mare shod, pade $5.25, got a sack of shugar and 3 bushels of milet seed, pade $2.40 8. Cloudy a litle rane in fore noon wind NE an cule. 9. We fixed fence round pond a white frost. 10. Clar an winday wind SW. we ficed fench between us an Mrs. Brown. Albert harel corn after noon. Mr. Cobb pade off his note. Blanch Ross dide half past one. i burnt off the draw, geting dry. June 1906 5. bred the lucy mare. 19, raned a slow jentle rane. i an Albert went to Walker, came back by Sharps, got straberes plants and set out, we set out cabbige. i left a cheack from Jo Hanly for $21.20 with Shacklef. Hanley had no money, Hanley setled with Shacklet, up to June 19, 1906 in Walker Bank $188.00 Hanley left in bank, $21.20, in the bank to date $209.20. 20. Camenst raning a bout 3 am raned a good slow rane. 23. litning all round at 12 am, raned a slow rane. 24. raned a bout 1 inch of water. 25. Taken Jo Ross 32 bushels 60 pounds corn, pade 40 a bushel pade $14.65. 25. vary damp dark and cloudy, thundren back SW. 27. Som clouds. i and Lillia went to Harwood got some dry goods, a sack of flour and wall paper for the kitchen cost $2.50.. bred the Lucy mare agane. 29. We got through plowing corn. 30. Red heiffer found a calf. July 1906 1. raned a bout 1/4 of water cloudy an plesant rane came a bout 1 am. 2. raned a litle a bout 1/4 inch turned cul sprinkle about 5 pm. we camenst cuting gras yesterday, cut some more to day. 4. Billow cut the oats camenst at 11 am and got done at 5 pm. 6. Got the well peas of grass put up. Centers had to qit his wife was sick. Anderson worked in his plase. 7. i Lillia Albert and Mrs. Anderson went to Harwood. raned a good rane here but on at Harwood. bred the Jin mare. 8. Sunday vary warm. 9. vary hot in fore part of day raned a hard rane a bout 5 pm. Albert helped Finley to thrash. i cut and shocked 6 shocks of hay west of the house. 10. Cloudy and warm and still raned a shour about 8 am, a litle shour a bout 4. 11. Cloudy in for part of day and a sprinkle a bout 5. Old Read found a calf. 12. Cloudy and thretning nerly all day. We worked in hay, Centes helping. 12. Good part of the cloudy a lite sprinkle of rane a bout noon. Mrs. (bottom of page torn off could not reat rest.) 13. Cloudy at times. 14. Som clouds but no rane. we got done shock hay and put up one stock. Asker Mitchel cot done cutern put up 4 stacks, we fetched the catle out til Mitchel fences stacks. 15. Sunday, some clouds still and warm. raned a study rane about 4, houses turned cul. 16. Some clouds mostly cleard a way by noon, warm. Albert and Lilly went to Harwood got a sack of flour and wasing mashene, pade Finley for cutting oats. 17. Mostly cleair wind changed but nerly still wary warm. Centers helped stack hay. 18. We finished stacking hay, Centers and Mr. Cobbs helped. 19. we haled up a lode of oats, had to cuver the oats on the wagon, raned a hard rane at 4 pm. Mrs. Anderson here while it raned. 20. Partly cloudy vary warm. Dick Sheals sent me the money for the corn $8.75. Dick Sheals pad $8.75 for the corn he got 22 bushels 60 ppounds. 21. Mostly cleair and vary warm. Lillia and Albert went to El Dorado the picknic. Tall got 10 bushels of corn gave a check. $5.40. bred the Kicker heifer. 22. Sunday, clear an hot fast litning last night in the south west but cleair this morning. 24. I an Albert halled a lode of flax seed to Walker for Rodick. 25. I went to Harwood, got a shooe put on the mare, came by Jacks after Mrs. Sumpter and Mabel Porter. Albert helped Jack in hay. 26. Albert helpin Center and Ross in hay. i taken Mrs. Sumter and Mabel to Jonathans. 27. i and Albert fixin fence north and east of the meow west of the house, mostly cloudy still and hot. 28. A big rane a bout 3 am filed the pons. Albert and Lillia Andersons went to Harwood, clair in after noon an plesant. 29. Sunday,Cleir an plesant an still. August 1906 1. Som fue lying cloud vary warm still in fore part of day wind blue from SE at 5 pm. we finish stack slue gras and put slue grass on all the hay. 4. i an Mr. and Mrs. Buckhanan and Mrs. Anderson went to Nevada to the convention. Abbie came, Fania fetch her out. it raned a shour while at Nevada. 5. Sunda raned a shou at 3 am and cloudy and a fue drops this day. Albert went for Abbie tran. 6. raned som of an on all day. 7. raned some throu the night an this morning. bred the read heffier. 8. raned a bout 5 am an cloudy up til 8. We are going to the 8 Abbie is goin to, we went to the 8th or more of a Draley. 9. We went to Bill Curclesis got a rink of wood, cost 75 cts. 11. i an Albert went to Walker got a sack of flour, raned a hard rane at a bout 2 pm. 12. Sunday, fogy an cloudy in fore noon. 16. i went to the reunion at Nevada, came back the 17 went to Walker for Abbie the 18. Buchanan bred a read cow. 18. An to Harwood got horse (bottom corner of page gone.) 19., Sunday, Abbie and Albert went to prechen. hot and geting a litle dry. 20. a fue flying clouds warm. the sesen came an sest the land at $8.40, the pursonal at $5.45, total $13.85. 25. i an Lily went to Harwood came back, i went to Walker for Martha, tho Martha came out with Mis. Esley, i got 4 lbs of lether to make bridles. Drew out all the money i had in the Harwood Bank $33.00 26. Sunday, geting a litle dry. Martha, Jack and his folks and Mrs. Brown here. Abbie here yet. plesant in fore noon wind went N got qite cule. 27. Vary cule but no frost. Abbie an Martha going to Jacks, Albert went to Jacks for Abbie. I give Abbie $6.00 28. Abbe going to start home, geting a litle dry, vary cule nights but no frost. September 1906 1. Saturday, i went to Harwood in fore noon, raned a litle sprinkle in the ater noon. 2. Sunday raned a good rane 1 inch an 5.8. 3. Cloudy all day some sprinkles of rane. 7. Afful hot a litle sprinkle. May and Charles came to bale. 8. The balers got done, yet warm. 9. Sunday be gan to loke like more rane. 10. Jas helping Buchanan to hale hay, it raned a litle a bout 4 pm. 14. Som clouds but blue a way. i an Jas went to Walker with aples and got made 72 galens of sidar. Came back, Jas went to the fare at Harwood. 16. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus came in the after noon afful hot. 17. i taken Jas trunk to Walker, got an ax cost 90. went to Penticost an got 35 of stove wood. Jasper started to Oklyhomi. 18. vary dark an foga. October 1906 1. i sold W.J. Finly 1 bull and 1 heiffer and 2 steers, he pade $140.00 Lilies came to $47.50, Sarah to $15.00. 7. Sunday som wind and dry. Jonathan an Martha came. 8. i am a haling from Youls trane throud fire out in Mrs. Meens medow, Edwards hung him self. 10. a big frost, we dug swet potatos. 11. a nother frost. i haled wood. 27. Wind blue hard last night an to day, evera thing vary dry. 28. Sunday a frost but a nise day. Faney an Allis here, Finley taken his catle out of the paster. November 1906 13. Burgles blue the safe open and robed the Walker bank about $12.00. 17. Walker fired by burges burnt Bucks Ranes and Hoses stores and the banke. we finished shuckin the E peas. 18. Sunday cold wind. 19. Som sleat an hominey slow an hale and cold wind NE. 20. Som liltle sleat a litle more snow, we put up the heter. 21. More snow in fore noon. Sun shined out a bout 10 shet up and then shine a gane sonw is about 4 in. i went to Walker to se a bout the bank bisnes, a nise after noon snow melted a litle. 22. Vary cold night clier a big frost stil ice a bout 3 inches on the pond. 24. Snow melting some, we snaped some corn. 25. Sunday, clousy raned a shour in the night, raned agan at night, snow all gon only a strek of ice in the shade. 26. Clear wind Sw an chiley. 29. i Lilia an Albert went to Harwood to a Thnakgiven diner. it raned a slow rane all the after noon. 30. Raning grund ful of water. December 1906 1. we choped wood til noon then went to Harwood. clody dark and thretning vary mudy. 7. Clod grund froze hard in fore noon, but thoud out later on. i got dun gethern corn. 8. Clear an nise. i and Albert went to Nevada Other Merical went with us. Albert got a sute, i got Sarah a pare of shoos and a pare of over shose an my self a pare of shoes, a pare of pants and a cape. We got back a but 5 pm. 9. Sunday cloudy an warm. 8. Suse’s baby dide. 12. we bucherd 3 hogs got 2 of Jack an 1 of Jr. Ross wade 288 Jacks 510. Cloudy wind strong from SW. Rosses hog wade 288 lbs $16.56, Jacks 2 hogs wade 510 lbs $29.32. 13. Cloudy an thretning wind SW. Mrs. Anderson here, pade $2 on note. 14. Thundered and litning at 5 am an shouery wind north a litle cul. 15. Cloudy wind north a litle cul. 16. Sunday, cloudy and threatning cold. 23. Sunday som cloud but a big frost in the morning aufful nise still day. Harve came for his calf. 24. Cloudy wind SE damp. Harve gon home with his calf. Albert a plowing, cloudy a night wind SE. 25. Cleard up nise and plesant wind SE but vary still. Albert ploughed a litle while in fore noon then went to Cobbs and i ploud a while. Vary litle frozen ground plous nise. 26. Som cloud Albert ploud all day, Browns had a part in ther new barn. 27. Vary damp cloud and dark a litle mist. Albert ploud til 1/2 past 10 am. got a leter from Mary. 28. Dark cloudy an fogay. Alvert finished plowing the otas ground. Sarah an Lilia gon to help Mrs. Anderson to qilt. 29. Raning a slow mist a vary lite rane vary dark and damp raned harder later in the day. 30. Sunday thundren at 3 am raning hard at 6 raned til 8, still or nerly so went N west geting culer. Will Cevers and Yong Rodie cam stade about 1 our rod vary mudy. 31. Monday, cloudy some rane damp. Jack and Bill Lucus came in the after noon stad til 4. The yere ended damp and cloudy wind in NW but shifted to NE at dark vary warm for winter so the yere ended. Miscellaneous Notes and Accounts: 1905 11/13 Arther Merical shucked 1 day, also the 14, 15, 16, and 23. got done i pade him $12.50 11/16 i got a hog of Jack Dalton wade 270 lbs came to $12.15 11/27 i got 2 more hogs one wade 327, one wade 248, all 3 wade 845, gave a check for $38.00 Miscellaneous Notes and Accounts: 1906 1/27 Mury an Dan helped Albert to hall hay to cow rack 2 jags day 1/4 pade 25c. 2/3 Mury 2 jags of hay to the cow rack pade 25c. 2/9 to date in the Walker Bank $110.00 2/17 Buckhanan helped to hal hay due him pade 75c to go on his subsiption. Buchanan due for Mays susciption 75c. 2/19 i sold Mr. Anderson my half of the hay stack that he put up. he is to pay me on a nother page $7.50 2/19 i soled Anderson hay $7.50. Mrs. Brown pad .75 for subsciption for the Globe. 2/26 Helped to de horn 75c 3/6 Anderson worked one day $1.00 3/9 Anderson sode oats til 1/2 past 2. 4/17 Buckhanan got 1/2 tun of hay. 4/29 Henery Scenters 2 cows in paster. 5/2 May Buckhanan pade for the hay $2.50 7/5 2 hours shocking oats 25c 7/6 1/4 of a day Centers place stacking hay 30c 8/1 1 day stacking slew gas $1.20 8/24 Jasper helped to shock milet hay a bout 3 hours. 8/29 shocked milet about 6 hours. 8/30 1 day helping to stacking. 9/? a check to my self on the Walker Bank for $70.00 9/6 John May and John Charls baled hay got done the 7th. 9/7 Mr. Buckhanan help to put hay in the graney. 9/8 haled to Walker an put in graney. 9/10 helped 1 day to hall hay to Walker 9/11 Jasper helped Buckhanan to hall hay to Harwood. 9/14 pade Jasper $5.00, pade Sarah $5, pade Lillia $5, Albert Gray $5. Bill $5, John $5, Suse $5 11/29 i gave Jim Yowl a check on the Walker Bank for $30.00, he gave me a note. 12/8 to self on Walker Bank for $10.00 12/12 1 buchering $1, sitle up to date for the work January the 5th 1907 give credit on note the $7.50 for hay unsetled. to Jo Ross $16.56, to T.J. Dalton $29.32 12.24 Harva Thomspon taken his yerlen home. Anderson bid a white fase cow, a read heifer. ALBERT COPE DIARIES 1905 - 1906 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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