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 1907 January 1907 1. Cloudy mist of rane vary damp and warm an cloudy. 2. Cloudy a mist of rane at times warm. Mrs. Anderson here helpen to qilt. 3. Vary cloudy fogy dark and culer wind was nely west is chingen is litle NE a litle sprinkle of rane at noon geting colder. 5. Warm an cloudy. i, Albert and Lilly went to Harwood. wind SW a litle high. 6. Sunday, a litle winday SW vary warm. a drop or to of rane at a bout 7. 7. Clouds broken. I went to Ed Mitchels to se his pigs. Bill May dide last night. Som thunder an litning before day, vary warm. 8. Thunder an litning last night a ways, a litle shour of rane, warm in the night cloudy fogy an a litle culer this morning. i sufered with a pane in my brest and sholder. Buchanan pade the intrest on his note $10.00 for a yere. The Preacher caled in for a fue minits. 9. Snowing a fine snow ground a bout cuvered wind NE an cul turned warm. 10. Dark cloudy an fogy aful damp the litle snow melting. 11. Cloudy dark fogey an mistey at times the litle snow all gon. Cobb, Tall an Buchanan a plowing. 12. Cloudy an warm. Cobb, Tall an Buchanan plowing. i let Albert have $5 he went to Harwood got a pare shoos. 13. Sunday, clouds broken a litle sprinkle of rane wind SE not high. 14. Vary dark an cloud all the time raned a shour at 5 am, then a mist wind NE a litle cul. Walter Thompson came at 6 pm. 15. Some ice and litle snow wind NE an cold. i went to Mrs. Browns, Jessey and Car came, Walter Thompson went to Chanses. 16. Rane and big sleat evere thing cuverd up. 17, Sleat melting but lots yet a litle mist a times, lots of water, vary cloudy, grund not froz lots of mud. 18. Rite smart of litning in the night and distent thunder, mist of rane in the night and to day vary dark and some fog sleet off of the trees and nerly gone afful mudy, raned a hard shour at 4 pm. 19. Thunder an litning in night, rane thrugh the night, vary warm, hard rane at 8 am waters vary high. Son came out a bot 2 pm then shep up wind is blowing from NW and get cold after being so still, wind went to NW turned cold a fluery of snow at 5 did not lay on the ground. Cleared up for the first time in the month. 20. Sunday cleair wind W and then NW an cold but nise after so much cloudy dark wed damp warm weather, nerley 30 days of cloudy damp wether. 21. Cleair wind SW an high an damp but plesant. (double entries for the 22nd through the 28th, both are listed) 22. We buchered a beef, Jack helped. partly cloudy wind NE tolerble cul. Cleair still a nuf an plesant some frost this morning. Fonzo cleaned the bar out, ground drying. 23. Cleair wind E. i and Lilia went to Harwood taken beef hide got 9c, got a birel of salt $1.45. Jack and Cobb plowing. Cleair wind NW an cold a nise day. Bill came we butchered the calf wade 157, the hide wade 22 Bill got 1/4 on hide. 24. Mostly cleair wind SE not cold wind went SW then W turned colder. i went to Love’s sale, boght a cornp..... cost $1.50 Cloudy an cold wind SE snwed a litle flure a bout a 11, clearid at 3. 25. Cold grond frozen hard a vary litle sprinkle of snow wind NW, N and NE son shined a litle late in the day. Cleair the wind SE cold and damp. Lillie an Fonzo gon to Walker to the bank an to get Loucy shod. i am a bout down with larnig. 26. Clear an still a big frost vary cold som thin clouds later in the day. we haled hay put in the barn. Camenst snowing at 5 snod a bout 1 inch no wind. Sunday, cleair a tolerabel bit frost wind NW and litle cul but plesant a nise day, grund drying out. 27. Sunday, cloudy a litle flying snow still the snow melting a litle on bildings. i holds a purson up. Albert was scating. Cleair nise an still in fore noon, wind SE got a litle high afternoon. Bill helped put hay in barn in fore noon. Georges house burned at 10 Ant Goodman moving. Clouded up in night thunder. a fue drops of rane cleared up. 28. Mostly clear a cold night nise the day snow mostly gon. Mr. an Mrs. Centers here. i an Mr. Centers setled up. Clear still an nise erley wind rise a bout 9,. Bill helping in hay, qit went home to go to plowing. 29. Som clouds thawing a litle still an plesant. 30. Cloudy all day camenst a sprinkle of rane about 4 pm. Chanses boys baled my hay that Mitchel put up. Centers help to hall in afternoon. lack one lod geting it out. 31. Raning dark an fogy sleated som through the night. i finished haling the baled hay to the barn. February 1907 1. Dark cloudy an fogy a litle mist grond ful of water an mudy. Walter Thompson came from Chances. 2. Mostly cleair wind NW an cold. Groud frozen. Walter started home. i taken a sevar cold, a bad hedach. 3. Vary cold an cloudy wind NE. 4. The coldst morning so far this yea. Fido dide yesterday. Camenst snowing at 3 pm fine snow. i am no beter of my cold. 5. Snowing at day snod til a but a 11 am a good tracken snow. i no beter of cold. 6. Cold but still, snow melted vary litle. Jonathan came fetched a deed from Penington, wanted sinede (signed) we did not sine it. 7. Cold but plesant an still. Sharp came to se me. Buchanan came to. i am a litle beter. Lilia sick. i rote to Penington all so sent Cuvivington Ky for som whisky. 8. Nice clear still an plesant. i am not so well. Lilia yet sick. snow melted a litle a butiful day, snow nerly gon. 9. Cleair still an warm, more like a sumer day then winter. John Sharp came to se me i feel a bit beter then yesterday. Albert gon to Walker to get flour an get the horses shode, did not gete the horses shod. 10. Sunday, mostly cleair a big frost then some thin cloud still a nuf an nice. i am no beter of a code. 11. A big frost some thin clouds later in the day grond thawing wind SW not high. Eme came. i am no beter of laygripe, cough so mutch. Albert started to school a gan after 10 days. 12. A big frost cleair still nise and plesant. i sent Albert to town on bisnes and to get the horse shod. i sent a check, i am no beter of lagrif. Ethel an Mrs. Blazer caled by, Em here. 13. Clear nise an warm wind SW not high. i had a bad night last night with my head and being sick at my stomich. Saul Mount, Mrs. Sharp and Emey an Marvin an Only Brown here to see me. Charls boys begin to plow next to fets. 14. Clear an nise ground dry. Mr. Cobb came in fore noon. Mrs. Swagan came in after noon, Mrs. Brown later in day. i feel a litle beter, rested berter last night. I got my money from J. B. Haress or a cheack for the money. 15. Clear an winds wind SW a litle high. i am not so well head hurts but did not rest good last night. Albert went to Walker got the exspres?? Centers folks came. 16. Cleair frost in the morning qite warm throu the day some white scimens of clouds. Lillia is grunting with lagrip. i am not well by a lot but a litle beter. Albert draged the rode. 17. Sunday a white frost still vary warm in the day to have frost in the morning. Looks more like Sumer than winter, fogay this morning. Lilia nerle down with lagrip. i am som beter but not well. 18. No frost this morning some white clouds wind SW a litle high warm like a May day. Lilia still on the sick list, i am not so well. 19. Som clouds but a good big frost. nise an still a litle sprinkle of rane at 4. Lilie a litle beter. i am beter. John Sharp came. we turned the calfs out in the east field. 20. a white frost vary soon white clouds high an thin wind SW not high. i am not qite so well this morning. Lilie is up but complaning. wind went to the N got a litle high an colder and looks lik snow. 21. Snde a bout 1 inch wind NE and tolerbel cold cleard up, snow nerly all gon. S. Mount came to se me. i am not qite so well to day, have head ach but up. Lilia a litle beter, Sarah a coping. 22. All up, i am not very well a litle beter. Wind NE an then a litle SE an cold. When the sun shines its vary dim not thawing eney, litle patches of snow. 23. Wind NE an chiley then SE camest a fine sprinkle of rane a bout 1, dark and fogy vary litle patches of snow nerly gone. Albert brok stalks in SW peas. a mist of rane til lat at night, not much cold. 24. Sunday, dark cloudy an fogy in fore noon. Sun came out later in the day wind NE not high, day was plesant, we are all up to day. 25. Cleair fogy as big frost a i ever saw wind SE but vary litle fog gos of an is brite at 10 frost going off fast vary plesant. 26. Cloudy a fue drops of mist at 6 got liter son shon out later in the day. Still an plesant what wind is SW. 27. Son shined som in fore noon not much in after noon cloudy at 5 not much wind what is SW lile damp. Lillie an Albert went to Harwood to mill an to the store and to get oats at Mounts but got no oats, Mount not at home. Albert camenst plowing for oats. i not qite so well to day. Raned a sprinkle last night at 7. 28. Cloudy in the morning got liter towards noon. Sun shined a litle later clouds began to thicken up and look like some wether wind SE not high but damp wind went north at 4 turned cold, not very high, raned som in the night so the month went out. Anderson moved. March 1907 1. Cloudy wind NW a litle cul not high but damp. i feel some beter. Clard up a bout a 11 am a litle cul. Estel Sharp moved. 2. Som frost wind SW a litle high a nise day. Albert finish plowing for oats, went to Mounts to get the otas but all gon. 3. Sunday, nise still warm an bright. 4. a litle cloudy wind SE not much high clouds got thicker later in the day, thundered in the SW. Albert went to Jacks got 15 bushels of oats, then knocked stalks east of the house. 5. Cloudy in the morning wind NE a litle cul an high clerd up later, got warmer an stiler. Centers sode our oats, pade him 50c for soing the oats. Afternoon was nise, got don harin oats. 6. Cloudy wind NE damp. Albert ploud east of the hous for flax. 7. Fogy fog went off nise an brite wind NE. Fancy Ross here to spend the day. Jo Ross came at noon from Hanks. 8. Som clouds but brok a way later in the day. a white frost erley wind a litle damp an a litle cul but nise an plesant. clouded up at 4. 9. Raned a litle before day an a fue drops thrugh the day. the sun not seen, wind NE damp an cul not high. Raned rite hard for a minet about 5. 10. Sunday, raned a litle in night, cloudy all day, wind N an E not high but cul fogy erly in the fore noon. Mr. an Mrs. Buchanan here in afternoon. 11. Cloudy thunder an a shour of rane at 9. 12. Cleair the night an warm stars dim, cloudy at day light but a mist later in the day, wind NW went N an E not high got culer, dark an fogy. 13. Thunder an litnig in the night warm a fine mist a cupel of times to day, wind NE not high but damp an cule. 14. Cloudy an cul groud froze a litle wind W not high verey still, sun shined later nise an plesant. The folks clening here sum. 15. Cleair a white frost wind SE. we are going to Walker, i went to Walker got my aplication made. 16. Clair an nise wind Sw high but plesant. 17. Sunday, nise an clear an warm an still. The children went Harwood to preching. 18. Som thin clouds a litle smoky wind NE not high warm an nise. Sarah an Lilia set out turnips. 19. Cleair an warm wind SW not high. i went to Mrs. Browns gor Marvin to cut my hare. Auful warm for March 90 degrees. 20. Clair an nise wind SE a llitle high. 21. Clear an warm wind SW an high. it has bin warm for March 90 degrees. 22. Som fue white fllying clouds wind SW and auful high. thi is 5 warm days warm as sumer, peach blum out. Oneys school out with a diner. 23. a fue white clouds wind SW an vary high, not qite so hot but warm a nuf. Anderson gurls here, went home this morning. 24. Sunday, som fling clouds warm and pleasant wind SW not high. 25. Som clouds erly all banished a way wind SW and high, sun shines warm. 26. Cloudy a fue drops of rane wind SW we planted potatos. i got 7 1/2 bushels of flax seed of Woding pade $9.35 got 2 sack flour. 27. Som cloudy cloud rather high wind SW and high the worst wind of the week, not quite so warm ground geting dry 28. raned a good slow rane 1/2 inch of wate. we camenst soing flax seed. Murey Buchanan helped after noon. 29. Storm last night and some fine hale had to get 1/2 bushel of flax sede, finished soing flax sede a litle cule in the morning but nise an plesant. i and Albert went to Harwood. i deposit a check for $172.55. turned cule. 31. Sunday cleair wind NE an cul, the culest day in march. April l907 1. Clear a white frost a litle cul but nise wind SE som litle clouds west later in the after noon. Albert camenst braken for corn ground plows nise. 2. Som clouds a litel high an thin wind S and cul to be south. Lillie went with Buchanan to Andersons. 3. Was vary warm in fore noon turned cold later. 4. a litle mist. Albert hared the corn grond, camenst planting about 4. 5. a fine mist a litle cul wind NE. Albert planting corn will get don. 6. Some fue clouds a litle cule. 7. Sunday, mostly cleair wind NW and cule got a litle warmer toward nite. 8. raned a sprinkle be fore day, wind NW and cule. We drove post to fence of for the calfs at the draw. 9. a litle frost. i Lillia an Albert went to Walker, a nise day. 10. A litle frost more then yesterday. Albert gon to plough for Jack, geting dry, i plated som potatos at the pon. Frits dide. 11. Cloudy, a drop or to of rane cul and dry. Albert gon to plant corn for Mrs. Means. 12. Wind NW and vary cule clear and dry. Us an Jack dehorned the calvs. geting vary dry. 13. A big frost ice 1/4 inch frute kiled. Lillie, Albert gining to Franks, wind N and cul. 14. Sunday, frost grond frozen fruit all kiled the 13 and 14 finished the fruite. Emey here, vary dry geting a litle warmer, som thin clouds wind SE a litle sprinkle of rane mixed with snow at 4. 15. A litle warmer dry an nise. 16. Cloudy wind NE an cul a gane, snode at 1, snode hard fore a while, big wads with homal?? snow the ground got gray cold. 17. Cleair wind NE a big frost. 18. A sprinkle of rane at 5 cloudy an cule. 19. Cloudy wind NE and cule. 20. Mostly cleair wind NE a litle and dry. i taken Eme home, Alis came back with me. 21. Sunday, cleair som frost wind SE some warmer, needs rane afful bad. Jack came lefte the boys til eveing. it is smokey vary litle wind. 22. Cloudy in fore noon raned after noon, raned til in the night, a good rane. 23. Cleair a litle cul erly got warm later. 24. Som clouds wind SW and high and warm a nuf after the morning. Jonathan came brought a nother deed to be sined about the Kerke land. 25. Cloudy a litle fine mist at 9 wind NE and cule. 26. Clear a big frost wind NE and then SE not high a nise day. Elcy caled in on her way looking for a school at the lows school. (laws school?0 27. A fue drops of rane wind SW. Mrs. Finley taken Allis home and fetched Emea back.. 28. Sunday, thunder an litning and rane at 2 am. Cloud all day. 29. Raning a big rane and coled rane (bottom of page gone() May 1907 1. A big white frost, ice in plases frost went off like a due got cloudy cule all day. I taken Emey home expect the childlren trane was late. Emey cam back an stade til next morning. 2. Cleair som frost but a nise day. i taken Emey home, fetched Lillie home, they got back from Franks. i pade Allis $1.50 and Eme $1.75 for staing while the children was gon. Albert $1.75 3. Raning a slow misty rane wind NE and cold. 4. A big frost ice 1/4 thick a litle plesant after noon. i an Lilie went to Walker got wall paper. 5. Sunday, raning a modrate slow rane and cul in fore noon. 6. Raning a slow cule rane at times som thunder we fixed the fence and taken the calvs to the draw. Grund auful of water. 7. Rane a litle, we fixed the fence, cut of som mederm turned the calf in. 8. raned a shour in the night wen went to Harwood rods auful mudy for the time of year. Sun shined som a litle warmer. 9. Som fue clouds mostly clear and warmer, mud driying some offul soft in the filed. we fixed a caw pen in from of gra..... 10. Som fue clouds but mostly cleair an modvitle warm. we gethered up the old iren to tak to Hulston. i sold J. Bloty a part of the old planter for $1.00. Sarah and Lilllile went to Browns in the after noon. 11. Clear a litle cule erly warm later in the day. I, Albert an Lilie went to Harwood taken old iven 1190 lbs got 35cts and 55c. 12. Sunday cleair an warm wind Sw an high. grund dring fast. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb came. Mr. Mans came by going to Cobbs, thay went back home. 13. Cleair an nise wind SW a litle high clody late in day, camenst raning at 9 pm raned all night. 14. Raning rand 3 1/8 of water cule this morning. 15. Cleair wind NW and cule we camenst planting the house on the east. 16. Cleair an plesant warm in the day, we pintin the house 17. Clear an plesant in fore noon wind SW a litle high som clouds in afternoon, yet painting on the house. 18. Cleair an warm the warmist day of the year. I an Albert went to Walker got some pants, oil, went back got some lumber for the ...... fetched som gravel. 19. Sunday, cloudy an cule wind NE not vary high. 20. Som clouds cule in fore noon warm in the day cule towards night. i patched the porch floor. 21. Cloudy warm, i put brases under the seler floor. Sarah an Lillie planted penuts. 22. Cleair and warm a nuf. Jonathan cam going to Jacks to se a bout sevefotoe patch i taken him back to Walker got the cultivator sharpened. 24. Clair an warn finished plating over panting. 25. Clear erley som clouds and a lite shour a bout as 11. Estle got sede corn, the Charls boys finished planting there corn, came over we set out sweat potatos. 26. Sunday, som clouds a litle cule in the fore noon, memorel at Harwood. Emea Sharp went with us, turned cold. 27. Clear wind north cule. Albert went to helpe Jack plant. 28. The sed at Harwood was frost, cloudy erly, a drizly of rane at 4 an vary cule. I, Lillie an Albert went to Harwood got the horses shod. 29. a litle cloudy an cul wind East cule. we taken the mahes down to Gerge Wilson. 30. Raning a moderate slow cold rane. 31. Cloudy wind all a round setled down in the north an cule. a lite fine mist at times. Albert camenst the piece west of house. i fexed the culbet north of Mrs. Means and other plases in the road. An the month ends cold, corn looks the worst i ever seede from the time of year. June 1907 1. Cule som clouds wind North. i Lillia and Albert taken chickens to Harwood 148 1/4 lbs got 10 1/2 cts. Rods dry an hard, corn looks bad. 2. Sunday cleair a litle cule wind NW a nise day. i went with Buchanan to finy??? 3. Some fue satesen cloud a litle sprinkle of rane at 1, jest a fue drops. we planted corn an beens west peas, did not get done, it warmer an geting dry. 4. Cleair and nise som fog an a big dwi??? we finished planting the pease of corn and nava beens. 5. Cleair warm a nuf we put up the roler, rold the last planting an the last planting east and Miner got the roler. 6. Cloudy raned a shour a bout 4. we are hoing the irish potatos. 7. Som clouds vary warm. i an Albert went to look for wood, did not find eney. raned at 5 nerly 1 inch of water. 8. Raned last night over 1 inch of water, some hale, big lumps, cloudy all day. We taken the stove out. 9. Sunday, cloudy warm a nuf an still raned 3/4 of inch at 2 pm rite smart wind from SW got a litle culer. Raned a litle more at night. 10. Cleair a litle cule got warm. we Went to Walker for Sarah to sign a qit claime deed. i got some lumber for a gate. no entries 18. Vary warm an still. We taken Mitchum som corn and Colen a lode of hay. 19. Raning a slow but study rane. 20. Raned morning in the afternoon thunder rane som wind at 7 pm. Mrs. Buchanan an Bessea helped to paper the south rume. 21. Raning raned a gane afternoon. 22. Raned in fore noon. we taken a lode of hay to Loler, it raned after night a gane, wind blode from SW then NW. 23. Sunday raned a fue drops, some clouds all day. 24. Lollen got the hay 5 tons 100 pds, pade $40.32 25. Raned and thunder an litning an wind at 2 pm som clouds this morning. 26. Cloudy we taken chickens to Sharps got 10 3/4 cts. 27. Looks vary much like rane still an plesant feals mudy, plowoing in the mud ground to soft to cut wheat. 28. Clouds high grond mudy but drying fast. cul this morning but warm to day, to wet to plough but som plowing. 29. Som clouds in the after noon. a cloud northeast thunder an litning, kiled a man and a boy east of Harwood in a wheat field an in the night a bade thunder storm, not much wind but auful site of litning. Kiled 2 yerling for Mrs. Brown, struck Will Mitchels barn, burnt a barn north of Harwood an contents. 30. Sunday, nise an plesant. i went to Sharps to se Walter. July 1907 1. Cleair an nise grond wet thoe pepel is plowing an cuting wheat. 4. Cleair and hot. Albert helped Browns to shock oats til in the after noon then Lesly cut on ours. 5. Cleair sun shines hot but the wind from SW was a litle plesant. Lesle got don cutting our oats. Albert ploud for Elcey. 6. Cleair an warm. Albert finished Elseys plowing. i an Lilie went to Harwood. 7. Sunday, som thin cluds hot. 8. Cleair an warme. 9. Cleair an warm. The ave a litle plesant from SW. i pad Rodrick for his binder for cuting the otas $1.60. 12. Cleair an hot. Walter Short camenst cuting flax, broke the moshene, 2 o’clock befor he got it fixt. 13. Cleair an nise geting dry. Short cuting flax got done pade $7.50. 14. Sunday, cloudy camenst raning. it raned from a bout 7 til about 10. missing entries 23. Cleair hot an dry the thresher came camenst thrashing at 4 pm. 24. Cleair hot an dry wind SW an warm. Dicks an Bechum got dun thrashing about a 11. i had 123 bushels of flax sede got 90 cence. 25. Clear hot an dry wind SW. i taken a lode of corn to H. Thompson, he ows me $5.40 yet for the corn. Albert is helping Jack and Yode to thrash. 27. Cloudy rane a bout 9 am hard. August 1907 3. we fenced the hay stacks. i an Ablert went to Harwood. i check out what money i had in the bank. 4. Sunday, cule an cloudy rane a bout 10 am a nise still --- 5. i an went to Walker, vary hot the litle rane,shode no sin, vary hot and drye up til Sunday (bottom of page torn off) 11. Hot and dry the wind changed to the north a 5 pm got plesant. Lilia an Albert went to prechen at Fair Haven. 12. Monday the wind NE an plesant but vary dry. 15. i sold 4 yerlings hiefers to Will Mitchel. 16. i sold a cow an calf to Finley. 18. Sunday, vary hot an dry, wind SW an high. everything drying up. 19. Still hot an dry. 20. it raned 1 3/4 of water from som time in the til day tusday morning, turned cul got plesant. i an Lillia went to Harwood, rods mudy. 29. Taken Sam to Buchanan brute, i an Albert went to Harwood, hot an dry. September 1907 1. Sunday cleair hot and dry. 2. Cule som clods raned a litle. i went for wood, vary cul at night. 3. Cleair an plesant. 4. a litle cule an plesant. vary dry. i am going to take Lillie to Walker to go to Sheldon to a barbacue. 6. it raned a shour nigh. i haled the last lod of wood i got of Shoumacker boys. today 11 lods, Albert gon to Shell to the Street fare, Lilie gon to Sheldon. October 1907 1. I got back from KY i stade 2 weeks. 3. Raned nerly all day raned 2 1/2 inches. 5. i went to Harwood. 6. Sunday, plesant in fore noon. hot in after noon for the time of year. 7. Cloudy an raned at 9 a hard rane 12. A good big frost. Em, Lillie an Albert went to Farhaven to a diner. Mrs. Goodman had a sale on the 9. i went to Pop Wells sale bought a plow, bee stand, sider mill, bee bilous cost $5.00 12. i sick with a bad cold. 13. Sunday a big white frost but a nise day and vary still. Emey here, Emey went home. 18. i taken Sweat potatos to donn. 19. we dug our irish potatos. 20. Sunday, nise an cleair. Lillie and Albert gon to Farvue to Preachen. 21. i hald a lode of corn to McFarlin. 24. i finish haling to corn to McFarlin 1003 bushels 50 25. i went to Jim Davis for cole got 38 1/2 bushels. 26. raned all day slow made 1 1/2 inches of water. 27. Sunday clear an nise a litle cule. 28. a big frost ice as thick as a window pane, nise day still an plesant. 29. Raned a slow study rane all day an nite. 30. Cloudy raned a sprinkle at times r no the male box. November 1907 1. Damp everything wet not much rane jest a nuf to make mud. i went to Hrwood got a sack of flour cosrt $1.35. 2. i went to Dedricks to the elecson, rods vary mudy, wether nise an still. 3. Sunday, a good big frost but a nise day. 4. i went to Walker, a nise day. 5. i went to Walker an made applilcation for a penshen under the Eage law. i an McMilen went to Nevada to look at a peas of land nether like it. 9. i an Albert went to John Bllatys, got a scriper then on to Harwood, scraped som in the pond. 10. Sunday nise an cule got colder all day. Albert an Lillie went to Jonathans to spend the day. 11. cold rite sharp wind ice a bout 3/8 a bout 9 camenst a spit of snow the first snow. 12. Cold a fue spits of snow ice 1/2 in 13. Clear wind NW an cold. i an Lillia went to Harwood, Frank Yoder left for Texis. 14. Cleair nise an culd an still. i went to Walker got the horses shod. Mrs. Brown went a long. Omer Chanes?? fetch the lode of corn. 15. Cleair still and a big frost. 16. Beck and Suse came, Havia an litle girl came. Albert craped in pond. 17. Sunday, cloudy still an plesant. Becky an Harva gon home. Suse here. i gave Becky an Suse $5 a pese. 18. Albert camenst shucking corn. raned camenst a bot 5 slow raned all night about 1 inch of water. 20. raned thrugh day 1/2 inch of water, Suse here yet. 21. Clear an nise. Albert shuckin corn. 23. Cleair an nise, i taken Suse home. 24. Sunday. i an Chancy went to Powser. 25. i came home from Chancys got a dog. a nise day warm a nuf. 26. nise an plesant. 27. Sunday, raned a sprinkle 29. Clear an nise. i an Albert went to Walks sale. i 9 head of hogs 1 horse and 1 old mare cost $138.89 20. we put up hog fece round part of the orched an butchered one of the hogs i got at the sale. Frosty morning nise day wind cold in after noon so the month ended with a cold night. 29. I pade for the Post 3 months my time will expire the 29th of February 1908. December 1907 1. Cleair an cold a big frost the wind changed SW was nise an plesant. 2. Cleair an frosty but a nise day. i went to Scotts and finished the trade about the rente of part of his place a but 18 acres and cow and a cook stove. pade $80.00 3. Cul and frosty wind N an cule. Albert went to Scots helped scot bring the cow down. i an Lillie wnet to Walker, i went to mill. 4. The coldst night a big frost but a nise day, cule. we camenst ........... 5,6,7, & 8 was nise an plesant. Sunday was qite warm. Buchanan got a hog. 9. Cloud a mist at times a lilte warm in fore noon, turned cold a bout a 11 wind N an qite cold by 1. Buchanan fetched the hog i got of him. i went for rock for a walk at the calf, shead got the rock of Sam McCormack got bact at 1. 10. Cleair wind N an a litle cul but nise. Omer Charles fetched the last of the rent corn. 11. A good frost nise an plesant., i went to Starkes an got a lode of slabes wood. 12. Cloudy wind SE but plesant. i turned the catle in the east stalks. 13. a mist with a sprinkl of snow. 14. Som snow grond not covere, snow coming down through the day but melting on the ground. A man by the name of Day stopped in going to look at King plase.. We put som han in the barn. Albert an Lillie went to Walker got a sack flour som coffee. 15. Sunday, grund a bout cuverd with snow but melting nerley gon by noon. all gon at nite. 16. a big frost i taken a ketch in my back 17. Cloudy spit snow a whle then a drisle. i can’t get a round have ketch in my back. 18. it raned a slow rane off an on til in the night then snowed a bout 1 inch. still i am nerly down with ketch in my back. 19. Snow going nerley all gon a nise day. 20. Cloudy looks like falling wether of som sort. Walker Ross here to get the salces. Estel call in. i am a litle beter with my back. 21. Cloudy look like faling wether. Lilie an Albert gon to Harwood. my back is no beter. 22. Sunday raned thrugh the night vary dark an cloudy som fog a mist thru the day. my back a litle beter but hardly can walk. it a bout 5 pm it camenst with homeny snow at 7 grond was coverd but melting all the time. 23. Snow a bout 11 inches on the level more on the trees then i ever saw good meny trees broke. my back no beter vera sore an hurts more. 24. Cleair an nise snow melted slow all night. i am sending a order to St. Louis for som whisky to the Distarbushen company. Lilie an Albert gon to Jonathans an to a t m tree. ?? 25. Still clere and nise snow melting rods geting mudy. Lillie and Albert came back from Jonathans quarter past 10 am. i am som beter with my back. 26. Mostly clear in the morning got cloudy at 9 snow melting all the time day an night, ground geting bar in plases, rode vary mudy. i am som beter with my back. 27. Mostly clear warn and winda wind SW. Snow all went yesterda. i am beter with my back. 28. som scimern clouds nise still an warm. 29. Sunday, cloudy wind SW a litle high, rods mudy. Bills came, Fonzo and Bill got here at 7. Bill an Albert went back for the folks got here 1/2 past 9 am. rods mudy, my back som beter. 30. Cloudy wind N a litle cold. Jack came brought the scales. Bill, Mary, and Albert taken Bills plunder up to Scotts, we put up the heter in N. rume. 31. Cleair a big frost wind SW plesant. We bucherd 2 hogs 1 for myself wade 331, one for Bill wade 201. Jack helped. (bottom of page torn.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives Loretta May (© 1997 Loretta May) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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