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 1908 January no date: Clear a good big frost an still what wind there is in the NE very pleasant an nise. Albert an Fonzo gon for some col for Bill. Bill here, all rendren lard. i am beter with my back. Bill Ames to tak Cotts plase to---a big frost still cleair an nise. Lily an Bills folks went to Harwood. my stomah bottered me last night til one o’clock last night. i went to John Sharps yesterday. 1. Clear a good big frost what was in the NE but nerly still an nise and plesant. Bill here, we all rendered lard. Bill an Mary taken the meet of hog up to the Scott plase. 2. Cleair a big frost nise an still wind gon back to SW vary plesant an nise. Lillie, Bill, Mary and Fonzo gon to Harwood, Albert gon to Walker. 3. Cloudy camenst a slow rane at 1, raned all the after noon. we sawed Reds horns off. Bill moved up to Scotts plase, taken the Scott cow. Still what wind is SE. Dunns house burned, raned slow nerely all night. 4. Cloudy but clouds giveig away looks like clering up wind NW nerly still. Rods vary mudy. 5. Sunday, clear at day som clouds later but clear at 10. A big frost still an nise. Jonathan cam a 1/2 past 10, rods mudy. Albert went to Sedaily to go to school. 6. Clear at day light a big frost clouded up, clouds went off by 10. SE but still an nise up at night wind went NE blue cold 7. Clere cold som frost wind W an cule but nise. 8. Clair wind SE chiley a big frost. 9. Fonzo going to take som corn up to Bills for the cow. Lillie went with him, i to Mrs. Browns to see a bout beef. 10. Cloudy wind N a litle cule. we fixed up som fence between me and Estell. Sun shined out a litle. 11. Camenst snowing a bout one snode til a bout 10 snow a bout 5 inches wind N a litle cold. Scotts at Bills yet. 12. Sunday, cloudy in the morning cleard up a bout a 11 nise, wind NW an a litle cul. Melting on soth side, snowed last night, snow in al is about 6 in. 13. Cloudy this for noon cleared up a about 11 nise an plesant for the time of year. Bill helped fix the pump. 14. Cloudy still an nise wind gon to the S a litle damp an chiley snow a melting slow, ground geting necked in plases rite smart drifts in plases. 15. Cleair an nise up til 11 clouded up but went off nise til 4 clouded up a gane. Cloudy late in after noon turning cold. Lilie an Fonzo went to Harwood. Mr. Scott left for Texis. Mr. Cobb came a while. snow purty much gone but drifts. 16. it got cold last night, snode a litle, cleair this moning and coldest of the winter, wind NW, plesant an prety in the after noon. Lillian an Fonzo taken Lillie home. Snow drifts not melting to day. 17. a bout cleair all day lite in fore part but nise wind SW still. 18. Clere an nise an still an warm for the time. Fonzo went with Browns to Foxes party. 19. Sunday, cleair only som litle scimens wind SW not veary high, damp an chiley, thawing, all gon but the drifts. Fonzo an Lillie went to Harwood to Church. 20 Som thin cloud still a nuf warm an nise wind SW snow nerly all gon. Mud where the drifts lay. 21. Cloudy in fore noon clear up at noon still nise an warm wind SW, rods drying up. 22 - 28 no entry 29. Cleair wind NE and cold but a nise day, ground froze. 30. Cloudy wind SE and cold an damp. Snode som fine snow not a to lay on the grond. Bill an Fonzo put som hay in the barn, taken a gag up home. i am havening a bade spel of gripe in my hede. 31. Cloudy wind SE then SW but nerly still. a mist of rane, jest a mist. i had aful spell of grip laste night an Nunalge had no peas all night. a litle beter this moring but not well by no means. Got vary dark a bout 4 the wind went west and NW turned cold, camest snowing a bout 6 pm, then went out blowing an vary cold. February 1908 1. Cleair winda an cold wind NW. the month cam in the coldest an bluest of the yere so far. a nise day so far. 2. Sunday, clear all fore noon wind sothwest an cold, snow melting a vary litle some white clouds showing up in the SW at 1 pm. 3. Som clouds in fore noon got warm in after noon clouds disapered, still an nise, what wind is SW. 4. A litle rane an sleat wind SE, a mist all day, som wasnt seen. 5. Cloudy warm spell in the nite, a sher a bout 12 then cleair wind SE SW an W blode vary hard then went NW an clered up nise. Fonzo went up to Bills to plough. 6. Clear nise still an warm. we burched 3 hogs, let Bill have one 220 and 234. Buchanan helped to bucher that wade 266. 7. Mostly cleair som frost ground frozen a litle but thoud out nise day. 8. Nise still an nise an warm for the time of yere. i am some beter of grip. Bill an Fonzo went Blankingships for a lode of wood. 9. Sunday, som high clouds warm for february still a nise. 10. Cloudy still a nuf wind SE torlebel warm. A bout midnight vary warm not qite so warm this morning. Lillie an Fonzo gon to Walker an to mill. Got Bill a sack of flour an bushel of meal, Fonzo ploud afternoon. 11. Cloudy looks vary threatning wind south chiley an damp. Fonzo plowing, Billow came home night be fore last sick. Mavis came with him. it camenst raning at 4 raned til 8. 12. Cleair an plesant wind SE. rodes mudy. Fonzo went to Bills to plow. some wind but afful nise. Allis here, came a monday. 13. Cleair som litle frost offul nise and warm for the time. Fonzo camenst plowing. wind SW cloding this eving. 14. Raned nerly all night thundered som, wind blue raning this fore noon, wind NE. Sharp fetch his catle to Estle, camenst snowing a bout 3 snode til 7. 15. Cleair wind NE a litle cold but nise. i taken the fence down so the catle could go to the milet stacks. Sharp taken his catle over to Peats stalks. Fonzo, Lillie went up to Bills and Allis all went. Snow a bout gon. 16. Sunday, a nise day. Mr. an Mrs. Buchenen, Mr. and Mrs. Cobb here. my leg hurts. 17. a nise day, frost, turned cold after noon. Backer came. 18. Raned camenst snowing a bout 11. James Youl came, pade his note off. Wind N and blizerd like. 19,20,22 Nise an plesant a litle cul but nise, rods mudy. 23. Sunday nise an plesant. i am no beter with the rheumatisms but a litle ...... 24, 25, 25, 27, 28;, an 29 The Dr treat me. 29. Vary warm a litle thretning. i am a litle beter of rhumatisms can walk a litle went to the tabel the first time in a 11 days. March 1908 1. Sunday, thunder an litnig a bout mid night in the east, vary dark, damp an fogy this morning wind North west an cul. i am a litle beter. 2. Cloudy an damp som frost erly but dark an fogy all day. 3. Raned a litle in the night some thunder an warm. Bill taken our hogs to Finley, they wade 860. Lillie an Fonzo went to Harwood, i am a litle beter. 4. Cloudy an warm a bout 8 it got auful dark an raned hard for a fue minits then brok a way. Sun came out brite for a while an warm, then cloudid up a gane. i am a litle beter, went out out dores for the first time in 3 weeks. Sent Albert $5. 5. Cloudy an warm sun shined out thrug the clouds. i about the sam, can only walk a litle. Bill, Mary, an Fonzo went to Bakn sale, bught a bed stid. 6. Cleair only som flyling clouds warm, wind blue hard last night. buds an gras begining to shoe green. Lillie gon to Walker for some exsfres??? a taken som onion sets. i am a litle beter thou my legs hurt. Bill trimming appel tress. 7. Cleair still an nise, a good big frost, some ice. i am a bout the same, varey litle beter if eney. Bill doing the work, Fonzo went home the 5th, camenst raning at 5. 8. Sunday, rane all night an til 9 then turned to a snow, snowed hard for a bout 2 hours then slacked up a while an camenst a gane a but 1/2 past 12 an snowing at 2. i am a bout the same, mend vary slow. Bill is here doing the work. 9. Clear an nise over head but afful mudy under foot. the wind NE a litle cule snow a bout all gon. Bill went home this morning and Fonzo came. Mr. Cobb an Marvin Brown came. i am a bout the same, not much beter. 10. Nise still an cleair a good big frost but vary plesant and warm a nuf. Bill an Fonzo gon to Meanses for a part of a carpet mashene. i am bout the same. 11. Raning a slow rane, raned til a 11. Sun came out a while, shet up agane, warm an still a nuff. i can jest get a round the house, but mend slow. 12. Cleair an warm for march, gound ful of water. Lillie an Bill go to Harwood. i am a litle beter can’t walk much yet thoe a litle beter every day. This is aful nise day. 13. Som scimea thin high clouds wind NE a litle cule. Bill here a feeding and triming the orched. i am a bout the same. 14. Cleair nise an warm wind SW blooing rite good gale. Some thin clouds later on. Bill trimming orched. i am a litle beter but litle. 15. Sunday, nerly cleair at 6 but clouded up by 8, was qite cloudy sun shond a litle afterwards. Albert cam to Bills last night from Sedlia, came on home this morning. Lillie an Bill gon to Harwood to prechen. i am a bout the same. 16. Som thin clouds all day, a litle hever later in the day but stil nise and warm. i an Albert went to Walker the first time i out for 4 weeks. Mr. Buchanan camenst soing oats. Bill went to plant some potatos an make garden. Mrs. Swargan was here. 17. Thin high clouds erely son give way, smoky an warm, still an nise. i hade a bade time with my stomach last night. 18. Mostly cleair soon an nise clouded up later wind went from NE to N got a litle culer was warm through the night. Bill camenst cuting stalks got Rodicks stock cuter. Mr. Buchanan got dun haring oats. 19. Cloudy wind NE an cule, sun shone out a bout 10. Bill cuting stalks, i am beter. 20. Cleair an nise still an warm. Childlren gon to the last day of school. 21. Cloudy wind Se an chiley all day. Fonzo an Lilly gon to Walker, taken eggs an onions setts. Mabel an Albert (Porter) came, Martha came with Lillie an Fonzo. 22. Sunday, cloudy. Marthy went home, Albert taken her. Fonzo an Lilie taken Mabel an Albert to the trane. Mary an Buchanan boy was here. Estel caled in. Jack an Thomson caled in. Jack fetch Staley to go with Martha. 23. Som high thin clouds in fore noon, nise an still a nuf for March. Made some garden, Bill helped in fore noon. Albert, Lillia an Sarah planted potatos, pees, set out som onions. 24. Som high clouds wind SW a litle high warm for March. clerd up at noon. Albert went with Marvin to a sale, Sarah an Lillie set out onin sets, planted som corn an beens. 25. Cleair wind SE an plesant warm for March. i mend slow. Bill finished cuting stalks, went home to plough. i pade Rodck $1.60 for the cuter. 26. Cloudy wind S cloud came up NW wind went north west blue the cloud over was nise an clear by noon. 27. Som thin clouds. Albert an Lillie started to Nevada at 8, clouds came up from southwest a litle thunder. som wind, a litle rane a but 10. my anke sweled last night. i sold Bob Kincad the calf for $17. The Dr. cam to see my leg. Albert an Lillie went to Nevada, Albert got a sute cost $13.60. I gave Albert $15.50 to get a sute of clse. 28. Cloudy an cule wind NE. Albert an Lillie went to Harwood for some medeson for my leg. Brown’s boys haling the hay. Albert went to Walker, got back at 12 oclock at nite. 29. Sunday, Cloudy wind NE an cold som frost an ice. Mrs. Swargan came, Besey Buchanan came, Oney caled in. i am a litle beter with my leg. Albert started back to Sedaley at 2, going with Billow. i got worse a but dark, my leg sweld to my hip, made me vary unesey. 30. Raning a dark rany day. i had the Dr. to com a gane. i was no beter, he duble up som medeson. 31. Vary dark an mistey til 10, got a litle liter. Bill went to Walker to the shop an to the bank. April 1908 1. Som clouds fog with mist in fore noon, broka way in after noon. 2. a big frost an ice wind NE, nise in the day but cold. 3. a nother frost an froze wind south east a nise day. i am no beter but weeker. 4. Cloudy in fore noon, cloud up in after noon. 5. Sunday, a but the same. i am no beter, i can til Dr. came. 6. Clear til late in after noon then a cloud came up with thundr an litnig rane a big rane through nite. 7. Cloudy raned hard a but ten. Sun soon shone out. i am vary litle beter if eyen. 8. A bit at 10 til 1 rane a gane later day, hard an raning. i ant so well. 9. Cloudy an misty wind NE a litle cold. i am a litle beter some ways no beter, other ways i aful wek. 10. Ranig an drery til 10 then culd see sun. i no beter but weaker. 11 & 12 - no entry 13. a nise day. Becky came here, mare give out was sick next day. 14. Raning off an on all day. Beckes mare sick all day. i am but litle beter if eneny. 15. Raning ground veary wet. Albert heiffer found a calf. Mr. Buchanan helped to milch her. i no beter, feel vary dull up til noon. 16. Partly cleair wind NE a litle cul. Beck started home, Fonzo went with her, i am not much beter if eyen. 17. Cloudy camenst raning a bout 7 and was shoury til one. i vary litle beter if eney. i sent Albert $5 18 Cloudy warm a nise. Sun came out at 2 a litle. i am no beter. 19. Sunday a big fog warm mostly cleair. Harva Thompson came at 7. The ?? came. Mr. an Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Swargan and Mr an Mrs. Fox came. i may be a litle beter but vary litle if eney. 20. Clear an warm an still, grund to weet to plough. i recking i am a litle beter, my foot and ankle is no beter. 21. Cloudy still an plesant, i am not qite so well and my speach is only a whisper, my foot and ????? 22. Partly cleair thundering nerely all the morning, Nwest an North not a great ways off wind SE warm. i feel a litle beter thou my foot and ankle an leg is no beter. 23. Som clouds shourey from 9 til a 11, vary light. Sarah an Lillie beded out sweatpotatos. i am no beter today. Suse came a bout 4 in after noon. 24. nerly erly wind SE change to SW cloudy a litle misty an dark, a litel cul wind high at noon. my foot and leg sweld tite yet. 25. Cloudy all day a fue drops of rane som culer. Suse went home. i a but the same. Denes eat diner here. i sent Albert $5. Albert had $200.00 when he went to Sedalia the 2nd of January, the 15th of March he came home, he had only $90. He drue out of the bank $15 the 27 of March. leves in the bank $75.00 26. Sunday, raning a slow rane a litle cule. my foot an leg sweld worse last night. i am a bout the same, no beter as i see the Dr. came double the medison. Wind changed to north, turned cule. 27. Cloudy an cold wind NW a litle high. i am bit beter. 28. Mostly vary cule a litle frost, no ice, clouded up in afternoon. i a bout the same, not much beter. . Cloudy wind N and cul. i may be a bit beter, can move my foot a litle. 30. A big frost a litle ice some high thin clouds. I was wors last night and week this morning, my condition no beter. May 1908 1. Som clouds in fore noon a fue drops of rane, cloudy in after noon wind NW damp a litle cule. My foot and leg swelen a litle wors condition no beter. 2. Cleair wind NE a litle dame. a nise day. i was wors this mornig a bout the same at noon. 3. Sunday, cloudy wind NE a litle damp an cule. i a but the same, no beter as i can tele. 4. Raning camenst a bout 3 raning yet at 1. auful raney but still an warm. i am no beter as i can tell, foot an leg sweled big. i am wel ke? 5. Som clouds sun shined som at 2 o clock, hales nerly cuverd the grund, som as large a qails eggs. Lillie went to Walker to Dunns and to the bank an to mill. 6. Raning all fore noon a part of the time hard wind NE cul. i am a but the same. sent Albert $5 7. Som clouds son shines som wind NW an cule. i am not qite so well to day. 8. Cleair wind NW an cule. Bill had sick hedach went home. i was wors last night a bout the same to day. my foot is shrunk som look rinkley. 9. Clear warm and nise wind SE but still. i no beter my hart beets so fast, i have such gave feelings it be jest weekness. 10. Sunday, cleair an nise wind south warm a nuf grund drying fast. i had bad feeling this morning wore off by 10. i feel a but as usuly an not much beter. 11. Cleair in fore noon wind SW an high som cloudd shoing up west.. Charly Moss cam and got Sam and Spot Cows $73.00 12. Cloudy wind SW a fue droops of rane. i am a bit beter, raned at 8. 13. Cloudy som rane at 1 cloudy all day. i no beter have a quar sensation some how. 14. Cleair warm still an nise. i vary porly in fore noon but some beter after 10. i went with Sharp to Harwood in after noon, first plase for a bout 3 months. 15. Clear still an nise. i am a litle beter in most ways. Bill camenst planting corn next to pe.... plant 10 rose got Blots planter. sent Albert $5 then $10. 16. Som clouds. Bill is planting corn in the east pease, i am a but the same. 17. Sunday, cloudy i and went to Harwood to get som medison, got half past 10 a shor of rane at 11, a big rane at 4. Jonathan here. Albert came home last night. i went to the Dr. this morning. i am a bout the same, no beter. 18. a but cleair wind NW an plesant, ground wet in fore noon. Bill an Lillie went to Harwood. i am a bout the same only my thye hurts or sore. 19. Cleair wind SW an plesant. i am a bout the same. my thye is same rite a long the artery. Albert planted corn for Bill 1/2 day. 20. Cleair only patches of rane cloud warm wind SE. Bill finished planting all had broke. i not so well today. Set first cabig an sweat potatos. 21. Cloudy all day a drop of rane. i no beter my thye hurts so bad. Wind SE til 11 then NW an cule. 22. Cloudy in fore noon cleared a litle then cloudy agane wind NW but plesant. i no beter. Albert went to Harwood to the school to do - it raned all night had to stay in the church all night, it raned 3 inchs of water. 23. Cloudy all day an warm wind SE. i no beter with my thye hurts bad. 24. Sunday, cloudy nerly all day, raned a shour at 4. Shoured on a while. i no beter as i can see. Albert started back to Sedaily was at home 8. 25. Mostly wind SE an high frund wet. i feal a litle wors. a litle sprinkle. sent Albert $5 26. Some clouds wind SW SE and high. i am wors a bad head ach. Yers sweld had the Dr. a gane, had a bad nite. last night on the 25 in sted of 26. Bill gon to Walker to mill. Buchenan camenst planting east of the barn at 3 pm. 27. Cloudy a shour at 12. the wind went north was cul for a while. i taken cold, i am wors, my hed yers an sore, my jaw seem so stiff, throat sore. 28. Cloudy a big rane at noon hard wind from SW about 3/4 of an hour. i am a litle beter then i was last night no beter other ways. 29. Cloudy til lat in afternoon clerd up a litle, cule. i am a litle beter in som ways and no beter in others. 30. Cleair nise and plesant wind NW but nerly still, rods ruff. i an Bill went to Harwood to se the Dr an get som medison. i felt wors a bout the same to day. Bill went to the decration nan?? of went, i am not abel. 31. Sunday, cloudy an still. Harvey came about 6 stade til 3. Mr. Mount and Mrs. Mount, Mr. Pluner and Mr. Jarvis came in the afternon. i an Harvay drove the old bay. i am a bout the same, a litle beter with my legs but a bad cold. June 1908. 1. Cloudy sprinkl of rane some times. Lancy found a colt. i am not so well to day. 2. Cloudy camenst raning at 9 raned a bout 3 hours a litle cule wind SE cloudying up again. i a bout the same my leg a litle stiff. i am a litle beter of cold. 3. Cloudy an rane brok a bout 9 sun shined the rest of the day. Bill an Lillie went to Harwood taken chickens. i am not qite so well to day. 4. Cloudy an warm camenst to rane at noon, raned hard then nerly all after noon wind SE qite still. i am a bit beter then yesterday. 5. Cloudy, raned a litle erly cloudy all day sun shone a litle, i am not so well. 6. Raned a litle a bout 6 com cloud an smoky looking all day. i sold to Brooker old Red for $30. i feel a bit beter, my condition is no beter. 7. Sunday, cloudy wind SW a litle high, i no beter as i can tel. raned a fue. 8. raned a bout 3 in the morning, a sprinkle a bout noon. i am no beter. 9. Cloudy all fore noon. Bill taken Lucy to Wilsons, Fonzo planting, will get dun. i am bout the same. Buchanan planting in SW of plase. raned a litle sprinkle. 10. Cloudy in fore noon som clouds litle wors. my stomich is bad. 11. Cloudy sun shined thrugh the clouds in after noon som thunder. i am no beter. 12. Cloudy camest raning a bot 7 raned til 11. i am about the same. Bill went to Walker to mill and to get Jiney shod. 13. a storm of wind from NW an rane cam up betwen 3 an 4 in the mornig an raned an sprinked of an on all day a litle cul. i am a but the same. 14. Sunday, mostly cleair all day, wind went to the N got a litle cul. i an Lillie went to Harwood to se the Dr., did not se him. i am a bout the same, no beter. 15. Nerely clear wind NE plesant. i an Lillie went to Harwood, rods ruf, fields drying, som pepel trying to cut wheat, some miring down. i am a but the same. 16. Cloudy ranig it rite smart rane grund wete. Mr. Buchanan got the sything cadel. i am a but the same. 17. a fue drops of rane at 4 pm. Som clouds all day wind SE and warm. i may be a litle beter. 18. it raned a fue drops las night, rite of thunder, clear in fore noon som clouds in after noon wind SW a litle high. i am not so well today. 19. Som clouds all day a fue drops of rane a bout noon aful warm and still. i am no beter. Buchanan camenst plowing here the 1st time. 20. Som clouds thoe son shined nerly all day. i an Lillie went to Harwood to get som medison. i am a but the same, no beter as i can see. 21. Sunday, cloudy all fore noon sun shined som thruth the clouds wind SW a litle high. Som pepel cuting wheat, som plowing corn, som corn vary weedy. Sarah sick, i am no beter. 22. Mostly cleair raned a fue drops vary warm. i a litle wors with my stomich, Sarah beter. 23. Sun shined thou cloudy in fore noon came up a cloud and raned a but 11 thretnig in after noon. i no beter, my leg seem vary stiff. 24. Clear with a fue flying clouds wind SE not high. i am a but the same. 25. Cleair some fue flying clouds. i and Lillie went to Walker got som whisky. i am no beter. 26. Cleair still an nise. i am no beter. Mr. Buchenen got a lod of corn bushels 28 an 30 p. 27. Cleair wind SW a litle high. i and Lillie went to Harwood to see the Dr. i am a bit beter thoie, my fot an leg sweld an stiff. 28. Sunday, fore noon sun shined but cloudy in after noon cloudy coming at 7. i a litle beter tho my leg sweld tight. 29. Raned all night last night 2 1/2 inches of water. some clouds to day a litle wind not high but plesant. i am a litle beter thoe my leg is swelen tight yet. 30. Cleair an plesant grund to mudy to plough. Bill gon to Walker to mill. Buchanan cuting oats. i am no beter, my leg sweld tight. July 1908 1. Cloudy a fue drops of rane a but 10 still an warm cloudy an thundren in after noon. i am a bout the same, my thy sweling a litle wors. 2. Som clouds in fore noon came up a cloud in after noon with thunder, raned a litle sprinkle wind N. cule an plesant. i no beter, my thye sweled agane. 3. Clear in for noon looks cloudy in the an SW later in the day. pepel generle a plowing corn, gound jest geting dry a nuf to plow. i am a litle beter. 4. Saturday clear in fore some clouds in west later in the day but nise an plesant wind N not high. i am a bout the same. 5. Sunday som clouds but sun shined all day wind SW a litle high. i am a but the same. 6. Som high cloud in fore noon. i an Lillie went to Harwood, got back jest as a storm came up. it a study rane til 9 oclock an 1/2 inch. i am a litle beter. 7. Nise still an clear. Walter Thompson came, went with me to Harwood. 8. Nise still an clier. Walter gon back to his inje..... 9. Cleair still an hot. i am beter only my lege is swelde tight. i went to Farhaven. Albert came home. 10. Cleair still an hot. i an Albert went to Walker for his grip, taken som aples got 40, my lege is swoeld tight. 11. Cleair still an hot. i went to Harwood got a cicel mender. i a bout the same leges sweld. Bill and Albert put oats in barn then went to Walker. Bill an Albert taken Allis some corn 6 buishels pade $3.90 12. Sunday, som clouds thoe sun shined still an hot. i am no beter with my lege. 13. Clear an hot wind SW a litle high. i an Lillia went to Harwood, taken appels. i am no beter with the sweling. Bill an Albert camenst haing. 14. Clear only a fue scater cloud warm wind SW.. Moing an shocken hay got done moing. i am a bout the same, my leg swelde. 15. Som clouds sun shined throu. Bill, Fonzo, Albert an Jack put up 3 stacks of hay. i am no beter, it was very hot. 16. Mostly cleair wind SW an high, i am no beter. 17. Mostly cleair wind SW an high cloudt up at night thunder an litning with a lite shour at 8 oclock pm. 18. Cleair still an nise. i am about the same. 19. Sunday, cloudy a fue drops of rane wind N a litle cule but plesant. Eme here, i am a bot the same, no beter. 20. Som clouds a fue drops in fore noon about noon a good shour. Albert went to Eldorado, Lillie taken Emea home. i am a litle beter. 21. Cleair wind SW an pleslant. Scott ging thrash. i went up than i am a grane beter. Cam a cloud up from the N with thunder and wind an a litle rane. 22. Cleair some scents of clods W, i am a bout as usule. 23. Cloudy thin clouds sun shined some still an hot, i no beter. 24. Mostly cleair i an Lillie went to Nevada. i went to Dr. Wilson. i am no beter. 25. Clear an hot an still, i am no beter. 26. Sunday, cleair still an hot. i am no beter my leg sweld tite. 27. Cleair still an hot geting dry. i an Lily went to Harwood, i am about the same. 28. Cleair an hot an still. i no beter, my leg sweled. 29. Cleair hot an dry still. my leg sweled tight above my ankle, no beter. 30. Hot and dry, i an Lilie went to Nevada to the Dr. Lillie to have some teth fixed. raned a fue drops at noon. i am no beter. August 1908 1. Hot an dry. Buchanan got som corn. i no berte, the boys moing the paster, puting it up. 2. Sunday, hot still and dry. i am no beter, my let sweled tight. 5. We camenst haling corn to Harwood to Lee Young at 75cts we haled 256 bushels. hot an dry, i no beter. 6. Hot an dry, we finished haling corn to Lee Young. i gave the children $20 a pease. i am no beter. camenst raning at 7 pm raned 3 inches of water. 7. Vary cloudy all day, litle sprinkly an cule. i am no beter. 10. i went to Nevada to Dr. Wilson. Cleair hot in after noon. i may be a litle beter. 11. Som clouds. i went to se a bout wood. i am a litle beter. 12. i an Lillie went to se a bout a cow. Albert went to Nevada to the reunion. 13. Lillie went to the Reunion, Albert came back. 14. Becky came, i met her at Walker. 15. Taken Becky to Walker, brot Lillie home. i am not much beter. 16. Sunday clier hot an dry. i no beter. 17. Som clouds warm an dry. i an Lillie went to Harwood to see the Dr. i am a bout the same. 18. Som clouds hot an geting dry. i am not so well, my stomich burns, throing up lots of fleem an cruption. 19. Cloudy camenst raning a but seven raned til la bout 9 a good gentle rane. i am a litle beter. Suse came. 20. Cleair still an plesant, Suse here. 21, 22, 23, 24 - no entry. 25. Cleair an plesant. we went for wood to Shumaker. i am a bout the same. 26. Som fue clouds. Albert an Lillie gon to Far Haven to preching. i am a bout the same. left side of next page missing about one inch. -- Buchanan got 5 bushels. 30. Sunday clear an nise. Mr. an Mrs. Buchanan here for the day nise an plesant, i am a bout the same. 31. Nise wether som litle shune, plesant but to cule for lat corn. The month ends with a still month. September 1908 1. Cloud a litle sprinle be fore day cule, to cule for late corn. i am about the sam ma be a litle beter. 2,3,4,5,6 - no entry. 7. i an Albert went to Welches sale. i am a litle beter. 8. i an Albert went for wood to Shumakers. i rode in the wagon for the 1st time sence i got sick. 9. Clear still an dry. i am a litle beter. i went to Far Haven for ...... 10. Cleair hot an dry. Albert a working on the rode for Beman. i went to Shumakers for wood the 1st work. i got an umberell at Dudence?? cost 95c. 11. Som thin clouds warm days dry. i went to Mrs. Browns. 12. Cleair still hot an dry. Albert went for wood. i an Lillie went to Harwood. 13. Sunday, cleair hot an dry. Bill folks here. 14. Hot an dry. Albert went for wood. 15. Som thin clouds drops of rane a nuf to make eyes in the dust. Albert went for wood. i a bout the same not much beter. 16. Thin clouds an warm raned a sprinkle a bout 4 jest a sprinkl. i went to Walker to get som oil to run the wagon wheel. i am a litle beter. 17. Smkey hot an dry. Albert an Bill went for wood. i am a litle beter. 18. Cleair hot an dry. Albert went for wood. i am bout the same. 19. Sunday som thin clouds hot an dry. Ant an Orel here. Bill an his folks here, Becky came. i am som beter. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 - no entry. 25. hot an dry. i went to the streat fare at Walker. 26. a litle plesant raned at night. Garett Wilson, Jane an Mary came. 27. Sunday, raned a bout all night cule. 28. The first frost a good big one. Garett Wilson an folks lefte, went with Emea home. 29. a big frost. i am no beter. 30. taken sweat potatos to Dunn got 75 October 1908 1. Cleair an warm. i went to Smiths sale, bought a horse, pade $70.83. Albert went to. i am a litle beter. 2. i bought a mule colt of Charley Caster give him $62.50. 8. i went to Cowhomes mill got molasas, what Anderson owed 25g. Bill came worked on calf. Cleair an cule wind NE 22. Cloudy an cule bin raning slow rane. the boys got don crapen the pan the 2 hurt old Jiney or stead?? her sholder an hips. 23. Raning a slow rane an cold all day. 24. I an Albert went to Harwood. sun shined a minet or 2. we started it camenst to rane be fore we got to Bills. a whyle was mixt rane an snow, first snow of the year. 25. Sunday, cloudy wind NW an cold not frezing but damp. November 1908 1. Nise wether the first of the month. 7. Warm and warm an nise. 9. a litle rane an cule. 10. cold rane mixt with snow. 11, 12 an 13 cloudy part of the time cold wind NW The remainder of the diary listed financial matters, money paid to workers, etc. In 1908 let Bill Cope have: January 1 sack of flour, one bushel of meal, coffee, one hog 206 lbs, beef, beef hide, 2 baskets corn. February 1 sack of flour, 1 bushel corn meal, one baskit of nubins, 10 bushels of corn, $5 cash. March $5 cash, flour, beens, 1 sack of flour, gave him the bay horse, $2.10 to pay dues. April 1 sack of flour, broom, cole oil, coffee, sugar. May, flour coffee, tobaco, salt, cash $5, one sack flour. June, coffee, shugar, $5 to pay Floty for the corn planter out of it, apples. August cash $20 October 3 galens of molases Others: Doctor Roilston, 50 cts, medison and Dr. 1.50, Dr. Wilson $1, medison $1.10, Dr. Wilson $1, medison $1.25, Dr Wilson $1, medison $1.35 March gave all the children $5 each, sent John $5 in May, May sent Albert $5. 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