April 19-21, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

19.  Thursday.  5.45 AM  Ther.  49.  60.  43.
Some cloudy grows cooler in the morning.   Intended to go to Timber home back but couldn't  get home.  I wanted to start  about 8 AM with Val Mount got home about 6 PM.  Let  R. Rutherford have the McKee house at 1.10 per mo.  Bob Brown has made 425 rails which he is putting into fence.  Came by Comer Mill.  Kirk hauled up 700 feet lumber to city.  There is about one load city stuff there.  Doch(?) papers and /whitewash Kitchen today.@ 2.25.  Meyers worked  half day for Mrs. Perrill.  Gobed 10 PM  Sprinkle rain down near timber about 9 AM.

20.  Friday, 6 AM  Ther.  34.  54.  36.
Clear.  Pretty heavy white frost.  Found roads better than expected (?) yesterday,  dry but somewhat rough.  Maple, service berry and red bud in bloom blood root up and about to bloom.  Things seem rather backward.  Kirk brought up 7.05 feet of lumber for the city which is all of the city stuff.  Meyers came at noon and worked half a day, says he has papered the front room at Nick house costing 112.   Plant some early beans in bottom also some beets.  Went down to R.R. toward night to look at Kirk's ties, has 96 out they look very well.  Not feeling very well today, have been chewing tobacco.  Cool clear  pleasant day.  Peaches  and plums on hillside blooming.  Go bed 11 P.M.  Mrs. R. work all day cleaning kitchen.

21.  Saturday  6.20 AM.  Ther. 40.  60.  50.
Part cloudy with brisk S. wind.  Myers came in morn and worked about an hour.  Count up and find that  I owe him$1.16. which let go on next months  rent.  Bought some ceiling at Fuller for Kitchen.  Went down to Wings Mill to depot.  Trees have not come yet.  Uncle  John and Snider  both in town both called P.M.  Lindbloom gets in the calaboose(?) again.  Comer up we call the walnut lumber 2000 ft. and I give him my share of a/cs for the lumber and everything (?) the mill was.  The ground is getting very dry strong appearance of rain and sprinkled little in PM.  Jay Johnston has been tearing down old building N.W. corner of square since last Thursday morning, is going  to build a big block there.  Mostly cloudy day gobed 9 P.M.  quit tobacco again.