Friday, May 10, 2013

May 10-11, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

10.  Thursday. 5.30. AM.  Ther.  62.  80.  67.
Mostly cloudy.  Kelly works all day at fence Zeke  Eastin brought Alex Ficher 3/4 cord wood.  Pay him order for hauling $1.35.  Select goods for a suit at Winters. to (?) $30.00.  Have found no curculio yet.  There was light showers this morning  about  sunrise.  Tue set some tomato plants at night.  The ground is very hard and dry hard digging post holes.  Old Mrs. Eastin has been quite sick for a long time.  We slept up stairs last night for first time since last fall.  Mases Kenshaw paid me today for posts and lumber full $16.75  Gobed 10 PM

11.  Friday  5.30 AM.  Ther.  63.  85.  65.
Partly clear looking like rain.  Kelly and self finished fence at noon, he worked at spading in bottom P.M.  Chanceller was hunting for me all afternoon.  Wants to rent our room for beer club.  I got  to warm today and about sick at night.  Strong S.W. wind all day storm came up fro N.W. about S.W.  about dark  and some rain fell.  Bob Brown hauled 1/2 cord wood to Ed Easton  Mrs. Perrill and Kate called at night.  Gobed 10 PM.

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