Thursday, August 28, 2014

August 27-28, 1989 and 1900

August 1889

27.  Tuesday, 6.30 AM  Ther 68  90.  66  =74 2/3
Clear getting very dry.  Pasture is getting poor and well and springs getting low.  Work at invoicing stock.  Trade fair.  Very warm.  Milt got in about 2 PM with load of posts.  Warren Decker calls and will make me some more posts.   Milt reports  water getting very scarce in pastures.  Mrs. Rogers  irons.  Clear day.   Burgess  has traded his Ky farm for  the Jo Gage residence.  Gobed 10.30 PM.

28.  Wednesday 6.30 AM.  Ther 65.  90.  65  =  72 2/3
Mostly clear and very warm and  dry.  Drake brought load of wood which sold to Kelly for 3.25~ AY Wist drummer here.  Buy from him 5 BU 5.87 B(?) @ 1.00 in B.  Decide to go to woods tomorrow and take girls  Uncle John was in town but didn't come down to dinner.  Gobed 10.30 PM

August 1900

27.  Monday.  5.30  AM.  The  65.98.  75.  =  79 1/3
Partly cloudy.  Northerly wind.  Tue, Maggie Devone and Owen cleaning south chamber.  Get Queen shod in front.  Cooney  Scheyetle puts up Urinal.  One piece missing.  C.D. Mitchell gives me list of lumber he may need soon  about 27000 ft.  Shirley and wife in P.M.  (?) got pretty full.  they finished BC this AM.  There seems to be no fixed price 85.00 would probably hit average  Thought to go to Loxa, but didn't.  Owen leaves to work for Denman.  Drive a while round town at night alone.  Gobed 9 PM  Buy halter Shoemaker Cr. 1.15.

28.  Tuesday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  68.  96.  74.  =  79 1/3
Mostly clear.  Went after  Ed. Wells but couldn't get him.  Molter offers $77.50 for Shirleys corn.  Milk cow at 9 AM.  Mrs. Owen washing.  Tue and Maggie Devone work at "Miss Ford's room"   I start to Loxa 10 AM  Meet GB Griffin  with other party (Mr. Thompson (?))  Meet Armstrong who says his (?) all in shed.  Jo grubbing yesterday and today.  John Sorvers died yesterday at Loxa.  Get sack of corn )new) Armstrong destroyed or ran  over lots of corn for me.  Get tomatoes  cabbage &c.  Stop at Smiths  on way home get home at 6 PM.  Warm day with northerly  wind.  Tue had J o Ashby , boy employed doing chores when I got home.  Gobed 9 PM.


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