May 15-19, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

15.  Tuesday, 6 AM.  Ther.  48.  60.  47.
Mostly cloudy wind easterly.   Wrote letters to several parties for catalogues of Mill &c.    Got measured at Winters for suit of clothes to cost 30.00  .  Zeke Easton brought in cord of wood which he sold to John Chapman and which John owes for.  J.W. Lackey inspects walnut lumber and pays the same 57.20.   Come in town trying to city bill of lumber.  Mrs. R. irons.   W.S.G. cut some wood.  Began to rain about 1.30 and kept it up most of AM and lightly in night, wind S.E.  Wrote a letter to Uri asking him to sell my  furniture.  Gobed 10 PM

16.  Wednesday, 6.30 AM.  Ther.  47.  62.  47.
Cloudy wind N.E. clears off.  Sam Lietch talks to me about buying in at coal shaft.  Went out to Uncle John's with Tue  in afternoon, says will drive cow in for us Saturday, got home 6 P.M.   Bim has planted 5 acres of watermelons.  Cool day pleasant afternoon.  Gobed 9.30 AM

17.  Thursday, 5 AM  Ther.  48.  54.  53.
Mostly  cloudy and looked like rain.  Start for woods with Kelly  getting there about 9 AM.  We began looking out a line for a fence but it began to rain before we had been there long.  They were working the road today.  Started home in the rain about 1 P.M. rained most of day rather (?) grows warmer at night.  Gobed  8.30.

18.  Friday, 6.45 AM.  Ther. 60.  60.  50.
Cloudy S. wind.  Heavy  rain in night with good deal of thunder and lightning about the first we have had this spring.  Baby has began to walk alone some this week.  Get offer of sawmill outfit  from Lane and Bodley Co.  Uncle john brought in cow P.M.  Kelly helped about two hours in afternoon straighten up lumber.  Rutherford up pay him 2.00 order.   Bought a catfish of Bill Neece.  Mostly cloudy day  N.W. wind.  Misty P.M.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

19.  Saturday.  5.30 PM.  Ther.  40.  65.  51.
Mostly clear, wind N.E. veirring [sic] to easterly.  Kelly  worked forenoon put stakes to berries and grape vines.  Bert was here to dinner.  The cow gives about 3 gal per day.  I milk.   Sell half cord wood to A. Owens.  Roads bad and great.  Delivered Jim wood.  Find bugs in plenty on potatoes in bottom.  Confer with H.G. P.M. he is still anxious to go in to sawmill business.  Go bed. 10 P.M.

Charleston, Illinois, June 17 1912 and 1887

100 Years Ago

Monday, June 17, 1912   6 A.M.  Ther.  64.  72.  64  = 66

Cloudy N.2. light rain.  Walter left at 2 A.M.  Some light showers in night measure 8 A.M. .20.  Left mare in barn last night.  Darling called 10 A.M. and pay him 2.00 for 8 loads manure hauled out on farm.  Says big rain Loxa S. at night.  I drove to look at Telephonepoles(sic.) near  Griffin Elevator AM.  Did not decide to buy any.  Kate and Stella came AM.  Skinner called twice AM. and PM.  I drove to timber E. 4 P.M.  No fungi appearing.  Get some red root for meddy.  The roads are good especially gravel.  Some mud on other roads.  Stranger (plastner) road town.There was no sign og any fungi in woods. Kate and Stella went to Mattoon at 5 P.M. to meet her sister Alice.  Cool part cloudy day.  Moderate northerly wind and sprinkle rain several times also in night.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

125 Years Ago

Friday, June 17, 1887  6.30  ther.  76.  95.  79.  Some clouds.  Crass comes about 7.  Tue cleaned up ice box and will take ice from now on.  Got  first today.  Crass finishes whitewashing cellar and we clean out silk worms at store as they have failed to do anything, Clean out smoke house afternoon and pack some bottles.  Drive with girls, after supper and with Tue later.  This has been the hottest day  so far & signs of rain about 4 P.M.  Getting very dry here.  Buy eel of Bill Neece.  Gobed at 9.30 PM