December 9-10, 1889 and 1900 in Coles County Illinois

December 1889

9. Monday.  7 AM  Ther 33.  56.  47 = 45 1/3  
Clean and fine.  Order  bottled Beer White frost Deposit for firm $154.55 get Jo Marston to haul  load of hay from Van Meter barn.  Bill Kelly clean out stable and help Marston with hay in P.M.  My cut foot  which I hurt last Tuesday morning has been troubling me ever since, worse today.  Saw Dr. Montgomery at night gave lineament and tells me to keep still.  Marie gets tube green paint to day, daubing herself well with it.  Bright clear day till toward night  Began to rain after dark and continues all night.  Gobed 12.30

10.  Tuesday.  7.30 AM.  ther.  52.  72.  53  =  59
Raining moderately wind SE. shifts to S. and S.W.  Foot about same, slept well.  Thunder about noon  heavy rain and hail storm from SW about 1 P.M.  Hail strong larger than hickory nuts with a stem like ice icicle an inch or two long  Mostly clear afternoon Strong W wind at night.  Town branch pretty well up, gave Kelly  order on Wright for 175    They hauled about a ton of hay yesterday.  Foat about  sawed all day.  Kept in house  Go bed, 11.30 PM

December 1900

9.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther  27.  27.  22.  =  25 1/3

Clear N.W. wind.  Roan horse was out in yard last night till midnight.  Got up and put him back.  Ferd called AM to say that Helen disappeared yesterday along with a friend.  Ferd and self drove out to Stiles' after dinner.  Find that they spent night with Dolly Finsbie   We drove onto road N from Nobles getting home about sunset.  Clear day northwind Freezing all (?)  Gobed 8.30

10. Monday.  6 AM.  Ther.  16.  30.  22.=  22 2/3

Clear.  Northerly wind.  Shortess cow  had calf last night.  It seemed about dead this morning.  They took it in house and it revived.  Heavy white frost.  Pay up I.B. Mitchell old a/c bal. this morning Ch 36.39   Hens been having fun for several months  Pay H.G. Loan & int. up toJan 1, 1901. 2. MO. 17.10.  Buy lot of groceries &c Mitchell and W.E. Hill - Gaizen pays for lot of  fencing 10.60 cash.  Tue Gets letter from Phebe pays we expect her home next week.  Put Ad for hired girl in Courier Paid 25c.  Clear day,  N.W. wind.  Read a while up stairs before going to bed  Tues eye is getting bad again  Gobed 9 PM.

October 13- 14, 1889 and 1900 in Charleston. Illinois

October 1889

13.  Sunday  6.45 AM.  Ther  52. 60.  43 =  51 2/3

Cloudy NW wind  Intended on going to ran(?) today whole family, but too cool and  windy.  Maggie not very well, she had the hives at night.  I start at 9 AM for ranch, cold and windy and  thick with smoke and mist.  Cleared off P.M.  Comer has been cutting the timber along road to Handly ford.  White sow had pigs yesterday.  Milt  and family after walnuts P.M. and not there when left.  Clear night, light going for good  gibed 9.30 P.M.

14.  Monday  5.30
AM.  Ther 33.

Clear heavy  white frost.  Took mare to Dr. Montgomerys house but man not at home  Start for timber before noon getting there before 1 P.M.  Rogers and Riley cut logs in P.M. with good deal of hard luck, cut big sycamore in Fritz hollow but not sound.  Milt got in about 8 PM with hay and Frank Mote.  Clear cool day go bed about 10 P.M.    St(?) called at night saying wood take cattle up to Uncle John in Morn.

October 1900

13.  Saturday. 5 AM  Ther  62.  75.  55.  =  64

Mostly clear.  Tue feeling badly.  Simon was up yesterday and took out bitts for lumber  Tue and Ferd decide to go to Mattoon with Mort and Kate on 2.45 train.  Marie also went.  I drove out to Gaines and find them gone away so I went to Mattoon  Couldn't find any of my folks but Gaines and wife found me and she and children rode out with  me getting to farm about  10 P.M.  Jo came soon after on train stay all night  - Go bed 10.30 PM

14.  Sunday 5 AM.  Ther  55? 

Clear.  I left for home before breakfast.  Cow out all night and no chores done last night.  Clyde was  gone all day and all night.  Came 10 AM  looking for cow most of day.  Tue and I drive with Marie out to Berts toward night getting home 9.30.  Borrow 200.00 more of Irene giving her out note for $250.00  at 7 per ct  This covers 50.00 for Phebe and bal. on Minton note  Rene starts for Oklahoma Tuesday to be gone two weeks  We drove through Loxa on way home.  Someone threw at buggy.  Gobed 10 PM