July 6-10, 1889 in Charleston, IL

July 1889

6.  Saturday. 6.40 AM.  Ther.  72  85.  66.  = 78 1/3

Clear   Pay up Riley Decker for rent he still owes for month's rent.  Milt was up bringing load of wood for Sam Ray.  Uncle John in town  getting tired of  J.S.'s method.  Trade fair.  Gobed  10.30 P.M.

7.  Sunday. 6.30 AM.  Ther.  72.  93.  78.  =  81.

Clear.  Tue and self go down to timber, start 9 AM.  Milt and Enoch work at well - find no water, dry about 16 ft. and give it up.  Dig out new spring near the old one.  Terrible hot we both get pretty  well tired out, got home about 7.30  Sultry night  Gobed 9 P.M.  Tue feeling badly.

8.  Monday:  5.30 AM.  Ther.  78.  93.  76.  =  82.

Mostly clear, Cummili.  Tue feels badly.  Drake brings up wood to Sam Ray.  Trade fair .  Flies very numerous.   Order cigars and Claret of Thunber.  Ruth and Maggie pick the raspberries toward night.  Milt says Enoch Johnson  old man Decker and Steve Decker were to work the AM. Gobed 10.30.

9.  Tuesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  79.  93.  75.  =  82 1/3

Clear.  Some clouds during day.  Anderson R.R. man says he can give me bill of 110 m ft white oak lumber to finish.  Drake takes load of wood to Sam Ray and engage to haul (?) have load of WO poles.  Snider wants (?) next week.  Gobed 1o.15 PM.  Selected material at Winters for suit of clothes to cost 33.oo.  Get wagon fixed at Parker's.  

10.  Wednesday 5.30 AM.  Ther.  73.  92.  76.  = 80 1/3

Mostly cloudy sp rain early.  Start for timber at 7 AM.  Find boys fixing road in hollow.  Cut poles for Popham after dinner.  Rain came up and  all quit calling it half a day start home at 2 P.M. via Farmington to avoid muddy road but found them very bad most of way home where arrive  about  5 P.M.  Mrs. Rogers ironed.  Gobed 10.15

March 14-18, 1889 In Charleston, IL

March 1889

14.  Thursday.  6 AM. Ther.  48.  68.  60.  =  58 2/3
Fair start for timber at 8.30 after buying some more wire.  Got there about 11 AM.  R. & S. clearing other boys make fence.   Warren hurt finger and did not work PM.  Bob about sick and not rushing very much.    Gobed 9 PM


15.  Friday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  57.  73.  57. = 62 1/3
Mostly clear S. wind.  Bob hauls out lumber in morning.  Warren hauls load of slats to town.  Enoch Johnson began at noon working with fence gang.  Fire got out about noon and we had warm work to stop it.  R & S clearing doing good job making wood.  Warren brought down 3 reels of wire and some other things  I start home about 4.30 P.M. leaving for all hands to cut brush tomorrow.  Got home  7.30  found Tue feeling much worse and all in bed but Father.  The cow came home herself today.  Pleasant day and  S.  wind, brisk.    Roads dry all the way.  Gobed 8.30


16.  Saturday. 6 AM.  54.  72.  50.  = 58 2/3
Fair - smokey.  Tue not feeling so well this AM.  Phebe coughed and vomited in the night and is about sick in the morning.  Sent for Patton who prescribed for both.  Meddy made Phebe sick all day.  I made a rake to use in clearing.  Oil and clean on buggy P.M.  Grows colder toward night.  Went up town  about dark to get some meat &c.   Mrs. Davis over after dark.  Warren Decker hauls Taggart 1/2 cd wood.  Paid John Kink 6.00 on ties.  Uncle John in to dinner.  Hen has gone again taking a good horse, they found the horse however say he will let us have all on a post office checking as soon as we get a place for them.  Paid Riley and Steve Decker up in full.  Plant in hot bed some yellow and red tomatoes.  Tue looking better at night.  Gobed 9 PM.


17.  Sunday.  6 AM.  Ther.  39.  64.  48.  =  50 1/3
Foggy, clears off before noon.  Tue feels badly yet but appetite some better.  Made another rake for use in brush.  finish getting buggy for trip tomorrow.  Drove with girls down to Kickapoo for some elm bark for Tue.  Tue feeling badly all day.  Kate Myers was over toward night.  Gobed 8:45 PM  N.E. wind toward night.


18.  Monday.  Monday.  6 AM  Ther.  46.  53.  45.  =  48
Cloudy, wind about E.  Began to sprinkle  about 6.30  AM.  Tue complains of feeling some better this morning.  Baby had some fever all night.  Rain most of AM. heavy for an hour or two,  thunder afternoon.  Tell Bill Hill  to order me  2 bush orchard grass seed @ 1.40.  Got some old cloth over store for hot bed.  Bought some pea and radish seed  at Ben Mitchell's.  Pay Sam Ray 15.00 which leaves 83.85 still due.  Cloudy all day.  Baby was sick all day  having light fever.  Tue good deal better but still bad cough.   Gobed 9 PM.  Wind N.E.

September 23-24, 1913 and 1888 in Coles County Illinois

1913

23.  Tuesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  44.  76.  66.  =  62.

Mostly clear. S.E.2.  A gouty tac on left kept me awake most  of night.  I get load small nut coal.  Tower Hill.  AM. 2960 lbs. am out and this is the first.  Tue gets letter from Buddy.  I get Winters to order hat for me. buy pair of Henson gloves 1.25 all Cr.  Talk with Harry Messeck.  He  has sownC.h. of phosphate borrowing drill of Max Gorffin.  I went P.M. out to Reeds for Peaches.  Mrs. R. says not ripe yet.  I continue on stopping at Sander's.  Get three chickens  of Mrs. S. paying 1.00  Think too much.  Got home 6 P.M.  Mostly clear day with strong southwind.  I made pot mush after supper.  Go bed 9.

24.  Wednesday.  5.30 AM  Ther.  56. 80.  64.  =  66 2/3

Clear S.2.  Rhoda came washing and ironing.  I drove down E. of Normal.  Get a few puff balls.  Helen Ferrish and George here to dinner.  John F.  is sick.  I did not see Ad. Miller except at long range.  Get shave Br. P.M.  After 3 P.M. I drove to town line.  There are few fungi coming.  I return by Watson road which they are plowing and scraping today.  Talk again with H. Missick.  He has sown car of rock Ph.  Get home  6 P.M.  Tue and Mrs. Brooks attend prayer meeting at night.  Most clear day S.4.  Go bed 9 PM

1888

23.  Sunday.  6.30 A.M.  Ther.  58.  73.  55.

Clear.  Cow refused to give us any  milk this morning and had probably been milked.  Clean out  part of bookcase and burn up lot of trash.  Talked of going out to Uncle John's with Tue after dinner but Mrs. Robinson came over after dinner and we gave it up.  Tue and I pick the peaches left in garden and balance of the grapes.  Mow grass for cow at night - father has lame leg.  Go bed 9 PM~~

24. Monday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  49.  72.  55.

Clear.  Got started  at 8 oc.  took a saddle down today and after dinner rode all over south part of timber.  Four men at work AM. five P.M.  Enoch Johnson began again at noon.  Brown hauling rails in P.M.    Mrs. Brown rode home with me.  Mrs. Dickenson washed today.  Tue suffering from tooth ache.  Gobed 9.15 PM.