October 27, 1890 and 1901

October 1890

27.Monday.  5 AM  Ther

Mostly clear John and Warren go over and pull turnips.  Expected to get a big load, but the patch had been robbed only yielding about 8 Bu of small ones Geo. Martin reports my hogs in their corn field the boys go get them, ring and turn them into W. pasture.  Fix corn crib preparatory to getting some corn of from Jo Handley. Comer moved his mill  out of the hollow today  Warren finishes hauling out Mart (?) this forenoon.  PM  John & Warren work at Johns corn.  I rode over to Milts but he was not homed  I start at 4 PM.  Hunt up Jo Handley to tell him to haul 4  loads corn to my crib @ .35 cts  Found Jo and his family W of river I didn't get home till after dark  Gobed  11P.M

October 1901

27.  Sunday.  Our train left Geneva late but arrived NY 42nd St on time.  Missed one connection at Syracuse  Arrived  at Sag Harbor 12.45 PM.  and at Aunt Mariah's they were eating dinner when I got there.  I was expecting they had been expecting me as I wrote that I was on the way.  Clear pleasant day and warmer.  Charley was over at night  Gobed 9.30 PM.

August 21-26, 1889 in Charleston, IL

August 1889

21.  Wednesday 7 AM.  ther 73,  83,  62.  = 72 2/3

Cloudy.  Sprinkles rain between 7 and 8.  Went with Myers to look at (?)'s sheep.  He asks 3.00 per head for them.  Base ball Terre Haute and Charleston (?).  Milt brought up posts.  Uncle John in town.  Hat was down in P.M.  she and Tue talk of going to Lerna tomorrow morning.  Paid Uncle John for corn bought last week $30.  Phebe cried with earache at night.  gobed 10.30 PM

22.  Thursday 7.30  am  Ther  62.  84.  62.  =  69 1/3
Clear smokey haze Tue got up at 4.30 intended to take baby  but decided not to got to.  Girls and I got breakfast about 8.30.  Went down to  Spilters  in P.M. bought his sheep at 3.50 per 100 going to take them tomorrow morning.  (?) drummer  in town.  Tue got home at 10 PM.  Went down to train for her.  The girls do  the work today getting along first rate.  Milt Drake brought load of posts.  Gobed  10.30 PM~~

23.  Friday 7 AM  Ther 63.  86.  62.  =  69
Clear Smokey haze.  got to Spilter's about 9 weigh sheep but decide not to take them down today.  Went from there to timber.  Have men pull all the burrs in pastures.  Enoch and old man chapping.  Frank Drake rode up to Spilters with me to stay all night and help about dark  Gobed 10.30 P.M.  

24.  Saturday 7 AM Ther.  62.  86.  63.  =  70 1/3
Clear smokey hazy.  Paid Spilter for sheep 9006 lbs. @3 1/2 = 315.21, 82 head.  Trade not so good as usual .  Milt on the war path at night  started home at 9 PM.  Boys got sheep down alright.  Foreman pays me for posts $7.40.  Pleasant warm day, go to bed  9 P.M.

25.  Sunday 5.15 AM  Ther.  56.  86.  63.  =  68 1/3
Clear .  McCravy works me early.  Tue and self started at 7.30 got to Milts 9.30.  Went down in hollow to fuel and eat dinner.  Warren Decker and Jo Handley came down, don't think they can afford to make any more posts on S. side.  Went home by Farmington Road.  Get a lot of pawpaws, they are not ripe yet though.   Gobed 9 PM. 

26.  Monday 6.30 AM.  Ther.  63.  90.  69.  =  74
Clear.  Mrs. R washes.  Uncle J to dinner.  Milt brings load 8 ft posts which puts back of stable.  settle with Warren Decker paying him 7.59 in full to date.  They are putting up poles for Electric  light on our street.  Maggie and Phebe went to river with Davis folks P.M.    O Weiss detained me at store after closing up.  Gobed 11 PM~

September 18-19, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

18.  Thursday.  6 AM.  Ther.  64.  74.  66.  =  68.

Cloudy N.E. 2.  Misty.  Hatton came working all day at wood pile.  Order "same" fro, J.E. Mc morn, getting it about 6 P.M.  Got sample of early ohio potatoes of Crciu.  Try again to see E.E. Tate but didn't.   Learn our phones will be(g)in 3.30 which did.  Meanwhile I drove down E. of normal and get nice mess of  campertris.  Harman and Shrives here when I return.  They want to rent the farm together and I tell them can have it subject to conditions which will discuss later.  They were in buggy and took out ome pears.  Mrs. Brooks over at night, also Mrs. Curd.  The latter went with Tue and  Helen to band concert.  Much cloudy with easterly winds.  Gobed 9.30

19.  Friday.  6 AM.  Ther.  64.  78.  68. = 70.

Cloudy. E.1.  Hatton worked all day at wood piling S. of old house site.  I drove up to Dicewood again but met nothing in fungus line.  C.H. Jones Phones and we rent Loxa house to Lerna man who will move right in.  Mrs. Grove and Mrs. C.D. Mitchell call P.M.  I drove by E. of Normal and round by Phipps place.  Find  fine mess campertris W. of Phipps~~

Met Jim Butler and Normal stud.  The roads have dried good deal today.  Mostly clear P.M.  and at night.  Pay Telephone for Aug 1.50 ch.  Wind E to S. with flavor of gas additives.   Gobed 9.

1888

18.  Tuesday,  5.45 AM  Ther.  52.  72.  58.

Partly clear.  Start for timber 7.15 AM.  Nobody at work, will all begin Thursday.  Met Zeke with load of boards which proves to be wrong lot.  Bob not to be found anywhere.  Hear  he is working for Jo Handley.  I  pile up boards in P.M.  Start home at 4 P.M.  Gather basket butternuts.  Came across Skidmore and Leitch whose horse had run away.  They road home with me, got home 7.20.  Gobed 9 P.M. Tue washes.

19.  Wednesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  56.  83.  70.

Clear and mostly clear day.  Pick and peel basket of peaches for Tue AM.  Tue about sick from washing yesterday.  After dinner we drove out to Uncle John's and got basket of apples.  Drive round by Perrills when came home.  Wrote letter to Sal Shaw of Parils about lot in bottom.  Warm day.  Sprinkle of rain in P.M.  Go bed 8.15

August 16-18, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

16.  Saturday.  5.40 AM  74.  96.  82. = 84.

Clear S.1.  Drive 9 AM with Tue and Charles out to Huffmans.  Stop at Jessie Dunns.  John Simon passed through, said was going to Mattoon.  Harman phones that got home Wednesday.  Wants to cut clover for seed.  Another very sultry day.  thunder showers 3 P.M. .15 in. here, much heavier E.  I drove after 4 P.M. to Westfield bridge getting home 6.30.  One of the Wrights has started small store at top of the hill.  Part cloudy day; light variable winds.  Jessie and Mary Ann called at night and they went up to show.  Go bed 9

17.  Sunday.  6 AM.  ther.  74.  98.  84. = 85 1/3

Clear. S.1.  After getting paper drive west and S.W.  An aviator makes two flights today at Urban Park.  At Clover Leaf high bridge I heard their machine and could see part of the flight from the bridge at distance of about a mile N.W.  My first sight of a flying machine.  I return by Bunk hill getting home about noon.  Mrs. Brooks over P.M. and I drove with Buddy and Chas. on Ashmore road to Huckaba road returning S. road.  One of hottest days.  Light variable winds Thunder shs (sic) around, no rain here.  Go bed 9

18.  Monday.  6.30 A.M.  Ther.   76.  94.  80.  =83 1/3

Most cloudy.  S.1.  There is quite a stir in town today.  The county fair begins tomorrow.  Drive up to  Grims for cabbage get can buttermilk at Creamery.  Too warm for me to do much.  Harman called P.M. but didn't seem to have any biz. and just called.  Heavy thunder E. and S. much of P.M.  What looked like heavy showers S. say 5 P.M.  Drive with Buddy over S. part town late P.M.  Mrs. Grove spends much of P.M. here.  Mr. Bell very feeble.  Learn that Ike Finch is dead.  Much cloudy.  P.M. go bed 9

1888

16.  Thursday  5.20 AM  Ther.  75.  85.  72.

Got to woods at 8.30  Clouds over and rains before 11 oc.  Men got in 3/4 day.  Bob Brown brings w/ load of lumber.  Men made some  posts today have about decided to build a large sheep farm.  Men quit at 3.30 P.M.  I drove home in the rain slow rain most of P.M.  Gobed 9 PM.

17.  Friday 5.30  AM.  Ther.  72.  90.  70.

Cloud and damp got to woods at 10 AM,  Three of men at work on hillside near spring.  Jo Handley's child died last night and was buried today.  Republican meeting down in Hutton Township.  Heat very oppressive today.  Damp and hot cloudy forenoon clear P.M.  Got home at 7 P.M.  Tue not very  well, baby better than she has been for long time.  Am very well.  Satified with clearing job so far.  Gobed  9.30  PM

18.  Saturday 5.30 AM.  64.  82.  60.

Cloudy early but soon clears off wind. - N. on N.W.   All hands up but John.  Decker to pay them all up.  Pay note July 14 at bank and make new one for 60 days.  Pay Mike Miller 10.00 and owe him yet some  6.00 dollars.  Tue not feeling  very well.  Got shoes at Messecks for the girls.  Sam Cooper wants 8 cords wood.   quit tob.  Gobed 9 P.M.