September 3 -4, 1892 and 1903.

September 1892

3.  Saturday, 6 AM.  Ther  55.  84.  68.

Mostly clear southerly wind.  Self and girls got breakfast  Mrs. Norfolk paid me for 9 cords wood 27.00  Warren hauling 4 cord's to Albert Anderson.  Chut Bennett finished Fluhartys Received 80.15 from W. H. White for ties and culls  Uncle John was down to dinner  Warmer day clouds and more signs of rain than lately  Get some hay of Uncle John which Oliver Frisbie will deliver next week.  Trade only moderate.  The dust is immense.  Tue finished her first lot of plums today.  occulation [sic] of Mars and Moon to night go bed  11 P.M. ~

4.  Sunday,  6.30  AM.  Ther 64.  84.  55

Some clouds wind southerly  Intended to start for timber early but as hot and dusty postpone till towards night.  Sign of rain all day, sprinkle a little at 4 PM  Go to ranch about 6 P.M.  JW and wife had been over the river just got home. Began raining about 7 AM and rained lightly about 2 or 3 hours.  Gobed 9 PM

September 1903

3.  Thursday.  6.30 AM,  Ther  55.  85.

Clear calm.  Mrs. Owens ironed.  Drive up and tell "Mercantile" Smith that will keep buggy.  Get bu of corn at Griffins for which I owe him 55c.  Have talk with A Richter about coal.    He will report price Hillsborough in day or two.  Tighten up wheels on new buggy.  Putting on washers.  Kellogg did not show up this morning.  They are putting a new metal roof on the Theater.  The old house is to be sold Oct. 1.  People are at work decorating the Public Square for the Street Fair which will begin Sep 14.  Nest Monday there will be great Labor day celebration Mattoon and Charleston combined.  Buy buggy jack at Mercantile Cr 50c.  Look at timothy seed.  I.B. Mitchell's.  It will cost me 2.00 per bu for the best.  take Maggie for for drive about 3 PM getting back 6 P.M.  Went down by Woodson place and across and across River.  No incident.  No mushrooms.  Today is Maggie's birthday. 25.  At night drove around town alone a while with new buggy.  Helen here at night first time in good while  Heard that N.M. got in Calabrasi today.  Clear day Southeasterly wind 2  Gobed 10 PM~

4.  Friday.  5.30 AM.  Ther. 60.  84.  71.  =  71 2/3

about clear southerly wind 1.  I drove out to Gaines AM getting home 1 P.M.  New buggy.  Old mare very clumsy.  Old Sorrel better and Sam Owens began plowing with him today.  think they will finish this evening.  Jo is out of old corn and is feeding new.  Will begin harrowing down piece tomorrow - may bring me load of hay (baled) and take out timothy seed.  Roads dry and smooth  New buggy all right but springs too stiff.  Geo. Kellogg says will saw eaves off shed for me in morn.  Drove down to Hen's.  He talked somewhat abusive and I left.  Edith Bates there.  After supper drove round with Tue. E and south.  Mostly clear day, light variable wind.  Jim Pugh will fix old buggy Monday.  Gobed 10.30 P.M.

August 24-28, 1891 and 1902 in Charleston, Illinois

August 1891

24.  Monday,  5 AM  Ther

Partly cloudy. Riley and J.S. make barn door s. side and nail up  Warren went to town without load.  I start home about 10 AM getting there noon.  Sps rain AM.  cool.  Nick on hand but feeling badly.  I stopped an gathered lot of mushrooms (supposed Agaricus Procerus, and had one small one for dinner.  Phebe and Turie both sick at night vomited till after midnight.  Self not feeling very well nor W.S.G.  attribute to mushroom at first but decide must have been  very rich soup for dinner  Go bed 1 AM.

25.  Tuesday, 6 AM  Ther.

Clear  Ringling Bros Circus in town  Unusually large crowd  all of timber fellows in, settle with most of them.  Uncle John  says can have team wagon and plow which Squires may come after Saturday  W.S.G. and  children went to circus P.M.  W.S.G.  Tue and Hat at night.  Trade hardly as good as it should have been considering the big crowd.  Jo Parker worked forenoon patching roof.  Brownfield helped all day at store  Nick there all day, but not well.  Police give permission to keep open till 11 PM while do not accept.  Bert Bim and Uncle ate dinner also H & Hat.  Gobed  11 PM

26.  Wednesday  6 AM  Ther 50

Clear wind, S.  Jo Parker came early Brownfield helped him an hour or so ? up floor on porch and get ready to put on roof before quitting at night.  Warren finishes Mrs. Coon wood 6 cords @ 3.00  Pleasant day.  Tue not very well  Gobed  10 30 PM

27.  Thursday  Ther

Cloudy wind NW. light rain till 10 AM  Parker works 3/6 day on roof Brownfield 1/2 day.  Put 15 Cull Cercrops on willow tree.  Have 50 spinning up stairs  clear PM and much cooler  Gobed 10 30 PM

28.  Friday 6 AM  Ther 44  70.  52  =  55 1/3

Clear and almost frost.  Parker and Branford work all day on roof  getting it nearly done.  Mrs. R washes and irons  K of P here big meeting in town  Quite a crowd in town  Warren brought load of wood to Mrs. Norfolk  Settle in full to date with Chut Bennett.  R.R. spots ties and pay me for 144.  Clear day N. wind Gobed  10.15 PM~~

August 1902

24.  Sunday,  5 AM.  Ther  45.  82.  58.  61 2/3

Clear.  Helen and Marie started at 620 AM train for Indianapolis to visit Laura Clark for today.  I drove down to Mt. Zion School House      and around by Woodson Place looking.  Didn't find much.  Got home 1 P.M.  Went over river at bridge and into the hills near the road beyond,  Didn't find much.  Got home 1 P.M.  Tue was up most of P.M. but not feeling much better.  Dr. Patton brought me lot of mushrooms mostly Puff Balls and too old.  Drove up to Decker Park and got mess of Pluteus at saw dust.  Then down to Galodays to tell her not to come tomorrow.  Mostly clear day N.E.  wind  Gobed 830 P,M,

25.  Monday  6 AM.  Ther.  48.  82.  60. = 61 2/3
Clear  N.E, wind.  Marie and Helen  came home about midnight last.  Try to write good description of Psalliota  I have been finding in  woods.  Tue was up all day but feeling badly  I drove up to Dr. Pattons pasture after dinner  Intended to from three to Gaine's was taken sick about 3 P.M. came and couldn't eat any supper.  Clouded up P.M. and  lt rains after 4 P.M. and much of night, wind easterly.  I got to sleep on lounge till after 10 P.M.

26.  Tuesday,  6 AM.  Ther 57.  76.  58.  =  63 2/3  
Cloudy and raining lightly easterly, rain continued till 9 AM.  I drove down to Wrights to investigate mushrooms  Did not find any worth while.  Some fellows sawing on Stoddard 40.  Jo with family came in after dinner in buggy for spade and shovel to work on road.  Pay Wilson and McClara in full to date, check 5.51 includes shovel and knife  'Drove up to Dice woods getting fine mess of  supposedly Clyloryte ordores which undertake to have for supper but fail to get them them through.  Saw  but one specimen of large Psatliola today.  Many fungi coming up in woods.  Bridges pays me rent for month ending Aug 20 being in  full to  that date.  Tue up most of day and over at Groves at night.  Gobed 9 P.M.

27. Wednesday 545 AM.  Ther  57  84  62  =  67 2/3
Mrs. Galoday washed.  I intended to go out to Joe's but felt too badly In P.M. drove east of town finding many kinds of mushrooms  Some good ones.  Lepiota  procuruis,  A sylvaticus, ?,  Pluteus cervinus  various forms of elits cups  Got home before night was up town after supper.  Tue over to see Cottons baby which is sick.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

28.  Thursday, 5.45 AM.  Ther 57.  84.  70  =70 1/3
Partly cloudy, hazy, light easterly wind.  Tue and I start for Loxa before 10 AM.  Took her to Hen's, I went up to Gaines'.  Shirley about half done B.C.  He does not want me to insur his part of B.C.  says will not have more than ten tons.  I insure part of Shirley's at night with WW Scott agt.  All of the Jim Decker B.C. with Frommel for 600.00.  Met C Talbot who will help me build fence if I need him.  I drove up to Dice's woods on way home getting home 5.30 PM.  Tue decided to stay at Hen's all night.  Mostly clear day; light easterly wind  Gobed 9 P.M.

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May 26- 31, 1890 in Coles County, IL

May 1890

26.  Monday.  5 AM.  at Ranch  54.  65.  

Clear . Wind N.  Simon and self make tank for dipping lambs in morning.  Got Warren team and sow patch of hungarian back of barn.  In P.M.   worked on clearing with harrow.  Johnny and Riley cut logs on S. ridge. P.M.  Mill not running,  Mill boys cutting place for rolling logs down hill east of mill.  Clear and fine day cool with northerly wind  gobed 9.30

27.  Tuesday.  5.20 AM.  54  74  57

Clear with N.E. wind went over to clearing where Simon and Steve are putting in hungarian  The harrow seems to do good work and we anticipate a good crop of grass.  Intended to start home before noon but went over where R. and Johnny were cutting logs and didn't get off till about 4 PM had no dinner and was glad to eat what had left Sunday.  Went home by Kings getting there after 7 PM  Clear all day with N.E. wind  gobed 10.30 PM

28.  Wednesday, 6 AM.  ther.  58.  76.  65

Clear SE wind.  Buddie [Marie] went to school with girls.  Tomorrow is the last day of school.  Pay Bebchines Bros (?) 479.64 for bills bought last winter.  Geo Kellogg tightens up door of Beer cooler in (?)  Sunday  school convention in town brings lots of people but no trade.  Plums are mostly on trees yet and curculis has not damaged them much  but they are beginning to rot some.  Strawberries are plenty in stores at 10 cts for qt.  Paint W. end of beer box.  Mr. Al Prevo and family have come back and are living in town.  Tue went to convention at night.  Trade dull   gobed 10.30 PM ~~  Clear till toward night S. wind.

29.  Thursday, 7 AM  Ther  68  83  69

Mostly clear with Southerly wind.  Drove out to Uncle Johns with Tue to get some flowers.  Commencement exercises tonight  Tue and Maggie and Phebe went leaving baby [with] father.  Warm day with southerly wind clear.  11.30 PM.

30.  Friday   7 AM.  Ther  72.  86  73.
Mostly clear Chas Salene came at 8 AM and cleans out stable  hoes garden and berry patch.  worked while at store toward night.  Had Crass an hour or two moving lot of Bbls into Perkins building.  Decoration day said to have been big turn out  Stores all closed in afternoon clear and pleasant  southerly wind. 12 oc.

31.  Saturday 7AM.  Ther 73  87  66
Mostly clear.  Salnes and Kellogg work at store  Kellogg on screen door  Warren Decker brought load of wood which put off for Mrs. Norfolk.  He took down six quinces and my drill box.  Rep. primary convention for Co officers.  Delegates intended for Mitchell and Tremble.  Comer was up and I  got pay for lumber furnished township  Warm day cooler toward night  Gobed 12

March 12-13, 1914 and 1889 in Charleston, Illinois

March 1914

12.  Thursday. 6.15   AM.  Ther.  20.  40.  34.   31 1/3

Clear.  N.1.  I spent bad night  with throat and stomach.  Thirty six years ago today we moved from Mrs. Norfolks house to the old house on this lot.  H.G.  brought  C.O. AM.  The birthday party came off all right with six guests all ladies.  Will Stoddert of Mott N.D. called a while.  He is farming up there.  He does not think much of machine plowing.  He starts home today.  Tue got home 5 P.M.  Bright clear day light  southerly winds.  I am dicting (sic) in eating.  I have good appetite for sick man and eat  too much.  Gb

13.  Friday.  6.30.  AM.  Ther.  30.  54.  42.  = 42.

Clear. SW.1. Sleep was no good last night night.  Tue  complaining of her back ; Rheumatiz.  We get letter from Buddy A.M.  Think throat some better.  Think JEM is weakening the booze slightly.  Tue went to R.C. P.M.  She took Harman check for corn to deposit at 2d 30.90.  I fix up one of his check books P.M.  Later shave - since 4th (?)  It was a bad case.  I am becoming too lazy to do anything.  Late PM I walk round place awhile.  the snow has mostly disappeared,  but frost not all out except spots.  Think will get mare tomorrow.  Tue got home 6 P.M.  Clear day moderate SW wind:  the warmest day since Jan 29 when it was 60.  Gobed 9  Tue sends  package , shawl,  to Muggs and one to Phebe P.P.

March 1889

12.  Tuesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  36.  63.  46.  =  48.

Clear and pleasant, considerable (?).  Boys got  to work before 7. R & S did not come.  Stretching the two reels of wire closed gaps and got in good start on the fence from the corner W.    Warren brought teams and hauled out several loads of  plank and posts.  Pleasant day SW wind.  Gobed 9 P.M.

13.  Wednesday.  5.30 AM :   Ther.  40.  64.  54.  =  52

Fair, looked like thunder shower in P.M.  Bob and I  went over to S. side to stack a lot of ties.  Rutherford has moved out of house and Kink is staying there a lone making his .  count up 30 more for him.  Bob hauls us out lumber and posts  and boys work at fence.  R. and S. came after noon and work at clearing out road.  I start home about 4 P.M.  Found Tue about sick with bad cold which she has had for several days.  Go bed 9 P.M.

January 27- 29, 1889 in Charleston, IL

January 1889

27.  Sunday.  7.30 AM  Ther 27.  31.  23.

Snowing wind N. about  (?) in. snow fell:  quit about 9 AM.  Tue had toothache all night.  Maggie lost her mother's mittens at Sunday School today.  Cloudy day, snow flying at times.  Tue suffering from tooth ache all day.  Wind NW.  Gobed 10.45 PM

28.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther 18.  27.  21.

Wind NW. some cloudy and snowing some.  Clears off before 8 AM.  Truman boy calls for wood before breakfast.  This makes a cord she owes for, says she will pay Saturday.  Tue has toothache all day and all night.  Most clear day chilly north wind.  Made bargain with girls about getting up in  morn.  9.30

29.  Tuesday.  6.15 AM.  Ther 23  31  22.

Partly  cloudy.  N. Wind.  Cloudy and chilly day.  Tue still doctoring for toothache.  Cleaned up wood pile on Mrs. Norfolk's lot today.  Sold them 3 loads and brought one down home * half cord loads*  Have about  200 posts up there yet and a few old ties.  Maggie complaining at night  of headache.  Gobed. 9.30 PM

September 12-17, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

12.  Wednesday, 5.45  AM  Ther.  63.  78.  55.
Clear, N. Wind, down to timber all day 4 - men at work.  Steve Decker cut his foot and had to quit in P.M.   Wind N.  After eating dinner I went over on ridge back of Wes Deckers and look round an hour or two.   Bob is hauling out sheeting nearly done.  they went to town yesterday.  I got home at 6.40 Gobed 9 PM

13.  Thursday. 5.45 AM.  Ther.  43.  68.  54
Clear and cool said to have been light frost last night.  I took the girls out to the fair in morning.  Jo Dikob rode back to town with me.  Went out myself after dinner.  Not feeling very well, got home 5 P.M.  Paid Zeke Eastin 5.00 for Riley which I borrow from V.K. Curd.  Settled with Oce Bennett in morning.  Tue finished ironing she washed and ironed this week.  Gobed 9.20 PM  Bim borrows buggy for tomorrow.

14.  Friday, 6.30 AM.  Ther.  44.  68.  58.
Clear.  Tue makes tomato ketchup.  Went up town to get cans for it but could not find any.  Pay Zeke E.  $3.50 none for Riley.  Hat came AM. and went to fair with Tue after dinner.  Self feeling badly all day with colic.  Went to fair in afternoon.  Kate Davis here at night.  Bim and his girl here in P.M. while Tue and self were at the fair.  Gobed 9 PM.

15.  Saturday, 6.30 AM.  ther.  57.  71.  58.
Cloudy or nearly so.  Sprinkle rain in morning and occasionally during day.  The gang were in AM. and paid off.  Got butter and mutton at Bill Myers, AM. some meat P.M.  Got 1 1/2 doz (?) jars at Bin Mitchell's on Cr.  Tue went to fair afternoon with Hat and Mrs. K,  Self  feel bad all day.  Bim brought cow in at night.  Uncle J. sold his hogs yesterday at 5.50.  Gobed 9PM

16.  Sunday  7.30 AM.  ther.  55.  70.  55.
Cloudy and light showers with thunder before day light.  Ferd woke us up early after his coat.  Occasional showers all day.  Girls did not go to S.S.  Ferd* and Helen* here most of the day.  Tue went over to Perrills P.M.  Gobed 9.30

*Ferd and Helen are Tue's sister Fan's children.  Fan died in December of 1887.

17.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  ther.  53.  58.  54.
Cloudy.  Light  mist nearly all day.  Got ready to start for timber but gave it up.  E. Easton says will haul boards tomorrow.   Have sold C. Steigman a load.  Alex Briggs tells me he has rented Mrs. Norfolk's lot.  Went down to Nickolson place but Myers was not at home.  Maggie and Phebe start for school.  dark cloudy.  Has rained enough to lay dust on mud.  Self about sick all day.  Gobed 9 PM

June 7-13, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

7.  Thursday  7 AM.  Ther.  64.  84.  70.
Clear.  Sort out drawers &c up at store.  Kelly worked there P.M. brought M.T. Bbls. down home and put in smoke house.  H.G. there P.M. and think I made a mistake in renting.  Don't know yet what I will do with my furniture.  Hot day and uncomfortable night.  Gobed 10 P.M.  Fatty Knock connects pipe at store.

8.  Friday.  6.30 AM  Ther.  72  88  70
Some cloudy.  Kelly washes lot of bottles and I filled them with Sherry.  Get back room partly cleaned out.  Kelly helped put some carpet in house P.M.  Vol is again after me to rent up stairs  Bob Brown up with load of stove wood.  Post up his account to date.  He's in debt several dollars for rent.  Mrs. Norfolk was down to house toward night for an hour or two.  McCormick white washes hall.  Gobed 10 PM  Appearance of rain in PM

9.  Saturday.  6.15 AM  Ther.  68.  85.  68
  Clear with with fresh west wind.   S.W.  Intended to go to Salisbury early this AM to get description of (?)  which wish to change.  Rain stopped about 9 AM.  Went down to Salisbury and look at record start at 10 and back 2.30.  Pay Auf Vaughn 3.00  Kelly 3.00 Friday 4.oo still owe Kelly 2.75 others in full.  Steigman speaks to me about Pink  house.  There was but little rain down in Hutton tp.  clear day after rain.  10.30  Got some P. Green for potato bugs.

10.  Sunday  6.30  AM.  Ther.  60.  75.  62
Clear with fresh W. wind.  Snider and children came before we got breakfast.  I packed up lot of glassware up stairs at store before dinner. Eva Vail and Davis girls called P.M.  Vail's folks are going to Montana soon.Drive with Tue toward night afterward with Phebe.  Ferd and Louise stayed over to Wentz.  Helen here.  gobed 10 PM

11.  Monday, 6AM.  Ther.  60.  73.  57
Clear.  Miss Kurayer looks at room AM and tells what she wants.   Kelly paints lower roof AM.  Pay Easton 2.50 in full for make fence.  Milt Drake over from Terre Haute wants me to  go down to timber with him, can't.  Mrs. R. sends for washing at night.  Clear day and cool, wind W or NW.  gobed 10 PM.

12.  Tuesday.  5.45 AM.  Ther. 55.  80.  65.
Clear, wind easterly.  Baby got up about 3 AM but not to stay up.  Kelly came at 6.45 working all day clearing up back  rooms at store.  Pay him up all but 1.75.  Order 1.00 ft flowing from Fuller's drive down to Myers with Tue after supper.  says he will help me tomorrow.   Looks like rain at night mostly clear day with south wind.  Go bed 10 PM

13.  Wednesday, 6 AM  Ther  70.  87.  75.
Mostly clear day with SW wind brisk.  Myers came to work before 7 AM.  Work all day at Store mostly in round room.  Kelly didn't work today  went down to Mintons and Fullers afternoon to get some lumber.  Mr. Geo Dallas came for Hutton Township called P.M.  This has been about the warmest day so far.  Gobed 9.30 PM  C.G. takes off flannels.

February 27 to March 1, 1888 in Charleston, IL

27.  Monday  6.15 AM.  Ther.  -2.  11.  10
Mostly clear.  Wind N.W.  Rent house to Roscoe Myers @ 6.00 per month in advance.  Stop at Mrs. Norfolk she buys a cord of wood and Myers takes the job of sawing and delivering it.  Comer was up from woods give him bill of 5000 feet of black oak fencing to saw up.  Tue sent Maggie down to Mrs. Rogers to tell her not to wash tomorrow.  Roads very sharp and rough worst time this winter.  Clear all day with fresh N.W. wind.  Go bed 10 P.M.

28.  Tuesday.  6,45 AM.  Ther.  10.  35.  33.
Clear.  Brisk S. wind.  Baby not very well.  Tue giving her  caster oil Mrs. Cayton delivers.  Saw Ray  2 cord wood @ 3.50 del.  Bruce Myers finishes Mrs. Norfolk wood for which I allow him .75c. on rent.  Went down to Nick place with him  to see what it needs to make it comfortable for them.  Walked back by R.R.  The co. have not recd the last pile of stais.  Stop at Fuller's lumber yard.  Spot up my posts and lumber before night.  Clear day with brisk S. Wind.  There was an alarm of fire just as we were going to bed.  It was Al King's house which burned down.  Go bed 9.30 PM.

29.  Wednesday, 6 AM.  Ther.  38.  54.  48.
Fair with fresh southerly wind which blew all night.  Sell Hub Huffman half cord  wood on an old a/c I owed him for hauling.  Myers gets some things for repairing house at Fullers and  I bought him some glace for the windows.  N.B. Huffaman buys 1/2 cord of wood and I pay an old bill he had against me for hauling.  Tue washes a lot of things and will not have hers R wash till next week.  Light rain occasionally and fresh S. wind all day.  Comer was up town.  Bought can of oysters at night at ices Lees.  Go bed. 9.30 PM``
Carried to new book Mar. 1 1888

NOTE:
This at the back of this journal.  Charles Gramesly  drew the pen and ink drawing of his father, W.S. Gramesly, age 79  on December 30, 1888.
At the beginning of the new journal there is a map drawn of a piece of property.   All dates in this journal and the one before are in black ink and written in a flourished style.  the entries themselves are written very small and packed together.  Please forgive me if I do not get everything copied exact.
Catherine Stickann

March 1, 1888

1.  Thursday.  6 AM.  Ther.  45.  66.  55.

Cloudy.  Raining early.  wind S.E.  Girls did not get ready for school so remained at home AM.  Baby about sick something like the flux.  Tue gives her several small doses oil.  Some of "the boys" get a petition for vote on license to present  to City Council at night.  Father kills two last roosters and picks them in morning.  Tue took baby over to Davis toward night.  this is the warmest day in several months and is drawing the frost out of the ground pretty fast.  Go bed 9.15 PM.

This is about the size, or a bit smaller, this text is written in the journal:

Cloudy.  Raining early.  wind S.E.  Girls did not get ready for school so remained at home AM.  Baby about sick something like the flux.  Tue gives her several small doses oil.  Some of "the boys" get a petition for vote on license to present  to City Council at night.  Father kills two last roosters and picks them in morning.  Tue took baby over to Davis toward night.  this is the warmest day in several months and is drawing the frost out of the ground pretty fast.  Go bed 9.15 PM.

February 1-4, 1888 in Charleston, IL

1.  Wednesday, 7 A.M.  Ther  30.  35.  34.
Cloudy or foggy.  Mrs. Rogers comes to wash at 8 A.M.  Baby seems better this morning but  Tue sends for Dr. Patton who came about noon.  Settle with Case apple a/c P.M.   Mrs. Norfolk calls me in telling me to send Mrs. Terman load of wood.  Gave bill lumber provided City last month to H.G. 2000 ft. $30.00.  Jim Driscoll goes up with load of lumber from mill.  Jack Fayan calls on me toward night.    Phebe did not go to school today.  She slept till after 9 A.M.  Cloudy all day and thawing a little wind Easterly.   Gobed 9 P.M.


2.  Thursday,  6.30 A.M. Ther.  33.  34.  32.
Cloudy.  Baby seems better this morning.  Receives draft from  J&L&B for 618.80 in full.  Mrs. Feagan called in morning,  "settle" with John Armstrong P.M.  Mrs. Shaw is very sick.  John Roberts was buried this morning.  Cloudy all day wind easterly.  Tue has headache bad at night.  Go bed 11 P.M.  W. Decker agrees to cut 20 cord good wood @ .60.

3.  Friday 6.15 AM.  Ther  32.  36.  37.
Cloudy, misty wind NE.  Maggie and Phebe both went to school.  Mrs. Rogers irons.  Look up act. at Christers and Chambers.  Sell Jim Pernnell 205 ft, sheet @ 75c.  Milt Drake and Johnson up from timber.   Milt pays me $1.00 for wood sold.  Baby not feeling very well.  Tue thinks may be taking Whooping Cough.  Talk of sending for Dr. at night but decide not to.  Dark Damp Day with NE. wind.  The roads are still good and Bob Brown brought up a load of lumber.  Dr. called at night for paper.  Gobed 10 P.M.

4.  Saturday 6.30 A.M.  Ther  37.  39.  36.
Cloudy.  raining about day light.  Wes Caylen brings me a half a cord of wood.  I sent Mrs. Lusman a third of cord a day or two ago.  Baby seems better this morning, she coughs a good deal in night, but does not "whoop" any.  Comer and gang are up and pay him 50.00.  Settle  with Ginthers in full $12.60 - 3.00  with Geo Chambers  $43.90 -3.00 and with Messick and Gray 11.93 all in full.  Get city order for lumber last month  $30.00 which deposit.  Snider called P.M.  Mrs. Davis and Paul over in the evening.  Dark damp day, misty.  Snow in afternoon, wind NW.  Gotobed 10 PM.

Charleston, Illinois, on October 11 & 12, 1887

11,  Tuesday, 6.15,  AM.  Ther 45.  54.  48.
Almost clear.  Fresh N.W. wind.   Tue thinks she has ague and takes tonic.  Mrs. Dickenson sends word again that she can't come till tomorrow.  Eastin and Decker bring two loads green wood  for Mrs. Robinson which she refuses to take, so put it on the yard.  Bill Hill unloading car load of potatoes, get samples.   Paid Easton 1.00.  Very raw day.  Wind nearly North considerably cloudy P.M.  Tue buys undershirts and hose at Chambers.     Mits for girls at Frommell.  Buy socks at McCravys.  went up town at night to see Sol Meyers.  Go bed 9 PM . . . .

12, Wednesday,  6.30 AM.  ther.  36.  57.  47.
Clear.  Heavy white frost.  No word from Dorsey yet wrote him last Thursday.  Mrs. Dickenson washes.  Comer up town.  He and John Huffman talk a while in my place.  Tue went up to  Mrs. Norfolks while in P.M.  Collect several dollars of different parties.  Have been taking ice for a few days.  Clear day with W, S.W. wind.  Gobed 9 P.m.

Charleston, Illinois on October 5, 1887

5, Wednesday, 6 AM.  Ther.  40.  62.  50.
Clear.  Light frost last night,  Mrs D. irons.  Ill Comer has a suit before  Jr. Patontay  Saw Uncle John, says  I cam take mare out to Hawkins place to keep.  W. Decker, calls to say that Ezekiel Easton will help him finish hauling wood.  Tue works to hard and gets  more cold.  Hat was down in P.M.  Mrs. Norfolk is very sick has been for sometime, with rhuematism.  got quotation of front from Dorsey today.  Buy veal 20 Cencaline .20. Gobed 9 PM