January 5, 1892 and 1903 in Coles County, IL

January 1892 

Charles 50, Tue 36, Margaret 14, Phebe 12, Marie 5.

5.  Tuesday.  7AM.  Ther  18.  27.  23.  =  22 2/3

Cloudy E. wind.  Enloe took another small load of lumber and paid me for all.  Maurice Burgner has got his 500 posts and will pay me soon.  Tue went to Dick Norfolks funeral P.M. He died yesterday at house here.  Brownfield straightened up posts after dinner.  have on hand 165  Many of them culls.  I put up roosts for hens in the hog pen and Tue and self caught them and put them in there after supper. I fell and hurt my foot so could hardly get around.  We have 37 hens and roosters and 4 ducks.  Cloudy day E wind AM moving gradually around toward N. a little NNE at night and very light fine snow after 9 P.M barely covering the ground.  My foot hurt so I had chill about 10PM.  Gobed midnight.

January 1903

Charles 61, Tue 47, Margaret 25, Phebe 23, Marie 16

5. Monday.  6 AM  Ther.  25. 28.  25  =  26

Cloudy, N wind.  Maggie gets ready and starts for Champaign on 11.15 train.  About 3 in. heavy snow on ground.  It fell in night probably after midnight.   Nick Smith says Garrison sold out and purchaser again sold but I have not verified report.  Mostly cloudy day with NW wind.  Phebe sick at night self about sick.  Quitting use of tobacco feels worse than usual.  Snow remains on ground.  This snow was exactly like one a week ago.  Gobed 9 PM

January 11-12, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County IL

January 1890

11. Saturday 7 AM.  Ther  61.  70.  58  = 63

Cloudy AM. but mostly clear day with strong SW wind  Milt was in and reports everything OK Uncle John was down to dinner  Good many in town and trade better than lately  Warm day and more like Apl or May than Jany  Roads said to be in terrible condition   C Teel and Jo Drake have the grip also many other cases Rain after 11 PM  Gobed 12.30  

12.  Sunday.  7.30  AM  50.  67.  58  =  58 1/3

Cloudy wind S.E.  light rain at times in night.  Mrs. Harley is sick.    Thought of going to ranch today but too much like rain.  Girls went to S.S.  Maunie lang over about noon and until night.  Phebe feverish at night gave Eilert Pill.   Rain toward night and very heavy after dark with much thunder and violent gale  Maggie got  caught in storm taking milk to neighbors  Mostly cloudy day with strong S.E. wind  gobed 9 PM ~

January 1901

11. Friday.  6.45 AM.  Ther.  32.  36.  28.  =  32

Cloudy NW wind some sleet and rain in night night  I did not wake till 6.30  Clara did not come on 5.37 as expected but arrived on local.  My supper disagreed with me last night and feel badly this  morning.  Light fine snow a while in morn.  Shirley called about 9 AM.  Paid me 5.00 borrowed last week.  Clara ironed  Tue attends R.C. at J.H. Marshalls.  Peel last of quinces.  Buy clock and oil cloth at Jenkins, paid.  Maggie over at Roman's at  night.  Clara went to see Daisy.  Tue and Marie at Groves.  Cloudy day with NW wind fine snow occasionally (?).  gobed 9.30 P.M.  

12.  Saturday.  5.30 AM.  Ther  24.  36.  32.  =  30 2/3

Partly clear.  Westwind.  Jack Trobaugh works from 8 am till 4 P.M  Pay him 1.00 which is 16 cts over.  Clara uphosters her kitchen table.  Jack split and piled wood and clean out stable &c   Defenbaugh pays up and I release mortgage  Allowed him about 5.00 to pay for abstract I promised him.  Mrs. Gaines sent for some goods which I buy at Jenkins.  Hearty talking of a greenhouse and would like to lease bottom lot.  I went up town after supper and had accident with Queen on way up.  Harness came off in part and might have had serious runaway.  Tue and Marie went up town at night.  Buy chicken at Hutton's  Mostly clear day with westerly wind.  Defenbaughs bal. pd today 75.00  Gobed, 10.30 P.M.

December 21-31, 1889 in Coles County Illinois

December 1889

21.  Saturday. 7.30 A.M.  Ther.  38.  46.  53.  =  45 2/3

Cloudy wind S.E.  Kelly starts for  hay  8 AM intending to take small load down to woods taking over  half  a ton got back at 4 P.M. lead my mare down rode back leaving team.  Have talk with John Simons who proposes to work for me for 20.00 per month.  Milt up town says a black ram lamb was born yesterday  Milt gets full and gets in Calaboar at night.   Late rain forenoon heavy after dark with some thunder  Clear night with strong W  wind Uncle John down to dinner, self nearly sick all day  Gobed 12.30  Got Marie's photos 1 1/2 doz. 5.00

22.  Sunday, 7 AM.  Ther.  32.  46. 31.  =  36 1/3 

Clear, wind N.W. girls went to S.S. sent Phebe to Gee Lee's after oysters  Maunie Lang here nearly all day, of course.  Tue and  baby went up to Davis after dinner  baby has caught bad cold cough at night.  Tue has 47 hens they are beginning to lay  gobed  10 PM~

23.  Monday  6.30.  AM  Ther.  32.  54.  48.  =  44 2/3

Clear with S. sind Milt was up after load of hay.  Pay him up except my board,  Think over pay him Tue received plush muff by mail.  Settle with Kelly paying him 6.00 still owe him half cord wood.  Flash (Flack) arrive from Pittsburgh .  Clear day westerly wind.  Elight went out too soon tonight at store.  gobed 11.20 PM

24.  Tuesday 7 AM.  Ther  52.  68  62  =  60 2/3

Mostly clear AM.   TV(?) pays  old a/c 3.25  Trade pretty good but don't collect much.  Old man snow saws wood all day t 100 per day   Kelly works all at store cleaning up windows and washing bottles  Flasks come from A. Glass Co.  15 (?) Cloudy day being warm  gobed 12.30

25.  Wednesday. 7AM.  Ther  45.  63  61  =56 1/3

Cloudy N.E. wind AM SE and 5 P.M. W.  at night trade not as good as yesterday.  H.G. and Hat down to dinner.  Shaw saws wood AM.  Fellow tries to work the change racket on me at night.  Write letter to Aunt Maria.  Letter from SN Weil & Co refusing to let us have 50 without attaching WHRs to acceptance.  Cloudy all day clear at night gobed 10.30 PM  Buy 15 Bush corn of Prices @  .23.

26.  Thursday.  7 AM.  ther 45  63  61  =  56 1/3

Clear w. wind, grows cooler wind N.W.  Fischer stove at store smokes so we didn't have any fire and think I caught some cold.  Trade quiet.  Ferd came up in P.M.  Warren up on his way to Simons.  Mary Davis to dinner  Maunie Lang stays all night.  gobed 12 oc ~

27.  Friday.  8 AM.  Ther  27.  51.  39.  =  39

Heavy white frost Mostly clear wind S.W.  Millers man changes stove pipe running it through sky light.  Warren says he will haul load of hay for me tomorrow if Milt will  Uncle John in PM went down to house but no one home.  Trade light.  Nicks wife sick at night.  Partly clear day SW wind go bed midnight  Sent Marie's photos to Aunt Maria.

28.  Saturday 7.30 AM  Ther  39.  61.  58  =  51 2/3

Mostly light cloudy day  Uncle John down to dinner.  Warren and Mils did not come up.    Uncle John down to dinner  Tue's cloak comes from New York and does not suit she thinks of returning it.  P. Garwee pays me $6.00 for posts  Kelly  says will go to ranch with me.  Tomorrow after clearing up.  Went down to light house toward night to ask for little longer times at night with lamps.  They have been shutting off before we closed.  Clear off at night, furious south wind all night and warm  go bed 12.30

29.  Sunday 8AM.  Ther  62.  37.  26  41 2/3
Partly clear SW wind very high growing colder all day.  Mostly cloudy clear at night and freezing some.  Maunie Lang here in morning but soon went home.    Maggie went to S.S.  Phebe has sore throat and tooth ache at night.  Tue not very well  Violent SW  W wind all day.  Gobed 11 P.M.  Ther 24

30.  Monday.  7.30  AM.  Ther.  24  40?  23  =  29
Mostly clear day.   Kelly and self start for ranch bout 10 AM taking Carvlo whom we lost before we got to Mt Zion.  They have a new baby born last night.  Old sheep look very badly.   Rutherford there.  Kelly and Frank went after rabbits.  Tell Milt that can't keep him got home at 6 P.M.  Carlo not there  Trade has been dull since Christmas  gobed 1. oc

31.  Tuesday.  7.30 Ther.  22.  39.  42.  =  34 1/3
Mostly clear S.E.  wind.  Alarm of fire about 1 AM  N.E. corner of square.  Tue and Mrs. Davis went to Kate Groves to spend day taking Marie.  Milt and Jim Decker up after hay mostly clear day with SE and S wind    Began to rain about 11 P.M.  Draw $200.00 from firm  H.G. draws 337.59  makes us even on checks  Marie has touch of croup in night  Gobed  1230~
Bought can of oysters at Scherers
Carried to New Book January 1 1890

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~

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.

October 27 - 29, 1888 in Coles County Illinois

October 1888

27.  Saturday 6 AM.  Ther.   59.  66.  42.

Clear day.  Hampton hauls lumber all forenoon and one load after dinner.  The timber gang were in and I pay them off most of them in full.  Bob Brown takes out (?) of timothy seed and 4 new bags which he says he will take.  Wright works on stable all day  Bill Hatton from 9.30 AM  Warm and pleasant cooler toward night.  Gobed 10 PM

28.  Sunday.  7 AM  Ther 38.  55.  45.

Clear pleasant day.  Let cow in yard for first time and have some trouble with her.  Katie Cramer here to visit girls.  Perrill digging again in creek   Tue sends word down to Dickenson not to wash tomorrow.  Go bed 9 P,M,

29.   Monday.  6 AM  Ther  45.  67.  40.

Clear fresh S. wind.  Wright and Hutton work on stable.  I paint advertising signs for Mike Miller  most of afternoon.  Bbl of quinces came from Dorsey.  Cost them 3.25 freight and dray 1.00  Tue intended to wash  but didn't feel well enough.  Phebe sick in morning does not go to school  Clear day  Gobed 11PM.

May 3-5, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois.

3.  Thursday.  5.15  AM  Ther.  54.  82.  70.
Mostly clear.  Wind SE. as it was yesterday.  Jar plum trees again this AM but have not found any Curculios yet.  Tue feeling badly this morning got ready to start for Timber but meet Handley by (?) walnut lumber sold him mine @ 4.00 for 1st or 2nd and $2.00 for culls.  Started to timber about 2 P.M.  Tue went with me.  Tell  Ruban  Rutherford to go to making rails @ 85c. per hundred.  we got home at 7.30 P.M.  Looked for mushrooms but found none.  They have been  finding.  Thunder shower after dark but not much rain.  go bed  10 PM  order 3 cans Beth from Chicago.

4.  Friday.  6.45 AM.  Ther.  55.  55.  47.
Cloudy W. wind.  Uncle John was in town but would not stay to dinner.  Comer was in  and I paid him  some lumber he had sent up to the city from his from his own timber 35.91 in full.  They are clearing off the Johnston lot getting ready to dig the cellar.  Drove down to the waterworks with Charley MCravey after mushrooms.  He went over the river after them and I remained at the waterworks.  He got some and gave me a mess of them.  Mostly cloudy day clear night.  The children have sore eyes.  Tue thinks they must be taking the measles but M & P have had them.  Phebe has not seemed well for a long time and has not gone to school for a week or two.  Go bed 9 PM.

5.  Saturday.  5 AM.  Ther.  40.  72.  58.
Clear wind-let-west.  Very heavy dew.  Was very light frost.  Tried  the curculio again this morning but  did not find any.  Kirk & Co. brought up lumber walnut and  fencing.    Say they are going to leave Monday settle up with them owe them bal.  $28.45.  Learn that R.R. inspected .  Clear day Phebe  seems to be breaking out with something like measles supposed she had the measles in Wisconsin four years ago.  Gobed  10 P.M.

March 16-17, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1888

16.  Friday.  6.45 AM.  Ther.  42.  50.  38.  

Partly clear but clouds up and begins to rain at 8 AM.  Phebe not very well and don't tell let her go to school.  Finish up list of trees &c. to send for to Storrs  & Harrison Co.  11.90.  See Bob Browns wife up town she wants to  rent my house in timber.  Tue is doing her own ironing this week.  Get jar of lard and a ham at C. Mason.  He settles up for  wood and dray.  Fix latch on front gate.  Find that most of Snyder Blackberries in bottom dead.  Rained an hour or two AM pleasant P.M.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

17.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther.  34.  50.  42.

Mostly cloudy.  Mostly pleasant day with sprinkle of rain two or three times.  Get shaved and hair cut in morn.  Tried to make a small battery, failed.   Girls  pick up some stuff (?) yard.  Sow paragon tomato seed in hot bed.  Modual and Gailfod  speak to me in regard to running for assessor.  Paid up  F. Moffet settling up of Bbl. of apples he bought of me.  Caylon pays me 2.50 for wood sold.  Get Abbot to straighten up wood in yard.  There is about 8 cord.  H.G. down at night, went up town with him.  Baby about sick with cold.  Go bed 10 P.M.

January 29-31, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

29. Sunday, 7 A.M.   Ther.  28.  47.  33.
Nearly clear, wind S.W.  Phebe croupy in night.  Maggie cold better  She went to Sunday School.  Mostly clear day with SW wind thawing fast.  Buy  hier (?) syrup at Calverts.  Look over apple a/cs.  Have about 50.00 of them which will collect next week.  Foggy at night wind N.  Phebe croup in night.  Go bed 10 P.M.

30.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther. 40.  46.  42.
Cloudy, Wind S.W.  Mrs. Rogers comes but doesn't wash.  She decided to wait until Wednesday.  Maggie went to school.  Sold Mrs. Warren old lumber $2.95.  Troy R. cleans up after busted bottles up at store.  Comer in town.  Called to tell me the R.R. had recd. all the switch ties 720 and 17 cross ties.  Went down to look at them.  Throwing pretty fast all day.  Same came out before more wind westerly.  N.W. toward night. E. Easton gives me order from Cerrun 1.55 which I credit on his a/c forward, says he is going to making ties tomorrow.  Everybody has bad cold.  Gobed 10 P.M.

31  Tuesday, 7 AM  Ther.  33.  40.  32.
Cloudy, wind W.  Tue got up and made fires this morning.  Sell  W. Cayler 1/4 Cd wood on cr.  He has paid for 1/2 got sometime ago in delivering.  Riley Eastin brought in 24 posts which pay him for.  Clears off afternoon.   Maggie and Phebe went to school.  Uncle John down to dinner, took a dress out to Aunt Deal.    Stop at F. Knock's shop a while in P.M.  Settle up orders at Dick Bails.  Pleasant day clear day P.M. wind W or NW.  Thawing out pretty fast indications are that this weather will continue.  Clear night with frozen fog or mist.  Phebe cries with earache.  Baby  restless and stopped up with cold.  Go bed 10.30 PM.

January 10, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Il

1912

10.  Friday,  6 AM.  Ther.  32.  40.  42. = 38

Cloudy S.3.  Cloudy day with light rains heavier at night.  Total precipitation today (.60)

1887

10.  Tuesday  6.30  AM  Ther. 16.  26.  16.

Clear with fresh NW wind.  Phebe  does not feel much better and eats no breakfast.  Have decided (?)(?) her attend school any more this winter.  Tue sent word to Mrs. Rogers again yesterday not to wash today.  Tue went over to Kate Myers about 11 AM to spend the day.  Phebe felt better toward night.  Gave her several doses tonic Cinchonida Dr. called it.   Father went to Creamery after buttermilk but didn't get any.  Cayton hands me  1/2 cord wood from yard and Abbot saws on it.  Go bed 9.30  

Clear day  or mostly, NW wind.

January 9, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, IL.

1912

9.  Thursday,   6.30.  Ther.  26.  40.  32.  = 32 2/3

Cloudy.  S.3.  Tue gets new boy to chore.  Proves to be Roger Bennett's son Roy.  Buddy and Charles put in day getting ready to start for Mt. Carmel which they do on the 3.14 P.M.  Big Four train.  Grace called to see Buddy, but too late.  Phebe went with Marie to train.  Pleasant day with fresh southerly wind.  Gobed 9.

1887

9.  Monday, 6.30  A.M.  Ther.  23.  32.  .28

Cloudy wind easterly.  Part of coffee mill  in kitchen.  Maggie and Ph. went to school.  Phebe does not seem to feel  very well.   One of R. Davis cattle fell and broke his neck.  Got a letter form Mrs. Davis,  Berlin  stating that Uncle George was not expected live more than two or three days.  Mrs. E. Eastin called a minute P.M.  There was a fight this  P.M. between two women.  Comer was in town:  told him I didn't want to cut any timber south of Big Hollow.  He wants me to get hands and pile the tiles now down at R.R.  Phebe came home sick.  Send for Dr. Patton after supper.  Chilly, cloudy day wind mostly northeast.  Gobed  10 P.M.

December 30, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

1912

30.  Monday 6.15 A.M.  Ther.  32.  46..  40 = 39 1/3

Part cloudy.  W. 5. light wh fr No ice.  It clears off and  and remains  with strong southerly wind.  Tue gets letter from Muggs.  Didn't hitch up.  Went up to Brown's for shave (pd.) Went on up to  Paynes Pd. account to date 1.85.  P.B. Linn called P.M. and pay him Andrews Brothers, Mattoon a/c for lumber and roofing 43.65.  This is stuff for shed which Harman got last Aug. 29.  Linn used to work for J.B&JB Hill in grocery along win the 70's.  Alfred came doing chores and visiting.  Pay him 1.00 overpaid 20c.  Buddy got box from Reasors today for herself and Charles.  Get calender and almanacs at Payne's.  Mrs. Coon called P.M.  Mort and Kate  were over at night. Mort has been sick for week or so.  Tues cold continues pretty bad but round all day as usual.

1887

30.  Friday.  6.30  A.M>  Ther.  15.  20.  31. 

Mostly cloudy and soon because entirely so.  Fast S.E. wind.  Phebe very restless in night, btu seems  brighter this morning.  Tue has not made much headway in weaning Marie.  Her teeth  are so bad she does not like to stop her at once.  Sell J.P.Case 2 Bbl apples.  F Moffett 1 Bbl leaving only 4 Bbl all Russetts.  Wright took  thric (sic) of these and took others self.  Gray brought them home and put in cellar about dark.  This ends the apple transaction.  Began snowing about 9 A.M. continuing most of the day with strong wind from S.E.  Between 2 and 3 inches, till turning to sleet at night growing warm and raining before morning.  Phebe feeling pretty bad at night thought of sending for Dr. but didn't.  Paid up Minton  & Sons in full 6.22.  Gobed 11 PM.  Tue ironing.

December 27-29, 1887 in Coles County, IL

27.  Tuesday.  7 A.M.  Ther.  31.  36.  35.
Cloudy, wind south.  Misty all day after 9 A.M.  Wind got in S.W. before night.  Walked down to ties in morning and went to depot.    Bob Brown  and Marion Johnson brought orders from Comer.  Sold Dougherty all apples.  Mrs. Rogers washed.  Pay up J.W. Neal & Co. $2.50.  Maggie and Phebe spend most of the afternoon at Davis'.  Tue not very well.  Saw Cummings at Alex Richters this morning says he has about all the lumber he will need to finish his present contract.  Gobed 9 P.M.

28.  Wednesday.  6.30  A.M.  Ther.  =5.  7.  2.
Clear very strong N.W. wind blowing all night.  About quarter inch snow on ground which fell before bedtime last night.  Find ther. at about 27 in room.  hang door and fire up old coal oil stove raising temp to 32.  Maude Lang here to dinner.  Have only been having two meals a day this week.  Sell Mrs. Lang  cord of wood at 3.50 to be delivered tomorrow morning.  Clear day with brisk N.W. wind.  Kate Davis over in eve.  Tue had toothache and headache bad at night.  Go bed 9.30 P.M.

29.  Thursday.  6.30  A.M.  Ther.  -4.  22.  15
Clear.  Mostly clear day with N.W. wind.  Deliver Ed Eastin two cords wood.  Will pay Saturday. Learn that Lem Stark is very low and can't live long.  Pay Geo Rosebaugh in full $50.00 cash taken from deposit at 1ST.  Comer men up want city to fill out their order as they are going to shut down.  Sell L Dunbar a Bbl of apples.  There are about 7 Bbl left all usable, they don't seem to take very well.  Phebe sick at night with sore throat.  Go bed 10 P.M.  Got up and stand till after midnight.

December 2, 1912 & 1887

1912

2.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  44.  42.  30. = 38. 2/3

Mostly  cloudy W. 6.  Cottingham's man came to put in new grate and finds it a misfit and one piece lacking.  It didnot work well and they will return in morn to remedy it if possible.  Mostly cloudy with high  wind W to NW diminishing late P.M.  Clear at night ~~  Tue got  tickets to show at Opera House at night and took Mrs. Brooks.  Alfred came late P.M. and tinkered round a while.  I did not hitch up.  I read at night with good fire  in grate went to bed before Tue got home.  Gobed. 10.  I did not hitch up nor visit town.

This is a link to a furnace of the time.  I suppose theirs was similar.

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1887

2. Friday.  6 A.M.  Ther.  37.  40.  42.

Cloudy and raining lightly.  Fresh S.E. wind.  Was up with Phebe good deal in night.  Baby not well this morning.  C.G.(him) still has slight cold in throat.  Went over to (Dr.) Patton's forenoon says Fan* very bad.  Nobody there.  Tue went down to see Mrs. Nott.  Couldn't go Mrs. Dowling said she would go. I took her down after dinner.  Found Fan very low.  Saw Dr. at night after he had been there.  Didn't  give any encouragement.  Mrs. Davis and Kate Myers were over at night.  Doctor Phebe with fatbacon &c  at night and she was not so bad as usual.  Misty damp.  P.M. roads pretty bad.  gobed 10 P.M.

*Fan is Tue's younger sister.  Fan has three children and had a stillbirth in November 22.  She is 27 years old.

December 1, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

1912

The Weather etc. for November , 1912

Daily mean 44.73+  Max.  72 on 11th.  Min. 22 on 28th.  Rain 1.11. on the 5th .50-  6th  .36 and 12th .25.  Snow flew on 1st. and 24.  Ice on 12 mornings from 1/2 an inch down in all  about 3 inches.  Direction and duration of winds - from N.3:h E.0; SE 1/3;  S 7; SW 7 2/3; W. 6 1/3 and N.W. 5 2/3 days.  Thunder on 12th.  Corn is about all shucked:  has ranged from 42cts to 36 cts.  Butter 50.  Eggs 25.  This has been the best season for  shucking for years.  The crop is  is generally big and good quality.  Lighter crop around Loxa.  Roads are excellent  quite dusty.    There have been substantially no easterly winds.  Streams are running higher than usual.  Clover and grass have made great growth.

1, Sunday.  7AM  Ther.  48.  60.  56.  = 54.2/3
Part cloudy S.3.  There was light sprinkle rain 1 AM.  Tue went to morning church.  She baked the rest of her chicken for dinner.  I fixup(sic) weather for Nov. and hitched up but did not drive till after 3 P.M. when start to woods but too dark and threatening  and I get home at 4 P.M.  Got far as branch on Ashmore Road.  Mort and Kate were over till after dark.  It began to rain 4.30 P.M. and continued  light showers till say midnight.   Violent wind all night South to westerly.  Rain .45 in.  Gobed9.

1887

1.  Thursday.  6 A.M.  Ther.  28.  40.  39.

Clear fresh S.E. wind.  self slight sore throat this morning.  Mrs. Rogers irons.  The doctor thinks Fan  some better this morning but very bad yet.  Mrs. Wentz is down there she came here tonight.  Thinks Fan better.  Ferd went over to Wentz at night with his grandma.  Phebe stops  up again but later, and worse than heretofore.  Mrs. Feagan was over before supper.  Didn't send in city bill tonight.  Mr. Cummings gave bill today which sent Comer.  Gobed 10.30  Strong S.E. wind all day also at night.

November 30, 1912 & 1887 in Charleston, IL

1912

30.  Saturday,  5.45 A.M.  Ther.  26.  54.  48. = 42 2/3 E. Meter 591.000
Clear.  S.E. 1. white frost.  ice 5/16.  Get letter from Muggs is much better and has got to work and likes the place pretty well.  I drove down to Harryman B.C. warehouse A.M. looking for Harman B.C.  I did not get in till after noon and I didn't see it.  He reported about 4 P.M.  Straight 21355 lbs. @ 90.00 Cr 300 lbs. at 1 ct my  eked was 321.32 = our third.  He is very anxious to get Sexton fence up.  Tue sweeps, vacuates mops &c all day and is pretty tired at night.  Jessie Popham here at night till 11oc.  I study catalog of books.  Got through Muggs at night.  Part cloudy, brisk southerly winds much like rain much of P.M.  Alfred chores nt.  Go bed.  12.30 am

1887

Wednesday, 7.45 AM  Ther.  30.  39.  28.

Some cloudy.  Phebe does not feel very well this morning.  Buy yeast and bread at Lee's.  About 2 1/2 P.M.  Tue and self started down to Fan's.  Found her to be very bad.  We brought Ferd home with us.  Went over to Patton's office after coming home.  Said he was going right  down there.  Phebe choked  up again with croup and Maggie and baby very nearly had it.  Strong S.E. wind all night, very chilly.  The roads are not very bad considering the amount of rain.  J. Calhoun says last weeks rain amounted to nearly seven inches.

Nov. 16-18, 1887 in Charleston, IL

16.  Wednesday.  6.30 A.M.  45.  65.  45.
Hazy, Smoky strong S. wind.  Mrs. Dickenson comes to iron.  The apple trade not very good.  Some folks complaining about the quality.  Tonight there are 95 Bbls left.  Grand Jury in session Large number of witnesses over from Mattoon on liqour biz.  Geo. Weber called at Store.  The smoke was very thick today wind S. and S.W.  change to N. toward night and  Smoke cleared away.  Engage Mr. Albott B. to work tomorrow.  Tue and self both have toothache.  Gobed 8.30.

17.  Thursday.  6 A.M.  Ther.  27.  45.  32.
Clear, wind N.  Father's birthday.  Buy him hat and hankerchiefs.  John Gucing got killed  on Narrow Guage R.R. last night or the morning.  Abbot comes to work some after 7 A.M.  Chopped up kindling wood, patches roof and piles posts.  Will help tomorrow morning.  Mrs. Young was to help Tue today but will come tomorrow.   Ezekiel Easton finishes  hauling wood, has brought up in all.  Cord  I owe him 11.24.  Riley has brought up 116 oak posts from which I have culled 10.  Pleasant day N. wind dusty gobed 9 P.M.

18.  Friday.  6 AM.  Ther.  2  48.  44.
Clear.  Abbott comes about 7 A.M.  Pulls carrotts and beets and puts sawdust round the house quitting  at 3 P.M.  Pay him in full 1.40.  Pay Carnes old a/c .50.  Jo Liston's Carriage Shop took fire about 4 P.M. but was soon put out.  Went out to coal shaft toward night to see (?) Gannaway.  Father stayed at store  most of day, bis. dull.  Took back Bill Hills sacks.  Clear day but very smokey .  Wind S.W.  Self not feeling very well.  Phebe's right cheek swelled, think mumps.  Gobed. 9 P.M.

November 13- 15, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

13.  Sunday.  6.30 AM  Ther 27.  56.?  48.
Clear wind S.  Drove out to coal shaft after breakfast then to Comer's to Janesville, Linder land and back home at  4.30 P.M.  Seph McClasky went with me.  Roads good. Fresh S. wind all day, cloudy toward night.  Tue  and girls up at Davis.  Go bed 10.30 P.M.

14.  Monday. 6 AM.  Ther.  40.  50. 44.
Clear but clouds over and rained a little about 9 AM.  Mrs.  Young came to wash but went home on account of the rain.  Wind changed to N.W. before noon getting cooler.  Comer was in P.M. we went out to Coal Shaft.  Got another lumber bill from Cumming.  Rec. letter from Brunen saying will be here in morning to look at switch ties.  Council began today  and good many people in town.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.  Kate Perrill  and friend call at night.  Sold Shackleford some old lumber.

15.  Tuesday  6 AM.  Ther.  37.55.  44.
Clear.  Wind, about N.   Met Bruner  up town went daown to switch ties.  He  seems well pleased with them. Drove down to Kickapoo before dinner.  Riley Easton brought up a load of posts which don't suit me very well.  Trade dull today.  Clear day wind S.E. toward night.  Mrs. Young washes.  Mrs. Feagan over in evening.  Tue not very well non self. coudn't sleep.  Drank ten for supper.  Phebe crys good deal in night.  Go bed 9.30 PM

November 10 - 12, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

10.  Thursday, 5.30  AM  Ther.  37.  48.  47.
Cloudy Wind N.  Caught another large rat which is the third lately.  Spotted cat taken away last week came back a day or two ago.  J.M. Eastin has sold his store room up town to Jay Johnston and will pay note.  I have on him.  Pay up Mike Miller for gasoline stove &c.  Air raw and chilly not so bad  toward night.  Stay at apple store all day but don't do very much.  Good many talking of buying .  Buy buckwheat at Wrights at night.  Mostly cloudy day .  Clear at night.  Go bed.  8.30 - Mrs. Wentz gets bush  Applies on GrS.

11. Friday, 5.30 AM  Ther.  34.  51.  37.
Clear.  The smoke so thick for a few days has about gone.  Wind N.E.  Alarm of fire Mrs. Atwells  This is the day for  the Anarchist hanging in Chicago.*  Tue was up town toward night and paid up  Mullen sisters $12.90.  Kate Myers was over at night.  Phebe cried with toothache good deal early in night.  Gobed 10.45 P.M.

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

12.  Saturday.  6.15 AM  Ther.  27.  51.  45.
Clear, wind N.E.  Pleasant day chilly.  Uncle John was in town.  Learn that over tenant Mr. Young is talking of moving to Terre Haute.  If  he does will probably owe Tue about $18.00.  Comer and Gary were up P.M.  Buy big piece of Ham at Masons which make  (?) sausage at night Phebe still has bad toothache.  Gobed 10 P.M.

November 9, 1887 in Charleston, IL

9. Wednesday 6 AM.  Ther.   46.  55.  42.
Cloudy and smoky wind about  South.  Phebe cried  good deal in night.  with toothache.  Light rain at 9 AM and most of forenoon with thunder about 1 P.M.  Cloudy all day  grows cooler.  Pay up Musick & Gray 14.90.  Apple trade rather dull.  Too warm for keeping fruit.  Wind N.W. before night.  Went up at night to open room to cool it off.  Settled old ice bill with Goodwin.  Gobed 9.30