May 15-19, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

15.  Tuesday, 6 AM.  Ther.  48.  60.  47.
Mostly cloudy wind easterly.   Wrote letters to several parties for catalogues of Mill &c.    Got measured at Winters for suit of clothes to cost 30.00  .  Zeke Easton brought in cord of wood which he sold to John Chapman and which John owes for.  J.W. Lackey inspects walnut lumber and pays the same 57.20.   Come in town trying to city bill of lumber.  Mrs. R. irons.   W.S.G. cut some wood.  Began to rain about 1.30 and kept it up most of AM and lightly in night, wind S.E.  Wrote a letter to Uri asking him to sell my  furniture.  Gobed 10 PM

16.  Wednesday, 6.30 AM.  Ther.  47.  62.  47.
Cloudy wind N.E. clears off.  Sam Lietch talks to me about buying in at coal shaft.  Went out to Uncle John's with Tue  in afternoon, says will drive cow in for us Saturday, got home 6 P.M.   Bim has planted 5 acres of watermelons.  Cool day pleasant afternoon.  Gobed 9.30 AM

17.  Thursday, 5 AM  Ther.  48.  54.  53.
Mostly  cloudy and looked like rain.  Start for woods with Kelly  getting there about 9 AM.  We began looking out a line for a fence but it began to rain before we had been there long.  They were working the road today.  Started home in the rain about 1 P.M. rained most of day rather (?) grows warmer at night.  Gobed  8.30.

18.  Friday, 6.45 AM.  Ther. 60.  60.  50.
Cloudy S. wind.  Heavy  rain in night with good deal of thunder and lightning about the first we have had this spring.  Baby has began to walk alone some this week.  Get offer of sawmill outfit  from Lane and Bodley Co.  Uncle john brought in cow P.M.  Kelly helped about two hours in afternoon straighten up lumber.  Rutherford up pay him 2.00 order.   Bought a catfish of Bill Neece.  Mostly cloudy day  N.W. wind.  Misty P.M.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

19.  Saturday.  5.30 PM.  Ther.  40.  65.  51.
Mostly clear, wind N.E. veirring [sic] to easterly.  Kelly  worked forenoon put stakes to berries and grape vines.  Bert was here to dinner.  The cow gives about 3 gal per day.  I milk.   Sell half cord wood to A. Owens.  Roads bad and great.  Delivered Jim wood.  Find bugs in plenty on potatoes in bottom.  Confer with H.G. P.M. he is still anxious to go in to sawmill business.  Go bed. 10 P.M.

December 23, 1912 and 1887 in Coles County, IL

1912

23 .  Monday.  6 AM  Ther. 28.  42.  34.  = 34 2/3

Cloudy (9)  S. 2. wh frost.  Ice frost.  Ice 1/2 in.  Tue was up town most of A.M.  The deposits checks received Sat.  307.80 + 3.00 at 2d.  I mail check to Patrick for repairing. 3.20  I get shave at Browns AM pd.  When returned Buddyy and Charles were trying to get in house.  We did not expect them.  Tue didn't get home till near 1 P.M.  Alfred did  not come again so we do the chores ourselves.  I felt badly all P.M. and didn't eat any  supper.  Mostly cloudy.  Clear at night.  Gobed 10.30.

1887

23.  Friday. 6.15 A.M.  Ther.  15.  32.  25.

Nearly clear but clouds up.  Brisk S.W. wind.  Tue feeling badly.  decides to wean the baby right away.Mrs. Rogers and friend come to iron while we were eating dinner.  Recieve gal. jug of K.C., a Christmas present from Uri.  Tue got letter from Aunt Maria also package.  Tue and self work at some knick knacks at  night.  Father and I filled up wood rack this morning.  Cloudy day with S.W. wind snow flying occasionally.  There had been heavy snows in the South.  J. Johnson and Milt Drake up.  Go bed.  10 P.M.