August 1902
1. Friday.
Buy some tools at Yellow Store square 90 Level 70 File nails &c and start for ranch about 8 am. John Simons grunting. I got whip last time down I drove to river to water horse. The stream is not fordable at Handley's Ford. I go tangled up in the brush on point could hardly get out.
2. Saturday.
The Normal summer students mostly left today. they have began moving the Maples. Have it south about 20 feet which is near half way.
3. Sunday 5.30 AM. Ther 71. 96. 78.= 8812/3
Miss Celia Ford preparing too leave tomorrow Ferd here to dinner
4. Monday.
Miss Ford left P.M. Maggie had visitors at night.
5. Tuesday
[Coming home from a day at the ranch] Had to face storm of wind and light rain for last two or three miles coming home. The boys Jim Riley Steve & Ike began on shed at noon and had posts all up when I left. Kentuckian rides with me to 5 Mile house. Helen and Marie went to Loxa on local to stay all night
6. Wednesday
I started for ranch about 10 AM getting there noon time. Boys had got their posts out of the woods and up. They were nailing up strips and putting up plates all P.M. Think will get rafters up tomorrow [I get home] before dark. Tue had been feeling bad all day and found her in bed.
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(6) We decided yesterday to add another section on N. end of shed making it 42 ft instead of 35. Jo will go to work at Shed at Loxa fixing roof and stripping.
7. Thursday,
Tue felt badly all night and I called Dr. Patton in morning. I lost my knife Tuesday and bought a new one at Yellow Front today. I start for ranch about 10 AM. The boys had the rafters up and were eating dinner. They side up gables and nail on rest set of strips P.M. B.C. looking pretty well.
[Heads home] roads are dry but rough S. of Five Mile.
8. Friday.
Tue spent rather bad night and I had too go to barn for meddy for her Dr came 8 AM Tue had a bad spell about 6 PM and does not feel as well as she did in morning.
9. Saturday
Tue had Dr. Patton this morning.
10. Sunday
Tue got up and helped with breakfast and went back to bed and felt very badly all day. She has symptoms of the bloody flux, otherwise I intended to go to ranch.
11. Monday
Tue feeling better, didn't have Dr. today.
12. Tuesday
Mare doing better.
13. Wednesday
Tue not feeling as well and did not get up. I feel very badly all morning; think too much coffee.
Tue up today at dinner [lunch time] Start out to Gaines 2.00 P.M. came back and started again. Stop at Fair Grounds looking for mushrooms with Clark. Find Lepiota Morganii lycperdons. and A cauepectuis I got to Gaines after 4 P.M. Jo came up while I was there is mowing weeds in corn. The rest of the family gone hunting grapes get home 6.30 Cow got out today, Mrs. B got her. Tue got up P.M and think is improving slowly.
14. Thursday
Tue got up to breakfast and remained up most of day. Self feeling badly.
15. Friday
My fountain pen filled by Geo. W. Hustland first time I have used it: see June , 2. [his birthday- I can see the difference in the writing in that entry.] Went down down to Wrightsville P.M. Tue was up all day and feeling better. Self felt badly all day. Drove up town at night. The Salvation Army have a tent up at 3rd and Madison with big crowds at night.
16. Saturday.
Self feeling worse than usual than usual this morning. Was up town at night after steak and tobacco.
17. Sunday, 7 AM. Ther 60 82 64 = 68 2/3
Mostly cloudy S.E. wind. Tue kills two of her chickens for dinner. I went out to Jim Warren for cabbage and tomatoes. Drove up to Decker getting fine mess of Plutuis cerviness Stop at Fair ground getting seven large puffballs. Florence heree too dinner. She is going too Seattle on visit soon. I drove P.M. down by Mat Browns place. Find Ledpita brocenus near Parkers place and unknown Psolliolta near Mt Zion School house. I return by Billy Browns and M.Zion, getting home about dark. There was light sprinkle 11 AM. and it clouded up again P.M. with thunder all round. Gobed 9 P.M.~
