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.

November 20, 1912 & 1887 in Charleston, IL

1912

20.  Wednesday.   6 A.M.  Ther.  44.  66.  52.  = 54

Mostly clear S.W. 2.  Tue and I start to Loxa about 9 A.M.  taking Jack and no lunch.  Tue stopped to see Mrs. Gaines and Mrs. West.  We drove up to to house.  They have some thirty acres corn to shuck.  We drove over to Cliffs but would not stay to dinner.  Look at his hogs &c.  He gives me check for 42.79 for 104 50/70  bu corn bringing my half of "pond" called 3 1/2a.  After going about an hour  we get home  at 2 P.M.  Tue gets letter from Muggs at Jeff City.  She seems  to like it pretty well.  Mrs. Knock calls P.M.  Fine day with light S.S.W.  wind clear.  Tue  stirs up old afcs at night and reads an hour or two from this book.  Gobed 8.30 P.M.  We stop at cemetery returning.

1887

20.  Sunday.  6.30 A.M.  Ther.  10.  28.  17.

Clear.  Waterworks froze up in house  also out doors.  Went up to store after breakfast for Doc Dunbar some corn.  Peel lot of  quinces and sweet apples which Tue cooks after dinner.  Got  mare out about 3 P.M.  Took Tue drive round town awhile.  Baby has a bad cold. from yesterday.  Gobed 9.30~~

October 27- 30, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

27.  Thursday, 6 A.M. Ther.  24.  58.  37.  Clear E. Wind.  Rutherford came with load of old lumber in morning.  Snider in P.M.  Mrs. Young came and washed bul. clothes charging 50 c. which goes toward rent.  Seph helps pile load lumber.  Crass helps on load toward night.  Gobed 10 PM

28.  Friday, 6.30 AM  Ther.  38.  65.  50.
Clear.  White frost.  Snider, MClasky and Rutherford each had load of old lumber.  Easton brings me load of wood.  Engages Bill Halton to cut my wood next week and put in woodhouse. @ 1.50.  Get return from B & L of Bbl wh withdrawn.  No word from apples yet.   Pleasant day S wind Kate Myers over at night.  Gobed 10 P.M.

29.  Saturday, 6.30 AM  Ther.  40.  40.  32.
Clear.  Baby feels much better.  Sprinkle of rain in the night and turns colder.  Wind gets in north and  snow flying most of the P.M.  Apples and Quinces from Donay arrives.  No.2  apples don't  suit very well.  Receive dispatch from Donay saying will ship Monday.  Wire him to substitute.  Comer in town and whole gang.  Snider hauls a load of lumber which is about the last.  Go to bed 10 pm.  Clear night.

30 Sunday,  7 AM  ther.   22.  46. 32.
Clear.  Maggie and Phebe go to Sunday School.  Clear and cool, E. wind.  Went down to tell Mrs. Deckerman not to come tomorrow as Mrs. Young will wash for us.  Phebe went with me.  Go to bed 10 P.M.

October 22-23 in Coles County, IL in 1887

22.  Saturday.  7 A.M.  Ther.  36.  60.  50.
Mostly cloudy days.  S. wind.  Good many people in.  still have bad cold in head and sore throat.  Nearly everybody same way.  Pay Dorsey's drat for apples and quinces $18.60.   Pay Seph  for sawdust and hauling lumber.  Light sprinkle of rain toward night.  Have about decided to make up balance of timber with ties.  Comer was not in town today.  Indications of change in weather.  Go bed 9 P.M.


23.  Wednesday.  7.30 A.M.  Ther.  57.  65.  42.
Mostly clear wind S.W.  Sprinkle rain a bitty about 7 A.M.  Baby not very well.  Tue  thinks sore throat got chlorate of Potash.  Violent wind all day sprinkle of rain about noon.  Grows colder wind gets to W or N.W.  Went down to Comer's taking Seph.  Come to agreement with  Comer about switch ties.  Got home before night.  Go bed 9 P.M.

Charleston, Illinois on October 20 - 21, 1887

20.  thursday, 7 AM.  Ther.  53.  62.  50.
Partly cloudy.  Sprinkle rain about 8 AM.  Snider came up taking Tue, Hat and Co. down to a quilting at Fan's.  They came home before dark.  Crass helped pile up load of lumber.  Seph hauled yesterday 757 ft.  Comer in toward night, offered to pay 35 c. per hundred for logs and I agreed to take it for a while he to take everything that will make lumber.  Turns colder after noon strong N.W. wind and cloudy.  Go bed 9.30 P.M.

21 Friday.  7 AM.  Ther.  40.  53.  36.

Mostly cloudy wind N.W. got sore throat this morning.  Rec. letter from G.C. Donay with bill for 6 Bbl. apples and 1 of quinces.  Go in partners with W.G. Wright and order car load to be shipped at once.  Wrote letter to T. Nicholson Chicago for Uncle John.  Seph hauls up load of lumber.  950 feet says will go again Monday.  Put on woolen undershirts this morning and feel more comfortable.  Mostly clear with strong N.W. wind.  Decker hauling to Winters and Easton to me.  Go bed 9.30 P.M.

Charleston, Illinois on October 6, 1887

6, Thursday, 6.30 SM  Ther.  53.  81.  66.
Partly  cloudy.  Dove's cow  in our garden this morning.  Pick up papers for Tue.  Walk down to  Depot to see about  rates on apples.  W.G. Wright says he will  go in with me and buy a car load of apples.  Wrote Densay for first figures on  car lots and order 5 Bbl apples and 1 Bbl quinces.  Drove horse a whole P.M.  Make out  bill of City Lumber 11,003 ft $165.05 and gave it to H.G.  Taggart pays 9.05 at night.  Has  been uncomfortably warm day strong South wind and fair.  Go bed 9 P.M.