July 1891
12. Sunday, 7 AM, Ther, 67, 90 69= 75 1/3
Clear. S., wind, straighten up cecropias this AM. They had become somewhat demoralized. There are, however some 280 of them alive alive at date girls went to SS Tue to church. Clear and hot with fresh wind, S. Start for ranch 330 PM. S. wind
13. Monday, 4.30 AM. Ther 70. 93. 80 81
Clear. SW wind. Try to burn off rye stubble this morning but too much dew. Boys left some fire in field and went to working ties, but before noon fire got and burned whole field over, burning out several parcels of fence. Johnny and Rile work at ties John Simons puts in good part of PM patching up burned fence. I went down to river A.M. ground near the river nearly covered with thousands of little frogs. I started home at 2.30 PM getting there at about six oc. Owen Black rode with me from Adkin's. Mostly clear day. Lightning W. and N.W. at night Very dry and dusty. Boys had hard work to save wood and fences down at ranch today, fresh S.W. wind Gobed 10 30 P.M. Old cow had male calf today.
14. Tuesday, 6AM. Ther 69. . .. Send word to Hamon want butter.
Mostly cloudy. Heavy thunder shower 230 AM to 5 AM with showers. Brownfield worked P.M sh...ing hens under the hog pen Took buggy up to to Pugh. for repairs. Cecropia worms not doing very well. Decide to put most of them out of doors. Mostly cloudy AM mostly clear PM. gobed 11 PM. Harding fixed gutter on store P.M. Took buggy to Pughs
15. Wednesday,
Circus in town H & H [Henry a& Hat Gramesly] down to dinner Bert to dinner. Uncle John in town but not down. Put cecropia from walnut tree in front to tree on hillside. 9 in No. Trade only medium. About like last circus last week.
16. Thursday
Tue and children go to Hats to dinner. Got buggy from Pughs not done so take her back. Uncle John down to dinner. H.G, made draw of 270.00 yesterday which will make us short on payments this month
17. Friday
Brownfield brought home buggy and washed it off in morning I painted in afternoon.
18. Saturday
Buy new grindstone for ranch.
19. Sunday
20. Monday
Old William Ricketts died at 2 PM. Had been confined to house but a a few days. Order 3 doz bar glasses from Busby & Company, write to several ? for prices of show cases.
21. Tuesday
Nick's baby takes sick again in P.M and I stay at store alone at night. Maggie not very well. Old Mr. Ricketts was buried this afternoon.
22. Wednesday
Brownfield works while in AM. QuitGrand Army
28. Tuesday - H.G. tells me he wishes to attend the Grand Army Friday at Detroit next week three or four days. First lot of (cecropia) on tree one of them came out of 4th molt today.
29. Wednesday find lot of young men in pasture down under willows. Put 6 oldest cecropia down in bottom on tree.
30. Thursday Uncle John down to dinner. He is much dissatisfied with tenants on all his places.
31. Friday Nicks baby was bad again tonight and I had to stay at the store. Ship 37 kegs empty kegs to Dunnaway.
