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.

August 8, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

8  Monday,    6 AM  Ther.  65.  89.  65.
Clear.  Baby better but cried a good deal in the night.  Phebe  fell on stairs this morning and hurt herself some.  Get letter from E.D. Davis saying needn't saw any more lumber at present. Letter from G.C. Dinsey, no butter at Geneva-  Bent was down to dinner.  Say, he has bought a farm up in Moultrie County.  Drove down to Young's but didn't see him.  Comer was in town but went out before I could see him.  Pleasant day.  No signs of rain.  Buy tomatoes 35c Decide to go to timber in morning.  go bed 9 P.M.

May 24, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

100 Years Ago

Friday,  May 24, 1912    6 A.M.  Ther 70. 82. 72.  = 71 1/3

Cloudy, N.E.2. Thunder with light rain 3 AM.  Dark morning till 8oc.  I hitch up slowly.  Old buggy about worn out.  I drive up town and to P.O.  They are putting foundation for a monument N.W. cor. of court yard `  Phebe did not get up to breakfast.  Her cold not much better.  Her trunk came today.  I drove S. P.M.   round by Hen's* bottom.  Tue and Phebe both out at night.  H.G.** calls with Ben Spence I had not seen Ben for many years.   He lives in Indianapolis.  Part cloudy day with light variable winds.  The rain early A.M. only about .03  Go bed 10.30 P.M.

*Henry Hildreth, Tue's brother.

**Henry Gramesly Charles' brother.

125 Years Ago

Tuesday, May 24, 1887   6.15 AM.  Ther 69, 80, 66

Clear.  Started down to Comer's Mill about 9 AM. to talk over the (?) got home at 1.30 PM.  Heavy shower with wind and thunder about 2 PM.  Tue sets out some tomato plants.  Delia irons.  Gave bid to Fooke for City lumber @ $1.50.  Comer says he will pull up at once and go down to timber.  Went to  Ed Wiley's hedge for Osage after supper.  Deffenbach pays $1.oo  Gobed 9.45 PM.