Daily Journals

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Jan 1     I went to N. Vernon after a load of coal. There was none for sale. Day is right fair, snow on and is thawing some.

Jan 2     We are only choreing. This is a day it thaws and rains most of the day. Snow is most off tonight and the rain is falling fast yet at 6 o'clock.

Jan 3     Joe and I went to N. Vernon after a load of coal to burn. Day is right cool. Creek is up big.

Jan 4     I went over to church in the boat across the creek. It is not fordable. After church I went up to Sebe Ewing's to see Lissie. She is sick. Cool today.

Jan 5     We are only choreing. Ground is white with snow and cold.

Jan 6     The same as above, not doing much. Weather is bad and quite cold with 2 inches of snow on.

Jan 7     Maw and I went over to Sebe's to see Lissie, she is sick, has been for several days. She is some better today. Today is stormy and wind blows hard.

Jan 8     We are not doing much but the chores. It is right cold and the wind blows very cold.

Jan 9     We are not doing anything but the chores. It is quite cold and 2 or 3 inches of snow on.

Jan 10     The same as above. Weather is right cold with 2 or 3 inches of snow on the ground.

Jan 11     We are at home. Weather is cold and snow on.

Jan 12     The same, not doing anything but the chores. It is coldest day this winter today.

Jan 13     We gathered one load of corn this afternoon over the creek. Snow is melting off some and thaws some.

Jan 14     Mistake above on yesterday…we did not gather corn. Weather was too cold and snowy. We are only choreing.

Jan 15     We gathered one load of corn over the creek this afternoon. The snow is on but is melting.

Jan 16     We gathered 2 loads of corn over the creek this afternoon. The snow is melting off fast. Albert Bertram is helping.

Jan 17     We gathered 4 loads of corn across the creek today. The snow is melting off fast. Ground breaks through in places.

Jan 18     We are at home all day and the day is right cool with a little snow left on.

Jan 19     We are gathering corn on the Long Bottom this forenoon and got it all done at noon. Then went over the creek this afternoon. Ground froze to bear up.

Jan 20     The same, at the corn over the creek, got 4 loads. Ground is froze some, it bears up. It snowed some this afternoon.

Jan 21     The same, at the corn over the creek and got it done this evening. So now we are all done on the stalk for this year's crop.

Jan 22     This morning we went down to the chock corn down on the mouth of Indian Creek, shucked 3 loads and quit. It is froze too hard. We came home and hauled out manure.

Jan 23     Joe and Albert hauled out manure on the wheat this forenoon. This afternoon went down and shucked out a load of corn out of shock. It is froze to the ground.

Jan 24     We are not doing anything but the chores. It snowed quite a snow this morning.

Jan 25     We are at home and the day is cool with 3 inches of snow on. Snow doesn't melt much.

Jan 26     We are not doing anything but the chores. Snow melts off fast, it melted most all off today.

Jan 27     I and Maw went to N. Vernon today, took up 26 chickens. It set in to rain in town and rained about 3 hours.

Jan 28     We are not doing anything but the chores. It is very muddy. The frost is pretty well out now and is warm. Creek is full bank.

Jan 29     The same, not doing anything but the chores. Ground is muddy bad to get around. Weather is warm.

Jan 30     The old thing today again. I am sitting in the house most all day with a lame leg. Ground froze some last night.

Jan 31     We are at the same, nothing but the chores. Ground is froze some but thaws today and muddy.

Feb 1     We are at home. The day is some warm and partly cloudy. Roads are muddy.

Feb 2     I went over to see Mr. Robins, he is sick. There was a wood sawing there. Day is warm and the sun shines all day.

Feb 3     We are not doing anything but the chores. It has rained most of the day and tonight it pours down the rain and warm.

Feb 4     We are not doing anything but the chores. It is wet under foot and the creek is up big, the highest this winter and the wind blows hard all day.

Feb 5     The same as above, nothing done. The water took off a part of the corn shocks at Indian Creek on yesterday. The ground froze a little last night.

Feb 6     We are not doing but very little. The ground is wet and muddy.

Feb 7     The same as above, not doing but very little work. Ground is very wet. I went to church this afternoon.

Feb 8     I and Joe went to church over the creek. The day is right nice but muddy.

Feb 9     Joe cut down some hedge fence. I done a few chores. Day is right nice and warm but muddy.

Feb 10     I went to the funeral of Brother Robbins. He was buried today. Day is nice overhead but muddy.

Feb 11     I went to N. Vernon on business at Lawrence's office to see him on the business of settlement. Rain all forenoon.

Feb 12     We went down below and shucked a load of corn out of shock. It is most all wet what is left. It is muddy.

Feb 13     I, Joe and Dick shucked the last load we expect to shuck this year.

Feb 14     I and Joe went to N. Vernon, took up a load of wheat. Dark damp day and chilly.

Feb 15     We are at home and the rain falls all day. Cool chilly day.

Feb 16     We are not doing anything but the chores. IT is stormy with snow and blows all day long. The worst day this winter.

Feb 17     This is another bad day. Snow is deep and is some cold. We are sitting around the house. Dick and Joe Stewart are here today.

Feb 18     We are not doing but very little. The snow is on and is very stormy this morning. We ground some corn for feed this morning.

Feb 19     I and Joe went to N. Vernon, took up a load of wheat to mill. Brought home 1200 lbs of coal. Day is right cold with snow.

Feb 20     I went to N. Vernon on foot this morning to settle up the estate of Hugh Stewart, got it settled. Joe and Sadie came out this evening.

Feb 21     We are choreing some. We hauled in the clover stack by the barn into the barn for feed. Joe and Dick helped to grind some corn this evening.

Feb 22     We are at home and Joe & Sadie, Dick and Lawrence & Maggie and folks are here. Day is very pleasant, some mud.

Feb 23     We are not doing much. There is a little snow left on yet. It melts off some every day. Nice weather overhead. Joe took up a load of wheat this afternoon.

Feb 24     We are not doing anything much but the chores. The ground has snow on. It melts off some every day and is muddy.

Feb 25     Joe Bertram took up a load of what to the mill and Joe Stewart and Sadie went home. Day is nice but muddy.

Feb 26     Joe took up another load of wheat this forenoon. This afternoon we butchered our steer we got off Otto. Day is nice but muddy.

Feb 27     I and Joe took up to N. Vernon three quarters of beef and part of a load of wheat. It set in to rain and rained the rest of the day and part of the night.

Feb 28     We are only choreing. We hung up the meat then cut up the beef. Day is cloudy. Creek is high, roads are muddy.

Mar 1     We are at home all day. Day is chilly and the roads are muddy.

Mar 2     I am only choreing some. Joe and Pete commenced to cut stove wood today. Weather is chilly and cool.

Mar 3     We, Dick and I filled up a load of wheat and I took it to N. Vernon. Joe is at the wood. Day is very pleasant. Roads are muddy.

Mar 4     I am choreing around some. Joe is at the wood, him and Pete. They quit tonight on the wood. Weather is nice but muddy.

Mar 5     I and Joe took up the last load of wheat to N. Vernon, then went to old Vernon and paid all the taxes on farm. Day is cloudy.

Mar 6     We are only choreing. Day is dark and cloudy and the ground is wet. It rained some and the roads are muddy.

Mar 7     We are only choreing. The weather is wet. The roads are very muddy and it rains today again.

Mar 8     We are at home. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's last night. Creek is big today.

Mar 9     I and Joe went to the sale at Adam Luck's. I bought a buggy and a corn planter. The roads are very muddy. Day is warm.

Mar 10     I and Joe went to the sale of Lambert Hammet. Did not buy but 15 cents worth. It rained this morning and a part of today and the creek is high today and tonight.

Mar 11     I and Joe are trimming apple trees. The day is cloudy but not cold. Dick Gibbs went away this evening.

Mar 12     I and Maw went to N. Vernon, took up Dick's valise to Joe's house. Day is right pleasant and warm.

Mar 13     We trimmed apple trees this forenoon. This afternoon we hauled in one stack of fodder in the barn, then ground some corn for feed. Day is nice and warm.

Mar 14     I and Joe cut down the hedge fence this forenoon, finished the first fence at noon. This afternoon went up to Jim Green's and bought his mare. Day is warm and cloudy.

Mar 15     We are at home. Day is warm.

Mar 16     We cut some more hedge on the lower fence. Day is warm.

Mar 17     We took off 2 hogs to N. Vernon for Green and Mornen, 1 old sow, 1 white sow. One old sow got off Boner. Warm day.

Mar 18     I and Joe ground corn awhile this morning, then went to the sale at the old Gannon farm on pike. Came home then finished cutting hedge. Right warm day.

Mar 19     We trimmed locust trees and planted some more out where they was thin over the creek is the patch. Day is right warm and the ground is drying.

Mar 20     I and Joe went up to Platter's mill to get the timbers for the scales. It rained hard when we got there. We brought it home. Wet and muddy.

Mar 21     I and Joe cut down some apple trees that was dead, this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon. Day is nice, some cooler today.

Mar 22     We are at home, Maw and I, Joe and Pammy. Went to P. Bertram's. Day is right nice.

Mar 23     We burned up the old apple trees and the brush on the orchard this forenoon. This afternoon repaired some fence in the orchard.

Mar 24     We repaired and moved some fence in the orchard to keep out the hogs. The day is cool and windy.

Mar 25     I commenced to sow clover seed for the first. Sowed the field out back of the barn today. Joe hauled rock for scales. Day is nice.

Mar 26     I sowed clover seed down on the Liew Bottom on the wheat where Bertram has in. Joe hauled rock this forenoon. Day is nice.

Mar 27     I went to N. Vernon, got some clover seed this morning. Joe hauled rock. This afternoon finished sowing clover on wheat. Rid up some trash on the wheat and burned off the shock corn.

Mar 28     I and Joe are at work in the orchard. Joe is plowing the orchard, got a part of it done and harrowed and sowed to clover. Day is cool.

Mar 29     Maw and I are at home. Joe and Pammy went over to Peter Bertram's. There is 6 sows had pigs this week. The weather is cool. Roads are drying.

Mar 30     We are choreing some, it rains some the most of the day slowly. We are sorting corn in crib and loaded 2 loads to take to town tomorrow.

Mar 31     I and Joe took up 2 loads of corn to N. Vernon mill, got only .38/bu for it. Day is nice and warm.

Apr 1     We are trying to open up the tile down in Emmie's field. It is full of mud so the water won't drain.

Apr 2     Joe is plowing the orchard. I went up to Wm Pennington's after some fruit trees to replant where the trees was most. I planted out the most of them. The day is nice.

Apr 3     We finished plowing and harrowing the orchard and sowed the clover seed on. This afternoon it rained a big rain.

Apr 4     I and Joe went to N. Vernon to mill this forenoon. This afternoon went over to church. Day is cool and chilly.

Apr 5     I and Maw went over to church. The day is cool and mostly cloudy.

Apr 6     We began to dig out the pit for the scales to set on. Tom Caiten is helping to dig. Day is right nice.

Apr 7     The same as on yesterday and got it dug out at noon. This afternoon began to lay the wall. Big rain tonight.

Apr 8     Did not wall any till afternoon. The rain last night made it too muddy to work till afternoon then it is some muddy.

Apr 9     Went to N. Vernon, I and Maw, to get some more cement. Tom and Joe are at work at the wall on scales. Day is very nice.

Apr 10     Tom and Joe are at work at the wall till noon. It rained this afternoon and stopped them or it would have got done. Will Glixner is here framing the sills for scales.

Apr 11     We got the wall for the scales done this evening. It is ready for the scales to go on now. There was rain this morning. Evening is fair.

Apr 12     I and Maw are at home. There was a big rain fell today before noon.

Apr 13     We put up our wagon scales. Tom Caiton, Wm Glixner and the man from N. Vernon and selves. It rains some most of the day and muddy.

Apr 14     I and Joe went over to Hayden today, took over the 2 mares. Day is chilly and damp and cloudy and the roads muddy.

Apr 15     We are choreing some. Hauled down the timber for the shed over scales. Put up some fence along road. Day is damp, chilly and muddy. Ground is wet.

Apr 16     We are at work at the scale shed putting it up and the rafters on ready for the sheeting tonight. The day is cool and cloudy. Will Glixner is here.

Apr 17     I and Maw went to N. Vernon to get the roofing for the shed. Came home and Joe & Glixner put some of it on this evening. Day is nice.

Apr 18     We got the scales roof on today and got it all done. Weather is right nice for 3 days past.

Apr 19     We are at home, Maw and I alone. Joe and Pammy went over to his father's. Some rain this morning and cool.

Apr 20     I and Joe are taking out some wire out of drift a part of the day. Went to Human's this evening. Cool weather.

Apr 21     We commenced to put up the garden fence with wire. Weather is cloudy and damp.

Apr 22     We are at work at the garden fence and got it done. This is a cloudy day and damp, chilly.

Apr 23     We are repairing some wire fence and burning up some hedge brush. Ground is wet yet, dark weather and cool.

Apr 24     We are only choreing some this forenoon, it rains some. I went down to Liew Human's this afternoon. Rain some and cool.

Apr 25     I and Joe broke the stubs on the wheat down by Indian Creek on the Liew land. Then went to N. Vernon to get some bran for pigs.

Apr 26     We are at home and the day is right nice but cool and is drying off some.

Apr 27     We are hauling out manure on the corn ground, 2 teams all day. Joe and Mike Neel hauled out. Day is nice and is drying fast.

Apr 28     Melissa Ewing died this morning. (NOTE: William's sister) We sowed our first oats this afternoon. Ground is drying fast today and pleasant.

Apr 29     We finished sowing oats this morning. I and Maw went to the funeral of Melissa (Lissie) Ewing. She was buried at Vernon graveyard. Day is nice.

Apr 30     We made some garden for the first this year, this morning and plowed the potato patch. Then Maw and Joe went to N. Vernon to Joe's. It rained at 10 o'clock and turned cold.

May 1     We planted our potatoes and made some garden. Fixed some wire fence on the Liew farm. This is a nice day but cool.

May 2     I and Joe took off the stalks of the Betsy Bottom for the first this year. Then this afternoon I went to church. Day is right nice but cool.

May 3     I and Maw went to church. Weather is cool.

May 4     Joe and Will McNeal hauled out manure this forenoon. This afternoon began to plow for corn for the first this year. Big frost this morning.

May 5     Plowing on the Betsy Bottom. It is in very good order now. Weather is cool with frost at night.

May 6     The same as above, at the plowing. Weather is cool.

May 7     At the plowing and finished up the Betsy Bottom a little before noon then commenced on the 15 Acre field. Cool weather.

May 8     The same, at the 15 Acre field plowing. Weather is right nice.

May 9     At the plowing and the weather has been nice all this week.

May 10     We are at home all day. Day is nice, need a shower of rain. We have not planted any corn yet.

May 11     We began to plant corn this afternoon for the first this year. We are at the Betsy Bottom. Ground is some dry.

May 12     I went to N. Vernon this morning. Joe and Will are plowing on the 15 Acre field. Weather dry, need rain.

May 13     Still plowing and got the 15 Acre field done plowing this evening. Ground is dry, need rain.

May 14     We planted corn on the 15 Acre field. Weather is dry.

May 15     We finished planting this field this evening. Weather is clear and dry. Ground is getting dry, need rain.

May 16     We began to break the 10 Acre field below the 15 for corn. It is getting dry, need rain.

May 17     We are at home and George Baker and folks are here and Peter Bertram and folks. Day is warm and dry.

May 18     Plowing and hauling manure. The weather is warm and dry.

May 19     Plowing till noon, then there was a nice rain fell and wet the ground nice. It done to plow this afternoon.

May 20     Here are plowing till noon and finished all for corn. Then it rained at noon again.

May 21     We are only choreing. It rains some but not much. Will do to plow this afternoon. I and Joe went to N. Vernon. Big rain last night north but not much here of rain.

May 22     The creek is big this morning from the rain north. Joe Stewart and Ray Swarthout were fishing at the creek when the water run them out. The water is over most of the bottoms.

May 23     We are only choreing, the ground is wet from the creek being over the bottom. Ground is dry enough to work, nice only where the creek has been out. It has mudded down lots of corn.

May 24     We are at home and John James & Beck, Roy & Ann, Joe Stewart & Sadie are here today. Joe and Roy have been fishing here.

May 25     We hauled wood home from the woods to burn in the cook stove. Ground is too wet to work since the creek was over the land.

May 26     The same today as above, hauled in the stove wood. Got in 10 ricks. The bottom ground is still too wet to work.

May 27     I and Joe went to N. Vernon with a load of corn to exchange for feed for the horses and pigs. Wind blows hard.

May 28     We are only choreing these days. It is wet and we cannot plant corn or replant, too wet, don't dry off.

May 29     Big rain last night and the ground is still wetter. We peeled some willows along the creek.

May 30     I am choreing some. Joe is working on the road with the team. I peeled some willows. It rained some today and is cloudy.

May 31     We are at home the most of the day. This afternoon we all went over to the 6 mile graveyard, then came back and stopped at Bertram's. Weather is showery and wet at this time.

Jun 1     We are not doing much. Weather is rainy and the ground is wet. We cannot plow or plant, it is so wet.

Jun 2     We are not doing much. Creek is high, 15 to 20 inches higher than the last time and has washed and hurt the land and corn bad. It rains again today.

Jun 3     I and Joe piled up some manure this forenoon. This afternoon we started to trim hedge and mow down some weeds but it set in to rain and we came home.

Jun 4     We finished trimming the hedge. The ground is wet and muddy and it rains some every day now.

Jun 5     We are only choreing. The weather is wet. Ground is muddy.

Jun 6     We hoed out some weeds and vines out of the corn on the 15 Acre field but it was too wet and we quit it and tonight the creek came down full and overflowed the corn, third time.

Jun 7     We are at home today. Creek is up and we can't get over to church today and on yesterday. Ground is wet.

Jun 8     I went over to Zion church this morning to help to put up hitching racks to hitch horses. This afternoon topped corn on the Betsy Bottom. Ground wet.

Jun 9     We topped corn on the Betsy Bottom. Ground is wet.

Jun 10     The same as on yesterday at the corn on the 15 Acre field hoeing out vines and topping some of the corn.

Jun 11     I and Maw went to N. Vernon this morning. This afternoon worked the garden and potatoes. Very cool weather.

Jun 12     We worked at the corn on the 15 Acre field hoeing out vines and setting up corn that was washed out. Weather very cool.

Jun 13     We are still at work hoeing out weeds out of corn. We cannot plant yet, too wet.

Jun 14     We are at home. Day is right nice but the ground is wet yet where the water was over it.

Jun 15     We finished up the weeds hoeing on the 15 Acre piece at noon. Joe went ot disk harrowing on the 10 Acre field below the 15. Wet yet.

Jun 16     We took off 19 hogs to Lovett, sold to Conner to ship. This afternoon began to plant the 10 acre below the road and it rained and stopped us.

Jun 17     We finished planting corn for this year on the 10 Acre field below the road on the old Sullivan land. Day is cool.

Jun 18     Joe Bertram and Will Neal plowed corn on the 15 Acre field and got it once over. This evening the ground is plenty wet yet. Day is nice.

Jun 19     Plowed corn this forenoon. This afternoon we began to cut wheat for this year but it set in to rain and we quit it but did not rain much.

Jun 20     We cut wheat all day. Wheat is in good order. Line Canfield is helping to shock it. Day is right nice, not very warm back of the barn.

Jun 21     We are at home all day, Maw and I. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's. Day is right nice but the weather cool.

Jun 22     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon to mill, Joe and I. It rained most of the morning and it rained this afternoon. We did not cut any wheat.

Jun 23     We are cutting wheat and got the sink hole field all done this evening. Weather is cool.

Jun 24     Went down below to cut the wheat at the bottom below the hill, cut a part of it. Weather is cool.

Jun 25     Worked in corn this forenoon. This afternoon cut wheat on the same as above. Weather is cool.

Jun 26     I and Maw went to N. Vernon to get a piece of casting for the binder we broke on yesterday. Came home and finished cutting all the wheat for this year.

Jun 27     We are at work in corn on the 15 Acre field, second plowing over all but 20 rows. The day is part cloudy and the weather is some cool.

Jun 28     We are at home all day and the day is right nice.

Jun 29     We are fixing the fence up by Tull Sullivan's. The cattle broke out of the field and got in Tull's garden and Burgmyer's wheat. I am not well today. Joe is plowing corn this afternoon. Day is some cloudy.

Jun 30     Began to mow the clover and the timothy on the 7 Acre piece at Indian Creek.

Jul 1     Same and put up hay. Weather is warm.

Jul 2     The same at the clover hay. Good weather to cure and warm.

Jul 3     The same and got it all mowed and all up but 4 or 5 loads. Day has been very warm.

Jul 4     We finished up the clover hay. Day is warm. I went over to church. Big rain tonight but the big creek did not get up much but Indian Creek was big.

Jul 5     Went over to church then after church went to Lawrence's and stayed till night. Then came down to the church to Children's Night. Right warm.

Jul 6     We are choreing some, too wet to plow corn since the rain. Weather is warm. I and Maw went to N. Vernon this afternoon.

Jul 7     We began to plow corn on the driest ground at 10 o'clock, only dry enough yet. Weather is warm.

Jul 8     We are at work in corn laying it by. Weather is warm.

Jul 9     The same as above, at the corn on the 15 Acre piece and will finish all of this this evening. Very warm.

Jul 10     We began to plow our late corn for the first time today. Weather is warm.

Jul 11     We are at the same as above and got once over with the plow and vines hoed out. Weather is warm.

Jul 12     We are at home and the day is dark and rains some most part of the day.

Jul 13     I am with the viewers viewing Indian Creek, the surveyor is along. Joe is trimming hedge, him and Line. Day is nice.

Jul 14     We are cutting grass and putting up hay at this time. Weather is nice but cool.

Jul 15     We put up some hay. Joe Bertram went up to Childs' this afternoon to haul in wheat and oats to thrash. Day is nice.

Jul 16     We plowed corn on second time on late plant. Weather is right nice.

Jul 17     We are hoeing out some weeds out of corn this forenoon. This afternoon helped Emma thrash. The machine came over the creek this evening going to Sam Young's.

Jul 18     I and Maw went to Vernon and N. Vernon this forenoon. This afternoon cut the oats so we can thrash them with the wheat. A little rain fell this morning.

Jul 19     We are at home and the day is nice.

Jul 20     We are helping Sam Young and Anthony Gawhen to thrash and a part of Boner's this evening. Day is nice.

Jul 21     We helped Henry Burgmyer to thrash this forenoon. This afternoon we began to thrash our oats and wheat. Day is right nice.

Jul 22     We finished our wheat this forenoon, number of bushel's oats, 80 - wheat 495 in all this year, rent and all. Day is nice.

Jul 23     I went to N. Vernon, took up a load of wheat this forenoon. Sam Young went over to help Jim Marsh to thrash in my place.

Jul 24     I and Line Canfield are helping Jim Abbot to thrash wheat this forenoon. This afternoon put up hay. Weather is nice.

Jul 25     We are at work at the hay cutting and putting up. Weather is fine for hay but needs rain for corn.

Jul 26     We are at home all day and the day is nice. We need rain for corn.

Jul 27     We cut and put up hay next to John James'. Day is warm and dry weather.

Jul 28     We were at our hay until the rain came and stopped us but did not rain much. We would have finished if the rain had kept off.

Jul 29     I and Joe took a load of wheat over to Hayden to Kendrick this morning. This afternoon finished up all our hay.

Jul 30     I and Maw went to the Fair at N. Vernon. Day is nice. Finished all of the corn plowing for this year.

Jul 31     I and Maw went over to F. R. Gannon's to see Jane, she had got hurt by falling. Day is nice.

Aug 1     I and Joe took up a load of corn to N. Vernon this morning. This afternoon we went to church. Day is nice but need rain.

Aug 2     We are at home all day. It rained this morning and there was no church over at Zion. Mrs. Roudebush was buried today at Centerville.

Aug 3     I went to Vernon to the courthouse to see what the viewers said about the ditch. Joe is hauling corn to N. Vernon mill. Day is nice.

Aug 4     We hauled 2 loads of corn to the mill. We had a nice rain last night and this morning.

Aug 5     We hauled 2 loads of corn to the mill this forenoon and loaded 2 more to go and it rains this evening and we did not go.

Aug 6     I and Joe took up 4 loads of corn to N. Vernon. Day is nice. Marshal Rowdy Bush came here today.

Aug 7     Joe took up a load of corn to N. Vernon mill this morning. I am at home this forenoon. This afternoon Joe helped Otis to thrash. This afternoon we both helped Glixner.

Aug 8     Mistake: We are at home all day and Jim Marsh & Jane, John James & Beck came here awhile this evening. Joe and Pammy went over to his father's. Day is nice. Helped Fisher's thrash.

Aug 9     Mistake: I and Joe took up 2 loads of corn to the mill at N. Vernon this forenoon. This afternoon began to plow for wheat. Day is right nice.

Aug 10     This is right…I and Joe took up 2 loads today then began to plow. Day is nice.

Aug 11     I and Joe are plowing on the oats ground for what. It is a nice day.

Aug 12     The same as above and got done at 10 o'clock. This afternoon hauled home stove wood from Beaty's woods. Day is nice.

Aug 13     Joe went to N. Vernon for medicine. I was at work in corn this afternoon. Finished hauling home wood. It rains some this evening.

Aug 14     I am in the corn taking off some suckers off the corn. Joe is cutting some weeds out in the sinkhole field. Day is nice, need rain.

Aug 15     I and Joe are down on the lower farm below the house cutting briars and weeds on the hillside. Weather is nice, would be better if rain at this time.

Aug 16     We are at home all day. Weather is nice but need rain.

Aug 17     The same at the briars and the weeds below. This afternoon Joe went for doc Green to come out to see Maw. She is sick. Day is nice, need rain.

Aug 18     We are at the same as above and we are most done these weeds today. Weather is nice.

Aug 19     We finished up below and turned in the cattle in the meadow field this forenoon. This afternoon dug the potatoes. Day is nice, need rain.

Aug 20     I mowed down some weeds this forenoon. Joe hauled gravel on road this forenoon. This afternoon I took up a load of corn to N. Vernon.

Aug 21     I am hoeing out some weeds out of corn next to Emmie's. Joe is hauling out some gravel on the roads.

Aug 22     The same as above, corn and gravel. Need rain.

Aug 23     We are at home, Maw and I, all day. Pammy and Joe went to P. Bertram's. Day is warm and dry. Need rain.

Aug 24     Joe is hauling gravel on the road. I am cutting out some weeds out of the corn on the Betsy Bottom corn. Weather is dry and hot.

Aug 25     The same as on yesterday, dry and hot weather.

Aug 26     Joe is grading down the little hill on the road by the orchard. I trimmed some hedge. Weather is hot and dry.

Aug 27     Joe is hauling gravel yet on road. I and Maw went to N. Vernon this forenoon. Day is some cooler but still dry.

Aug 28     Joe hauled gravel till noon. This afternoon went over to Emmie's, we are all there. Weather dry. Parley Spencer died today.

Aug 29     I and Joe took up a load of corn to the mill this morning. This afternoon went to the funeral of Parley Spencer. Weather is nice but dry.

Aug 30     We are at home and Joe Stewart and Sadie are here and Lawrence and folks. Joe Bertram and Pammy went to Indianapolis on the Excursion. Weather dry.

Aug 31     Joe is finishing hauling gravel on the road. I finished trimming the hedge. Weather is nice but dry.

Sep 1     I and Joe are working in the creek cleaning it out and plowing same. This afternoon hauled hay for Edy from below. Weather dry.

Sep 2     I and Maw went to the Association at Cominsky. Joe is hauling in bailed hay to the barn from the press. Weather still dry yet.

Sep 3     The same as above and we came home tonight and Joe had all the hay hauled home. Weather dry.

Sep 4     We are at work at the creek cutting some trees and bushes and plowing down the banks so the water may wash away and open the channel. Weather is dry.

Sep 5     I and Joe went to N. Vernon this forenoon. Got some roofing to cover the barn shed. I then went over to church. Joe went to Four Corners.

Sep 6     We went to church today. This is the last time for Homes, his year is out today. Day is nice but dry. Weather needs rain.

Sep 7     We are at work in the creek taking out some bushes and plowing out banks of gravel and sand. This is a very warm day and dry.

Sep 8     I went up to Vernon this morning to see the Commissioners and talk about a bridge over the ford. Joe cut corn for the first. Day is nice.

Sep 9     I and Joe cut corn on the Betsy Bottom. Day is nice and it is warm. Need rain.

Sep 10     I and Joe went to the sale at the widow Day's. There was a nice rain while we were there but not much here. Need rain badly.

Sep 11     We cut corn on Betsy Bottom, the most of the field is fit to cut. Ground is still dry, not much rain yet.

Sep 12     I and Joe took up a load of corn to N. Vernon this afternoon. We cut corn this forenoon, not much rain yet.

Sep 13     We are at home, Maw and I. Pammy and Joe went to church at Four Corners.

Sep 14     We cut up corn this forenoon. This afternoon hauled some rock to put under the hog shed.

Sep 15     We hauled lumber from Beaty's mill for the hog shed and the sheeting for barn. Weather hot and dry.

Sep 16     We are working at the barn roof taking off the old boards and began to lay some of the paper roof. The rain came on and we quit and we got a nice rain.

Sep 17     We, I and Joe put on 2 strips of the roofing on the roof, then quit it for today.

Sep 18     We, Joe shucked corn out of shock to feed the hogs. On new corn for the first time this year. Corn is damp.

Sep 19     Joe is putting on the sheeting on the shed roof this forenoon. This afternoon helped Emmy Euler to raise her corn crib. A little frost on yesterday morning and on this morning but no harm done.

Sep 20     We all of use went to George Baker's today. Day is very nice, cool at night and mornings, through the day warm.

Sep 21     Joe finished sheeting the shed roof this forenoon. This afternoon rolled the wheat ground on the oats stubble ground. I gathered up some old boards and piled them up.

Sep      I went to Vernon to see about my ditch on Indian Creek but did not find out any more about it. Joe finished up the corn cutting this forenoon.

Sep 23     Swagy(?) shot and killed. We shucked a load of corn to feed out of the shock this forenoon. This afternoon moved the chicken house a little farther this way. Day nice but dry.

Sep 24     We are choreing some and laid the foundation for the hog house shed then hauled in the load of corn. Day nice but dry.

Sep 25     Joe is framing the hog house shed and got it about done. I am choreing some, not doing much. Weather is dry yet. No wheat sowed yet.

Sep 26     I and Joe put the hog house shed together on the foundation this morning. This afternoon took up a load of corn to N. Vernon mill. Weather dry.

Sep 27     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon to Joe Stewart's. Weather is nice but still dry.

Sep 28     I and Joe suckered corn out of shock this forenoon to feed to the hogs. This afternoon hauled out some manure and the corn up.

Sep 29     We went down at the mouth of Indian Creek to cut timber on the banks so it will let the water through better. Weather dry.

Sep 30     The same as on yesterday, clearing out Indian Creek. Canfield's are helping. Weather dry.

Oct 1     The same as above, at the creek. A little rain this morning but very little ground dry.

Oct 2     Still at the same and got most done with the trees. Weather is warm and dry. No wheat sowed yet.

Oct 3     We all of us, shucked 2 loads of corn out of shock this forenoon. Joe, Line, Len went down and finished up the trees below. Dry weather yet.

Oct 4     We are at home and Emma, Edy and folks are here. There was a nice rain fell this evening.

Oct 5     Joe harrowed on the oats stubble ground this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon took up a load of corn to mill, got the bone dust for wheat. Day nice.

Oct 6     We began to sow wheat for the first this year. The ground is all right for that that was broke before the rain. Day nice.

Oct 7     We sowed wheat till noon. This afternoon there was a good rain fell and it made the ground wet. We then cleaned some seed.

Oct 8     I and Maw went to Greensburg to the Street Fair. Day is cool.

Oct 9     I and Joe are working on the barn shed putting on some of the paper roofing on it. It is quite cool this evening.

Oct 10     We finished the shed roof at noon. This afternoon Joe put in the joice on the hog shed. Pammy went to town.

Oct 11     We are at home all day. Day is nice.

Oct 12     We shucked out some down shocks out for the hogs out of the way of putting in wheat this forenoon. This afternoon drilled wheat on the Betsy Bottom, got it done.

Oct 13     We sowed the wheat in the 15 Acre field at the lower side. 6 acres of this field to wheat and timothy and got it all done for this year.

Oct 14     We are draining some of the wheat and choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon Maw and I went up to see Brother Cox(?). Day is nice.

Oct 15     We shucked corn out of shock to feed the hogs on. This is out of the 15 Acre piece where the wheat is sowed. We hauled in 2 loads.

Oct 16     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon we went down on Indian to scrape out some to widen out the banks. The insurance agent was here today and insured my property for 5 years.

Oct 17     We worked at Indian Creek scraping off the bank at the lower end. Day is cool and a northwest wind all day and tonight is the first frost to make its mark.

Oct 18     We all of us went over to Emmie's. Mr. Euler and folks are there and the day is nice. Big frost tonight, second frost for this year.

Oct 19     Joe is working on Indian Creek scraping. I am cutting out dock out of the 15 Acre field where we sowed wheat. Day is nice, some dry.

Oct 20     I went to Vernon to the court on the trial of Hoods. Joe is working on Indian Creek. Day is nice and warm.

Oct 21     I am only choreing some. Joe is at work at the creek, it is most done now. Weather is nice now and warm.

Oct 22     We gathered 2 loads of corn on stalk this forenoon for the hogs. This afternoon Joe went down and finished the ditch on Indian Creek. Weather is nice.

Oct 23     Joe gathered a load of corn and I went over to Emmie's with Ed Gannon. He is out here from Columbus on a visit. Was here last night. Weather nice.

Oct 24     I and Joe shucked a load of corn on stalks and put it in the crib, then thrashed the beans out this forenoon. This afternoon Joe went to N. Vernon. Weather nice.

Oct 25     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners, then to P. Bertram's. Weather nice but dry and frost every night.

Oct 26     I and Joe are at work on the hog shed putting up the rafters. Barker is painting the house over one coat. Got it all done this evening. Frost every night.

Oct 27     The same as above, at the hog shed sheeting and sided a part of it today. Weather is nice. Frost every nice.

Oct 28     The same, at the shed siding it up, got it most done. Want to let the sheeting dry some before roofing. Weather is nice and dry.

Oct 29     Joe is gathering corn on the 15 Acre field and cribbing up. It is plenty green yet to crib but the weather is drying it out fast.

Oct 30     Joe blew out the ash tree out of Indian and we went down and hauled it out and piled it up in a log heap this forenoon. This afternoon shucked corn on the same.

Oct 31     I and Joe gathered a load of corn for the hogs out of the late corn below the road for the hogs this forenoon. This is the first out of the late corn. It is right green. We went to N. Vernon this afternoon.

Nov 1     We are at home all day. F. R. Gannon and Jane are here. Day is right nice.

Nov 2     Shucked some corn. Weather nice.

Nov 3     We shucked some corn out of shock this forenoon. This afternoon painted the barn shed on paper roof. Day is warm.

Nov 4     Rain this morning and a part of the forenoon. We are not doing much.

Nov 5     I and Joe are shucking corn out of shock this forenoon. This afternoon a load for the hogs out of the late corn. Cool this evening.

Nov 6     I and Maw went to N. Vernon to mill and market. Day is cool, froze the ground a little last night.

Nov 7     I and Joe hauled in fodder and stacked it this forenoon. This afternoon Joe took up a load of corn to N. Vernon to Litchfield. Then I went over to church. Weather is nice.

Nov 8     We went to church to hear Nicholson preach. Joe Stewart and Sadie are here now. Weather is nice. Frost every nice.

Nov 9     We are shucking corn out fo shock this forenoon and Joe Stewart is helping today. We got one load for hogs on the late corn this afternoon. Day is nice.

Nov 10     The same as above at the corn on the Betsy Bottom and Joe is still helping but he went home tonight to N. Vernon. The early corn is dry enough to gather at this time but the late is very damp and some of it is soft.

Nov 11     Joe gathered 1 load of corn this morning, then it rained at noon and it was too wet. I went over by Hayden and below to buy some hogs. Bought 13 shoats, 8 off Ewings and 5 off Gerby. Rain fell at noon.

Nov 12     I and Joe went over to Hayden and below to J. Ewing's to get the pigs that I got off him yesterday, got them then we shucked corn this afternoon out of shock. Day is right nice.

Nov 13     We shucked the rest of the shocks on the wheat on the 15 Acre field and hauled it in. This is all the shocks on wheat in this field below, standing.

Nov 14     We gathered one load of corn for hogs on late corn, then Joe took a load of corn to N. Vernon to Litchfield, got .50. Day is right nice.

Nov 15     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's. Day is right nice.

Nov 16     I and Maw went to N. Vernon to the Farmer's Institute. Joe shucked some corn out of shock. Day is cloudy with some rain.

Nov 17     The same as on yesterday, also Joe at corn shock. This is a cool day and the wind blows and it is the coldest night of this fall.

Nov 18     I and Joe shucked 2 loads of corn on stalk. The ground is frozen and some of the green corn is froze too.

Nov 19     I and Joe are shucking corn this forenoon. This afternoon Joe alone on the same field. Day is some cold and ground is froze.

Nov 20     Joe is helping to fill at the bridge over Indian Creek. I am not doing much of anything. Day is some cold and the ground is some frozen.

Nov 21     I went to N. Vernon this forenoon. This afternoon went over to the church and helped to elect a preacher. We elected Nickleson. Joe is g

athering corn on 15 Acre piece. Weather is nice but frost every night.

Nov 22     We are home all of us, all day. The day is nice. Weather is nice but dry and frosty.

Nov 23     Joe is gathering corn all alone. Weather is dry and frosty.

Nov 24     The same as above, at the corn and are most done on dry corn. Dry and frosty.

Nov 25     Joe is shucking corn on the stalks on dry corn and got he dry corn done at noon. Then gathered one load out of green corn. Dry and frosty.

Nov 26     We are not doing only the chores today. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is right cold.

Nov 27     We dehorned our cattle this morning. This afternoon we gathered a load of corn to feed the fat hogs, engaged(?) them today.

Nov 28     I went to N. Vernon to get the horses shod, Tom and Kate, got it done. This has been a snowy day and the first one this fall.

Nov 29     I and Maw are at home. Day is cool with snow on the ground. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's.

Nov 30     We butchered one hog this morning. This afternoon hauled in fodder out fo the 15 Acre field. Cool with a little snow on.

Dec 1     We shucked corn on stalk this forenoon. This afternoon out of shock. It snows all afternoon.

Dec 2     Joe and Will Bertram took a load of hogs for Jim Marsh. I am choreing. Snow 2 inches deep.

Dec 3     We took 28 hogs to Lovett to ship this forenoon. This afternoon put up the wire fence on 15 Acre stock field to put in cattle.

Dec 4     We gathered corn on the late corn below the road this forenoon. This afternoon I went to N. Vernon. Weather is cool.

Dec 5     We gathered corn all day. Joe, Will Bertram is helping this week. The ground is some froze and cool weather.

Dec 6     We are all at home and Mary, Jim's girl is here from Missouri and Emma and folks are here. Day is nice but cool. Note: Mary is Jim Stewart's girl. Born 1877.

Dec 7     We gathered corn all day today. Ground is some froze. The corn is some frozen. The ground is dry, not much rain this fall.

Dec 8     We gathered corn and got it most done, all but 6 rows of late corn out and 35 shocks of dry now left. Cool and dry.

Dec 9     I went over to F. R. Gannon's to take over Mary Stewart to visit them. Joe and Will Bertram finished up all the corn on stalk.

Dec 10     No corn shucked today. The snow fell last night and it is quite cold today and not much done.

Dec 11     I am not doing only the chores. It is some cold. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon.

Dec 12     I went to N. Vernon to get some notions. Joe hauled in a load of corn that was out since Thursday, out of shock. The snow is all gone tonight.

Dec 13     I and Joe went over to Brannon's, he died yesterday and was buried today at Vernon. Day is right cold.

Dec 14     We are sort of choreing. Day is some cold. Joe hauled home a load of wood to burn.

Dec 15     I and Joe went up to N. Vernon with a load of white corn. I then went down to Vernon to court on the Hood case. Day is right cold.

Dec 16     We are choreing some this afternoon. Joe was making some troughs to slop the pigs in. Weather is right cold.

Dec 17     Joe went out to Lovett to take a load of hogs for Edy Stewart this forenoon. This afternoon we shucked a few shocks of corn.

Dec 18     We were over at Charley Woodard's helping to raise his barn but did not get it all done. Weather is cool and dry.

Dec 19     We are only choreing. It rains some this morning and dark day with a few sprinkles by spells all day.

Dec 20     We are at home all day, all of us. This is a dark and cloudy day. Big rain fell last night, then snowed. Snow is 2 inches.

Dec 21     We are only choreing. The snow is melting off today and the creek is up some and the ice gorged. The creek has not been as high since June.

Dec 22     We finished up all of our corn shucking for this year. It is some frost in the ground and it thaws some and is a little muddy for the first this year.

Dec 23     I and Joe fixed the wire fence on the Sullivan Bottom so we can put in the cattle tomorrow. This afternoon Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon. Cloudy day.

Dec 24     We are not doing much. Weather is not very fair, it is cloudy. Joe and Pammy went over to help to fix up the Christmas tree. We went tonight and the creek raised.

Dec 25     We are not doing anything but the chores. Maw and Pammy are over to Emmie's and I went over at noon and Joe went to church then came over too. Creek is up past ford.

Dec 26     We are not dong anything but the chores. Day is cold, turned cold last night and is at zero today.

Dec 27     We are at home and Joe has the doctor out to see him. He is sick from handling dynamite the day before. Day is cool.

Dec 28     We are not doing anything but the chores. Joe is not well yet from using dynamite but is better. Mary Stewart is here.

Dec 29     We took up a load of corn to N. Vernon. Will Bertram is along with me. This is a cold day and stormy and cold.

Dec 30     We butchered our hogs and Will Bertram is here too. Mary Stewart left here on yesterday, went to Meeks. Day is cold.

Dec 31     We are trying out the lard and grinding our sausage meat and choreing some. Day has been nice. The ground is froze but dry.

1904

Jan 1     We are not doing anything but the chores. Weather is bad.

Jan 2     The same today, it rained last night and sleeted, then snowed. Right cold.

Jan 3     We are at home and the ground is covered with snow. Sleet and cold, thaws a little today.

Jan 4     We are not doing but very little. Joe hauled out some manure on the garden this forenoon. This afternoon went up to N. Vernon and brought out Sadie. Right cold.

Jan 5     Joe hauled out manure on the stalk field. I am only choreing. Snow on the ground and cold enough to keep it on.

Jan 6     Joe hauled out the rest of the stable manure. Joe Stewart is here and Sadie. Snow on yet, thaws a little every day.

Jan 7     I and Joe went to N. Vernon to get a load of coal. We got it. The road is solid with ice and snow on.

Jan 8     We are not doing anything but the chores. Ground is froze and icy.

Jan 9     The same as above, not doing much. Ground is still froze. Church today, the second time for Nicholson at this church.

Jan 10     We went to church and the day is cool and some rain is falling and is freezing some.

Jan 11     We are not doing anything but the chores. Ground is covered with sleet and is very slippery to get around.

Jan 12     We are only choreing. Sleet is on and the stock and everything is liable to fall down.

Jan 13     The same as on yesterday. There was a snow fell last night and it is not so slippery today. Jan 14     We are not doing anything but the chores. Snow is on the ground yet and it is some colder this morning. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's.

Jan 15     I and Joe went to N. Vernon after a load of bran. There is snow on the ground but not very cold. Roads are good.

Jan 16     I am not doing much. I went up to John Wrape's to see him about some hay. Joe is hauling out manure out of shed.

Jan 17     I and Maw are at home. Maggie and the children are here. Joe and Pammie went to George Baker's. Day is cool, roads are some icy.

Jan 18     We are not doing very much but the chores. Joe went to N. Vernon this afternoon and took up Queen mare to see if he could sell her.

Jan 19     We began to haul our bailed hay to Hayden today. Took over 5 loads. Edy took 1, Will Bertram took 2, Joe 2. Sold to John Wrape at $9 per ton.

Jan 20     We hauled bailed hay to Hayden to load on the car, sold to John Wrape for $9 per ton on car. Got it loaded tonight. It has thawed fast today, the creek is past ford.

Jan 21     I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Got my money for the hay off John Wrape. It rains this evening and the creek is rising.

Jan 22     We are not doing anything but the chores. The creek is up high last night and this morning. It has fell 7 or 8 inches.

Jan 23     We are not doing but very little. It froze a little last night and snowed enough to make the ground white and the weather is cool enough to keep it on.

Jan 24     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went over to Peter Bertram's. Day is same, stormy with a little snow on.

Jan 25     We done but very little. We weighed the pigs. It set in to snow this evening and snowed a good deal.

Jan 26     And tonight it snowed a big snow with a little sleet on the top of the snow but not very cold. We have not done but very little today.

Jan 27     This is the coldest morning this winter with snow about 6 inches deep. We are not doing but very little. Joe hauled home some logs from the woods for wood.

Jan 28     I went to the funeral of Frank Gahn, he was buried. He had the measles.

Jan 29     We are not doing much, the snow is on and right good sleighing. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon. I am at home.

Jan 30     I am not doing any work only the chores. The snow is on the most of it, it melts a little every day.

Jan 31     We are at home all day. Day was pleasant, some cool and snow on yet. Thaws a little.

Feb 1     We, Joe and I, helped Emmy Euler to butcher hogs. Day is some cold and snow on.

Feb 2     I am not doing very much. Joe and Pamma are helping Emmie at the butcher this forenoon. This afternoon sawed wood at the house. Day cold, bit cloudy.

Feb 3     We are only choreing. Weather is cold and snow on the ground.

Feb 4     I went to N. Vernon to get a load of bran for the pigs. Joe went up too in his buggy to get his teeth fixed. Warmer and thaws fast.

Feb 5     We are not doing but very little. Snow is melting. Weather is warmer now.

Feb 6     Joe is hauling out manure on the 15 Acre field among the stalks. Ground is some muddy. The ice is moving out at 2 o'clock.

Feb 7     We are at home, Maw and I. Joe and Pammy went up to N. Vernon to Joe Stewart's. Creek is high. Big rain this morning at 3 o'clock.

Feb 8     We are not doing but very little, it froze the ground so it bore up.

Feb 9     We are not doing but very little. Joe is doing some few jobs around the farm. I went to N. Vernon. The day is right cool and windy.

Feb 10     We are at the same but very little done for the last 3 or 4 weeks. Ground is froze to bear up. Ground thaws a little every day.

Feb 11     I am not doing anything but the chores. Joe took a load of hogs for Emmy to Lovett. Day is right nice but cool and the ground is froze to bear up.

Feb 12     The same as on yesterday but Joe is doing some work. He made a ladder and a gate and so on. The ground is froze and cool.

Feb 13     I am not doing anything but the chores and Joe the same today. He went to N. Vernon today. The weather is nice but cool.

Feb 14     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is right pleasant but chilly.

Feb 15     We are not doing but very little but the chores. Ground is froze hard and it is right cool. No snow on for some time.

Feb 16     I and Joe went to Charley Hess' sale. Day has been cold all day. No snow on the ground.

Feb 17     We are not doing but very little. Joe is cutting some willows on the creek, part of the day. Line Canfield died. Cold today.

Feb 18     We are not doing but very little. It began to sleet last night and it kept on most of the day today. Ground is white and slick, cold enough to keep it on.

Feb 19     We are not doing but very little. It is some cold, don't thaw but very little. Joe hauled out some manure on where we allow to have potatoes.

Feb 20     I and Joe went to N. Vernon to get a load of coal to burn. Got 1800 and some bran. Day is right cold, wind is cold.

Feb 21     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is some rainy.

Feb 22     I and Joe went down to Marten Garret's to get fence posts off him. We got 100 off him today at 2 loads. It is thawing fast, ice off.

Feb 23     We are not doing but very little. We went down to the mouth of Indian Creek and cut off a few sycamore buts. This is a warmer day, creek is high.

Feb 24     We have not done anything but a few chores. Ground is most thawed out now and is muddy. Day is nice.

Feb 25     We are not doing anything but the chores. It set in to snow and snowed some all day.

Feb 26     I and Joe went to N. Vernon took up a load of wheat, got $1 a bushel. This is the first time for a long time that we got a dollar for wheat at the mill.

Feb 27     We went over to Charley Camel's mill to get a load of corn ground for feed. Day is right nice but is some muddy, thaws some.

Feb 28     We are most at home all day. Day is right nice but right muddy and warmer.

Feb 29     We are doing nothing but the chores. Day is warm, the warmest day for 3 months. Ground is about thawed out.

Mar 1     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon we went over the creek by Emmie's to trim locust trees. Day is nice and warm.

Mar 2     We went to the sale at Wannis'. Day has been warm but some cloudy and sprinkle of rain this evening.

Mar 3     We are not doing but very little, just the chores. Day has been cool and windy all day.

Mar 4     I sowed clover seed on the far side of the 15 Acre field sowed to wheat last fall. This is the first seed sowed. Day is very nice. Ground is froze.

Mar 5     I and Maw went to N. Vernon then I went down to old Vernon and paid the taxes on the farm and the ditch, both $235.89. This is a nice day.

Mar 6     We are at home. Joe went to church at the Corners. The rest is at home. Day is some rainy by spells all day.

Mar 7     We are choreing some. It is wet and muddy from the rain yesterday. We loaded up 2 loads of wheat to take to Vernon tomorrow.

Mar 8     I and Joe took up 2 loads of wheat to old Vernon at Semen's mill. Got $1 a bu. Weather is nice.

Mar 9     We took 2 more loads of wheat today to Vernon mill. Day is very nice and is warm.

Mar 10     We took up 2 loads of wheat to Vernon. This is 6 loads to Vernon, $1 for 100 bus. Rest .98/bu. Two more loads to haul yet. Rain this evening.

Mar 11     We did not haul any wheat today it rained so much on yesterday it made the roads muddy. We are only choreing warmer.

Mar 12     We are trimming some apple trees and choreing some. The roads are muddy and the weather is warm and cloudy.

Mar 13     I and Maw are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went over to church. They are organizing for a Sunday School, then went to Emmie's.

Mar 14     We are only choreing. The weather is dark and cloudy and windy. Lora Lattimore is sick at Tull Sullivan's now.

Mar 15     We are today only choreing some. The day is right cool and chilly. I and Maw went up to Tull's to see him and Lora Lattimore.

Mar 16     We are only choreing. The day is right nice. I finished sowing the clover seed all but two quarts lack yet of finishing. Lora Lattimore is sick.

Mar 17     I and Joe went to the sale at Edger's. It rained most of the day. When we came home we found the straw stack had fell over and it killed 3 pigs.

Mar 18     We hauled the straw in the barn and down on the field where we allow to plant to potatoes. This is a dark day and muddy.

Mar 19     I and Joe took up the 2 last loads of wheat to Vernon mill to Seman. This is all but what we want for bread. It rained some.

Mar 20     We are at home all day. Joe and Sadie came out here today and Lora Lattimore died this evening at 4 o'clock.

Mar 21     We are only choreing. It is damp, wet, muddy time. Lora is to be buried tomorrow. Tull cannot last much longer.

Mar 22     Lora Lattimore was buried today. We went to the house. It set into rain and it rained hard most of the day.

Mar 23     We are only choreing. The creek is still big but fell some. Tull is very low at this time. Day is right nice.

Mar 24     Tull Sullivan died this morning at 6 o'clock. Allow to bury tomorrow over the creek. Day has been warm.

Mar 25     They buried Tull today but it was so much rain fell that the creek was so high that they had to go around to get to the graveyard. Only a few went over and it rained all evening and tonight and the creek is high this evening.

Mar 26     We went to N. Vernon to mill and market. The ground is wet from the big rain. Creek is the highest, it has been for 8 years. Water is running across the 15 Acre field, tore open all the fences.

Mar 27     We are at home, all of us all day. Day is cool, froze some last night and cool today and the ground is soft.

Mar 28     We are repairing some fence on the fence by Sam Young's. Making a wire fence. The day is cool, freezes.

Mar 29     We are at the same as on yesterday till noon. Then we roofed the hog shed with felt roofing. Day has been right nice, some cool.

Mar 30     We are only choreing some. It rained the most of the day and the ground is wet and the roads are muddy.

Mar 31     The same today, nothing much but the chores. It has rained most of the forenoon and the creek is full banks but the day is warm.

Apr 1     I and Joe went to N. Vernon took up 14 bails of hay to Bob Wrape and 1 fat calf to the butcher. Day is fair, some cloudy.

Apr 2     I and Joe ground some corn for feed this morning. This afternoon went to Hayden to the Convention. Day is nice, a little cool.

Apr 3     We, Maw and I, are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon to church. Day is right nice but cool.

Apr 4     I and Joe are out at the water gap fixing up the fences the water took down. Billy Boner this afternoon is helping. Day is nice.

Apr 5     We repaired fence on the roadside below Burgmyer's house where the water tore down. This afternoon the rail fence across from the road to the creek.

Apr 6     We are not doing much this forenoon. It rains some this forenoon. We repaired some fence this afternoon. Ground is wet.

Apr 7     We repaired fence on the line by Boner's. Then down on the road on the Liew land. Joe sold Jeg horse to Wetzel today. Day is right nice.

Apr 8     I am choreing some alone. I trimmed a few apple trees, the last of them. Joe went to hunt for another horse to buy. It rained some this morning.

Apr 9     Joe took up a load of bailed hay to N. Vernon to Wrape. I went up to the land sale on the Henry Sullivan farm but did not sell. Day is cool and hails some.

Apr 10     We went over to church to here Nicholson preach. He has not been here for the last 2 months. Day is dark and snows, hails, rains some. Cool, chilly.

Apr 11     We repaired some fence this forenoon. Joe got his cold off Fisher. I went out to Huldy Marten's and bought some fence posts of them. The weather is cool.

Apr 12     The same as yesterday, repaired some fence next to Ells Sullivan's. Weather is cool, most snows, ground wet yet.

Apr 13     We wound up some wire where we pasture and where the creek took down along the road this forenoon. This afternoon choreing, cool weather.

Apr 14     We took off 10 head of hogs to Lovett to Horshamer and Trapp at $4.30 per hundred whole weight 1710 lbs. Day is cool, roads is drying fast.

Apr 15     I and Joe took up the last load of bailed hay to Wrape at N. Vernon. He has had in about 3 tons and 65 lbs at $10/ton $30.32.

Apr 16     We plowed the garden and fixed it and planted 4 rows of potatoes. This is the first plowed this spring. Weather is cool.

Apr 17     We are at home all day. Emmie and the folks are here. Maw is sick and Doc Green came out. Day is nice but cool.

Apr 18     I am choreing some myself. Burned some brush in the orchard. Joe is hauling manure on the wash out and then the orchard so as to plant some potatoes.

Apr 19     Joe is plowing the orchard to plant some potatoes. Weather is nice but cool. Ground is in nice order to plow.

Apr 20     Joe is hauling out manure on the wash out on the stalk field till noon then he went for the doctor for Maw. She is still sick yet.

Apr 21     Joe is at the manure all day. I finished planting potatoes at noon today. Then we put the calves up on pasture for first. Cool weather.

Apr 22     Joe cut some stalks on the Betsy Bottom for the first this year. It rained a little and it made it too damp, then hauled manure. Weather is nice but cool.

Apr 23     I went to N. Vernon, got some medicine for Maw and other notions. Joe went over to Charley Camel's mill with a load of corn to grind. Nice day, warm.

Apr 24     We are at home all day. Maw is still sick. Day is damp with some sprinkles of rains by spells all day.

Apr 25     Not much done. It rains until noon then stopped. It quit for awhile then at 3 or 4 o'clock we got a big rain. I am around the house with a hurting in my side.

Apr 26     Joe is working on the new road, cutting off some trees and grubbing. I am under the weather. Maw is in bed sick yet, some better. Weather cool.

Apr 27     Joe is on the same, put up some of the wire fence on roadside. Weather cool. I am still in the house, my side still hurts.

Apr 28     I am not at anything, lame back and side, bad cold. Maw is still sick but some better. Joe is hauling home some lumber from Charley Campbell's.

Apr 29     Joe and I done some chore work, fixed up some fence, piled up some lumber and some more. Day has been nice.

Apr 30     We chored some this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon to get salt and paints for roof. Day is right nice.

May 1     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is right nice but a little cool.

May 2     Joe is hauling out manure out of stables and shed to the Betsy Bottom. Weather is right nice now but the ground is wet yet.

May 3     The same till noon, at the manure. This afternoon began to plow for corn for the first this year. Ground is plenty wet yet.

May 4     Joe is plowing for corn on the Betsy Bottom. I raked some stalks this forenoon. This afternoon took Maw up to N. Vernon to Joe Stewart's to stay 2 days.

May 5     Joe is plowing on the Betsy Bottom. Weather is nice and warmer. Ground is drying off fast.

May 6     Joe finished up the Betsy Bottom. I am choreing some. Pammy went to N. Vernon after Maw. She is at Joe's. She came home this evening. Edy is sick now.

May 7     Joe harrowed the Betsy Bottom. I whitewashed the apple trees. Weather is nice and warm. Apple trees are in full bloom at this time.

May 8     We are at home all day. Day is some cloudy with a little rain by spells all day. Edy is sick yet.

May 9     We planted the first corn on the Betsy Bottom. The day is some cloudy and cool. Edy is sick in bed.

May 10     Joe is plowing on the 15 Acre field for the first in this field. Weather is cool and nice.

May 11     The same as above, at the plowing. This afternoon he took down the 2 mares that has colts to Human's. Weather nice.

May 12     The same at the plowing till noon. This afternoon planted corn for Emmy. Edy is some better now. Weather nice.

May 13     Still at the plowing. Weather is cool and cloudy with some little rain. Joe Stewart is here and Sadie, fishing.

May 14     Joe is plowing, most done the 15 Acre field as far as we allow to plow. Weather is cool today. I went over to church this afternoon.

May 15     We went to church, all of us. The Artist was there and took the whole of the Sunday School children and all the folks there.

May 16     Joe is plowing and harrowing on the 15 Acre field. Got all done harrowing, all ready for corn now. Weather is cool and cloudy.

May 17     Commenced to cut stalks on the 10 Acre below road and to plow. It is most too cool and wet to plant the 15 Acre piece yet. It is cloudy and rain yet.

May 18     Joe is at the same cutting stalks and plowing. The ground is wet, it has rained a little all week in a drizzle rain.

May 19     Joe is not plowing today. It rains a mist of rain for the last 4 or 5 days and cloudy weather and cool. We did not plant any corn this week.

May 20     Joe went to Seymour. I went to N. Vernon to mill this forenoon. This afternoon harrowed on the 10 acre piece on lower side. Day is nice.

May 21     Joe is planting corn on the 15 Acre field, got it done and planted some on the lower side of 10 acre field. This afternoon I went down to L. Human's. Nice day and warm.

May 22     I and Maw are at home. Pammy and Joe went up to Sam Young's this evening. Day is nice.

May 23     Joe planted corn for Emmie most of the day. Weather is nice and warm.

May 24     We took 2 loads of hogs to Lovett to C. Trapp to ship. Paid me $4.40 per hundred. Plowed this afternoon. Warm day.

May 25     I took up to N. Vernon 6 hogs to Verbarg, got $4.50 per hundred. Joe is plowing. Day is nice and warm.

May 26     Joe is plowing, most done. I am planting some pumpkin seeds where the corn is missed. Day is nice.

May 27     We finished plowing for corn at noon. Joe finished the harrowing this evening, ready to plant tomorrow. Day is nice.

May 28     Joe finished up the corn planting for this year. Weather is nice.

May 29     I and Maw went over to Lawrence's. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is right till 5 o'clock when it rained a nice rain.

May 30     I and Joe went up to the lower farm below the till to put up some wire fence to keep out the cattle. Rain this evening.

May 31     We finished the fence, then came home and put up some plank fence by the barn. Dark cloudy day, a little rain.

Jun 1     I and Maw went to H. R. Gannon's. When we came home we found the Mag cow died. Day is cloudy and cool. Joe went to Human's.

Jun 2     I and Joe went to N. Vernon, took up the hide of the Mag cow and some old iron. This afternoon plowed corn for the first time. Day is cloudy.

Jun 3     Joe is working on the road. I am plowing the potatoes and fixing the sweet potato ridges for plants. Day is nice.

Jun 4     Joe is plowing corn on the Betsy Bottom, got once over tonight. Nice day for work.

Jun 5     We are at home, Maw and I, all day. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners then to G. Baker's. Day is nice.

Jun 6     Joe is plowing corn. I am hoeing some this forenoon. This afternoon I and Maw went to N. Vernon, got sweet potato sprouts. Nice day.

Jun 7     Joe is plowing corn. I hoed some this forenoon on the Betsy Bottom. Joe is plowing on the 15 Acre field now. Day is nice.

Jun 8     We are putting on the pain on the felt roof on the hog house and wagon scales shed this forenoon. This afternoon Joe plowed. Day is nice.

Jun 9     Plowed corn. I am only choreing some. Weather is nice now for plowing corn.

Jun 10     We put on the paint on the barn shed and the porch roof this forenoon. This afternoon Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon. Day nice.

Jun 11     I and Joe took off the plank off the fence on the 15 Acre field where the water washed down at the roadside. Weather is nice.

Jun 12     We went to church and tonight, Children's Night. Day is nice.

Jun 13     Plowed corn on the Betsy Bottom, second time. Day is nice.

Jun 14     Joe is plowing corn on the 10 acre field first time. I went out to Lovett to see about selling my hogs. Sold them. Day is nice.

Jun 15     Joe is plowing corn on the 10 acre below road, got all over once this evening. Then rain. I am hoeing in the 15 Acre field. Good rain tonight.

Jun 16     We are trimming the hedge fence. It rained last night and some this morning. It is too wet to plow corn today. This rain was much needed.

Jun 17     We re hoeing out the vines out of the corn on the 15 Acre piece this forenoon. This afternoon I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Joe is hoeing. Day is warm.

Jun 18     We are at the same as above till noon. This afternoon Joe mowed the orchard. Day has been warm.

Jun 19     I and Maw are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is nice.

Jun 20     Joe is plowing corn on the 15 Acre piece. I am choreing, mowing some weeds, putting paris green on the potatoes. Big rain tonight.

Jun 21     We took 37 hogs out to Lovett to C. Trapp and Horsemer. Ground is wet from the rain last night. Creek is some up but the day is nice.

Jun 22     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon. Took off the last of the wheat, got flour and sold the rest, day nice.

Jun 23     Joe is plowing corn, the second plowing. Ground is none too dry yet. I am hoeing out some vines. Then this afternoon I plowed the garden and hoed it. Day is nice.

Jun 24     Joe is plowing corn till noon, then we went to haul a load of clover hay. Got it in then small load off Henry Burgmyer. Then it rained.

Jun 25     I am choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon we started to St. Louis to World's Fair.

Jun 26     We got to St. Louis at 8 o'clock this morning then we got a place to stay at. Then we went to the park garden this afternoon.

In 1904, the attention of America and the entire world turned to St. Louis and the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The fourth largest city in the United States, St. Louis hosted "The Greatest of Expositions" for 7 months. By far the largest of the several Victorian-era world's fairs, it occupied over 1,200 acres at the Western edge of St. Louis, including the western half of Forest Park. Also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Fair commemorated the 1803 purchase of territory that more than doubled the size of the United States. Though originally planned to take place in 1903, the Fair was delayed to 1904 in order to complete the construction of state and foreign buildings, and to permit the gathering of the thousands of exhibits. From April 30 to December 1, 1904, the Fair displayed the art, science, and cultures of the entire world. Over twelve million visitors paid 50 cents admission to enter the magical Fair. About 60 countries, 43 of the then-45 U.S. states and several U.S. territories, and hundreds of manufacturers and companies gathered together to put on an unsurpassed display of civilization, history, and culture. On display were the latest manufacturing products and processes, scientific inventions and innovations, agricultural advances, and famous paintings, sculptures, and art treasures.

At the turn of the Century: " The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47; 95% of all births took place at home. " Only 14% of U.S. homes had a bathtub; only 8% had a telephone. " Only 6% of all Americans had graduated from high school; 90% of U.S. physicians had no college education. " The maximum speed limit for the 10,000 cars in the U.S. was 10 mph. " The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower, built for the Worlds Fair in Paris in 1888. " The average U.S. salary was 22 cents an hour; the average annual salary was $200-400 per year. " Eggs were 14 cents a dozen, and coffee was 15 cents a pound.

Jun 27     We went out to the fair grounds. It rained some most of the day but slowly at times. Some rain made it a little muddy.

Jun 28     The same as above, at the Fair and the day is cloudy until 2 o'clock when the sun shown out but no rain. It was nice to get around.

Jun 29     We went to the Fair today again. This has been very nice day.

Jun 30     We went to the Fair and the day is nice.

Jul 1     We went to the Fair and the day is nice. We allow to start home tomorrow.

Jul 2     We started for home from St. Louis this morning and got to N. Vernon near 4 o'clock. Day has been very nice.

Jul 3     We are at home and Sam Young's are here. Day is nice.

Jul 4     We cut wheat on the lower Betsy Bottom field on this side of field. Wheat is thin. Day is nice.

Jul 5     I went to N. Vernon to get Tom horse shod. Then this afternoon we finished our wheat on the wash field, some rain.

Jul 6     We are working in the corn, the last plowing. Weather is right nice. Some little showers.

Jul 7     The same as on yesterday at the corn. We are most done with the corn. Weather is right nice.

Jul 8     We finished up our corn work for this year at noon today. Then this afternoon Joe plowed corn for Henry Burgmyer. Weather is nice.

Jul 9     We cut some weeds out of corn on the Betsy Bottom this forenoon. This afternoon Joe went over to Camel's mill. I went to church. Day is nice.

Jul 10     We went to church. Sarah Swarthout is here. Day is nice.

Jul 11     Began to mow our grass this afternoon. Day is mostly cloudy.

Jul 12     I trimmed hedge this forenoon. Joe mowed some. We put up some hay this afternoon. Day is partly cloudy.

Jul 13     We helped Emmie to thrash her wheat this morning. Put up 2 loads of hay this afternoon. Day is right warm.

Jul 14     We helped Dave Childs to thrash his wheat. Nice day.

Jul 15     We thrashed our wheat, number of bushels wheat - 123 is all for this year.

Jul 16     We helped Sam Young to thrash his wheat. Then Billy Boner also this forenoon. This afternoon fixed the straw stack up.

Jul 17     We are at home, Maw and I. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is right nice, need rain.

Jul 18     We cut some more grass this forenoon and put four loads up this afternoon. Day is nice for hay. Ground is dry.

Jul 19     I went to N. Vernon, took Cat and Bill horse to get shod. Put up hay this afternoon. It rained a little this evening.

Jul 20     We helped Anthony Gawen to thrash, this afternoon - Fisher. Day is nice but need rain.

Jul 21     I and Billy Boner put up the hay we had down. It looked like rain and we came home. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's to help thrash.

Jul 22     We are at the hay. Weather is nice for hay but we need rain for corn. Ground is very dry.

Jul 23     We are still at the hay, will take one more day on the thicket piece then we have the 7 acre piece next to do yet. Weather is fine for hay.

Jul 24     We went over to Emmie's today. Day is nice but is quite dry.

Jul 25     We are at the hay and Edy is helping to put up hay. It is fine weather for hay but too dry for corn and pasture.

Jul 26     The same as above, at the hay and William Bertram is helping Forest Lattimore this afternoon. We are most done, one more day.

Jul 27     I and Joe are choreing this forenoon. This afternoon we went to N. Vernon. Day is cloudy and threatens rain but not much fell.

Jul 28     We went to the Fair at N. Vernon. A little rain fell this morning and the day is nice.

Jul 29     I took up a load of corn to N. Vernon to Litchfield this morning. Joe is helping Jim Marsh to thrash, got done and came home and hauled in a load of hay. Day is nice.

Jul 30     We finished up our hay for this year below. We have the potato lot to mow by the barn yet. Weather is still dry yet, good hay weather.

Jul 31     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is warm and dry yet.

Aug 1     We are choreing some. We hauled some hay and weeds that was scattered over the meadow. We hauled them and put them in the ditches, then brought home the machine and rake, then made the roadside.

Aug 2     We went out the other side of Centerville at the Marten farm to get some fence posts that I bought off them last spring. We got the posts home, then loaded 2 loads of corn.

Aug 3     I and Joe took 2 loads of corn to N. Vernon to Litchfield, got .60/bu. Day is nice.

Aug 4     We hauled the old logs to gather that was in the 15 Acre field that the water brought in, then this afternoon mowed the orchard. Weather is dry yet.

Aug 5     Joe went to work on the new road all day with the team. I am mowing down some weeds. Weather is still dry yet, need rain.

Aug 6     I took up a load of corn to N. Vernon to Collins Feed Store. Joe and Pammy went to George Baker's to thrash. Weather is dry.

Aug 7     We helped Forest Lattimore to thrash his oats this forenoon. This afternoon Joe is hauling manure. I am cutting some weeds. Weather dry.

Aug 8     mistake this is Sunday, we are at home. Joe and Pammy are at Boner's. This is Sunday.

Aug 9     Joe is hauling out manure out of the barnyard to the 15 Acre field. I am not doing much. I am most sick today.

Aug 10     Joe is hauling manure. I am mowing briars and weeds out in the old field around the sink holes. Dry weather.

Aug 11     I took to N. Vernon to the feed store to haul one load of corn, 30 bus at .55. Joe is hauling manure. Went over the creek to the church to a little show. Still dry weather.

Aug 12     I am choreing some, cutting some weeds down and briars. Joe is hauling manure. I went over to the church to clean the yard off. Hot and dry.

Aug 13     We, all of us went to Tea Creek to the Sunday School picnic. Day is warm and the weather dry.

Aug 14     We went over to church then Brother Gahn's folks came home with us. The day is warm and the weather dry.

Aug 15     Joe is hauling manure. I am mowing some weeds. Weather is dry, need rain.

Aug 16     Joe finished the manure hauling. I am not doing much. Weather is dry.

Aug 17     Joe began to fix the levy on the 15 Acre field. Weather is dry and warm.

Aug 18     The same today at the levy. Weather is still dry.

Aug 19     Rain this morning and it rained a few showers this forenoon.

Aug 20     Rain last night again and some showers this morning but not quite enough yet for plowing.

Aug 21     I and Maw went up to Sam Young's. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is right nice since the rain and warm.

Aug 22     Joe plowed this forenoon. This afternoon Joe went to Doc Crouch to get some medicine for the poison on him. Day is nice.

Aug 23     We took off 5 head of cattle to Lovett to Charley Trapp to ship. Got 3.60 per hundred. 4 were mine, 1 was Joe's. Plowing this afternoon. Day is nice.

Aug 24     Joe is still plowing. I am cutting some briars and weeds. Weather is nice.

Aug 25     I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Joe is plowing. Small rain this evening.

Aug 26     Joe finished up the plowing for wheat and rolled some of the ground down.

Aug 27     Joe finished up the rolling this forenoon. This afternoon went to Butlerville to Roy Swarthout.

Aug 28     I and Maw went to the funeral of Mrs. Fitzgerald. Day is very nice.

Aug 29     Joe is working on the levy. I am cutting some briars down on the Liew farm. Day is cloudy but no rain, need rain.

Aug 30     Joe is at the levy this forenoon. This afternoon at his father's. Has got the scratches for several days now. I cut weeds and briars.

Aug 31     I and Maw went to Tea Creek to the Association. Day is mostly cloudy and a few sprinkles of rain fell.

Sep 1     The same today, at the meeting. Day is very nice.

Sep 2     Joe is at the levy. I am digging potatoes. Day is nice but warm.

Sep 3     Not much today, choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon went over to Hayden to the colt show. Day is nice but we need more rain.

Sep 4     We are at home. Day is nice.

Sep 5     Working on the levy. Will Bertram is at work in Joe's place this week. Weather is nice, need some rain.

Sep 6     Finished up the levy all but manure. Weather is nice, most too dry.

Sep 7     Will is hauling out manure, at the levy too. Day is nice.

Sep 8     Finished hauling manure for this fall. Weather is dry and quite warm.

Sep 9     I and Will Bertram went down and cut some trees and small bushes down on the Liew farm below the house this morning. This afternoon worked on the new road.

Sep 10     I and Joe went to N. Vernon to mill to get feed and flour. Day is nice and weather is warm. Emmy Euler started to Kokomo to see the folks out there.

Sep 11     We went to church over the creek. The day is nice but we need rain. A small rain tonight.

Sep 12     We are at work on the new road above the orchard. The rain last night was light.

Sep 13     The same today, at work on road. It is most passable at this time.

Sep 14     Went over to Hayden after bone dust. Got off Wilson this forenoon. This afternoon I harrowed on the wheat ground.

Sep 15     We are on the new road at work on taxes. There is 5 teams at work on the new road. Day is nice.

Sep 16     The same as above till noon. This afternoon rolled the wheat ground again. The day is nice.

Sep 17     Joe is harrowing and rolling on the wheat ground. Weather is nice.

Sep 18     We are at home till afternoon, then Joe went up to Butlerville after Pammy. She is up to Roy Swarthout's. It rained all forenoon, a very nice rainfall.

Sep 19     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon I went to N. Vernon, took Bill horse to be doctored for the fistula.

Sep 20     We began to sow wheat today for the first and to cut corn for the first this year. Day is right nice.

Sep 21     We are cutting corn on the 15 Acre piece and sowing wheat. Day is cool.

Sep 22     The same as above at eh corn cutting and sowing wheat. Weather is nice, cool.

Sep 23     We are at the corn cutting and we got it all done but about 1 acre that was too green. All of the wheat too but on the green corn.

Sep 24     Joe finished all of the wheat sowing but about 1 acre that is in corn at the road culvert. We gathered the first load of new corn to feed. Nice rain this evening.

Sep 25     I and Maw are at home till 1 o'clock when we went over to Lawrence's awhile. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day nice.

Sep 26     We are choreing some. Joe is digging potatoes and choreing some. Day is nice.

Sep 27     We are repairing some fence around the barnyard and made a gate to the field and gathered a load of corn.

Sep 28     Rain this morning. Choreing, put in 2 gate posts at the lane at the garden fence and made a gate for same.

Sep 29     I and Joe went to N. Vernon, took up 2 dozen of chickens and sold them at the poultry house. Then got some lumber to weatherboard the kitchen end.

Sep 30     We are choreing some at one thing or another. We went down on the road below the culvert by John James' to scrape out the ditch this afternoon.

Oct 1     We cut a few shocks of corn today and done some chores. Day is nice.

Oct 2     We are at home, Maw and I. Pammy and Joe went to Joe Stewart's at town. Jim Marsh and Frank Gibbs are here.

Oct 3     I and Joe finished cutting corn on the 15 Acre field this morning. This afternoon picked winter apples. Joe helped Henry to thrash clover seed.

Oct 4     We picked winter apples and Joe helped Henry Burgmyer to thrash clover seed awhile. Lawrence and Edy Stewart started to the World Fair last night. Day is right nice.

Oct 5     I and Joe picked up apples and made cider this forenoon. This afternoon we finished digging the potatoes for this year. Day has been nice.

Oct 6     I went to N. Vernon, took up some potatoes and sold them at .50 a bu. Day is right nice.

Oct 7     I and Emmy Euler went over to F. R. Gannon's today. the preacher is here at out house today. This is Protracted Meeting now. Edy and Lawrence got home tonight from Fair at St. Louis.

Oct 8     I and Joe shucked out some corn out of shock this forenoon. This afternoon Joe went over to Hayden after a load of plank for the new road. Day is right nice.

Oct 9     We went to church this is the Sunday of the Protracted Meeting. It began on last Monday night. Weather is nice.

Oct 10     I and Maw went to the funeral of Mrs. Pierce, she was buried at Vernon. Day is right nice. Joe got in some corn and hauled manure.

Oct 11     I and Joe shucked out corn out of shock all day. It is damp for there was rain last night. The meeting is still going on yet.

Oct 12     I and Joe are at the corn till noon. This afternoon hauled in the corn and some fodder for feed. It is damp, the day is nice.

Oct 13     We are putting up the wire fence on the meadow field on the thicket field to pasture the calves on. B. Boner is helping.

Oct 14     We finished the fence at noon today. This afternoon Joe went down on the lower piece where Billy Bertram has corn to harrow, to put in grass. Weather is nice.

Oct 15     We finished the grass seed at noon. This afternoon we plowed some in the creek to clean out the main channel. Day is nice.

Oct 16     We are at home and Lawrence and folks are here. Joe and Pammy went to Four Corners to church but got home soon. Day is nice.

Oct 17     Joe worked at the creek, plowing down the gravel bank above the old Sullivan mill place to clear out the channel for the water to run this forenoon. This afternoon put on some weatherboard.

Oct 18     Joe is finishing weatherboarding the old kitchen. Gave Joe Stewart some money to buy a house to live in. Day has been nice.

Oct 19     I and Joe gathered 1 load of corn off of stalk for feed. This afternoon went to N. Vernon. Joe Stewart and Sadie went to the World Fair tonight.

Oct 20     We are at work in the creek cleaning out bushes and trying to open the channel through the gravel and bushes.

Oct 21     We are at work at the creek, plowing and taking out bushes on the high banks. Rain this evening and cooler day.

Oct 22     Joe is helping in Indian Creek to repair the wash out at the bend below Henry Burgmyer. I shucked corn out of shock, cool day.

Oct 23     First frost to make its mark this morning. Day is nice but cool. George Baker and folks are here and P. Bertram and folks. Emmy Euler and her folks.

Oct 24     Joe began to shuck corn on stalk to crib for the first. It is plenty green yet. Day is mostly cloudy and cool.

Oct 25     Joe is gathering corn on the Betsy Bottom. I went down to get some molasses off Arket. Got only 2 gallon, all he had to spare.

Oct 26     Joe is gathering corn on the Betsy Bottom. I am not doing much. Weather is nice, some frost now.

Oct 27     Joe is at the same, at the corn. I am choreing some. Big frost this morning. Weather is nice.

Oct 28     Choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon Joe gathered one load of corn. Weather is nice. Frost every nice and the weather dry.

Oct 29     Joe is at the corn. I am only choreing. Weather is nice, frost every nice and dry weather.

Oct 30     We went out to Mr. Euler's all of us and Emmy Euler and the 2 children. Mr. Euler is down in bed now. Weather is nice.

Oct 31     Joe is painting the house on the kitchen part on the new weatherboarding. This afternoon went to N. Vernon after a load of coal. I am sorting corn at the crib.

Nov 1     Joe shucked corn on Betsy Bottom all day. I am choreing some. I dug the sweet potatoes. Day is very nice but we need some rain.

Nov 2     Joe is gathering corn on the Betsy Bottom and finished it at noon. Then he finished painting the side of the house. I hauled in the pumpkins. Day nice.

Nov 3     Shucked some corn out of shock this forenoon. This afternoon hauled it in. The fodder is very dry. No rain for 3 weeks.

Nov 4     I and Joe shucked corn till noon then quit. The fodder is too dry. I burned up the willows and trash along the creek where we plowed the bushes out.

Nov 5     Joe gathered corn on the 10 acre piece below the road. It is most too green yet to gather. Weather is nice and dry, need rain.

Nov 6     I and Maw are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went to Four Corners to church then to P. Bertram's. Day is very nice.

Nov 7     We are fixing the hog lot at the hog pen putting rock to keep it from getting muddy in wet time. A part of the corn renters brought in, 7 loads of corn.

Nov 8     Joe is hauling rock and putting them down at the hog house this forenoon. I am sorting corn this forenoon. This afternoon went to the election at Hayden. Day cool.

Nov 9     Joe is at the hog house putting down the rock and hauled one load more rock. I am sorting corn in crib. Day has been some cloudy.

Nov 10     Joe is working for Emmy Euler fixing in a door in house. I sorted some corn a part of the day. It rained all forenoon. A nice rain fell. Henry Haynes died today.

Nov 11     I and Joe are at the shucking corn out of shock. It is nice to shuck since the rain. It is damp. The corn is dry enough now out of shock to keep.

Nov 12     We shucked some corn out of shock and hauled in some fodder this forenoon. This afternoon Joe hauled in the corn. I went to church.

Nov 13     We went to church over the creek, last time for this year. Day is cool.

Nov 14     We are at the corn. Joe is on the stalk on the 10 Acre. I am shucking out of shocks. Day is nice but cool.

Nov 15     Joe gathered corn on the 10 acre piece till noon. This afternoon we went to N. Vernon to mill and get a load of coal. Day is nice.

Nov 16     Joe is shucking corn on the 10 acre piece below the road. It is plenty green. I shucked a little out of shock. Day is nice.

Nov 17     Joe and I butchered a hog, then went to the sale at Balser Kuch's(?). Very nice day.

Nov 18     I and Joe shucked corn out of shock this forenoon. This afternoon we were putting some rock at the hog house. Nice day.

Nov 19     The same today, shucking corn on shock. It is very dry and breaks the fodder. We are not done on the stalk yet. It is a little green, some of it.

Nov 20     We are at home. The day is very nice and good roads. It is most too dry for corn shucking in shock.

Nov 21     I and Joe shucked on shock till noon, then Joe hauled in. It is quite dry. Weather is dry.

Nov 22     Joe is gathering corn on the 10 piece below the road. It is dry weather but the corn is not more than fit to put in yet.

Nov 23     Joe is at the same as above. I am choreing some, sorting some corn and throwing some back in the cribs. Day nice.

Nov 24     Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. I am not doing but very much. Day is nice but dry weather.

Nov 25     Joe gathered corn on the same piece. The weather is dry and frosty but some of the corn is soft on this piece.

Nov 26     Joe is gathering this forenoon. This afternoon went hunting with Charley and Albert.

Nov 27     I and Maw are at home all day. Joe and Pamma went to G. Baker's. Day is cool and cloudy.

Nov 28     We took off our hogs to Lovett to Mornen. Sold to him and got .415 per hun. Day is right cool with a cool wind from the southeast.

Nov 29     Joe is at the corn most of the day. We dehorned the calves this evening. Weather is cool and dry. Need rain.

Nov 30     Joe is gathering corn on the 10 acre piece below the road. Weather is still dry. Corn in shock is too dry to shuck. Weather is cool.

Dec 1     The same today as on yesterday. The weather is still dry and cool wind for 3 days. Emmie has men drilling a well the last few this week.

Dec 2     Joe is at the corn on stalk, one more day will finish up the stalk corn. Still dry yet.

Dec 3     Joe finished all of the corn gathering on stalk for this year. We have about 100 or a little over in shock yet to shuck. It is very dry time and the fodder is dry. Dark day today.

Dec 4     We are at home and Lawrence and folks and Emmie and folks, Fred Young are here, also Edy. Day is right cool and the weather dry.

Dec 5     I and Joe are repairing the wire fence around the 24 acre stalk field on the old Sullivan Bottom to put in our cattle. Day is cool.

Dec 6     We finished up the wire fence on the stock pasture now, ready to turn in. It is dry and right cool for several days.

Dec 7     I and Joe shucked corn out of shock but it is very dry. It has not rained hardly for one month and it is very dry. We turned the cattle in stalks.

Dec 8     I and Joe shucked a small load of corn out of shock this forenoon but it is so dry that we quit and hauled it in.

Dec 9     Joe went down to Epaws with Henry Burgmyer to get a load of tile. Maw and I went to N. Vernon Day cool.

Dec 10     We are not doing much. Ground is covered with snow for the first snow this fall. It fell last night and is about 4 inches deep.

Dec 11     We went to church at Zion, the beginning of the new year of Bro. Nicholsen's second year today. It is some cold and the snow on.

Dec 12     I am not doing anything much but the chores. Joe is repairing some on hog house and scale shed. Day is some cold and snow on yet.

Dec 13     I am not doing much. Snow on the ground and right cold. Joe is at work at the doors on the scale shed, making new doors to keep out rain or snow.

Dec 14     The same today as on yesterday and got the doors done. Then had some other repairs to make at barn. Snow is on and cold.

Dec 15     I and Joe went to N. Vernon and took up a load of corn, sold to Bob Wrape for .42 a bu. Day is cold and road is slick.

Dec 16     Choreing this forenoon. This afternoon hauled in some fodder from the field. Snow is still on yet and more falling tonight.

Dec 17     Nothing done much. It snows most of the day and dark. Joe is hunting rabbits, good day for it.

Dec 18     We are at home. Ground is covered with snow yet. It thawed a little today. Pretty good sleighing in places now.

Dec 19     We butchered our hogs for meat. Day is nice, some cool and thaws but very little. Snow is still on yet.

Dec 20     We went to N. Vernon to mill and to get our groceries. We bought off the Dayton Co., we got all off them. The day is right nice, thaws some.

Dec 21     Joe and Joe Stewart are hunting rabbits. Snow is on the ground. I am trying out lard and choreing some. It thaws some.

Dec 22     Joe and Joe Stewart are still hunting this forenoon. This afternoon hauled in some fodder. We have 100 shocks out yet to shuck.

Dec 23     We shucked corn out of shock and Boner is helping. It rained a little today and more tonight. Snow is all gone now.

Dec 24     We are not doing anything but the chores. Folks are fixing up the notions for the Christmas tree tonight. It is dark day and some rain. Dec 25     We went over to P. Bertram's all of us. It is a dark cloudy day and the roads are muddy for the firs time for about 4 or 5 months.

Dec 26     I and Joe took over red Jersey cow and calf to Hayden to Love of Seymour, price $35. It has been a rainy day most of the day and still rains tonight.

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Dec 28     We are not doing but very little. Day is rainy and high winds all day and tonight it still storms and it turned cold and freezes.

Dec 29     I am not doing anything but some chores. Joe hauled out some manure on the wheat. It froze right hard last night and thaws some.

Dec 30     We are not doing much but the chores. I shucked out a few shocks this evening. It is a little muddy. Nice day overhead.

Dec 31     We hauled in the corn we shucked on yesterday and shucked some this morning. Then Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon. Dick Gibbs came today.

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