Daily Journals

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Jan 1     We went over to Emmie's, all of us and Dick Gibbs is here now. Day is nice.

Jan 2     We shucked corn out of shock and finished all of the crop of this last year. Day is dark and cloudy with a little rain falling.

Jan 3     We helped Emmie to butcher her hogs. Day is cold with little snow on the ground.

Jan 4     I am not doing much. Joe and Pammy are helping Emmie to finish up the butchering work. Cold today.

Jan 5     Joe is hauling gravel up to the barn at the cow stable so it won't be so muddy. Ground thaws.

Jan 6     Joe and Albert are hauling in fodder and stacking it. Got it all done now.

Jan 7     We are not doing anything much but the chores. Day is some stormy and some snow on.

Jan 8     We are at home and the snow is about 2 inches and right cold.

Jan 9     We are not doing much work. It is stormy and snow.

Jan 10     The same today. It is right cold and we are not doing much.

Jan 11     We are not doing much. It rained last night and sleeted on the snow and it is slick. Rain is still falling.

Jan 12     We are not doing much but the chores.

Jan 13     The same as above, not doing much. Some cold.

Jan 14     Joe is hauling out manure on the wheat till noon. This afternoon went down to the schoolhouse to vote for supervisor. It is quite a cold day.

Jan 15     I went to church. Day is right cold. This is the second trip for Brotehr Nicholson on this year. This day I paid five dollars on the first month, makes $6.00 this date.

Jan 16     We are not doing. Emmie and folks, Dick Gibbs are here. Albert Bertram and Mrs. Bertram are here.

Jan 17     Joe is hauling out manure from stable to the orchard. Day is nice.

Jan 18     I and Joe went to N. Vernon took up a load of corn, got .42/bu. Got bran and shorts for it. Day is cloudy and damp.

Jan 19     Joe hauled some rock from Tom Casting's quarry, then hauled some gravel to the barnyard. Day is dark and cloudy.

Jan 20     We took to Four Corners the black Jersey cow and calf to Love at Seymour, then we brought home a load of posts of Garret's. Day is cool and dark.

Jan 21     Joe is hauling out manure on the orchard this forenoon. This afternoon hauling gravel. Dark day, thaws some.

Jan 22     We are at home and Joe Stewart and Sadie and Dick is here. Day is cool and cloudy.

Jan 23     We are choreing some about the barn, repairing some. Michael Garrett died this or yesterday morning.

Jan 24     The same as above, not doing anything but the chores. Day is some cold and stormy.

Jan 25     The same today, not doing anything but the chores. It is cold.

Jan 26     We are grinding corn and cob to feed the cattle. It is a very nice day today and Dick is helping some.

Jan 27     Not doing much. Joe went to N. Vernon for Doc Mitchel to come down, Pammy is sick. Then he hauled out 2 loads of manure out of stable. Nice day.

Jan 28     Joe took up a load of corn to Bob Wrape, got .42/bu. Right nice day.

Jan 29     We are at home all day. Pammy is better today. Day is right cold.

Jan 30     We are choreing some around the barn. Joe is fixing the shed at the barn. It is right cool.

Jan 31     We are not doing but very little. Joe hauled out 2 loads of manure on wheat. The ground is froze to bear but not very cold with spots of snow on.

Feb 1     We are not doing anything but the chores. Fred Young is here and the day is some cold and cloudy, most of the day.

Feb 2     We are at the same today as above but the day is cold and bright sun shine.

Feb 3     We are only choreing. Day is some cold but no snow on.

Feb 4     Joe and Maw went to N. Vernon. I am only choreing some. Day is some cold.

Feb 5     We are at home and Lawrence and folks are all here today. It snowed most of the day.

Feb 6     We, Joe and Dick went down at the lower part of Indian Creek to saw down some maple trees for wood. Snow is on 3" deep.

Feb 7     We sawed and hauled up some of the maple logs we cut yesterday on the sled. It is coldest morning this winter but a very pleasant day.

Feb 8     We are not doing anything but the chores. It is a raining all day and sleet. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's.

Feb 9     Today is about the same. Snow is laying on and ice on the ground and slick to get around. Joe took Dick to N. Vernon to Joe's. Day is cloudy.

Feb 10     Nothing much done. Weather is some cold.

Feb 11     The same today as on yesterday. Joe is cuttings some wood at Indian Creek. Cloudy day, don't thaw. Ground is very icy for a day or two.

Feb 12     We are at home all day, could not get over to church. It rained this morning and then set in to snow and is cold.

Feb 13     Nothing done today. Day is cold, the coldest day this winter with the ground covered with snow and ice.

Feb 14     The same as on yesterday. Day is not quite so cold today as on yesterday.

Feb 15     The same old thing, the weather is still cold and snow and ice and bad to get around now. Dick is still here yet.

Feb 16     The same continued. Snow is still on and ice and not quite so cold today. Some cloudy.

Feb 17     We are at the same, not doing anything but the chores. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon.

Feb 18     Joe cut some wood this forenoon. This afternoon hauled up a load of corn to the hog house, then 2 loads of wood from Indian Creek. It thaws some today.

Feb 19     We are at home and the day is not very cold. Ground is froze yet.

Feb 20     Joe hauled out manure out of stables on the wheat. The ground is froze but is thawing some.

Feb 21     I and Joe went to N. Vernon, took a load of corn to Hull Feed Store, .43/bu. Thaws some.

Feb 22     I and Joe went to the sale of Elgin Wilson's. The day is right cool, the ground has not thawed much.

Feb 23     We both of us went to the sale of El's acres today. The ground is thawing some every day. Freezes some at night. The ice is still on the creek, broke in some places.

Feb 24     Joe and Dick are hauling up some limbs for wood from Indian Creek this morning. The ground is a little frozen but not all thawed out yet.

Feb 25     Not doing very much. It is cloudy day and sleeted some this morning. Ground is thawing some every day a little. Joe piled up some new stove wood in the wood house and choreing.

Feb 26     I and Maw are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's. The day is very nice but is muddy.

Feb 27     We or I are not doing but very little. Joe sawed some stove wood this forenoon. This afternoon he and Billy Boner sawed wood here at the house. It snowed this morning and melted this evening.

Feb 28     I and Joe went to the sale of Jim Otis'. I bought a barrel of vinegar and a little jug of oil…$3.05. Joe split up stove wood when we got home. Day is right nice.

Mar 1     I went to N. Vernon, took Bill horse up to the veterinary to get medicine but he was not there, so I came home. Joe is at work at Emmie's building a corn house. Day is some chilly.

Mar 2     I and Dick went to N. Vernon after a load of coal, got it. Joe is over to Emmie's yet at work. Day is right nice.

Mar 3     I am not doing much but the chores. Joe got done at noon at Emmie's then went to N. Vernon. I went up to Jim Earl's to see about buying a cow but did not get one. Day is nice and warm.

Mar 4     I went to N. Vernon, took Bill horse, doctored for the fistula. Jim Earl weighted 19 shoats, sold to Web Spencer.

Mar 5     I and Maw are at home all day and Dick. Joe and Pammy went to the Four Corners to church, came home then went to P. Bertram's. Day is nice.

Mar 6     Joe is sawing wood at the lower part of Indian Creek and Billy Boner is helping today. I am choreing some. Day is dark and cloudy.

Mar 7     Nothing done but the chores, some little fixing around. It rained all forenoon and cloudy.

Mar 8     About the same today, only Joe is doing work. Most of the day it rained till noon today. Again I took Bill horse to N. Vernon to the doctor to get medicine on it.

Mar 9     Joe went to the sale at Kendrick. Ground corn for the cattle this morning.

Mar 10     We are doing some chore work, put in some straw in barn. Hauled in some corn to feed the hogs. Weighed the hogs, put in some tile across the road. Sowed some grass seed.

Mar 11     Joe is putting in wood in the wood house this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon and Pammy & I went over to church. Mr. George Euler died this morning. I sowed some grass seed down on the bottom below Forest's house.

Mar 12     We went to church. Day is nice.

Mar 13     We went to the funeral of Mr. Euler, he was buried today. Joe hauled up stove wood from Indian Creek. Day is nice.

Mar 14     I went to N. Vernon, took Bill horse to get some more medicine. Joe took up a load of wheat, got $1.09/bu. Joe went to Seymour tonight. Day is nice.

Mar 15     Joe took a load of wheat today at the same price, came home and split wood. Day is nice and warm.

Mar 16     We are choreing some. Weather is nice.

Mar 17     We, I am trimming some apple trees. Joe is putting in some tile in the corn of the orchard. Day is nice.

Mar 18     We are a repairing some fence at the hog house and this afternoon I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Dark day and threatens rain all day.

Mar 19     We are at home. Emmie, Edy and folks are here this afternoon and Fisher's folks are here too. Day is dark.

Mar 20     Joe is repairing fence at barn. I went to N. Vernon this morning to get medicine for Bill horse. Came home then went to James Gahn's to see his wife, she is sick.

Mar 21     Joe went to help Owen Newen to raise his barn. I am trimming some locust trees a part of the day. It is cloudy.

Mar 22     I trimmed some apple trees, got done trimming the orchard at noon, then I wnt over to Hayden and brought over Sarah Swarthout over. Joe took off wire between Emmie and I this afternoon. Day is right nice.

Mar 23     Joe is plowing for Emmie for oats. I am choreing some. Weather nice.

Mar 24     The same today at the plowing. I am choreing setting out locust. Weather nice.

Mar 25     The same as above, plowing for Emmie, 3 days. Weather nice.

Mar 26     We are at home. Day is nice.

Mar 27     I went to N. Vernon took up a load of corn then went to Vernon and paid the taxes on land. Tax is $243. Dick Gibbs started to Buffalo today. Day is very nice. Sarah Swarthout is here for a few days.

Mar 28     We plowed the garden and some in the orchard for potatoes. Ground is dry enough to work, nice. Day is warm and nice.

Mar 29     I sowed some of the Long Bottom to clover this morning. This afternoon fixed some of the garden and planted some potatoes. It set in to rain and we quit.

Mar 30     I and Joe are fixing some breaks in tile drain and put in 10 more in at the mouth at the creek. Day is very nice after the rain yesterday.

Mar 31     Joe and I took out some 4 inch tile out of the old drain below Henry Burgmyer's this forenoon. This afternoon Joe kept on at tile. I planted some potatoes. Day is warm.

Apr 1     I and Maw went to N. Vernon to make a deed to Edward Stewart of the Liew Lattimore 80 acres for the sum of $3,500 dollars. Weather is very nice.

Apr 2     We are at home, Maw and I. Joe and Pammy went to Four Corners to church, then to P. Bertram's. John James and Beck are here. Day is nice.

Apr 3     I finished sowing the Long Bottom to clover and the part of that has no stalks on below the levy. It set to rain some and the wind blew too hard so I quit and planted some potatoes. Joe is taking out tile.

Apr 4     I and John James went to old Vernon this forenoon to see about a bridge. This afternoon planted potatoes in the orchard. Joe is at the tile. Day is right nice but cool. The assessor was here today.

Apr 5     I finished sowing clover seed at noon, then Joe broke stalks on this piece. It is damp.

Apr 6     I am cutting off some stalks that the pile don't mash over. It rained some last night and the ground is damp. Joe is at the tile now. Cloudy and snowed some. Sarah Swarthout left.

Apr 7     I and Maw went to N. Vernon this morning. This afternoon Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon. Day is quite cool with wind.

Apr 8     We ground corn this forenoon to feed the cattle. This afternoon Joe finished breaking stubs out of the wheat. I and Maw went to church. Day has been nice.

Apr 9     We went to church. Mrs. John was buried today. Day is nice.

Apr 10     I cut some corn stubs on wheat this forenoon. Joe but a few stalks on the Betsy Bottom then it rained at 3 o'clock and we quit.

Apr 11     we did some chores, took out some old fence posts out on the line between Emmie and I. Set up some rails fixed some fence, it rained by showers all day.

Apr 12     Joe went to Hillerman's sale. I cut stubs on wheat, sold the surrey to Mrs. Houseburger. $60.00.

Apr 13     Joe is hauling out manure out of the stables to the field for corn. I am cutting stubs on whet. Day is nice.

Apr 14     The same as above, a little sprinkle of rain this morning. The rest of the day is nice.

Apr 15     I and Maw went to N. Vernon this forenoon. Joe is dragging down some weeds and cut some stalks this afternoon. Day is right cool.

Apr 16     We are at home and Emmie, Edy and folks are here. Day is quite cool.

Apr 17     Joe is cutting stalks. I am choreing some, sprayed some apple trees. John James got hurt Saturday coming from town. Cool weather for 3 days.

Apr 18     We ground corn for feed for the cattle this forenoon. This afternoon Joe shut up the tile drains where they were open and piled up some tile that was out. Day is nice.

Apr 19     Began to plow for corn for the first this morning. This afternoon Joe finished cutting stalks on corn ground. I raked some up this afternoon. Day nice, cool.

Apr 20     Joe is plowing for corn on the old Sullivan Bottom. Wind blew hard all day but dried off fast. I went down to Human's this afternoon.

Apr 21     Choreing today, it rained a big rain this morning and it is too wet to plow. We repaired some fence this forenoon. Joe went to town this afternoon.

Apr 22     Joe and Henry Burgmeyer are putting in tile below Henry's. Day is right nice.

Apr 23     We are at home. Maw is still chilling some every few days. Sadie is out here for a day or two, went home this evening. Day is nice.

Apr 24     Joe is putting in some tile, got it done all for this spring. We put the calves out to pasture. Ground is most too wet to plow but is drying off fast.

Apr 25     Joe is plowng on the Betsy Bottom. It is most too wet anywhere else to work. It is raining a little sprinkle all day and damp, cloudy day.

Apr 26     The same today as on yesterday, some rain and cloudy.

Apr 27     Joe is still plowing. Got the stalk part of the Betsy Bottom done this morning. Then came up and plowed on the 24 acre piece. Day is right nice.

Apr 28     The same as yesterday at the plowing and the day is nice.

Apr 29     We are choreing this forenoon. We ground some corn for feed, weighed some hay for Emma. This afternoon I went to N. Vernon. Joe to Human's. Day is right nice since the rain. Ethel Sullivan married on the 26th.

Apr 30     We went over to Emmie's, I and Maw. Joe and Pammy went to Bertram's, then to N. Vernon to church. Day has been nice.

May 1     Joe is plowing but plenty wet. I and Sam Young went up to Vernon this forenoon to see the commissioners about a bridge. Day is nice but cool.

May 2     The same at the plows and the weather nice.

May 3     Same at the plowing. I am only choreing. Weather is nice.

May 4     Joe plowed till 3 o'clock when the rain came on and quit for the day.

May 5     I and Maw went to town. Joe went with the wagon to mill. Ground is wet since the rain.

May 6     Choreing some, the ground is wet from the rain last night. Too wet to plow.

May 7     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners, then to Baker's. Day is right nice.

May 8     Joe harrowed on the Betsy Bottom this forenoon. This afternoon planted the first corn of this year. It rained at 4 o'clock and stopped.

May 9     Joe is hauling out manure from stables to corn ground. I am shelling seed corn but the ground is too wt to plant now but will soon do if it doesn't rain more.

May 10     Big rain this morning and the ground is very wet and the creek is full banks. We are not doing much, shelling a little seed corn.

May 11     The same today, lots of rain fell in showers through the day and tonight it rained lots more. Got out the telephone poles.

May 12     We are not doing much. There was a big rain this morning and the creek is big.

May 13     The same, not doing much work. The creek has gone down but is past ford yet. Joe went to Human's, took Cate.

May 14     We are at home, all of us till noon then Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon this afternoon. Day is cloudy with wind and some rain by showers.

May 15     Not much doing. The ground is wet, the water is in places over the field. We drained off some at the ford out of the Betsy Bottom.

May 16     Joe is working on the new road. Put in some culverts and then plowed and scraped it. Rained a little.

May 17     The same as yesterday, working the road. It is too wet to plow or to work on ground. Day is cool with high wind.

May 18     Choreing, got 5 more telephone poles. Took off some wire that ws drifted on the bottom at the levy at Indian Creek. Day is some cool.

May 19     I painted the porch roof this forenoon. This afternoon we painted the shed of the barn, the felt roof. No rain today.

May 20     I plowed the potatoes. Joe cultivated the garden, planted some watermelons. This afternoon Joe went to plow on the clover on the Betsy Bottom field. I and Maw went to town. Day is right nice.

May 21     I and Maw went over to Lawrence's. Day is right nice.

May 22     Joe is plowing the Betsy Bottom field where the clover is. Weather is nice now. Ground is drying off fast.

May 23     We took off our hogs to Lovett to Mornen to ship. The morning is cool and nice.

May 24     Still at the plowing and the weather is nice.

May 25     Plowed a little this morning, then the rain came. No more plowed today. Chored some, wet time, too wet in low bottom yet.

May 26     Joe went to Human's this morning with Lecty, mare. This afternoon plowed on some, as most done this field of the Betsy Bottom. None planted only the few rows that is flooded under on the same field.

May 27     Still plowing till noon, got the Betsy Bottom field done then went to harrow on where the water was over.

May 28     We are home. Joe went to church and Pammy to Four Corners. I and Maw went out as far as to Andy Hailey's to the new pike and around to near N. Vernon for a ride out. Day is nice.

May 29     Joe planed corn on the Betsy Bottom next to creek till noon. Then it rained a big rain and made it too wet for several days. This is all the corn we have planted at this time.

May 30     I went to N. Vernon to mill, got some shingles to cover the chicken house and some more paint to finish the felt roof. Joe and Pammy went to town in the buggy. It rained a good bit at about 3 o'clock. It is very wet time. We cannot plant.

May 31     We put on a new roof on the chicken house. It is a wet time, we can not plow or plant corn. It did not rain any today.

Jun 1     We finished the house this morning. Joe went to harrow on the Betsy Bottom field on this side of the field and it is plenty wet too. The day is nice today.

Jun 2     The same till noon, then this afternoon planted the rest of the Betsy Bottom. It is plenty wet yet. Day is nice overhead.

Jun 3     Joe is plowing some on the old Sullivan Bottom where the creek mudded it. It is most too wet yet to work in. Harrowed some this afternoon with 4 horses. Day is nice.

Jun 4     We are at home all day. Day nice.

Jun 5     Joe is harrowing on the old Sullivan Bottom with 4 horses, it is hard. I and Maw went to N. Vernon this afternoon. Day is nice.

Jun 6     Joe began to plant some on the old Bottom. It is not all harrowed yet. Day is right nice.

Jun 7     Joe is harrowing and planting on this field and it is most planted up to the unbroken ground.

Jun 8     The same today and began to break this afternoon on same piece.

Jun 9     I trimmed the hedge fence first time. Joe is plowing and planted some. Edy and Hall is helping to plow, we will get done tomorrow planting if the day is fair. Nice today.

Jun 10     Joe finished breaking for corn and harrowing at noon and went out to finish planting when it set in to rain and it rained a big rain.

Jun 11     We went to church then went over tonight, this is Children's Night. It has been a nice day.

Jun 12     Joe finished planting corn for this year.

Jun 13     we began to plow corn on the Betsy Bottom and I have been replanting. Day is nice but warm.

Jun 14     Joe plowed corn till noon on the Betsy Bottom. This afternoon took up a load of corn to N. Vernon mill. Day nice and warm.

Jun 15     Joe took 2 loads of corn to town, one to Wrape, one to Hull. I replanted corn on the Betsy Bottom field. It rains some most of the day in showers.

Jun 16     Hauled 2 more loads to Hull today. I replanted corn, nice day but it is warm.

Jun 17     Joe took 1 load of corn to Bob Wrape this morning. This afternoon plowed corn. Day is very warm.

Jun 18     We are at home, I and Maw. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day is very warm.

Jun 19     Joe plowed corn this forenoon. This afternoon began to cut whet on the 15 Acre piece.

Jun 20     We cut out some more today until the rain came on and stopped us. Very warm day.

Jun 21     It is wet and muddy and the creek is up some. I went over to cut weeds out of the locust and I had to come around home. We cut wheat this afternoon.

Jun 22     We cut wheat all day, got most done. Cooler weather.

Jun 23     Finished cutting wheat this morning, then it rained some. Joe plowed corn awhile this morning. Ground wet, dark day, damp all day.

Jun 24     I and Joe took up a load of corn to Bob Wrape. It is too wet to plow corn today but he day is nice and is drying.

Jun 25     We are at home all day. Day is very nice.

Jun 26     Joe is plowing corn on the Betsy Bottom, second time. Rest of the corn has not been plowed yet. Ground is all right at this time.

Jun 27     We began to plow corn on the 24 Acre piece below the road for the first time. Weather is nice.

Jun 28     The same today, at the same piece. I am hoeing out weeds. Weather nice.

Jun 29     The same as above, weather nice.

Jun 30     The same and got over this field once. Weather is nice all week.

Jul 1     We are choreing this forenoon. This afternoon I took a load of corn and the lst of the wheat to N. Vernon mill. Day is nice.

Jul 2     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Day nice.

Jul 3     We chored some, picked some blackberries, brought down some cattle from Edy's place. This afternoon I took a load of corn to N. Vernon mill. Joe picked berries. Day nice.

Jul 4     Went out to Lovett to take out 5 head of cattle to Henry Horsehamer at 4 cents a pound. Got home before 10 o'clock then Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon. Day right nice.

Jul 5     Joe began to plow corn on the Betsy Bottom, third time. I went up to Dave Childs' to help to thrash but the machine did not get there.

Jul 6     I helped Dave Childs to thrash wheat till 2 o'clock when the rain came and stopped us. Joe is plowing corn till it rained.

Jul 7     I went to Lovett this forenoon to get my dog. This afternoon helped Dave to finish his wheat. Some cloudy with sprinkles.

Jul 8     Joe plowed corn. I went over to church. It is damp weather now, bad for thrashing wheat.

Jul 9     I and Maw went to John James' and there was a big rain fell and made the ground wet. It is bad for thrashing.

Jul 10     I and Joe trimmed hedge this forenoon. This afternoon helped Lawrence to thrash wheat. It is damp weather now.

Jul 11     We fixed the bridge to the barn, hauled in clay. It rained a shower.

Jul 12     We helped Emmie to thrash wheat. It rained a shower this evening.

Jul 13     We helped Emmie this forenoon. This afternoon helped to thrash at Charley Woodward's. A little rain fell but very little.

Jul 14     Joe went to help Jim Marsh to thrash. I am at home, day warm.

Jul 15     Joe is plowing corn. I am hoeing out weeds this forenoon. This afternoon I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Day warm.

Jul 16     We are at home all day. Weather is warm.

Jul 17     I went over to P. Bertram's to help him thrash wheat this forenoon. This afternoon hoed weeds out of corn. Day is very warm.

Jul 18     Joe is plowing corn and I am cutting out weeds and suckers out of the corn. Weather is very warm.

Jul 19     The same as above till noon. We put up hay this afternoon. Very warm.

Jul 20     We worked in the corn hoeing till noon and Nick Keller is helping. We put up some hay afternoon, 2 loads then it rained a big rain and stopped us. We got all the corn plowed over for this year this morning.

Jul 21     We are choreing some this forenoon, it is some rainy. This afternoon Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon.

Jul 22     Joe took up a load of corn to N. Vernon at the mill. This afternoon put up some hay that got wet on Thursday. It is cloudy most of the forenoon. This afternoon the sun shines out so as to dry off the hay.

Jul 23     I and Maw are at home all day. The day is cloudy and cool and it rained a big rain. Joe and Pammy went to church.

Jul 24     I took up a load of corn to N. Vernon mill. Joe mowed some grass. We put it up this evening. Day is right fair, cool.

Jul 25     I took up 6 hogs to N. Vernon to Nobe this morning. Joe finished mowing grass at noon. We finished up the hay this afternoon.

Jul 26     I hauled 2 loads of corn to Ebert's mill. Joe is mowing on Edy's.

Jul 27     We went to N. Vernon to the Fair, all of us.

Jul 28     We took up 2 loads of corn to N. Vernon, one to Hull, one to Ebert's, one more this afternoon to mill. Joe is at his hay below.

Jul 29     We took 2 loads of corn to N. Vernon one to Hull. Joe is at the hay. I took up a load this afternoon to the mill. Took up Letty mare, sold her this morning. Jul 30     I and Maw are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's this afternoon. Day is nice.

Jul 31     I hauled a load of corn to the mill at N. Vernon this forenoon. Joe finished his hay this forenoon. Then we took 2 more loads this afternoon, one to mill, one to B. Wrape. Day is nice.

Aug 1     We hauled four loads of corn to N. Vernon, two to mill, one to Litchfield, one to Cone. Ed Fixton and wife went from here to go home tonight. Day has been warm.

Aug 2     I and Joe hauled to N. Vernon 4 loads of corn. Day has been very nice but warm.

Aug 3     I and Maw went to the Fair at Osgood. Joe is hauling corn to N. Vernon to Hull and Platter.

Aug 4     Joe took up a load of corn to Hull at N. Vernon this forenoon. This afternoon went down to help John Glixner to thrash wheat and oats. Day is nice but warm.

Aug 5     I took up a load of corn to Ebert's mill this morning. Joe went to help finish thrashing at Glixner's. Day is warm, we all to thrash our wheat on Monday next, if the weather is nice.

Aug 6     We all of us, went to George Baker's. Day is right nice and warm. It rained a good rain tonight.

Aug 7     I am choreing some this forenoon. It is some wet from the rain last night. I and Maw went to F. R. Gannon's this afternoon. He is down sick in bed.

Aug 8     The machine came up this afternoon and thrashed for Henry Burgmyer and we are helping. It is a nice day.

Aug 9     The machine got done at Henry's at 2 o'clock and came here and thrashed out all my wheat, number of bushels, 385. Day has been nice.

Aug 10     I and Joe went to help Boner to thrash. He got done, then the machine went to Sam Young's. We helped him, done with his wheat. Big rain before noon.

Aug 11     We are only choreing some this forenoon. It is a little wet. We went up to help Anthony Gawen to thrash this afternoon but he did not thrash, it rained some. Weather warm.

Aug 12     I and Joe trimmed the hedge. This afternoon I went to church. Joe and Maw went to N. Vernon to see the doctor. F. R. Gannon is dangerous sick at this time. The ground is wet now. Rain last night and very warm.

Aug 13     We went to church or I myself, Maw is not well enough to go. F. R. Gannon died this morning at 8 o'clock.

Aug 14     We are not doing much. It rained a big rain this morning and the ground is wet. I went over to Gannon's. He will be buried tomorrow at 10 o'clock at Hayden.

Aug 15     I went to the funeral of F. R. Gannon (note: little Frank). He was buried at the new graveyard. Joe cut some weeds on the orchard. Day has been right nice, a small shower this evening.

Aug 16     Joe and Pammy went to Benton Harbor this morning. I cut some weeds. Day has been nice but the ground is wet.

Aug 17     Joe was mowing down weeds on the 15 Acre field where we had wheat. I was choreing some. Day is right nice. Edy got back from his Uncle Prints Gannon's last night and today are cleaning the house ready to move.

Aug 18     I and Joe hauled down the telephone poles to the road along the line, ready to put in this forenoon. This afternoon Joe mowed some weeds on the stubble then at 3 o'clock went to help Emmie to thrash.

Aug 19     We went over to help Emmie to finish thrashing oats. They got done and moved. We came home and brought a load of oats, then it rained a big rain.

Aug 20     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went up to Ell Sullivan's this afternoon. Day is nice.

Aug 21     I and Maw went to Benton Harbor, got there at 6. Weather is nice here.

Aug 22     We went out to see ____ rings out in the woods.

Aug 23     We went up the St. Joseph river on the boat all day, lot of peaches. Weather is warm.

Aug 24     We went up to POPO lake this morning and stayed overnight. Rain this afternoon.

Aug 25     We started from this place, went to St. Joseph then went up to Benton Harbor to stay overnight. Day warm.

Aug 26     We started for home this morning, 7:20, got to N. Vernon at 6"36.

Aug 27     We are at home all day. I am not well. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's. Day nice.

Aug 28     Joe and Billy Boner are putting in telephone poles. I am not able to do any work.

Aug 29     Joe is plowing on the Long Bottom for wheat. This is a nice day.

Aug 30     The same today as on yesterday. I am staying around the house. I am some better.

Aug 31     The same as above, Joe is plowing. I am around the house taking medicine.

Sep 1     I and Maw went to N. Vernon this morning to get some more medicine off Mitchel. Joe is plowing.

Sep 2     The same as above as near as can be, Joe is plowing. I am staying around the house, not able to work. Weather is nice.

Sep 3     We are at home all day. Edy and his wife are here, also Emmie and folks are here. I am still under the weather, cannot eat anything hardly.

Sep 4     Joe harrowed the Long Bottom this forenoon. This afternoon finished up cutting the weeds on the 15 Acre piece. I am still around the house not able to do any work. Ed Stewart moved to his farm on the hill today.

Sep 5     Joe is hauling out manure on the Long Bottom. I am laying around the house yet, partly sick.

Sep 6     Joe hauled a little manure this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon to get things for the picnic for tomorrow.

Sep 7     I and Maw went to the sale at Jane Gannon's. Joe and Pammy went to the picnic at J. Marsh's woods. Day is nice.

Sep 8     Joe went to N. Vernon, took back some groceries till noon. Then hauled out some manure. Day nice.

Sep 9     I and Pammy went to N. Vernon. I went to get some more medicine. I am down in the house for the last 2 weeks. Am a little better now. Maw went over to church this evening.

Sep 10     I am at home. Pammy and I. Joe and Maw went to church. I am not well enough to go. Tom McMannion died on yesterday from blood poison.

Sep 11     Joe and Pammy went to the funeral of Tom McMannion this forenoon. This afternoon Joe is fixing at the tile in Emmie's field, broke down. I am mending some slow.

Sep 12     Joe is at the tile mending work below, at same as above. Weather is nice.

Sep 13     Joe was working at the taking out of the old tile where it broke down this forenoon. This afternoon harrowed on the Long Bottom. Day is nice.

Sep 14     Joe is fixing the smoke house so it can be roofed and repaired. This afternoon went to N. Vernon to get lumber and shingles for it.

Sep 15     Joe is working on the smoke house, put in sils. I am around the house, not able to work. Weather is nice.

Sep 16     I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Joe is roofing the smoke house. Day is nice.

Sep 17     We are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's this afternoon. Day is a little showery.

Sep 18     Joe is roofing the smoke house. I am sitting around, not able to work.

Sep 19     Joe is finishing up the smoke house today. there was quite a rain fell afternoon.

Sep 20     The same, choreing some. Weighed the hogs.

Sep 21     Dug some potatoes this forenoon. This afternoon drug the wheat ground on Long Bottom to sow wheat tomorrow.

Sep 22     Joe sowed the wheat on the Long Bottom. Weather nice.

Sep 23     Joe and I fixed the tile drain on Emmie's where it was broke down this forenoon. This afternoon Joe cut some corn across the 24 Acre piece to sow wheat on the upper end next to the road.

Sep 24     We are at home. Day is very nice.

Sep 25     We began to drill in the wheat among the corn this afternoon. Day is nice.

Sep 26     The same today, at the wheat sowing, drilling with one horse. Chance Daringer commenced to cut up in this field today. Day is nice.

Sep 27     At the wheat sowing and got it all done this evening. Day is nice.

Sep 28     I and Maw went to N. Vernon to the Street Fair. Day is warm and nice.

Sep 29     I went to the sale at the Wm farm. Joe is cutting corn. Day is nice and warm.

Sep 30     We gathered one load of corn to feed the hogs, then loaded a load of corn and took to town.

Oct 1     We are at home and Edy and wife are here. Day is nice.

Oct 2     Not at much this forenoon. This afternoon took up a load of corn to Platter. Quite a rain fell last night and a little today.

Oct 3     Hauling corn to N. Vernon mill and Chance Daringer is cutting corn. Weather is nice.

Oct 4     The same as above, hauling corn to the mill. Price .48/bu. Weather nice.

Oct 5     Joe hauled 2 loads of corn to N. Vernon mill. Our corn is all cut up in shock that we allow to cut. Ten acres cut.

Oct 6     Joe is drilling wheat for Emmie Euler. I am painting the iron roof this afternoon. Very nice weather now.

Oct 7     I took up the last load of old corn to N. Vernon this morning. This afternoon shucked a load of corn for the hogs. Very nice day.

Oct 8     We are at home, I and Maw. Joe and Pammy went to Indianapolis today.

Oct 9     I went to N. Vernon to see about a man to plaster the church house. Joe is at work on the road with the grader. Day is nice.

Oct 10     I went to N. Vernon and got the plasterer to patch the Zion Church and my own to patch, got it done and I took him home. It turned cold this evening and tonight hauled the sand for the church only today. mistake.

Oct 11     Today we plastered the church and repaired roof. A little rain fell and wind and turned cool and tonight there was a big frost.

Oct 12     We gathered one load corn this morning. This afternoon cut some corn off and hauled in some. Big frost tonight, 2nd frost.

Oct 13     I and Joe are digging potatoes. Weather is nice. No frost tonight.

Oct 14     The same as above at the potatoes and got them all dug at noon. This afternoon we went to church. Day is nice.

Oct 15     We went to church. It rained a nice rain this morning then cleared off and was a nice day.

Oct 16     We shucked out some down shocks of corn and hauled it in. then brought the cattle down from Edy's, then sold the hogs to Love, then butchered a beef.

Oct 17     We took off our hogs to N. Vernon. Sold to Love at Seymour for 4.80 per hundred. This afternoon went over to the church to the Sunday School Convention.

Oct 18     We went over to the church at the Convention. It rained most of the forenoon, it broke up at noon.

Oct 19     I and Joe went up to George Crisper to sale but was none on account of rain. It rained all forenoon.

Oct 20     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon hauled in some gravel in the barnyard. Ground is wet from the big rain.

Oct 21     They put in our telephone box yesterday. We shucked corn out of down shocks on wheat. Day is nice overhead.

Oct 22     I and Maw went up to Edward Stewart's today for the first time.

Oct 23     We shucked out some shocks that was down. Ground is wet.

Oct 24     We shucked out of shock this forenoon. This afternoon we hauled in some pumpkins. Rain today.

Oct 25     Rain all forenoon. At noon it quit raining the ground is wet.

Oct 26     I and Joe shucked corn out of the shock all day. Fodder is plenty wet. Ground is wet.

Oct 27     We are at the corn shocks and Chance and Walter is helping today. Ground is soft in the wheat.

Oct 28     I and Joe are shucking corn out of shock. Shucked 2 loads out today. The ground is drying off some.

Oct 29     We are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's this afternoon. Day is cool and part cloudy.

Oct 30     Nothing much done today. It rains till 1 o'clock and is wet time. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon.

Nov 1     Joe is gathering corn. I am shucking some out of shock. The ground is wet. The corn is only fit yet, it is some damp yet.

Nov 2     The same as above at eh corn. I shucked out a few shocks. Ground froze right smart last night and was some muddy.

Nov 3     Joe shucked corn on stalk this forenoon and I shucked corn out of the shock this afternoon. Hauled in what I had shucked out of shock. Day is right nice. Wind blows some.

Nov 4     Joe hauled in fodder and Edy helped this forenoon. Then Joe gathered a load of corn. I and Maw went to N. Vernon.

Nov 5     We are at home all day. It rained all forenoon and cloudy this afternoon.

Nov 6     Joe is helping Edy to get out some timber for his barn. I am choreing some, shucked out a little corn out of shock on the lot at the barn.

Nov 7     Joe gathered corn on stalk, 2 loads.

Nov 8     Joe is at the corn. I shucked a little out of shock and Shedrick is helping today. Weather is cool and cloudy.

Nov 9     Joe is at the corn on the Betsy Bottom. Got in 2 loads, 75 bushels today and hauled in one load out of shock.

Nov 10     The same as above at the corn, 2 loads out of stalk, one out of shock. Day has been nice. Big frost this morning.

Nov 11     Joe is at the corn on stalk on the Betsy Bottom field. None out of shock today. Day has been nice.

Nov 12     We re at home and Sebe Ewing and wife are here and Emmie and folks, and Edy and wife. Day is right nice.

Nov 13     Joe is gathering corn, shucked 78 bushels today of stalks and hauled it in. Day is nice.

Nov 14     Joe gathered corn till noon. This afternoon helped Web Spencer to raise a crib, then got 1 more load of corn afterwards. Charley Baker came to help at noon.

Nov 15     We shucked corn on stalk, Joe, Charley Baker and myself got in 125 bushels. All this field cone tonight.

Nov 16     We began to gather corn on the old Sullivan Bottom below Burgmyer's on stalk, 4 loads today.

Nov 17     Gathered corn on the same as on yesterday. Day is nice to gather.

Nov 18     The same today, at the corn and day nice.

Nov 19     We are at home all day. Day is damp from the rain last night.

Nov 20     We are at the shock corn on the wheat. Day is cool, fodder dry.

Nov 21     At eh same and got most done, only 8 shocks left at night. Joe is helping Edy to put his barn together this afternoon. Ground was froze this morning.

Nov 22     I and Cary Dowd hauled in the shock corn. Joe went to help Edy to raise his barn. Day is nice.

Nov 23     Gathered corn on stalk. Cary Dowd, Charley Baker is helping today.

Nov 24     Gathered corn with three hands and three teams, got 2 loads a piece. The ground is very wet from the rain last night.

Nov 25     Gathered corn on stalk, got 60 rows yet to gather. If the weather is good we will get done in 3 days more. Today was nice, ground is soft.

Nov 26     We went to church. This is the last sermon of last year but is hired for this next year. Day is nice.

Nov 27     Joe and Cary shucked corn on stalk, got 4 loads. We will get done tomorrow if the day is nice. Today is nice.

Nov 28     We finished up all of corn shucking today. It rained last night and today it has rained little showers all day and it is still raining at 8 o'clock.

Nov 29     We are fixing a wire fence on the Betsy Bottom field to put the cattle in. The ground is very wet.

Nov 30     Joe and Cary Dowd are hauling in fodder out of the 10 A field below Burgmeyer's. The ground is froze today for the first time this fall.

Dec 1     The same today, hauled in all of the fodder. All done for this year. This evening it set in to sleet and it rained all night.

Dec 2     Joe went to N. Vernon, took up Cary Down with him. Creek is up this evening.

Dec 3     We are at home. Joe went to church at the Four Corners. Day is right cool.

Dec 4     Joe went to N. Vernon to mill. I am not doing anything but choreing some. Weather is right cold yesterday and today. Ground is froze to bear up.

Dec 5     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon Joe went up to help on Edy's barn. Day is right nice but cool.

Dec 6     We butchered our big hog this forenoon. This afternoon Joe helped on the barn again. It thawed some today and is warmer.

Dec 7     I cut up the hog and salted the meat and fried out the lard. Joe is helping on barn. Day is nice.

Dec 8     I am not doing anything but the chores today. Joe is at the barn today. Day is nice.

Dec 9     The same as above, I am not doing very much. We went to church this afternoon. Joe is at Edy's barn. Very nice day.

Dec 10     I and Maw went to church. Day is nice. Becky James is very low, don't think she can live much longer.

Dec 11     I am not doing but very little work. Joe is at the barn roof. Rebecca James is about her last this evening, don't think she can live tonight.

Dec 12     I am not doing anything but the chores. Joe is over at the graveyard helping to dig a grave to bury Rebecca James in. She died last night at 10 o'clock.

Dec 13     We went to the funeral of Rebecca James over the creek. There was a funeral preached by our preacher, Nicholsen. Day is nice.

Dec 14     I and Maw went to Jane Gannon's today. Day is right cold. Joe is hauling gravel.

Dec 15     I am not doing but very little. The day is bad. It is cold and sleets. Joe went to N. Vernon.

Dec 16     Joe hauled gravel on the road this forenoon. This afternoon we went to the school house to the election of supervisor. Day is cool.

Dec 17     We went over to Emmie's. Joe and Pammy went to George Baker's. Day is dark, cloudy and chilly.

Dec 18     I went to Vernon and to N. Vernon too, I and Maw. Joe is hauling gravel on road. This is a dark day and chilly.

Dec 19     I shucked out the few shocks of corn in the orchard by the house. Joe went to help Ell Sullivan to cut wood. This is another dark chilly day.

Dec 20     Joe helped Henry Burgmyer to butcher his hog this morning. This afternoon hauled gravel on the road. The weather is dark, cool for several days.

Dec 21     Nothing much done. It is very wet, it rained all last night and the ground is full of water. We drained off some water off the wheat.

Dec 22     Choreing some this forenoon. Joe put the weatherboarding on the wood shed above the porch. This afternoon went to N. Vernon, him and Pammy. It rains some most of the afternoon and the roads are very muddy.

Dec 23     We are only choreing. Ground is very wet and muddy for anything to get around. We fixed a platform at the barnshed door for the cattle to get into the shed.

Dec 24     We are at home, all day. It turned cold last night and froze some and cold today.

Dec 25     I and Maw went up to Sam Young's. Ground froze some last night and today. It thaws some and very nice day.

Dec 26     We butchered our hogs this forenoon. This afternoon we are choreing some. Day is very nice.

Dec 27     We cut up our hogs and fried out the lard and made the sausage and salted the meat. Very nice day.

Dec 28     Went to the sale at John James'. The day is chilly and some rain falling.

Dec 29     We are choreing some. Wind blows hard and is right cool.

Dec 30     Choreing some. Joe hauled out some manure out of stable this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon. Day nice. Dick(Gibbs) came home today.

Notes in back of book:

Sam Young dr to Wm Stewart for $20 borrowed to pay a part of his taxes on this day, Apr 1, 1905. Paid in full.

Henry Burgmeyer did this day borrow eighty dollars, $80 this 18th day of Sep 1905. Settled by note, all paid up in full.

Joe Bertram...I loaned to Joe Bertram to buy 2 horses off Kelch the sum of $175 on this day, Aug 7, 1905. Paid.

1906

William Stewart Daily Journal

Jan 1     We are not doing much. Joe went over to his father's, all of them. Very pretty day.

Jan 2     Joe hauled a load of fodder from James' then some manure and chored some. Day is right nice.

Jan 3     I and Joe went to N. Vernon, took up 2 dozen chickens, got 71/2 pound, got 1150 of bran for pigs. Big rain last night and more this forenoon. Creek is high.

Jan 4     Nothing much done but the chores and the weather is right nice. It freezes some at night and thaws out through the day time.

Jan 5     About the same as yesterday, not much done but the chores.

Jan 6     The same, continued as above, not much done and the weather nice too, a little cool.

Jan 7     We are at home and Edy and Annie, Emmie and all of her folks are here. Dick too and P. Bertram and wife are here this evening.

Jan 8     Big snow fell last night. The first snow this fall or winter. We are not doing anything but the chores.

Jan 9     Snow still on and right cold, about cold enough to keep the snow on. Right good sleighing. Nothing doing. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon.

Jan 10     We are only choreing. The snow is on the ground. It is thawing some where the sun is shining on.

Jan 11     The same today as above. Nothing done but the chores. Snow is falling this morning but it is warmer and it is not partly rain and thaws.

Jan 12     The same today as above. Snow melts off a little every day and is cloudy. Look like snow or rain.

Jan 13     The same today, nothing done but the chores. The snow is melting off slowly. It is cloudy and dark time. The old store house at Hayden burned up for Joseph this morning with the goods all burned.

Jan 14     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon to Joe Stewart's. Day is right nice, it thaws right fast. Snow is melting off.

Jan 15     We are not doing anything but the chores. Wind is high most of the day and it rained a big rain and the creek is up.

Jan 16     Joe and Dick went hunting all day. I am not doing anything but the chores. Day is right nice, wind blows some all day.

Jan 17     Joe went to N. Vernon to get some medicine for his mare. Doctor was out last night to see her. Nothing done but the chores. Maw started over to Lawrence's a few minutes ago to see William, he is very sick.

Jan 18     Nothing done but the chores. Joe went to N. Vernon to get some medicine for Johnny, he is some sick with cold. Day is nice.

Jan 19     Nothing doing but the chores. Joe went to N. Vernon to get medicine for Johnny this morning.

Jan 20     Nothing done today but the chores. Day is very nice and warm all day, no frost.

Jan 21     We are at home all day and the day is warm most like summer, now and then a sprinkle rain.

Jan 22     Not but very little done today. Joe fixed the stable some, took out a stall and made a box stall for Cate, mare to go in to have more room. The day is warm.

Jan 23     Joe and Dick went out to cut stove wood today for the first. Went to Beaty's woods. It turned cold last night and today is some cold and windy.

Jan 24     Joe and Dick are cutting wood this afternoon. This forenoon helped Emmie to butcher. Day is right nice.

Jan 25     Joe and I went to N. Vernon to mill and market. We took up 2 dozen chickens, got 10 cents a pound or 60 cents a piece. Day is cool.

Jan 26     Joe hauled out manure this morning. This afternoon cut wood, him and Dick. The day is nice.

Jan 27     I went to Vernon to see Batchelor on some business. Maw went along to N. Vernon and stayed at Joe's till I came back. Day is nice.

Jan 28     We are at home. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Sam Young and folks are here. Weather is nice.

Jan 29     Joe and Dick are cutting wood today. I am choreing. Day is very nice.

Jan 30     Joe and Dick are sawing wood. I hauled 3 loads home. Day is nice.

Jan 31     The same till noon, they got done sawing, they hauled this afternoon. 3 loads.

Feb 1     Joe and Dick finished hauling up stove wood. I am choreing some. We brought up our cattle out of the stalk field for this year if it don't freeze no more to bear up.

Feb 2     Joe is hauling out manure on the wheat, it froze to bear up last night and right cool today.

Feb 3     The same today till noon then split some stove wood at the house. Right cold wind all day.

Feb 4     We are at home all day. Day is cool and cloudy and tonight it began to snow and snowed all night.

Feb 5     We hauled a load of hay up from Edy's out of old stacks and raked off the black hay ready to press. The press was to have been up this morning but it snowed a lot last night and is cold today and they did not come tonight. It is 1 to zero, quite cold.

Feb 6     We are not doing much. The snow is on and cold. The protracted meeting began tonight. Ice on creek bore up.

Feb 7     The same only Joe split some stove wood this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon, him and Hiram Spencer. Weather to zero this morning. Church tonight.

Feb 8     I and Maw went to church. Joe split wood at the house. Day is nice, it thaws some today.

Feb 9     Went to church today. Joe is splitting stove wood and finished it all. It is some warmer today. Snow is melting slow, nice winter weather.

Feb 10     I went over to Web Spencer's this morning. Sold the 1/3 to Web of the farm for $1800. I and Maw went to church. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon this afternoon. Day very nice.

Feb 11     We went to church. Day is some warmer.

Feb 12     The hay press went to work at the old hay stacks on below Edy's on his land as it is now. Joe hauled three loads of bails to Edy's barn, one load home this evening. Warmer today, thaws fast. Snow is most gone.

Feb 13     Pressed the rest of the hay, got all done. I and Maw went to church. I sowed some clover seed this morning for the first time. Day is warm.

Feb 14     Nothing done but the chores. It turned cold this morning and freezing. Brother Nicholsen is here today, left at 3 o'clock, went over the creek, church tonight.

Feb 15     Went to church today and tonight. The weather is cool. Church broke tonight.

Feb 16     Joe hauled out manure and a load of hay for Edy of bails. I went to N. Vernon. Day is nice.

Feb 17     I sowed the last of the clover seed on the wheat. Maw and Dick went to N. Vernon. Cloudy day.

Feb 18     We are at home, all of us. It is a right nice day but muddy.

Feb 19     I and Joe hauled up a load of damaged hay from the stacks where we pressed the hay stacks, then a load of fodder off Edy. This afternoon choreing. Day is nice & warm.

Feb 20     Joe took up a calf to the butcher at Nob's butcher shop, got 5cents a pound. Day is some dark and cloudy.

Feb 21     Joe went to the funeral of Phillip Gagen this morning. Ray Marsh married today. Day is nice.

Feb 22     Joe is choreing some, fixing the grape arbor. I am trimming some apple trees today. Nice.

Feb 23     Joe is finishing the grape arbor and choreing some other things. Day nice.

Feb 24     We took out the wire from the stalk field where we had our cattle on the Betsy Bottom. Hung up the meat to smoke, got some hickory wood to smoke it. Got all the pigs for this spring.

Feb 25     We are at home, I and Maw. Hime Spencer is here. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners.

Feb 26     We done but very little today although the day was right nice till 4 or 5 o'clock when it began to snow and it snowed about 2 inches.

Feb 27     Nothing done but the chores. There is 2 inches of snow on the ground but it melts some and makes it muddy.

Feb 28     We done but very little. Joe went to N. Vernon to try to sell his colt and got a place to work. It thawed some, snow off.

Mar 1     The same today, not much done. Joe went to look for a farm today. I finished trimming apple trees.

Mar 2     I went to N. Vernon, took up a load of corn to the mill, got 35 cents. Got brand and shorts. Day is cloudy and rainy.

Mar 3     I am only choreing some. Joe went to N. Vernon. Ground is wet and the creek is past fording.

Mar 4     We are at home all of us and Dick is here too. Day is cool and cloudy.

Mar 5     Joe and Dick hauled up a load of hay from the old stacks from Edy's and a load of fodder this forenoon. This afternoon cut down some apple trees in the orchard.

Mar 6     Joe and Dick are sawing up the old apple trees in stove wood. I split some this forenoon. This afternoon went over the creek and trimmed locust trees. Very nice day.

Mar 7     Not much done today. It rained some last night and it is misting some rain this morning. Dark cloudy day. I trimmed some locust this afternoon.

Mar 8     Not very much done today. It is sort of wet and muddy time. Joe put in some wood in the wood house this afternoon. Warm and muddy.

Mar 9     The same today, not much done but he chores. It is muddy and wet, rain last night. Cloudy today, most of the time.

Mar 10     Not much done today. Finished smoking the meat. Weather is cloudy.

Mar 11     We went to church. Day is cool and some stormy. Joe Stewart is here & folks.

Mar 12     Not much done only the chores. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon this afternoon, took home Joe and Sadie. Day is cool.

Mar 13     Nothing done but the chores. It snowed last night and today it snowed some more or a light sprinkle of rain all day fell and is cool enough to freeze.

Mar 14     Nothing but the chores. Snow is still on yet and right cool. Snow is crusted from the freeze last night.

Mar 15     Not very much done, the snow is still on yet. Joe hauled out some manure out of stable this afternoon on the pasture field below.

Mar 16     The same, nothing but chores only. It is right cool and the snow on yet.

Mar 17     Joe and Dick went to N. Vernon, took up some wheat for flour and 2 dozen chickens. Day is right cool, snow is melting some.

Mar 18     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's and Dick went too. Right nice day overhead but cool.

Mar 19     It snowed last night and rains this morning and sleets all day and snows some.

Mar 20     The same, snow on yet and a part of the sleet yet. It thaws some every day. Grinding corn for the cattle. Bad weather.

Mar 21     Joe hauled some corn and grund some for feed. Day is nice overhead but muddy.

Mar 22     Joe hauled out manure out of stable. The day is right nice overhead but muddy.

Mar 23     Joe and I took up 30 hens to N. Vernon, got 10 cents a pound, 164, $16.40. The roads are bad. Day is chilly and dark.

Mar 24     Nothing much done. It is muddy and wet.

Mar 25     We are at home all day. Day is cool and muddy.

Mar 26     Nothing much done, it rains by showers all day and tonight.

Mar 27     Nothing done but the chores. Ground is wet and muddy and the creek is high.

Mar 28     Joe took up a load of hay, bailed hay, to N. Vernon to Collen's Feed Store, 9 per ton. Roads are bad. Ground is so wet at this time. Dark weather for over 3 weeks.

Mar 29     The same today, took up a load of hay to same. This afternoon rain all evening and the creek will be up. It is very cool.

Mar 30     We are not doing anything but the chores. Creek is up the highest it has been this year and it has been raining a little all day by spells.

Mar 31     The same today but the creek is running down fast. Ground is very wet. Dick is still here.

Apr 1     I and Maw are at home. John James' is here. Joe and Pammy went to church at N. Vernon then to P. Bertram's.

Apr 2     I and Maw went to N. Vernon then I went down to old Vernon and paid the taxes on farm. $224.70 all for this. Joe took up 2 loads of wheat to Ebert's mill. Day is right nice.

Apr 3     I hauled 2 loads of wheat to Ebert's mill. Joe hauled 2 loads of hay to Collen's Feed Store. Day is nice and warm.

Apr 4     I hauled one load of what. Joe hauled 2 loads. Roads are most of it right good.

Apr 5     Joe took up a load of hay. It rains some little most all day. I did not take any wheat up today, too wet.

Apr 6     I took the last load of wheat to Ebert's mill today and settled for it, 270 bushels at .77 cents per bu. Joe and Dick are grinding corn for feed.

Apr 7     Choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon Joe went to George Baker's took the crippled mare and Emmie's Topey mare. Day is right nice.

Apr 8     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to Four Corners to church. A little rainy a part of the day. Dick went up to El Sullivan's.

Apr 9     Joe took Dick Gibbs to N. Vernon to go to Chicago to go to work. Day is right nice.

Apr 10     Joe took up a load of bailed hay to Collen's this morning. This afternoon choreing some. Day is nice.

Apr 11     We repaired some rail fence on the line next to Boner's. Day is right nice.

Apr 12     We repaired some more rail fence around the field by the house this forenoon. This afternoon I went to N. Vernon, got some clover seed.

Apr 13     I sowed the Long Bottom to clover the second time. Joe and Pammy went to Vernon and he paid his tax. The day is nice and warm. Joe set out the apple trees this forenoon while I sowed the clover seed.

Apr 14     Joe took up 2 loads of bail hay to Collen's. There was a big rain last night and the roads are muddy. The day has been most fair, the creek is up.

Apr 15     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners then to P. Bertram's. Day is right nice but cool.

Apr 16     Joe and I are hauling some rock on the line fence at the branch to fix a gap to hang a gate on next to Boner's woods. This afternoon finished and hauled the wood out of orchard. Day nice.

Apr 17     Joe hauled out some manure on the garden, allowed on the bottom corn and chored some. Day is nice.

Apr 18     Joe spread the manure on the garden this forenoon. This afternoon plowed the garden then shelled some corn on the new sheller. Day has been nice.

Apr 19     We ground corn for feed for the cattle. This afternoon we made some garden, then after ground some more corn for horses. Day is very nice.

Apr 20     Joe hauled out some manure on the orchard then planted some potatoes this evening. Day is very nice.

Apr 21     We finished planting the potatoes this forenoon. This afternoon Joe took up a load of bailed hay to N. Vernon. I and Maw went out to Tea Creek Church. Day is very nice.

Apr 22     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's this afternoon. Day is nice but cool wind.

Apr 23     Joe rolled down the stubs on the wheat field below the road this forenoon. This afternoon cut stalks with the stalk cutter for the first this year. Day is nice and cool.

Apr 24     Joe is working on the road, grading up the road. This is a cool day.

Apr 25     Joe hauled out manure on the corn ground this forenoon. This afternoon cut stalks on Long Bottom. Day nice, I raked some.

Apr 26     Joe cut stalks all day, most of the day on Betsy Bottom. I raked until I broke the rake. Day nice.

Apr 27     Joe finished cutting stalks at noon. This afternoon took up a load of bailed hay to N. Vernon. Day nice.

Apr 28     Joe plowed the 2 patches at the house for corn and beans and harrowed them ready to plant. I raked the rest of the stalks and burned them. Day nice but warm.

Apr 29     We are at home all day. Sam Young and folks are here. Day is nice.

Apr 30     I and Maw went to N. Vernon this forenoon. Joe began to plow on the 15 Acre field a piece for alfalfa clover allow to sow 2 acres to try it. I got the seed today, 9 per bushel. Day is nice. The appraiser was here today.

May 1     Joe commenced to plow for corn for the first. I am not doing much. I turned the cattle out to pasture for the first. Day is nice.

May 2     Joe is hauling out manure this forenoon. This afternoon went down to George Baker's took down 3 mares. William Bertram is plowing. Day nice after the shower last night.

May 3     Joe got back this morning at 10 o'clock. This afternoon hauled out manure. Will is still plowing. Day nice, not very warm.

May 4     I, Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon this afternoon to mill. We are still plowing for corn all this week. Week has been a good week to work. Today nice again.

May 5     We ground corn and oats for feed for the horses awhile this morning. Then harrowed the ground to sow on alfalfa seed. This afternoon sowed on the seed and harrowed in. A little rain this afternoon.

May 6     We are at home and Lawrence and folks are here. Edy and folks, Emmy and folks. Day is nice.

May 7     I went down to George Baker's, took Nell mare. Joe is plowing on the Betsy Bottom, got his field most done. Cool day.

May 8     Joe finished up plowing the Betsy Bottom. Plowed some this afternoon on the Long Bottom. Weather cool.

May 9     Joe harrowed the Betsy Bottom ready to plant tomorrow. Cool, little rain tonight.

May 10     Rain some this morning. We did not plant corn. Joe went to plow on Long Bottom at 10 o'clock. After rain ti cleared off and is warmer. Pammy went to N. Vernon this afternoon.

May 11     Joe planted corn on the Betsy Bottom for the first this year. The county surveyor is here running over the lines between Henry Burgmeyer, Ell and I…got it done. Day nice.

May 12     Joe was plowing on the Long Bottom this forenoon. This afternoon took the last load of bailed hay to Collen's. I and Maw went to church. Nice day.

May 13     We all went to church, the Dedication of the new Baptist Church today. Day very nice.

May 14     Joe is plowing on the Long Bottom and finished now, ready for corn. It is getting dry, need rain. Weather is nice.

May 15     Joe planted the Long Bottom to corn. The day is nice but warm.

May 16     Joe began to plow on the 14 Acre piece on the old Sullivan Bottom for corn on this field for the first. Day is nice, some warm. Need rain.

May 17     Joe is plowing still for corn. Weather is warm and dry, need rain.

May 18     Still at the plowing and warm and dry. Anthony Hagg is buried today.

May 19     Plowing this forenoon. This afternoon planted on the old Sullivan Bottom. There was a nice rain last night and today nice.

May 20     We are at home, Maw and I. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners and then to P. Bertram's. Day is nice.

May 21     Joe is plowing yet for corn. I went over to Charley Woodward's and got some seed corn to plant over the Betsy Bottom, it has not come up good.

May 22     We took off our hogs to Lovett for Mornen. He bought the hogs for 605 per hundred.

May 23     I went down to George Baker's took Cate and Joe's Daisy. Joe is plowing one more day will about finish up for this crop. Warm and dry, need rain.

May 24     Joe is plowing and got most done, will finish in a few hours tomorrow. Weather is warm and dry.

May 25     The same this morning and got he plowing done at 10 o'clock, then ground corn for feed for horses. This afternoon planted some. Weather warm and dry.

May 26     Finished planting corn today. The ground is very dry. Weather warm, need rain bad.

May 27     We are at home all day. It threatens rain but did not get only a few sprinkles.

May 28     Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon to the show. It rained a good rain last night. It was needed very bad. It is very cool since the rain.

May 29     Joe went to George Baker's took the cripple mare, left her. This afternoon plowed for Henry Burgmyer. Nice day.

May 30     Plowed for Henry till noon. This afternoon took up a load of hay to Spate of N. Vernon. Day nice.

May 31     Plowed some corn this morning awhile. It rained some, quit this afternoon. Ground corn for feed.

Jun 1     Plowed corn this forenoon. This afternoon went to N. Vernon, took up a load of corn. Joe corn.

Jun 2     Joe is plowing corn. We went over to 6 mile to the graveyard to fix up some fo the graves this afternoon. The day is nice, needs some rain.

Jun 3     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon to church, came home then went to George Baker's. Day nice.

Jun 4     Joe is rolling corn ground ready to plow corn this forenoon. This afternoon took up a load of hay to Joe Cone. Day is nice. This evening it rained a nice rain and now at 9 o'clock it is rainy more.

Jan 5     We trimmed the hedge this forenoon. This afternoon Joe helped to pick cherries. It rained another nice rain at noon.

Jun 6     Took up 2 loads of corn to N. Vernon, one load is Joe's corn, last load. He got a cultivator.

Jun 7     Joe is trying his new cultivator on the Betsy Bottom. I am putting on paris green on the potatoes.

Jun 8     Joe plowed corn on the same, and the new plow they took back. I plowed the garden.

Jun 9     Joe plowed corn this forenoon. This afternoon took up a load of corn to Ebert's mill. I went to church this afternoon.

Jun 10     We all of us, went to church at Zion and tonight is Children's Night.

Jun 11     Joe plowed corn on the Betsy Bottom field, second time. I picked cherries. Day is cool.

Jun 12     Joe began to plow corn on the old Sullivan Bottom. Ground is dry, needs rain at this time. I mowed own weeds along the creek and among the locust patch.

Jun 13     Plowing corn and rolling some. It rained a little.

Jun 14     Joe went to Baker's, took down Cate and Daisy. I am fixing some wire on the fence at the creek. Day is nice.

Jun 15     Joe plowed corn, rolled and harrowed some. I pained the porch roof this morning. At noon it rained a shower.

Jun 16     We went to N. Vernon this afternoon to mill. Took the last of the old wheat. Dry weather yet.

Jun 17     I and Maw went over to Lawrence Stewart's. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners, then to P. Bertram's. Day nice.

Jun 18     We began to cut wheat. We cut the Long Bottom piece. Day nice.

Jun 19     Joe plowed corn till noon. Rain came on and we ground corn. This evening nice rain.

Jun 20     Joe plowed corn this forenoon. This afternoon cut wheat for Billy Boner. I hoed out weeds out of corn on Betsy Bottom. Day nice. Some cloudy.

Jun 21     Plowed corn and cut weeds. The day is nice.

Jun 22     Joe plowed corn this forenoon. This afternoon hauled in load of clover hay and then cut some wheat. Day is right nice.

Jun 23     We cut wheat till noon when the rain came on and we cut no more today, damp. Not much rain fell.

Jun 24     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went over to P. Bertram's this afternoon. Day is right nice and warm.

Jun 25     We finished cutting wheat this morning for this year. Then went to work in corn. Dry weather, need rain.

Jun 26     At the corn, over it twice now. Need rain.

Jun 27     We took 3 head of cattle to N. Vernon to the butcher this afternoon. Joe cut the rest of the clover. Warm day.

Jun 28     Plowing corn this forenoon. This afternoon put up clover hay. Warm and dry weather.

Jun 29     Joe plowed corn all day on the Betsy Bottom. The last plowing. I and Boner put up and Reller helped too. Finished the clover all.

Jun 30     Joe is plowing corn and finished up the Betsy Bottom and the Long Bottom for this year. Warm and dry weather.

Jul 1     We are home and Jim Fixton and 2 sisters are here. Warm and dry.

Jul 2     Joe is helping Jim Marsh to thrash wheat. Weather warm and dry.

Jul 3     Helping Charley Woodward to thrash till noon. This afternoon it rained and stopped them.

Jul 4     Began at Woodward's this afternoon and finished his and went to Emmie's and thrashed 7 loads for her. Nice day.

Jul 5     Got done at Emmie's at between 10 and 11 o'clock. Then the machine went and thrashed out Emelie's wheat. Then went to Lawrence's and got his most all done. It it had not rained, would have finished.

Jul 6     I went over to help Lawrence finish thrashing wheat then came home and I hoed weeds out of the corn on old Sullivan Bottom. Joe sick all day. Good rain late this evening.

Jul 7     Walter Boner plowed corn this forenoon. This afternoon I plowed corn. Joe is sick yet, not able to work. Day is nice.

Jul 8     We are at home and Joe is sick but is better. Day is nice.

Jul 9     I and Will Bertram are hoeing out weeds out of the corn till noon. This afternoon he plowed corn. Day very nice.

Jul 10     I and Joe went to take 3 head of cattle to Lovett to Mornen. Will Bertram finished up plowing corn for this year.

Jul 11     We helped Anthony Gawen to thrash then Billy Boner then the machine came here and they thrashed our 100 bushels and it rained and we had to quit.

Jul 12     We finished thrashing our wheat, number of bushels, 350. Then they thrashed Henry Burgmyer's wheat this evening.

Jul 13     We helped Otto to thrash, then Edy, then William Bertram, then Shepard this day. It threatened rain all day but did not rain to stop thrashing but it rained tonight.

Jul 14     The machine went back over the creek this afternoon. The day has been cloudy. Joe took a load of wheat for Edy to N. Vernon.

Jul 15     I and Maw went to church. Day is very warm.

Jul 16     Nothing much done this forenoon. It rains most of the forenoon. It rained a good rain. We took 2 loads of corn to Ebert's mill this afternoon.

Jul 17     We took 3 loads of corn to N. Vernon. The day is some cloudy or we would have cut grass.

Jul 18     Joe cut the grass in the 15 Ace field and we put the hay up this afternoon. Nice weather for hay.

Jul 19     We cut the most of the meadow by the barn and got it up. Very nice weather for hay.

Jul 20     Joe finished cutting grass for this year and put up a part when the rain came and stopped and one more load out.

Jul 21     Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon took up a load of corn to Ebert's mill. Rain today by showers.

Jul 22     We are at home all day. It rains some and is cloudy most of the day.

Jul 23     Joe began to plow for wheat for the first in Long Bottom. I mowed down weeds in the locust patch. Cloudy and a shower of rain.

Jul 24     Joe plowed this forenoon. This afternoon put up the last load of hay that lay out since Friday. Day is nice today.

Jul 25     I took up a load of corn to N. Vernon to William Lett Stable this morning. This afternoon helped thrash at P. Bertram's. Joe helped all day.

Jul 26     I took two loads of corn to N. Vernon, one to Wrape, one to Ebert's. Joe is helping McQuade's thrash wheat. Day is nice.

Jul 27     I went to the sale over the creek at Emlie's most of the day. The day is warm, rain at 9 o'clock tonight.

Jul 28     I took a load of corn to N. Vernon to Lett this morning. This afternoon took 2 more loads.

Jul 29     I and Maw are at home and Sarah Swarthout is here too. Joe and Pammy are at P. Bertram's. Day nice.

Jul 30     I and Joe hauled 4 loads of corn to N. Vernon. Day is nice but warm.

Jul 31     I and Joe hauled corn this forenoon, this afternoon Joe took one load to Berk Stable. Warm day.

Aug 1     I and Joe took up 2 loads of corn to N. Vernon, the last we will sell now. Day is warm. We ground feed this evening for horses.

Aug 2     We all went to the Fair at N. Vernon. Day is warm and is very nice.

Aug 3     Joe cut weeds on clover wheat stubble below road. Weather is warm and is getting dry, need rain.

Aug 4     Joe finished the weeds on the 10 Acre field at noon. This afternoon went to the Four Corners to the picnic. Warm.

Aug 5     We are at home all day, all of us. Day is warm and dry weather. Mary Boner was married on Saturday last.

Aug 6     Joe began to plow the 15 Ace field for wheat. It is dry, need rain.

Aug 7     The same as above, plowing. Ground is dry. I am cutting weeds. Weather dry.

Aug 8     The same, at the plowing. Nice rain this morning.

Aug 9     Still at the plowing. I am cutting some weeds. Warm some dry.

Aug 10     The same as above, warm, need more rain.

Aug 11     Finished plowing for wheat then cut weeds on orchard. Went to church, baptized 4.

Aug 12     We went to church. Day is warm.

Aug 13     Joe began to haul out manure on the whet ground. I went to N. Vernon this afternoon to see about going out to St. Joseph.

Aug 14     We started to Benton Harbor today. Weather is warm.

Aug 15     We stopped at Warsaw one day.

Aug 16     Winona lake today.

Aug 17     From Warsaw to Benton Harbor, then went down to St. Joe. Stayed there till Tuesday.

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Aug 21     We started for home today, came to Anderson stayed all night.

Aug 22     We left Anderson this morning and came to Dayton, got there at noon. This afternoon came to Cincinnati then this evening came to N. Vernon.

Aug 23     We got home at noon.

Aug 24     I and Maw went out to Tea Creek Church today to the Dedication of a preacher, Wm Rapp. Weather is very warm at this time.

Aug 25     Joe is hauling manure out on the wheat ground. I am not doing anything. Weather is very warm.

Aug 26     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to church at Four Corners then to P. Bertram's. Very warm.

Aug 27     We shelled some corn. It is wet this morning from the rain last night. Joe went to work on the road up at John Butler's to grade the hill at the bridge.

Aug 28     Went back at the road till noon. This afternoon harrowed on wheat ground.

Aug 29     Finished the harrowing at noon. This afternoon painted the sheds roof with tar paint. I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Day is nice.

Aug 30     I and Maw went over to Jane Gannon's. Joe is hauling out manure on whet ground. Day is nice and right warm.

Aug 31     Joe hauled out manure. I am not doing very much.

Sep 1     Joe got done the manure at noon. We made some cider this afternoon. It is some warm and needs more rain.

Sep 2     I and Ma are at home and Lawrence and folks are here and Emmie and Stewart. Joe band Pammy went to church then to Baker's.

Sep 3     Joe and Pammy went to the funeral of Nicholas Machino, he was buried today. We shelled corn this afternoon, then went to Boner's and got a sow and pigs.

Sep 4     We went to N. Vernon to mill and market. We took up chickens. Day is nice.

Sep 5     I went to N. Vernon to get bone dust, got it. Joe began to cut corn on Betsy Cottom field. Day is nice.

Sep 6     Joe is cutting corn. Print Gannon and wife are here. Weather is nice warm through day time, cooler at night.

Sep 7     Joe is at the corn, got it most done. Warm yet, nice weather Print is still here yet.

Sep 8     I and Maw went to Lawrence's. Print Gannon and wife are there and Edy and wife. We went to church this afternoon. Big rain.

Sep 9     We went to church, all of us and Printis Gannon and wife was there.

Sep 10     Print left here today. We trimmed hedge, then gathered a load of corn for the hogs. Day is warm.

Sep 11     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon we gathered a load of corn for the hogs. Day is very warm.

Sep 12     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon Joe and Pammy started to go to the fair at Indianapolis. Day is right warm.

Sep 13     I am choreing some. Joe is a the city.

Sep 14     The same today as above, choreing some, made some cider this afternoon. Cool today.

Sep 15     I went to N. Vernon, took up Sadie home. Got Bill horse shod. Weather is cooler now.

Sep 16     I and Maw are at home alone. Joe and Pammy are at Indianapolis yet. Be home tomorrow. Day nice.

Sep 17     I took up a load of corn to haul and brought out Pammy and Joe home this evening.

Sep 18     We gathered a load of corn this forenoon. This afternoon Joe harrowed on wheat ground.

Sep 19     I went up to see some pigs and got them off Rolan. 8 of them bought. Day cloudy and some rain.

Sep 20     I went up to get the pigs of Rolan, got 8 off him. Weight 75 a piece. Joe began to drill wheat late this evening for the first. Start on 15 acre field. Day nice.

Sep 21     Joe drilled in all of the wheat on the 15 Acre field. Loe Human took the little bull calf away today.

Sep 22     I and Joe gathered a load of corn for the hogs this forenoon. This afternoon took up a load of corn to haul at N. Vernon.

Sep 23     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy went to George Baker's. I and Maw went over to Will Bertram's awhile this evening. Day nice.

Sep 24     I went up to Valentine Heilman's to try to buy a sow and pigs. I bought one white sow and ten pigs off him for $40. Joe is harrowing on the Long Bottom for wheat. He got it all harrowed, ready to sow tomorrow. Day very nice and cool.

Sep 25     Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon this forenoon. This afternoon finished sowing wheat on the Long Bottom, all done for this year. A little rain this evening fell.

Sep 26     I and Joe went to Frank Easter's sale. I bought a sow and pigs and 2 shoats, this is a sort of a rainy day.

Sep 27     Joe went after the hogs at Nester's this morning and I went after a sow and ten pigs at the Heilman's that I bought on Monday. This afternoon gathered a load of corn.

Sep 28     I and Joe gathered a load of corn to feed the hogs this forenoon. This afternoon we made some cider. Day is right fair.

Sep 29     We are only choreing some. The day is some rainy and the ground is wet from the rain last night.

Sep 30     I and Maw are at home all day. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Sunday School Convention at Tea Creek today. The weather is cool and rainy.

Oct 1     We are choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon Joe is mowing the weeds on the clover below Henry's, this is the second time. We cut it over since we cut the wheat.

Oct 2     Joe is mowing down the clover and weeds, the second time. The weather is cloudy and dark and the ground is wet.

Oct 3     Finished cutting all the clover this morning, then we hauled in some pumpkins till noon. This afternoon got a load of corn to feed the hogs on cloudy weather.

Oct 4     Nothing done this forenoon but the chores. This afternoon Joe, Pammy and Maw went to N. Vernon, got some paint to put on the hog house roof.

Oct 5     We are not doing but very little. It is wet and rainy.

Oct 6     I and Maw went to old Vernon to sign on Emmie's bond for Grace and Stewart Euler and she got the deed of Charley Woodward for the strip of land. Joe and Pammy went to the funeral at John Ewings child. Cool today.

Oct 7     We are at home and Jane Summer's and folks, Ell Sullivan and folks are here. Edy and folks, Albert Bertram, Velmore Spencer. Day is nice. Some cool.

Oct 8     Joe hauled in a few shocks of corn then a load of pumpkins this forenoon. This afternoon got a load for the hogs. Nice day.

Oct 9     Joe worked on the road grading the hill by the orchard. I dug the sweet potatoes. Cool day today.

Oct 10     Joe is working on the road grading the hill. The first big frost and freeze tonight.

Oct 11     The same above at the road work. Day nice. Another frost tonight.

Oct 12     Commenced to dig out potatoes, got part of them done. Weather is nice.

Oct 13     We finished up the potatoes in the orchard at noon then I went to church. Brother Bailey preached for us this time. Weather is nice.

Oct 14     We went to church and Bailey preached. Day is nice.

Oct 15     Joe is shucking corn out of shock, the first shock shucked out in field. I dug the potatoes in the garden. Day nice.

Oct 16     We took off 20 hogs to Lovett for Asbury Green. He bought them to ship. This afternoon Joe and I went down to George Baker's, took cripple Nell. Day nice.

Oct 17     We hauled a load of pumpkins, then we chores till noon. This afternoon Joe began to gather corn to crib for the first. I painted the hog shed roof.

Oct 18     Joe is gathering corn on Long Bottom. I am choreing some. Day cloudy with some little rain a falling.

Oct 19     Joe went to N. Vernon this morning. This afternoon shucked corn out of shock. I am sorting some corn in the crib. A little rain this morning.

Oct 20     Joe is shucking out of shock and hauled it in. Day is nice.

Oct 21     We went to church. Jones preached from Franklin College. Day is nice.

Oct 22     Joe is gathering corn off the Long Bottom. Day is very nice.

Oct 23     Joe is at work on the road on the hill by the orchard grading the hill down. Day nice.

Oct 24     Joe is shucking corn awhile this morning till it rained then we shelled the rest of the old corn in crib. This afternoon Joe shucked out the shocks. I hauled in the rest of the pumpkins out of field.

Oct 25     Joe shucked corn out of shock all day. I went to N. Vernon to mill and got the horses shod. Came home and hauled in a load of corn. Day very nice.

Oct 26     Joe shucked out shock till noon. This afternoon hauled it in. Day is nice.

Oct 27     Joe shucked corn on stalk most of the day. It is a stormy day and high wind and cool.

Oct 28     I and Maw are at home. Joe and Pammy are at P. Bertram's. Day is very cool.

Oct 29     Joe shucked corn. Very high wind, cool too.

Oct 30     Joe and Henry Burgmyer hauled in fodder and stacked it this forenoon. Gathered this afternoon.

Oct 31     Joe gathered corn on stalk on Betsy Bottom. Weather is cool and dry.

Nov 1     Joe is at the corn on stalk and has got the Long Bottom done and most of the Betsy, will finish tomorrow.

Nov 2     The same at the corn, got all of the stalks off the low pieces. Began at the white this afternoon. Weather nice, frost every night.

Nov 3     Joe is at the white corn on the old Sullivan Bottom. I went to N. Vernon after Maw, she is coming up from Seymour from Joe Stewart's.

Nov 4     I and Maw are at home alone till noon, then Joe and Pammy came home from church and his father and folks, Baker and folks, Pete Speck (NOTE: Parents of Mary Bertram, Joe's mother) and folks are here this afternoon. Weather is very nice.

Nov 5     Joe is gathering corn on stalk and same as above. Weather is very nice and dry.

Nov 6     Joe gathered corn till noon then I and Joe went to Hayden to the election. Weather is very nice.

Nov 7     Joe is at the corn and Frank Hess is helping to shuck and the weather very nice and dry, need rain.

Nov 8     Still at the corn gathering and Frank Hess is helping to gather corn and the weather is very nice for gathering corn.

Nov 9     The same as above at he corn and the weather nice.

Nov 10     At the corn on stalk on the old Sullivan Bottom of white corn. There is out of this field tonight, 24 loads, thirty bushels to the load. I and Maw went to church. The last trip for Nicholas to preach.

Nov 11     We went to church, this is the last time of his last year to come. Weather is very nice.

Nov 12     Joe is at the corn and Charley Baker is helping. Weather is cool and dry. Need rain.

Nov 13     At the corn and got all done on stalk about 900 on this 14 Acre field.

Nov 14     Joe went hunting today down below, near G. Baker's. I and Maw went to N. Vernon. Quite cold.

Nov 15     Joe is choreing some this forenoon. This afternoon shucked out a few shocks. Weather is cool and dry.

Nov 16     Joe shucked some corn out of shock and hauled in one load this evening. Dry and cool.

Nov 17     Joe shucked corn till noon. This afternoon it rained most of the afternoon and tonight it rained a big rain.

Nov 18     I and Maw and Sadie went up to Edy Stewart's. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's. Big rain last night and the road is muddy.

Nov 19     I went to Vernon to the Farmer's Institute. There was a big rain last ngiht and the ground is wet.

Nov 20     I and Maw went to the Institute today. It is a wet time, it rained a big rain last night and this evening it rained a great deal more and the creek is getting up.

Nov 21     Not much done, the ground is wet. The creek is high, the wind is very high. This afternoon Joe is hunting.

Nov 22     Joe went up to Paris this morning to get 6 gallons of molasses. This afternoon shucked corm out of shock. Most done with corn.

Nov 23     Joe is shucking corn out of shock and finished all for this year. Some fodder out yet. Day is nice but the ground is soft.

Nov 24     Joe hauled in the last of the corn out of shock for this year this morning. This afternoon went up to Butlerville, he and Pammy, to Roy Swarthout's. Day is nice and pleasant.

Nov 25     I and Maw are at home all dya. Dick is here since Friday. Joe and Pammy are at Butlerville. Day nice.

Nov 26     Joe is helping Emmie to shuck corn today. A little rain and some wind blew today, not very cold.

Nov 27     Joe and Dick hauled in the last of the fodder out of the field of the Betsy Bottom. This afternoon put the vinegar barrels in the cellar.

Nov 28     Joe and Dick went up to Tom Caitin's and got some rocks for corners to put in the corners of our land. This afternoon helped Henry Burgmyer to haul in fodder.

Nov 29     Joe & Pammy went to P. Bertram's and Dick went too. Day right nice.

Nov 30     Joe and Dick are at work at putting up wire fence on the old Sullivan Bottom stalk field to put in the cattle in. Day right nice.

Dec 1     Not doing anything but the chores. It is rainy all forenoon. Joe went to N. Vernon.

Dec 2     We are at the home all day. Day is sort of dark.

Dec 3     Joe and Dick is putting up the rest of the wire fence, got it all up and put in the cattle in this evening.

Dec 4     Joe is fixing the barn shed posts raising them up where they were settled down too low. This is a very nice day.

Dec 5     Joe is only choreing. It rained some this morning and is wet. I went around to see how much I could get to hire a preacher. Dark day and some rain.

Dec 6     Nothing done but the chores. Joe had the young gray colt hitched up for the first time. Day is cool.

Dec 7     Nothing done but the chores. Joe hitched up the Nell colt. Cool today.

Dec 8     Joe is driving the 2 colts today. Hauled a little gravel with them.

Dec 9     We are at home all day. Doc Green was here today to see Maw, she is sick with "arasipoless". Day is rainy and dark all day.

Dec 10     Nothing but the chores. Muddy and soft.

Dec 11     The same today not much done. Set in the corner stones on the land. It is wet, muddy time. Maw is still sick yet.

Dec 12     Not nothing done but the chores. Doc green is here to see Maw, second time.

Dec 13     We have not done any work except the chores. Joe Bertram is in around the house. Chilling weather, not cold.

Dec 14     I went to N. Vernon to mill and to get some more medicine for Maw. She is not much better. Joe is only choreing, he chilled last night and isn't well. Rain and warm weather.

Dec 15     Nothing done but the chores. It rained all night and the creek is the highest it has been this year.

Dec 16     We are at home and Maw is sick yet and the Doctor Green is here to see her today. Day is chilly and the ground is wet and white with snow.

Dec 17     Nothing done but he chores. Joe and Dick helped Sam Young to butcher 2 hogs. A little snow on and more tonight.

Dec 18     Same as above nothing but the chores. The snow on is about 2 inches deep. Maw is still sick. Joe and Pammy went to N. Vernon this afternoon. Cool day.

Dec 19     Nothing done but the chores. Snow is on the ground. Maw is some better now.

Dec 20     Joe took the red sow and stag hogs to Lovett. Sold to A. Green. Weight of both, 1000 lbs. Snow and rain all day.

Dec 21     Cut up the hog, we butchered on yesterday, for meat. It is a stormy like day. Snows a little with a little rain.

Dec 22     I and Joe went to N. Vernon to mill and to get bran and shorts for the pigs. Some cold and snow on and some falling.

Dec 23     We are at home most of the day. I and Pammy went to church to hear Fred Young preach. Joe went to Four Corners to church.

Dec 24     Nothing done but the chores. It is some cold with 2 or 3 inches of snow on yet.

Dec 25     Joe, Pammy and Dick started to Seymour this morning to go to Joe Stewart's and got home this evening. The snow is still on the ground and is right cold.

Dec 26     Joe and Dick helped Edy to butcher his hogs this forenoon. This afternoon crushed corn to feed the cattle. Weather is a little warmer.

Dec 27     Nothing done but the chores again today. Day is foggy and dark and the snow is melting off some.

Dec 28     The same today as on yesterday. Nothing done but he chores. Dark and foggy weather at this time, thawing out. It is not very much frozen.

Dec 29     Nothing done much but the chores. It is damp and soft. Snow is about gone.

Dec 30     I and Maw are at home and Dick a part of the day. It is drizzly and rains some most of the day a little. Joe and Pammy went to P. Bertram's.

Dec 31     Nothing done but the chores. It rained last night and the ground is soft and the creek is up past fording.

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