Lonnie Zimmer Diaries
1900 - 1907
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(Cliff) Note: The following random information was gleaned from a booklet dated 1899-1900. Much of this information was in someone’s handwriting other than Lon’s, probably his Mother’s. Briefly it describes monies earned and hours worked by young “Lonnie” as well as some of his school records.
August 13, 1900 he weighed 99 pounds. His height was 5’ 2”.
Work Lonnie Performed for Money (Year Unknown – Probably Recorded by His Mother)
Date Type of Work Hrs. Wkd Paid
April 4
April 6
April 13
April 22
April 23
April 24
April 26
April 27
April 28
April 29
April 30
May 1
May 3
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 7
May 8
June 22
June 30
July 1
July 3
July 4
Jul 7
July 9
Sept 15
Oct 15
Oct 16
Oct 17
Oct 18
Nov
Nov 11
Nov 13
Some of Lon’s School Records
5th Grade - 1900
Subject Grade
6th Grade – 1901
Subject - Grade
7th Grade – 1902
Subject - Grade
March 24, 1903 - 8th Grade Examination
Subject - Grade
Misc. Information
1907 Postal Rates: Postcard $0.01, Letters $0.02 for each oz or fraction thereof unless there is no rural carrier and you must pick up and drop off your own mail. In the latter case the price is cut in half.
I let Pa have: Year not indicated
Some Expenses Lon Incurred – Year Unknown
Date - Item - Amount
May 10-15
May 4:
May 4
May 22
June 8-10
June 17
June 18
June 23
June 25
July 10
July 22
July 25
1903
Note: Most of diary is missing.
October 23 – It snowed and covered the ground and the next day we went hunting and got 2 rabbits.
December 24 – Thursday - Went to a social and had a duce of a time and did not get home until 1 o’clock.
December 25 – Friday – Christmas. Stayed at home and slept in forenoon and in the afternoon went down and helped trim the tree and went to tree in the evening. Had a fine time.
December 30 – Wednesday – Sawed wood all day.
1904
January 1 – Friday – Got sawdust out of bin and got 3 hairs (sic) or rabbits.
January 2 - Saturday – Sawed wood in forenoon. It stormed and went to town in afternoon. Had a good time.
January 3 – Sunday – Went to Fox's It stormed so we stayed to home in evening.
January 4 – Monday – Roads drifted full. Went to school. Learned much and had fun.
January 5 – Tuesday – Went to school and froze my nose. 36 below zero. 15 below at our house.
January 6 – Wednesday – Went to school. Had a good time.
January 7 – Thursday – Went to school. Had the headache all day.
January 8 – Friday – Went to school. Snow a little in the forenoon.
January 9 – Saturday – Sorted potatoes all day. In the afternoon didn’t do anything.
January 10 – Sunday – Broke road and went to church in morning. Stayed down and had a fine old time.
January 11 – Monday – Went to school. Had a good time and learned much.
January 12 – Tuesday – Went down to school. Bert went to Mr. Robinson's.
January 13 – Wednesday – Went to school. Snowed to beat all in forenoon.
January 14 Thursday – Went to school. Stayed all day. Teacher examination.
January 15 – Friday – Had a party. Good night. 75 or 80. Had a fine time.
January 16 – Saturday – Got home 4 o’clock. Felt like a fool all day. Got up at 9 o’clock. Had to help straighten up in the house.
January 17 – Sunday – Stayed at home all day. Broke roads in afternoon. Went to Foxs in evening.
January 18 – Monday – Went to school. Stayed all day. Tipped over twice.
January 19 – Tuesday – Went to school. Stayed day. Had a good time.
January 20 – Wednesday – Went to school. Stayed all day. Snowed. Stayed down and went to church to bedtime.
January 21 – Thursday – Went to school. Tipped over. Had a good time. Horse came near getting away.
January 22 – Friday – Rained and bank got soft so we didn’t go to school. Visited school.
January 23 – Saturday – Fixed windmill. Sawed logs and skidded them.
January 24 – Sunday – Went to church in the morning with Pa. Walked down in evening. Had a good time. 10 below zero. Like to froze up.
January 25 – Monday – Ground axes and sawed logs and skidded them.
January 26 – Tuesday – Went down town and had horses shod.
January 27 – Wednesday – Draw logs with two teams. Made two trips.
January 28 Thursday – Went down and took exam in arithmetic and geography. Passed arithmetic, tryed (sic) English
January 29 – Friday – And spelling. Don’t know whether I passed.
January 30 – Saturday – Pa and Bert drawed ice in forenoon. Pa and I in the afternoon. Ma went to town.
January 31 – Sunday – J.R. and W.W. were up here and went to church. I went to church alone! We had fun.
February 1 – Monday – I went down in forenoon and got a load of ice.
February 2 – Tuesday – Cold and storm so we didn’t do anything. Stayed home all day.
February 3 – Wednesday – Broke road and drawed wood home from woods.
February 4 – Thursday – Broke roads. Fixed (?) over split wood.
February 5 – Friday – Helped wash. Got two rabbits and cut wood.
February 6 – Saturday – Went down town. Stayed a little while and went to Kanona and drove three cows up snow bank drift.
February 7 – Sunday – Rained all day. Stayed at home. Ditched water. Got sawdust on the ice. Felt awful. Couldn’t go to church.
February 8 – Monday – Drove to school and road was all tore to pieces.
February 9 – Tuesday – Walked to school
February 10 – Wednesday – Anna’s party. Walked to school. Bert stayed and attended.
February 11 – Thursday – Walked to school alone. Learned to skate.
February 12 – Friday – Walked to school. Stayed all day. Had a fine sport on ice.
February 13 – Saturday – Shoveled out road and came down town and got a load of sawdust.
February 14 – Sunday – Stayed in morn and went to church in the evening with Jess. Had a fine time. Got home at 11 ½.
February 15 – Monday – Went to school. Had an awful cold snap day.
February 16 – Tuesday – Was sick with cold and stayed at home.
February 17 – Wednesday – Went to school. Was so sleepy, I came near going for it.
February 18 – Thursday – Went to school all day and did eat. Felt much better.
February 19 – Friday – Went to school. Stayed down and went to F. Chapman’s party.
February 20 – Saturday – Cut wood all day. Sleepy as can be.
February 21 – Sunday – Leon’s house burned. Went to church and stayed down. Jessie and I went up to Wheeler’s to dinner.
February 22 – Monday – Sawed two cords of wood in the afternoon.
February 23 – Tuesday – Went to school. Bert went to box social.
February 24 – Wednesday – Went to school and then to the supper at M.E. Church (Reader’s Note: Methodist Episcopal Church).
February 25 – Thursday – Went to school and to Farmer’s Institute in the evening.
February 26 – Friday – Went to school and it let out at 3 o’clock and we went to the Institute.
February 27 – Saturday – Fixed the road and dislocated my elbow. Went to town and had it set at 8 o’clock.
February 28 – Sunday – Went to Sunday school, to League, then got my girl and went to church.
February 29 Monday – Went to school. Train was late. Mrs. Hansen. Saw Mrs. Dingdales (?).
March 1 – Tuesday – Went to school. Drove. It was froze harder
March 2 – Wednesday – Went to school. Rained all night.
March 3 – Thursday – Went to school. Rained like fury all the way. Hunt paid us .75.
March 4 – Friday – Went to school. Had a lot of fun. Took a load sleigh riding.
March 5 – Saturday – Sawed wood in forenoon and worked around in the afternoon. Pa and Ma went up to Hank Hankle’s.
March 6 – Sunday – Went to church in morning and in the evening with the kid.
March 7 – Monday – Stayed at home all day. It rained. Went to town and saw water.
March 8 – Tuesday – Will to town with us and went to school ½ day.
March 9 – Wednesday – Rode horseback to school and was stiffer than anything.
March 10 – Thursday – Went to school with a buggy. The hind end was ahead half the time.
March 11 – Friday – Went to school. Drove the buggy down. It ran fine. Had a good time.
March 12 – Saturday – Sawed wood in forenoon and got grist at Guice’s in the afternoon.
March 13 – Sunday – Got home from Saturday night trip. Had fun. Walked to church in morning and stayed at home in the evening.
March 14 – Monday – Went to school. Got a letter from kid.
March 15 – Tuesday – Went to school and mailed an answer.
March 16 – Wednesday – Went to school. Stayed all day.
March 17 – Thursday – Went to school. Stayed all day.
March 18 – Friday – Stayed down to Jess’s party and there were 50 people.
March 19 – Saturday – Drawed manure. Felt like a fool. Got home at 3:30. Got a letter to come down Sunday night and did go down.
March 20 – Sunday – And Bert stayed down and Amy. Got home 1 o’clock.
March 21 – Monday – Stayed at school all day. Visitors at three.
March 22 – Tuesday – Went to school and raised the old Harry all day.
March 23 – Wednesday – Regents. We stayed at home and plowed out the road.
March 24 – Thursday – Got up and milked five cows. Went to the station with Walkers.
March 25 – Friday – Took Regents Thursday and Friday. Passed some of them.
March 26 – Saturday – Took care of our cutter and chickies and split wood and chored.
March 27 – Sunday – Went to Fox’s in forenoon. Came home to dinner. Done chores and went to church. Got home pm.
March 28 – Monday – Drawed wood to house from woods and sawed wood.
March 29 – Tuesday – Helped Carl Fox saw wood in their wood all day.
March 30 – Wednesday – Drawed manure. Pitched hay to press.
March 31 – Thursday – Pitched hay to press and worked for Emery and drawed manure.
April 1 – Friday – Went up and measured that ground of Chas. Fox
April 2 – Saturday – Split and sawed wood and got done at 4 o’clock. The rest went to town at noon.
April 3 – Sunday – Adella Walker came up with Pa and Bert and I drove down in evening and had a good time. Got home at 12.
April 4 – Monday – Drawed manure all day and straw.
April 5 – Tuesday – Carl came over and we sawed wood all day and sawed 8 cords.
April 6 – Wednesday – Sawed wood with Carl. Slabbed wood. 4 cords.
April 7 – Thursday – Buckman helped us saw wood am. Drawed hay yesterday.
April 8 – Friday – Hay yesterday and today. 4 loads. One potato and 3 hay.
April 9 – Saturday – Drawed 3 loads of hay and Pa went to Grange. I got my pants wet.
April 10 – Sunday – Walked over to Will Shants’s and stayed at home in evening. It made me very mad.
April 11 – Monday – Slabbed wood and painted pantry.
April 12 – Tuesday – Sawed wood all day to beat all.
April 13 – Wednesday – Drawed hay to Avoca. I made 2 trips.
April 14 – Thursday – I painted the kitchen and wood and had the headache.
April 15 – Friday – Drawed manure and helped paper kitchen.
April 16 – Saturday – Drawed wood from woods and split.
April 17 – Sunday – Went over to Emery’s and stayed to dinner. Came home and went to church in the eve.
April 18 – Monday – Sawed wood and went to town with oats.
April 19 – Tuesday – Sawed wood all day. Pa and I sawed 3 ¾ cords in 4 hours.
April 20 – Wednesday – Snowed like the old Harry. Didn’t do anything.
April 21 – Thursday – Went to town and got 2 pairs of shoes.
April 22 – Friday – Drawed wood and sawed 2 cords in the afternoon.
April 23 – Saturday – Split wood in forenoon and stayed to home in house with sick kid.
April 24 – Sunday – Went to church in morning. Rained and went to Baptist union meeting.
April 25 – Monday – Drawed rails and plowed all day. Tired kid.
April 26 – Tuesday – Plowed in orchard and helped Emery Mills thrash buckwheat.
April 27 – Wednesday – Took banking away and plowed and went to town.
April 28 – Thursday – Cleaned house down cellar and fixed swivel plows.
April 29 – Friday – Plowed on the stony knoll and finished.
April 30 – Saturday – Split wood and went to town after new gang.
May 1 – Sunday – Went to church. Went to church in the evening. Had a slick time.
May 2 – Monday – Plowed in new ground and struck frost.
May 3 – Tuesday – Plowed and cleaned oats. Then went to town afoot.
May 4 – Wednesday – Dragged oats. Pa went to town of Wallace after Carl.
May 5 – Thursday – I dragged and Pa sowed oats and I started cultivation.
May 6 – Friday – Worked for Marshall Shants plowed.
May 7 – Saturday – Worked for Marshall Shants.
May 8 – Sunday – Went to church Sunday night. Don’t tell Bert.
May 9 – Monday – Dragged all day. Pa sowed oats.
May 10 – Tuesday – Dragged and Pa finished sowing oats.
May 11 – Wednesday – Plowed all day.
May 12 – Thursday – Work for Marshall Shants.
May 13 – Friday – Drawed manure. Twenty loads in 8 hours.
May 14 – Saturday – Helped Al Richerts. Fixed windmill. Had a fine shower.
May 15 – Sunday – Stayed at home all day. Wet and cold. Mills’ folks was over.
May 16 – Monday – Bert and I plowed all day for potatoes.
May 17 – Tuesday – Bert and I plowed all day. Had the headache too.
May 18 – Wednesday – Finished plowing back of the house. It rained.
May 19 – Thursday – Fixed our cart. Took pump up. I was sick.
May 20 – Friday – Went fishing on the river. Had fisherman’s luck.
May 21 – Saturday – Worked on Charles Fox’s. I got a letter.
May 22 – Sunday – Went to church in morning and in eve with Jess. Had a good time.
May 23 – Monday – Dragged all day. Rained. Bert worked for C. Shants.
May 24 – Tuesday – Worked for Ace Razey. Planted spuds.
May 25 – Wednesday – Planted spuds in new ground at home.
May 26 – Thursday – Planted spuds in new ground at home.
May 27 – Friday – Plowed at home in forenoon and on Charles’s in afternoon.
May 28 – Saturday – Dragged in forenoon. Had a stiff neck. Went hunting in afternoon. Stiffer than a poker.
May 29 – Sunday – Claude Shill was up here. Stayed at home. In morning walked to church. In evening didn’t feel good at all.
May 30 – Monday – Cut potatoes and cleaned out cellar. Good nice rain.
May 31 – Tuesday – Had the measles.
June 1 – June 8 – Wednesday-Wednesday – Got out of bed.
June 9-10 – Thursday-Friday - Continued with measles.
June 11 – Saturday – Cut spuds all day. Uncle Lewis came down.
June 12 – Sunday – Went to church in evening.
June 13 – Monday – Couldn’t read.
June 14 – Tuesday – Planted spuds on Charles Fox’s.
June 15 – Wednesday – Planted potatoes all day on Chas. Fox’s.
June 16 – Thursday – Drawed and planted potatoes all day.
June 17 –Friday – Finished planting spuds for Chas. Fox.
June 18 – Saturday – Drawed a load of hay and cut hay.
June 19 – Sunday – Went to church in morning and to Fox’s and to Razey’s and Mills’.
June 20 – Monday – Cultivated potatoes in the new field.
June 21 – Tuesday – Cultivated potatoes and planted B.W. ground.
June 22 – Wednesday – Plowed and it rained. I and Ma went to town.
June 23 – Thursday – Worked on the road and mowed brush.
June 24 – Friday – Weeded potatoes with Buckman.
June 25 – Saturday – Cultivated and went to town with hay.
June 26 – Sunday – Stayed at home in am, but had very fine time in evening.
June 27 – Monday – Cultivated and plowed. The doctor was up.
June 28 _ Tuesday – Plowed all day in new ground.
June 29 – Wednesday – All helped us drag and I sowed buckwheat.
June 30 – Thursday – I sowed buckwheat. Pa and Ma went to Bath.
July 1 – Friday – Bert and I went up to Uncle Philip’s.
July 3 – Sunday – Came home and stopped to ?.
July 4 – Monday – Went to Cohocton. Had a very fine time.
July 5 – Tuesday – Varnished the buggy and cultivated.
July 6 – Wednesday – Went down town and skidded our log and went to Horning’s.
July 7 – Thursday – Cultivated potatoes and finished corn.
July 8 – Friday – Hilled potatoes in new ground.
July 9 – Saturday – Finished hilled potatoes in new ground.
July 10 – Sunday – Went to church morn. Eve drove varnished buggy.
July 11 – Monday – Drawed lumber and cut hay in afternoon.
July 12 – Tuesday – Cut hay and cultivated. Preacher was here. It rained.
July 13 – Wednesday – Cut hay and cultivated. Tried hay tier.
July 14 – Thursday – Drawed in hay all day. Drawed 6 loads.
July 15 – Friday – Put up hay. Drawed in 4 loads and tied.
July 16 – Saturday – Drawed in hay and went to town.
July 17 – Sunday – Went to Solldein? or Shovine?. Had a swell elegant time.
July 18 – Monday – Plowed potatoes and drawed hay.
July 19 – Tuesday – Drawed in hay and mowed.
July 20 – Wednesday – Drawed in hay and finished potatoes.
July 21 – Thursday – Drawed in hay and cut hay.
July 22 – Friday – Drawed hay shoveled plowed potatoes.
July 23 – Saturday – Went to town and had three teeth filled and drawed manure.
July 24 – Sunday – Went to church in morn and eve went to Epsworth.
July 25 – Monday – Cultivated up on Chas. Fox and drawed straw.
July 26 – Tuesday – Cultivated up on Chas. Fox all day.
July 27 – Wednesday – Shoveled at home. It rained in pm.
July 28 – Thursday – Went to town in afternoon.
July 29 – Friday – Drawed straw and manure and shovel-plowed.
July 30 – Saturday – Shovel-plowed and finished potatoes back of house. We went to town.
July 31 – Sunday – Went to church in eve with J.R. and O.G. and R. and I had a picnic. Got home at mn. <midnight>
August 1 – Monday – I cut hay and put it up. Pa worked at the C. Fox’s.
August 2 – Tuesday – Drawed in hay. It rained. Pa and Art went to town.
August 3 – Wednesday – Cut and put up. Spread and drawed in 3 loads in 4 hours.
August 4– Thursday – Cut and drawed in hay all day. Cut three willows.
August 5– Friday – Cut and drawed hay all day. In pm it rained like fun.
August 6– Saturday – Led bull to town and Emery helped us draw hay in pm.
August 7 – Sunday – Uncle Philip’s folks came down and I stayed in home in morning and Bert went to hom and I went to church in eve.
August 8 – Monday – Cut hay and put it up. Jake came up and said Laura was dead.
August 9 – Tuesday – Pa and Ma went to church to Laura’s funeral. We drawed in hay. Finished.
August 10 – Wednesday – Rained in am. In pm worked in spuds on Chas. Fox’s.
August 11 – Thursday – Worked in potatoes on Chas. Fox’s.
August 12 – Friday – Finished potatoes and started binder for Mills.
August 13 – Saturday – Pa bound for Mill’s. I drawed straw and went to town in pm.
August 14 – Sunday – Albert went to church in am with us and in pm went to church to M.E.
August 15 – Monday – Set up oats for Mills and thrashed for A. C. W.
August 16 – Tuesday – Set up oats at home and raised Mill’s barn.
August 17 – Wednesday – Cut timothy seed oats and went to town in pm.
August 18 – Thursday – Set up some oats and went to Sunday school picnic. Had fine time.
August 19 – Friday – Set up oats all day.
August 20 – Saturday – Bert went in am. Cut oats in pm.
August 21 – Sunday – Went to Sunday school in am and to church in eve. Had a fine time. Swell. Elegant.
August 22 – Monday – Finished binding oats. Had shower in afternoon.
August 23 – Tuesday – Bound timothy seed in am. Went berrying in pm.
August 24 – Wednesday – Drawed oats. Bert went to P.S. I attended a party at O. Zeiller’s.
August 25 – Thursday – Drawed in oats all day. Felt like a fighting cock.
August 26 – Friday – Drawed manure and oats in pm. Went down to N. Hallstead in evening.
August 27 – Saturday – Drawed in oats in am and went after Bert in pm.
August 28 – Sunday – Went up to Uncle Lewis’s and then to Fred Zimmer’s and then to Avoca church.
August 29 – Monday – Drawed in oats and drawed manure.
August 30 – Tuesday – Drawed manure. Went to town to concert.
August 31 – Wednesday – Drawed manure. Finished.
September 1 – Thursday – Cut a road to the wood.
September 2 – Friday – Cut kindling and the folks all went to the lake.
September 3 – Saturday – Drawed wood home from the woods.
September 4 – Sunday – Clarence R. was up. Stayed at home in morning, but went in evening. Had a swell time.
September 5 – Monday – Drawed wood home from the woods. Bert and Pa went to town.
September 6 – Tuesday – Drawed wood and cut brush along road.
September 7 – Wednesday – Went up to Uncle Philip’s to work.
September 8 – Thursday – Dug out cellar way.
September 9 – Friday – I laid up chimney and hatchway.
September 10 – Saturday – Finished hatchway and came home.
September 11 – Sunday – I stayed at home. Jessie and Joe came up and I had a picnic.
September 12 – Monday – Thrashed for Gus Wagner and moved to M.D.
September 13 – Tuesday – Thrashed for M.D. and E. M. and moved home.
September 14 – Wednesday – Thrashed at home and moved to Buckman’s.
September 15 – Thursday – Thrashed to C. B. He got mad because we wouldn’t stay din.
September 16 – Friday – Cut B. w. I went to Floyd C.’s party and had a fine time. Got home.
September 17 – Saturday – Bound buckwheat in am. Pa went to D. G. to look at his place.
September 18 – Sunday – Went to church in morning. F. Clark came with us and went to church with us in eve.
September 19 – Monday – Cut corn all day and went to Fox’s in the evening.
September 20 – Tuesday – Helped thrash and it rained in afternoon so I was sick.
September 21 – Wednesday – Got up at 5 and went down and helped fill Wheeler’s silo.
September 22 – Thursday – Went down and helped Wheeler finish filling silo.
September 23 – Friday – Broke reaper. I had to cradle all the b. wheat.<buckwheat>
September 24 – Saturday – Finished cutting corn. Pa and Ma went to town. Bert and I cut wood. All pm it rained.
September 25 – Sunday – It rained in the morn. I stayed at home and went to church in evening. I got home at 2 am.
September 26 – Monday – It rained. We put brake on wagon and steps.
September 27 - Tuesday – Picked apples and built steps and washed buggies.
September 28 – Wednesday – Our folks went to fair. It was a very nice day.
September 29 – Thursday – Bert and I went to fair. It rained in pm.
September 30 – Friday – Dug potatoes all day. 102 bushels. Went down to Miss Coates.
October 1 – Saturday – Dug potatoes all day. 89 bus. Uncle Hank’s folks came out in pm.
October 2 – Sunday – Went to church in morning. Not to Sunday school. In eve went to Episcopal church.
October 3 – Monday – Dug potatoes in am. I drawed in buckwheat in pm.
October 4 – Tuesday – Dug potatoes in am and I butchered red hog.
October 5 – Wednesday – Dug potatoes all day. Finished drawing in buckwheat.
October 6 – Thursday – Dug potatoes. Finished lower chunk in new ground.
October 7 – Friday – Broke the record. Dug 149 bus from ½ acre.
October 8 – Saturday – Dug potatoes. 117 bus from the new ground.
October 9 – Sunday – Went down town and visited Ned Hallstead. To church in evening.
October 10 – Monday – Dug potatoes. Jim Ryndols came to help us.
October 11 – Tuesday – Rained all day. Went to town and stayed all day.
October 12 – Wednesday – Rained and we fixed crate rack. Jim split wood.
October 13 – Thursday – Picked up apples and took them down town.
October 14 – Friday – Dug potatoes. Ace and the boy helped us. Finished new ground.
October 15 – Saturday – Dug potatoes and took up pipe in well.
October 16 – Sunday – Went up to F. Zimmer’s and back to church in evening.
October 17 – Monday – Dug potatoes on Chas. Fox’s. Commenced.
October 18 – Tuesday – Dug potatoes on Chas. Fox’s and took a load to town.
October 19 – Wednesday – Dug all day. Dad went to town and got digger.
October 20 - Thursday – Dug all day. I took a load down town. Harry quit and so did Bert.
October 21 – Friday – Pa went down town and came home and I started digger.
October 22 – Saturday – Dug potatoes on Chas. Fox’s in am. It rained in pm.
October 23 – Sunday – Stayed at home all day and went to church in eve.
October 24 – Monday – Dug potatoes on Chas. Fox’s all day.
October 25 – Tuesday – Dug potatoes on Chas. Fox’s ½ day and then the thrasher came.
October 26 – Wednesday – We thrashed ½ day in am and dug spuds in pm.
October 27 – Thursday – Dug potatoes in am on Chas. Fox’s and at home in pm. Went to speech.
October 28 – Friday – Dug at home in am and on Chas. Fox’s and went to Halloween party at < ? >
October 29 – Saturday – Dug potatoes on Chas. Fox’s.
October 30 – Sunday – Carl Fox came over here and I went most to H. sport then to church in eve. Had fun in general business rushing?.
October 31 – Monday – Drawed potatoes to town. Tried to dig on Chas. couldn’t, so dug at home.
November 1 – Tuesday – Dug potatoes at home. Ace and Will Maxfield helped us. 300 bus.
November 2 – Wednesday – Dug potatoes all day. D. Roberts helped us get out 330 bus. Ok and WW.
November 3 – Thursday – Finished digging at home and on Chas. Fox’s. Pa took Jim down town.
November 4 – Friday – Pa and Bert took a load of potatoes to town and I picked up rotten ones.
November 5 – Saturday – Drawed in a load of corn and cleaned up timothy seed. Snowed and rained.
November 6 – Sunday – Went to church in morning and Bert was sick so Ma went down with me in the eve.
November 7 – Monday – Drawed load of potatoes. Partnership with Ace Razey.
November 8 – Tuesday – Plowed in new lot and Pa went to elections at Wheeler.
November 9 – Wednesday – Picked up apples in forenoon and plowed. Was sick in pm.
November 10 – Thursday – Had gripp. Worked in house all day. Helped do chores in eve.
November 11 – Friday – Went hunting. All of 3 rabbits we got. Helped clean house in pm.
November 12 – Saturday – Went up to Uncle Philip’s. Had a sick cow.
November 13 – Sunday – Came down to town. Put horse in barn and went to E. League. 14 there. It rained.
November 14 – Monday – Husked corn. Snow on the ground.
November 15 – Tuesday – Sorted up potatoes and Pa and Bert took them down and got boots.
November 16 – Wednesday – Picked up the orchard. I went down and got wood to fix well.
November 17 – Thursday – Finished drawing in corn.
November 18 – Friday – Picked up 2 loads of potatoes and Bert and I took them down town.
November 19 – Saturday – Pressed hay all day and went to town in evening.
November 20 – Sunday – Drove down to church in morning and stayed down and had a fine visit with Ruth.
November 21 – Monday – Sort and drawed potatoes to Sager’s and Ben? Gray.
November 22 – Tuesday – Sorted and drawed to Sager and Ben? Gray.
November 23 – Wednesday – Drawed potatoes to Avoca.
November 24 – Thursday – Bert went away and I drawed potatoes. Miss N. Dillenbeck took dinner with us.
November 25 – Friday – Went to Bath with a load of oats and got our cover coats and caps.
November 26 – Saturday – Banked the house and stayed at home with the kid. Will and Frank came down.
November 27 – Sunday – Went to church and Floyd Clark came up with us and went down in pm to have our picture taken.
November 28 – Monday – Banked the hen house and went down and had our faces copied.
November 29 – Tuesday – Cut telephone poles and dug holes and set poles.
November 30 – Wednesday – Set poles in am and went to Guy Alin’s sale In pm.
December 1 – Thursday – Pa went to Bath. Bert and I fixed hog pen in pm. S. Hyna helped.
December 2 – Friday – Pa helped S. Hyna. I drawed hay 2 loads, 1 12 ton each.
December 3 – Saturday – Drawed hay in am and in pm husked corn.
December 4 – Sunday – Went to church in am and in eve had a fine time.
December 5 – Monday – Butchered and fixed watering trough.
December 6 – Tuesday – Banked water in trough and hunted with D. O. C. and W.W.
December 7 – Wednesday – Drawed home a load of wood and went hunting. L.C. A. and Mr. Price from Corning.
December 8 – Thursday – Went to town. Was going to an auction, but it snowed so C.C.A. and I brought a friend.
December 9 – Friday – Drawed home some wood. Husked corn and in the eve went up to R. Dyer’s to a party and had a good time.
December 10 – Saturday – Got home 4 o’clock and felt like a fool so went hunting. Got 4 rabbits. Pa and Ma went to Uncle Philip’s. We finished the work.
December 11 – Sunday – Went to Sunday school in morning. Got some more pictures taken. Went down in eve. Went to M.E. church.
December 12 – Monday – Bert and I went down town and got some bread. Our folks got home at 7:30 eve.
December 13 – Tuesday – Pa and Ma took load of b wheat down town. Cliff and I put reaper and plows in hog pen.
December 14 – Wednesday – D.OI. Chamberlayne came up and went hunting. Got 3 rabbits. Went over and practiced. Teacher came over and stayed all night.
December 15 – Thursday – Took teacher over to school and took 2 loads of hay to town and Bert did too.
December 16 – Friday – Drawed in hay in forenoon and sold first in pm and husked corn.
December 17 – Saturday – Pa and Ma went to town. I husked corn and went down that night. Had a bum Time.
December 18 – Sunday – Went to church in morning and in eve and had a swell time.
December 19 – Monday - Pa went to town and I husked corn and to schoolhouse to practice for Christmas.
December 20 – Tuesday – Husked corn and Ma and Pa washed. Bert and I went over and practiced for Xmas.
December 21 – Wednesday – Broke roads and got ready to go to town. Got out cutters.
December 22 – Thursday – Went to town and visited school in pm and went over and helped teacher make popcorn balls.
December 23 – Friday – Didn’t do anything in am. In pm, got Xmas tree. Helped trim it and acted as Santa Claus. Had fun.
December 24 – Saturday – Drove cows down town and then came home. Went down to Xmas tree. Got home at 11 o’clock. I helped distribute Xmas presents.
December 25 – Sunday – Bert went up to M. Coffin’s to spend Xmas. I stayed at home and went down in pm to Floyd Clark’s and then to end eve to Pres. Church.
December 26 – Monday – Helped wash and split wood in pm. Had an awful cold.
December 27 – Tuesday – Pa and Ma went down town and got horses. Bert and I split wood.
December 28 – Wednesday – Went down town. Was going to a G.S. party but backed out. Had a party.
December 29 – Thursday – Got home at 12:15. Split wood all day and in evening 2 letters.
December 30 – Friday – Split wood. L. Harter’s folks came and I went down to men’s supper and to a party in hall. Had a good time.
December 31 – Saturday – Went hunting. Guy C.A. G. P. B.E. Z. L. R.and I got one rabbit. Pa and Ma went down town.
1905
(Missing)
1906
(Most Missing)
December 30 - Sunday - Went down to Episcopal Church evening. Had a dandy time. Our folks were up to the lake.
December 31 - Monday - Went up to Loon Lake. Got there at 10:30 pm. It rained most all day.
1907
January 1 - Tuesday - Bert and I came home from L. Lake. Stopped in Avoca.
January 2 - Wednesday - Went to Bath. Came home and stopped off at C.R. Went up to town.
January 3 - Thursday - Worked in am. Cut post. Went to Avoca in pm. Drove colt.
January 4 - Friday - Didn’t do anything in am, but cut posts in pm.
January 5 - Saturday- Cut posts all day. Bert and I came down with Clair and stayed all night.
January 6 - Sunday - Went to church and Sunday school. Then I went to J.C.K. to dinner and then went home. Got a ride and went down to Bert’s.
January 7 - Monday - Felt like hell, cut post all day. Was going to a party but it rained like the devil.
January 8 - Tuesday - Rained in am. Cut posts in pm. Came up town in eve.
January 9 - Wednesday - Cut posts all day. Walked up town in evening. Had a dandy time.
January 10 - Thursday - Worked all day cutting posts. Got a crack over the right eye.
January 11 - Friday - Cut posts all day. Came up town in eve. I had a nice time.
January 12 - Saturday - Went up to Grange dinner. Came back to C.R. Then went up town in eve. Had a fine time.
January 13 - Sunday - Went up to A. Banter’s in am. Came up town in eve to the Baptist Church with Lottie. Had a dandy time.
January 14 - Monday - Drawed hay all day. Saw C.R. drawing potatoes.
January 15 - Tuesday - Finished drawing hay. Drawed home some wood. Went down to Avoca.
January 16 - Wednesday - Bert went pressing hay. Pa and I chopped wood all day. Wrote a letter to Lottie.
January 17 - Thursday - Mounted the engine on sleigh and sawed some wood in pm. Bert came home.
January 18 - Friday - Pa, Bert and I drawed home some wood. I went down town in eve and had a dandy time.
January 19 - Saturday - Went down town and stayed all day. Came home and had the headache like the devil.
January 20 - Sunday - Stayed home in am. Went down to Avoca. Didn’t go to church. Had a dandy time.
January 21 - Monday - Ground feed in am and sawed wood in pm.
January 22 - Tuesday - Sawed wood in am. Split wood in pm.
January 23 - Wednesday - Went hunting. Stayed all day. Shot Emery’ dog and Lottie’s cat in evening.
January 24 - Thursday - Split wood and helped Ma wash. Played with engine in pm.
January 25 - Friday - Put straw in barn. Went to Avoca in evening.
January 26 - Saturday - Went down town to look at Mr. Rose’s colt.
January 27 - Sunday - Went to Sunday school in am. Riding in pm. Went to Pres. Church in evening. Had a fine time.
January 28 - Monday - Pumped water and ground feed. Uncle Lewis’s folks were here. Went down to Robinson’s.
January 29 - Tuesday - Cut post all day.
January 30 - Wednesday - Cut posts all day. Went up town and had a dandy time.
January 31 - Thursday - Cut post all day. Went to the show.
February 1 - Friday - Cut posts all day.
February 2 - Saturday - Went up town.
February 3 - Sunday - Went up to Avoca in evening. Lottie and I went to the Baptist Church. Had a good time.
February 4 - Monday - Sawed wood all day.
February 5 - Tuesday - Drawed grout all day. Got home at 6:45.
February 6 - Wednesday - Ground feed. Went down town in evening. I had a dandy time.
February 7 - Thursday - Drawed grout all day. Made 4 trips. Got home 7:45.
February 8 - Friday - Cut some logs in pm. Went to the party in the hall.
February 9 - Saturday - Went down to draw grout, but went up to Uncle Lewis’s.
February 10 - Sunday - Came home. Bert and Ma went up to Uncle Philip’s. Lottie and I went to M.E. Church. Had a dandy time.
February 11 - Monday - Pumped water and ground feed. Went to Bert’s. The thermometer registered zero.
February 12 - Tuesday - Sawed logs. Bert, Lottie, and I went up to A. Fox’s party. Had a dandy time.
February 13 - Wednesday - Went up to Bert’s. C auction. Bought a horse. Went down town in evening.
February 14 - Thursday - Skidded logs all day. Went to E. League social in evening. Had a bum time.
February 15 - Friday - Skidded logs all day. Took a load up to Wallace to a social.
February 16 - Saturday - Skidded logs in am. Drawed straw for Bert in pm. Philip Strick died.
February 17 - Sunday - Went down to Sunday school. Then went up to J.C.K. to dinner. Went down town but didn’t go to church.
February 18 - Monday - Bert and I went up to Uncle Lewis’s to go to Uncle Philip’s funeral
February 19 - Tuesday - Went to Wayland and to the funeral. Came home. Went down town. Had a dandy time.
February 20 - Wednesday - Sawed wood. Went to the donation at Howe’s. Had a dandy time.
February 21 - Thursday - Sawed wood. Our folks came. Bert and I went down town to get gasoline.
February 22 - Friday - Sawed wood and thrashed b. wheat.
February 23 - Saturday - Sawed wood all day. Went down town. Had a good time.
February 24 - Sunday - Stormed like “Hello, Baby”. Cleaned my clothes and pressed them. Went up to Bert’s. Then went down to see Lottie. Had a dandy time.
February 25 - Monday - Went over to Mill’s. Fixed rod for pump. Fixed the engine. Then pumped the trough full.
February 26 - Tuesday - Bert and I drawed wood all day for Ryan. Dad took horses to shop in Kanona
February 27 - Wednesday - Bert and I drawed wood. One load each. Then went down town in eve. Had a dandy time.
February 28 - Thursday - Sawed wood. Then went to Marshall Shants’s auction.
March 1 - Friday - Helped Bert load his goods. Then came home and sawed wood the rest of the day.
March 2 - Saturday - Sawed wood all day. Went to town in eve. Had a dandy time. Aunt Julia came home with us.
March 3 - Sunday - Stayed at home in am. Went down in pm. Had a tooth pulled. Went to M.E. with Lottie. Had a dandy time.
March 4 - Monday - Sawed wood all day. Went to bed early like a good little boy.
March 5 - Tuesday - Sawed wood nearly all day. Went to Milo Meek’s party. Snowed like the deuce.
March 6 - Wednesday - Went down to Kanona to have the horses shod. Stayed down and spent the evening.
March 7 - Thursday - Sawed a little wood and drawed out the rest of the time.
March 8 - Friday - Bert and I drawed wood all day. Bert was sick all the evening.
March 9 - Saturday - Bert and I drawed logs all day on the sleigh.
March 10 - Sunday - Bert and I went over to B. Collier’s. Came down to church. Had a dandy time.
March 11 - Monday - Drawed logs in am. Drawed wood in pm.
March 12 - Tuesday - Drawed wood all day.
March 13 _ Wednesday - Cut wood all day.
March 14 - Thursday - Cut wood all day. We went over to Arley Beal’s party.
March 15 - Friday - Cut wood all day.
March 16 - Saturday - Cut wood in am. Went up to Ketch’s.
March 17 - Sunday - Had a dandy time all day. Came down town to see Lottie. Got home at 10:15.
March 18 - Monday - Bert and I cut wood. Pa went to Bath.
March 19 - Tuesday - Ground feed. Then went to Avoca to have some teeth filled. Stayed down. Had a dandy time.
March 20 - Wednesday - Skidded logs all day. Took rabbits to train. Stayed down. Had a dandy time.
March 21 - Thursday - Took Jessie and Julia to train. Saw Willard. Came home early.
March 22 - Friday - Sawed wood all day. Went to bed early.
March 23 - Saturday - Sawed wood all day. Went down to Robinson’s and stayed all night.
March 24 - Sunday - Went to Kanona in am. Came up to Avoca in pm. Went to Baptist Church with Lottie.
March 25 - Monday - Sawed wood all day. Bert and Art went down to practice for Easter.
March 26 - Tuesday - Went down to Bath. Got some cloth. The roads were fierce.
March 27 - Wednesday - Built a sawmill and sawed out some ?. It rained all night.
March 28 - Thursday - Bert took his buggy down to the shop. We sawed wood in pm.
March 29 - Friday - Sawed wood all .day. Went down town in evening. Had a fine time. Emma came home.
March 30 - Saturday - Cut pole wood all day. Went down town. Had a dandy time.
March 31 - Sunday - Went down to church in am. Went to M.E. in eve with Lottie, Emma McKibbin. Had a dandy time.
April 1 - Monday - Drawed wood all day. Made 2 trips. Drawed for Fred Beale.
April 2 - Tuesday - Drawed wood to Wm. Hyndrex and to Fred Beale.
April 3 - Wednesday - Drawed wood to Mrs. McNeil’s and in pm to Mrs. Joe Mathewson’s and went down town to Avoca in eve. Had a dandy time.
April 4 - Thursday - Drawed wood in am. In pm drawed manure with 3 teams.
April 5 - Friday - Rained in am. Bert and I drawed lumber in pm. Went to social over to Jake Ratvies?. Got home at 5 or 6 am.
April 6 - Saturday - Drawed lumber all day. Went to bed early like a good little boy.
April 7 - Sunday - Went to Sunday school in am. Went down to see Lottie in eve. Did not go to church, but stayed at home and had a dandy time.
April 8 - Monday - Drawed wood down to L. Wagner’s. Bert took his horse down to the shop.
April 9 - Tuesday - Ground feed in am. Cut brush in pm. Went down to Mr. Renner’s.
April 10 - Wednesday - Went down town to get gasoline in am. Bert and I went down to Lester and Marie’s. Snowed?.
April 11 - Thursday - Tried to draw logs in am. Drawed wood the rest of the day.
April 12 - Friday - Drawed wood in am and buzzed wood in pm. Went over to Emery Mill’s in evening.
April 13 - Saturday - Sawed wood in am. Piled in pm. Our folks went up to the Lake.
April 14 - Sunday - Stayed at home all day. Fixed my wheel. Went down town. We didn’t go to church.
April 15 - Monday - Fixed the engine and split and piled wood. Our folks got home at 5 o’clock.
April 16 - Tuesday - Bert and I worked splitting wood.
April 17 - Wednesday - Drawed 40 loads of manure. Went down town. Had a dandy time. Got home at 1:30 am.
April 18 - Thursday - Drawed 40 loads of manure. Went over to E. F. M’s. Got home at 10 pm.
April 19 - Friday - Snowed all day. Split wood a little. Bert and I went down to Avoca. Had a dandy time.
April 20 - Saturday - Cleared on the side hill in am. Bert and I went up to Uncle L. Had a dandy time.
April 21 - Sunday - Came home. Had a sick horse. Didn’t stayed to church. L.M. and I went for a walk. Got home at 9 o’clock.
April 22 - Monday - Set up all day with horse. Bert went to show in the eve. Art and I sat up with the horse until 2 o’clock.
April 23 - Tuesday - Sat up with horse all day. Emery came over and sat up with us at night.
April 24 - Wednesday - Phoned for Sutterbee. Got him and then took him to the train. And went over to F. Liteer’s after shingles.
April 25 - Thursday- Went down after horse doctor and took him to train. Came home and stayed with the horse.
April 26 - Friday - Rained all day. We didn’t do much of anything. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
April 27 - Saturday - Plowed all the pm. Bert and Art went down town.
April 28 - Sunday - Went down to church. L.M. and I went walking. B.C.’s folks came over. L.M. and I to Baptist Church in the evening.
April 29 - Monday - I cultivated all day. Bert took a load of wood down town.
April 30 - Tuesday - I cultivated in am and drilled oats in pm. Rained at night.
May 1 - Wednesday - It rained in am. In pm drilled oats. In evening, went down town. Had a dandy time.
May 2 - Thursday - Dragged and drilled all day. Rode down town on my wheel in evening.
May 3 - Friday - Cultivated in am. Dragged in pm. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
May 4 - Saturday - Went down to Kanona to have the horse shod. Came home. L. M. came over in evening. Bert and I went down town.
May 5 - Sunday - Stayed at home in am. L.M. and I went riding in pm. Had a dandy time.
May 6 - Monday - Dragged in am. Drawed a load of wood for Uncle Jacob Kausch.
May 7 - Tuesday - Plowed the orchard. It rained. I slept all the pm. I wrote to Lottie at night.
May 8 - Wednesday - Dragged in am. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
May 9 - Thursday - Plowed hedge in am. Rolled in pm. Straw stack burned. I went down to Avoca.
May 10 - Friday - Rolled all day. It snowed like the devil in the evening.
May 11 - Saturday - About 3 in. of snow. Art and I went up to Cohocton after a cream separator.
May 12 - Sunday - Emery Mill’s and I went to Wallace. Rupert was up. L.M. (Reader’s note: Lottie McKibbin) and I went up to the Presbyterian.
May 13 - Monday - I rolled oats all day, then Bert and I went down town. L. M. and I went riding. Had a dandy time.
May 14 - Tuesday - Plowed all day. It was hotter than the devil. Washed my buggy at night
May 15 - Wednesday - Plowed all day. Went down town in the evening. Had a dandy time. Got home 11:30 pm.
May 16 - Thursday - Plowed all day. Rode my wheel down town. Went to see Lottie, then went down to Dawson's.
May 17 - Friday - Dropped potatoes all day for Fred Robinson. ..Set the drill for Joe Flishman.
May 18 - Saturday - Dropped potatoes all day. It rained a little. Clair and S. came up town. I went down to see Lottie. Marion C. came down.
May 19 - Sunday - I sleep in am and took a bath. Went down in pm. Lottie and I went to the M.E. Church and had a dandy time.
May 20 - Monday - Plowed all day. It snowed like the old Harry in the evening and was colder than hell.
May 32 - Tuesday - Plowed all day. It was cold. Bert and I plowed 5 acres. I was all in. Had a cold.
May 22 - Wednesday - Plowed all day. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
May 23 - Thursday - Plowed all day. Washed my buggy at night and I laid a carpet in the kitchen.
May 24 - Friday - Plowed in am. Finished ground in pm. Went down town in evening. Emma came home.
May 25 - Saturday - I sowed corn all day and rolled. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time. Rained a little.
May 26 - Sunday - Molly had a colt. We worked all day. It was Lottie’s birthday. I went down. Had a dandy time.
May 27 - Monday - Took care of Molly and colt all day. Colt died. Cliff and I buried it. Bert was sick.
May 28 - Tuesday Sorted potatoes in am. Went to Kanona to have Flora shod. Stayed to choir practice. Had a dandy time.
May 29 - Wednesday - Dragged in am. Bert went to Cohocton in pm. I dropped 1 ¾ of potatoes in 2 hours and 15 minutes.
May 30 - Thursday - Dropped in am. Went to celebrate Decoration Day. Had a dandy time.
May 31 - Friday - Dragged all day. Colder than hell. Went over to Miller’s in evening.
June 1 - Saturday - Dragged all day. Bert and I went up to Uncle Lewis’s. I went down town in evening.
June 2 - Sunday - Bert and Art was up to Uncle Lewis’s. I sleep all day. Went down to see Lottie. Had a dandy time.
June 3 - Monday - I dragged all am. Was sick in pm. Didn’t do anything.
June 4 - Tuesday - Marked in am. Dropped potatoes in pm. Went down town to meet doctor to come up to plant.
June 5 - Wednesday - Planted a while. Then it rained. Our folks went down town.
June 6 - Thursday - Planted potatoes all day. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
June 7 - Friday - Planted potatoes. Finished. Doctor and I went over to Bert Collier
Then down town.
June 8 - Saturday - Drawed logs all day. Then went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
June 9 - Sunday - Our folks went to church. I sleep all day. Went to church with L.M. in evening. Had a dandy time.
June 10 - Monday - Drawed potatoes all day. Got home 9 pm. Near all in.
June 11 - Tuesday - Drawed potatoes all day. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
June 12 - Wednesday - Finished drawing potatoes in am. Then drawed lumber home in pm.
June 13 - Thursday - Drawed home lumber in am. In pm put up oats. Went down town. Had dandy time.
June 14 - Friday - Made a pulley in am and ground feed. Cut brush in pm. Went to bed early.
June 15 - Saturday - Went down to Grange picnic. Had a dandy time. Left Bert. Got home at 1 o’clock.
June 16 - Sunday - Our folks went down to church and stayed to meeting. L.M. and I went riding.
June 17 - Monday - Fixed fence. Washed pigs and made a pen. Fixed bicycle and cut brush.
June 18 - Tuesday - Went up to Henderson’s after a load of sand. Came home and cut brush on side hill
June 19 - Wednesday - Put cement bottom in engine room. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
June 20 - Thursday - Bert was sick. We sawed wood for Emery Mill’s. It rained like the dickens. Bert went down town in pm.
June 21 - Friday - Finished sawing wood for Emery Mill’s. Came home and worked in engine room. Went to bed early.
June 22 - Saturday - Bert took calves down town. I worked in engine room. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
June 23 - Sunday - Pa and Ma went over to B. Collier’s. Bert and I went down to church. We had a thundershower. Went to see L.M.
June 24 - Monday - Worked on the road 6 hours. It rained. We went down to exercises. Had a dandy time.
June 25 - Tuesday - Worked on the road all day. Art rode down town on his wheel.
June 26 - Wednesday - Worked on road all day. Took rabbits down town. Got home at 11 o’clock.
June 27 - Thursday - Worked on the road all day. Went over to D.C. Banter’s to a party. Had a spunky time. No sleep.
June 28 - Friday - Worked all day on road. Big head. Pa came home. Took a bath. Went to bed early.
June 29 - Saturday - Worked on road ½ day. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
June 30 - Sunday - Rained all day. Went down to church with L.M. Had a dandy time.
July 1 - Monday - Went down to Bath. Stayed all day. Stopped in Avoca in the evening.
July 2 - Tuesday - Churned in am. Drawed lumber in pm.
July 3 - Wednesday - Drawed lumber in am. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
July 4 - Thursday - Went down to Corning. Had a dandy time.
July 5 - Friday - Bert and I cultivated potatoes all day. Bert and Art went down to town in evening.
July 6 - Saturday - Went up to Uncle Lewis’s. It rained like fury. Cultivated in am.
July 7 - Sunday - Lottie and I went over to the lake in the pm and down to Aunt Julia’s. Had a dandy time.
July 8 - Monday - Went down to Wayland with Uncle Lewis’s folks to the show. Then came home.
July 9 - Tuesday - Cultivated all day. Hitched up Molly. Went down town with Pa. Had a dandy time. Then went to bed at 10 o’clock.
July 10 - Wednesday - Cultivated all day. Went down town with Pa. Had a dandy time.
July 11 - Thursday - It rained nearly all day. Went to bed early.
July 12 - Friday - Cultivated potatoes in am. Helped Ed Hunt Raise his barn. Got home at 7:15.
July 13 - Saturday - I tilled potatoes and Pa and Art raked hay. Went down town. Took a little trip.
July 14 - Sunday - Went down on West Creek and over to Bert Collier’s. Lottie and I went to League. Had a nice time.
July 15 - Monday - Tilled potatoes all day. Bert mowed all day. Went for a walk in the evening.
July 16 - Tuesday - Bert went to a social at Armstrong’s. Lottie, Emma and I went for a walk. Had a nice time.
July 17 - Wednesday - It rained. Took gray horses to the shop. Went down to Bath. Got home 6:30.
July 18 - Thursday - Went down to band concert. Got sick of it. Went down the road on business.
July 19 - Friday - Tilled potatoes all day. Felt good. Went to bed.
Jul 20 - Saturday - Drawed in hay. Rained about 2 o’clock. Went down town in evening.
July 21 - Sunday - Bert and I went down to Sunday school. Got his buggy. L.M. and E..M.(Reader’s note: Emma McKibbin) went to the Solder’s and Sailor’s home in pm.
July 22 - Monday - Fixed shovel-plow. C. Fox came up and set up sprayer and I sprayed until night.
July 23 - Tuesday - Sprayed all day. Finished. Went down to band concert and had a dandy time.
July 24 - Wednesday - Shovel-plowed all day. Went over to E. Mill’s in evening.
July 25 - Thursday - Shovel-plowed all day. Went down to band concert.
July 26 - Friday - Shovel- plowed all day. Dragged in hay. Drove over to Sam H.
July 27 - Saturday - Shoveled, plowed all day. Went down town.
July 28 - Sunday - Stayed home all day. Went over to Emery’s in pm. Went down to see Lottie M. in the evening. Had a dandy time.
July 29 - Monday - Shoveled all day. Bert mowed all day. Had a hell of a time. Felt like the devil.
July 30 - Tuesday - Shovel-plowed in am. Drawed in hay in pm. Went to town in evening.
July 31 - Wednesday - Drawed in hay all day. Bert and I wheeled over to Sam Hayna’s in evening.
August 1 - Thursday - Drawed in hay all day. Went down town to band concert. Had a dandy time.
August 2 - Friday - Sprayed potatoes all day. Went over to Emery Mill’s in the evening.
August 3 - Saturday - Sprayed potatoes all day. Went down town and then down to Robinson’s. Had a dandy time.
August 4 - Sunday - Came up town. Got a watermelon. Went home. Eat it. Come up, went to church with L.M.
August 5 - Monday - Cut wheat all day. Pa and Ma came home from the lake at noon.
August 6 - Tuesday - Cut wheat all day. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy time.
August 7 - Wednesday - Cut hay all day and drawed in. Spliced a rope for Hunt. Went on to down town.
August 8 - Thursday - Went down to band concert. Had a dandy time.
August 9 - Friday - Drawed in hay all day and wheat. Bert and I went down town. Bert went to Wheeler ice-cream social.
August 10 - Saturday - Drawed in wheat. Bert and I went down town. Went up t o Wheeler’s after ice-cream freezer.
August 11 - Sunday - Stayed at home. Bert went down after Lottie and Jess. C.M.., April, Willard and Ollie were here. Had a dandy time.
August 12 - Monday - Cut hay in am and drawed in pm. Put in 10 acres. Went down town and spliced Hunt’s rope.
August 13 - Tuesday - Cut 10 acres of hay. Drawed it in pm. Stayed at home and went to bed early.
August 14 - Wednesday - Finished cutting the hay. Cocked up hay until 9 o’clock.
August 15 - Thursday - Finished haying. Went down to band concert. Had a dandy time.
August 16 - Friday - Sprayed potatoes all day. Got through 6:50.
August 17 - Saturday - to November 9 - (Missing. In it’s place, in the month of September, on separate sheets of paper, were the initials and names:
LDZ LWM
Mrs. C. M. Dean
Mr .Bert Zimmer Emma McKibbin
Note: The diary began again, but not every day.
November 10 - Sunday - Stayed down to F. Clark’s to dinner. Had a dandy time. Lottie and Emma were there. E.L. and M.E.C.
November 17 - Sunday - Stayed at home in pm. Had Emery Mills come over. Went down to Bath in evening. Stopped at Robinson’s.
November 18 - Monday - Cut logs in am. Snowed in pm. Fred and I went to town in eve.
November 19 - Tuesday - Cut logs all day. Went to bend early.
November 20 - Wednesday - Cut logs all day. Dr. and I went down to Bath and had a dandy time. Home at 2 am.
November 21 - Thursday - Cut logs all day. Went to bed early.
November 22 - Friday - Cut logs all day. Went down town to J.S. and C.S. tin shower.
November 23 - Saturday - Cut posts all day. Went down to town in evening to see the kid. Got home at 1:30.
November 24 - Sunday - Dr. and I went up to M.E. and Sunday school. Walked up home and then back. Lottie and I went to the Presby.
November 25 - Monday - Cut posts all day. Had a big time in general. Stayed at home in evening.
November 26 - Tuesday - Went up to town in am. Cut posts in pm. Wrote to Lottie in pm.
November 27 - Wednesday - Cut posts all day. Went up town into G Malt’s in Horning. Had a time.
November 28 - Thursday - Went hunting with L.H. and P.H. and J.B. Got 6 R’s.. Went to Bath and had a dandy time.
November 29 - Friday - Cut posts all day. Stayed at home in evening.
November 30 - Saturday - Cut posts all day. Stayed at home in evening.
December 1 - Sunday - Went up the track in am. Walked down to Bath in pm over to Mrs. Shoemaker’s. Had a dandy time.
December 2 - Monday - Cut logs all day. Went up to Emery’s after a saw. Got home at 10:30 pm.
December 3 - Tuesday - Cut logs all day. Wrote to the Kid. Went to bed.
December 4 - Wednesday - Cut posts all day. Went to town in evening to get mail.
December 5 - Thursday - Cut posts all day. Went to town to see Bert.
December 6 - Friday - Cut posts all day. Went to bed early.
December 7 - Saturday - Cut posts all day. Went up town to see the kid. Then went home.
December 8 - Sunday - Drove my horse. Came down to church and Sunday school. Came down to League. Went with F.C. and wife, Lottie Mc. Had a dandy time.
December 9 - Monday - Cut posts all day. Had a big time. Wrote to the Kid.
December 10 - Tuesday - Cut posts all day. Read story in evening.
December 1 - Wednesday - Went up to Avoca. Then down to Kanona to have horses shod. Then to Bath.
December 12 - Thursday - Went over to Ranier’s after a bull. Came home. Worked. Caught the horse. Varnished. Went down town.
December 13 - Friday - Dug ditch for water works and took Hoake home at night.
December 14 - Saturday - Covered up ditch and it snowed so I didn’t do anything else.
December 15 - Sunday - Drove cutter down to Avoca. I went to Bath on the 11:11. Had a dandy time.
December 22 - Sunday - Drove to Bath in am. Had a dandy time. Emma rode home with me.
December 26 - Wednesday - Drove my horse to Bath single. Had a dandy time.
December 29 - Sunday - Went to Bath on the 11:11. Had a dandy time.
December 30 - Monday - Cut wood all day.
December 31 - Tuesday - Cut wood all day. Went to Hoake’s party. Had a dandy time.
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