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January
1, 1883 Monday/ Went to work on mill, folks went to
Whitneys to party
January
2, 1883 Tuesday/ Worked on mill, very cold
January
3, 1883 Wednesday/ Came home sick, Mell went to Winnebago,
took grist
January
4, 1883 Thursday/ Cold, snowed most all day, Mell came
home, got grist, brought plow and sleighs
January
5, 1883 Friday/ Cold and pleasant, club dance a fi?al
January
6, 1883 Saturday/ Went to East Chain, got onions, Henry
went with us, Groff came home with us, Dela Foster came home with the boys
January
7, 1883 Sunday/ Still cold
January
8, 1883 Monday/ ?oe Foster came to ??ury, Dela went
home, made ax helve, ground axes and tools
January
9, 1883 Tuesday/ 40 above zero, snowed, got load of
wood, worked on sleigh
January
10, 1883 Wednesday/ Stormy drifted some, getting colder,
10 below zero at bed time
January
11, 1883 Thursday/ Ralph went to town, windy and cold
January
12, 1883 Friday/ Ralph, Mell, Milo and Chauncy, went
to town, got lost coming home in a blizzard, Anna went to Wilk?? To party, stayed all night
January
13, 1883 Saturday/ Drifted and stormed all day, Groff
came home from mill, cold
January
14, 1883 Sunday/ Ralph went to Murrys, folks went to
East Chain, got little dog, cold
January
15, 1883 Monday/ Ralph and Milo went to town, worked
on sleigh, warm
January
16, 1883 Tuesday/ Worked on sleigh, Foster and wife
here, busted big log, warm
January
17, 1883 Wednesday/ Ralph and Mell cut wood all day,
Chauncy and Bill here, card party
January
18, 1883 Thursday/ Boys worked on big log all day,
commenced snowing, light blizzard all night
January
19, 1883 Friday/ Stormy and cold, 19 below zero in
morning, blizzard all day, 4 oclock 12 below zero, card party, bed time 16 below zero
January
20, 1883 Saturday/ 22 below zero in morning, 8 at bedtime,
boys started to town and came back, roads drifted full
January
21, 1883 Sunday/ 22 below zero in morning, air full
of frost, from 16 to 20 all day
January
22, 1883 Monday/ 30 below zero at daylight, cold all
day, boys went to town, Dell Foster and P?t Myris came here, 16 degrees at bedtime
January
23, 1883 Tuesday/ 26 below zero at daylight, light
snow, warmer at night, Mell took load of hay to town
January
24, 1883 Wednesday/ Cut oak tree in yard, Mell and
girls went to Murrys, finished one bobsled, 10 degrees above zero, snowed little
January
25, 1883 Thursday/ 24 degrees below zero, sunshine
and pleasant, Mell and I went to town, Groff went to mill
January
26, 1883 Friday/ Foggy, looks like snow, 6 above zero,
snowed all day, party A fi?le[could be a z or j or g same as Friday the 5th], warmer at night
January
27, 1883 Saturday/ Sunshine and pleasant, worked on
bobsled, Mell and Ralph went to town, Del went home, Rupert ?an?[this could be Gano] here, Anna and George went to
East Chain, 20 degrees above zero all day, Groff came home from mill, got some fish
January
28, 1883 Sunday/ Very pleasant day
January
29, 1883 Monday/ Went to East Chain, got feed ground,
cold south wind, snowing at bed time, got some fish
January
30, 1883 Tuesday/ Blizzard all day, took children to
school and went after them, not cold
January
31, 1883 Wednesday/ Cold and drifting,
10 degrees below zero at bed
time
February
1, 1883 Thursday/ 26 below zero in morning, Mell and
Ralph went to town, worked on bobsled, looks like snow
February
2, 1883 Friday/ Got some wood, stormed and drifted
all day
February
3, 1883 Saturday/ Cold S.E. wind, 26 below zero in
morning, played cards part of the day
February
4, 1883 Sunday/ 32 below zero in morning, Ralph, Ada
and Louisa gone to town, Ada commenced work for Colten
February
5, 1883 Monday/ 22 below zero morning, pleasant day,
getting warmer, 31 above zero at 5 oclock, finished bobsled, boys got log of wood
February
6, 1883 Tuesday/ 4 below zero in morning, 18 above
in afternoon, very pleasant, Ralph gone to C. Leets, Chauncy and gruff gone to town
February
7, 1883 Wednesday/ Mell and I went to town, Ralph got
his pay from Leet
February
8, 1883 Thursday/ Mary Tine and Mrs. Jones, Ralph went
to town; pleasant
February
9, 1883 Friday/ Ralph and Foster here, Ralph went back
with Foster; George went to Murrys with medicine; pleasant
February
10, 1883 Saturday/ Mell, Milo and I went to town, brought
home sleigh; pleasant
February
11, 1883 Sunday/ Louisa went to Murrys; Mell went to
mill; I went to Jim Burtons; pleasant
February
12, 1883 Monday/ Mell went to town; got box lumber
for box; 34 above
February
13, 1883 Tuesday/ Warm and cloudy; made sleigh box;
Mell and Louisa went to Pixley and Murry got pig weighed-90 lbs; rained almost all night; Vick had calf in night; 38 above
zero
February
14, 1883 Wednesday/ Snowing this morning; Louisa washed
February
15, 1883 Thursday/ 52 above zero, cloudy and warm;
Mell and Jimmy went to town for coal; rained all afternoon
February
16, 1883 Friday/ Blizzard this morning, 4 above zero
at sun rise, stormed all day until 3 oclock in the morning
February
17, 1883 Saturday/ Sunshine and pleasant, 10 below
zero in morning; Mell went to town; Ada came home with him
February
18, 1883 Sunday/ Pleasant day; Ralph and Della Foster
came here, stayed all day; Ada went home with them
February
19, 1883 Monday/ Cut big oak tree in front of woods;
cold N.W. wind; Rouse horse sick
February
20, 1883 Tuesday/ Cut and drawed top of tree to house;
Groff and two Jones boys here in evening
February
21, 1883 Wednesday/ Took Louisa and Milos wife to Wilkins
visiting; went to mill; Ralph here; Topsy got swelled leg; snowing like blazes
February
22, 1883 Thursday / Pleasant and warm; Mell took corn
to Jimmy M???[could be Murry], five sacks; put Topsy in big stall
February
23, 1883 Friday/ Blizzard from S.E., drifted all day,
rained part of night
February
24, 1883 Saturday/ Snowed and drifted from N.W. all
day, not cold
February
25, 1883 Sunday/ Sunshine and pleasant
February
26, 1883 Monday/ Mell and I went to town; Gream gave
me dairy; sold four bushels of wheat, 93 cents per bushel
February
27, 1883 Tuesday/ Warm and pleasant; mowed all day;
Topsy died in evening
February
28, 1883 Wednesday/ Took snow off stable; buried Topsy;
Mell and Anna gone to Murrys; sold C. Bowdry 2 bushels of wheat
March
1, 1883 Thursday/ Cloudy and warm, snowed a little
March
2, 1883 Friday/ Mell took Louisa to Murrys; brought
Anna home
March
3, 1883 Saturday/ Mell went to town; brought Ada and
Mrs. Petrie home and Petrie stayed all night
March
4, 1883 Sunday/ Mell took Ada and Petrie home; Ralph
and Dell Foster here; went home after dark
March
5, 1883 Monday/ Took Louisa to Murrys; Ralph and Claud
Turner came home; snowed a little
March
6, 1883 Tuesday/ Louisa came home from Murrys; Scot
Carlton came here; colder
March
7, 1883 Wednesday/ 10 degrees below zero in morning;
boys gone after boat with sleigh; Mrs. Murry died 8 oclock
March
8, 1883 Thursday/ Mrs. Murry buried today; Scot and
Ralph gone to town; Jim Lasby died; Jim Burton here in evening
March
9, 1883 Friday/ West wind and thawing; Mell gone to
Murrys with corn for Jimmy
March
10, 1883 Saturday/ Mell, Ralph and Louisa gone to Lasbys
funeral
March
11, 1883 Sunday/ Pleasant day and warm
March
12, 1883 Monday/ Mell and Ralph drawed wood; Pleasant
day
March
13, 1883 Tuesday/ All hands went to town meeting; Claud
went with us
March
14, 1883 Wednesday/ Mell went to East Chain and got
some flour
March
15, 1883 Thursday/ Fixed wagon wheel for Mell; Boys
sawed some wood; Mell went to Pixleys
March
16, 1883 Friday/ Made plow beam for Jim Burton; ? went
to Pixleys; children went to East Chain to expedition
March
17, 1883 Saturday/ Louisa went fishing; sawed wood
all afternoon
March
18, 1883 Sunday/ Anna and George went to Hustons for
papers; cold N.W. wind
March
19, 1883 Monday/ 4 degrees below zero in morning; sawed
wood all day; Groff cut his head with an ax
March
20, 1883 Tuesday/ Sawed wood in forenoon; Mell went
to Iowa; cut down red elm tree in afternoon; Ralph and Anna went to singing school
March
21, 1883 Wednesday/ Ralph, Milo and I cut wood all
day; cold N.W. wind
March
22, 1883 Thursday/ Ralph and I sawed wood in forenoon;
Ralph went to town in afternoon
March
23, 1883 Friday/ Worked on Milos house; Ralph got home,
warmer
March
24, 1883 Saturday/ Cloudy and warm, south wind; done
nothing; George went to Pixleys for sugar; Ralph helping Milo on house; Mell came home
March
25, 1883 Sunday/ Kate Murry here; warm, snowed in afternoon;
Mell took Kate home
March
26, 1883 Monday/ Worked on Milos house; cold as blazes;
boys sawed wood
March
27, 1883 Tuesday/ Mell and I went to town; court commenced;
Louisa and Ralph went to East Chain
March
28, 1883 Wednesday/ Mell gone to town; Ralph and I
sawed wood; Ralph went to Burnt Out Lake to dance
March
29, 1883 Thursday/ Worked on Milos house; Ralph went
to town
March
30, 1883 Friday/ Worked on Milos house
March
31, 1883 Saturday/ Sawed wood; Rubles brought girls
home
April
1, 1883 Sunday/ Rupert Ganoe here; stayed all night
April
2, 1883 Monday/ Cut wood a little while; Ralph and
Rupert went to Blue Earth; Mell and girls went to town
April
3, 1883 Tuesday/ Mell went to town; helped Milo move
into his new house
April
4, 1883 Wednesday/ Thunder and misty weather; commenced
dragging; Ralph came home
April
5, 1883 Thursday/ Ackleys folks here visiting; all
hands dragged some
April
6, 1883 Friday/ Misty, looks like rain; dance in evening;
Scot Carlton here
April
7, 1883 Saturday/ Ralph took Ada to town; she came
home to stay; Ralph gone for seeder
April
8, 1883 Sunday/ Pleasant day; nothing going on; dull
day; Ralph got home with seeder
April
9, 1883 Monday/ Commenced sowing wheat; afternoon sowed
91/2 bushels and drawed it in; rained in night
April
10, 1883 Tuesday/ Rained and snowed all day, fearful
day; white heifer had calf
April
11, 1883 Wednesday/ Billy moved home; beautiful morning;
sowed wheat in afternoon
April
12, 1883 Thursday/ Finished seeding on Jims place;
wet and raining in afternoon; Ralph gone to Fairmont
April
13, 1883 Friday/ 86 above zero; dragged in forenoon;
seeded in afternoon; Ralph gone to town to go to Minneapolis, him and Fred Jones; rained all night
April
14, 1883 Saturday/ Mell and I went to town; roads awful,
blowing; Great Guns Lake all open
April
15, 1883 Sunday/ Windy and cold; Dan Wilkins here in
morning; yearling bull came here
April
16, 1883 Monday/ Finished sowing wheat except breaking;
Bessie had calf
April
17, 1883 Tuesday/ Sowed breaking in forenoon; Mell
gone to town to clean his seed oats; looks like rain; big prairie fire; Prentice house burnt [This would be Orin Prentice-Williams
neighbor. It is remarked in a newspaper article dated 1938 that William Cross helped Orin Prentice build his log home]
April
18, 1883 Wednesday/ Commenced plowing corn stubble;
Mell gone horse trading
April
19, 1883 Thursday/ Mell gone to town; Scot came here
with sick horse; stayed all night; let Billy have 28 bushels of oats for seed
April
20, 1883 Friday/ Let Chauncy have 10 bushels of oats
for Groff; Ada and mother gone to Leets visiting; Mell gone to town, took corn plow
April
21, 1883 Saturday/ Fearful wind; Fred Style home
April
22, 1883 Sunday/ Gessy [Could this be Jessy?] Folet
and girls here; had music; Fred Style here in evening
April
23, 1883 Monday/ Mell and Ada and Kate went to Murrys;
Mell, Scot and I went to town
April
24, 1883 Tuesday/ Ruble came for Ada; John Gorman here;
white washed house; Mr. Nut came for steer
April
25, 1883 Wednesday/ Milo and I sowed oats for Mell;
28 acres; George cultivated
April
26, 1883 Thursday/ Sowed my oats; Billy helped me in
the afternoon
April
27, 1883 Friday/ Dragged my oats; took 16 bushels of
wheat to mill; let Hoffman have six bushels of ears of corn
April
28, 1883 Saturday/ Anna went to town; Hattie came home
with her
April
29, 1883 Sunday/ Ruble brought Ada home; Leets folks
here; Scot here; Fred Style here
April
30, 1883 Monday/ Jim Burton here for trees; commenced
plowing for corn
May 1,
1883 Tuesday/ Drawed manure; 10 loads, rained in afternoon
May 2,
1883 Wednesday/ Cloudy and rainy; got grist from E.C.;
Billy shut Murphys cattle up and went to town; Mell and Chauncy gone to town; cold
May 3,
1883 Thursday/ Rainy and cold in morning; justice of
the peace here and fined Murphy
May 4,
1883 Friday/ All hands went to party at Pixleys; Anna,
Milo and Luke played
May 5,
1883 Saturday/ Went to town with Chauncy; Mell, Ada
and Katie went to Ann Folets
May 6,
1883 Sunday/ Ela Matson here visiting
May 7,
1883 Monday/ George plowed all day; Mell gone over
to the lake to work
May 8,
1883 Tuesday/ Drawed manure all day; Milo helped me;
thunder and rain all night
May 9,
1883 Wednesday/ Cloudy, threatens rain; George plowing;
Scot came here; rained fearfully in afternoon
May 10,
1883 Thursday/ Milo and George drawed all day and I
made pair of whifeltrees [this is his exact spelling, I am not sure what this is]; Billy went to town
May 11,
1883 Friday/ George plowed all day; Mell came home
at night; Milo helped Billy
May 12,
1883 Saturday/ Cattle went to Lard; George finished
plowing in forenoon; Mell and I drawed manure; Louisa, Ada and Anna went to town in afternoon; Mell went to East Chain; Groff
came home with women
May 13,
1883 Sunday/ Rained and blowed fearfully all day, still
continues at bedtime; Louisa and Anna went to grave yard; George went to Nuts for corn; Italian beggar here, gave him one
dollar; Scot came here and stayed; Mell lost hind part of his wagon in outlet; Curriers cattle here again, girl came after
them
May 14,
1883 Monday/ Rained most all day; salted colts; Scot
left; played cards; John Huston here; Currier here looking for his cattle; 10 oclock cloudy and warm; moon shines little
May 15,
1883 Tuesday/ Mell and I plowed Bill Groffs corn land;
pleasant day; let Hoffman have 3 bushels ears of corn
May 16,
1883 Wednesday/ Mell took snowball and calf to town;
dragged my corn land; school teacher here; Kate Murry here
May 17,
1883 Thursday/ Rained all day; started to E.C.; stayed
all day to Billys
May 18,
1883 Friday/ Went to East Chain; got plows fixed; rained
and blowed some
May 19,
1883 Saturday/ Got 2 pigs from Style; went to town
with Billy; rained some; paid post office draft to bullia?d
May 20,
1883 Sunday/ Groff, Mill and I went to Billys part
of day; rainy
May 21,
1883 Monday/ Marked corn ground; Milo planted Groffs
corn and potatoes
May 22,
1883 Tuesday/ Planted corn all day alone; Louisa planted
sorghum; warm all day
May 23,
1883 Wednesday/ Finished planting corn; went to town
with Billy; PS
May 24,
1883 Thursday/ Cloudy and rainy; Billy marked his corn
ground; helped Billy plant in afternoon
May 25,
1883 Friday/ Scot here; planted my potatoes; George
came home; Billy finished planting corn
May 26,
1883 Saturday/ Got oats from Jim; went to town with
Billy; Billy bought pony from Marston [this could be Maston]; Jim paid me $20
May 27,
1883 Sunday/ Cold and light rain; Louisa, Ada and Anna
gone to Jim Wilsons
May 28,
1883 Monday/ Helped Billy build a fence
May 29,
1883 Tuesday/ Got Billy shod; went to mill with grist,
Mell went to Iowa; papered kitchen
May 30,
1883 Wednesday/ Went to town and paid taxes and interest;
paid Woleston $10; got my watch; got Anna pair of shoes
May 31,
1883 Thursday/ Went to mill; got grist; Louisa went
to Doyles visiting; got $1.15 for wheat balance due
June 1,
1883 Friday/ Hot and windy; took potatoes out of cellar;
painted bobsleds; dance at Pixleys
June 2,
1883 Saturday/ Mell and I went to town; rained all
day
June 3,
1883 Sunday/ All hands here; played croquet all day
June 4,
1883 Monday/ Fixed Styles granary; Mr. Carelton and
wife cane and stayed all night, Dan Wilkins and wife here
June 5,
1883 Tuesday/ Mr. and Mrs. Carelton left; painted some
June 6,
1883 Wednesday/ Louisa took Carry home to Fairmont
June 7,
1883 Thursday/ Louisa got little lamb; warm day; John
Huston here; finished painting wagon
June 8,
1883 Friday/ Rained most all day; children didnt tend
school
June 9,
1883 Saturday/ Louisa went to Hills visiting; went
to town; Groff came home with me; Whitney here; got potatoes; Ada went to Blue Earth
June 10,
1883 Sunday/ Pleasant day; Louisa and Anna went to
Pixleys; played croquet some; Ada came home from Blue Earth
June 11,
1883 Monday/ Mell went to town; Billy took posts to
East Chain; commenced cultivating corn; painted light wagon; Mell traded pony for Old Bill
June 12,
1883 Tuesday/ Finished cultivating one way; fixed cellar;
cool and windy
June 13,
1883 Wednesday/ Sowed timothy for Billy; Mrs. Ruble
and Jones here visiting; all hands went to Bowdreys in afternoon; Louisa got glass dishes from Pixleys; Lenny and Gream here
to dinner
June 14,
1883 Thursday/ Hoed potatoes in garden; Mr. Ball came
and stayed all night
June 15,
1883 Friday/ Plowed for turnips; cut weeds on wheat;
84 degrees of heat; artist took sketch of place
June 16,
1883 Saturday/ School picnic; fixed cultivator; very
hot
June 17,
1883 Sunday/ House full to dinner; warm day
June 18,
1883 Monday/ Commenced cultivating; rained little;
Ada took Milo and wife to town to go to Wisconsin
June 19,
1883 Tuesday/ George cultivated corn; I mowed and pulled
weeds
June 20,
1883 Wednesday/ Worked on road with team; rained little;
all hands went to Ackleys to party
June 21,
1883 Thursday/ George cultivated; I worked on road;
very warm
June 22,
1883 Friday/ Very hot; cultivated potatoes; hoed cane;
Mell cultivated for Groff, Billy went to East Chain
June 23,
1883 Saturday/ Went to town in afternoon; Milo came
home with me; brought ham
June 24,
1883 Sunday/ Had strawberries for dinner; Gream and
Jim here; Louisa took Gream, Milo and Ada to town; sent Ralphs fiddle to him
June 25,
1883 Monday/ Sowed rutabagas and grass seed; finished
hoeing cane; Frank Rogers and Fred here; Billy and Mell cultivated Mells corn
June 26,
1883 Tuesday/ Anna helping Margaret; ?ine Jones and
mother here visiting
June 27,
1883 Wednesday/ Went to East Chain in morning to get
cultivator fixed; cultivated rest of day; Luke Nuter and boys here in evening; had music
June 28,
1883 Thursday/ Cultivated corn; very hot, 90 degrees,
Mr. Ball went away, spliced plow beam for Billy
June 29,
1883 Friday/ Finished cultivating 3rd time;
hoed some corn
June 30,
1883 Saturday/ Billy finished breaking; Anna, Flora
and Billy went to town; let Style have 19 baskets of corn; Ada came home with Billy
July 1,
1883 Sunday/ Jed Stewart and mother, Kate Murry and
Rosprid?, Petrie and wife all here; very hot, 100 above zero
July 2,
1883 Monday/ Cultivated little; very hot, 99 above
zero; done nothing in afternoon
July 3,
1883 Tuesday/ Went to town; George got clothes; 98
above zero; Mell and Hattie came home with me, J???? Miller came; rained in night
July 4,
1883 Wednesday/ Went to East Chain, came home and went
again in evening; cool and pleasant; Anna and Milo played
July 5,
1883 Thursday/ Took Hattie and Milo to town
July 6,
1883 Friday/ [nothing written]
July 7,
1883 Saturday [nothing written]
July 8,
1883 Sunday [nothing written]
July 9,
1883 Monday/ Hoed cane; very warm, 88 above zero
July 10,
1883 Tuesday/ Finished hoeing cane; 88 above zero
July 11,
1883 Wednesday/ Commenced cultivating corn 5th
time,; very warm; rain, thunder and lightning in evening; school teacher here
July 12,
1883 Thursday/ Cultivated corn; very warm; thunder
and lightning all day; rain in evening; fixed fence in lake
July 13,
1883 Friday/ Very warm in morning; cloudy and cooler
at noon; finished cultivating corn
July 14,
1883 Saturday/ Mell and I went to town; Louisa, Anna,
and Ada went Strawberrying to Orins
July 15,
1883 Sunday/ Played croquet all day
July 16,
1883 Monday/ Billy and Louisa, Anna and George went
hunting crane
July 17,
1883 Tuesday/ Hoed some corn; very hot
July 18,
1883 Wednesday/ All hands went to Ackleys visiting
July 19,
1883 Thursday/ Billy and I went to Millers for oats,
got 26 bushels, Mell went to Winnebago for rake for mower
July 20,
1883 Friday/ Very hot, 95 above zero; done nothing;
Mell got home
July 21,
1883 Saturday/ Went to town in evening; 94 above zero;
fixed hay rake; got oil
July 22,
1883 Sunday/ Rained all day, thunder and lightning
in evening
July 23,
1883 Monday/ Rained all day
July 24,
1883 Tuesday/ Cut my Timothy hay
July 25,
1883 Wednesday/ Mell went for his machine
July 26,
1883 Thursday/ Raked my hay; went to town with Billy
in afternoon, Ada went
July 27,
1883 Friday/ Sick all day; Louisa and Anna went berrying
July 28,
1883 Saturday/ All hands went to the Sirens; Ada and
I went in evening
July 29,
1883 Sunday/ Cool and rainy; Dan Wilkens here; played
croquet; Milo came here
July 30,
1883 Monday/ Commenced cultivating wheat; Mell and
Milo helped me; Billy helped in afternoon, Mell gone to town
July 31,
1883 Tuesday/ Cut wheat, Milo, Mell, and Billy helped
all day; John Huston in afternoon; took white cow to Styles; Scot came at night
August
1, 1883 Wednesday/ Cut oats on Jims and wheat at home;
Milo worked all day; John, Scot, Billy and Mell-each one half day; little shower
August
2, 1883 Thursday/ Cut wheat all day; Milo, John, Scot,
and Mell and Billy worked all day; Mell and John went to town
August
3, 1883 Friday/ Finished cutting wheat; bound oats
on Jims; Scot and Milo worked all day; Mell and John ½ day; cut 4 times round Billys Timothy hay
August
4, 1883 Saturday/ Cut Billys Timothy hay; went to town
in afternoon; Hattie came home with us
August
5, 1883 Sunday/ Ada took Hattie home; Nelly hurt her
knee
August
6, 1883 Monday/ Worked on machine
August
7, 1883 Tuesday/ Rained all day
August
8, 1883 Wednesday/ Cloudy and wet; worked on machine
August
9, 1883 Thursday/ Commenced cutting oats; worked 2
hours; to green yet
August
10, 1883 Friday/ Bound Billys oats in afternoon; Chauncy
cut his oats on Bills
August
11, 1883 Saturday/ Cut oats ½ day; rained rest of day
August
12, 1883 Sunday/ Dan Wilkins and a lot more played
croquet
August
13, 1883 Monday/ Finished my oats in forenoon; cut
for Billy in afternoon
August
14, 1883 Tuesday/ Cut for Billy 2 hours; rained; Billy
and Milo went to town
August
15, 1883 Wednesday/ Cut oats for Billy
August
16, 1883 Thursday/ Finished cutting Billys oats 3 oclock
in afternoon; very hot; Billy went to town
August
17, 1883 Friday/ Cut Groffs road; party in evening;
Scot helped Mell
August
18, 1883 Saturday/ Put up our hay; I, Billy, and Milo
went to town
August
19, 1883 Sunday/ Mell fixed his horse po??; Dan Wilkins
here
August
20, 1883 Monday/ Stacked 10 acres of my wheat
August
21, 1883 Tuesday/ Mell commenced threshing for Bowdry;
high winds and little hail; very warm
August
22, 1883 Wednesday/ Commenced threshing at noon
August
23, 1883 Thursday/ Finished threshing at noon; 167
bushels of oats, 196 of wheat; stacked wheat afternoon
August
24, 1883 Friday/ Threshed for Wilkins all day
August
25, 1883 Saturday/ Stacked my oats
August
26, 1883 Sunday/ Billy gone to Jims; finished stacking
wheat
August
27, 1883 Monday/ Stacked oats for Billy; very hot;
Scot done the stacking
August
28, 1883 Tuesday/ Finished stacking oats and Timothy
3 o clock in afternoon
August
29, 1883 Wednesday/ Mowed load hay; Louisa went to
mill in afternoon; Ada went to Styles to work
August
30, 1883 Thursday/ Milo and I went to town; very warm;
Scot went with us
August
31, 1883 Friday/ Milo mowed and I fixed Sulkys wheel
for Scot; he went to where Mell was threshing
September
1, 1883 Saturday/ Cocked hay most all day; Dorothy
came for his wagon; Mell came home; went to school meeting
September
2, 1883 Sunday/ Ada rode to town; played Croquet all
day
September
3, 1883 Monday/ Milo mowed; Ada went to Styles
September
4, 1883 Tuesday/ Got Styles mower; Milo cut hay; went
to town in afternoon
September
5, 1883 Wednesday/ Milo mowed in forenoon; all hands
cocked hay
September
6, 1883 Thursday/ Stacked hay, 2 loads; thunder and
lightning
September
7, 1883 Friday/ Milo went to town; hard frost; cold
and gloomy
September
8, 1883 Saturday/ Stacked hay all day; frost again;
Billy helped me; then he went to town
September
9, 1883 Sunday/ All the women folk went to Whitneys;
Ella, Ida, and Anna Goldsmith here
September
10, 1883 Monday/ Stacked hay; windy as blazes; Billy
helped me
September
11, 1883 Tuesday/ Stacked hay for Billy; women folks
went to East Chain; got Billy shod
September
12, 1883 Wednesday/ Ann(?) Folet here; Louisa and Anna
went to Groffs; cocked hay; Fred Style took supper here
September
13, 1883 Thursday/ Stacked hay; women folks went to
quilting at Bowdrys
September
14, 1883 Friday/ Mell found old Bill Young; Constance
and wife here
September
15, 1883 Saturday/ Threshed for Style in forenoon;
rained in afternoon
September
16, 1883 Sunday/ Women folks went (??)lem?ing; Anna
and her mother went to church
September
17, 1883 Monday/ Threshed for Style in forenoon; girls
went to halls visiting; George went to Jackson with Old Bill
September
18, 1883 Tuesday/ Sick all day; done nothing
September
19, 1883 Wednesday/ Milo gone to Pixlys; I mowed 2
hours; Ella and Ida here visiting; girls came home from Halls; Anna and I got in 2 loads of hay; Henry and Anna Goldsmith
here in evening
September
20, 1883 Thursday/ Done nothing; rained and blowed
all day; George got home from Jackson-got me new pipe
September
21, 1883 Friday/ Done nothing; rained most all day;
Ada took Ella and Ada home; dance at Pixlys
September
22, 1883 Saturday/ Stripped Sorghum and drawed one
load; went to town with 6 bushels of wheat
September
23, 1883 Sunday/ Rained most all day; Billy went to
Millers
September
24, 1883 Monday/ Drew cane all day; Lola and Lill came
here visiting; George went to Pixlys with Groff
September
25, 1883 Tuesday/ Moved Milo to town; first day of
fair
September
26, 1883 Wednesday/ Louisa and I went to the fair;
run Billy
September
27, 1883 Thursday/ Went to Bowdrys sale; stayed all
day
September
28, 1883 Friday/ Sawed some wood; Louisa went to East
Chain to mill; very cold; Scot and women folk went to dance at Pixlys
September
29, 1883 Saturday/ Billy and I went to town
September
30, 1883 Sunday/ [nothing written]
October
1, 1883 Monday/ [nothing written]
October
2, 1883 Tuesday/ [nothing written]
October
3, 1883 Wednesday/ [nothing written]
October
4, 1883 Thursday/ [nothing written]
October
5, 1883 Friday/ [nothing written]
October
6, 1883 Saturday/ [nothing written]
October
7, 1883 Sunday/ [nothing written]
October
8, 1883 Monday/ Went to Pixleys to work on school house
October
9, 1883 Tuesday/ Worked on school house
October
10, 1883 Wednesday/ Worked on school house
October
11, 1883 Thursday/ Worked on school house
October
12, 1883 Friday/ Went to town to races; run little
Billy; got 3(?) money
October
13, 1883 Saturday/ Went to town to meet Lucus More
October
14, 1883 Sunday/ Cold and windy
October
15, 1883 Monday/Went to town to work; Lucus and Louisa
went with us
October
16, 1883 Tuesday/ Worked on Tanners barn
October
17, 1883 Wednesday/ Rained all day; came home with
Chauncy
October
18, 1883 Thursday/ Went to town, Lucus More and Mell
went with me
October
19, 1883 Friday/ Worked on Tanners barn
October
20, 1883 Saturday/ Worked on Tanners barn
October
21, 1883 Sunday/ Snowed all day
October
22, 1883 Monday/ Went to town to work; done nothing
October
23, 1883 Tuesday/ Worked on Harlows barn
October
24, 1883 Wednesday/ Worked on harlows barn; started
home; heard boys broke down; went back
October
25, 1883 Thursday/ Worked on Harlows barn
October
26, 1883 Friday/ Worked on Harlows barn
October
27, 1883 Saturday/ Races busted; came home with Mell;
Hattie came with George Jones
October
28, 1883 Sunday/ Went to Sagers(?) ; fixed fanning
mill
October
29, 1883 Monday/ Scot helped Mitchell thresh; Boy(?)
threshed for Sager; helped start the machine
October
30, 1883 Tuesday/ Commenced threshing for Billy; broke
down, got another horse power
October
31, 1883 Wednesday/ Thrashed for Billy Hay
November
1, 1883 Thursday/ Thrashed my oats; 402 bushels-and
part of wheat
November
2, 1883 Friday/ Finished my wheat-197 bushels; commenced
for Chauncy
November
3, 1883 Saturday/ Finished threshing for Chauncy
November
4, 1883 Sunday/ Threshers here part of day; played
croquet
November
5, 1883 Monday/ Threshed for Mr. Teater(?); boys gone
to Curreys
November
6, 1883 Tuesday/ Went to town to election; home late
November
7, 1883 Wednesday/ Scot cut oak tree; sawed part of
it; made ax handle; Louisa gone to Murrys to stay all night
November
8, 1883 Thursday/ Worked on road for groff
November
9, 1883 Friday/ Cut and drew wood all day; Gream came
with livery team, stayed all night [this date was circled]
November
10, 1883 Saturday/ Went to town with Gream, came home
with Chauncy; got lb yard
November
11, 1883 Sunday/ Cold and windy; Frank McN????y and
2 men from Blue earth here and took dinner
November
12, 1883 Monday/ Everything froze solid; drew load
of corn and wood for Groff; banked house; George gone to Murrys
November
13, 1883 Tuesday/ Cold and windy; went to town with
Billy; came home late; very cold and windy; heard Cora Gano was dead; Hattie came down on foot; got letter from Ralph; Currier
brought home boys; left $18.20 for Mell
November
14, 1883 Wednesday/ Cold and windy; finished banking
house; Scot came back; wrote letter to Ralph; Wilkins left $12.51 for Mell; no thaw yet, froze solid
November
15, 1883 Thursday/ Wind gone down, getting warmer;
Scot went to mill, Mell came home; took 6 bushels to mill
November
16, 1883 Friday/ Went to town with 20 bushels of wheat,
sold for 60 cents per bushel; got lumber for cow barn; went to Luke Nutters to Oyster party
November
17, 1883 Saturday/ Split post for barn; picked 2 loads
of corn; went to town with Billy in evening; got Anna pair of shoes
November
18, 1883 Sunday/ Chauncy and Bill Groff here; played
croquet; getting quite warm
November
19, 1883 Monday/ Worked on cow barn; children commenced
school; Hattie went to town with Dan, came back again; Billy went to town, got lumber and coal; raining at bed time
November
20, 1883 Tuesday/ Finished cow barn; Billy and Louisa
went over to the Dutchmans; Style had three sheep killed by wolves; warm
November
21, 1883 Wednesday/ Covered both barns; Hattie and
Ada gone to Murrys, Louisa took them over; Henry Style here to supper; Billy and Sherly here in evening, had pop corn; warm
November
22, 1883 Thursday/ Husked corn all day; Fred and John
husked all day; cloudy and cold at night; all hands husked 51 rows
November
23, 1883 Friday/ Husked corn in ofrenoon; went to town
to dance at ?Ocidental?
November
24, 1883 Saturday/ Done nothing
November
25, 1883 Sunday/ John Huston here
November
26, 1883 Monday/ Went to town with Mell, got pair of
mittens for Billy; very cold wind; down to zero in morning
November
27, 1883 Tuesday/ Husked corn all alone; Style husked;
Groff finished husking
November
28, 1883 Wednesday/ Drawed in 2 loads of corn; helped
Groff butcher
November
29, 1883 Thursday/ Finished husking corn; Ada, Anna
and Billy went to Pixlys to Thanksgiving party; sold Dutchman 12 hens and rooster
November
30, 1883 Friday/ Cleaned 14 bushels of wheat
December
1, 1883 Saturday/ Went to town with wheat, got 62 cents;
paid John Huston 5 dollars; Ralph came home with me
December
2, 1883 Sunday/ Hattie here; Milo and wife down to
Dans visiting
December
3, 1883 Monday/ Got 2 loads of wood; killed hog; like
summer
December
4, 1883 Tuesday/ Folks all went to town; fixed stable
manger; house full in evening; warm as summer day; Billy fixed his house
December
5, 1883 Wednesday/ Fixed stove pipe; Ralph and Mell
went to town; Ralph stayed all night; Billy got barrel of salt; warm and pleasant; Ralph and Mell came home at midnight; Scot
went away and stayed all night
December
6, 1883 Thursday/ Cold rain from S.E., mist and rain
all day; Billy, Ralph and the girls gone to town to club dance
December
7, 1883 Friday/ Cold, storming, and blustery all day;
Ralph and Mell went to Lukes to party; wind N.W.
December
8, 1883 Saturday/ Billy and I went to East Chain; snowed
few minutes; Billy broke buggy wheel
December
9, 1883 Sunday/ Played Pea Knuckle at Billys; Hattie
and Kate Murry here
December
10, 1883 Monday/ Mell and Scot and Ralph went to town,
stayed until 2 oclock; got new ax made, ax helve got file; warm as spring
December
11, 1883 Tuesday/ Cut up big oak log; helped Billy
butcher; very warm
December
12, 1883 Wednesday/ Feeling bad all day; Scot and Mell
gone to Iowa; Ralph rode Billy to town; Anna and her mother went to Lyein???; Billy went to town, got gallon of oil
December
13, 1883 Thursday/ Fixed Billys buggy tongue; cold
day; Mell came back from Iowa
December
14, 1883 Friday/ Got load of ice; got lumber from Billys;
Ralph went to town on Billys pony; quite cold
December
15, 1883 Saturday/ Cold wind; Frank Davis here in afternoon;
folks went to singing school; Dan got Ralphs skates; snowed all night; drifted little; Billy got 5 lb nails for me
December
16, 1883 Sunday/ Cold day; Lenny and Jim Burton here,
stayed all night
December
17, 1883 Monday/ Cold and blustering all day; pulled
old stable down; fixed hen house; clear and cold in evening
December
18, 1883 Tuesday/ 11 degrees below zero in morning;
Ralph and Mell took 2 loads of hay to town, got home 9 oclock
December
19, 1883 Wednesday/ 19 degrees below zero at sunrise,
clear and still; Chauncy and Bill got Jims cow; cleaned grist for Winnebago mill; put biting bridle on Tempest
December
20, 1883 Thursday/ 4 degrees below zero in morning,
warm and pleasant in afternoon; Groff killed cow, 111 lbs, got ¼; Ralph went to town, stayed till 5 oclock in morning; Mell
went to mill to the river with 20 bushels of wheat
December
21, 1883 Friday/ Beautiful morning, 18 above zero;
Chauncy and I played cards little while; Louisa visiting at Groffs
December
22, 1883 Saturday/ 10 degrees below zero in morning;
went to town with Chauncy snowed all afternoon; windy and cold; Mell got home with grist; snowed all night
December
23, 1883 Sunday/ Snowed little in morning, cleared
up, 20 above zero in morning; all hands went to Murrys; good sleighing
December
24, 1883 Monday/ All hands went to Pixlys to Christmas
tree in evening
December
25, 1883 Tuesday/ Had Christmas dinner here; Groffs
folks and Fred Style here; all hands went to Pixlys to party; Anna played to harp
December
26, 1883 Wednesday/ All hands very sleepy; done nothing;
stormed little
December
27, 1883 Thursday/ Mell went to town, got load of coal
for Groff
December
28, 1883 Friday/ Ralph and Mell took load of hay to
town; Claude Turner came home with the boys; Carrie and Fred here to dinner
December
29, 1883 Saturday/ George went to town with Style,
Ralph went in evening, got home 2 oclock
December
30, 1883 Sunday/ Ralph and Claude went to Halls, Bob
hall here; stormy
December
31, 1883 Monday/ Ralph went to town with 6 bags of
wheat, got 70 cents per bushel; snowed little all day, cold
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