January 1, 1886 Friday/ Pleasant day, Ralph, Anna, Flora, and Milo gone to Lon Nutters to party to play
January 2, 1886 Saturday/ 24 above zero, quite cold north wind, Ralph and Billy went to town, snowing little
January 3, 1886 Sunday/ 16 above, snowed and drifted all day, bed time and still snowing, not cold, the first snow of the winter that amounts
to anything
January 4, 1886 Monday/ 8 above zero, snowed and drifted all day, cleared up just before night, Fred Jones here in evening, snowed almost
steady since Saturday night
January 5, 1886 Tuesday/ Zero, beautiful day, sunshine all day, shoveled snow some, no teams today
January 6, 1886 Wednesday/ 4 above, sunshine and pleasant, Ralph and Billy gone to town, Dan Wilkins here breaking roads all finished up
January 7, 1886 Thursday/ 2 below, frost blizzard all day, coldest day of the season, roads all drifted full
January 8, 1886 Friday/ 18 below, frost and drifting, blizzard all day, still and stormy at bedtime, Chancy here and played 66, very cold
January 9, 1886 Saturday/ 24 below, drifting badly, very cold north west wind, Ralph and Billy went to town, came home and Ralph stayed, Flora
Groff here tonight, got 50 lbs of flour
January 10, 1886 Sunday/ 25 below, cold and blustery all day, Ralph and Ferd (is this supposed to be Fred?) came home this evening
January 11, 1886 Monday/ 18 below, drifting and cold, boys got bal watter (I have no clue what that
is) Louisa came home from Huntley
January 12, 1886 Tuesday/ Zero, beautiful day, Ralph and George went to town and took 12 bushels of wheat, got 67 cents, fired well curb,
Lesty Teeter here
January 13, 1886 Wednesday/ 2 below, pleasant day, killed herffer, Ralph and Billy gone to town, 18 above zero at bed time, wind south
January 14, 1886 Thursday/ 18 above zero, south wind, warm and thawing, boys sawed wood, Chancy and Bill here in evening, played 66
January 15, 1886 Friday/ 18 above, snowed all last night and a little all day, about 4 inches, not cold, young folks gone to Teeters to a
party, got some wood today
January 16, 1886 Saturday/ 2 above in morning, blustering and drifting, Ralph went to town, cut up beef, zero at bedtime, clear moonlight
January 17, 1886 Sunday/ 10 below, snowed little all day long, dull day, quite warm tonight, Rudolph staying with George, Billy gone to town
and not back at bedtime
January 18, 1886 Monday/ Cold blustery day, cut wood, snowed some
January 19, 1886 Tuesday/ 14 below, cold blustery day, boys cut wood, went to Groffs in evening, played 66
January 20, 1886 Wednesday/ 10 below, drifted some, boys went to town, took 5 sacks of wheat got 150 lbs of flour
January 21, 1886 Thursday/ 9 below, cloudy but pleasant, hard south wind, drifting bad this afternoon, after dark wind changed north west,
quite a blizzard, got load of ice, Ralph over to Styles
January 22, 1886 Friday/ 20 below, stormed all last night and today until almost sundown, cleared off but cold, 20 below zero at dark
January 23, 1886 Saturday/ 14 below, cold south wind, boys went to town, Mrs. Groff here visiting, spit snow all day
January 24, 1886 Sunday/ zero, drifted all forenoon, cleared up and quite pleasant, wrote to Ada tonight
January 25, 1886 Monday/ 18 above, pleasant and warm, Groff got load of wood from Billy, boys cleaned Billys house for party, Anna gone to
Chancys to stay tonight
January 26, 1886 Tuesday/ zero, snowed little but warm, boys went to town, Groff here in evening, played 66
January 27, 1886 Wednesday/ 2 above, clear and pleasant, cloudy in afternoon, cleaned Billys house, Truman Hall here
January 28, 1886 Thursday/ 20 above, sunshine and pleasant in forenoon, cloudy and drifting all afternoon, Ralph went to town with load of
corn, Milo and Frank Johnson came home with him
January 29, 1886 Friday/ 2 below, sunshine and pleasant in forenoon, cloudy but warming in afternoon, had oyster supper and party at Billys,
Billy went to town
January 30, 1886 Saturday/ 20 above, cloudy and pleasant, Ralph and Anna
and Cora Nichols (this is the first mention of my grandmother Cora!!) went to town, pleasant evening. (I now wonder
if Ralph met her at Billys party)
January 31, 1886 Sunday/ zero, snowed very little in morning, cleared up and pleasant all day, Ralph, Fred and Anna went to Burnt Out Lake
to tune harp for Nut
February 1, 1886 Monday/ 4 above zero, pleasant in morning, cold and blustering in afternoon, Ralph, Billy and Louisa went to town and took
two loads of corn, 14 below zero at bedtime
February 2, 1886 Tuesday/ 24 below zero, cold all day, done nothing, Chauncy, Groff and Albert here, played 66
February 3, 1886 Wednesday/ 16 below zero, cloudy and cold, warmer in afternoon
February 4, 1886 Thursday/ 26 below zero, wind changed to south and cold, Ralph, Anna and Billy went to town with two loads of oats for Billy,
Mrs. Lawson here visiting
February 5, 1886 Friday/ 2 above zero, finest day we have had in a month, Tine and the old lady here visiting, 18 above zero at bedtime,
Anna gone to Halls to stay all night
February 6, 1886 Saturday/ 32 above zero, splendid day, 46 above zero at noon, snow settled fast, Ralph went to town and got a load of ice
February 7, 1886 Sunday/ 32 above zero, pleasant day, snow going fast, Ralph went tonight to fix Harp, Truman here tonight, 36 above zero
at bedtime
February 8, 1886 Monday/ 26 above zero, sunshine and pleasant, paid Ben Adams $5.00
February 9, 1886 Tuesday/ 24 above zero, boys got some wood, warm and foggy
February 10, 1886 Wednesday/ 6 above zero, went to town to district court, stayed all night with Milo, got new axe, Ralph came home
February 11, 1886 Thursday/ 10 above zero, sunshine and pleasant, court adjourned until next Tuesday, came home with Fred, Style heard Hattie
was married
February 12, 1886 Friday/ Pleasant day, boys got some wood up, sawed in afternoon, 34 above zero all day, played 66 in evening, Ralph went
to party at Keelers
February 13, 1886 Saturday/ 32 above zero, wind south, cloudy and thawing, 40 above zero at noon, Ralph, Anna and Flora gone to town, Billy
and I cut some wood
February 14, 1886 Sunday/ 12 above zero, cold but pleasant, Ralph gone all day, got buller from Mitchells
February 15, 1886 Monday/ Clear and cold, John Huston sawed wood for Groff, air full of frost
February 16, 1886 Tuesday/ 14 below zero, sunshine but cold, Louisa gone to Halls visiting, boys sawed wood, getting warmer tonight, hardly
freezing
February 17, 1886 Wednesday/ Warm and pleasant, went to town to court
February 18, 1886 Thursday/ 36 above zero, warm and pleasant, Louisa went to Imogene fishing, she didnt get any, Ralph went to town, snowed
little this afternoon, blowing hard from the west
February 19, 1886 Friday/ 4 above zero, cold north west , party at Joness
February 20, 1886 Saturday/ 4 above zero, cold south wind, Ralph gone to town, rained little this evening, wind west
February 21, 1886 Sunday/ 18 above zero, north west wind, quite cold all day, George Hall and John here, Ralph and Anna went to Fletcher Hills
this evening
February 22, 1886 Monday/ Ralph and Anna gone to town to play for Trumans ball, sold 25 bushels of wheat to Mitchell
February 23, 1886 Tuesday/ 14 above zero, quite cold, 40 above zero at noon, Ralph got home at 7 oclock, Anna got home just before night, south
wind blowing hard, got letter from Ada
February 24, 1886 Wednesday/ 36 above zero, thawed all day, 50 above zero at noon, Ralph brought Nora here, Louisa went to Ackleys visiting,
wind north west and cold at night, blowing hard
February 25, 1886 Thursday/ 14 above zero, north west wind blowing fearfully, Ralph gone to town to get horses shod, Henry Style, Rupert and
all the other boys here tonight
February 26, 1886 Friday/ 4 above, cold south wind, young folks gone to Hills to party, let Groff have ½ bushels of potatoes
February 27, 1886 Saturday/ 26 above zero, cloudy and windy, snowed almost all day, Billy went to town with a load of oats, very stormy day,
Ralph got $1.15 worth of butter at Mitchells
February 28, 1886 Sunday/ 14 above zero, cloudy and drifting, disagreeable day, snowed little, Fred, Rupert and Truman here in evening
March 1, 1886 Monday/ 16 above zero, cloudy and spitting snow, Ralph went to town, got 100 lbs of flour, Rupert here tonight, Schultz
got sack of corn and one of oats
March 2, 1886 Tuesday/ 4 above zero, sunshine and pleasant, Ralph and Chauncy went to Leets to funeral, Fletcher Hill here
March 3, 1886 Wednesday/ 14 above zero, sunshine and pleasant, Billy gone to town with oats, Truman here playing tonight, Carlos Hall here
today, getting warmer tonight
March 4, 1886 Thursday/ 26 above zero, warm and cloudy, Mrs. Ackley here, let Carlos Hall have 61/2 bushels of wheat, snowed little
March 5, 1886 Friday/ Cloudy and warm, last day of school
March 6, 1886 Saturday/ 10 above zero, sunshine and warm, Ralph and Anna gone to town, George gone to East Chain, Louisa got pair of shoes
and rubbers
March 7, 1886 Sunday/ Warm and pleasant, frost blizzard in afternoon, Mr. Schultz and wife here in evening, west wind
March 8, 1886 Monday/ clear and pleasant, cold west wind, boys sawed some wood, Ralph and Anna gone to Hines to play to party, Chauncy
here in evening, played 66
March 9, 1886 Tuesday/ Clear and cold, wind north west, Billy and I went to town meeting, Ralph and Anna went to Clays to play to party
March 10, 1886 Wednesday/ 4 above zero, clear and cold with south wind
March 11, 1886 Thursday/ Warm and thawing, Ralph and Billy went to town, Jim Burton came and stayed all day
March 12, 1886 Friday/ Got hog from Teeter and killed it, Jim and Billy gone to wells, snow storm, party ay Joness
March 13, 1886 Saturday/ 16 above zero, spit snow all day, Cora Nichols here, her and Louisa went to Charless with team, Lola Hall here,
Jones boys here in evening
March 14, 1886 Sunday/ 24 above zero, clear and pleasant in forenoon, spit snow in afternoon
March 15, 1886 Monday/ 24 above zero, sunshine and pleasant, Billy and Jim home from Wells then went to town, Ralph cut elm tree, 50 above
zero at noon
March 16, 1886 Tuesday/ 26 above zero, sunshine and pleasant, 50 above zero at noon, Ralph and Rudolph cut wood in forenoon, Ben Adams here
to dinner, Ralph brought Mike Miller home with him
March 17, 1886 Wednesday/ 38 above zero, warm and thawing, Mike and Herm here, George Hall and Albert here, Jim Burton came and took Milo
home with him
March 18, 1886 Thursday/ Ralph took Mike to town, warm and thawing, snow most gone, looks like rain
March 19, 1886 Friday/ Cloudy all day and thawing, young folks all gone to town to party, Jim here went back to town, Rudolph and George
drawed straw for Schultz commenced doctoring Billys leg
March 20, 1886 Saturday/ Sleet and rain last night, young folks got home at daylight, snowed all day, not cold
March 21, 1886 Sunday/ Sunshine and pleasant, snow most gone, Truman and John here
March 22, 1886 Monday/ Snow pretty much gone, worked on Jims house, Herm and Ralph hunted all day, Herm gone to Hills
March 23, 1886 Tuesday/ Cold south wind, worked on Jims house, young folks went to party at Nichols
March 24, 1886 Wednesday/ North west wind, warm and thawing, Groff and I made window and door frames for Jims house, Jim took his cattle home,
Billy went to town and got 100 lbs of flour and salt
March 25, 1886 Thursday/ Cold north west wind, Groff and I finished Jims house, Mitchell got 25 bushels of seed wheat, boys sawed wood, Mrs.
Day is dead
March 26, 1886 Friday/ Cold and cloudy, went to town with Chauncy, paid personal tax $4.02, party at Groffs in evening, 3 inches of snow
before midnight
March 27, 1886 Saturday/ Cold east wind, didnt thaw much, Ralph and Billy went to town, family moved on Lawsons place yesterday
March 28, 1886 Sunday/ Snowed and drifted all day, all blocked up with drifts, bad storm, not cold, 24 above zero
March 29, 1886 Monday/ Sunshine and pleasant, Billy and George went to town and got drag
March 30, 1886 Tuesday/ George went to town to go to Dakota, Teeters folks here in evening
March 31, 1886 Wednesday/ Warm and pleasant, sawed wood all day, Milo here with livery team
April 1, 1886 Thursday/ Cold and blustering, boys cut wood, John brought butter worker here, Flora and Amy here in evening
April 2, 1886 Friday/ Cold north wind, sawed wood all day, Charlie, John and George Hall here, Chauncy got his cattle home, bought map
from Charlie
April 3, 1886 Saturday/ Sawed wood in forenoon, Billy went to town to stay all night
April 4, 1886 Sunday/Warm and pleasant, Fred Blanchard and wife and Mrs. Martin here, Fred and Whirland here to dinner
April 5, 1886 Monday/ Warm and pleasant, Ralph caught lot of fish, fixed drag, got letter from Ada and George, Billy not home yet
April 6, 1886 Tuesday/ Warmest day yet, Ralph and Anna gone to Halls to party, Billy got home tonight, William Viesellman here today, Billys
colt sick
April 7, 1886 Wednesday/ Louisa went to town, Lena Schultz got home from Wisconsin, very warm
April 8, 1886 Thursday/ Snow all gone, looks like rain, boys sowing wheat on Schultzs place, Louisa went to see sick child at Obermyers
(In the first writing he wrote the sick child of the Germans)
April 9, 1886 Friday/ Dragged my wheat land, Lola and Flora here, very warm, looks like rain
April 10, 1886 Saturday/ Looks like rain, sowed 4 acres of oats for Billy, boys went to town, Cora came here horseback and stayed all night,
quite, Chauncy commenced on Billy
April 11, 1886 Sunday/ Warm and cloudy, Milo and Hattie here, Billy gone to town, Flora Groff started for Dakota, Anna went to town with
her
April 12, 1886 Monday/ Foggy and damp in morning, sowed my wheat, boys went to Lawsons to work
April 13, 1886 Tuesday/ Cloudy, threatens rain, boys plowed on Lawsons in forenoon, rained all afternoon, blowing hard from south east,
lake is almost open, hard thunderstorm, first one of the season, Spotty had calf last night, thunder lightning and rain at
bedtime
April 14, 1886 Wednesday/ Warm and cloudy, showers, boys plowed all day, fearful wind rain and hail with thunder and lightning in afternoon,
lake all clear of ice
April 15, 1886 Thursday/Warm and pleasant, boys finished plowing on Lawsons and went fishing tonight
April 16, 1886 Friday/ Boys dragged part of day on Lawsons, cleaned seed wheat
April 17, 1886 Saturday/ Dragged at Lawsons, Ralph went to town in afternoon, got 50 lobs of flour, Anna and Hattie went with them, Louisa
got lots of fish at Imogene, drawed manure
April 18, 1886 Sunday/ Warm and pleasant, Milo and Jed (may be Zed) here, went fishing
April 19, 1886 Monday/ Very warm, boys sowed wheat on Lawsons, dragged my cornstalks down, Ralph gone fishing, looks like rain
April 20, 1886 Tuesday/ Very warm and muggy, raked and burnt my cornstalks, dragged Billys oat ground, Louisa and Hattie cleaned school
house
April 21, 1886 Wednesday/ Billy cultivated my oat ground, Ralph sowed Billys oats, very warm
April 22, 1886 Thursday/ Sowed my oats, hard south wind, showery in afternoon, Anna and Hattie went to Halls visiting, George Nichols and
herd boy here to supper
April 23, 1886 Friday/ Boys finished seeding, cool and windy, plowed garden, fixed Groffs fence
April 24, 1886 Saturday/ Billy went to town and got plows sharpened, Milo came and stayed all night, cloudy and cool, finished seeding
April 25, 1886 Sunday/ Cloudy and cold, house full all day
April 26, 1886 Monday/ plowed road up, drawed some wood
April 27, 1886 Tuesday/ finished drawing wood and cut two oak trees for Billy
April 28, 1886 Wednesday/ sowed oats on road, Louisa gone to town, rained all day, Louisa not home yet, 9 oclock
April 29, 1886 Thursday/ Ralph went to town with some wheat, Louisa came home
April 30, 1886 Friday/ fixed buggy, Ralph plowed Groffs corn land
May 1, 1886 Saturday/ Got all the potatoes fixed and taken care of, Ralph went to town
May 2, 1886 Sunday/ Pleasant day, lots of folks here, took cattle to herd
May 3, 1886 Monday/ drawed manure all day, very warm, Rudolph road pony to town
May 4, 1886 Tuesday/ drawed manure part of day, commenced plowing for corn
May 5, 1886 Wednesday/ let Charlie have 10 sacks of corn, boys plowed all day, looks like
rain, planted Groffs corn
May 6, 1886 Thursday/ finished plowing corn ground and dragged it, Rudolph plowed for Billy in afternoon, cut wood and cleared door yard
May 7, 1886 Friday/ fixed smoke house and finished cutting wood, boys plowed all day, thunder shower at 4 oclock, young folks gone to
Pixleys to party, Louisa and Hattie went to East Chain
May 8, 1886 Saturday/ thunder and rain all day, regular delunge, Billy went to town in afternoon and got flour
May 9, 1886 Sunday/ raining and gloomy all day, cleared off at night
May 10, 1886 Monday/ sawed and split posts for Billy, Ralph went to East Chain, got feed ground
May 11, 1886 Tuesday/ finished Billys corn ground plowing, Anna went to town, boys dragged corn ground
May 12, 1886 Wednesday/ Billy marked corn ground, Ralph and Rudolph cultivated and dragged flax ground, Rupert Ganoe here
May 13, 1886 Thursday/ Billy sowed his flax, Ralph went to town, got ceiling for kitchen
May 14, 1886 Friday/ finished ceiling kitchen, planted my corn and part of Billys, Bert commenced breaking for Schultz, papered kitchen,
assessor here
May 15, 1886 Saturday/ cool and pleasant, finished planting Billys corn, went to town, cold as blazes, Groff came home with me
May 16, 1886 Sunday/ light frost, beautiful day, Herman Foss here, Mrs. Obermin and Mr. Schultz here, house full all day
May 17, 1886 Monday/ Cool and pleasant, made screen door, boys plowed the orchard, thunder all afternoon, looks like rain
May 18, 1886 Tuesday/ boys planted some potatoes, made screen door, Harry Tinker here
May 19, 1886 Wednesday/ finished planting potatoes, Louisa went to town and got hangings for screen doors, Billy went to Winnebago to mill
and took 21 ½ bushels of wheat, very warm, got home 3 oclock
May 20, 1886 Thursday/ hung screen doors, Billy planted his potatoes, very warm, paid Teeter $10 for hog
May 21, 1886 Friday/ very warm, dragged my cornfield up
May 22, 1886 Saturday/ very warm, went to town with Ralph, Whitney here while I was gone, fixed Tomy
May 23, 1886 Sunday/ warm and pleasant, lots of folks here, played croquet, looks like rain
May 24, 1886 Monday/ windy and cool, Ralph commenced breaking for Billy, commenced fixing Billys pasture fence, got letter from Ada,
coming home next week
May 25, 1886 Tuesday/ built part of fence, lent my cultivator to Chauncy, looks like rain, Katie Hammond here
May 26, 1886 Wednesday/ finished fence, boys gone to town, Kate gone to Mitchells, rained little last night
May 27, 1886 Thursday/ Billy cultivated Groffs corn and commenced on mine, made gate for Billy, Kate here tonight
May 28, 1886 Friday/ finished Billys breaking, finished cultivating my corn and commenced Billys, Kate gone to Chauncys
May 29, 1886 Saturday/ plowed road and sowed turnips, Ralph went to mill with feed, turned colts to pasture, Billy went to town
May 30, 1886 Sunday/ Ralph and Billy gone to Jims this morning, lots of folks here today
May 31, 1886 Monday/ went to town with wheat, paid taxes, Ralph commenced breaking for Jim
June 1, 1886 Tuesday/ cloudy all day, looks like rain, fixed fence in lake
June 2, 1886 Wednesday/ worked on road in forenoon, Billy worked all day with team, fixed light wagon
June 3, 1886 Thursday/ Billy worked on road all day, got bad finger, got letter from George
June 4, 1886 Friday/ Billy sowed flax, all the folks went to party at Charley Boudryes
June 5, 1886 Saturday/ Louisa went to town, herm Foss and friend here all day, Greame came and stayed all night
June 6, 1886 Sunday/ Herm Foss and friend, Greame and Petre and wife and lots of folks here all day
June 7, 1886 Monday/ Wagner brought his colt to Billys, jim here, Billy cultivated Groffs corn and commenced on mine, Hattie came here,
Eye Dr. here
June 8, 1886 Tuesday/ Ralph finished breaking for Jim, Billy went to town with pony, nice little shower of rain
June 9, 1886 Wednesday/ Ralph went to town for Ada, she came home, marked out land for breaking, went to town with load of Hay for Greame,
Billy finished cultivating my corn
June 10, 1886 Thursday/ commenced breaking for me, billy commenced on his corn, went to East Chain got plow sharpened
June 11, 1886 Friday/ Ralph broke all day, very warm
June 12, 1886 Saturday/ Ralph went to East Chain, Mr. Manter and son came and stayed all night
June 13, 1886 Sunday/ Manter went home, Milo and wife here little while, very warm
June 14, 1886 Monday/ Ralph broke in forenoon, 100 degrees above zero at noon, Billy went to town, rained little tonight, made beehive,
heavy gale of wind
June 15, 1886 Tuesday/ Boys took white cow to Styles and went to East Chain, Nellie choked with oats
June 16, 1886 Wednesday/ drew manure for Billy in forenoon, Ralph broke all day, dirt storm at night
June 17, 1886 Thursday/ Cool and windy, Ralph breaking, fixed pasture fence
June 18, 1886 Friday/ Boys took feed to mill, finished my breaking, took spotted cow off, bees swarmed, Ann Follet and her mother here,
party at Chauncys
June 19, 1886 Saturday/ raining little this morning, wind south and cool
June 20, 1886 Sunday/ Jo Jones and Mrs. Whitney here
June 21, 1886 Monday/ cultivated mine and Groffs corn, made beehive, looks like rain
June 22, 1886 Tuesday/ boys mowed weeds on Lawsons, girls went to town, Milo and Frank Freeman here, boys went to East Chain
June 23, 1886 Wednesday/ planted beans, Ralph and Anna gone to Elm Creek to play to party, Lola and Lill here and stayed all night
June 24, 1886 Thursday/ Billy cultivated my corn, set my wagon tire, Ralph and Anna got home afternoon
June 25, 1886 Friday/ Billy finished my corn and went to town, mowed down bushes, looks like rain, John Rich came and got my sod cutter
June 26, 1886 Saturday/ Louisa and Anna went tot town, boys went to East Chain, Whitney came and stayed all night
June 27, 1886 Sunday/ Milo and folks here, Whitney went home this morning, looks like rain
June 28, 1886 Monday/ cloudy, looks like rain, broke some for Billy, mowed orchard and road, Billy commenced cultivating his corn
June 29, 1886 Tuesday/ Ralph broke fire break for Billy, Billy finished cultivating his corn
June 30, 1886 Wednesday/ Ralph gone to town with load of wheat, Billy commenced my corn, Millard and Hanks came and stayed all night
July 1, 1886 Thursday/ very warm, Millard and Hanks went home this afternoon, finished my breaking, fixed Billys potatoes, very hot
July 2, 1886 Friday/ Ralph went to East Chain with feed, Old Mage got stuck in lake
July 3, 1886 Saturday/ Ralph and Anna gone to town, looks like rain
July 4, 1886 Sunday/ Young Hanks came and stayed all night, Ralph went to town for Buggy
July 5, 1886 Monday/ All hands went to town, hot and dusty, came home early, young folks gone to Pixleys to dance
July 6, 1886 Tuesday/ Billy and Louisa went to Luke Nutters after cranes, very hot
July 7, 1886 Wednesday/ Billy and I went to town in afternoon, got dairy, looks like rain
July 8, 1886 Thursday/ looks like rain, Ralph commenced mowing this morning, Ruble folks all here little while, looks like rain, thunder
and looks black
July 9, 1886 Friday/ Raked and cocked hay, drew 4 loads in, looks like rain all day, thunder and lightning and wind last night but no
rain
July 10, 1886 Saturday/ still and very warm, drew 4 loads of hay, Ralph went to East Chain, Billy went to town for the doctor for Lena Schultz,
found Tomy with stub in his foot
July 11, 1886 Sunday/ Cloudy and hot, Jed Stewart and almost everyone else here today, Lena Schultz better, all cleared up but no signs
of rain yet tonight
July 12, 1886 Monday/ went to town and got 50 lbs of twine, very hot, commenced cutting my wheat in afternoon, brought Tomy colt home
to doctor his foot, he has a very bad foot
July 13, 1886 Tuesday/ hot in forenoon, pleasant and cool in afternoon, finished my wheat cutting, colts ran away and got caught on wire
fence
July 14, 1886 Wednesday/ put tongue in buggy, mowed raked and cocked lot of hay, cool and pleasant looks like rain tonight, Tomys foot is
very bad yet, cocked hay until 9 oclock at night, mosquitoes awful
July 15, 1886 Thursday/ drew 6 loads of hay and cocked some, Billy cut Schultzs wheat, very hot, looked like rain in morning
July 16, 1886 Friday/ Billy cut 4 acres of oats, Ralph, Anna and Ada gone to Iowa Lake to party, got one load of hay, Chauncy commenced
cutting Groffs wheat
July 17, 1886 Saturday/ cloudy and cool, stacked my wheat, John helped, young folks got home early in the morning, Billy gone to town and
broke buggy tongue, women folks all gone to Schultzs to supper, Ralph in bed
July 18, 1886 Sunday/ cloudy and cool, Nichols folks here visiting, sprinkled rain tonight, looks as though we might have rain, Tomys
foot little better
July 19, 1886 Monday/ cloudy and cool, commenced my oats with binder, quit and took the mower, Billy cut on his oats and I set up, Lesty
Teeter, Maud Ganoe and Fred here in evening
July 20, 1886 Tuesday/ very hot, finished cutting Billys oats and went 4 times around Schultzs oats, Ralph mowed oats all day, Lola and
Aunt Mary here little while
July 21, 1886 Wednesday/ Finished Schultzs oats and commenced on Lawsons wheat, Ralph finished cutting my oats, Ralph and Billy went to town
for new buter(?), brought my buggy tongue home, very hot, no signs of rain
July 22, 1886 Thursday/cut on Lawsons wheat all day, very hot, helped set up, Louisa and Mrs. Groff went to town
July 23, 1886 Friday/ finished Lawsons wheat, cutting and commenced stacking Schultzs wheat, Billy cut his Timothy, John helped stack,
very hot looks like rain
July 24, 1886 Saturday/ sprinkled rain this morning, all cleared up, wind blowing quite hard, stacking Schultzs oats, very hot, put up one
stack of oats for Billy, looks like rain, wind thunder and lightning, no rain
July 25, 1886 Sunday/ thunder but no rain, cloudy and hot, Jed Stewart here this morning, Ralph gone with colts, very warm
July 26, 1886 Monday/ sick this morning, got Schultz to work in my place, finished stacking all the bound oats and Timothy, very hot
July 27, 1886 Tuesday/ boys gone to stack Lawsons wheat, windy, Potters colt badly cut on Chauncys wire fence, commenced raking loose oats
this morning, very warm
July 28, 1886 Wednesday/ raked and stacked part of my oats, wind blew so hard had to quit, Ralph Anna and Hattie gone to town, tried hard
to rain but failed, very warm
July 29, 1886 Thursday/ boys finished stacking my oats, I went to Jims and put up frame for granary, Billy gone to town to stay so he says,
very warm
July 30, 1886 Friday/ Ralph went to town to see Billy, very still and warm, looks like rain, lot of the Wolostans people in the woods
today having a picnic
July 31, 1886 Saturday/ Billy came and stayed, Ralph and Anna went to East Chain, very warm, looks very much like rain, think we will get
some, rained a few minutes but not enough to do much good
August 1, 1886 Sunday/ Cool and pleasant, went up to the creek to see the place for the dam, Billy got Sulky plow from Jim, Fred Style
here, Greame at Groffs
August 2, 1886 Monday/ Set reaper up for Billy to cut his flax, very warm, Ralph went to town, tried Sulky plow, looks like rain
August 3, 1886 Tuesday/ cloudy and hot, threatens rain, Kate Hammond came here and Carrie Blanchard, had party at Billys house, had good
time
August 4, 1886 Wednesday/ cool and pleasant, Ralph and Billy gone to town, Kate Hammond gone to Doyles, Groff gone to La Cross
August 5, 1886 Thursday/ cut little hay and racked it, young folks went to Rubles in evening, Stacy girls came home with them, Ada and Kate
stayed all night at Chauncys, pleasant day and warm
August 6, 1886 Friday/ cool and windy, boys drawing some hay for Groff, Kate and Louisa gone to Mr. Murrys with old team, Stacy girls here,
all the young folks gone to town to party, Brooks house burnt
August 7, 1886 Saturday/ very warm, Ralph went to East Chain, Louisa took Kate to Mitchells, Mitchell had 20 tons of hay burnt, boys finished
Groffs stack, looks like rain
August 8, 1886 Sunday/ very warm with a strong south wind, house full all day, Ralph took Stacy girls home to East Chain, Ada and Anna
went with them. Fire still running east of here, looks like rain
August 9, 1886 Monday/ cloudy and looks like rain, Ralph commenced plowing on Schultzs land, Billy mowing, Stacy girls passed here on their
way home, wind fresh from the south, Ralph gone to town to get plow sharpened, sprinkled rain little all cleared tonight
August 10, 1886 Tuesday/ very warm, went to town with Billy, got all of the plows sharpened, Ralph and Anna gone to Huntly to play to party,
cocked some hay
August 11, 1886 Wednesday/ very hot, plowed little, to hot and dry, done nothing in afternoon, looks like rain
August 12, 1886 Thursday/ still and hot, mowed in forenoon, cocked in afternoon, made door in stable, drew manure away from stable, Ruble
brought Hattie home
August 13, 1886 Friday/ nice little rain this morning, Ralph gone to Blue Earth, looks like more rain, Paul Seeler here this morning, (
this next part I am writing exactly as it isit is very confusing to me) Had Alied war Bosh I have got sick of it, it has got
to stop (this part was written with a very hard hand)
August 14, 1886 Saturday/ stacked 5 loads of hay, girls gone to town with old team, Billy gone horseback, looks like rain, Ralph got home
from Blue Earth, brought Billys buggy, girls stayed to town to the rink
August 15, 1886 Sunday/ very warm, Ralph Billy and Fred Jones gone hunting, women folks all gone to Halls visiting, here all alone all day
but little while Jim Burton was here, thunder and lightning looks like rain at bedtime, storm commenced at 10 oclock and lasted
until 11, rain thunder and lightning and terrific wind, almost a cyclone, tore the grain stacks to pieces and blew down any
amount of timber
August 16, 1886 Monday/ cloudy and threatens rain, fixed some of the stacks and fence, boys gone hunting this evening, looks as though it
might clear up, girls visiting at Groffs, got Jims stack cover
August 17, 1886 Tuesday/ cool and pleasant, Ralph went to town in forenoon, finished fixing stacks, Kate Hall and Flacy(?) here visiting,
Tine and Mary and Flora here too
August 18, 1886 Wednesday/ beautiful day, cut and put up hay all day, Mr. Schultz started for Milwaukee this evening
August 19, 1886 Thursday/ pleasant but windy, stacked hay part of day, Ralph went to town in evening with prairie chickens, got home at midnight
August 20, 1886 Friday/ cut and put up hay, very hot, 100 above zero part of day, Ben Adams here to see about threshing, looks little like
rain, 82 above zero at bedtime
August 21, 1886 Saturday/ windy and hot, drew 5 loads of hay, boys went to town, thunder and lightning but no rain yet, at bedtime nice and
cool
August 22, 1886 Sunday/ pleasant day, rather warm, Jed Stewart here, Truman and Lola and John here all day
August 23, 1886 Monday/ very hot, 100 above zero, made evener, Ralph threshed for Mitchell, Billy went to town for lumber and shingles,
bedtime and awful hot
August 24, 1886 Tuesday/ still and hot, 100 above zero at noon, commenced plowing a little, very dry, nice breeze from the south tonight
August 25, 1886 Wednesday/ sharp wind from the south and very warm, threshing for Teeter today, Louisa and Hattie gone to town, Hattie going
to Dakota, Louisa stays all night to see her off, Rudolph took them up
August 26, 1886 Thursday/ hot and dry yet, Milo and his folks here, brought Louisa home, Jed Stewart here to supper, threshing for Chauncy
today, boys gone to town, plowed little
August
27, 1886 Friday/ still in very hot, threshing on Groff's place this
forenoon, clouding up some, threshed my wheat, one hundred thirteen bushels, commenced on Billy oats, caught in the rain,
rained hard for about an hour, two stacks open, Foss and his friend from Winnebago, all hands gone to town to party
August
28, 1886 Saturday/cool, misty and rainy all day, Mr. Peters from Minneapolis
came home with Ralph, Herm and boy here tonight, gloomy day
August
29, 1886 Sunday/ Ralph and Mr. Peters went to Tenhassen, Herm and
boy stayed til four o'clock then went home
August 30, 1886 Monday/cool and windy, finished mine, Billy and Lawson's threshing, I had one hundred ninety-three bushels of oats, Ralph gone to town with Mr. Peters
August 31, 1886 Tuesday/finished
threshing for Schultz and went to Hills, cold day and still, hung stable door, Frank Freeman and Nora Logue stopped here for a little while, cold enough to freeze tonight, burnt my straw and fixed my hay stacks
September 1, 1886 Wednesday/cloudy
and cold, girls went to town, Ralph and Billy went to town with a load of wheat, Ralph gone to Blue Earth, bed time and raining
September 2, 1886 Thursday/cloudy
and showery all day, plowed part of the day, Billy moved to his place today, Ralph and Billy gone to town, raining tonight
and warmer
September 3, 1886 Friday/cool and
windy, plowed all day with two teams, Ralph and Anna gone to Keeler's to play to party, Billy gone to town, looks like rain,
thunder and lightning in the distance
September 4, 1886 Saturday/windy
and very warm, cloudy in forenoon, Ralph went to East Chain, Mrs. William Mitchell here visiting this afternoon, warm and
still tonight, Billy took load of wheat to town for Schultz
September 5, 1886 Sunday/cool and
pleasant, Milo here a few minutes, Louisa and Ada went to East Chain, brought Topsy's colt home
September 6, 1886 Monday/windy and
very warm, plowed all day with two teams, got letter from Hattie, Anna went to town with Lena, commenced raining at dark,
nine o'clock and raining yet
September 7, 1886 Tuesday/rained
all last night, plowed in forenoon, showery all afternoon, folks all gone hunting, Chauncy here in afternoon
September 8, 1886 Wednesday/cloudy
and cool, plowed this forenoon, finished my fall plowing, feel little sick, young folks all gone to Nichols' to Cora's birthday
party, rained little in the night
September 9, 1886 Thursday/cloudy
and cool, feeling bad, done nothing all day, Truman Hall here after strawberry plants, smart shower tonight, looked as though
it might be a hard storm but skipped us
September
10, 1886 Friday/cool and pleasant, took reaper to pieces, threshers came to Style's this afternoon, Louisa
of visiting at Hills, Anna gone to stay with Florida tonight, quit smoking is this afternoon
September 11, 1886 Saturday/cold
and windy, Ralph and Anna went to town, finished threshing at Style's, looks like rain all day, nasty disagreeable cold day,
wind West
September 12, 1886 Sunday/cool and
pleasant, Ralph and Anna gone to Nichol's visiting, John here a little while, very dull day, Ada in Louisa went to Chauncy's
tonight
September 13, 1886 Monday/cloudy
and cool, sick this afternoon, Milo and Hemphill here and played long while this afternoon
September 14, 1886 Tuesday/cloudy
with strong South wind, Ralph hunted all day, got letter from George and Mel
September 15, 1886 Wednesday/ rained
like blazes this morning, think it will spoil the race, young folks gone to town for the rink ball, thunder, lightning and
rain this evening, little hail, bad looking night
September 16, 1886 Thursday/cool
and pleasant, done nothing today, Mary and Tine here this afternoon, Deacon Dog quite sick, got him chained up
September 17, 1886 Friday/rainy
and misty all day, Ada came home with Chauncy, Mary and Louisa visiting at Schultz's, Flenner threshed today, cleaned door
yard up, Chauncy got some nails for me
September 18, 1886 Saturday/rained
most of all night and all day steady without a break, Ralph and Billy went to town
September 19, 1886 Sunday/cloudy
but pleasant, George Nichols and his girl here, John and George Hall here, John got my saddle
September 20, 1886 Monday/warm unpleasant,
worked on Bert's house for Groff, Anna and Ralph gone to town to play to party, Milo here haying little
September 21, 1886 Tuesday/cool
and pleasant, worked on Bert's house, George came home last night with Anna and Ralph
September 22, 1886 Wednesday/cloudy
and misty all forenoon, very hot in afternoon, worked on Bert's house, put on cornishe and shingled it, Ada went to Jackson
with Herm Miller
September 23, 1886 Thursday/clearer
and sunshine, worked on Bert's house, very warm
September 24, 1886 Friday/very windy
and hot, worked on Bert's house until four o'clock, they came after Groff about ten o'clock, little Vera very sick, not expected
to live, Ralph Anna and Milo gone to play to party at Miller's, Louisa stayed at Groff's tonight, George and I all alone,
wind still blowing hard
September
25, 1886 Saturday/cloudy
and spitting rain, little Vera Groff died this morning at two o'clock, Luke Nutter and wife here this afternoon, Mrs. Schultz
and Lena here this evening
September
26, 1886 Sunday/ cloudy and warm, went to funeral of
Vera Groff, Greame and Henry Style here, Henry staid all night, heavy thunderstorm after dark
September
27, 1886 Monday/ cold and windy, worked on Berts house,
finished all except one hours worth, Milo came down
September
28, 1886 Tuesday/ light frost in places this morning,
quite cool, Mrs. Lowe here visiting today, Schultzs folks started for Milwaukee this afternoon, John Huston here tonight,
threatens frost tonight
September
29, 1886 Wednesday/ strong S.W. wind and pleasant,
helped Groff kill his hogs, got 104 lbs of pork from Groff, Teeter and Chauncy took Bills wheat to town, Groff paid me $10,
Cora Nichols here today, Milo gone to town with load for Groff
September
30, 1886 Thursday/ cold and windy, helped mow Groffs,
folks gone to town and Milo down, Lant Bankson came here today, Seth Older brought him, froze, ice very cold
October
1, 1886 Friday/ cloudy and cold, froze hard last night,
ice this morning, boys drew hay for Milo
October
2, 1886 Saturday/ cool but sunshine and pleasant this
morning, had nice little party tonight
October
3, 1886 Sunday/ sunshine and warm and very smoky, Fred
here to supper, he is going to leave tomorrow for Milwaukee, Lant lost his pocket book, got cattle from herd
October
4, 1886 Monday/ warm and pleasant, lent $20 to Lant
to take him home, Fred Style left for Milwaukee tonight
October
5, 1886 Tuesday/ warm and pleasant, Milo went to town
to get plow sharpened and medicine for Billys colt, gave him dose, better already
October
6, 1886 Wednesday/ very warm, finished digging my potatoes,
fixed fence in lake, Louisa went to Obermyers and Lawsons visiting, Mrs. Jones here
October
7, 1886 Thursday/ warm and pleasant, commenced husking
corn, mighty poor stuff, Louisa visiting at Mitchells, got letter from Ada and Lants wife
October
8, 1886 Friday/ warm and muggy, husked two loads of
corn, tried to rain and failed, went over to the lake this morning, got some of my bags
October
9, 1886 Saturday/ went to town with Milo, Flora Groff
came home with us, Cora Nichols stayed here tonight
October
10, 1886 Sunday/ warm and pleasant, Groff got load
of hay and his cow to town today, Louisa took Anna and Flora to town, ran Leets boy here tonight, put knobs on drawers
October
11, 1886 Monday/ very warm, shower of rain last night,
looks like rain, went to town with Milo, got wagon tire set, Dr. came to see Milos baby, Louisa set up last night with it
October
12, 1886 Tuesday/ warm and pleasant, husked corn all
day, George Teeter helped, Milo went to town, Anna came home with him, fruit man here tonight
October
13, 1886 Wednesday/ very warm and pleasant, husked
corn all day, Louisa papered Ralphs house, Seelers sale today
October
14, 1886 Thursday/ husked corn all day, fearful wind
and cold
October
15, 1886 Friday/ cold but pleasant, husked and finished
my corn at noon, Louisa went to Mitchells in afternoon, went to Chauncys in evening, turned cattle into stalks
October
16, 1886 Saturday/ cold south wind, went to town with
Milo
October
17, 1886 Sunday/ cold but pleasant, boys went hunting,
Frank Jones and his mother here today
October
18, 1886 Monday/ cold and windy, worked on road, built
bridge on Obermyers, heavy south wind
October
19, 1886 Tuesday/ wind blew fearful, done nothing all
day
October
20, 1886 Wednesday/ went to town with Milo and got
apple trees, cold as blazes, George husking corn for Chauncy, Fenner moved across the lake
October 21, 1886 Thursday/ cold and windy, fixed buggy
wheel and set tire, boys finished husking corn, went to Ackleys this morning, Jed Stewart here tonight
October
22, 1886 Friday/ Louisa went to see Mrs. Huston, folks
gone to town to play for party, windy and cold
October
23, 1886 Saturday/ pleasant day, went to town with
Chauncy, got home after dark
October
24, 1886 Sunday/ very dull day, Anna gone with Flora
to where she is to keep school, cold wind
October
25, 1886 Saturday/ cold and windy, struck out some
lands to plough, got seed corn from Chauncy, one of Chauncys cows got in the well in the marsh
October
26, 1886 Tuesday/ beautiful day, got Teeters Sulky
plow, party at Billys tonight, heard Fred Style was married, Jim Burton here, Milo went to East Chain today after coal
October
27, 1886 Wednesday/ very nice day, Louisa went to town,
got Sulky plow sharpened, Ralph paid me $3 on hog
October
28, 1886 Thursday/ plowed all day, pleasant weather,
Ralph and Anna gone to town to play to party, Frank Blanchard came here to stay a few days
October
29, 1886 Friday/ pleasant day, plowed little, young
folks gone to play to party at Hiness, got late start, Old Mrs. Teeter sick
October
30, 1886 Saturday/ pleasant day, got horse from James,
plowed all day, Anna and Louisa went to Joness this evening to see Mrs. Teeter, she is no better
October
31, 1886 Sunday/ pleasant but windy, Mr. Wing and wife
here visiting today, took Frank home with them, family reunion at Milos today
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