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January
1 1881 Saturday/Warm and pleasant
January
2, 1881 Sunday/Stormy Blizzard
January
3, 1881 Monday/Clear and pleasant
January
4, 1881 Tuesday/Clear and pleasant
January
5, 1881 Wednesday/Warm and snowing; struck water
January
6, 1881 Thursday/Frost blizzard
January
7, 1881 Friday/Clear and cold
January
10, 1881 Monday/ Very cold a light flurry of snow all
day
January
11, 1881 Tuesday/ Wind south, very cold, frxxx(?) plants
in cellar
January
12, 1881 Wednesday/ Cold in the morning, pleasant afternoon,
light flurry of snow at night
January
13, 1881 Thursday/ Pleasant but cold; Styles [*This
may be F.M. Stile listed in the 1880 Fairmont Census] and Ralph [*This is Williams son] gone to Blue Earth with wheat
January
14, 1881 Friday/ Warm and pleasant; folks went to Imogene
fishing; Rupert Jano and Jimmy Caston are here tonight.
January
15, 1881 Saturday/ Snow storm, light blizzard; watered
the cattle at Billys [Is this William Hay-future husband of Williams daughter Anna-in the 1880 Fairmont census he is living
with William?] pump
January
16, 1881 Sunday/ Cold south wind, drifted in the evening
fearfully, snowed a little, getting warmer about 9 oclock at night
January
17, 1881 Monday / North west wind warm and pleasant
January
18 Tuesday/ South wind warm and pleasant; killed hog;
Gream Burton came from Mains, stayed all night; played cards in the evening.
January
19, 1881 Wednesday/ South wind warm and pleasant; Bill
Hodgeman [*He is listed in the 1880 Fairmont census as William Hodgeman with wife Ella and 1 year old son named William] got
load of wood; cut down oak tree behind granary; Ada gone to Fairmont with Stile(?)
January
20, 1881 Thursday/ Went
to Fairmont with Will and Gream; wind south warm, slight thaw
January
21, 1881 Friday/ South wind warm and pleasant; played
pea knuckle at Bill Groffs[*This was a neighbor of Williams in the 1880 Fairmont census] in evening; wind N.W.; came home
10 oclock
January
22, 1881 Saturday/ Wind N.W., snowing slightly but
warm, snowed all day, keeps warm
January
23, 1881 Sunday/ East wind warm; women gone to Mitchels;
Mrs. Hoffman dying
January
24, 1881 Monday/ Warm and cloudy; filed saw for bxxx(?);
Hattie gone to Fairmont to work; Mrs Hoffman alive yet; Louisa went East Chain
for groceries; Gream stayed at Fairmont
January
25, 1881 Tuesday/ Cloudy and cold; Main brought home
farming mill; paid Stile two dollars; made hand sled; getting colder; Mrs. Martin came here
January
26, 1881 Wednesday/ West wind, frost, blizzard
January
27, 1881 Thursday/ Wind N.W., pleasant; went to town
with Billy; got thermometer got 11/2 bushels of apples, 7 onions
January
28, 1881 Friday/ Wind S.E., cloudy and warm, snowstorm
in afternoon; Ralph and Rupert came home; Katie Murry stopping here
January
29, 1881 Saturday/ Wind S.E., warm and cloudy; Ralph
and Rupert Katie and Anna gone to P.O(?); thawing this evening; looks like rain
January
30, 1881 Monday/ Cool and pleasant; boys got load of
ice; women, Katie and Anna gone over to Stiles; all alone; bad headache and sore throat; Mrs. Hoffman died
January
31, 1881 Tuesday/ Wind S.E., storming, light snow afternoon,
snowing like blazes 10D. above zero; sick all night
February
1 Tuesday/ Pleasant but cool; D. Sheriff [ William
Bird 1880 census] came with subpoena; had to go to court in the Cole case [Scharlott Cole age 23 servant 1880 census]; Hattie
came home with us
February
2, 1881 Wednesday/ Great storm begins, wind S.E, drifting
fearfully, not cold, drifted and blowed all day, still at it 9 oclock, getting ready for bed
February
3, 1881 Thursday/ Wind S.E, warm and cloudy, everything
drifted up with snow, 13 above zero, drifted all night
February
4, 1881 Friday/ Wind S.E, drifting and snowing fearfully,
the worst storm I ever saw from that quarter, 8 oclock at night, still storming, everything covered up
February
5, 1881 Saturday/ Storm still continues even worse,
everything covered up, 20 above zero (10 oclock), stormed all day up to 10 oclock, warm
February
6, 1881 Sunday/ Warm and pleasant but cloudy till noon,
commenced snowing and blowing like fury, 10 at night blowing and drifting as bad as ever
February
7, 1881 Monday/ Wind S.E, cloudy and warm, 35 above
zero
February
8, 1881 Tuesday/ Wind S.E, sunshine and thawing
February
9, 1881 Wednesday/ Wind S.E, warm and pleasant; Main,
Gream and Wickham came here and stopped a while; fixed chair
February
10, 1881 Thursday/ Wind S. E, warm and cloudy; Wickham
brought a keg of whiskey on his back from Main
February
11, 1881 Friday/ Wind N.W, cloudy threatens to snow;
Gream and Wickham came and stayed till 4 oclock
February
12, 1881 Saturday/ Wind N.W, frost, blizzard all day,
12 above zero all day; played cards part of day
February
13, 1881 Sunday/ Sunshine warm and pleasant
February
14, 1881 Monday/ Cold but pleasant;
boys drawed wood with ponies; snowed in evening; Ada came home from Olders [*This is the Older family-Francis Older is the
father with children Seth-age 22 and Nettie-age 12 in the 1880 census there were other children as well]
February
15, 1881 Tuesday/ Still snowing lightly,
getting warmer; Rupert, Louisa and Billy gone to town with ponies
February
16, 1881 Wednesday/ Clear and cold, 20 below zero at
daylight; Louisa gone to Maetin(?), stayed all night
February
17, 1881 Thursday/ Wind S.W and cloudy; going to town;
got well buckets and rope; got home early; snowed a little
February
18, 1881 Friday/ Cold in the morning; went to bxwxdry(?)
to get my order; filled Billys barn with hay
February
19, 1881 Saturday/ Wind south, cold but pleasant; Herman
Miller was here in the evening and played cards
February
20, 1881 Sunday/ Clear and pleasant;
Ralph gone to Blue Earth with Rupert
February
21, 1881 Monday/ Sunshine and pleasant 32 above zero all day, thawed a little
February
22, 1881 Tuesday/ Cloudy but warm afternoon, Drifting
and snowing, getting colder
February
23, 1881 Wednesday/ 20 below zero at daylight, sunshine
and pleasant; Louisa gone to Murrys visiting, stayed all might
February
24, 1881 Thursday/ Wind S., Sunshine and pleasant
February
25, 1881 Friday/ Pleasant but cold; Gream came here
in the evening and stayed
February
26, 1881 Saturday/ Warm and pleasant, thawed all day,
blowing in the evening; played cards at Groffs; Louisa came home
February
27, 1881 Sunday/ Clear and cold; stayed at home all
day
February
28, 1881 Monday/ 14 below zero at sunrise, clear and
pleasant, thawing slightly
March
1, 1881 Tuesday/ Cold S.E. wind; Bill Groff cleaned
a load of wheat
March
2, 1881 Wednesday/ Wind N.E. cloudy, snowed part of
the day, 4 oclock stopped snowing, 14 above zero; cut down big oak back of granary
March
3, 1881 Thursday/ Warm and cloudy, snowed a little
and drifted all day; Ada gone to Murrys; Herman and Marion here all day
March
4, 1881 Friday/ Frost blizzard; reading all day
March
5, 1881 Saturday/ Warm and pleasant; Herman and Bill
Chaney and Gream played cards all afternoon
March
6, 1881 Sunday/ Warm and pleasant; all the people on
this street here; Provis(?) stayed all night; Charley stayed with Stiles
March
7, 1881 Monday/ Warm and thawing; Gream and Louisa
went to town; Stiles sheep killed by wolves; sold load of corn; Billy gone to Winnebago
March
8, 1881 Tuesday/ Warm and pleasant; went to town with
Chancey; Louisa came home with us; calf ran away; Gream stayed in town-Town meeting
March
9, 1881 Wednesday/ Warm and thawing; dug round apple
tree; Bill Hodgman cut wood; Ralph and Charley found calf; Charley went home and Provis(?) came
March
10, 1881 Thursday/ Cloudy but warm; bought 2 b. potatoes
from Chauncy [Chancy Jones age 40 in 1880 census]; women gone to Stiles; Hodgemans afterward; last day of school; storm of
snow; fearful blizzard, all drifted up
March
11, 1881 Friday/ Fearful snow blizzard
lasted all day and all night; not cold
March
12, 1881 Saturday/ Drifted and snowed all day; bed
time warm but snowing yet; Provis here yet
March
13, 1881 Sunday/ Sunshine and pleasant;
Provis, Stiles and James here to supper; Provis started home got stuck and came back
March
14, 1881 Monday/ Provis gone home; cloudy and frosty;
10 below zero in morning commenced snowing at 8 oclock; snowing and blizzard at bed time; sharp lightning in the evening
March
15, 1881 Tuesday/ Cloudy and warm, thawed a little,
snowed in the night, 36 above zero part of the day
March
16, 1881 Wednesday/
Cloudy and warm, threatened snow; got corn dug out and in granary
March
17, 1881 Thursday/ Cloudy and cool; went to town with
Billy, Gream came home with us
March
18, 1881 Friday/ Cloudy and cool; husked corn; Ralph
and Charley went to East Chain; Ralph went to town with Billy, got Georges boots
March
19, 1881 Saturday/ Cloudy and cold; sold Billy load
of corn; played cards at night; went to bed at 12 oclock
March
20, 1881 Sunday/ Sunshine and warm; Provis, Charley,
Stile and James here to supper; got some flow(?) from Chauncy
March
21, 1881 Monday/ Cloudy and warm; Billy and Gram gone
to town; Gream stayed the night; Billy paid me 5 dollars
March
22, 1881 Tuesday/ Sunshine and warm; Bill and Chancy
got to town; Bill took three sacks of wheat; went on wolf hunt, got nothing
March
23, 1881 Wednesday/ Warm and pleasant; filled Billys
barn; got 7 bushels of potatoes from Stile
March
24, 1881 Thursday/ Went to town, bought meat and Ralphs
boots; Gream came home with us; warm and thawing
March
25, 1881 Friday/ Cloudy and cold; Ralph went to town
with Style; Style and James here to supper
March
26, 1881 Saturday/ Clear and cold; Gream took dinner
with Groff; Louisa sick all day and all night; dug out apple trees
March
27, 1881 Sunday/ South wind and thawing; Louisa still
sick; Sherm Whitney here to supper; James too
March
28, 1881 Monday/ Warm and cloudy, 44 above zero; fenced
hay stack; brought hog home from Billys
March
29, 1881 Tuesday/ Cool but pleasant; Gream, Billy and
I went to town, Gream stayed to go to Winnebago; Anna got her shoes; cold N.W. wind
March
30, 1881 Wednesday/ Cool and pleasant, didnt thaw much;
hay press got here this afternoon; Kate Murry came here and stayed
March
31, 1881 Thursday/ Cold and stormy, frost, blizzard,
13 above zero, getting colder at night; John went to Groffs to supper
April
1, 1881 Friday/ Morning 5 oclock 10 below zero; commenced
pressing hay, finished; warmer tonight
April
2, 1881 Saturday/ Hay pressers left this morning; cloudy
and warm; Ada and Katie gone to town with Chancy, Gream came home with them
April
3, 1881 Sunday/ Cloudy and warm, slight snow; Mell
Carelton and the folks gone to Murrys; Provis and Charley came and stayed the evening
April
4, 1881 Monday/ Clear and cold, stayed dry; Provis
brought Ralph from town; got Buffalo fish; played pea knuckle in evening; 4 above zero
April
5, 1881 Tuesday/ Went to town with Stile, saw 3 wolves;
hay presser came and stayed all night; 11 above zero at bed time; Ralph gone home with Stile
April
6, 1881 Wednesday/ Hay pressers gone to Tenhassen;
Mell came this afternoon and stayed all night; Ralph, Ada and Hattie gone to party at Fairmont
April
7, 1881 Thursday/ Warm and thawing; Styles and the
folks went to Imaogene fishing; Mell went to Tenhassen; Mitchell was over; sold Bill Groff tree; snowed in afternoon
April
8, 1881 Friday/ Warm and cloudy, warmest day we have
had this spring; Billys colt died
April
9, 1881 Saturday/ Sick as blazes; Billy and Hattie
went to town; Gream went to Mains and came back; sick yet
April
10, 1881 Sunday/ Cloudy and warm, snowed part of the
day; got a sheep of Stiles; Bill Hill took supper; stayed in evening; Style and James here; Hattie went to Martins(?) in morning,
came back
April
11, 1881 Monday/ Snowing like blazes; Style traded
pony for plough; John Tanner here after girl; Groff here in the evening
April
12, 1881 Tuesday/ Cold and wintery, 20 above zero in
morning; Style traded for plough; Style and James here to supper
April
13, 1881 Wednesday/ Clear and pleasant; cut big basswood
tree; Style and Ada went to town; wind changing around to the south
April
14, 1881 Thursday/ Wind south, cold but pleasant; Jim
Burton got home, he and Harry Searl took dinner here; Mell Carelton got here to supper and stayed all night
April
15, 1881 Friday/ Pleasant and sunshine; went to town
with Billy and Gream; Jim came home with us; bought 20 lbs. Pork; Anna went to town and stayed; got home half past 4
April
16, 1881 Saturday/ Warmest day of the season; Gream,
Billy and Jim took supper with Groff; George Jones and William Hill took supper here; sawed wood this afternoon; thawing yet,
bedtime
April
17, 1881 Sunday/ Warm and thawing; dog fight-Chunk
and Rover
April
18, 1881 Monday/ Very warm; sawed and split wood all
day; Marion Jones worked for me today; went to see waterfront; Ralph cut his finger; Gream sawed all day
April
19, 1881 Tuesday/ Cut oak tree and sawed wood; Ralph
gone to Jackson with Mell
April
20, 1881 Wednesday/ Cut wood all day- Gream, Marion
and I; Wallace and Caston got here and stayed all night; Anna came home from Fairmont
April
21, 1881 Thursday/ Cut wood until noon; Caston and
Wallace went home; shot at 2 geese with Jims rifle
April
22, 1881 Friday/ Foggy and warm; Jim and Billy gone
to town and stayed all night; Mill and Ralph got home from Jackson; Louisa and Ada went to see about P.O.
April
23, 1881 Saturday/ Mells horse sick; Gream and Billy
gone to town; Gream stayed; horse no better; 75 above zero; snow mostly gone; Billys gun went off-Busted Bureau
April
24, 1881 Sunday/ Very warm, 80 above zero; lent Style
10 baskets of corn; Hattie and July(Julie?) gone to town; got P.O.; thunder and rain
April
25, 1881 Monday/ Cool and cloudy; Billy and Jim went
to Styles after his things; Gream and the two Warner boys were here to supper
April
26, 1881 Tuesday/ Commenced dragging; Jim gone to town
with Chancy; Provis and Charley were here to dinner
April
27, 1881 Wednesday/ Commenced sowing wheat, sowed 8
bushels by hand; Mr. Nut came to see Mells horse; Groff commenced sowing
April
28, 1881 Thursday/ Sowing wheat; broke leader; sold
30 bushels of wheat to John Spencer and 10 to Chauncy Jones for 90 cts(?) per bushel; got Billys boat out; Groff finished
sowing
April
29, 1881 Friday/ Finished sowing wheat 10 oclock; got
Billys team to drag; finished dragging; husked corn for Billy
April
30, 1881 Saturday/ Went to town with Billy, Groff and
Mell; rained a little; John Huston stayed all night
May 1,
1881 Sunday/ Drawed in three loads of corn for Billy;
rained in forenoon some
May 2,
1881 Monday/ Planted potatoes; Bessy came in; dragged
corn stalks in afternoon; Gream got some clothes; Louisa went to town with Mell
May 3,
1881 Tuesday/ Helped Billy husk corn; burnt corn stalks;
Gream and the two Warners were here to supper; Nelly had colt; Jim went to town; Groff sowed patch wheat
May 4,
1881 Wednesday/ Wind south; cold, looks like rain;
Louisa went to the mill with Billy, Groff and John; Provis got fanning mill, brought it home
May 5,
1881 Thursday/ Sowed wheat for Billy; Louisa got bag
of potatoes from Style; let Billy have 16 bushels seed wheat
May 6,
1881 Friday/ Took calves away from cows; Jim went to
town, came home with Mell; Gream and Warner were here to see Murphys horse
May 7,
1881 Saturday/ Went to town, rained all the way home;
Hattie came home with Mell
May 8,
1881 Sunday/ Gream and the Warners were here, bought
Mells horse; Style got some seed corn
May 9,
1881 Monday/ Dragged corn stalks with Topsy; light
rain; cleaned seed oats; Jim went to town with Mell
May 10,
1881 Tuesday/ Plowed garden spot; sold 8 bushels of
oats to Groff; sowed 4 bushels of oats; thunderstorm
May 11,
1881 Wednesday/ Sowed oats, Mell and Ralph cultivated
them in; Big thunder storm; Mell and girls went to Murrys, came home at bed time; Topsy had a colt
May 12,
1881 Thursday/ Killed hog; went to town with Mell and
Groff; bought lb salt; Groff took load of wheat, 78 cts per bushel; got Billys clover seed
May 13,
1881 Friday/ Cut hog up; rained; Mell gone home; John
Castion came here; children caught lots of fish; sowed timothy seed
May 14,
1881 Saturday/ Dragged oats with Jims team; took banking
from house; Ada went to town with Chancy; Groff and John went to East Chain
May 15,
1881 Sunday/ Marvin Davis was here, Louisa and Ada
went to Mains with him; Billy and Jim went to Lennys; Mell and Katie Murry came from Huntly
May 16,
1881 Monday/ Sent yearlings to herd; plowed all day;
Mell plowed for Groff in forenoon; went to town with wheat in afternoon; Caston left in morning
May 17,
1881 Tuesday/ Finished sowing oats; cleaned house;
Billy finished plowing for oats; Mell went to town
May 18,
1881 Wednesday/ Plowed all day; repaired wire fence;
got postal card from Mike Miller; drizzly rain all day; Mell marked Groff corn land
May 19,
1881 Thursday/ Plowed all day; used Mells team in afternoon;
Lenny Burton and wife here; let Billy have 21 bushels seed oats
May 20,
1881 Friday/ Ralph finished corn land; went to town
with Mell
May 21,
1881 Saturday/ Marked corn land; planted some; Mitchell
here; Mary Gordin here; Mell and Groff went to town; Hattie came home with Marion
May 22,
1881 Sunday/ Planted some corn; Jim went to Blue Earth;
Bry(?) came from town; Style and brother took supper here
May 23,
1881 Monday/ Finished planting corn; folks all went
to town with Mell; got pictures taken; fixed fence; Gream, Searl and Warner were here
May 24,
1881 Tuesday/ Looked school section over; burned grass;
fixed fence at back of stable; set current bushes out; Groff gone to town to work
May 25,
1881 Wednesday/ Cleared briars off foot garden; Ralph
and Mell gone to town with wheat; burned side of road; got 85 cts per bushel, had 5 lb bushels
May 26,
1881 Thursday/ Got seed potatoes from supply; fixed
cultivation; Ralph gone home with Mell; mail changed from daily to tri-weekly
May 27,
1881 Friday/ Planted potatoes; rain-thunder and lightning;
very hot; planted one row of corn; Chancey [Is this Chauncy?] got whiskers shaved
off
May 28,
1881 Saturday/ Cloudy and cool; went to town in afternoon;
bought screen wire; John Huston rode home with us; got bread box
May 29,
1881 Sunday/ Cool and pleasant; Ralph started west;
Charley Wickham here; Mr. And Mrs. M.C. Cruden here in the evening with Style; rained hard
May 30,
1881 Monday/ Planted prolific potatoes sixth row; sold
7 bags of wheat to Rice, 90 cts, Mell gone to Vill Millers; Billy commenced planting corn
May 31,
1881 Tuesday/ Cloudy and cool; went to mill with wheat
for rice, 37 bushels
June 1,
1881 Wednesday/ Hoes potatoes; went to town; paid 2
taxes $30.35; Billy sold his black Maris to Lowe $25.01; thunder and rain with little hail
June 2,
1881 Thursday/ Cloudy and very cool; cut weeds in oats
and wheat
June 3,
1881 Friday/ Planted few hills of corn gophers took;
bought cultivation; went to town in evening with Billy, got spokes for wheel
June 4,
1881 Saturday/ Worked all day on cultivation; Louisa
went to town, brought Mrs. Patxxx(?) home with her
June 5, 1881 Sunday/ Cool and pleasant; Bill and Chauncy down to Billy; Petree(?) came down; Jim
took them home with Billys team; Hattie went to town
June 6, 1881 Monday/ Split 44 posts; commenced raining, nasty day; got 2.50 in change from Billy
June 7, 1881 Tuesday/ Went to town to Land Lake; Billy bought 40 acres of school section
June 8, 1881 Wednesday/ Made cultivation wheel; painted wheels; Louisa went to Murrys
June 9,
1881 Thursday/ Went to mill corn and wheat, Jim went
with me; Topsy took horse; Abe Manchester came here
June 10,
1881 Friday/ Cultivated corn; Louisa went to Doyls;
Charley went for her; Jim and Billy went to Blue Earth; Style lost his colt
June 11,
1881 Saturday/ Rained most all day, heavy wind in afternoon;
started for town, came back; Abe went to town in morning
June 12,
1881 Sunday/ Clear and pleasant, showers and thunder;
Jim and Billy came home; Mell came here; had strawberries for dinner; Stile hasnt found his colt yet
June 13,
1881 Monday/ Went to town with George Jones; paid Wososton(?)
$30; came home and set posts for Billy
June 14,
1881 Tuesday/ Cultivated corn, finished; had strawberries
for supper
June 15,
1881 Wednesday/ Done nothing all day; went to Style
in evening; very hot; Lester and Lile and Hekly stopped here for drinks
June 16,
1881 Thursday/ Billy gone to town; went to town, took
Ada and Hattie; got lumber for bee hive
June 17,
1881 Friday/ Cultivated potatoes; fixed boat and made
bee hive; Hattie gone to town with Billy to go to Huntly to work
June 18,
1881 Saturday/ Cold, rain storm; Billy stayed in town;
heavy south east wind; got red birds; fixed boat; Anna gone to town with Fred Jones; Mell came with colts
June 19,
1881 Sunday/ Thunder and rain all day; Mell stayed;
Jim and I ate dinner with Groff; Charley Wickham gone home; Whitney got strawberries; had short cake
June 20,
1881 Monday/ Mell gone to Center C??; Billy and Jim
gone to town; Murphy stuck notice hay land; Mary picking berries; Jim came home on foot; Billy got Flax seed
June 21, 1881 Tuesday/ Cultivated
corn; Billy and Jim went to town to show school; Marvin(?) stayed here over night; got letter from lawyer about Swick
June 22,
1881 Wednesday/ Cultivated corn; Mell came here to
dinner and went home; Jim went to town on foot; Billy went in afternoon, stayed all night
June 23,
1881 Thursday/ Hoed potatoes; Billy sowed flax; Nellie
took horse; hoed pop corn; got letter from Ralph; thunder lightning rain and hail
June 24,
1881 Friday/ Provis and Charley here; went to town
with Billy; brought team home; Billy went to Blue Earth with Vareau(?)
June 25,
1881 Saturday/ Sharpened all my tools; made bee hives;
George drawed wood; Jim went to town, stayed and Billy came home; 2 Stiles and James here in evening
June 26,
1881 Sunday/ Cloudy and cool; went to Stiles; Gream
and Warner and Pople (people?) were here; Kate Murry and Jake Tanner were here; Jim came home
June 27,
1881 Monday/ Rained last night; finished bee hive;
very hot-92 above zero, 3 oclock 96; the two Stiles and James here to supper
June 28,
1881 Tuesday/ Done nothing, to hot, 98 in the shade;
Style got cultivator this morning
June 29,
1881 Wednesday/ Cultivated corn in forenoon; helped
survey in afternoon awhile; tired; Hoffman [In a newspaper article dated 1938 it states that Wm Cross helped William Hoffman
build his log cabin near his own.] stopped, coming from Fairmont a little tight
June 30,
1881 Thursday/ Cloudy and hot; going to finish surveying
this morning; went to town in afternoon; bought hat
July 1,
1881 Friday/ Jim and I cultivated corn in forenoon;
land sales after dinner; Billy and Jim gone to town; Frank Rogers and Marion here in evening
July 2,
1881 Saturday/ Cultivated corn in forenoon, finished
in afternoon; very hot-90 degrees; President Garfield Shot(written very large)
July 3,
1881 Sunday/ Hot; Charley here; Louisa and children
gone to Sunday school; shaved for first time in 8 years; settled with Billy, me $25
July 4,
1881 Monday/ Went to town with Style; hot and dusty;
came home in the afternoon, went back in the evening, got home 10 oclock
July 5,
1881 Tuesday/ Very hot and cloudy; Jim and Billy aint
home yet; went to town; got horses shod; report President cant live
July 6,
1881 Wednesday/ Rain in morning, light; mowed road
to well; looks like rain; Jim came home from town; rained heavy
July 7,
1881 Thursday/ Very hot; went to mill; left grist;
Jim went with me; Turner here; Topsy took horse; Frank Rogers got Peter
July 8,
1881 Friday/ Hot and sultry, streaming rain; went to
town, got load of lumber-518 feet, Jim and Billy went with me, Jim stayed
July 9,
1881 Saturday/ Raining this morning; drawed and sharpened
posts, laid down board and posts; Jim bought Edwards sheep; Style had little wagon to town; rained hard in night
July 10,
1881 Sunday/ Cold and rainy; Charley here; Jim got
his sheep and Whitney came home from Blue Earth
July 11,
1881 Monday/ Very hot; built board fence; Spicer took
supper here, sent by Rich for tobacco
July 12,
1881 Tuesday/ Billy and Jim went to town; fixed fence;
sharpened posts; Billy paid me $20, owes me 4 dollars yet
July 13,
1881 Wednesday/ Louisa and Ada went to town; Chauncy
brought lumber for me
July 14,
1881 Thursday/ Jim and Louisa went to Whitneys, got
puppy; brought Gessie home; built fence; got letter from Ralph
July 15,
1881 Friday/ Jim gone to Blue Earth with Provis, Mrs.
White came and stayed and went berrying, made gate and hung it, stormed all night, thunder and lightning
July 16,
1881 Saturday/ Cloudy and hot; the women went to the
school section berrying; Charley and Searl here; built fence; thunder, lightning and rain
July 17,
1881 Sunday/ Cool and pleasant; Petrie and S. Hill
here to dinner and went berrying and boating; Gream here to dinner and the 2 Styles; Gessie went home; John here
July 18,
1881 Monday/ Went to town with Billy; bought well buckets
and rope, bought 17 lbs of beef
July 19,
1881 Tuesday/ Billy, Jim and I worked on road. Cleared
brush by cottonwoods, thunder and lightning and rain, sick all night
July 20, 1881 Wednesday/ Very
hot, 94 below (above) zero; Chauncy here most of the day
July 21,
1881 Thursday/ Cloudy with now and then a shower; split
and sharpened posts, Gad Kindal berrying in the woods with women, Mrs. White here, Gessie and Ann here to supper
July 22,
1881 Friday/ Hot, built fence, Billy gone to party,
Louisa and Ada gone to school house to picnic, set mower up
July 23,
1881 Saturday/ Went to town with 22 bushels of wheat,
94 cts per lbs, got B?? salt for Jim, got home 10 oclock, Kate Murry stayed all night
July 24,
1881 Sunday/ Forenoon rainy, clear afternoon, set reaper
up, Styles here in evening
July 25,
1881 Monday/ Commenced harvesting, Groff, Jim and Billy
helped, Mell and Scott took dinner with me
July 26,
1881 Tuesday/ Harvesting, Groff, Jim and Billy helped,
Mell got back at noon, worked in afternoon, Groff and Billy went to town in evening, Ralph got home
July 27,
1881 Wednesday/ Harvesting, Groff, Jim and Billy worked
until 3 oclock, Mell worked with team, commenced on Groffs, Louisa and Anna gone to town, tapped keg of beer
July 28,
1881 Thursday/ Harvesting for Groff Ralph and I, Bill
and Jim and Mell, George went to Careltons for horse, Billy gone to town with girls
July 29,
1881 Friday/
Finished Groffs wheat, 9 oclock went to Billys, finished binding 4 oclock, Ralph reaping 5 acre lot
July 30,
1881 Saturday/ Ralph finished cating(?) of Billy, Mell
and Groff cleaned grist, Groff, Mell and Billy and I went to town, Ralph went to mill
July 30,
1881 Saturday/ Ralph finished cating(?) of Billy, Mell
and Groff cleaned grist, Groff, Mell and Billy and I went to town, Ralph went to mill
July 31,
1881 Sunday/ Ralph and Mell went home, sent Mell $10,
hung Styles oars, had swim in creek
August
1, 1881 Monday/ Cut oats, finished 4 oclock, worked
for Groff until night, Bill and Groff helped
August
2, 1881 Tuesday/ Rained in morning; went to town, Mell,
Jim, Chauncy and I finished Groffs oats 1/4 day
August
3, 1881 Wednesday/ Stacked wheat all day for me Groff,
Jim, Billy and Mell, 96 above zero
August
4, 1881 Thursday/ Awful hot, finished stacking my wheat,
Commenced Groffs, Ralph and I worked afternoon with team
August
5, 1881 Friday/ Ralph and I stacked for Groff all forenoon,
with team commenced Billys, storm of wind and rain, Mell and George gone to town, Anna gone to Seth Olders, Mrs. White and
Barns girls here
August
6, 1881 Saturday/ Went to town with Groff, Chauncy
and Mell, Brought Mell wagon home, got lumber for box
August
7, 1881 Sunday/ Cool and pleasant, Ada gone to Whitneys
with Style, Gream here, Billy gone to town
August
8, 1881 Monday/ Stacked for Billy in forenoon, for
Groff in afternoon until 5oclock, stacked for me until dark, Ralph sick, Jim took horse home
August
9, 1881 Tuesday/ Groff and I finished my stack and
fixed Groff stack in forenoon, finished reeping my oats
August
10, 1881 Wednesday/ Rainy and cool, Groff gone to town
August
11, 1881 Thursday/ Bound my oats and stacked them,
Billy and Jim helped, Billy reaped his oats in afternoon, Jim helped stack
August
12, 1881 Friday/ Billy finished reaping his oats, Jim,
Mell and Ada and I went to town with Nellie and oats
August
13, 1881 Saturday/ Cool and pleasant, Mell gone home,
fixed stacks, Ada and Mrs. Jones went to town, almost frost-cold night, made wagon box for Mell
August
14, 1881 Sunday/ Cloudy and cool, Mary Groff and Louisa
gone to grave yard horseback, Billy gone to town, Jim gone to Hodgemans to buy sheep
August
15, 1881 Monday/ Stacked oats for Billy, Ralph and
I fixed Chauncys wagon wheels, Fred worked in my place while I fixed it
August
16, 1881 Tuesday/ Ralph and I stacked for Billy all
day, Jim went to town, thunder lightning and rain in the night
August 17, 1881 Wednesday/
Windy and warm, cleaned out granary, Billy brought oats home, built part of Billys fence
August
18, 1881 Thursday/ Mowed the road, went to town in
afternoon, got lumber for rack
August
19, 1881 Friday/ Built fence for Billy in forenoon,
Ralph cocked hay, made wagon bolster
August
20, 1881 Saturday/ Raining in morning, Billy and Jim
went to town, Mell and his brother-in-law stayed here all night
August
21, 1881 Sunday/ Pleasant and warm, Louisa went to
Huntly with Mell, Hattie came home with Pat Murphy, Gream here with team, Billy got 8 chickens
August
22, 1881 Monday/ Made hay rack, commenced mowing Brok(?)
Pitman went to town, Billy went with me
August
23, 1881 Tuesday/ Rained, Jim Billy and Ralph went
to town, Gream was down here to supper, Jim got new buggy
August
24, 1881 Wednesday/ ?eney
and Sally were here, Jim went to town, Ralph mowed hay
August
25, 1881 Thursday/ Ralph raked hay and we cocked it
up, very hot, 96 below(above) zero
August
26, 1881 Friday/ Drawed 4 loads of hay, awful hot,
Billy commenced mowing, rained in afternoon
August
27, 1881 Saturday/ Rained part of day, commenced plowing,
Ralph went hunting with Style, George and I plowed
August
28, 1881 Sunday/ Cool and pleasant, Louisa came home,
Gream here, Ralph went to Poverty Hall
August
29, 1881 Monday/ Ralph went to Thris???? For Seth,
George and I stacked hay
August
30, 1881 Tuesday/ Ralph brought horses home, Jim and
I went to Winnebago, stayed all night, Ralph plowed
August
31, 1881 Wednesday/ Ralph and Ada went to town, Jim
and I came home from Winnebago
September
1, 1881 Thursday/ Plowed with two teams in forenoon,
mowed in afternoon with one team, rained in the night
September
2, 1881 Friday/ Commenced raining in the morning, plowed
a little, Mell came here, stayed all night
September
3, 1881 Saturday/ Stacked hay all day, Billy and Jim
went to town, Mell and Anna went to Huntly
September
4, 1881 Sunday/ Billy, Jim, Ralph and I went hunting,
got home 5 oclock, found Gream here, Billy and Jim went to town, Mell came here
September
5, 1881 Monday/ Rained all forenoon, put spokes in
wheel for Mell, rained again
September
6, 1881 Tuesday/ Mell went to town, rained all day,
Topsy sick, swelled leg, Mell traded horses
September
7, 1881 Wednesday/ Rained all day, Ralph went to town
for a doctor for Erma Groff [*She was only 2 in the 1880 census], Bill came home
September
8, 1881 Thursday/ Filed wagon wheel for Mell, made
honey box, Ralph mowed in the afternoon, Jim and Groff and George went hunting
September
9, 1881 Friday/ Ralph mowed all day, Mell came home
September 10, 1881 Saturday/
Mell and Ralph plowed in the afternoon, set wagon tire
September
11, 1881 Sunday/ Raked and cocked hay all day, Mell
went home, Ada and Katie went to Fairmont, Nettie Older [*She is a child of Francis Older and is 12 years old in the 1880
census] came home with Ada
September
12, 1881 Monday/ Stacked hay, Jim and Billy commenced
stacking hay, Seth came after Ralph to thresh for Frank Martin(?), Erma Groff better
September
13, 1881 Tuesday/ Ralph gone to thresh, George and
I got one load of hay
September
14, 1881 Wednesday/ Stacked hay, very windy, Topsy
getting better
September
15, 1881 Thursday/ Very windy, Ralph mowed all day,
Got one load of hay
September
16, 1881 Friday/ Cold and rainy, rained all night
September
17, 1881 Saturday/ Ralph mowed in forenoon, broke sickle
and went to town to get it fixed
September
18, 1881 Sunday/ Raked and cocked hay, two Stiles here
in evening
September
19, 1881 Monday/ Went to town with Jim, paid taxes
$13.56, bought some meat
September
20, 1881 Tuesday/ Stacked hay all day
September
21, 1881 Wednesday/ Ralph mowed a little, stacked two
loads of hay for Billy, rained all rest of day
September
22, 1881 Thursday/ Wet and windy, Ralph mowing, Style
and James here, Gream came here to stay, heard the President was dead
September
23, 1881 Friday/ Thunder and rain, racked and cocked
75 cocks of hay, thunder and rain in evening
September
24, 1881 Saturday/ Clear and pleasant, went to town,
Jim went with me, got horses shod
September
25, 1881 Sunday/ Stacked hay all day, Turners two girls
here
September
26, 1881 Monday/ Stacked hay in forenoon, mowed and
cocked hay in afternoon, Chauncy broke Billys mower
September
27, 1881 Tuesday/ Mowed, raked and cocked hay all day,
cows stayed out all night, white frost
September
28, 1881 Wednesday/ Stacked hay all day, Jim and Billy
brought home 222(?) sheep from J. Smiths, rained in evening and all night
September
29, 1881 Thursday/ Wet and rainy, rained, thundered
and lightning all day and terrible storm, heard Milo was coming here on Saturday, played pea knuckle, bed time all clear and
starry
September
30, 1881 Friday/ Spread 200 cocks of hay and put them
up again, helped Jim cock hay, nice day, Ralph cut for Jim in forenoon, broke pitman, Ada went to town and got it fixed
October
1, 1881 Saturday/ Clear and windy, mowed until noon,
broke pitman
October
2, 1881 Sunday/ Misty and wet all day, brought home
cattle from herd, raked a little hay
October
3, 1881 Monday/ Misty and damp, stacked hay all day,
rained in evening, finished long stack
October
4, 1881 Tuesday/ Very windy, Billy went to town, got
some lumber, Ralph went to town and brought Milo and wife home
October 5, 1881 Wednesday/
Stacked hay all day, Milo went to town, Billy and Jones boys stacked in afternoon, rained in evening, Milos wife went to Lowe's
October
6, 1881 Thursday/ Cold and rainy, Jim gone to town,
young Wilkins brought wash over for Hattie, measured hay for Chauncy and Jim [*This is Williams birthday]
October
7, 1881 Friday/ Finished stacking hay, commenced raining
at 4 oclock in afternoon, thunder and lightning
October
8, 1881 Saturday/ Went to town with Jim and Billy,
Chauncy got load of lumber
October
9, 1881 Sunday/ Milo and wife came from Lowes, Turners
two girls were here
October
10, 1881 Monday/ Ada took Milo and wife to town with
horses, cut down big oak tree for posts
October
11, 1881 Tuesday/ Rained all day
October
12, 1881 Wednesday/ Killed hog in forenoon, split posts
in afternoon, Hodgeman got some posts
October
13, 1881 Thursday/ Dug potatoes all day, Billy got
small load of lumber
October
14, 1881 Friday/ Cold and rainy this morning, took
bad cold, sick all night
October
15, 1881 Saturday/ Cold and rainy, Ralph and George
cutting wood
October
16, 1881 Sunday/ Cloudy and cold, misty rain afternoon
and all night
October
17, 1881 Monday/ Cold and misty, Ralph gone hunting
with Nelly
October
18, 1881 Tuesday/ Warm and pleasant, went to town,
got lumber, roads very bad, left 500 fur(?) in town
October
19, 1881 Wednesday/ Ralph went to town and got lumber,
Anna and Ada went to town and stayed to consort
October
20, 1881 Thursday/ Commenced building horse barn, Ada
and Anna came home with Chauncy, Ralph gone to Seth Olders
October
21, 1881 Friday/ Worked on barn, Ralph gone to Seths
to stack hay, rained all afternoon like the devil
October
22, 1881 Saturday/ Worked on barn, rained all day,
saw threshers-coming next Wednesday, rained all night, George gone to Halls
October
23, 1881 Sunday/ Raining yet, Ralph, Anna and her mother
went to Murrys visiting, Jim shot a goose, cloudy and misty yet at bed time
October
24, 1881 Monday/ Dry and pleasant, worked on barn
October
25, 1881 Tuesday/ Dry and pleasant, Louisa went to
town, Mary Groff went with her
October
26, 1881 Wednesday/ Ralph went to mill, didnt get his
grist
October
27, 1881 Thursday/ Ralph went to mill and got the grist,
had trouble with Jim about sheep, fixed all my bags, commenced raining, rained all night
October
28, 1881 Friday/ Noon, raining yet
October
29, 1881 Saturday/ Mell came here and stayed all night,
Hattie came with Bowdry
October
30, 1881 Sunday/ John Huston and Gream were here, Mell
staid all day
October
31, 1881 Monday/ Mell husked corn in forenoon, went
home after dinner, husked 4 loads
November
1, 1881 Tuesday/ Husked corn all day, husked four loads,
Ralph went to Mitchells threshing
November
2, 1881 Wednesday/ Husked corn all day, husked four
loads, Ralph came home ????? afternoon
November
3, 1881 Thursday/ Husked corn all day, husked 4 loads,
Fred Leigh [*He is listed as Fredrick Leigh age 26 in the 1880 Fairmont census-his wife was Jane-age 22] here to supper
November
4, 1881 Friday/ Husked 8 loads of corn, rained and
snowed all afternoon, first snow of the season
November
5, 1881 Saturday/ Finished husking corn, went to the
town with Billy, Kate Murry came home with us
November
6, 1881 Sunday/ Cloudy and cold, folks went to Murrys
November
7, 1881 Monday/ Banked house in morning, rained all
day and part of night
November
8, 1881 Tuesday/ Mackins came here, went to town with
Jim to election, paid Lowensbury(?) $30, Gream came home to stay all th??, folks went to dance at Poverty Hall
November
9, 1881 Wednesday/ Sunshine and pleasant, Louisa and
Kate gone to town, George went too
November
10, 1881 Thursday/ Thrashed for Billy Hay came to my
place
November
11, 1881 Friday/ 195 bushels, threshed my oats in forenoon,
snowed most all day, Mell came and stayed all night, snowed all night, got stitch in back
November 12, 1881 Saturday/
Cold nasty blustery day, Bessy got hurt, Mell stitched it up, Wright was here and helped, Mell stayed all night, back no better,
Dible went to East Chain
November
13, 1881 Sunday/ Very nasty, under foot cleared up
in afternoon, Gream gone to Groffs to dinner, Ralph took Katie home with cutter [*or is it Cutter?]
November
14, 1881 Monday/
Emerson(?) came early Monday morning, fixed machine, cold, nasty day
November
15, 1881 Tuesday/ Thrashed my wheat, 174 bushels, wind
blew fearfully
November
16, 1881 Wednesday/ Thrashed for Chauncy, 135 bushels
of oats, 41 of wheat, thawed a little, moved to Groffs
November
17, 1881 Thursday/ Thrashed for Groff, Ralph and team,
80 bushels of oats, 131 of wheat, cold as blazes, fixed fence
November
18, 1881 Friday/ Fixed yard fence, Ralph helped Style
thresh
November
19, 1881 Saturday/ Jim went to Edwards for buck
November
20, 1881 Sunday/ Boys skating on lake, Ada and Kate
went with Murphy to see Sarah, Styles here in evening, George Hall here, Mell here for load of corn, broke his wagon
November
21, 1881 Monday/ Went to town with Jim, bought Ada
and George skates, out on the lake at night, 2 Styles here in the evening, got medicine for Louisa
November
22, 1881 Tuesday/ Fine day, Billy went to town
November
23, 1881 Wednesday/ Went to mill, cold and windy, didnt
get my grist
November
24, 1881 Thursday/ Ralph went to mill, got grist load,
Fairmont boys down hunting, Hattie came here, stayed
November
25, 1881 Friday/ Fixed my stable, Mell came and stayed,
all hands on the lake skating, Mary Groff [age 29 in 1880 census] and Tina [Tina Jones age 39 in 1880 census]
here visiting, Chauncy went to mill
November
26, 1881 Saturday/ Gream, Jim and Billy went to town,
Ralph and I sawed wood, drawed old posts up
November
27, 1881 Sunday/ A lovely day, lake covered with skaters
all day, Lill and Loly here, old James here in evening George, Bob, Claud and Brown here
November
28, 1881 Monday/ Warm and pleasant, Topsy sick, Jim
got his cow, Dan Page and Minner here
November
29, 1881 Tuesday/ Windy and cold, fixed hen house,
Stiles here at night
November
30, 1881 Wednesday/ Snowing this morning, cleared up,
splendid weather, repaired old barn, Jim and Billy went to town, sent for tobacco and tea
December
1, 1881 Thursday/ Warm and pleasant, Seth and Lile
here in evening, all on the lake skating, went to Billys to see Jim about hay
December
2, 1881 Friday/ Went to Chauncys for lime, Bill and
Chauncy gone to East Chain, George Scot passed here, Louisa gone to Chauncys visiting, warm, bed time snowing heavy
December 3, 1881 Saturday/ Cloudy and warm Louisa and Gream went to town, got barrel of apples, little
bit of sleighing
December
4, 1881 Sunday/ Milo and wife came here and stayed,
warm and pleasant, the whole neighborhood here in evening, had some music
December
5, 1881 Monday/ Milo and wife here yet, warm and thawing,
snow almost gone, Groff and folks and Jones boys here in evening, Chauncy bought buggy
December
6, 1881 Tuesday/ High winds but pleasant, settled with
Billy and Jim, paid Jim 55 dollars for land, folks went to party at Poverty Hall, Billy cleaned grist
December
7, 1881 Wednesday/ Ralph gone to town to get horses
shod, Milo and wife and Hattie gone home with him, commenced plastering, got horses shod
December
8, 1881 Thursday/ Not feeling well, pleasant day, done
nothing, Billy here a little while, went to Lee corner stake, Greams dog Sailor disappeared
December
9, 1881 Friday/ Went to town, Gream went with me, bought
ax and helve, got 50 lbs. Salt
December
10, 1881 Saturday/ Sawed wood on the lake, went on
lake with team, snowed a little in evening
December
11, 1881 Sunday/ Dull and cloudy, about one inch of
snow on ground, Lenny Burton here and stayed all night, rode white pony
December
12, 1881 Monday/ Milo came last night, is here yet,
killed hog, Chauncy helped me butcher, Milo here yet, played cards at Groffs
December
13, 1881 Tuesday/ Lenny Burton gone home, cut hog up,
clear and cold
December
14, 1881 Wednesday/ Cleaned 4 bags of wheat, went to
town, sold for 106 cents, bought 100 lbs. of flower, got ax gumped(?), wagon rod fixed, Groff went with me and stayed, Milo
went home
December
15, 1881 Thursday/ Cut and drawed 2 loads of wood,
got at helve timber
December
16, 1881 Friday/ Made two ax helves, hung two axes,
fixed fork in handle, Groff got load of wood from Billys with my team, Marion played cards with children
December
17, 1881 Saturday/ Fine day, Louisa and all the children
went to Lake Imogene fishing, Ralph went to town to the show
December
18, 1881 Sunday/ All hands went to Imogene fishing,
Milo was here, Gream and I alone all day
December
19, 1881 Monday/ Went to town with Style, Groff and
Chauncy took pile driver to town, Billy and Jim in town, got papers for land made out
December
20, 1881 Tuesday/ Nice day, Mitchel and Minner here
part of day, Marion here in evening, Ada gone to Whitneys with S???, Louisa was over to Stiles to bake bread
December
21, 1881 Wednesday/ Raining all forenoon and freezing
a little, put in glass, Ralph and Marion gone to Whitneys to a dance, rained all night
December
22, 1881 Thursday/ Nice day, 34 degrees above zero,
Ralph got home at 10 oclock, Fred and Henry here, Mr. Murphy here in evening, got flower, took supper, set corner stake
December 23, 1881 Friday/ Cut
load wood, had toothache, young Lord came to Billys, Ralph, Anna and George went to Martins to dance
December
24, 1881 Saturday/ Fine morning, Ralph got load wood,
Gream paid $10 for board, Ralph , Ada, and Anna going to town
December
25, 1881 Sunday/
X-Mus, Thawing and Muddy, Jones folks and the 2 Styles here all day, Milo here and Hattie, lots of fun, had oysters
for supper, danced a little
December
26, 1881 Monday/ Went to town with Garret Doyle, bought
pants and overalls, pleasant day, changed Annas shoes
December
27, 1881 Tuesday/ Pleasant, but windy, Harry Searl
down to Billys, Gram [*notice that he is now spelling Gream as Gram]gone to town to stay with Harry Searl, folk all
gone to stale(?) tonight
December
28, 1881 Wednesday/ Louisa and Hattie gone to Murphys
to wash, got pig, Fletcher Hill got fanning mill, Mrs. Jones here, Billy Dible got wagon
December
29, 1881 Thursday/ Wind N.W. cold and frosty, pig got
out and went home, made pig pen, 10 degrees at bed time, getting colder
December
30, 1881 Friday/ 4 above zero, cold N.W. wind, Ralph
gone to town, all hand and Stiles and George Jones went to east Chain to a dance, very cold, came home on foot at 4 oclock
in morning
December 31, 1881 Saturday/
Very sleepy all day, Milo went home this morning, Ralph and Milo played last night, got 8 dollars, cold as blazes, Billy here
this evening, cold
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