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January
1 1882, Sunday/ Cold but pleasant, took supper at Chauncy
Jones, Rupert Gano here with horse and pheator(?)
January
2, 1882 Monday/ Pleasant, Louisa went to mill, helped
Billy load hogs, Ralph and Hattie gone to party at Luke Nutters, 2 Stiles here
January
3, 1882 Tuesday/ Warm and pleasant, Hattie and Ada
gone to Murrys with Katie to stay all night, looks like snow, 28 above zero at bed time
January
4, 1882 Wednesday/ Pleasant day, done nothing, got
little wood, Louisa and I sawed two blocks of oak for big stove
January
5, 1882 Thursday/ Went to town on foot, came home with
Chauncy, got wagon bolt made, got Ralph pair overalls, 28 above zero at bedtime, Arthur Lord came
January
6, 1882 Friday/ Very warm and pleasant, 48 above zero
at noon, 38 at bedtime, Louisa and Ada went to town, Ada had 2 teeth pulled, Whitney here
January
7, 1882 Saturday/ Misty all day, Mr. Doyle here all
day, All hands went to Imogene fishing, Henry Still went with his team, Marion here in evening, getting colder, 20 above zero
January
8, 1882 Sunday/ Pleasant day, Henry Still here, folks
skating all day
January
9, 1882 Monday/ Went to town with Style, Gream came
home with us, Louisa went to Poverty Hall, got soap, grease and chairs, cut big oak
January
10, 1882 Tuesday/ Snowed nearly all day, quite[sic]
sleighing, got bad cold, almost sick
January
11, 1882 Wednesday/ Ralph and Gream sawed some wood,
drawed 2 loads, Billy got bobsleighs to get load of corn from Kishers(?), deaf and dumb man here
January
12, 1882 Thursday/ Chilly south winds, Garret Doyle
got 15 bushels of wheat for $1 ??? per bushel, Katie here with him, Louisa went to Pixlys for groceries
January
13, 1882 Friday/ Cold day, Gream and Billy went to
town; spelling school at our school house, 2 degrees above at bed time
January
14, 1882 Saturday/ 4 degrees below zero at daylight,
pleasant day, Ralph went to town, Style and James here in evening, sung songs, Groff paper came
January
15, 1882 Sunday/ Pleasant day, snowed a little in afternoon,
snowball had calf, Stile and girls had sleigh ride, Groff and Marion and Billy here in evening, vaccinated the children
January
16, 1882 Monday/ 6 below zero at daylight (7), Gream
went to town with Style to stay, Marion and his mother and 2 Styles here in evening, Elvis here to see cattle, 9 degrees below
zero at bed time
January
17, 1882 Tuesday/ 10 degrees below zero at daylight,
Roly here to invite to party, Louisa and Hattie gone to town, Louisa to stay until Friday
January
18, 1882 Wednesday/ Great Ball, 13 below zero at daylight,
cold south wind, Ralph went to debating school, Flora Groff stayed with Anna, 2 Styles here in evening
January
19, 1882 Thursday/ Cold south wind, 2 above zero, in
morning went with Style to see Provis, a sorry looking home, Ralph gone to Bowedrey(?) to party
January
20, 1882 Friday/ Went to town with Style, Louisa and
Hattie came home with us, warm and pleasant, Styles and John and Marion here in evening
January
21, 1882 Saturday/ Cold north west wind, Ada gone to
Olders to stay a week, Ralph gone to town to stay all night, Henry Style here in evening, warmer and still
January
22, 1882 Sunday/ Warm and pleasant, Milo and Nels Blines
came here and Rupert and Ralph stayed all night
January
23, 1882 Monday/ Milo and I sawed wood, storming
January
24, 1882 Tuesday/ Ralph and I sawed wood, warm south
wind, Styles boys and Marion here in evening
January
25, 1882 Wednesday/ Went to town with Style, stayed
all night, tended court-Hall vs. Miller
January
26, 1882 Thursday/ Snowed hard in forenoon, clear in
afternoon, came home with Chauncy
January
27, 1882 Friday/ Pleasant day, party here in evening,
E.C. folks here, Luke Nuter here, very cold
January
28, 1882 Saturday/ 10 below zero in morning, wind N.W.,
Milo went home with Style, Ralph and Henry gone to Poverty Hall
January
29, 1882 Sunday/ Cold and windy, getting warmer, Style
and James here, gave James pipe
January
30, 1882 Monday/ Went to town with Henry, called for
?????? for Murphy, wrote to Potter(?), got fiddle strings, saw the ponies, dont like them
January
31, 1882 Tuesday/ Went to town as witness, pleasant
day
February
1, 1882 Wednesday/ Went to town, pleasant day
February
2, 1882 Thursday/ Went to town, pleasant day
February
3, 1882 Friday/ Stayed at home, pleasant day, party
at Styles, good time
February
4, 1882 Saturday/ Stayed at home, pleasant day, Milo
went home with Billy, Ada and Hattie went to town with Style
February
5, 1882 Sunday/ Warm day, all the folks to Lake Imogene
fishing with Style, didnt get any, Katie Doyle here
February
6, 1882 Monday/ Very warm, cut down big oak tree back
of stable, drawed 2 loads of wood, Hattie went home with Henry, Chauncy commenced on bridge
February
7, 1882 Tuesday/
Sick all day, beautiful weather
February
8, 1882 Wednesday/ Worked on bridge, Pleasant day
February
9, 1882 Thursday/ Warm day, raised bridge
February
10, 1882 Friday/ Went to town with Style, warm day,
folks went fishing to East Chain
February
11, 1882 Saturday/ Very warm, 50 above zero
February
12, 1882 Sunday/ Warm and pleasant
February
13, 1882 Monday/ Warm and pleasant
February
14, 1882 Tuesday/ Went to town, paid for pony, warm
and pleasant
February
15, 1882 Wednesday/ Ralph took steers to town, helped
to move town(?) Lowe house (Vick came in)
February
16, 1882 Thursday/ Got cold as blazes, Mells baby had
croup, still cold
February
17, 1882 Friday/ Went to town, Milo and wife went home,
Louisa went with us, Dick Martin came home, snowed a little
February
18, 1882 Saturday/ Rain and sleet all day, Dick Martin
here and stayed all night, Groff got lumber for well
February
19, 1882 Sunday/ 4 degrees below zero in morning, sunshine
and pleasant, Gream and a lot more at Billys, cold all day
February
20, 1882 Monday/ Zero in morning, wind N.E. snowed
all afternoon and all night, more snow fell than fell all winter before
February
21, 1882 Tuesday/ Blustery and snowing, 4 above zero,
drifted all day, Marion and James boys played pea knuckle
February
22, 1882 Wednesday/ 12 degrees below zero in morning,
sunshine and pleasant, Ralph gone to town, Milo Hattie and Dick Martin came home with him, party in evening, Huntly folks
up
February
23, 1882 Thursday/ Beautiful day, took Ed Murphy down
to Doyles, Louisa sa??led with Murphy, slept up stairs
February
24, 1882 Friday/ High south wind, sunshine, quite warm,
Snowball took bull, still thawing at night
February
25, 1882 Saturday/ Warm and thawing, Ralph and Miner,
Martin and Chauncy went to Blue Earth
February
26, 1882 Sunday/ Warm and cloudy, Ralph and Miner came
home from Blue Earth, Milo and wife came and stayed all night
February
27, 1882 Monday/ Sawed wood part of day, very sloppy,
bed time still thawing
February
28, 1882 Tuesday/ Sawed and drawed wood up from the
lake, warm and sloppy
March
1, 1882 Wednesday/ Warm and sloppy, Groff and I split
some posts, Debating Club at night, Billy Hay got my light wagon to go to town with sheep skins, Style boys here in evening
March
2, 1882 Thursday/ Very warm, Ada and Hattie gone to
Bowdry visiting
March
3, 1882 Friday/ Cold, threatens to storm, party in
the evening, 2 loads ???? Huntly here
March
4, 1882 Saturday/ Rain and sleet all day, Huntly ????
went home at ??? Fairmont La??? 5 oclock, Ada went ??? [*can not read as page covered with flap]
March
5, 1882 Sunday/ Blowing a gale, very disagreeable,
Milo and Ralph went to Martins, Jim Burton and Shirm Whiting here in evening and Groff
March
6, 1882 Monday/ Milo went home, Shirm went to school,
Ralph and I sawed wood, Sherm came and stayed all night
March
7, 1882 Tuesday/ Shirm went home, sent by Baley for
groceries, Ralph went to Poverty Hall, Miner came and stayed all night, Martins people left for Iowa, tried to snow all day
March
8, 1882 Wednesday/ Miner and Ralph gone to town, Louisa
sick
March
9, 1882 Thursday/ Ralph went to town, helped Milo move,
Hattie washed
March
10, 1882 Friday/ All hands went to East Chain to exhibition,
Herman ???? and mother here visiting
March
11, 1882 Saturday/ Herman and Ralph and I went to town,
snowed all day slightly, Ada came home from Huntly
March
12, 1882 Sunday/ Herman and his mother went home, pleasant
day
March
13, 1882 Monday/ Sawed wood Ralph and I, Groff made
fish basket, warm and pleasant
March
14, 1882 Tuesday/ Town meeting, went to town, rained
and hailed all day
March
15, 1882 Wednesday/ Warm and cloudy, cut some wood,
Milo came here in evening
March
16, 1882 Thursday/ Miner and Ralph and I sawed wood,
killed hog, rainy and nasty, hailed in the night
March
17, 1882 Friday/ Milo went home this morning, rained
a little all day, Ralph and Minner gone to C. Bowdrys horse back, got 17 lbs. salt from Billy Hay
March
18, 1882 Saturday/ Cloudy and nasty, Ralph Hattie and
Ada went to town, Hattie stayed, got shoes from shop, cut elm tree
March
19, 1882 Sunday/ Very nasty under foot, Provist went
passed here with machine, Billy and Arthur gone to town, stayed all night, Groff went to East Chain to draw wheat for seed,
George Hattie and Claud here
March
20, 1882 Monday/ Rained and hailed all night, Ralph
fed pony and cow for Jim
March
21, 1882 Tuesday/ Fearful wind from N.W., done nothing
March
22, 1882 Wednesday/ Sawed wood all day, went to farmers
club, Milo came home with me, lent Billy 4 lbs. oats
March
23, 1882 Thursday/ Milo helped cut wood in the afternoon,
8 above zero in morning
March
24, 1882 Friday/ Zero in the morning, drawed some wood,
Louisa gone to Murry
March 25, 1882 Saturday/ Ralph and I went to
town, saw Hoffman
March
26, 1882 Sunday/ Rained all day, Provist here
March
27, 1882 Monday/ Fixed stove, John and wife here, Ralph
sick
March
28, 1882 Tuesday/ Ada gone to Halls, rained in the
afternoon, John here yet, Mell came here
March
29, 1882 Wednesday/
??cked Flora, heavy wind from N.W., John went home
March
30, 1882 Thursday/ Ralph sick, set wagon tire, fixed
saw, Hattie came here, Mell went to Center Chain with Billy
March
31, 1882 Friday/ Pleasant day
April
1, 1882 Saturday/ Went to town with Chauncy, Mell came
back from Center Chain, got Ralph pair of boots
April
2, 1882 Sunday/ Warm and Pleasant
April
3, 1882 Monday/ Pleasant day, made quarterly returns,
stormed at night
April
4, 1882 Tuesday/ Pleasant, Anna came home, Billy got
load of hay, Arthur took supper here, Ralph came home from Huntly, got powder flask from Jim, rained in night
April
5, 1882 Wednesday/ Cold, rain in this morning
April
6, 1882 Thursday/ Windy and cold, went to town with
Chauncy
April
7, 1882 Friday/ Pleasant day, cut wood and drawed it
April
8, 1882 Saturday/ Cold and wet all day, Milo came here
and stayed all night
April
9, 1882 Sunday/ Rained like blazed all day, horrible
day
April 10, 1882 Monday/ Cold east wind, measured
land for corn, Milo came after Louisa, Hattie very sick, cold night, froze solid
April
11, 1882 Tuesday/ Clear and cold in morning
April
12, 1882 Wednesday/ Pleasant day, fixed fence, split
posts
April
13, 1882 Thursday/ Louisa came home, pleasant day
April
14, 1882 Friday/ Cold windy, went to town with Jim,
sick all day, chill at night
April
15, 1882 Saturday/ Ralph cleared corn stalks, sick
all day, Billy went to town
April
16, 1882 Sunday/ Pleasant day, Mell sick got ?????,
the whole neighborhood here at night
April
17, 1882 Monday/ Commenced sowing wheat, sowed 18 bushels,
Mell brought his colt here
April
18, 1882 Tuesday/ Finished sowing wheat, 22 bushels,
dragged over half, rained fearfully
April
19, 1882 Wednesday/ Everything afloat, Ralph and Mell
went to mill, Ralph gone to town to show, ???? gray now
April
20, 1882 Thursday/ Scowered plow in the forenoon, plowed
for oats in afternoon, Louisa at Murphys stayed all night, Jim took his sheep home in wagons
April
21, 1882 Friday/ Jim moved to his place, cold south
wind, plowing, Murphy gone to town for Mrs. Martin, Louisa came home from Murphys
April
22, 1882 Saturday/ Cold and wet all day, Mell and women
folks went to Pixlys
April
23, 1882 Sunday/ Cold but pleasant
April
24, 1882 Monday/ Cold and cloudy, finished plowing
corn stubble, Jim got 3 bushels of corn, Groff sowed wheat
April
25, 1882 Tuesday/ Cold and Cloudy
April
26, 1882 Wednesday/ Sowed 5 acres of oats, 14 bushels
seed, Jim got 15 bushels of corn, Billy got 5 bushels of oats
April
27, 1882 Thursday/ Ralph, Mell and I went to town,
Ralph came home sick, got nails for Groffs fence, Hattie came home with us, windy and cold
April
28, 1882 Friday/ Plowing for oats, Billy got Mells
mare to plow with, Kate Hall gone home
April
29, 1882 Saturday/ Got crowbar, sharpened posts for
fence
April
30, 1882 Sunday/ Pleasant, wind N.W.
May 1,
1882 Monday/ Plowed for oats, dug ditch
May 2,
1882 Tuesday/ Finished sowing oats, burned stubble
May 3,
1882 Wednesday/ Sawed 2 mud holes(?), Mell and Billy
gone to town, warm
May 4,
1882 Thursday/ Worked for Doyle on house, Mell plowed
with Sulkys plow, Katie Murry here, warm
May 5,
1882 Friday/ Warm and cloudy with showers, Mell gone
home with Nelly and Betty
May 6,
1882 Saturday/ Plowed in forenoon, went to town in
afternoon, brought Groff home
May 7,
1882 Sunday/ Cloudy and rained, cows crossed the lake
May 8,
1882 Monday/ Built leach, Ralph plowed, thunderstorm
and hail in the afternoon
May 9,
1882 Tuesday/ Plowed in forenoon, went to mill in afternoon,
hot and thundery, Scot Carelton came and stayed all night
May 10,
1882 Wednesday/ Billy and Ralph plowed all day, finished
plowing and warm
May 11,
1882 Thursday/ Went to town with Billy, rained all
day and cold
May 12,
1882 Friday/ Killed hog, Ralph dragged some, Billy
went to town and got cultivator
May 13, 1882 Saturday/ Ralph
gone to Winnebago with colts, got 18 lbs salt from Billy, finished dragging corn ground
May 14,
1882 Sunday/ Pleasant day, home from Winnebago
May 15,
1882 Monday/ Marked and planted 5 acres of corn, warm
May 16,
1882 Tuesday/ Finished planting corn, Bill Groff built
fence, Billy gave me pipe, Billy marked some, Louisa went to town, got pair of shoes, Milo came home with her
May 17,
1882 Wednesday/ Planted corn for Billy, plowed mud
hole, Milo went to Doyles to work
May 18,
1882 Thursday/ Plowed little for Billy, rained most
all day, children most well from measles
May 19,
1882 Friday/ Ralph worked for Billy, built Groffs fence
on lime, old man Carelton here
May 20,
1882 Saturday/ Went to town, Mr. Carelton went home, Fred Style got fence wire
May 21,
1882 Sunday/ Jim and Gream here to dinner, Mell and
Groff went to Center Chain
May 22,
1882 Monday/ Hard frost, planted potatoes in forenoon, let Style have 6 bags of damaged corn,
sent George after Nellie, doctored Groffs cow
May 23,
1882 Tuesday/ Hard frost this morning, froze water
May 24,
1882 Wednesday/ Drove post, Ralph planted for Billy
in afternoon
May 25,
1882 Thursday/ Went to town to land sale, Gream here,
stayed all night, Old Mr. Carelton here, traded horses with Stodard
May 26,
1882 Friday/ Built fence with Style, Mell took his
father to town
May 27,
1882 Saturday/ Built fence until noon
May 28,
1882 Sunday/ Scot Carelton here with stallion, Lenny
Burton and wife here
May 29, 1882 Monday/ Billy
took load of wheat to town for me
May 30,
1882 Tuesday/ Went to town, sold wheat, paid interest,
got boat lumber, went to Doyles to party
May 31,
1882 Wednesday/ Didnt do anything, Scot went home,
Topsy had colt in the night, Ralph went to show
June 1
1882, Thursday/ Made boat, Louisa Ada and Ralph went
to show
(new book)
June 2
1882, Friday/ worked on boat
June 3,
1882 Saturday/ went to town, brought Groff home
June 4,
1882 Sunday/ Gream and fiddler to Billys, Jim here
in evening, Nice music
June 5,
1882 Monday/ Drove posts on line
June 6,
1882 Tuesday/ Ralph worked on road with team, sharpened
60 posts, painted and cultivated, launched boat, Louisa went to Murrys
June 7,
1882 Wednesday/ Ralph worked on road, ??sisor here,
Louisa came home, cleaned oats, shelled corn
June 8,
1882 Thursday/ Built fence in Lake, repaired light
wagon
June 9,
1882 Friday/ Drove 52 posts, Billy got wire, commenced
building, rained fearfully, Louisa Marge and Mrs. Jones went to Murrys with team
June 10,
1882 Saturday/ Built fence in forenoon, Ralph went
to town in afternoon, got more wire
June 11, 1882 Sunday/ Ada
and Ralph went to Lennys folks not at home, two Pixlys and Katie Murry here, Nelly sick
June 12,
1882 Monday/ finished line fence, Ralph commenced cultivating
corn, Ada gone to Jackson, Billy shearing sheep, Jim gone to mill, Nelly some better, Topsy took horse
June 13,
1882 Tuesday/ George herded for Style, heavy rain storm
in evening
June 14,
1882 Wednesday/ Done nothing
June 15,
1882 Thursday/ Went to town, Chauncy went with me
June 16,
1882 Friday/ Cultivated corn
June 17,
1882 Saturday/ Ada came from Jackson, Ralph went to
town and Billy came home in rain
June 18,
1882 Sunday/ Had strawberries for dinner, Scot Carelton
here
June 19,
1882 Monday/ Mell here, went to Winnebago with Billy
and Coalt
June 20,
1882 Tuesday/ Mell came back, Nutter, Mell and Billy
took dinner here
June 21,
1882 Wednesday/ (nothing written for this day)
June 22,
1882 Thursday/ Very hot, Mrs. Martin here, Dos Nutter
here
June 23,
1882 Friday/ Louisa, Mrs. Martin and Ralph went to
Poverty Hall
June 24,
1882 Saturday/ All hands went to town, big storm in
morning
June 25,
1882 Sunday/ Milo, Mell, Scot and Henry here, had strawberries
for dinner
June 26,
1882 Monday/ Nutter here to dinner, made door and window
frame for Billy
June 27,
1882 Tuesday/ Ralph cultivated corn, I hoed potatoes,
Billy went to town
June 28,
1882 Wednesday/ Louisa, Ralph and Mary gone to town
with berries
June 29, 1882 Thursday/ Cultivated
corn, rained almost all day, fearful lightning in evening
June 30,
1882 Friday/ Warm and pleasant, fixed tow? poldles
and breaking plow, GEA??T?? HANGED [this is Guiteau, Charles (1841-1882) the man who shot President James A. Garfield]
July 1,
1882 Saturday/ Ralph and Ada went to town, took 6 bushels
of wheat, didnt sell
July 2,
1882 Sunday/ Mell, Jim, Gream and Style Boys here,
Ralph and Fred went to camp meeting at Winnebago, rained in night
July 3,
1882 Monday/ Mill and I went to town
July 4,
1882 Tuesday/ All hands went to town, I and Louisa
went in evening, had good time
July 5,
1882 Wednesday/ Done nothing
July 6,
1882 Thursday/ Went to town, got plow sharpened, Whitney
and Milo came and stayed all night
July 7,
1882 Friday/ Got colts home from pasture, Whitney here,
Ralph took him to East Chain, Billy went to Blue Earth with wool
July 8,
1882 Saturday/ Ada gone to town with Henry Style, Ralph
broke all day, finished hoeing potatoes, Chauncy and Groff gone to Blue Earth, Milo gone home with Billy, Henry left Billy
this morning
July 9,
1882 Sunday/ Pleasant day, Style here
July 10,
1882 Monday/ Cleared wheat, finished breaking, Mrs.
Whitney and Lo?? Stayed all night
July 11,
1882 Tuesday/ Went to town, sold 22 ½ bushels of wheat,
got ??? salt, got wh???tres fixed
July 12, 1882 Wednesday/ Cultivated
corn, rained some, women went berrying, got wet
July 13,
1882 Thursday/ Finished cultivating corn, went berrying
again, showering, sowed rutabagas
July 14,
1882 Friday/ (nothing written)
July 15,
1882 Saturday/ Ralph and Hattie went to town
July 16,
1882 Sunday/ Louisa and Lucy Hall went berrying, Gream
here
July 17,
1882 Monday/ Went to town, rained all day
July 18,
1882 Tuesday/ Ralph and I drawed manure all day
July 19,
1882 Wednesday/ Cut Timothy hay
July 20,
1882 Thursday/ Cut wild hay and raked Timothy, Louisa
went to town, Mell came here
July 21,
1882 Friday/ Mell and I went to town, Ralph raked and
cocked hay
July 22,
1882 Saturday/ drew 6 loads of hay, ?rade Bowdrys boat,
Herman Miller here, Bill Groff lost his horse
July 23,
1882 Sunday/ Herman went home
July 24,
1882 Monday/ drawed 4 loads of hay, made pair of oars
for my boat and pitched it, Mell, Ralph and Ada went to town, got home at midnight, 92 above zero
July 25,
1882 Tuesday/ Thunder in morning, mowed all day, rained
at Fairmont, Mell and I went to town, bought pitchfork, rained almost all night, blew hard, very warm
July 26,
1882 Wednesday/ Mowed in forenoon, Mell went horse
trading, Hay to green to put up, raked a little, 93 above zero, looks like rain
July 27, 1882 Thursday/ Mowed
a little in forenoon, raked and cocked all up in afternoon
July 28,
1882 Friday/ Stacked for Billy in forenoon, stacked
9 loads for me in afternoon
July 29,
1882 Saturday/ Stacked for Billy in afternoon, went
to town in evening with Mell, rained most of the night
July 30,
1882 Sunday/ rain and sleet all day
July 31,
1882 Monday/ Set reaper up, fixed rakes and cradle,
Mell and Louisa went to town ?ine went
Tuesday
August 1st/ Cloudy and wet, Mell, Ralph
and girls gone to town
August
2, 1882 Wednesday/ Stacked hay
August
3, 1882 Thursday/ Went to town, Mell traded horse with
????
August
4, 1882 Friday/ Made boat for Provis Wickham, Mell
went to Winnebago
August
5, 1882 Saturday/ Mell came home, went to town in afternoon,
Groff came home with Billy, showery all day
August
6, 1882 Sunday/ Cloudy and warm, played croquet in
forenoon
August
7, 1882 Monday/ commenced harvesting, cut in forenoon,
rain in afternoon, awful hot
August
8, 1882 Tuesday/ Cut and bound all day
August
9, 1882 Wednesday/ Finished cutting wheat at 9 oclock,
went to town, Chauncy cut in afternoon
August
10, 1882 Thursday/ Chauncy finished cutting, Ralph
and Mell bound, I took Ed Murphy to town, Carry went home with me
August
11, 1882 Friday/ Bound Chauncys oats, cut and bound
5 acres for me, Mell gone to Folets, Louisa gone with him to see Ann
August
12, 1882 Saturday/ Stacked one stack of wheat, very
hot, Louisa came home
August
13, 1882 Sunday/ All hands went to Jims, Jim here in
evening
August
14, 1882 Monday/ Very hot, 94 above zero, bound oats,
Mell went to town, heavy wind in the night
August
15, 1882 Tuesday/ Finished cutting and binding oats,
stacked one stack of oats
August
16, 1882 Wednesday/ Stacked wheat in forenoon, Mell
and Ralph went to East Chain
August
17, 1882 Thursday/ Finished stacking, went to town
in the afternoon
August
18, 1882 Friday/ Helped Billy stack oats, Mell and
Arthur went to Winnebago, got new harness
August
19, 1882 Saturday/ Done nothing all day, Ralph and
Mell gone to town, Ada and Louisa gone to Poverty Hall horseback, Billy and Arthur gone to town, 96 above zero
August
20, 1882 Sunday/ Very hot, played croquet most all
day
August
21, 1882 Monday/ Waited for machine, done nothing all
day, very hot
August
22, 1882 Tuesday/ Threshed oats for Billy, broke down,
didnt finish, Billy and Carlo? Went to town
August
23, 1882 Wednesday/ Finished for Billy and went to
Chauncys, awful hot
August
24, 1882 Thursday/ Finished Chauncys and threshed 30
bushels of wheat for me, went to Bowdrys in afternoon
August
25, 1882 Friday/ Mowed hay, racked and cocked in afternoon,
very hot
August
26, 1882 Saturday/ Stacked hay, Ralph cut hay, racked
and cocked in afternoon, very hot, E?rnly Warner here to dinner
August
27, 1882 Sunday/ Very hot, cocked some hay in afternoon
August
28, 1882 Monday/ Sacked hay all day, 6 loads, Billy
and Arthur gone to town
August
29, 1882 Tuesday/ Rained all day, cut some hay to top
stacks, played croquet and pea knuckle
August
30, 1882 Wednesday/ Still cloudy and warm, Ralph mowed
hay, Billy took hog to town
August
31, 1882 Thursday/ Stacked hay, 6 loads, Billy mowed,
Mell gone to town
Friday
September 1 1882/ Done nothing, music man here, Billy
mowed in forenoon, Ralph mowed in evening, Mell gone to town
September
2, 1882 Saturday/ Stacked for Billy in forenoon, cocked
Groffs hay in afternoon, rained a little
September
3, 1882 Sunday/ Boys went to Iowa hunting
September
4, 1882 Monday/ Stacked Groffs hay, Ralph and Ada went
to town, Ada went with John and stayed
September
5, 1882 Tuesday/ Ralph mowed all forenoon, raked and
cocked in evening, Herm Miller and wife here
September 6, 1882 Wednesday/
Stacked hay, Arthur helped, Arthur went to town in evening, horses ran away, broke buggy all to smash, Bill Searl here all
night
September
7, 1882 Thursday/ Went to town, took Billys buggy up
to get fixed, Groff came home
September
8, 1882 Friday/ All the children gone to circus
September
9, 1882 Saturday/ Finished stacking hay, Arthur and
Groff went to town
September
10, 1882 Sunday/ Louisa and Ralph went to Murrys, Mell
and Scot came and stayed all night
September
11, 1882 Monday/ Ralph gone to work for Edwards, I
went to town, sold 6 bushels of wheat, 75 cents per bush
September
12, 1882 Tuesday/ mowed the road, Katie Murry here,
Billy and Arthur here to dinner, one pig died last night
September
13, 1882 Wednesday/ Mowed weeds on field, fixed oat
stack
September
14, 1882 Thursday/ Style threshed in afternoon
September
15, 1882 Friday/ Thrashed for Style in afternoon, Mell
left for Iowa
September
16, 1882 Saturday/ went to town, Billy, Arthur, Chauncy,
Louisa and Murry
September
17, 1882 Sunday/ Jim Burton here to dinner
September
18, 1882 Monday/ Took out 14 loads of manure
September
19, 1882 Tuesday/ Drawed 16 loads of manure, first
cool day, frost
September
20, 1882 Wednesday/ Took out 16 loads of manure
September
21, 1882 Thursday/ 14 loads of manure
September
22, 1882 Friday/ 20 loads of manure, Ralph went to
Mitchells, stayed all night and went next day to Blue Earth to fair
September
23, 1882 Saturday/ Went to town with 12 bushels of
wheat, got 85 cents, got good shingles, drove Topsy and Nelly
September
24, 1882 Sunday/ Cold and cloudy, threatens rain, Hattie
came here
September
25, 1882 Monday/ Billy and I shingled, Ralph drew manure
September
26, 1882 Tuesday/ Shingled in forenoon, went to town
in afternoon, Gream came home with me
September
27, 1882 Wednesday/ drawed manure all day
September
28, 1882 Thursday/ Threshed in afternoon, 318 bushels
of oats
September
29, 1882 Friday/ Threshed in forenoon, 228 bushels
of wheat
September
30, 1882 Saturday/ Ralph helped Doyle thresh, Billy
went to town, got beer, Louisa went to Murrys
Sunday
1 of October/ Went down to Billys played cards, came
home played croquet, rained all day, Louisa came home, Ada stayed
October
2, 1882 Monday/ Hattie went home, rained a little
October
3, 1882 Tuesday/ Ada came home, Jim and Marion here
to dinner
October
4, 1882 Wednesday/ Ralph and Henry and Mell went to
Iowa hunting
October
5, 1882 Thursday/ Rained hard, Boys came home from
Iowa
October
6, 1882 Friday/ Fair, Ralph plowed all day, went to
town in evening
October
7, 1882 Saturday/ Mell and Louisa went to town (took
P.O.) up, Hattie and S??sa came home with them, Fair
October 8, 1882 Sunday/ Had
turkey for dinner, all hands here to dinner
October
9, 1882 Monday/ Ralph took Susan and Gream to town,
plowed in afternoon, Mills came here in evening
October
10, 1882 Tuesday/ Dug potatoes, Mell went thrashing
in afternoon, Murphy came after children in evening
October
11, 1882 Wednesday/ Awful high wind and rain, Billy,
Henry and Arthur went hunting, Murphy came after children
October
12, 1882 Thursday/ Rained, Louisa went to Pixleys,
Mill came home
October
13, 1882 Friday/ Louisa went to Chauncys visiting,
finished digging potatoes
October
14, 1882 Saturday/ Went to town with 12 bushels of
wheat, got 400 feet of lumber, Mell came home
October
15, 1882 Sunday/ Hattie and Henry here, Louisa came
home from Murrys, rained in afternoon
October
16, 1882 Monday/ Took old flower up, Milo came in afternoon,
Liza and Miss Matson here, Louisa got Gal??? Of Sorguhm
October
17, 1882 Tuesday/ Milo, Ralph, Billy and Arthur worked
all day on cellar, Anna came home from Murrys
October
18, 1882 Wednesday/ Milo, Ralph and I laid floor, George
plowed
October
19, 1882 Thursday/ Ralph went to town with 6 bushels
wheat, got lumber, Milo went home
October
20, 1882 Friday/ George plowed, Ralph and Henry went
hunting, Groff built stairway, Billy, Arthur and Harry came in evening
October
21, 1882 Saturday/ Ralph plowed went to town with Billy
got lime and lumber
October
22, 1882 Sunday/ Ralph, George Jones and Ada went to
East Chain horseback, C. Leet came after Ralph to work for him
October
23, 1882 Monday/ Two of my pigs sick, Myres girls and
Mary Murphy here visiting, Minnie Myres stayed, George plowed all day, Arthur Lo?? Gone to Lea Mars
October
24, 1882 Tuesday/ Drawed in my potatoes
October
25, 1882 Wednesday/ Got my potatoes in
October
26, 1882 Thursday/ Ada and Minnie gone to Murrys
October
27, 1882 Friday/ Girls came home from Murrys party
in evening, 25 numbers
October
28, 1882 Saturday/ Went to town with Billy in evening,
Ada and Hattie went to town with H???y, Groff built his barn
October
29, 1882 Sunday/ Vill Miller and wife here, Gream came
with Jones, took dinner here, had oysters
October
30, 1882 Monday/ Fixed cellar door, sick in night
October
31, 1882 Tuesday/ Done nothing all day, sick
Wednesday
1 November/ Finished plowing
November
2, 1882 Thursday/ Went to town with 8 ½ bushels wheat,
82 cents, got lumber for stable, 250 feet, Ralph came home sick
November
3, 1882 Friday/ Plastered house partly
November
4, 1882 Saturday/ Rained all day and all night, high
wind, Anna and Mell gone to town, Anna stayed all night
November
5, 1882 Sunday/ Wet and gloomy
November
6, 1882 Monday/ Finished plastering house, Hattie and
Scot went home, George Hall here
November
7, 1882 Tuesday/ Went to election
November
8, 1882 Wednesday/ Commenced husking corn, Louisa went
to mill, Ada went to town
November
9, 1882Thursday/ Husked corn all day, Billy went for
grist
November
10, 1882 Friday/ Husked corn in forenoon, had party,
23 number, rained all night, lightning and thunder
November
11, 1882 Saturday/ Rained all day, Ralph went to town,
froze up solid
November
12, 1882 Sunday/ Ada went to Rubles to work, Hattie
went home
November
13, 1882 Monday/ Ralph, Mell and I husked corn
November
14, 1882 Tuesday/ Husked corn
November
15, 1882 Wednesday/ Finished husking corn at noon,
Mell, Louisa and Ralph went to town
November
16, 1882 Thursday/ Husked corn for Billy
November
17, 1882 Friday/ Mell and I sawed some wood, Ralph
husked for Style, Hoffman got 20 baskets of corn, Mell killed lame pig, Ralph and Mell gone to Luke Nutters to party
November
18, 1882 Saturday/ Went to town with turkey
November
19, 1882 Sunday/ Doc Foster wife and child here, Sam
Jones and wife here and two of Whitings girls
November
20, 1882 Monday/ Commenced colt stable, killed hog,
Billy came home and went back to town, got lumber
November
21, 1882 Tuesday/ Finished stable, Mell and Ralph husked
corn for Style
November
22, 1882 Wednesday/ Finished plastering house, covered
stable first, snow storm from N.E
November
23, 1882 Thursday/ Covered stable and banked house,
Mell and Ralph gone to town, Stewart the globe man stayed here
November
24, 1882 Friday/ Louisa, Ada and Anna went to Fairmont
to party
November
25, 1882 Saturday/ Cut wood, Ada went to Rubles, Ralph
brought Mrs. Petrie home, Mr. Petrie came at night
November
26, 1882 Sunday/ All hands took dinner at Groffs
November
27, 1882 Monday/ Mell and Petrie went to town early
in morning, Ralph took Mrs. Petrie home
November
28, 1882 Tuesday/ Louisa and Claude Turners set traps
November
29, 1882 Wednesday/ Worked for Hoffman on barn
November
30, 1882 Thursday/ Worked on Hoffmans barn, Miss Foster
here
Friday
1 December/ All hands went to party at Fairmont, Del
Foster [this must be Adeline Foster found in the 1920 Fairmont census as being age 69 with a son who is age 33. She would
have been 32 when this diary was written]went home, cold as blazes
December
2, 1882 Saturday/ went to town for doc for Henry Stryes
[is this Styles], brought Mell, Ralph and Mrs. Martin home
December
3, 1882 Sunday/ Mell and Ralph went to Sagers for traps,
Style better and gone home, Snowball had calf
December
4, 1882 Monday/ Ralph commenced school, Mell helped
Groff on well, traps found
December
5, 1882 Tuesday/ built fence around hay stacks, Ralph
went to town, ? came home with him
December
6, 1882 Wednesday/ Cold, light blizzard in the afternoon,
14 degrees below zero at bed time
December
7, 1882 Thursday/ 24 degrees below zero at daylight,
Ralph, Mell and Milo gone to town, Chauncy gone to town with my sleigh
December
8, 1882 Friday/ All hands gone to town to dance, Ada
stayed
December
9, 1882 Saturday/ Ralph and Mell gone to town, Ralph
and Milo gone to Huntly, Mell came home with Billy
December
10, 1882 Sunday/ Milo brought one load of goods to
Billys stayed all night
December
11, 1882 Monday/ Ralph and Billy gone to town to move
Milo, Mell helped Groff fix well
December
12, 1882 Tuesday/ Ralph and Louisa went to town, sold
fur, Mell worked for Groff, snowed in afternoon
December
13, 1882 Wednesday/ Mell went to Winnebago, took some
wheat, cut wood
December
14, 1882 Thursday/ Clear and cold, Billy sold his hogs,
went to Milos in evening, 6 deg below zero
December
15, 1882 Friday/ Clear and cold, 16 deg below zero
in morning, Mell came from Winnebago
December
16, 1882 Saturday/ I, Mell and Groff went to town,
Chauncy walked, rode home with Henry
December
17, 1882 Sunday/ All hands went to Murrys, Ruble and
wife came here
December
18, 1882 Monday/ Got ice, Ruble came for Groff and
I to work on mill
December
19, 1882 Tuesday/ Groff and I went to the mill to work
December
20, 1882 Wednesday/ Ralph went to town, got buggy fixed,
snowed all day, worked on mill
December
21, 1882 Thursday/ Henry brought Hattie home, worked
on mill
December
22, 1882 Friday/ Ralph, Mell and ? went to town, gruff
and I came home, got new blankets
December
23, 1882 Saturday/ I and gruff and wife went to town,
Fosters and wife here all day, cut down big oak tree
December
24, 1882 Sunday/ Billy and Hall here, got some ice
December
25, 1882 Monday/ Doc here got some presents, all hands
went to Fairmont to Ball
December
26, 1882 Tuesday/ Doc here and went to Murrys
December
27, 1882 Wednesday/ Went to mill to work, got there
at 10 oclock
December
28, 1882 Thursday/ Worked on mill
December
29, 1882 Friday/ Worked on mill
December
30, 1882 Saturday/ Worked on mill
December 31, 1882 Sunday/ George,
Anna and mother went to Murrys, Ada came home
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