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January 1, 1887 Saturday/22 below
zero and clear, clear and very cold, air full of frost all day, six below zero was the warmest today, drifting a little, 1887
has commenced with a vengeance for cold, hope it won't stay so very long
January 2, 1887 Sunday/20 below,
clear and cold North West wind, Billy came from town to day, Ada and Louisa visiting at Ralph's this evening, 14 below zero
at bed time
January 3, 1887 Monday/4 above 0,
cold South wind, very dull day, Billy went to town at noon, boys got load of wood, Ralph and Cora here in the evening, snowing
at bed time
January 4, 1887 Tuesday/0 degrees,
Frost the and clear, got 2 loads of wood, Billy here today, Anna gone to school this afternoon, staying all night with Anna
Hill, clear and cold tonight at bed time
January 5, 1887 Wednesday/3 degrees
below,air full of frost and cold, snowed little, got fish house on lake
January 6, 1887 Thursday/26 below,
clear and cold, no wind, very cold all day, averaged about 18 below zero all day, the coldest day of the season so far, Ralph
went to town, Louisa visiting at Ralph's this evening
January 7, 1887 Friday/22 below,
frost the and very cold, George Ellis here after Milo, got first number of Pioneer Press
January 8, 1887 Saturday/24 below,
clear and cold, tried to snow a little at night
January 9, 1887 Sunday/ 6 below,
clear and pleasant, Billy and Jed Stewart here, Dan Wilkins at Milo's, George shot jack rabbit, eight below 0 at bed time,
very pleasant day
January 10, 1887 Monday/14 below,
clear and pleasant, had biting rig on Tommy the first time, Lola Hall here tonight, Anna and George gone to school house tonight
January's 11, 1887 Tuesday/10 above,
beautiful morning, Milo and Ralph went to town, sent three sacks of wheat, that groceries, Ralph took Billy's colt to town
and left him to get spaven taken off, young folks gone to school house this evening, 26 above zero at bed time
January 12, 1887 Wednesday/2 above,
nice pleasant day, Ralph, Milo and the girls went to town, Billy came home with a Anna, Henry and Anna Style here this afternoon,
commenced on big stack of hay, Henry shot jack rabbit
January 13, 1887 Thursday/22 above,
been trying to snow all day but warm, got 2 loads of wood, All hands here playing tonight, put axe helve in for James, snowing
little at bed time, still warm
January 14, 1887 Friday/10 above,
clear and pleasant, fixed base viol, Ralph, Anna and Milo gone to town to play to party, George and Louisa gone to school
house to exhibition, wrote to Fred Style
January 15, 1887 Saturday/12 above,
very nice day, 33 above at noon, and Henry and wife here this afternoon, helped
Milo cuts will treat at Billy, Herman Miller here tonight, still and warm tonight
January 16, 1887 Sunday/24 above,
drifting a little and trying to snow, Herm here all day, Billy came tonight, we are having a regular blizzard, very thick
but not cold
January 17, 1887 Monday/14 below,
stormed all last night and still drifting and cold, Herm gone to Hill's, George and Ralph drawing wood, light blizzard all
day but not very cold but disagreeable, quite badly drifted
January 18, 1887 Tuesday/24 below,
clear and sunshine but cold wind, wind Southwest, drifted all day, wind South and heavy and quite cold, Ralph and George went
to town, Milo here tonight, had some music
January 19, 1887 Wednesday/16 above,
wind soft and warm, Dan Wilkins and wife here visiting, played 66, tonight wind south, 31 above zero at bed time
January 21, 1887 Friday/2 above,
cold South wind, folks started for Madelia got as far as Fairmont and came home, George Teeter here tonight, still and warm
at bed time, 36 above
January 22, 1887 Saturday/12 above,
clear and cold wind North West, got cloudy and tried to snow, cleared out, Henry Style here, cut oak tree in woods, got four
loads and one load of ice, George Jones here
January 23, 1887 Sunday/4 above,
lovely day, the nicest day we have had this winter, Billy here, young folks gone to East Chain, Ralph brought his cow home
tonight
January 24, 1887 Monday/14 above,
lovely day, Billy took load of straw to town, sawed wood all afternoon, women folks gone over to the lake tonight visiting
January 25, 1887 Tuesday/4 above,
light frost blizzard, large sundogs, wind north west and cold, got 2 loads of sawed wood, snowed a little white led disagreeable
day, Milo got load of wood
January 26, 1887 Wednesday/10 below,
cold South wind, drifted all day
January 27, 1887 Thursday/12 above,
clear and pleasant, fixed sleighs, Ralph gone to take load of hay to Winnebago for Hall, Cora staying here for the night,
Milo and wife here this afternoon visiting, Chauncy here
January 28, 1887 Friday/24 above,
wind West, pleasant day, Ralph gone to Winnebago for Hall, Milo and I sawed wood, Truman Hall, Eddie Hill and George Teeter
and Ron Leets boy here, Amy Hill stayed all night
January 29, 1887 Saturday/pleasant
until 11 o'clock, from then until night it was a regular blizzard, Ralph not home yet, Amy Hill here yet, Cora here tonight,
10 below zero at bedtime
January 30, 1887 Sunday/22 blown
below, clear and cold North West wind, Ralph came from Foss's this forenoon, very cold day, Amy Hill went home today
January 31, 1887 Monday/18 below,
clear and pleasant but very cold
February 1, 1887 Tuesday/16 below,
cold and cloudy, looks like snow, snowed of all afternoon, Ralph went to town, took ten sacks of wheat, Anna went with him,
George Jones and Truman Hall here this evening
February 2, 1887 Wednesday/14 below,
cloudy and cold, Milo and Ralph went to town with load of hay for Groff, Billy here a little while
February 3, 1887 Thursday/12 below,
cloudy and very cold, got some straw for Milo and I, roads drifted some, wind North West
February
4, 1887 Friday/21 below, cloudy and cold north east wind, went to town with Temp and Billy, got groceries,
cold as thunder, party at Billy's tonight, Groff came down with Billy and stayed all night with me
February 5, 1887 Saturday/0, mild
and pleasant, Billy and Groff stayed all day and went home at night, played 66 Sound
February 6, 1887 Sunday/2 below,
sunshine and pleasant, thunder last night, Louisa and Ada gone to Ruble's visiting today, Billy here this afternoon
February 7, 1887 Monday/8 above,
foggy and warm, everything covered with hoar frost, stayed on all day, got to loads of ice for us and one for Milo, Ralph
gone to town with James, still and warm at bed time
February
8, 1887 Tuesday/cloudy and drifting, little sunshine and warm this afternoon, cut oak tree in back of barn
February 9, 1887 Wednesday/ 4 above,
nice and warm, 40 above at noon, cut and drew three loads of wood, Louisa visiting at Ralph's this afternoon, wind South east
February 10, 1887 Thursday/4 above,
cloudy and cold, went to town with Milo, Dustin here with petition for dam on South Creek, McDonald here tonight, Anna gone
to town with Billy to show
February 11, 1887 Friday/2 below,
cold and blustering, almost a blizzard, Mr. MacDonald stayed until after dinner and then went home, Ralph and Cora here this
evening, 10 below at bed time
February
12, 1887 Saturday/19 below, drifting some, Milo gone to town, George went to town and Anna came home, helped
Ralph get some wood, wind South east and cold
February 13, 1887 Sunday/10 above,
strong South wind and drifting badly, disagreeable all day, 34 above in afternoon, the Rome heifer had calf in evening
February 14, 1887 Monday/36 above,
very nice day, thawing some, Ralph took load of hay to town for Groff, wind South changed to North West this afternoon
February 15, 1887 Tuesday/10 above,
very nice day but didn't thaw much, George took four sacks of corn over to Jim's and left it
February 16, 1887 Wednesday/30 to
above, cloudy but pleasant, Louisa and Ada gone to Jones is visiting
February 17, 1887 Thursday/28 above,
rain most of the day, trees loaded and breaking down with ice, very bad day, snowing heavily tonight, cut oak still on lake
bank, George gone to Jim's with more corn to grind
February 18, 1887 Friday/20 above,
snowing yet, looks as though it had snowed all night and drifted all day, all fall weather, Milo and Ralph here, played 60
state, stormy yet badly
February 19, 1887 Saturday/10 above,
very nice morning, sawed some wood, Ralph and Anna went to town, Truman Hall here, played 66 in evening
February's 20, 1887 Sunday/0, very
pleasant day, took cattle to outlet to water, Billy and Greame here, Jim Burton at Ralph's visiting, Greame brought Dick Cunningham
out
February
21, 1887 Monday/2 above, pleasant but cloudy, sawed some wood, averaged about 30 above every day but hasn't
thawed any to speak of, Mr. Teeter sold his old grey team today
February 22, 1887 Tuesday/2 above,
cloudy most of the day, still and warm, made axe helve, Milo gone to town, Louisa gone to Lawson's visiting, trees still loaded
with ice and some are breaking down, Anna gone to town to party
February 23, 1887 Wednesday/28 above,
cloudy and warm, when the north, drifting some, Ralph, a Ada, police said and I went to town, William Groff died this afternoon
at three o'clock (this was written in much larger and bolder), Louisa stayed there all night, getting colder
February 24, 1887 Thursday/2 below,
clear and cold, very pleasant day, sawed some wood, Louisa came home this afternoon, Ralph and Cora here for supper
February
25, 1887 Friday/16 above, cold South wind, went to town to Groff's funeral, Ada, Anna and I went with Milo,
big snowstorm tonight but warm and still
February 26, 1887 Saturday/4 above,
commenced last night at 11 o'clock and stormed all night and all day today, the worst blizzard this winter, bed time and still
storming fearfully, everything all covered up with snow
February 27, 1887 Sunday/0, sunshine and pleasant,
Kate Hammond came here today, Mr. Mitchell brought her over, shoveled snow almost all day
February 28, 1887 Monday/14 above/sunshine
and thawing, drove cattle to collect to water today, warmest day this winter, Lawson here after butter, Billy came here and
stay tonight, played 66, Brindle heifer had calf
March 1, 1887 Tuesday/warm and thawing,
very nice day, 30 above, fields covered with water, got corn from Jim's
March
2, 1887 Wednesday/28 above, cold North West wind but sunshine, didn't thaw much today, Louisa said Kate to
do Doyle's, Chauncy here, cloudy and looks like snow at bed time
March 3, 1887 Thursday/20 above,
cold North wind, lasted two post cuts for Billy, Milo's wife here visiting, getting colder
March 4, 1887 Friday/6 below, cold
sell wind, cut oak tree on lake bank, Herman Miller here, played 66, snowing some at bed time
March 5, 1887 Saturday/28 above,
got some of wood, pleasant day, sold Ada's steers to Nut, George went to town, paid Ben Adams 2 dollars
March 6, 1887 Sunday/30 above, warm
and pleasant, 44 above zero at noon, water and slush, Louisa at gone to Nichol's visiting, paid Milo five dollars
March 7, 1887 Monday/28 above, when
the Northwest and quite warm, Anna gone to town to stay 2 days, Wilkin's moved his house today, Mrs. Fener here this afternoon
March 8, 1887 Tuesday/38 to above,
cloudy with strong South wind, some want chilly, went to town with Milo to go to the town meeting, John Houston there with
sick horse, bought a pair of shoes for Louisa
March
9, 1887 Wednesday/26
above, cloudy and cold and forenoon, warm and thawing in afternoon, Milo got jag of hay from Ralph, old lady Jones here visiting,
George went to town with Wilkin's, changed Louisa as shoes
March
10, 1887 Thursday/ 26 above, misty with cold south
wind, went to Lawsons sale, Tine and Mrs. Teeter here visiting, raining little tonight
March
11, 1887 Friday/ 38 above, clear and pleasant, warmest
day this spring, 52 above zero at noon, Wilkins and Lessing here cutting wood, Ralph went to town horseback
March
12, 1887 Saturday/ 35 above, warm and thawing in forenoon,
wind changed at 3 oclock to north west, getting colder, 54 degrees below zero (I believe he meant above), Henry Webber
came here tonight, George went to town and got pair of boots, Anna came home tonight, Billy here, took Vick to Doyles
March
13, 1887 Sunday/ 16 above, cold north west wind, frozen
hard, disagreeable day, Louisa, Anna and George down to Ralphs tonight visiting
March 14, 1887 Monday/, chilly South
wind, Milo and Ralph gone to town, Ralph Bryant Mary Groff's cow home with him, sawed tiles
warns, Louisa gone over to Flenner's and Style's
March 15, 1887 Tuesday/28 above,
clear and pleasant, thawed some, Milo went to town, Billy brought his colts home, Louisa went to Ackley's visiting, got my
corn sheller home, bed time, looks like rain
March 16, 1887 Wednesday/15 above,
clear was cold North wind, cut little wood, Mrs. Nichols here visiting, Ralph went home with them, got my wagon out of snow drift, snow all gone but the drifts, outlet opened, George Jones and Truman Hall
here
March 17, 1887 Thursday/20 above,
clear with cold North wind, Milo and Anna went to town, Ada came home with them, sawed wood most of all day, Louisa went to
Obermyer's visiting, warmer tonight
March 18, 1887 Friday/20 above,
clear and pleasant, sawed wood all day, Ralph, Anna and George gone to Mitchell's to party
March 19, 1887 Saturday/32 above,
cloudy and gloomy with light rain, went to town with Milo and Ralph, snowed part of the afternoon, got my collars fixed, roads
bad, bad snow drifts in a roads yet
March 20, 1887 Sunday/32 above cloudy
all day, trying to snow or rain all day, snowing quite hard act bed time, Charlie VanAlstine at Ralph's, (water spot, can't
read name, may be Molly ) here tonight
March 21, 1887 Monday/missing Monday
March 22, 1887 Tuesday/25 above,
clear and pleasant, bought some common Peter Lawson's folks started for Minneapolis today, Ralph took them to town, Louisa
and Anna visiting at Hills, last snow all gone
March 23, 1887 Wednesday/34 above,
clear and pleasant, George took four sacks of feed to mill, cut some wood, had fish for supper, Ralph got his boat, snow all
gone but the drifts, warm and cloudy tonight, old Maye got car today helped him
March 24, 1887 Thursday/ 34 above,
clear and pleasant, cold north west wind, cut wood most of the day, made axe helve for Chauncy, Old James got sick horse,
Ralph and Cora here, had Ralph play some music, played 66
March 25, 1887 Friday/ 26 above,
clear and pleasant, froze hard last night, cold this morning, warm this afternoon, Wilkins and Sessing came for wood, sawed
wood for Ralph this forenoon, split wood at home in afternoon, spit snow at noon
March 26, 1887 Saturday/ 20 above,
cloudy and cold south east wind, Ada gone to town with Milo, Ralph gone after his harness, cut and drew load of wood, snowing
tonight, froze hard last night, didnt thaw much today
March 27, 1887 Sunday/ 22 above,
cold north wind and cloudy, didnt thaw much, Louisa went to East Chain with Teeters folks, Lesty gone to teach school at East
Chain, Spotty had calf last night
March 28, 1887 Monday/ 20 above,
clear with cold north wind, cut and drew 2 loads of wood, filed 2 knives for Milo, Wilkins getting his wood today, got one
beehive home tonight, Albert Hill left for Kansas
March 29, 1887 Tuesday/ 24 above,
clear with cold East wind, south wind in afternoon, cut some wood, Louisa and Cora cleaned school house, Ralph went to town,
snowed little in forenoon
March 30, 1887 Wednesday/ 24 above,
warm and pleasant, warmest day we have had in 2 weeks, gave Temp three doses of medicine, sawed and split wood, Louisa went
to East Chain for corn meal, got beehive home
March 31, 1887 Thursday/ 26 above,
warm and pleasant, Ralph and George gone to town moving Milo, sent 3 sacks of wheat, moved Mrs. Groff down to her farm, paid
personal tax, cleaned some oats, big snow drifts left yet, Lake didnt open
April 1, 1887 Friday/ 28 above,
clear and warm, very nice day, Billy came and went back to town, took grist of feed to mill, Ralph gone to Nichols to stay
all night, warmest day this spring, burnt slough today, cleaned granary out
April 2, 1887 Saturday/ 36 above,
clear and pleasant, very warm, 72 above zero at noon, cleared ice away from north door, fixed pasture fence, Louisa and Ralph
went to town, Ada came home with them, looks like rain, Billy came from town
April 3, 1887 Sunday/ 49 above,
cloudy with cold north wind, commenced raining about 10 oclock, rained until 2, turned to snow, blinding blizzard until night,
drifting badly at bedtime and cold
April 4, 1887 Monday/ 14 above,
sunshine and pleasant, strong north west wind, snow not all gone yet, cut some wood, Billy went to town, Ralph went to Nichols
tonight, Ada and Louisa at Groffs tonight, Ada got package from New York
April 5, 1887 Tuesday/ 20 above,
cloudy with cool south wind, helped Billy draw his oats and shell his corn, Heron got Fanning mill, looks like rain, still
blowing hard but thawing
April 6, 1887 Wednesday/ 31 above,
clear and pleasant, Billy went to mill with feed, Ada gone to work for Ruble, Ralph commenced dragging for wheat, George Jones
commenced seeding on Groffs place, snow all gone but some drifts, wind East
April 7, 1887 Thursday/ 28 above,
clear and pleasant, south east wind, snow drifts almost gone, Ralph commenced sowing wheat, I commenced dragging on breaking,
got 23 bushels of oats from Chauncy
April 8, 1887 Friday/ 44 above,
sunshine and pleasant, strong south wind, finished Ralphs wheat and commenced sowing for me, got 27 bushels of oats from Chauncy,
fixed scoop shovel, 80 above zero at noon, 60 at bedtime
April 9, 1887 Saturday/ 64 above,
sunshine with strong south wind, finished sowing my wheat on breaking, Billy gone to town, dragged part of day with Ralphs
team, Ada got letter from California from George (this is George Cross, Williams brother who lived in San Jose)
April 10, 1887 Sunday/ 24 above,
clear and pleasant, snow drifts all gone, Lake partly open, prairie fire today, Billy brought his cutter from town today,
Louisa got hens from Mrs. Groff
April 11, 1887 Monday/ 62 above,
sunshine and pleasant, strong south wind, finished sowing my wheat, Ida Bowen came here to board Billy, sawed 10 acres of
oats, Lake clear of ice, looks like rain
April 12, 1887 Tuesday/ 60 above,
cloudy and warm, dragging for oats, George went to East Chain for Billy, seamered(?) my plough, kept my cows in pasture today,
sprinkled rain this afternoon
April 13, 1887 Wednesday/ 60 above,
pleasant day, ploughed Mrs. Groffs garden and dragged for oats, Billy finished sowing the field next to the road, fixed fence
at foot of garden
April 14, 1887 Thursday/ 54 above,
cloudy and warm, commenced sowing my oats, didnt finish south piece, rained part of afternoon, quite heavy shower, thunder
and lightning, cleared up at bedtime
April 15, 1887 Friday/ 44 above,
ground to wet to work, seeded little, to wet, Ada came home from East Chain
April 16, 1887 Saturday/ 42 above,
cloudy and cold, Ralph seeding and George dragging, looks like rain, Billy plowed, finished my oats, Billy and Anna gone to
town, set apple trees, planted potatoes, sowed my fancy oaks
April 17, 1887 Sunday/ 42 above,
cloudy and cold, Jim Burton here to dinner
April 18, 1887 Monday/ clear and
cool, light frost last night, finished dragging my oats, George dragged for Billy in afternoon, worked on fence for Billy,
set Ralphs clock up, thumped my leg with hammer
April 19, 1887 Tuesday/ 60 above,
warm and pleasant, built fence for Billy, Louisa went to town, Mrs. Groff went with her, took 2 sacks of wheat, Ralph cut
sod
April 20, 1887 Wednesday/ 36 above,
sunshine and pleasant, George dragged all day for Billy, took banking from house, turned colts to pasture, Kate Hall here
visiting, George gone fishing
April 21, 1887 Thursday/ 40 above,
cloudy with hard south wind, George ploughed and dragged for Billy, Ralph and Ada went to town, fixed fence at hay stack and
at creek, commenced raining about dark, raining at bedtime
April 22, 1887 Friday/ cold rain
this morning, rained part of last night and all day until 3 oclock, commenced snowing and snowed until dark, bad day, tied
colts and cattle, wind north
April 23, 1887 Saturday/ cold north
west wind, ground covered with snow, cold as blazes all day, helped Billy clean some oats he got from Tom Lowe, Ada and Louisa
visiting at Groffs, George hurt his hand in corn sheller, Parker here after Ada to work
April 24, 1887 Sunday/ cloudy and
cold, ground covered with snow this morning, north west wind and cold all day, Ada and Louisa went to Teeters visiting, knocked
wolf teeth out of colts, Billy gone to town, Truman and George here
April 25, 1887 Monday/ clear with
cool north wind, colts to pasture, Louisa went to East Chain with Mr. Teeter, got sack of potatoes, Ralph moved Nichols to
town, drove the pony and Billys colt, Billy finished sowing oats
April 26, 1887 Tuesday/ cloudy and
warm, rained and snowed little, sowed 4 acres of Groffs seed for Billy, Ralph got oats and corn from Herm, fixed fence in
Lake
April 27, 1887 Wednesday/ cloudy
and warm, went to town with Ralph, got Adas cloak, George went to mill with feed for Ralph, Henry Style and wife here today,
rained quite hard in town, thunder and lightning
April 28, 1887 Thursday/ strong
south wind, looks like rain, Ralph commenced breaking for Herm, Ada went to town in evening, got girls from Jackson and got
home 10 oclock, built some fence for Billy, Greame here
April 29, 1887 Friday/ cloudy and
warm, looks like rain all day, Billy and I drew manure all day, Harry Style here, Herm Foss here, had party, big crowd, nice
time, blew hard all day and night
April 30, 1887 Saturday/ clear and
pleasant with hard south wind, Herm, George and Ralph gone to East Chain, Flora Groff came home this afternoon, very warm,
86 above zero, strong south wind, boys went fishing, got nothing
May 1, 1887 Sunday/ warm and sultry
with hard south wind, Herm still here, 92 above zero, dust blizzard, blew fearfully
May 2, 1887 Monday/ cold north west wind,
commenced ploughing for corn, Billy gone to town, Ada brought Milly with her
May 3, 1887 Tuesday/ cold north
west wind, George plowing, women folks gone to graveyard, getting warmer, shelled some corn
May 4, 1887 Wednesday/ Beautiful
morning, Anna gone to town to take girls to on their way to Jackson, George went to mill with feed, got pony home, Mrs. Ackley
here, Billy came from town, stranger here for trees, split 24 posts
May 5, 1887 Thursday/ warm and pleasant,
no wind, plowed all day with 2 teams, Drietchman got corn planter, Chauncy commenced planting corn, burnt prairie last night
and today, didnt burn good
May 6, 1887 Friday/ finished plowing
for corn, helped Billy strike out some lands, tombstone man here to dinner, Ralph and Anna gone to town to play to party,
nice day
May 7, 1887 Saturday/ very warm
today, strong south wind, dragged my corn land, Billy and Anna gone to town, got sugar and tea, looks like some rain
May 8, 1887 Sunday/ hot and windy,
Huston here, Milo down to Wilkins visiting, heard Mr. Keilor had sold out
May 9, 1887 Monday/ still and very
warm, Billy marked my corn ground, sent cattle to herd, looks little like rain tonight, Jim here today, turned his old horse
in pasture
May 10, 1887 Tuesday/ still and
very warm, planted my corn, looks little like rain, Louisa gone fishing
May 11, 1887 Wednesday/ planted
8 rows of corn, fixed buggy for Ralph, plowed garden, Billy had teams to cut sod with, very warm, looks like rain
May 12, 1887 Thursday/ warm and
pleasant, strong south wind, planted my potatoes and pop corn, Ralph got through breaking for Herm, looks like rain all afternoon
May 13, 1887 Friday/ commenced dragging
my corn and potatoes, Louisa gone to town to get her carpet, Ralph and Cora gone too, got caught in the rain, commenced raining
at 2 oclock, rained most of the afternoon hard, bedtime and raining yet with thunder and lightning, got letter from Fred
May 14, 1887 Saturday/ nice day
and everything growing fast, got load of wood, boys went to East Chain, Louisa gone fishing, cool and pleasant this evening
May 15, 1887 Sunday/ warm and pleasant,
Milo and family here visiting, Ada came with them and went back with them, Fletcher Hill went to see about his cattle in herd
May 16, 1887 Monday/ cool and pleasant,
worked on road all day, George dragged my corn, looks like rain this afternoon and cold as blazes, brought Peter here to be
taken care of, swelled legs
May 17, 1887 Tuesday/ worked on
road till noon, cold wind, Billy sowed some oats and planted his corn
May 18, 1887 Wednesday/ cold with
white frost this morning, built fence all day, put new carpet down today, got two bushels of potatoes from Herm, 80 cents
per bushel, went after cows with pony
May 19, 1887 Thursday/ cool and
windy, worked on fence, Chauncy here little while
May 20, 1887 Friday/ warm and windy,
Ralph went to Winnebago to mill for me, got 465 lbs of flour, George broke in his place, fixed fence, Traucler staid here
tonight with team, Ralph and Cora here, had some music
May 21, 1887 Saturday/ very warm,
Ralph and George went to town, Frank Martin came home with them, they joined company of soldiers, tried hard to rain, hoed
my potatoes in garden, slight shower
May 22, 1887 Sunday/ cool and pleasant,
Ralph took Frank to town, folks went wolf hunting, played croquet some, quite cool tonight, George Jones got new horse yesterday,
traded in town for it
May 23, 1887 Monday/ warm and pleasant,
worked on road in forenoon, built bridge at Obermyers, George and Louisa went to mill with feed, Frank Jones here
May 24, 1887 Tuesday/ sunshine and
pleasant, with cold west wind, commenced cultivating my corn, got letter from Hattie, shelled some corn
May 25, 1887 Wednesday/cool but
pleasant, finished cultivating my corn the first time, Frank Jones brought lumber for boats, Louisa and Ralph and Cora fishing
tonight, shelled all my corn, Ralph went to mill
May 26, 1887 Thursday/warm and pleasant,
George went to mill with feed, 18 bushels, made boat for Frank Jones, Anna gone to Rubles visiting Lesty Teeter
May 27, 1887 Friday/cool and pleasant,
didn't do anything to speak of, Frank Jones came for his boat, Louisa finished making soap and gone fishing, Anna came home
from East Chain tonight
May 28, 1887 Saturday/very warm
and cloudy, looks like rain, Anna, George and Ralph gone to town, didn't do but little today in
May 29, 1887 Sunday/cloudy, windy
compliant cool, rainy little last night
May 30, 1887 Monday/cloudy and cold,
Ralph and George gone to town decoration day, Billy took load of posts to Jim and it went to town, white cow had calf last
night, strawberries for supper, the first we had
May 31, 1887 Tuesday/cloudy and
cold, went to town, Louisa went with me, paid my taxes, got pair of shoes, to drove Ralph's team
June 1, 1887 Wednesday/warm and
pleasant, made boat for Frank Jones, George took Mrs. Groff to town of this afternoon
June 2, 1887 Thursday/the very warm
and cloudy, looks like rain, worked for Wilkins on house, Frank Jones came for boat, Ralph and George gone to town
June 3, 1887 Friday/warm and pleasant,
George cultivated corn, Anna and Ralph gone to Foss's to play to party, women picking gooseberries and strawberries today
June 4, 1887 Saturday/quite cool
but pleasant, cultivated until noon, finished second time through, Anna and Mrs. Groff went to town with old team, George
to town all day, Rupert Ganoe here
June 5, 1887 Sunday/warm and pleasant,
had strawberries for dinner, Greame and wife here, house full of people, George Nichols brought his buggy to get fixed, George
went to Iowa Lake
June 6, 1887 Monday/very warm, 94
above 0, made beehive for Lamphur, Ralph went to town with Mrs. Nichols, drew all the wood to house, Louisa set cabbage plants
in corn field
June 7, 1887 Tuesday/cloudy and
very hot, didn't do much, too hot for anything, nice shower this afternoon, still looks like rain
June 8, 1887 Wednesday/cloudy and
warm, built fence all day for Billy, Louisa went to town, Ada came home with her
June 9, 1887 Thursday/the very warm,
Ralph went to town, looks like rain, got lumber for buggy box
June 10, 1887 Friday/cool and pleasant,
cloudy all day, made buggy box, Ralph, Milo and Anna gone to Pixley's to play to party, Milo went with Ralph and left his
horse here
June 11, 1887 Saturday/cloudy and
rainy all day, Lamphur paid me for beehive, young folks all went to town, Ralph got buggy top
June 12, 1887 Sunday/rain last night,
colts got out this morning, cloudy, John Huston here, Chauncy and Tine here, cloudy and wet all day
June
13, 1887 Monday/rained hard last night, cloudy this morning, took spotty off, plowed the road of, rain to hard,
showers showery called a
June 14, 1887 Tuesday/very hot,
904 above 0, commenced cultivated in my corn the third time, Jim burden here, Ralph and George gone to town to drill, Assessors
here today
June 15, 1887 Wednesday/warm and
sold treat all day, cultivated corn, little Maggie sick, book tramp here
June 16, 1887 Thursday/fearfully
warm, cultivated corn, Ralph took Ida and Maggie to town, Louisa gone fishing, Mrs. Nichols came home with Ralph
June 17, 1887 Friday/very warm,
Ada and Mrs. Groff went to town, got pair shirts for me, painted buggy box, mowed garden
June 18, 1887 Saturday/cool and
pleasant, looks like rain, commenced raining about nine o'clock, showery all day with thunder and lightning, Frank Jones and
all of the Pixley's folks here to dinner, Seth Older and Lola here, picnic a fivel, all hands gone to Lowe's to dance, raining
June 19, 1887 Sunday/clear unpleasant,
nice day, had big crowd last night at Lowe's, 36 in number, Milo came home with me and stayed till noon today, Frank Jones
stayed too
June
20, 1887 Monday/warm and cloudy, showery ball afternoon, built fence for Billy, George and Ralph worked on
road
June 21, 1887 Tuesday/windy and
cooler, Cora had a baby last night, built fence for Billy, William Hill here from Dakota, showery this afternoon
June 22, 1887 Wednesday/cool and
pleasant, built fence for Billy, I never commenced her school again, Jim here, Ralph and George cultivated corn part of day,
Ralph gone to town, very windy, Milo here this morning
June 23, 1887 Thursday/quite cool
all day, fixed Ralph's fence, colts all went across the lake, had hard time getting them back, brought mine home
June 24, 1887 Friday/cool and pleasant,
made loader for Frank Jones, Mrs. Wing here visiting, young folks all gone to Lowe's to party, ditching man here
June 25, 1887 Saturday/cool and
pleasant, folks all gone to town, Jim Burton and Holmes here, Jim got his horse, Ralph got Katie Keeler to work for him
June 26, 1887 Sunday/cool and pleasant,
drove cows all across the lake, Milo and family all here, lot of young folks here, George Nichols came after his buggy
June 27, 1887 Monday/very warm,
Billy, Ralph and I built about 80 rods of fence, commenced boat for Sweet
June 28, 1887 Tuesday/very warm,
made boat for sweet, opened gate between pastures
June 29, 1887 Wednesday/very warm,
Frank Jones here all night, Fletcher Hill. shovel plough
June 30, 1887 Thursday/the very
warm, went to town, Mrs. Obermyer's went with me, rain some, brought mower, drove Ralph's team, George cultivated, Sweet came
for boat, got pair of overalls in town, set wagon to
July 1, 1887 Friday/very warm, went
to East Chain to work on Bowery, worked all day, stayed all night
July 2, 1887 Saturday/very hot,
worked till noon on Bowery, Frank brought me home, Ralph went to town, got new mower, Rubles paid me 2 dollars for boat, Herm
Miller here tonight, George gone to town, not back yet
July 3, 1887 Sunday/cloudy and pleasant,
Flora Groff here, Herm Foss here this morning, Frank Jones here after his provisions, George went home with him
July 4, 1887 Monday/cloudy and cool,
all hands went to East Chain to celebration, had dull time, could dance at night, rain little, too or three times
July 5, 1887 Tuesday/hot to and
still, slept part of day, George went to town to go to Mankato with soldiers
July 6, 1887 Wednesday/still and
hot, started new mower, went nice, mowed road side and yard, 94 above 0, Frank Jones here and paid up all hands, brought home
harp
July 7, 1887 Thursday/still and
very hot, 98 above 0, cut my Timothy, Ada and Louisa gone to Jackson for a week's visit, bees swarmed
July 8, 1887 Friday/stacked four
loads of hay, very warm, bees left for good, had nice little shower this afternoon, last day of school
July 9, 1887 Saturday/cool and pleasant,
went to Dan Wilkins, got cradle, cut my Bonanza oats, Ralph mowing little, Ida gone home with Billy, went to town with Ralph,
came home with George Jones
July 10, 1887 Sunday/cool and pleasant,
dull day, no one here, Housenbach came for his mower, Chauncy's cows got into my pasture
July 11, 1887 Monday/nice cool breeze
from South, got 24 bushels of oats from Clandening, paid him 4 dollars, owe him 2 more, very hot, 101 above zero in the shade,
thunder, looks like rain tonight
July 12, 1887 Tuesday/rained like
blazes last night, lightning and thunder awful, very warm today, helped fix binder, cut along road with cradle, Ralph took
old lady home today, went for Nettie
July 13, 1887 Wednesday/commenced
cutting my oats, very warm, light shower this afternoon, cut about five acres
July 14, 1887 Thursday/cut oats
all day, very hot
July 15, 1887 Friday/cut oats, hot
as blazes
July 16, 1887 Saturday/finished
cutting my oats and cut some wheat, Ollie Petrie came here tonight and George got home from Mankato, got grey colt out of
the lake tonight, very warm, looks like grain
July 17, 1887 Sunday/cloudy and
cool, tried all day to rain
July 18, 1887 Monday/cool and pleasant,
finished my four acres of wheat and commenced cutting Billy's oats, Hausenbach came after his colt, Billy got one half gallon
whiskey
July 19, 1887 Tuesday/warm and pleasant,
cut oats all day for Billy, Louisa and Ada went to town got tub of mackerill and groceries
July 20, 1887 Wednesday/hot and
sultry, Billy finished cutting field next to house, made a new wagon tongue and hounds for my wagon
July 21, 1887 Thursday/cloudy and
sultry, commenced stacking my oats, rained the like the devil, caught with stack open, bad job
July 22, 1887 Friday/cool and pleasant,
cut two wheat for Ralph
July 23, 1887 Saturday/cool and
pleasant, finished cutting Ralph's wheat
July 24, 1887 Sunday/cool and pleasant,
cut eight times around my breaking wheat
July 25, 1887 Monday/very warm was
nice way and, put of one stack of old, finished cutting my wheat, George went to town for Nutter, Ada went with him
July
26, 1887 Tuesday/very warm, stacked wheat for Ralph, Flora and Miss Rice here, Luke's wife and sister here
July 27, 1887 Wednesday/rained early
this morning, cut this afternoon, set some wheat, fixed binder, fixed wire fence, very warm
July 28, 1887 Thursday/rained most
all forenoon, Billy gone to town, Flora and old lady here to dinner, Ralph and I went to Jim's, Jim here tonight, Louisa went
to East Chain with team
July 29, 1887 Friday/rained all
day, done nothing, Ralph went to town, looks like rain tonight
July 30, 1887 Saturday/sunshine
and pleasant, George and his mother went to town, I helped set up oats, Ada came home from town
July 31, 1887 Sunday/stacked wheat,
once back, very warm day, got puppy home today
August 1, 1887 Monday/very warm,
commenced stacking my wheat
August 2, 1887 Tuesday/finish stacking
my wheat on breaking, Ralph went to town, got one half gallon of whiskey, got 24 bushels of oats off Jim, Aunt Mary here
August 3, 1887 Wednesday/very hot,
rained, shower in morning, stacked wheat in afternoon for Ralph, had ripe watermelon
August 4, 1887 Thursday/very warm,
finished stacking Ralph's and commenced my oats, Anna and Flora went to East Chain with old team
August 5, 1887 Friday/finished all
my stacking, cool and windy, nice day to work
Aug. 6, 1887 Saturday/still and
warm, commenced on Billy's oats to stack, Ralph gone to stack four Waggoner, chilly and almost frost last night
August 7, 1887 Sunday/ nice cool
day, Billy and the girls went to Luke Nutters, set Be???? Up for Herm, Teeter and wife here a little while today, George went
to town
August 8, 1887 Monday/ very warm,
102 in shade, stacked oats all day for Billy, rained before dark, Jim came for his stack cover
August 9, 1887 Tuesday/warm and
muggy, rained part of this time all last night with lightning and thunder
August 10, 1887 Wednesday/rained
little this morning, very hot and muggy, Ralph commenced plowing, Ralph gone to wagon to stack, Billy gone to town, weather
looks better, Chauncy here to supper
August 11, 1887 Thursday/cool and
pleasant, put up one stack of oats and cut some hay
August 12, 1887 Friday/cool and
pleasant, stacked oats all day, folks all gone to East Chain to party, bedtime and raining
August 13, 1887 Saturday/rainy and
cloudy all day, Jim here to dinner, Ralph gone to town, Arvilly Rice came home with him
August 14, 1887 Sunday/cloudy and
cool all day, women folks all went to school section for plumbs, Milo and family here, Ralph gone to East Chain visiting,
John here
August 15, 1887 Monday/cloudy and
cool, commenced plowing the road up, Ralph and George helped John thresh in afternoon, Ann gone to Wilkins to help in threshing
August 16, 1887 Tuesday/cloudy and
cool, stacked oats this afternoon, quite wet, Miss Rice here tonight, Anna gone to help Mrs. Wilkins
August 17, 1887 Wednesday/very warm,
stacked oats all day, Ralph helped Teeter thresh, Mr. Teeter sold his farm
August 18, 1887 Thursday/cool and
pleasant, finished stacking everything in the shape of grain, looks like rain
August 19, 1887 Friday/commenced
mowing hat, looks like rain, Ethel Petrie here
August 20, 1887 Saturday/Louisa
went to town, Ralph went to Blue Earth to mill, raked and cocked hay in afternoon, Luke Nutter and wife here, Anna went to
town with Billy
August 21, 1887 Sunday/Pleasant
day, Milo and his brother and Mr. Root here hunting, Billy and Anna gone to Nutters, Ralph gone to Penowers?, , Rose staid
here all night
August 22, 1887 Monday/cloudy and
cold and windy, Ralph mowed this afternoon on my land, Coltin folks here, Ada went home with them, cold enough for frost tonight
August 23, 1887 Tuesday/Cool and
windy, stacked hay all day, Mr. Phillips from Wisconsin here little while, Ralphs team went to town in afternoon, Ethel Petrie
went home
August 24, 1887 Wednesday/Cool and
pleasant, stacked hay, boys went hunting in evening, cocked some hay
August 25, 1887 Thursday/Cloudy,
looks like rain, mowed until noon, drizzly and wet all afternoon, took lineback cow over the lake to Styles, raining little
at bedtime
August 26, 1887 Friday/Cloudy and
cool, mowed all forenoon, cocked up in afternoon, 250 cocks, young folks went to East Chain to party, looked like rain all
day
August 27, 1887 Saturday/cool and
pleasant, George gone to help Herm thresh
August 28, 1887 Sunday/Cloudy, cold
and windy, threatens rain, Ralph and George gone hunting, Nettie Peniger and her mother here
August 29, 1887 Monday/Ralph and
I stacked hay all day, wind blew hard, Jim and Billy stacked, George gone threshing
August 30, 1887 Tuesday/Cloudy and
rain all day, done nothing, Ralph and his mother got a lot of plumbs at Segars
August 31, 1887 Wednesday/Cloudy
and hot, cut and cocked some hay, cut some hay for Mrs. Groff, George and his mother went to town, Ollie Petrie came here,
Lola Hall here
September 1, 1887 Thursday/Cloudy
and threatens rain, sprinkled a little in morning, very hot, stacked 6 loads of hay, Mrs. Petrie here, put up Mrs. Groffs
hay this afternoon
September 2, 1887 Friday/Cloudy
and cool, misty and rainy all day, helped Ralph get some poles, George and Flora gone to East Chain about school
September 3, 1887 Saturday/Cold
and rainy all day, done nothing, Ralph went to town, took Rose home
September 4, 1887 Sunday/Cleared
up and quite pleasant, set corner stake at east end of willow hedge, Louisa gone picking hazelnuts, George and Ralph gone
hunting, fixed little clock
September 5, 1887 Monday/fixed my
haystack, George mowed for Ralph in afternoon, hot and sultry, looks like rain
September 6, 1887 Tuesday/Very warm,
stacked Mrs. Groffs hay, George cut and raked for Ralph, wind blows hard tonight, looks like rain, George Teeter worked for
Billy today
September 7, 1887 Wednesday/Cool
and pleasant, stacked 10 loads of hay for Ralph, George Hall helped Billy stack hay, Mr. Petrie here tonight
September 8, 1887 Thursday/Thunderstorm
in morning, stacked 2 loads of hay, went to town with Billy, got lumber to fix granary
September 9, 1887 Friday/Finished
stacking hay for Ralph, worked on granary, Ralph went to town for lumber, Old Nellie sick, think she will die
September 10, 1887 Saturday/Cloudy
and cool, built horse barn for Ralph, cocked some hay, Anna went to town with Billy, Old Nellie sick yet, rained little tonight
September 11, 1887 Sunday/Cool and
cloudy, Henry Style and wife here, Ralph mowed little, colts got into Styles hog pasture
September 12, 1887 Monday/Cloudy
and warm, finished Ralphs stable, rained last night and this morning hard, warm tonight and looks like more rain
September 13, 1887 Tuesday/Clear
and cool, Ralph mowed part of day, fixed granary, high wind from the west
September 14, 1887 Wednesday/Clear
and still, nice day, stacked hay, got Lowes bull, Old Nellie died this afternoon, built one stack for me and one for Ralph
September 15, 1887 Thursday/Clear
and cool, buried Old Nellie, drew 15 loads of manure out, cold tonight
September 16, 1887 Friday/Windy
and cool, drawed manure all day, 23 loads
September 17, 1887 Saturday/Clear
and cool, drew manure till afternoon then all hands went to town
September 18, 1887 Sunday/Sunshine
and pleasant, Jim Burton here, rather dull day, looks like rain tonight
September 19, 1887 Monday/Pleasant
but windy, threshed for Fletcher Hill, Ralph finished drawing manure for me, looks like rain, machine at Teeters
September 20, 1887 Tuesday/Very
warm, fixed grain beans for Ralph, cleaned around stacks, George threshed for Teeter, Ralph helped Teeter in afternoon, thunder
and looks like rain
September 21, 1887 Wednesday/Rained
most all last night and most of the day but is clearing off tonight, Louisa signed for tow books today
September 22, 1887 Thursday/Cloudy
but pleasant, Ralph went to town, got plow sharpened, Anna and Billy went to town, Ben Adams and Tinker took supper here
September 23, 1887 Friday/Cool and
pleasant, frost last night, threshed for C. Jones, Louisa went to town and got meat for threshers, 20 lbs., Cora here all
day, came home sick tonight [this was defiantly not Williams writing-it says he was sick, so Ada or Louisa probably wrote
in his daybook for him]
September
24, 1887 Saturday/Cool and cloudy, threshed for Chauncy in forenoon, threshed my wheat in afternoon, 318 bushels,
slight frost at night
September
25, 1887 Sunday/Clear and cool, Lucy Hill kicked by a colt and badly hurt, Ralph went to Luke Nutter’s bothered
about getting help
September
26, 1887 Monday/Cloudy, looks like rain, threshed my oats, 780 bushels, threshed 2 stacks for Billy, rained the balance
of the afternoon, Mr. Warner and family here
September
27, 1887 Tuesday/Cloudy and misty all day, threshed 4 stacks of oats, moved the machine out to the field to the oats
stacks
September
28, 1887 Wednesday/nice day, threshed 1048 bushels of oats for Billy, moved, set and threshed 162 bushels of wheat
September
29, 1887 Thursday/pleasant morning, finished Billy’s wheat, 409 bushels and moved to Cregles, misty and cloudy
all afternoon, George gone to town
September
30, 1887 Friday/Ralph went to town with load of wheat, cloudy and misty all day
October
1, 1887 Saturday/cool and pleasant, all the folks went to town to circus, I stayed at home, they got home at 8 o’clock
at night
October
2, 1887 Sunday/ High wind all day, got cattle home from herd, Flora gone to East Chain to commence her school
October,
3 1887 Monday/ George went to Blue Earth to mill, took grist for Ralpf Mary and I, big calf died in woods
October
4, 1887 Tuesday/ George stacked hay for McCruden, Ralph plowed all day, skinned calf, sent hide to town by Lamp here
got 85 cents, sharpened posts for Billy, Luke Nutter here for load of wood
October
5, 1887 Wednesday/ George plowed all day, built fence for Billy in forenoon, helped Ralph dig well in afternoon, looks
like rain, Teeter’s folks moved to town
October
6, 1887 Thursday/ Windy and cloudy, looks like rain, Ada and Mrs. Groff went to town with pony and buggy, George plowed
in forenoon, Ralph in afternoon
October
7, 1887 Friday/ cloudy and windy, George plowed all day, looks like rain, Anna went to East Chain for Flora
October 8, 1887 Saturday/ Cloudy
and Misty, Boys went to help McCruden thresh, I went to town with load of wheat and got 52 cents per bushel (30 bushels),
rained most all day, very nasty day, got Pony from Lamberton to use for awhile
October 9, 1887 Sunday/ cool and
pleasant, helped Billy strike of lands for plowing, John here, Mr. Fenner and wife here little while, Billy took Flora to
East Chain to school, yesterday paid Friffer and Burdick
October 10, 1887 Monday/ cloudy
and cold, threshed for McCruden all day
October 11, 1887 Tuesday/ cold and windy, threshed
for McCruden till noon, machine gone to Ian Denny’s
Oct 12, 1887 Wednesday/ cold and
windy, plowed in afternoon, threshed for Lamphur in afternoon, Hoffman’s barn and granary burnt today
October 13, 1887 Thursday/ cold
and windy, threshed for Lamphur all day, Henry Styles horses ran away and tore things badly, got on wire fence
October 14, 1887 Friday/ Pleasant
day, threshed in forenoon for Lamphur and for Obermyer in afternoon, Louisa went to East Chain, Ralph went to town in afternoon
with load of wheat, load of hay burnt on west side of lake
October 15, 1887 Saturday/ cloudy
with strong wind, threshed all day for Obermyer, Ralph and George went to town with wheat, Oliver stayed with George tonight
October 16, 1887 Sunday/ cloudy
and cold, Louisa and Mary went to Pages and to East Chain, fixed wagon wheel, John here
October 17, 1887 Monday/ very nice
day, dug my potatoes, had about 30 bushells, George gone to work for George Jones
October 18, 1887 Tuesday/ Warm and
pleasant, dragged road, drawed sorghum to pages, built hog pen for Billy, made whiffeltrim for buggy, folks gone to party
at Androse, Anna and Ralph played
October 19, 1887 Wednesday/ cold
and windy, threshed for Dickinson all day, Louisa and Mrs. Gruff made sorghum at pages
October 20, 1887 Thursday/ cold
and windy, went to Pages for sorghum, got 28 gallons, finished threshing at Dickinson’s, Ralph plowed in afternoon,
got Tuter’s Sulky plow
October 21, 1887 Friday/ cold and
windy, went to Hills, got 3 pigs, got pig from Ralph, Louisa went to East Chain, Billy and Anna gone to town to party, Ralph
and George gone to pages to party
October 22, 1887 Saturday/ Pleasant
morning, went to town with load of wheat, Louisa and Mary went along, I went with Ralph, big snow storm all night, about 3
inches deep in morning
October 23, 1887 Sunday/ cloudy
and stormy, not cold, nasty day, snow still on the ground
October 24, 1887 Monday/ cold North
West wind, ground still covered with snow, cold, disagreeable day, got some wood, Ralph went to town with load of oats
October 25, 1887 Tuesday/ south
wind and cold, ground still covered with snow, getting warmer tonight, lake froze all over
October 26, 1887 Wednesday/ cloudy
but pleasant, Ralph and I drawed manure all day, George to work for Jones’ husking corn, getting warmer, Louisa very
lame
October 27, 1887 Thursday/ cloudy
and cold, thawed some, went to town with load of oats, got lumber for corncrib, 48 bushels 19 cents per bushel, paid Ward
and Cadwell 2 dollars and 15 cents in full, Will Hope at Ralph’s
October 28, 1887 Friday/ warm and
pleasant, snow all gone, lake partly open, Ralph commenced plowing, worked on corncrib most of the day, Billy went to town
for lumber
October 29, 1887 Saturday/ Chilly
and cold, worked on corncrib, Ralph and George went to town, got horse from Blenco to work, Billy and Anna went to town
October 30, 1887 Sunday/ windy but
pleasant, dull day, Ralph husked load of corn
October 31, 1887 Monday/ went to
work on Hoffman’s barn, beautiful day, commenced husking
November 1, 1887 Tuesday/ worked
on barn, beautiful day
November 2, 1887 Wednesday/ worked
on barn, nice day
November 3, 1887 Thursday/ worked
on barn, nice, came home at night
November 4, 1887 Friday/ Husked
one load of corn, had party at Billy’s, Herm Foss here, had sick horse
November 5, 1887 Saturday/ sent
Blenco’s horse home by Billy, I plowed and the boys husked corn, Herm went home this morning, Ada came home tonight,
boys fighting fire
November 6, 1887 Sunday/ Pleasant
day, Bonks Hall got old mage
November 7, 1887 Monday/ cold north
west wind, I plowed all day, boys husked corn
November 8, 1887 Tuesday/ still
and cold, plowed all day, boys husked corn, commenced raining about sundown, bedtime snowing like blazes
November 9, 1887 Wednesday/ cloudy
and warm, commenced banking house, covered corn crib, snow all gone, finished my plowing
November 10, 1887 Thursday/ Beautiful
morning, plowing for Ralph, boys husking, plowed all day, Trine and old lady visiting here, Chauncy Jones finished husking
today
November 11, 1887 Friday/ cool and
pleasant, plowed for Ralph all day, boys husked corn, Flora came home, foot
November 12, 1887 Saturday/ plowed
little in morning, helped finish my corn, Ralph and Ada went to town with load of corn, very nice day, George gone to Foss’
to work
November 13, 1887, Sunday/ cool
and pleasant, Greame and parker here, plastered Billy’s house, Graeme here to breakfast, Jim here
November 14, 1887 Monday/ Ralph
finished plowing today, worked around house all day, pleasant weather, Mr. Yomans came for old reaper.
November 15, 1887 Tuesday/ Very
nice day, banked mine and Ralph’s house, Ralph husked for old James
November 16, 1887 Wednesday/ windy
and cold, went to town with load of oats for Ralph, Mr. Lamphier paid me 2 dollars and 50 cents got ½ bushels lime
November 17, 1887 Thursday/ cold
north west wind, fixed stove door, folks commenced cleaning house, filled cellar way up, froze quite hard last night, lent
Lamphier 10 sacks, Ralph husking for James
November 18, 1887 Friday/ windy
and cold, went to town with 2 loads of corn, got 25 cents per bushel, paid Gilbert 2 dollars, Hully 1.50 and Burdie 2.24
November 19, 1887 Saturday/ cold
and blustering all day, got some wood, Ralph went to town with load of wheat, George and Herm Foss here tonight
November 20, 1887 Sunday/ cool and
pleasant, fixed Ralph’s kitchen, had some music at night
November 21, 1887 Monday/ warm and
pleasant, beautiful day, set post for Billy, made fence for Mary Groff, Ralph went to town with wheat, Herm and George went
with him, herm went home this afternoon, George gone to halls, Billy gone to town
November 22, 1887 Tuesday/ cold
north east wind, went to East Chain, made and hung 3 storm doors for Hoffman
November 23, 1887 Wednesday/ cold
north wind, sent 2 loads of corn to town, Louisa and Mrs. Gruff went along, got new 4 bushel measure
November 24, 1887 Thursday/ cloudy
and warm, ground white with snow this morning, plastered and finished banking house today, had turkey for dinner, young folks
all gone to town to party
November 25, 1887 Friday/ cloudy,
snowing little most of the day, John and I worked on Dan’s house, bedtime and snowing some still and warm
November 26, 1887 Saturday/ cold
and snowing, worked in forenoon for Dan, came home in storm, snowed and drifted all afternoon, Ralph and Ada went to town,
paid mower, Nate and lent to Chicago for goods, snowing yet at bedtime
November 27, 1887 Sunday/ clear
and cold, nice day, Mrs. Gruff paid me for 15 bushels of seed wheat 57 cents per bushel, put beans in cellar, 10 deg. Below
zero this morning
November 28, 1887 Monday/ clear
and pleasant, got 2 loads of wood and one of ice, 18 below zero this morning, ice about 8 inches thick on lake
November 29, 1887 Tuesday/ chilly
north east wind, cut and drawed some wood, zero this morning, Parker finished plastering Billy’s house, Wilkins paid
me one dollar for work, paid Tom Tinker 5 dollars on threshing account
November 30, 1887 Wednesday/ East
wind, chilly but not very cold, finished banking house, made axe helve, Jones boys here in evening, Fred got home last night
from Minneapolis, thawing little
December 1, 1887 Thursday/ east
wind and raining this morning, changed to snow at noon, snowed all afternoon, turned to rain in evening, warm and thawing
December 2, 1887 Friday/ warm and foggy all day,
trees covered with frost, dug sleigh crock out, split some posts to make spout for Hoffman barn, Louisa went to East Chain
for Flora, George sick
December 3, 1887 Saturday/ rain
and sleet with strong east wind, got load of wood, not cold, Ralph and I went to town got cloth for shirts and some pork
December 4, 1887 Sunday/ cold and
blustering all day, very disagreeable day, Ralph took Flora to East Chain
December 5, 1887 Monday/ warm and
pleasant, put on storm window, filed saw for Obermyer, thawed some today
December 6, 1887 Tuesday/ fixed
storm window, Peter Doyle here most all day, Ralph, George and Truman and Fred all gone to Nutters to party, Nice day, sold
Ada’s steers to Frank Park for 86 dollars
December 7, 1887 Wednesday/ foggy
all day, trees covered with frost, got 2 loads of wood, quite warm, busy all day tinkering something
December 8, 1887 Thursday/ cloudy
and warm, frost on trees yet, Ralph and George went to town with turkeys, got box from Chicago, thing all right, fixed Charlie’s
light sleigh today
December 9, 1887 Friday/ cloudy
and warm, frost still on the trees, Ralph Ada and Anna gone to town to party, Oliver here, played 66, Louisa went to East
Chain for Flora, Herm Foss and Mr. Howe here from Winnebago
December 10, 1887 Saturday/ cloudy
and warm, frost still on the trees, commenced boarding well at noon, commenced snowing at 4 o’clock and snowing at bedtime
December 11, 1887 Sunday/ cloudy
and little colder, sun shining in the afternoon, lots of folks here, had music
December 12, 1887 Monday/ clear
and pleasant, Ralph went to town with load of wheat, got lumber for well, ???? went 52 feet and got 18 feet of water, raining
little at bedtime, paid well man 5 dollars
December 13, 1887 Tuesday/ warm
and pleasant, 40 above zero, well diggers got through and left at 11 o’clock
December 14, 1887 Wednesday/ blustery
but not cold, cut big oak tree on lake bank, made well curb, Ralph gone to Blue Earth to mill, took 8 stacks for him and the
same for me
December 15, 1887 Thursday/ cloudy
and warm, Mr. Parks came for steers, Ralph got home from Blue Earth
December 16, 1887 Friday/ pleasant
day, fixed well to draw water, Louisa went for Flora, Anna went to town and got new cloak, going to send it back
December 17, 1887 Saturday/ cold
but pleasant, went to town in afternoon to see about pump, got home at 9 o’clock
December 18, 1887 Sunday/ pleasant
day, lots of folks here, rather dull
December 19, 1887 Monday/ colder
and looks like snow, drawed wood part of day, cut tree for Mrs. Groff, Luke Nutter here, paid me one dollar, got load of wood,
snowing little tonight
December 20, 1887 Tuesday/ almost
down to zero and snowing, snowed and drifted all day, bed time and still snowing, Jones boys and Will Hill from Dakota here,
getting colder, Visk? had calf
December 21, 1887 Wednesday/ snowed
all day and drifted some, done nothing but chores, not cold, 12 above zero all day
December 22, 1887 Thursday/ clear
and pleasant, quite warm, Will Hill here this morning, Anna went to town, snowing tonight, but warm
December 23, 1887 Friday/ snowing
and drifting all day not cold, averaged 10 deg. above zero
December 24, 1887 Saturday/ snowing
little in morning, cleared off, nice day, Louisa and Ada went to town, had Christmas tree at Mrs. Groffs, came home and had
little dance, Herm Miller here
December 25, 1887 Sunday/ clear
and pleasant, had big dinner, lots of folks here, splendid weather
December 26, 1887 Monday/ cold and
stormy all day, snowed part of the day, Anna gone to town with Billy to party
December 27, 1887 Tuesday/ 6 below
zero in morning, snowed and drifted all day, Ralph got Sli??? Irons from Crowher
December 28, 1887 Wednesday/ 18
below zero, cold and blustery all day, sawed little wood, Old James here tonight
December 29, 1887 Thursday/ 20 deg.
below zero this morning but pleasant, took calf over to McCrufans, Ralph went to town with load of oats, Billy gone to Woleston’s
party
December 30, 1887 Friday/ 6 above
zero, wind south east blowing hard and drifting, regular blizzard all day, badly blocked up, not cold
December 31, 1887 Saturday/ warm
but cloudy and snowing fast, all drifted up, snowed and drifted all day, 20 above zero in morning
(in the last pages of this diary are pages that
must be way out of date, I believe they are from after Anna was married to Billy which would be c 1888-it looks like it was
spring/summer as he says “last day of school and he mentions fishing and lots of rain) I will try to fit these pages
in when I find where they go)
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