Thu Dec 23: Grant 18 months old to day. Went to LaConner to get Christmas & money of Peter. Rainy part of the day. Will plowing 1/2. Gave Peter notes for $350.--
Fri Dec 24: Rainy part of the day. Will not working. I not doing much either. The land is getting pretty full of water.
Sat Dec 25: Christmas. Stormy day and in the evening it began snowing & sleeting. Went down to Whitneys to the Christmas dinner and to the tree in the eve. Mr Bradshow was here to order a Courtland buggie & gave me $100. for buggie & harness.
Sun Dec 26: Very stormy day. Snow from the N.E. Staid at home, read & wrote to George. [margin: Mercury at 25°]
Mon Dec 27: Went to town & ordered a wagon for Mr Bradshow. Snow going off. Warmer. [margin: Mercury at 26 this A.M.]
Tue Dec 28: Snow all gone & weather warmer to the woods to make some posts to fix the Whitney line fence. Highest tide of the season so far this winter.
Wed Dec 29: Working in the timber making posts. Fine day. Whitney went to town with the boat.
Thu Dec 30: Will plowing. Self unloading boat & choring about. Settled with Otto.
Fri Dec 31: Rain hard most all day. Not doing much. Will not working. Tides low & weather warm.
January 1887
Sat Jan 01: Fine warm day. Will went to LaConner. I moved the tank from the old house to the stable.
Sun Jan 02: Rainy most of the day. Went down to the Hall & heard Mr. Moore preach.
Mon Jan 03: Hauling rails & making fence.
Tue Jan 04: Making fence out beyond the haybarn. Rain part of the day.
Wed Jan 05: Not doing much. Rainy day. Split wood some.
Thu Jan 06: Will making fence & I part of the day sawed up a wood log & helped about the house some. Alfie Stacey here in the eve.
Fri Jan 07: Went to the timber to load out fence posts. A beautiful day with a light frost this A.M.
Sat Jan 08: Putting wire on the fence posts and built a picket fence out by the strawberry bed. Pleasant day. [margin: Frost.]
Sun Jan 09: Wind south again & raining a little. Tides very low for the season.
Mon Jan 10: Rainy day. Not doing much. Cut a little wood, went down to help W. to fix the engine a little.
Tue Jan 11: In the A.M. made a seeder tongue. Not doing much in the P.M. Went hunting a little while. [margin: Tides low. Rainy day.]
Wed Jan 12: Clear A.M. Rainy P.M. Got up at 5 & went to Callahans for a scow load of posts. Got home at 10 A.M. W. & T. went town.
Thu Jan 13: Will hauling out posts some. I went to town. Rainy part of the day.
1887 Jan 14-Feb 1
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Fri Jan 14: Went to Callahans to scow the bal. of the fence posts. Had a good trip. Sharpened & hauled them out in the P.M. [margin: High tide for the year.]
Sat Jan 15: Stormy day. Snow squalls. Went to Callahans granary & got Balls fanning mill & began cleaning seed oats.
Sun Jan 16: Went down to McKenna's & took the folks. Saw Sterns folks. Mrs Callahan & Jones folks here in the P.M.
Mon Jan 17: Driving fence post on the Whitney line fence.
Tue Jan 18: Cleaned grain in the A.M. Rainy. Driving fence posts in the P.M.
Wed Jan 19: Laying up fence in the A.M. & driving posts in the P.M.
Thu Jan 20: Cleaning grain all day. Barley & wheat. Windy & rainy. Otto here & paid me $20. on grain. Tilly McKenna died last night.
Fri Jan 21: Rainy day did not do much put up troughs on the granary & Otto also. In the P.M. went to the burial of Tilly McKenna.
Sat Jan 22: Went to LaConner and took Grandma to go to Ed's wedding. Rain part of the day. Will away yesterday & to day deer hunting.
Sun Jan 23: Staid at home all day. Mrs. Chilling, Whitney & Kate up here in the eve. Will got home with a deer. Wrote to Geo.
Mon Jan 24: Working all day on the Whitney line fence. Stormy part of the day. wet(?).
Tue Jan 25: Stormy day. Cleaning grain.
Wed Jan 26: Will worked some throwing down dyke out by the Pete house. Made a stable for "Beauty" & cleaned grain some. Stormy a good part of the day. Snow & rain.
Thu Jan 27: Will grading down dyke in the A.M. I making sausage &c. Alf & Grandma came to day. Rainy P.M. & some snow. Cleaning grain in the P.M.
Fri Jan 28: Grading down dyke & ditching on Peter's ranch. Strong west wind all day. Alf here yet. Wind-bound.
Sat Jan 29: Heavy rain all day. Cleaning grain & timothy seed. Finished the job. John Ball here for 75-80 sacks of seed grain yesterday & 25 of barley. Alf here & helping us some. Got 30 dollars per ton of Ball for oats.
Sun Jan 30: John Peth here to day and engaged 15 sacks of barley at $25.00 per ton. Heaviest wind last night for many a day. Very changeable weather to day. Wind, sunshine & snow. [margin: High tide & nor west wind.]
Mon Jan 31: Went down on the dyke to see what damage the wind done. It was slight. Came back & made a stall for old Kate in the wagon shed. Will ditching & I in the P.M. Snowy & cold at night.
February 1887
Tue Feb 01: Cold Mercury at M. 13, N. 17, N. 12. Cold winterish day. Wind N. East & snowy. Threshing radish seed for Till. 3/4 day. Will also.
1887 Feb 2-19
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Wed Feb 02: M 8. N 15. Cold disagreeable day & snowing all the P.M. Threshing radish seed 1/2 day. Snow about 4 inches deep.
Thu Feb 03: Still cold mercury at 8, 17 8. Clear. Threshing for Till 3/4. Will 1/2.
Fri Feb 04: Mercury at -4° this A.M. Coldest A.M. for 12 years. Finished threshing radish see. Thawing a little on sough side of buildings in the P.M. Have had no mail service since Monday.
Sat Feb 05: Mercury at - 8° this A.M. Still clear and no prospect of a chinook. Sawing & splitting ditch timber out by the road. Still clear at night.
Sun Feb 06: Clear & pleasant went to hear Mr Moore preach in the A.M. at Whitneys house. Uncle Will here in the eve. [margin: mer at 10°]
Mon Feb 07: In the A.M. made a crossing out by the slough to get onto Peter ranch & hauled out some ditch timbers & covered some of it but had to quit for ice in the P.M. Hauled seed for Till, a load of straw & some wood into the wood house. Pleasant day & growing warmer. Sun dogs this eve. [margin: Tem 17°.]
Tue Feb 08: Temp. 22°. Not much warmer & snowing some. Will & myself finished the ditch out in Peter ranch & put the timber in. The frost & ice bothered some.
Wed Feb 09: Snow again last night it is 7 or 8 inches deep now. I filed 5 saws this A.M. Will not working to day. He went to town in the P.M. [margin: Tem 28.]
Thu Feb 10: Clear & frosty. Will in town. Mrs Wallace came today. Sawed wood & done the chores. [margin: Temp. 18]
Fri Feb 11: Not so cold to day. Doing shores & cutting up old posts for wood. Rec'd a letter from George.
Sat Feb 12: Did not do much but the chores. South wind to day and the ice is going out of the slough. Uncle Will here to dinner & a peddlar(?). Will in town yet. [margin: Temp 22°]
Sun Feb 13: Snow again last night, but it is not cold. The ice is most out of the slough. Reading & writing to Geo. Cooler at night.
Mon Feb 14: Clear & pleasant. Doing chores & not much else. Jenne here after his barley. [margin: Temp. 20°]
Tue Feb 15: Still clear & cold ice not all out of the slough yet. Bob Woodburn here not working much, filed a saw for Jenne. John Peth here in the eve for barley. [margin: Temp 20]
Wed Feb 16: Went to LaConner & paid taxes. Went with a wagaon. South wind. Snow going off. Sent to Maher & Grosh for knives. Borrowed $20. of Peter. [margin: Temp 18. Got 100 lbs sugar.]
Thu Feb 17: Warmer. Done the chores & went to town. Got my scales(?) and a sack of beans.
Fri Feb 18: Stormy day. Went up to John Balls & done the chores and not much else. Will away yet.
Sat Feb 19: Done chores. Fixed the hay rack & grain bin & put the tongue in the seeder. Pleasant day, but so cold the snow does not go off much. Will not home yet. To all appearances this will be a late spring.
1887 Feb 20-Mar 12
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Sun Feb 20: Stormy day. Snowing some. Will came home & brought a deer. Was down to Whitneys in the P.M.
Mon Feb 21: Went up in the south ranch to cut road. Will also. Clear & cold.
Tue Feb 22: Snowing again this A.M. Temp at 25. Mr Gordon here this A.M. to see about the oats for seed. He spoke for 80 sack & paid $5.00 on them with the privilege of looking this week for better ones, in which case he would take 30 sacks. [margin: Not working any today]
Wed Feb 23: Snowy day, but we went to the woods & cut wood. Temp about 30 night & morning. Very disagreeable weather.
Thu Feb 24: Very bad weather as usual. Quite a heavy snow last night. Went to the woods to cut wood, finished up on the Purdy ranch. Bob here this eve. Snowing again.
Fri Feb 25: Went up to my woods & cut two cedars & began sawing for D. timber.
Sat Feb 26: Heavy S.E. wind. Went to LaConner with Mrs W. Had a hard pull & got there at 6 P.M. Will in the woods.
Sun Feb 27: In LaC all day. Went to church & to S.S.& to church in the eve. Heavy rain at night.
Mon Feb 28: In LaC all day. Rainy & blowing. Staying with Peter. The snow all gone.
March 1887
Tue Mar 01: Came home in the A.M. Pleasant. Will working in the woods. Sowed clover seed in the P.M. on my meadow.
Wed Mar 02: Working on the Whitney line fence and clearing away the old posts. Nice weather.
Thu Mar 03: Finished pulling wire on the fence and sowed seed in the pasture. John Ball here & paid me $100 for oats & barley. Will hauling rails & old posts. Took the fanning mill home. Mr Jones here this eve. [margin: Beauty had her colt.]
Fri Mar 04: Went to the timber & cut cord wood in my woods. Rec'd a letter from Geo.
Sat Mar 05: In the A.M. ditching to drain the tide(?) out in the Allen 80. In the P.M. fixed the tank, set out some currants, gooseberries, &c and chored around till night. Drying wind to day.
Sun Mar 06: Went to church at Whitneys. Mr Moore preached. Clowdy & misty day.
Mon Mar 07: Rain in the A.M. & pleasant P.M. Will & I hauling manure out in the hay field in the P.M. 14 loads.
Tue Mar 08: Rainy & cold. Not doing much. Made a table in the P.M.
Wed Mar 09: Rainy day. Will oiling harness. I went to town with Whitneys folks.
Thu Mar 10: Raining some. Working in the A.M. moving hay & grading slough dyke out on the Peter ranch. Could not work in the P.M. much. [margin: Planted some tomatoes in a box.]
Fri Mar 11: Rainy & windy. Did not work in the A.M. but graded dyke in P.M. out on the Miller ranch.
Sat Mar 12: Will working on the Miller ranch. Grading dyke & sloughs. I up to Jones making tank. Nice spring day. [margin: Heard frogs. Grass growing.]
1887 Mar 13-Apr 5
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Sun Mar 13: (Diary say 14th)Staid about home as usual.
Mon Mar 14: Hauling out manure in the "80". Very windy.
Tue Mar 15: Hauled 2 loads of straw for bedding. Then it rained. In the P.M. hauled out straw in the 80. Rainy night. Was down to Tillinghasts & Whitneys in the eve.
Wed Mar 16: Hauled straw until 11 A.M. & quit for rain. Weather warm and grass growing. Misty but not much prospect of farming. In the P.M. made a table for Ida.
Thu Mar 17: Hauling straw until 4 P.M. quit for rain.
Fri Mar 18: Hauling straw all day. Pleasant.
Sat Mar 19: Hauling straw. Went to Kalso's & got some raspberries to set out. Ground most dry enough to plow.
Sun Mar 20: Clowdy but no rain. Good prospect for good weather.
Mon Mar 21: Began plowing. Self working in the garden fixing strawberry bed. [margin: Fine day.]
Tue Mar 22: Will plowing. I finished the strawberries & hauled rails & brush off from Miller ranch. [margin: Fine]
Wed Mar 23: Will plowing. I grading sloughs and plowing down cabbage rows in Miller place. [margin: weather.]
Thu Mar 24: Will plowing. Began this side of the road. Ida & I & Whitneys folks went to White's to get potatoes. Had a good trip. Got home at 5 P.M. Rain a little, but not enough to stop work.
Fri Mar 25: Plowing with 2 teams on this side of road. Fine drying weather.
Sat Mar 26: Plowing with 2 teams on this side of the road. Have about 21 acres to plow yet to night. Chickens hatching to day.
Sun Mar 27: Rainy P.M. Peter came down to day & staid all day. Mary at LaConner.
Mon Mar 28: Will began to plow but had to quit at 10 A.M. Self pulling carrots. In the P.M. weighing out grain 1/2 day. Sold smith some oats (2 tons). He paid for one ton and is to pay for the other in 6 months. Heavy rain this P.M. [margin: Heard that Grandma Green was dead this eve.]
Tue Mar 29: Will went to town. I done the chores and dug carrots. Mary came back this eve.
Wed Mar 30: Went to LaConner and staid all day. Came home at 10 P.M. Took up Peter's note of $100. Will plowing.
Thu Mar 31: Plowing with 2 teams, for myself in the A.M. & for Tillinghast in the P.M. Strong south wind. Ground quite wet.
April 1887
Fri Apr 01: Drying day. Strong S.W. wind. Plowing for Tillinghast with 2 teams.
Sat Apr 02: Will hauling straw all day. I 1/2 day. In the P.M. set out roses & done chores, &c. Stormy P.M. hail, rain, & snow.
Sun Apr 03: Was down to Bradleys in the P.M. & Whitneys in the eve. Strong N. wind. [margin: Frost]
Mon Apr 04: Went to LaConner. Ida went & got 2 teeth pulled. Strong S.E. wind. Got home at 1 P.M. and hauled straw. Will hauling straw all day. [margin: Drying wind.]
Tue Apr 05: Will plowing in straw. I hauling straw. Got Kalso's sulky.
1887 Apr 6-27
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Wed Apr 06: Plowing & hauling straw. Finished the straw & began plowing in sloughs. Rain at night.
Thu Apr 07: Choring 3/4 day. plowed a piece for a garden. Whitney dehorned his cows. Made a new gate out by hay barn. Rainy A.M.
Fri Apr 08: Plowing, broke the sulky. Drying day. Got a letter from Geo. Peter here.
Sat Apr 09: Will cultivating with the seeder on fall plowed land. I plowing head lands & harrowing. Ball & Otto seeding. Cold north wind all day.
Sun Apr 10: Clowdy, misty & disagreeable all day. Wrote to George & read.
Mon Apr 11: Rainy some in the A.M. Will not working. I putting in window weight up stairs. Will plowing in the P.M. Self harrowing this side of the road.
Tue Apr 12: Rainy & misty. Cleaning seed oats, grinding up tools, splitting wood, &c. Sold Inmans boy 3 sacks of oats. He paid 2.50 & still owes 1.75.
Wed Apr 13: Harrowing & cultivating in the "80" Fine drying day. Neighbors seeding.
Thu Apr 14: Dito yesterday. Frost.
Fri Apr 15: Will harrowing land where we plowed in straw. Self planting potatos & blue stoning wheat. Tillinghast using my team. Rainy P.M. or misty.
Sat Apr 16: Plowing grading slough & dyke out in the Miller ranch. Land very soft. Fine drying day.
Sun Apr 17: Fine day. Charley Bowden here to see oats. Nels Richards took dinner with us.
Mon Apr 18: Went to LaConner with boat. Will cultivating with seeder. Tillinghast harrowing with my team. The above is a mistake he did not find the team.
Tue Apr 19: Began seeding. Sowed the wheat & some oats. Self harrowing.
Wed Apr 20: Will seeding. I harrowing in the A.M. & planting potatos in the P.M. down by the Smith ranch. Rainy A.M.
Thu Apr 21: Seeding with 2 seeders. Fine day. Ground in fine order.
Fri Apr 22: Seeding with 2 seeders. Finished across the road. Fine weather.
Sat Apr 23: Harrowing with 2 teams. Land in fine order. VanValkenburg here to get some oats. McKenna got his wheat.
Sun Apr 24: Rain last night but not very hard. Went to church to day at the school house. Mr Moore preached.
Mon Apr 25: Harrowing with 2 teams, grass in good order, but the weather clowdy. Ida went to town.
Tue Apr 26: Finished harrowing across the road. Mist most all day & rain so we had to quit at 5 P.M. Not a good day to harrow but the grain has been a week some of it and it was the last chance.
Wed Apr 27: Rainy A.M. Hauled feed oats & straw and began grading the big slough out by the Peter ranch.
1887 Apr 28-May 12
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Thu Apr 28: Grading slough all day or till 5 P.M. when we had to quit for rain. The ground is getting pretty wet & the prospect for early grain is not very good. Got a letter from Geo last night and learned that he had a bag(?) in their house. Found a Holstein calf in the hen yard this A.M. and a heifer at that. She will be called Pansy.
Fri Apr 29: Working on the road all day, myself & Woodburn. Heavy rain last night & the ground pretty wet today. Drying day.
Sat Apr 30: Harrowing & plowing in sloughs. Will seeding in the P.M. 7 acres sowed the wheat in the garden patch. Oats & wheat beginning to come up in the "80" acre piece.
May 1887
Sun May 01: Cold tedious south wind and some rain last night. Went to the schoolhouse to church. Mr Moore preached.
Mon May 02: Will went to town. I tearing down Peter's house and working in the garden in the P.M. Planted some more potatoes.
Tue May 03: Wil in town. Hauled Peter's horses down LaC. Heavy S.E. wind & rain last night.
Wed May 04: Heavy rain last night & cold. Ground very wet. Will working on the road this P.M. I making a walk and choring about the house. The ground fearful wet.
Thu May 05: Working on the road 1/2. Filed a saw for David Fulk. Gordon(?) here to change oats. Rainy part of the day & last night. This is a good spring for frogs.
Fri May 06: Went to town with Whitney. Cold windy day. Rec'd 140 dollars of Gaches on oats or that is what he says and I think only $130. Will working on the road.
Sat May 07: Working on the road 3/4 day and had to quit for rain.
Sun May 08: Windy drying day. Went up to John Balls with Uncle Will. Wrote to George & Peter.
Mon May 09: Finished harrowing the grain that was sowed a week ago yesterday. Rain again in the P.M. This is the worst spring on record. Harrowed a little in the garden.
Tue May 10: Heaviest rain of the season last night. Alf Stacey here this A.M. [margin: See below.]
Wed May 11: Will & myself making fence on the dyke, south side of "Allen 80". Pleasant drying day. From above:Tues 10. Will working in P.M. I down to the saw mill and looking at dyke.
Thu May 12: Making fence in the A.M. and myself in the P.M. out by the hay barn on dyke. Will seeding in the P.M. in field near the hay barn. Finished sowing oats on this ranch. Finest day of the month so far.
1887 May 13-31
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Fri May 13: Sowed 4 acres oats down to Tillinghasts. Will working at Whitney's with 3 horses & the seeder. 3/4 day. I harrowed for Till. 1/2 & on the oats 1/2 day. Beautiful day. North wind.
Sat May 14: Will at Whitney's. I harrowing in oats, finished on my ranch. Planted the Early Mohawk(?) potatoes. Fine growing day.
Sun May 15: Went to Church. Tillinghasts folks here & went with us. Mrs Sterns got hurt by a runaway.
Mon May 16: Finished harrowing Tillinghasts oats & plowed the garden. Will at Whitney's with seeder.
Tue May 17: Planting & hoing garden. Planted carrots, beet, beans, squashes, parsnips, salsigy, &c, &c. Lovely weather. Will at Whitneys as usual.
Wed May 18: Went down to Smiths in the A.M. Working in the garden harrowing & planting carrots in the P.M. Will at Whitneys.
Thu May 19: Working out on Peter's place filling sloughs &c. Will at Whitneys. Fine drying weather. Part of the Peter ranch too soft to plow yet.
Fri May 20: Both working at Whitneys.
Sat May 21: Both working at Whitneys. Warm & dry.
Sun May 22: Stayed at home. Took a look at the grain. It is looking well & the buckwheat is coming up very think. Olive Purdy died to day at noon. [margin: ]
Mon May 23: Mended the wagon single tree. Hoed in the garden some & went to the burial of Mrs Purdy. Still warm & dry. Will working at Whitneys. Sold Gordon 5 sacks oats 450 lbs. $6.75 not paid yet.
Tue May 24: Will at Whitneys seeding. Myself plowing & harrowing Peter's ranch.
Wed May 25: Cultivates & hoed the potatos. Will finished for Whitney across the slough & sowed the barley. Raining a little in the eve. Sent to Montgomery & Wards for some things.
Thu May 26: Will harrowing in the barley. I working about the garden.
Fri May 27: Hoing in the garden some and in the P.M. Out in the oats killing tarweed.
Sat May 28: Went to town. Did not get home until 10 P.M. Clear, warm weather. Will seeding at Whitneys yesterday & to day finished.
Sun May 29: Wrote to George. Hitched up to go down to Stern's but did not get any farther than Klingenmaier's. Heard she was better. Warm & dry.
Mon May 30: Warm day. Skagit high. Plowing for Tillinghast. Will Woodburn gone to town sick.
Tue May 31: Beaver Marsh flooded and lower Skagit Country. Pulling weeds out of Tillinghasts grain & hoing in garden some. Began fixing wagon shed door.
1887 Jun 1-18
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June 1887
Wed Jun 01: Still warm & dry. Made & hung the wagon shed door. Planted some peas & in the P.M. Went up to John Balls to see about the Skagit. The grain is looking well.
Thu Jun 02: Went to the Smith ranch in the A.M. to fix dyke in the A.M. and hauled dirt to fix the wagon shed door & washed the wagon in the P.M. Warm day, but cool in the A.M. Enough for a frost.
Fri Jun 03: Hoeing & pulling weeds in the A.M. Clowdy. Went down to the saw mill in the P.M. Callahan is flooded on the Jones place and Abbot also. Whitneys got home from Seattle. A big dance in the rink this evening.
Sat Jun 04: Mowed the yard but did not do much else. Had a nice gentle rain all day to day. Just what is needed.
Sun Jun 05: Quite pleasant most of the day. Went down to Sterns in the P.M. in the boat. Found her quite comfortable.
Mon Jun 06: Not doing much in the A.M. Hoeing carrots in the P.M. Nice rain last night.
Tue Jun 07: Went down to Whitneys in the A.M. to see them set up the engine. In the P.M. went to town with Whitney & got door hangings for hay barn. Fine growing weather. Grain looking well.
Wed Jun 08: Mr & Mrs Stacey here visiting. Alf & Roy also. Not working.
Thu Jun 09: The Stacey folks here yet. Went to town in the P.M. Nice growing weather.
Fri Jun 10: A nice rain last night. Made a single tree for the buggie and worked in the garden. Mr & Mrs Stacey went to LaConner in the stage.
Sat Jun 11: The Rev Pulliam staid here last night. Clowdy & cool. Working all day on doors to the hay barn. Jennie is here this eve on Dolly's account.
Sun Jun 12: Went to Church. The Rev Pulliam preached.
Mon Jun 13: Working in the garden and hoing potatos. Grain not looking first rate.
Tue Jun 14: Making & hanging barn doors. Warm & pleasant. Filed saws.
Wed Jun 15: Hoing carrots & in the P.M. went to town. Tillinghast folks went with us.
Thu Jun 16: Had a nice little rain last night. Hoing & thinning carrots. Grain looking middling well across the road & first rate this side. Guess it at 60 per acre on an average or 5500 bushels, but it is easy to get left.
Fri Jun 17: Went to LaConner to attend the association. Was gone all day.
Sat Jun 18: Staid at home. Made a hay barn door & worked in the garden.
1887 Jun 19-Jul 12
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Sun Jun 19: Went to LaConner. Tended church in the A.M., S.S. & the womens missionary meeting in the P.M. Pleasant growing weather.
Mon Jun 20: Got a jackscrew & raised up the granary floor & the old house also. Thinned carrots some & went to town in the eve to the old folks concert. Got home at 12 night.
Tue Jun 21: Hoing potatos in the A.M. Warm & clear & strong north wind. The grain is looking splendidly.
Wed Jun 22: Laying floor in the granary. Skagit coming up again.
Thu Jun 23: The Cleveland Bay here to day. Laying floor in granary. [margin: Beauty]
Fri Jun 24: Went up to Hawkins place in the A.M. & to town in the P.M. Peter's folks came home with us. [margin: Beaver Marsh flooded again.]
Sat Jun 25: Thinning carrots. Went up to Gordons after dinner. Whitney haying.
Sun Jun 26: Peter's & Tillinghasts folks here to dinner. Went with Whitney to look at grain. Went to the Sullivan slough bridge to take Peter's folks up in the eve. Strawberries plenty now.
Mon Jun 27: Sent off the school report. Will back to day. Began mowing. Grass heavy but rather green.
Tue Jun 28: Not a good hay day. Will hauling wood. Self thinning carrots finished. Not feeling very well, have a lame back.
Wed Jun 29: Will tedding hay in the A.M. Raking & cocking in the P.M.
Thu Jun 30: Will mowing most of the day. Self cocking up. Fine hay weather. Finished mowing.
July 1887
Fri Jul 01: Haying. Raking & cocking & mowing with a scythe in the house lot. Finished raking.
Sat Jul 02: Finished cocking hay. Nels Ovenell here in the P.M. & his mother. Self not working in the P.M. Not feeling first class.
Sun Jul 03: Mrs Kelly & Nels went away in the A.M. Went to church at 3 P.M.
Mon Jul 04: Went to LaConner to spend the 4th. At home at 8 P.M.
Tue Jul 05: Began hauling hay. Got in 3 loads & Will hurt his toe. Our Prince stepped on it.
Wed Jul 06: Will not working. I working in garden some. Fine hay weather.
Thu Jul 07: Hauling hay. 4 loads. Tillinghast went to town with our team. Hoeing carrots in the P.M. Beauty would not move.
Fri Jul 08: Hauling hay. 7 loads.
Sat Jul 09: Hauling hay 1/2 day. 3 loads.
Sun Jul 10: Rev Pulliam & Miss Peck here last night. Went to preaching this A.M. Heard a first class sermon.
Mon Jul 11: Hauling hay all day. 7 loads. Kate had a colt last night.
Tue Jul 12: Will hauling wood in the A.M. I down to the mill. Hauled a load of hay to Moeler in the P.M. 2424 lbs.
1887 Jul 13-Aug 1
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Wed Jul 13: Will hauling wood and took the folks up to Mrs Balls. I went after them in the eve. Set out some turnips & cabbages. Ground very dry.
Thu Jul 14: Wil hauled on load of wood & mowed around the fences. We went to town in the P.M. Not working in the A.M. Consulted Calhoun & got some medicine.
Sat Jul 16: Took another load of hay to Moeler & hauled in the balance of my hay. Will hauled a load of D. timber in the P.M. Warm & dry. Not feeling well at all.
Sun Jul 17: Staid about home all day. Warm & dry. Wrote to George.
Mon Jul 18: Went to the timber & got out some stuff for root house sills & went to the mill in the P.M. for a load of lumber.
Tue Jul 19: Jenne here at noon today with Pride. Went to the mill for another load of lumber & hewed sills in the P.M. The women went to town in the P.M. Warmest day of the season. [margin: Mercury at 80°.]
Wed Jul 20: Working on root house & went to Telegraph slough for a load of water. Will helped Tillinghast haul hay in the A.M. Mrs McKenna here in the A.M.
Thu Jul 21: Working on root house. Will helping Whitney haul hay in the P.M.
Fri Jul 22: Will at Whitneys with team & wagon. Self working on R. house.
Sat Jul 23: Mowing tar weed in the A.M. and working on R. house in the P.M. putting on sheeting. Will at Whitneys. The grain looking better that at last year this time but the ground is fearful dry.
Sun Jul 24: Staid at home to day. Was calling at Whitneys in the P.M.
Mon Jul 25: Went to Jenne's to work on his shed. Will working on the road. [margin: Misty this A.M. ]
Tue Jul 26: Ditto yesterday.
Wed Jul 27: Went to the mill for a load of lumber in the A.M. & to home in the P.M. [margin: Took Cherry to Whitney's 27th.]
Thu Jul 28: Went to Jennes. Will hauling dirt to fix the drive way to the granary.
Fri Jul 29: Went to Jennies. Will working in the garden and went to get 5 sacks of oats of David Fulk. Weight of oats 476 lbs. [margin: Daisy had a calf dead.]
Sat Jul 30: Went berrying all day. Got over 50 lbs. Grain beginning to turn some.
Sun Jul 31: Went to church & heard Rev Moore preach. Wrote to Geo in the P.M.
August 1887
Mon Aug 01: Went down to the mill with a load of hay and brought back a load of saw dust for the milk house and worked on it in the P.M.
1887 Aug 2-19
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Tue Aug 02: Went to town in the A.M. & worked on milk house in the P.M. Began ceiling & shingling.
Wed Aug 03: Working on milk house all day.
Thu Aug 04: Went to the mill for another load of saw dust. Working on house in the P.M.
Fri Aug 05: Working on house & laying a walk to it all day. Grain not ripening as fast as last week.
Sat Aug 06: Working on root house some and began the machine shed. Will making shakes in the P.M. Mrs. Burdon got hurt this eve up at Balls. Made a table and they moved into the milk house to day. I think it is fine.
Sun Aug 07: A little rain last night & today. At home all day.
Mon Aug 08: Working at the machine shed.
Tue Aug 09: Working at the machine shed. Finished it all except the doors, and build a a wharf in the front of the granary.
Wed Aug 10: Went to the woods and got timber for a roller and a load of fence posts. Good weather for ripening grain. Otto cutting his wheat.
Thu Aug 11: Will hauled 2 load of posts. Self mending sacks. Warm & smokey. Alf Stacey here to dinner. Sowey had pigs today.
Fri Aug 12: Went to the woods in the A.M. & cut a load of threshing wood and hauled it out to the road. In the P.M. hauled a load of straw. Hauled some dirt to leave at the first? house and to fix road out by the barn.
Sat Aug 13: John Ball & Callahan cutting oats. Will digging a ditch by the hay barn tank, not working in the P.M. Went deer hunting. Self down at Whitneys to day working at the engine.
Sun Aug 14: Foggy & smokey. Went to LaConner to church and baptizing. Then to the school house to church in the P.M. The childrens sermon.
Mon Aug 15: Will digging a ditch for the lane. I digging potatos & fixing the eave spouts.
Tue Aug 16: Went to LaConner. Got 120 lbs binding twine, bbl sugar & flour. Took dinner with Peters folks. Will at the ditch for lane.
Wed Aug 17: Got out the binder and rigged it up in the A.M. In the P.M. got ready and started the scow for water and went after supper.
Thu Aug 18: Was out for water all last night. Misty & dark. Not doing much to day. Brought the scow home from the canal in the P.M.
Fri Aug 19: Was down to Whitneys working on the dyke & filling up the place where the box was by the ware house. I worked on the engine in the P.M.
1887 Aug 20-Sep 8
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Sat Aug 20: Rigged up the binder & began to cut but broke the needle the first round. Went to LaConner and had to send to Portland for it. Nearly everybody cutting now. We have 72 acres ready to cut.
Sun Aug 21: Pleasant, staid at home all day, reading.
Mon Aug 22: Will went to town to get the binder fixed. Did not get back in time to do anything except to put it together.
Tue Aug 23: Began cutting. Binder not working well. Dave & Jennies helping.
Wed Aug 24: Cutting after 9-30. Jenne helping. Snowflake had a calf this A.M.
Thu Aug 25: Cutting after 8-30. Finished the south side of the road at 11 A.M. Got 50 lbs of twine of Dave Fulk. It is the best twine I ever used. The binder was missed any today. Was down to Whitneys in the eve.
Fri Aug 26: Cutting after 8.30. Everything going splendidly.
Sat Aug 27: Cutting after 9.30 till 3. quit for rain and began again after an hour and cut 2 hours. Dave & John have helped 5 days each up to date and the team 5 days also.
Sun Aug 28: Pleasant day. Staid at home & read. Wrote to George. Took Daisy to Whitneys.
Mon Aug 29: Fulk & John working here until 4.30 P.M. Will & the bind went to Fulks at 4 P.M. Finished the oats across the road. 66 acres.
Tue Aug 30: All cutting and shocking at Fulks. Fine weather.
Wed Aug 31: Finished Fulks 25 acres and began on my wheat at 4-30.
September 1887
Thu Sep 01: Finished the wheat and the field of oats next the road. It is a fine piece of grain. Cut around the Abbot piece just at night. This piece was sown May 12th.
Fri Sep 02: Rainy & misty. Not doing much but fixing drapers & cutting wood.
Sat Sep 03: Weather about the same as yesterday.
Sun Sep 04: Staid in bed most of the day. Not feeling well. Fine weather.
Mon Sep 05: Began cutting at 10-30. Heavy fog before. Finished my oats & wheat. Dave worked 3/4 day & Johnnie also.
Tue Sep 06: Cutting on Tillinghast patch. Finished at 3 P.M. and began on the barley at 4 P.M. Fine weather with north wind. [margin: D. & J working.]
Wed Sep 07: Finished cutting my grain at 10 A.M. Then went to Dave's grain. Dave also Johnnie & self shocking barley till noon. Will & Burns & the binder worked till night. Burns began work at noon. I dug potatos & fixed a gate in the P.M. 9 1/4 days cutting my grain.
Thu Sep 08: Burns & Will at Fulks. Self working on the engine. Fine weather.
1887 Sep 9-24
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Fri Sep 09: Burns & Will at Fulks. I went to LaConner with Whitney.
Sat Sep 10: Went to Skagit River with Whitney & Mr White. They are at Padilla visiting now. Will & Burns digging potatoes in the A.M. Burns not working in the P.M. Will cutting grain some in the P.M. at Fulks.
Sun Sep 11: Mr Whites folks here all day. Went to church in the P.M. & then took a ride up to Fred Jennes & back. Good weather in the P.M. A good many threshing & cutting oats.
Mon Sep 12: Will & the women went to town in the A.M. for sacks, &c. I working on the engine, In the P.M. painting, &c. Burns shocking at Whitneys. S.E. wind all day and prospect of rain.
Tue Sep 13: Will & Burns hauling manure in the A.M. and after water in the P.M. I not doing anything in the A.M. Went up to Balls to set the machine in the P.M.
Wed Sep 14: Threshing at Ball's. Grain poor. Not well. Will went after the scow. Burns, team & wagon at Balls.
Thu Sep 15: Threshing at Balls. Grain turning out poorly. Burns at Balls. Will, team & wagon also.
Fri Sep 16: Threshing at Balls 2 men, team & wagon.
Sat Sep 17: Threshing at Balls 2 men, team & wagon. Grain turning out poorly and the other looking bad.
Sun Sep 18: Went up to Balls to thresh but it rained.
Mon Sep 19: Threshing at Balls. 2 men team & wagon. Fine weather.
Tue Sep 20: Moved to my ranch and began threshing at 9 A.M. got out about 500 and something over.
Wed Sep 21: Threshing. Fine weather. Had trouble with the hand plate in the engine & did not do as much but move in the A.M.
Thu Sep 22: Finished the lower field & moved to the shed. Grain turning out well. All through but the 6 acre field by the road. Looks like rain to night. The following have worked on my job. McKenna & team, Dave Fulk & team, Gordon & team, Ball 3 men and 2 teams, Old man & Hubert Gordon, the Taylor Fatman(?), Johnnie Hand & Jim Innis, Bob Price & Fred Kalso, Arthur Darcy & Wilson, Will Woodburn & Bob Burns, Herbert Alexander, 2 Klingenmaier boys & Tillinghast stacking straw, Wilson & stern 1/3 Whitney ?.
Fri Sep 23: Finished at 9 A.M. & moved to Fulks.
Sat Sep 24: Finished Fulks at noon. I had 2 men, 2 teams & a wagon at Fulks, moved to Whitneys after dinner. Fine weather. Will cutting in the P.M. 1 team for Fulk, 1 man & team at Whitneys 1/2.
1887 Sep 25-Oct 11
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Sun Sep 25: Threshing at Whitneys. 1 man, team & w. Will cutting at Fulks 1/2 & moved bind home in the P.M.
Mon Sep 26: Threshing at Whitneys. 2 men, team & wagon. I went to town. Whitney running engine from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M.
Tue Sep 27: Threshing at Whitneys 1/2 2 men team & wagon and board of same night & morning for 3 days. Moved to Gordons in the P.M. 2 man, team & wagon 1/2 day.
Wed Sep 28: Threshing at Gordons. 2 men, team & wagon 1/2 day. 2 men, team & wagon 1/2 day at balls in A.M. moved to Balls after dinner. Grain turning out poorly as before.
Thu Sep 29: Threshing at Balls 3/4 day. 2 men & team & wagon. 3/4 day. Had to quit for rain at 4 P.M.
Fri Sep 30: Rainy day not doing much. Myself in bed most of the day with bladder trouble. Will worked 15 days running binder.
October 1887
Sat Oct 01: Was in the house most of the day trying to be sick. Burns & Will hauling sacks. Hauled in the Tillinghast grain and the lower pile in the big field.
Sun Oct 02: Rainy again this A.M. for a little while but quit and Darcy was threshing in the P.M.
Mon Oct 03: Staid in the house all day. Burns & Will hauling sacks in the A.M. Rainy P.M. Al Stacey here in the eve.
Tue Oct 04: Was pretty sick last night and had Dr. Calhoun this A.M. Burns & Will hauling sacks to day. John McKown got 4 sacks oats & 3 of barley which came to 8.25 cts. Am feeling some better to night & hope it may last. Pleasant drying day (hash marks) 22 1/4.
Wed Oct 05: Burns & Will hauling sacks. Pleasant A.M. & frost, but clowdy and looking like rain in the P.M. Burns has worked 23 3/4 days to date.
Thu Oct 06: Burns & Will hauling sacks. Rain again last night. Still in bed but not very sick.
Fri Oct 07: Burns & Will finished the grain. Dug some potatos & hauled some straw for bedding.
Sat Oct 08: Burns & Will hauling manure in the A.M. Clowdy but dry enough for threshing. Rained again in the P.M. A bad time for late grain. Not feeling so well today.
Sun Oct 09: Pleasant drying day to day. Pulliam preached in the schoolhouse the A.M. Feeling quite well to day but did not get up. 13.50
Mon Oct 10: This is another lovely day. Tillinghast up to settle with me. Burns & Will hauling out manure and fixing fence.
Tue Oct 11: I am feeling quite like myself again today. This is lovely weather. Oats are worth 21.50 per ton.
1887 Oct 11-25
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Tue Oct 11: Burns & Will working on the road out by the machine shed in the A.M. and threshing at Balls in the P.M. Mr Brown & Dr. Calhoun here in the A.M. & Pulliam & Peter in the P.M. [margin: Snowflake visiting today.]
Wed Oct 12: Another fine day. The machine is at Balls threshing to day. Burns & Will, team & wagon there also. South wind & clear weather. Pulliam here hunting. I went out to the granary.
Thu Oct 13: Threshing at Balls. Will & Burns, team & wagon there. Tillinghast up here to bring a pane of glass. Heavy dew this A.M. and it now looks like rain. S. wind. The machine moved to Fulks this P.M.
Fri Oct 14: Rain some last night. Threshing at Fulks after 9 A.M. and moved to Whitneys at 3 P.M. Will & Burns with the machine. I am feeling tolerable well today.
Sat Oct 15: Another fine day with north wind. I shot a crow in the orchard, & put a pane of glass in the parlor window. The crows are eating the fruit. Will & Burns at Whitneys threshing.
Sun Oct 16: Pleasant day. Had sciatic rheumatism last night. Whitney threshing. Will & Burns, team & wagon there. Mr Moore preached to day and was here to dinner. Peters folks & Mr Burdon called in the P.M.
Mon Oct 17: Another fine day. My men & team & wagon at Balls threshing. Paid Will 25.50 tonight. Burns work acct 33 & 3/4 days tonight.
Tue Oct 18: Rain some more last night. Settled up with Burns & paid him $50.25. He started for LaConner this P.M. Will, team & wagon threshing at Balls in the P.M. Clear & windy this P.M. Mrs Lynch here to tea?.
Wed Oct 19: Another fine day. Will & team at Balls threshing. I was out to day helping pick apples. Ed Stacey in the eve and brought Milt Leamer & Mr Jordan.
Thu Oct 20: Another day with out rain. Will & team at Balls in the A.M. Finished threshing. Will & the folks went to LaConner in the P.M. Rain in the eve.
Fri Oct 21: Will not working. He went to the marsh. Milt & his friend hunting. Began to take more coltis(?) medicine last night.
Sat Oct 22: Good weather. Uncle will here calling this A.M. Will took the hunters to the Samish to day. I was out and walked this eve.
Sun Oct 23: Pleasant. Had some callers this P.M. Had some callers this P.M. Mr Darcy's folks, Mr Whitney & Mrs Conner. The hunters came back this eve.
Mon Oct 24: Heard that oats were only worth 19. per ton. I am feeling quite well this A.M. Wrote to Geo yesterday. The hunters are going to the Island today for deer and Will with them.
Tue Oct 25: Pleasant day. Harker was here & made a bargain for the oats at 21.50 per ton. 1000 sacks. I was down to Till's to dinner and doing the chores myself now.
1887 Oct 26-Nov 13
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Wed Oct 26: Rain again last night & to day some. Went to town to day with Whitney. Nasty day. Received $500 on oats from Harker. Paid up several bill and came home at 4 P.M. Whitney sold some oats at $21 of Soderburgs' and some hay at 14. Not first quality.
Thu Oct 27: Am 38 years old to day-- Rained hard all day. Was down to Whitney's in the PM. Sitting up. Owed him 8.55. Done the chores.
Fri Oct 28: Was down in the big field to day for the first time since I have been sick. Saw the colts. Pleasant & warm. Cut some soowd & done the chores.
Sat Oct 29: Staid at home. Misty day. Will & Milt & Gishes went to town. I was down to Whitneys with Mr Jordan.
Sun Oct 30: About home all day. The Perry here at night for oats. Pleasant day. Alf Stacey here also.
Mon Oct 31: Loaded the schooner and I went with her to LaConner. Milt & the folks at town. Staid all night.
November 1887
Tue Nov 01: In LaConner all day. Rec'd my money for the oats in full. Will began plowing to day. Mr Jordan started for Seattle. Was in LaC all day.
Wed Nov 02: Came home in the P.M. with Milt. Milt went away to day. Will plowing in the A.M.
Thu Nov 03: Will plowing all day. I picking apples & pears and choring around. Was up to Kalso's in the P.M.
Fri Nov 04: The land plows nice and is in pretty good order. But not quite wet enough. Will plowing. The Fanny Lake here for Purdy's grain. I went to town in the P.M. and to Pierces lecture in the eve. Staid all night with Pulliam.
Sat Nov 05: Rainy day. Staid in town all day. Will plowing until 11 at Tillinghasts.
Sun Nov 06: Came home from town in the A.M. No rain to day.
Mon Nov 07: Will plowing for Tillinghast to day. I choring around. No rain.
Tue Nov 08: Will plowing at Tillinghasts.
Wed Nov 09: Will plowing 1/4 day then went to the wedding.
Thu Nov 10: Will away, self choring.
Fri Nov 11: Went to town. Rain in the P.M. Will away to Seattle. The Flying Dutchman came today.
Sat Nov 12: Went to town to get my Flying Dutchman. Rainy in the A.M. and again all night. Miserable weather. Roads very bad.
Sun Nov 13: Strong south wind all night and some rain and is still at it at 9 A.M.
1887 Nov 14-Dec 2 (Duplicate of next)
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Mon Nov 14: Doing chores. Will came back from Seattle this P.M.
Tue Nov 15: Will plowing. Tried the Flying Dutchman and voted it a success.
Wed Nov 16: Will plowing. I went with Whitney to see the "Island".
Thu Nov 17: Frost this A.M. Making a door to the root house. Will plowing, finished up Tillinghast plowing and a garden patch.
Fri Nov 18: Will plowing. I went to town in a boat and staid all night. Frost.
Sat Nov 19: Will plowing. Frost. Pleasant. Came from town in the A.M.
Sun Nov 20: Oats are worth $22.50 now. Darcy sold for $22.25. a few days ago. Sowed some clover & timothy seed in the P.M. for an experiment. Rainy day or misty rather. Went to the S. house to preaching by Rev Mr Moore. Was down to Till'st in the P.M. Uncle Will here in the P.M. & Eve.
Mon Nov 21: Plowing. I working about the house fixed post(?) house &c. Sowed grass seed.
Tue Nov 22: Frost. Will plowing. Went to the saw mill & got some lumber to cover the tank and around it. [margin: Mer. at 24°.]
Wed Nov 23: Plowing. Clear & cold. went out to Darcy's to day to make them a final feast. Lovelands folks here. [margin: Mer at 24°]
Thu Nov 24: Will plowing. Went to h???? with ?????. Cutting wood and doing chores. [margin: Mer at 22°]
Fri Nov 25: Had to quit plowing. Went to the mill and got some sawdust for the root house and tank. Hauled a load of straw also. [margin: 18 degrees & frost.]
Sat Nov 26: Hauled straw in the A.M. Will worked 19 days to night. Will plowing in the P.M. Frozen some. [margin: M. at 28]
Sun Nov 27: Clowdy and snowed a little. Let the colts across the road this P.M. Feed too short. Then went to church in the P.M. Pulliam preached.
Mon Nov 28: Rainy part of the day. Will not working to day. I not doing much but cut wood.
Tue Nov 29: Will plowing again, clowdy. Trying to fix the post hole digger, but it was a failure.
Wed Nov 30: Went to town Roy also. Will plowing. Darcy's folks start for Cal. to day. They have sold out at 15,000.
December 1887
Thu Dec 01: Went over to Jennes to help him make stanchions. Will plowing. Grandma went to LaConner to stay.
Fri Dec 02: Rainy A.M. Will plowing in the morning some and in the P.M. Oscar hauled the grain in the A.M. Made a door in the stable by the tank.
1887 Dec 3-24
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Sat Dec 03: Will mowing. I putting straw in the furrow. Will worked 24 days to night.
Sun Dec 04: Rainy day. Quite a high tide. Wrote to George. Will went to concert.
Mon Dec 05: Plowed some, all the A.M. and one round after dinner, then quit for rain. John Ball here to settle up this P.M. Cut wood & filed a saw. Gave W. $2.00 for S.F. Chronicle.
Tue Dec 06: Rainy day. Doing chores.
Wed Dec 07: High tide to day. Windy & rainy.
Thu Dec 08: Plowing not raining to day. Ground in good order to plow yet.
Fri Dec 09: Plowed in the A.M. Cut wood in the P.M. Heavy rain this P.M. Will came home from LaC.
Sat Dec 10: Went to the saw mill in the A.M. & moved the tank. Also took some wheat to Tillinghast. Will plowing in the P.M. I putting straw in the furrow. Still plows well.
Sun Dec 11: Rain hard all last night and most of to day.
Mon Dec 12: Will not working. Cut up the lumber for roller & tank and cleaned out the little tank by the barn. Began on the machine shed some.
Tue Dec 13: Went to town. Will working on dyke in the A.M. and on rod ditch in the P.M.
Wed Dec 14: Hauling straw in the A.M. & Will plowing in the P.M. I forking straw in the furrow. Fine weather.
Thu Dec 15: Milt & Ida went to town. I started around the house and cut wood. Fine day.
Fri Dec 16: Hauled some grain down to Whitneys for Maclin(Barley). Rainy day. Not doing much else.
Sat Dec 17: Will not working. I made and hung doors to my machine shed & filed 2 saws. Dave Fulk here in the eve and paid 90. dollars on the seed oats and wants 7 tons.
Sun Dec 18: Wrote to Geo & went to hear Rev Moore preach.
Mon Dec 19: Will left this A.M. & went to Balls to work. I went down to Smiths & made a bargain with him to cut stove wood at 1.35 per cord. Done chores in the P.M.
Tue Dec 20: Plowing, froze some last night. Brought the plow in and quit for this year.
Wed Dec 21: Mercury at 26. made a stanchion for Snowflake. cut wood & done the chores. Foggy.
Thu Dec 22: Sawing wood and doing chores.
Fri Dec 23: Warmer. Rainy some. Will W. & I went to town got home at 2:30. Heard that Aunt Eliza died Dec 12.
Sat Dec 24: Done the chores & put some windows in the stable for Patience. Cut wood some. Rainy day. This has been the wettest Dec on record, but very warm.
1887 Dec 25-Jan 14,1888
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Sun Dec 25: Christmas again. The children are happy. Rainy day as usual. Wrote to George. Went down to Whitneys and had a sing in the P.M. I am milking SnowFlake now. Began last week.
Mon Dec 26: Another stormy day. Not doing much but chores. Made a rack for the horses hay. Tillinghast's folks up last eve and brought a letter from George.
Tue Dec 27: Went to the sawmill with Tillinghast in the A.M. & helped him make seed store in the P.M.
Wed Dec 28: Went to town with Whitney and done the chores. Ch. Bowden & John Siegfred here in the eve.
Thu Dec 29: Sent the wheat to Gaches with Bowden. Helped Otto weigh grain a while. He sold for 23.00. Helped Tillinghast in the P.M.
Fri Dec 30: Choring about as usual.
Sat Dec 31: Put down the carpet and done the chores.
Sun Jan 01: Fine weather. Was down to Tillinghasts and Whitneys in the P.M.
Mon Jan 02: Done the chores. Put some window lights in the school house, one in the pantry & went to the road meeting. Lovely weather.
Tue Jan 03: Made a box to feed horses in and dressed plank for the new tank. Cooler.
Wed Jan 04: Mercury at 25 this A.M. Finished dressing the plank and shut up the teams in hay barn.
Thu Jan 05: Temp 15. Clear & cold. Not doing much but chores. made a set of boxes to hold oat meal, &c.
Fri Jan 06: Temp 12 Cutting wood & doing chores.
Sat Jan 07: Temp 12 Clear, but pleasant. Cut wood and made a woodbox door.
Sun Jan 08: Temp 12 No sign of a thaw. Will & Puget here to dinner & Ed Stacey. Went to Whitneys in the P.M. to sing. Wrote for a plow circular and to George.
Mon Jan 09: Temp 15 Shut up Kates colt. Cut off her hoofs and Doll's also cut. Cut some wood and done the chores. Ground frozen very hard. [margin: A baby at Whitney's last night.]
Tue Jan 10: Making PO box for Tillinghast. Mr Holtzinger's folks here in the P.M. Warmer.
Wed Jan 11: Clowdy & windy and a little rain. Ice in the slough yet. Whitney went to town in his wagon.
Thu Jan 12: Snow this A.M. and heavy north wind all day. It began to grow cold and mercury about at 7 at bed time.
Fri Jan 13: Mercury at 0 this A.M. The first time I ever saw it so in W.T. clear and cold all day.
Sat Jan 14: Still clear & cold. Not doing much but chores. [margin: Temp 9° this A.M.]
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