| Wed. Jan. 1, 1902 | The boys & I are getting wood & other things ready to butcher on Friday. Would have butchered Thursday but J. Irvin had the tools. Correll & I went over to J. Koontzes to see some timber. |
| Thurs. Jan. 2, 1902 | I helped Henry Bowers take away hogs. I put in Johns hog & took it down. weighed 170 lb at $5.80 per hundred. I bought 2 iron kettles 30 gallons a piece. Paid $5.00 for the two. Paid E. Smith 25 cts for a dish pan. $5.25 in all. |
| Fri. Jan. 3, 1902 | Snowed a little. I butchered 5 hogs today. Correll, H. Bowers, J. Banks & John Blosser helped. Nellens & Bibee came in the evening. |
| Sat. Jan. 4, 1902 | Bybee & Nellens was here over night. Took the cattle this morning. Weighed at Bankses. 4 best weighed 4300. 4 poorest weighed 3840. The first at 4 cts, the second at 3 1/2 cts. Total $306.40. Less cash, $10.00 Check for $296.40. The $10 was paid in last year. Paid J. Banks for weighing 25 cts. Lib & I went to warsaw. Took Widamans a turkey. I settled with Millard. Paid him $2.98 the ballance I owed him on Marrion seed wheat. Paid Aldman 15 cts, Grabner -coal oil 10 cts. |
| Sun. Jan. 5, 1902 | Nice. John, Affa & Paul went to Sunday School. |
| Mon. Jan. 6, 1902 | Fine. I took Affa to Warsaw to get her teeth filled. Paid J. Watson 60 cts for cough syrup & quinine. |
| Tues. Jan. 7, 1902 | Fine. I went down to John Koontz to see him about a piece of timber. Came home & half soled Dales shoes till noon. Sugar cured the meat in the afternoon. John & Affa went to meeting at night at Clunette. I half soled Mary's shoes. |
| Wed. Jan. 8, 1902 | Fine. Chored all day. |
| Thurs. Jan. 9, 1902 | Fine. chored & went down to Elishas after oats. |
| Fri. Jan. 10, 1902 | Fine. chored in forenoon. I halled 1 load of wood from H. Bowers woods today. It makes 4 loads to date. paid Elisha Miller $7.78 ballance due him on work by the month & cutting wood 2 1/2 loads. F. Correll paid me $20.00 on wood. |
| Sat. Jan. 11, 1902 | Colder & windy. Took Affa to Warsaw to get her teeth fixed. Paid Almons 67 cts for groceries. Charley Meek paid me $1.50 for one calf & one litter of pigs. J. Grabner for cole oil 10 cts. Dan Blosser wanted to hire to me today. |
| Sun. Jan. 12, 1902 | Snowing a little. At home all day. |
| Mon. Jan. 13, 1902 | Snowing a little. Lib & I helped F. Correll butcher. Affa, the boys & I went with Corrells young folks to church. |
| Tues. Jan. 14, 1902 | Fine. F. Correll & I went down to Herman Hillerys to see his timber. Correll bought 3 hickory trees of L. Hillery. We are to let Herman know about his by Saturday. I tried to buy 3 stears of J. Hocker. |
| Wed. Jan. 15, 1902 | Fine. Correll & I went down to estimate timber on J. Coons in the fore noon. He fetched the Rarick oats over in the afternoon. I got 39 bu & Correll 37 bu & 19 lb of her oats. Him to pay me for what he got & me to pay her for both lots. |
| Thurs. Jan. 16, 1902 | I took 31 bu of corn & oats to Warsaw & got it ground for the hogs. Paid 93 cts for grinding. Went to church in the evening. I sent J. Coons a bid on his timber $160.00 I hired Dan Blosser today to begin work next week. To work till next March for $10 per month from then till fall for $15.00 per month. |
| Fri. Jan. 17, 1902 | I started to Atwood after Etta. Met the mail man & got a letter from her & she wasn't coming. I went on down to J. Hockers to see his cattle. He wasn't at home. Went on down to M. Wolfs to see his barn. Came home & chored the rest of the day. Paid Sarah A. Irvin $4.00. She paid taxes on my land by mistake. |
| Sat. Jan. 18, 1902 | Affa & I went to Warsaw. Took Mrs. J. Widaman 2 turkeys & 3 doz. of eggs. 30 cts per doz. Paid J. Grabner $3.00 for cole oil & 5 gallon can, 2 lamp flews. Paid C. Walters 60 cts for oysters & crackers. |
| Sun. Jan. 19, 1902 | At home all day. John, Paul & Affa went to Sunday school. |
| Mon. Jan. 20, 1902 | Fine. Went to Warsaw after Dan Blosser in the afternoon. Lib traded for baskets of tamracks jack wife. (?) |
| Tues. Jan. 21, 1902 | Snowing. Dan blosser commenced work today $10.00 per month till Mar. the 1st and $15.00 for the ballance of the summer. We fixed some troughs up at the barn & brought some oats from the Powell place. |
| Wed. Jan. 22, 1902 | Dan & I was choring. Dan halled manure |
| Thurs. Jan. 23, 1902 | Dan & I killed a beef in the forenoon. He halled manure in the afternoon & I cut up the front quarters in the after noon. It dressed $280 lb. |
| Fri. Jan. 24, 1902 | I went down to Atwood by Jes Hockers. Stopped there to see his stears. He wasent at home. Went after Etta. sold the beef hide to F. Funk 6 1/2 per lb weighed 38 lb. $2.47. Dan & I halled 1 load of wood from H. Bowers woods. |
| Sat. Jan. 25, 1902 | Took Affa to Warsaw to get her teeth fixed. I took beef to Ezra. He wasent at home. I brought it back. Paid 35 cts for sundries. Paid Alman & Co. 75 cts for sugar & rice. Dan & John halled 5 loads of wood today from Henry's woods. I gave N. Powell $1.00 to send for the Nashnall Stockman. |
| Sun. Jan. 26, 1902 | Misting Rain. The children & Dan went to Sunday School. |
| Mon. Jan. 27, 1902 | Cold 4 Below. Dan halled 4 loads of wood today. I chored in the forenoon. Took Etta to Atwood in the afternoon. I gave her $10.00. |
| Tues. Jan. 28, 1902 | 4 Below. Dan took the children to school & went after wood. Halled 4 loads today. |
| Wed. Jan. 29, 1902 | 10 above. We chored all day. Dan split wood & I fixed the henhouse. I & the children went over to Corrells. They had a birthday supper on him. Ezra got 74 lb of beef at 6 cts $4.44. Dr for the same. Paid. |
| Thurs. Jan. 30, 1902 | Dan halled 4 load of wood. I fixed the washing machine & helped make hommany. Went to church in the evening. |
| Fri. Jan. 31, 1902 | Dan & I halled 3 load of posts from H. Bowers woods. I stopped & got Corrells gun & shot a rabbit. Rose had a calf during the night. |