Wed. Jan. 1, 1908 |
Fine. I butchered a beef today. Sold H. Bittikoffer 86 lb $3.87.
Dr. for same. Pd. W. Tennant 92 lb. Dr. pd $5.06. Wm. Klinger
95 lb. Dr $5.22. |
Thurs. Jan. 2, 1908 |
Fine. I took Wm. Klingers beef over to him & took F. Funk
the beef hide. Got 4 1/2 cts for it. weighed 49 lb. $2.22. Eliza
Jane Funk paid me 50 cts for pasture for the heifer we had over
here to the bull. |
Fri. Jan. 3, 1908 |
John & I husked some corn. |
Sat. Jan. 4, 1908 |
I chored. John went to warsaw in the after noon. I gave him $2.00.
Walter Tennant paid me $5.06 for 92 lb of beef, he got the first
of the week. |
Sun. Jan. 5, 1908 |
Fine. We went up to S. School. The School paid J. Koontz to take
their pictures. J. Koontz & family were here for dinner. |
Mon. Jan. 6, 1908 |
I wrote Etta a letter & sent her $12.00. John & I husked
corn in the afternoon. |
Tues. Jan. 7, 1908 |
Fine. John & I husked corn all day. Husked 32 shocks &
halled the corn & fodder home. I went up to Art Anglins in
the evening & took a calf from a cow for him. he paid me
$1.00. |
Wed. Jan. 8, 1908 |
Lib & I helped W. Tennant butcher. J. Harmon got my butchering
tools. |
Thurs. Jan. 9, 1908 |
John took a load of wheat to atwood. Wheat was 95 cts. My wheat
was musty & they only offered me 70 cts. Did not sell it.
Left it there in the sacks. |
Fri. Jan. 10, 1908 |
Harve Shank stopped here to see me about his thrashing bill.
He left the $3.00 that I owed him on the sow & pigs I got
at the sale go on his thrashing. Me to pay the company the $3.00. |
Sat. Jan. 11, 1908 |
Fine. We cleaned out the stables. Halled a load of wood. Halled
a load of hay from the new barn to the old barn. I sent a sample
of wheat up to Leesburg with John to P. Tompson. He is to fone
me Monday what he will give me for it. |
Sun. Jan. 12, 1908 |
Snowing. At home all day. The weather is bad. |
Mon. Jan. 13, 1908 |
Nice. Chored. B. Gochenhour was up. He wanted us to help him
butcher tomorrow. P. Tompson phoned me about my weath. He offered
me 88 cts for it. |
Tues. Jan. 14, 1908 |
Fine. Lib & I went down & helped B. Gochenhour butcher.
John went to Atwood & got the wheat that he took down there
& dident sell. |
Wed. Jan. 15, 1908 |
Nice. I chored. John took 43 bu & 10 lb of wheat to Leesburg
today. Sold it to P. Tompson at 90 cts after it was cleaned.
He offered me 87 cts in the dirt or 90 cts cleaned. |
Thurs. Jan. 16, 1908 |
Lib & I went to warsaw. Paid Foke for 2 lard cans 50 cts.
Pd Correll & shank for stabling horse 15 cts. |
Fri. Jan. 17, 1908 |
16 deg above. We butchered 4 hogs today. Tennant & wife,
B. Gochenhour & wife, Oscar Correll & his mother helped.
John took 53 bu & 10 lb of wheat to Leesburg today. |
Sat. Jan. 18, 1908 |
Gave Mary Wallace 70 cts. John took 75 bu & 40lb wheat. He
drawed the money for this load $65.50. He spent for overs, cole
oil & broom $5.50. I moved 6 of my shoats from the open
by the old ice house to the old barn. H. Bittikoffer pd me $3.00
on beef. |
Sun. Jan. 19, 1908 |
Fine. Went up to S. School. Paid 50 cts to the sextant collection. |
Mon. Jan. 20, 1908 |
I helped John load a load of wheat & he took it up. Had on
60 bu & 40 lb. He got back about 1 o'clock & loaded up
another load. |
Tues. Jan. 21, 1908 |
Warm. John took 64 bu & 40 lb of wheat to leesburg. The roads
thawed very near through. I helped Lib wash & do other work. |
Wed. Jan. 22, 1908 |
John did not take any wheat today. The roads were too bad. We
chored. |
Thurs. Jan. 23, 1908 |
Snowing. John & I took a load of hay to the old barn &
done the chores. |
Fri. Jan. 24, 1908 |
John & I went up to Meeks & got a load of Ezras corn
in the fore noon. John took a load of wheat to Leesburg in the
afternoon. 60 bu & 10 lb. Cristal had a heifer calf last
night. |
Sat. Jan. 25, 1908 |
John took 61 bu 30 lb of wheat to Leesburg in the fore noon.
He went to warsaw in the after noon. Gave him $10.00. |
Sun. Jan. 26, 1908 |
Paul, Mary & Mom went to S. School. I was at home all day.
Bessa Wolf came home with them. It got to snowing & Paul
& Mary took her home in the evening. |
Mon. Jan. 27, 1908 |
Stormy. We done the chores. I churned & helped Lib with the
work. I took Paul & Mary to school |
Tues. Jan. 28, 1908 |
John took 60 bu & 30 lb wheat to Leesburg. I done the chores. |
Wed. Jan. 29, 1908 |
I went to warsaw. Paid Richardson for shoes $4.50. Pd the Globe
for 3 shirts $1.35. Pd the globe on a watch $4.00, pd U.S. Express
on Johns horn $2.50. I went with Ezra to Claypool to see a team.
Came back & went out with him to Milo James. John took 62
bu & 40 lb of wheat to leesburg. |
Thurs. Jan. 30, 1908 |
I went over to Corrells to see his sick mare. She was better.
I helped John clean out the stables & took a load of hay
to the old barn. |
Fri. Jan. 31, 1908 |
John took the last load of wheat to Leesburg today. 64 lb in
all. 535 bu & 30 lb. Settled for today $467.07 check on the
Peoples Bank at Leesburg. Ezra & Em came out & we helped
them butcher one of his hogs. He paid the meat back he had borrowed. |