| Jan 1, 1892 | Raining till morn. Turned cold & snow. |
| Jan 2 | Cold. Went got sled of F. K. Worked on hen house. |
| Jan 3 | Sunday cold. Took sow to Lems. Got colt. |
| Jan 4 | Went town. Got lumber. Made hay frame. Cold. |
| Jan 5 | Hauled load straw from Sam Hungate. Cold. |
| Jan 6 | Went to buy hogs. Hauled straw. Cold. |
| Jan 7 | Hauled straw. Chopped wood. Cold. |
| Jan 8 | Hauled straw. Went to F. Ks. To oyster supper. Cold. |
| Jan 9 | Went to town to Mantinee on sled. Cold. |
| Jan 10 | Sunday snowing all day. Bad on stock. |
| Jan 11 | Hauled straw. Snowing all day. Cold. |
| Jan 12 | Stella very sick. Hattie washed. Hauled straw. |
| Jan 13 | Went to Mrs. Hungates. Hattie sick. Got 4 hogs $27.00. |
| Jan 14 | Butchered 8 hogs. Cold. Essie has Lagrippe. |
| Jan 15 | Went & helped Mr. Lefler butcher. Very cold. |
| Jan 16 | Got load straw. Went to town. Took 29 lbs meat. Cold. |
| Jan 17 | Sunday home. All sick. They real bad. Cold & cloudy. |
| Jan 18 | Snowing & growing. Cold all day. Bad on stock. |
| Jan 19 | Hauled 2 loads straw. Coldest day this year. |
| Jan 20 | Hauled one load straw. Hattie washed. Cold. |
| Jan 21 | Went town on pony. Hauled straw. Thawed some. |
| Jan 22 | Hauled load straw. Went took 18 lbs butter town. |
| Jan 23 | Hauled load straw. Done chores. |
| Jan 24 | Sunday Henry White here. Went to Tom Hainlines eve. Thawed. |
| Jan 25 | Took 10 head cattle to White. Got $124.86. Thawed. |
| Jan 26 | Washed forenoon. Went to town. Got children dresses. |
| Jan 27 | Done chores. Went to town on pony. Thawed. |
| Jan 28 | Cut & hauled 2 loads wood. Went to Mrs. Darethys funeral. |
| Jan 29 | All home. Cut wood. Quite cold. Freezes at nights. |
| Jan 30 | Chopped wood. Went town P. M. Very muddy. |
| Jan 31 | Sunday all went to Hals. Muddy, cloudy, dull. |
| Feb 1, 1892 | Washed in forenoon. Ella & all very sick. |
| Feb 2 | Chopped in E. timber. Rained last night. |
| Feb 3 | Chopped. Went to Ellas. Her Carl & Earl sick. |
| Feb 4 | Chopped forenoon. Took 15 lbs butter to town. Walked. |
| Feb 5 | Chopped wood. Went to Ellas. Tacked comfort with Hattie. |
| Feb 6 | Hauled 4 loads wood. Made cattle trough. Cold. |
| Feb 7 | Sunday cold E. Wind. Went to Hebes. |
| Feb 8 | Washed forenoon. Went to town P. M. muddy. |
| Feb 9 | Took 2 cows to town. I shipped with Hebes cattle. Clear & cold. |
| Feb 10 | Chopped wood forenoon. Went town. Got letter from Chenoweth. |
| Feb 11 | Went town. Borrowed $30.00 at bank. Sent $125.00 to Chenoweth. Moved 3 loads mothers things to corner. |
| Feb 12 | Moved 2 loads to corner for mother. Darrah brought organ. |
| Feb 13 | Bought organ. Went & got chairs, table & bedstead. |
| Feb 14 | Sunday cold & snowing. Went to hear Smith preach. Cold. |
| Feb 15 | Very cold night. Washed. Chopped wood. |
| Feb 16 | Went to Colchester on pony. Thawed some. Cold. |
| Feb 17 | Took butter & eggs to town. Went to Fischers sale. |
| Feb 18 | I and Hattie & Huey went to Colchester. Took $12.90 worth onion sets. |
| Feb 19 | Damp & misty. Took straw to mothers. Put down carpet. Got safe, bedstead and lounge. |
| Feb 20 | Took bureau table & 6 chairs to mothers. Put fence south of house. Damp & muddy. |
| Feb 21 | Sunday damp & muddy. At home. Mother here. |
| Feb 22 | Tacked comfort. Cloudy, misty & dull. |
| Feb 23 | Damp. Made rails. Done chores. Warm & muddy. |
| Feb 24 | Went to mothers birthday. Rained all day. |
| Feb 25 | Took eggs to town. Walked. Muddy. Chopped wood. |
| Feb 26 | Washed forenoon. Made rails. Warm. |
| Feb 27 | Chopped stove wood forenoon. Walked town. Took butter. |
| Feb 28 | Sunday misting. Josie Curtis died. I went in eve. |
| Mar 1, 1892 | Went to Josies funeral and burying. Very muddy. |
| Mar 2 | Washed. Fixed steps. Tom Hainline and wife here. |
| Mar 3 | Fixed gate. Chopped wood. Helped C. Williams haul hay. Drying. |
| Mar 4 | Raining. Went to town on Fashion. Terrible muddy. |
| Mar 5 | Chopped stove wood in woods all day. Muddy. |
| Mar 6 | Sunday at home all. Got blues bad. |
| Mar 7 | Raining in forenoon. Went town. Took eggs. Muddy. |
| Mar 8 | Washed forenoon. Reset E. Fence. Clear. Huey very sick. |
| Mar 9 | Blowing gale from West all day. Began to snow night. |
| Mar 10 | Still snowing & blowing. Very cold. Hard on stock. |
| Mar 11 | I went town in wagon. Got cultivator & flour. Muddy. |
| Mar 12 | Floyd Foster & Will, Bee & Bell, Allies & wife here. Warm. |
| Mar 13 | Sunday went to Ellas. Cold & chilly day. |
| Mar 14 | Washed forenoon. Hauled 1400 lbs hay from Hebes. Chilly. |
| Mar 15 | Burned brush in orchard & reset fence. Cold. |
| Mar 16 | Hauled pieces rails. Went to Effies. Got harrow. |
| Mar 17 | Hauled load straw forenoon. Went town to see B. Foster. |
| Mar 18 | Fixed harrow. Hauled mother load home. Cold chilly. |
| Mar 19 | Done chores. Went town. Sold 6 cows to White. $128.00 |
| Mar 20 | Sunday all went to Tom & Lou’s. Commenced to snow. |
| Mar 21 | Snowed last night. Worked Topsy on sled. Went town. |
| Mar 22 | I and Luther sawed wood all day. |
| Mar 23 | Sawed wood. I went to town. Got belt. Warmer. |
| Mar 24 | Sawed wood all day. Went to Luthers for dinner. |
| Mar 25 | Went to Aunt Betsys burying. John Emera & Roaches all here. |
| Mar 26 | Raining this morning. Split wood. Went on pony to mothers. Got mail. |
| Mar 27 | Sun. at home. Went to Grandmothers in eve. Warm. |
| Mar 28 | Washed forenoon. I went town afternoon. Muddy. |
| Mar 29 | Washed forenoon. I went to Toms afternoon. Warm. |
| Mar 30 | Split wood. Fixed fence. Rained most all afternoon. Warm. |
| Mar 31 | I went town. Got mail. Took butter. |
| Apr 1, 1892 | Sawed wood for Leifer. Raining. Terrible wind all day. |
| Apr 2 | Pigs came. Hard wind last night. Went to town. Fixed chimney at mothers. Got oats. |
| Apr 3 | Sunday cloudy. Rained most all day. Ellas here. |
| Apr 4 | Big rains last night. Lots of water. Luther & I went to town. |
| Apr 5 | Terrible windy & cold. I walked to town to uncle C. Hungates funeral. |
| Apr 6 | Washed forenoon. Made garden. Very tired. |
| Apr 7 | Sowed 11 bu oats cultivated in. Warm. Ground wet. |
| Apr 8 | Raining. Went to town. Wet and muddy. |
| Apr 9 | Cut wood. Maudes colt came. Got oats Hebe. Muddy. |
| Apr 10 | Sunday cold froze hard. At home all day. Muddy. |
| Apr 11 | Sowed oats & cultivated. Cool & drying. |
| Apr 12 | Finished sowing oats and cultivating. |
| Apr 13 | Harrowed till 9 oclock. Terrible snow storm all day. |
| Apr 14 | Rained & snowed most of day. Bad on stock. |
| Apr 15 | Went town afternoon. Terrible roads. Got girls hats. |
| Apr 16 | Took 3 hogs to town. $4.25 each. Calf died. Cold all day. |
| Apr 17 | Esther Sunday. Rained some. Muddy. |
| Apr 18 – 24th | Wet cold muddy weather all week. Did nothing, but wade in mud. Chores. |
| Apr 24 | A cold wet [day] with nothing but wade in mud. |
| Apr 25 | Plowed & planted potatoes in mothers garden forenoon. |
| Apr 26 | Harrowed down stalks. Tired. |
| Apr 27 | Finished harrowing. Went to town. |
| Apr 28 | Commenced to plow for corn east of house. Cool. |
| Apr 29 | Plowed for corn. Bred Maud to Norman in Blandinsville. |
| Apr 30 | Plowed for corn. Showery. Mother brought letter from Onie. |
| May 1, 1892 | Sunday went to mothers. Ella came home with us. Bought potatoes. Big rain. |
| May 2 | Washed forenoon. Went to town in eve. Made corn pen for mother. Rainy. |
| May 3 | Rained most all day. Roads bad. Hunted squerrels. |
| May 4 | Hauled wire & posts in morn. Rained in eve. |
| May 5 | Big rains last night & hard winds. Lots of fence down. Luther helped build fence. |
| May 6 | I went town in morn. Walked. Sold hogs. Painted shed. Shelled seed corn. |
| May 7 | I and Luther took hogs. Made soap. |
| May 8 | Sunday cold. Went to Rock creek to quarterly meeting in eve. Rained. |
| May 9 | Went to town forenoon. Muddy & cold. |
| May 10 | Washed forenoon. Went to grandmothers. Rainy. |
| May 11 | Went town. Got paint. Painted wagon. Cold. |
| May 12 | Worked road afternoon with team. Tired of clay hills. |
| May 13 | Heavy rains last night. Children went to school last day. |
| May 14 | Went to town. Staid most all day. Cloudy. |
| May 15 | Sun. went to Luthers afternoon. Cool & chilly. |
| May 16 | Washed in morn. Big trees blowed down. Windy. |
| May 17 | Plowed most all day. Rained eve. Ada H. here. Commenced to give Stella organ lessons. |
| May 18 | Plowed in morn, then big rain. Terrible wind at night. |
| May 19 | Went town in morn. Blowed big trees down. |
| May 20 | Plowed some. Got ready to plant corn. |
| May 21 | Plowed, harrowed and planted 5 acres corn. |
| May 22 | Sun. Geo. H. and Hebes here all day. Nice day. |
| May 23 | Plowed and planted corn forenoon. Cultivated P. M. |
| May 24 | Finished cultivating corn east of house. |
| May 25 | Plowed in stumps all day. Hot showery. |
| May 26 | Big rain this morn. Went town. Plowed afternoon. |
| May 27 | Plowed all day in stumps. Harrowed in eve. |
| May 28 | Planted corn forenoon. Rained all day. Went town. |
| May 29 | Sunday hot. At home. Roads all bad. |
| May 30 | Raining all forenoon. Went town. Done nothing. Discouraged. |
| May 31 | Rain forenoon. Washed. At home. |
| Jun 1, 1892 | Rained. Went hunting. Cut weeds. |
| Jun 2 | Damp & misty. Went hunting & to grandmothers. |
| Jun 3 | Went to grandmothers forenoon. Took Topsy to town. |
| Jun 4 | Plowed & finished planting corn. Hot & muddy. |
| Jun 5 | Sunday all went to town meeting, then I and Hattie walked to Childs burying. |
| Jun 6 | Went & helped Len Bond plow. Showery & hot. |
| Jun 7 | Helped Len till noon. Ground muddy. Big rain in eve. |
| Jun 8 | Went to Hebes. Got load corn. 42 cts. Plowed corn. |
| Jun 9 | Plowed corn. Topsy sick. Commenced on stump field. |
| Jun 10 | Plowed corn. Went town eve. Very hot. |
| Jun 11 | Plowed corn in stumps. All went town. Bred Maud 2nd time. |
| Jun 12 | Sunday terrible hot. At home all day. |
| Jun 13 | Plowed corn in stumps. Very hot day. |
| Jun 14 | Helped Len Bond plow corn. Hot. |
| Jun 15 | Plowed corn 2nd time. Went town to see show. Hot. |
| Jun 16 | Hot. Took Hattie & children to train to go to grandpa Bentleys. |
| Jun 17 | Plowed S. W. corner corn on stumps 2nd time. Rained afternoon. |
| Jun 18 | Plowed N. W. corner stumps. Went town on pony. Hot. |
| Jun 19 | Sunday went Luthers in morn, then to Rock Creek in eve. Had nice time. |
| Jun 20 | Rained last night. Plowed corn in stumps. Went town, but got no letter. |
| Jun 21 | Churned. Plowed in stumps. Went town at noon. Got letter from Hattie. Tired & hot. |
| Jun 22 | Plowed in stumps 2nd time. Then east of house 3rd time. |
| Jun 23 | Plowed forenoon. Went town. Got Hattie and children home. |
| Jun 24 | Washed in morn. Plowed out east 3rd time. Cool. |
| Jun 25 | Hoed cabbage. Went town. Got organ box flynets. Hot. |
| Jun 26 | Sunday aunt Caroline, mother, & Ella here. Cool. |
| Jun 27 | Plowed 1st time stump piece 3 time. Went to Sams. Got mower. Cut hay. |
| Jun 28 | Rained this morning. Finished cutting hay. Cool. |
| Jun 29 | Cloudy & rained some. Took mower home. Got rake. Hauled in 2 loads hay. |
| Jun 30 | Hauled 7 loads hay. Cool & dry. |
| Jul 1, 1892 | Hauled 8 loads hay. Harriett & Tillie here. |
| Jul 2 | Rainy this morn. Took rake home. Went town. |
| Jul 3 | Sunday all went town. Len & Millie here. |
| Jul 4 | Plowed corn in stumps all day. Cool & fine. |
| Jul 5 | Plowed corn in stumps. Cool & fine. |
| Jul 6 | Plowed corn out east house. Cool. |
| Jul 7 | Finished east house forenoon. Cut hedge. Went to town. |
| Jul 8 | Cut some hedge. Rain damp & misty. Need rain bad. |
| Jul 9 | Helped Lem shock wheat all day. Cool & misty. |
| Jul 10 | Sunday at home. Milo & Arabelle here from town meeting. |
| Jul 11 | Washed forenoon. Cut hedge. Went town. Got letter from Iowa man. Hot. |
| Jul 12 | Done chores. Finished plowing corn in stumps. Hot. |
| Jul 13 | Went to grandmothers. Picked sage. Corn wilted. Helped Hebe with colts. Hot & dry. |
| Jul 14 | Went town forenoon. Corn tiring bad so hot. Got washing machine. |
| Jul 15 | Very sick. Hal brought Grace. Mother here. Hot. |
| Jul 16 | Still sick. Hattie sent for Dr. Huston came & I suffered so much. |
| Jul 17 | Sunday Tom & Lou here. Harriet & Geo. I am no better. |
| Jul 18 | I am still worse. Sent for Dr. he came and said I had inflammation of bowels. |
| Jul 19 | Dr. here and Mr. & Mrs. Wiliams. I am no better. The hottest & worst day. 99 deg. |
| Jul 20 | Rained big rain this morn. Dr. here. I am no better. |
| Jul 21 | Rained most forenoon. Dr. here. I am little better. |
| Jul 22 | Big rain last night & one this morn. I am better. |
| Jul 23 | Very sick but some better. Lem, Ella & Hebes here. |
| Jul 24 | Sunday I am some better. Hot & muddy. |
| Jul 25 | Washed. I am able to set up most all day. Mrs. Simpson came. |
| Jul 26 | Very hot. Hattie took Mrs. Simpson to train. |
| Jul 27 | Very hot & dry. Corn suffering. I am very sick. |
| Jul 28 | Dan Needler cut oats for me. Rained in eve. I am very sick. |
| Jul 29 | Rained. Mother brought letter from Willie. Corn burned out in Ks. With hot winds. Very sick. |
| Jul 30 | Clear & cool. Mother brought letters. Stella sick. I am some better. |
| Jul 31 | Sunday at home. Vina here. Hot and dry. Am poorly. |
| Aug 1, 1892 | Washed forenoon. I am not able to do much. |
| Aug 2 | I went town. Took chickens & onions & chicks for mother. Hot. |
| Aug 3 | At home. Done chores, but am not able to work. |
| Aug 4 | We all went town. Picked berries at mothers. Hot & dry. |
| Aug 5 | Took 2 cows to Daves. Very hot & dry. |
| Aug 6 | Took 2 hogs to White $5.25 hundred. Went town in eve on pony. Hot hot dry. |
| Aug 7 | Sunday went to Lens afternoon. Made ice cream. Hot. |
| Aug 8 | Washed forenoon. I went town in eve. Got mail. Corn suffering for rain. |
| Aug 9 | Took Grace to Hals. Hattie picked berries. Got oats, wood. Light shower. |
| Aug 10 | I and Stella went to town. Got coal. Had her teeth pulled. |
| Aug 11 | Went to Lens in morn. Stacked oats afternoon. |
| Aug 12 | Stacked Lens wheat forenoon. Finished my wheat afternoon. |
| Aug 13 | Sunday Terribly hot & dry. At home all day. In eve to camp meeting. |
| Aug 14 | Helped Mr. Lefler thrash. Went town P. M. Feel so poorly. |
| Aug 15 | Went to Picnic to town. Terrible hot. Thrashed 312 bu oats. |
| Aug 16 | Went to picnic at town. Terrible hot. Dusty & dry. |
| Aug 17 | Corn suffering for rain. Went town eve. Very poorly. |
| Aug 18 | Hot. John brought cow home. Hot & dry. |
| Aug 19 | Hauled 3 loads oats town. 31¼ cts bu. Hot. |
| Aug 20 | Hauled 2 loads. Went to concert at night. |
| Aug 21 | Sunday hot & dry. Went to Ellas. |
| Aug 22 | Took chickens to town. Hot & dry. |
| Aug 23 to 30 | Took chickens to town. Got draft from Bensing Jr. Worked hard. |