| Jan 1 1884 | At home all day. Terrible snow storm. |
| Jan 2 | Very cold. Went to Chester. Got coal stove coal and cradle. |
| Jan 3 | Went to grandmother. Got her wood. |
| Jan 4 | John Peel here last nite. Jim took Lydia to Wmefields to dance. |
| Jan 5 | Took 3 sacks corn to mill. Got 27 bu. coal. Came near freezing. |
| Jan 6 | Chopped stove wood. Went town. 34 degrees below zero last night. |
| Jan 7 | Sunday. Good sleighing 12 below zero. Mrs. Chartie here. |
| Jan 8 | Took load white corn to valley mill. Got .50 bu. |
| Jan 9 | Went got wood for grandmother. |
| Jan 10 | Cut wood for mother. Lydia quit work. |
| Jan 11 | Took load white corn to mill. Turned cold. |
| Jan 12 | Hattie went to her grandmas. I went to town to grandmothers. |
| Jan 13 | 8 below zero. Made hominy. Churned, baked mince pies. |
| Jan 14 | Sunday. Went to Clays in sled. Nice day. Thawed and spoiled sledding. |
| Jan 15 | Cloudy and dull. Hattie and I washed. Sold pen corn to McCord for 110.00 |
| Jan 16 | Chopped wood. Dressed 4 chickens. Helped Hattie. |
| Jan 17 | Sunday. Thawing. Wills here in evening. |
| Jan 18 | Damp. Hattie tacked comfort. I chopped wood. |
| Jan 19 | I and Hattie washed. Rained. Very chilly. |
| Jan 20 | Chilly South wind. Took white corn to Chester. Got 50 cts bu. |
| Jan 21 | Cold N wind. Chopped wood for grandmother. Hattie went to Shaws. |
| Jan 22 | Went to Mr. Locks funeral. Hattie went to Hies. Cold wind. |
| Jan 23 | Went to Cedar Creek to church meeting. The first time Estilla goes to church. |
| Jan 24 | Sunday. Light skirt snow. At home all day. |
| Jan 25 | Nice warm day. Hattie washed. I spaded ditch. |
| Jan 26 | I and Jim went to timber sawed wood. Mr. Alexander buried. Roads muddy. |
| Jan 27 | Very cold and rough. Willie helped had coffee. |
| Jan 28 | 2 below zero. Thawed trees west of house. Very cold. |
| Jan 29 | Down to Zero. Made rails. Hauled along fence. |
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| Mar 1, 1884 | Snowed all day. I rested most of day. |
| Mar 2 | Sunday snowed all day. Went to Wills on sled. |
| Mar 3 | Hattie washed. I went to Jay Huffs sale. Cold. |
| Mar 4 | I and Hattie went to Chester. Took last load white corn. First time for Estilla to town. |
| Mar 5 | Went and cool forenoon, snowed. Sawed wood afternoon. Very cold. |
| Mar 6 | Went sawed wood in timber. Very cold. |
| Mar 7 | Sawed wood for grandmother. Hattie went to her grandmas. |
| Mar 8 | Went town on sled. Bought saw. |
| Mar 9 | Wills and mother came on sled. |
| Mar 10 | Chilly south wind. Went to town on horseback. Jim helped Will saw. |
| Mar 11 | Went and sawed wood for mother. |
| Mar 12 | Sawed wood in timber. Eat dinner at grandmothers. |
| Mar 13 | Very warm day. Hung meat. Hattie washed. I hauled corn. |
| Mar 14 | My birthday. Hattie gave me a gold collar button and a splendid supper. Sawed wood. |
| Mar 15 | Went sawed and split wood. Nice and warm. Roads drying. |
| Mar 16 | Sunday nice and warm. At home all day. |
| Mar 17 | Misted rain. Commenced to smoke meat. Tore down corn pens. Stilla weigh 15 lbs at 3 mos. |
| Mar 18 | Cloudy and dull. Went to Chester in buggy. |
| Mar 19 | Dull and cloudy. Smoked meat. Went hunting. Harriet and Mrs. Jones here. |
| Mar 20 | Hattie washed. I went to mothers. Sold corn at 50 cts bu and he hauls it. |
| Mar 21 | Dull and cloudy. Jimmy smoked meat. |
| Mar 22 | Went to grandmothers. Cut cherry trees. |
| Mar 23 | Sunday nice and clear. Home all day. |
| Mar 24 | Went to town forenoon. Hung gates. Put hay in barn in evening. |
| Mar 25 | Hard rain last nite. Went to work on grandmothers fence. Got wet. |
| Mar 26 | Clear and nice. Hattie washed. I and Jimmy reset fence. West of brush. |
| Mar 27 | Went and fixed fence for grandmother. Ate dinner at mothers. |
| Mar 28 | Reset fence west of grove. Cloudy and dull. |
| Mar 29 | Went town. Took 7 lbs butter. Got cylinder for stalk cutter. To convention in eve. Hattie and Jim went to Elm in eve. |
| Mar 30 | Sunday. S. S. Convention at Elm. S. Davis and wife, J. beam, Mr. Welch all here for dinner. |
| Mar 31 | Cut stalks. Laid willows. Too wet to work. |
| Apr 1, 1884 | Hard rain last night. Went to election, to mothers and to grandmothers. |
| Apr 2 | Charlie Lathan married last nite at home. Jimmie chopped wood. |
| Apr 3 | Froze hard. Worked floss to wagon. Went town. Cut stalks. |
| Apr 4 | Went town afternoon. Got new carpet. Nice and warm. |
| Apr 5 | Cut stalks. Made soap. Made garden. Sowed oats afternoon. |
| Apr 6 | Sunday I and Jimmy went to Wills in buggy. Worked Floss. Nice and warm. |
| Apr 7 | Snowing. Hauled 2 loads manure. Sowed oats. |
| Apr 8 | Cold and chilly. Spit snow. Sowed oats. |
| Apr 9 | Finished sowing oats. Cloudy and dull. |
| Apr 10 | Finished harrowing in oats. |
| Apr 11 | Plowed garden, potato patch. Leona and mother came. |
| Apr 12 | Cut stalks. Drizzed rain. Went to grandmothers. Hauled 5 loads wood. |
| Apr 13 | Goggy and dull. Went to Ellas, then to Violas in eve. |
| Apr 14 | High wind. Got home at noon. Jimmy cut corn stalks. |
| Apr 15 | Cut stalks in morn. Set out raspberries and strawberries. |
| Apr 16 | Finished cutting stalks. Mother here. Hattie washed. Nice and warm. |
| Apr 17 | Commenced to plow for corn. Went to town to paint. Hattie went to her grandmas. |
| Apr 18 | Painted blinds forenoon. Plowed afternoon. |
| Apr 19 | Ploughed forenoon. Jimmie run off. Finished 1st coat on blinds. Rainy. |
| Apr 20 | High N. E. wind. Harlie and Andy Shaw, Sam Keithley here. Cold, 34 degrees. |
| Apr 21 | Cold high N. E. wind. Went to town plowed. |
| Apr 22 | Nice day. Hattie washed. I plowed for corn. |
| Apr 23 | Nice and warm. Plowed. Floras colt came. |
| Apr 24 | Nice and warm. I plowed for corn. |
| Apr 25 | Very nice and warm. Plowed. |
| Apr 26 | High S wind. Jimmy went town. Got letter from Lafe. |
| Apr 27 | Sunday nice day. Went to Elm, then to Ceder to meeting. |
| Apr 28 | Plowed for corn. Very hard days work. |
| Apr 29 | Finished plowing for corn. Went to Chester in afternoon. |
| Apr 30 | Jimmie cultivated. I cut my finger. Hattie washed. |
| May 1, 1884 | Rained last nite. Harrowed and crossed off sod. |
| May 2 | Rained. Took Flora to Houston Norman. |
| May 3 | Jimmy harrowed east place. I planted. Hattie set out 51 cabbage plants. |
| May 4 | Sunday. Cloudy and dull. Hard rain. |
| May 5 | Went and harrowed some in Slough. Too wet. Finished house first coat. |
| May 6 | Went to mothers. Took Floss to Grigsby. |
| May 7 | Hattie washed. I finished marking east place and planted some. Hot. |
| May 8 | Plowed thicket. |
| May 9 | Finished planting corn. Very fine corn weather. Mrs. J. here. |
| May 10 | Harrowed sod corn twice. Weaned Sulla. |
| May 11 | Sun. all day at home. Cloudy and dull. |
| May 12 | Went town. Got nursing bottle for Estilla. |
| May 13 | Fine rain last nite. Painted porch. |
| May 14 | Jimmy rolled and harrowed. Nice and warm. |
| May 15 | Put down new carpet and cleaned house. |
| May 16 | Clear and fine. Cleaned out cellar. Went town got 300 sweet potato plants. Hattie went to Kittys. |
| May 17 | Nice and warm. Hoed potatoes. |
| May 18 | Sprinkled rain. Jakes Clays, Mrs Charlie, Orphy Null here in evening. |
| May 19 | Marked colts. Hattie washed. Nice rain. |
| May 21 | Replanted corn in forenoon. |
| May 22 | Fine Rain last nite. Went to mothers. Nice for corn. |
| May 23 | Rained last night. Hoed. Got seed corn. |
| May 24 | I and Jimmy replanted corn on 20. Fine day. |
| May 25 | Sunday went to Beds. They were not home. Went to Wills. |
| May 26 | Finished replanting corn forenoon. I kept Ruby. Hattie & Jim went to Chester. |
| May 27 | Plowed corn on south. Jimmy hoed. Hattie washed. |
| May 28 | Plowed corn on east place. Nice weather. |
| May 29 | Plowed corn. Will & mother went to Chester. |
| May 30 | Finished plowing corn over 1st time. Uncle Johns here. |
| May 31 | Went to Chester forenoon. Dry & Dusty. Then to Wills & town in evening. |
| Jun 1, 1884 | At home all day. Clay & Harriet here. Rained. |
| Jun 2 | Rained nice shower. Set out 150 sweet potato plants. |
| Jun 3 | Worked on road. Warm & fine. Nice shower at night. |
| Jun 4 | Finished working roads. Sprinkled rain. Dull & misty. |
| Jun 5 | Began to plow corn 2nd time. Plowed sod. Red heefer had calf at dark. |
| Jun 6 | Hattie washed. I plowed corn on east piece. Red cow died at dark. |
| Jun 7 | Skinned cow & took 2 hops to town. Very hot. Viola & Mort came. Killed 38 rats. |
| Jun 8 | Hard rain this morn. Went to mothers. |
| Jun 9 | Rained last nite & all today. Wind from north. |
| Jun 10 | I and Hattie washed. Jimmy plowed milk weeds. I plowed in evening. |
| Jun 11 | Mr. Adams shot himself. I plowed. Jake, Harlie & Mrs. J. here. Nice day. |
| Jun 12 | Very hot. Plowed corn. Fine corn weather. |
| Jun 13 | Finished plowing corn over 2nd time. Went to Chester. Got pump. |
| Jun 14 | Plowed sod 3rd time. Fine day to work. N. E. wind. |
| Jun 15 | Sunday went to Mr. Adams funeral. Cloudy dull. |
| Jun 16 | Plowed corn on east piece 3rd time. Fine corn weather. |
| Jun 17 | Plowed corn. The very best of corn weather. |
| Jun 18 | Finished plowing corn 3rd time. Went to town in evening by mothers. |
| Jun 19 | Fine rain last nite. Went to Chester. 85 degrees. Hot. |
| Jun 20 | Plowed Sod 4th time. Hattie washed. Very hot. |
| Jun 21 | Set posts for grapes. Clay got load corn. Rained. Went to town. |
| Jun 22 | Sunday Wills & mother here. Baptism at Cedar Creek. |
| Jun 23 | Plowed corn. Had raspberries getting ripe. Very hot & fine. |
| Jun 24 | Jimmy plowed corn. I went to Stambaugh. Rained. |
| Jun 25 | Plowed corn. Nice & cool. Good day to work. |
| Jun 26 | Finished corn 4th time. Commenced on sod 5th time. |
| Jun 27 | Went to Chester forenoon. Finished sod P. M. |
| Jun 28 | Went fixed fence for mother. Last of strawberries. Sowed turnips. |
| Jun 29 | Sunday I went to Cedar forenoon. I and Hattie both went to S. S. convention in eve. |
| Jun 30 | Jimmy plowed corn. I mowed in orchard. Very hot 90 deg. |
| Jul 1, 1884 | Jim plowed. I went to McComb got Osborn mower. |
| Jul 2 | I went to town on Flora. Fine rain. Cut hedge. Jim plowed. |
| Jul 3 | Finished plowing corn. Sprinkled rain. Cut hedge. |
| Jul 4 | Went to Chester to celebration. Nice day. |
| Jul 5 | Cut hay in orchard. Hauled in barn in eve. |
| Jul 6 | Went to Beds. They were not home. I went to Elms. Hattie stopped at her Mas. |
| Jul 7 | Commenced to cut hay. Thundering in west, looks like rain. |
| Jul 8 | Cut hay in morn. Cool & fine. Put hay rack up Will helped. |
| Jul 9 | Cut hay in morn. Hauled in 3 loads. Finished cutting in eve. |
| Jul 10 | Hauled 6 loads hay. Got done. Will helped. |
| Jul 11 | Cut grass for Will. |
| Jul 12 | Went to Chester forenoon. Got grindstone. |
| Jul 13 | Sunday went to grandmothers in eve. Nice day. |
| Jul 14 | Cut grass for Will forenoon. Cut for Hie in eve. |
| Jul 15 | Cloudy & dull. Helped Will with his hay. |
| Jul 16 | Finished cutting in Hie forenoon. Commenced on my oats. |
| Jul 17 | Rained last nite. We traded share for corn with Hie. Hattie at Maws. |
| Jul 18 | Hal & Hie cut 2 rounds in oats. Looked like rain. Cleared off at noon. |
| Jul 19 | Finished cutting oats. Nice day for harvesting. |
| Jul 20 | Sunday at home. Took buggy ride in eve. |
| Jul 21 | Took load corn to Chester forenoon. Hauled 5 loads manure. |
| Jul 22 | Hauled 4 loads manure. Very hot. 92 deg. |
| Jul 23 | Mowed west Slace. Hauled 2 loads manure. |
| Jul 24 | Hauled 5 loads manure. Went to town in eve. |
| Jul 25 | Hattie washed. I plowed yard. Fixed wire by east fence. Jimmy run off. |
| Jul 26 | Took corn & apples to Chester. Hard wind and rain. |
| Jul 27 | Sunday went to Wills. Cloudy & dull. |
| Jul 28 | Went to see thrashers forenoon. Cut apples. Went got tile. |
| Jul 29 | Hattie washed, then went to Hals. I went to get hands to thrash. |
| Jul 30 | Helped Will thrash. Hilman & Jay Ferrie stayed here all night. |
| Jul 31 | Thrashed my oats. Had 665 bu. off 15 acres. Engaged 500 bu at 25 cts. bu. Took load to town. |
| Aug 1, 1884 | I hauled 4 loads oats to town. Very warm. Got tile. |
| Aug 2 | Hauled 3 loads oats, got 2 of tile. Harlie helped fence. |
| Aug 3 | Sunday had a splendid rain last nite at home all day. |
| Aug 4 | Hauled 2 loads oats. Finished hauling. Cool & fine. |
| Aug 5 | Plowed on stuble. Nice day. Hattie washed. Cool of nights. |
| Aug 6 | Plowed forenoon. Mowed weeds east afternoon. |
| Aug 7 | Helped Lathams thrash. Cool of nights. |
| Aug 8 | Went to McComb. Forepans show there. Paid for mower. |
| Aug 9 | Plowed forenoon. Mowed weeds on pasture afternoon. |
| Aug 10 | Sunday Hal here a few minutes. Nice day. |
| Aug 11 | Plowed forenoon. Made 8 gal chrout. Went to Chester in evening. |
| Aug 12 | Hattie washed. I plowed in morn. Cut weeds in thicket in eve. |
| Aug 13 | Cut weeds in thicket. Very warm. |
| Aug 14 | Finished cutting brush. |
| Aug 15 | Helped C. thrash. |
| Aug 16 | Helped Hie thrash. Nice & warm. |
| Aug 17 | Sunday raining this morning. |
| Aug 18 | Helped Hie thrash forenoon. Went to Chester with Will. Rained. |
| Aug 19 | Estella very sick all day. Very hot 90 deg. |
| Aug 20 | Helped Hattie wash. Burned off thicket. |
| Aug 21 | Sy Fisher & Sammy Hungate commenced to tile. I went to town. |
| Aug 22 | Plowed forenoon. Got 190 tile. Very hot. |
| Aug 23 | Plowed forenoon. Helped fill up tile ditch. They got done. |
| Aug 24 | Sunday at home. Went to Wills in eve. Tried to tend my own business. |
| Aug 25 | Mowed sough forenoon. Helped Hattie nite. |
| Aug 26 | Went to Miners picnic in afternoon. Learned lesson. |
| Aug 27 | Helped Geo. Keithley thrash. Got plow sharp. |
| Aug 28 | Mowed weeds around corn. Hard rain all nite. Got watermelons plowed afternoon. |
| Aug 29 | Rained last night. Plowed in afternoon. Cool and fine. |
| Aug 30 | Plowed all day. Cool & fine. Ella & Hebe here. |
| Aug 31 | Sunday Hebes & Will here. Estella commenced to vomit was sick. |
| Sep 1, 1884 | Plowed forenoon. Cool & nice Indian Summer. |
| Sep 2 | Cool & nice. Helped Will Null thrash forenoon. Took oats to town. |
| Sep 3 | Plowed forenoon. Went to Chester afternoon. Hot. |
| Sep 4 | Estella very sick all night very hot. 90 deg. I went to McComb to see Dr. Harrison. |
| Sep 5 | Hattie washed 90 deg. Hot. Harriet & Tilly here. Estella slept most of day. |
| Sep 6 | Plowed in slough forenoon. Very hot 92 deg. |
| Sep 7 | Sunday home all day. Herb Shaw, Cora Ellie, Garry here all day. |
| Sep 8 | Finished plowing thicket slough. 90 deg. Mrs. Jones here. |
| Sep 9 | Took 3 sacks potatoes forenoon. Hauled rails & very hot. |
| Sep 10 | Went to Chester in wagon. Got barrel salt. |
| Sep 11 | I and Hattie washed. Stella very sick. Hal here. |
| Sep 12 | Estella got worse all nite. Harriet & lots here. Hal went for doctor. |
| Sep 13 | Doctor stayed all nite last night. Estella a little better. |
| Sep 14 | Sunday Estella is better. Harley & George, mother Wills, Garry & Deby all here. |
| Sep 15 | Estella is better. Very hot. Sowed timothy seed. Hung 125 seed corn. Aunt Betsy wood here. |
| Sep 16 | Hard rain. Hattie washed. Geo & Harlie here. Hung corn. Corded wood. |
| Sep 17 | Made soup. Cool & fine. Hung seed corn. Gathered Hazel nuts. Kitty here. |
| Sep 18 | Took tile to town. Filled up straw bed. |
| Sep 19 | Went to McComb with Wills to reunion. Wind blew up & rained. |
| Sep 20 | Lulas colt came. Viola & Mort came at night. I went to town. Hauled manure around apple trees. Came back & got load of wood. |
| Sep 21 | Sunday went to grandmothers. Aunt Catherine there. Warm. |
| Sep 22 | Went to W. C. Hainline then to town. Very warm. |
| Sep 23 | Grandmother, Aunt Catherine, Elizabeth here. Rained most all day. |
| Sep 24 | Went to Wills. Came back by Mrs. J. Warm & fine. |
| Sep 25 | Washed forenoon. Went to Chester afternoon. |
| Sep 26 | Rained most all day. Fixed sewing machine. |
| Sep 27 | Made 5 gal crout. Took Lula to gregshy. |
| Sep 28 | Sunday rained forenoon. Convention at Rock Creek. Clear afternoon at home. |
| Sep 29 | Made watermelon preserves. Cut hedge. |
| Sep 30 | Went to mothers. 80 deg. She wasn’t home. |
| Oct 1, 1884 | Cut hedge. Rained got wet. Helped Hattie sew. |
| Oct 2 | Hattie washed & I shelled white corn. Clear. |
| Oct 3 | Estella very sick. Sent for Dr. by Geo. Keithley. |
| Oct 4 | Stella better. Went to Valey Hill with niece. Corn heavy. Rained in eve. |
| Oct 5 | Sun. Harret, Effie Curtis here. |
| Oct 6 | Stella better. Hattie washed. |
| Oct 7 | Cut thistles. Will here, rained most of day. |
| Oct 8 | Dug sweet potatoes and some irish. Speckled heifer to red bull. Rained creek bank full. |
| Oct 9 | Went buggy riding. First frost this year. |
| Oct 10 | Measured line between I and Stambaugh. Dug irish potatoes. |
| Oct 11 | Hauled stove wood. Put hay in barn. Went got potatoes. |
| Oct 12 | Sunday foggy. Went to mothers and to Grace Sapington Burgsen. |
| Oct 13 | Went to grandmothers to big dinner. 55 there. |
| Oct 14 | Made bottom in wagon. Hattie washed fine. |
| Oct 15 | Wills went to Chester. Took butter. I husked corn. Cut stove wood. |
| Oct 16 | Jimmy came. Husked part load corn. Sawed trees. |
| Oct 17 | Husked 2 loads corn. I went to town. Mother here. Sold Sols note. |
| Oct 18 | Husked 80 bu. corn. Have had a nice week. Indian summer. |
| Oct 19 | Sunday went to Tom Hainlines. Aunt Catherine there. Nice day. |
| Oct 20 | Gathered, husked corn. Went and got load of stove wood. |
| Oct 21 | Rained all day. Bought 3 hogs of Bell Crow. Jim went to G. |
| Oct 22 | Hattie washed. Made hog trough. Killed hog. Cold. |
| Oct 23 | Husked 2 loads corn. Froze the 1st time this year. Took mother meat. |
| Oct 24 | Cool and chilly. Husked 1 load corn. Went to Chester. Got coal. |
| Oct 25 | Got 4 loads corn. Clear & fine. Jim went to meeting at night. |
| Oct 26 | Sunday raining all day at home. |
| Oct 27 | Washed. I went to Wills & to mothers. |
| Oct 28 | Husked 3 loads corn. I & Hattie went to town. Hattie got a hat. |
| Oct 29 | Got 4 loads corn. Frosty in morn. |
| Oct 30 | Got 3 loads corn. |
| Oct 31 | Got 2 loads corn. Killed hog. Fine weather. |
| Nov 1, 1884 | Now have 30 loads corn husked. Got 2 more today. Went to Chester. Got overcoat & cap. |
| Nov 2 | Sunday went to Beds. Clear & fine. |
| Nov 3 | Husked 3 loads corn. Rained in eve. |
| Nov 4 | Went to election. Moved stove. Husked 1 load of corn. |
| Nov 5 | Husked 3 loads corn. Clear. |
| Nov 6 | Husked 2 loads & snapped. Went to Chester & changed overcoat. |
| Nov 7 | Husked 2 loads corn & snapped one. |
| Nov 8 | Husked 2 loads corn. Went to Violas in afternoon. |
| Nov 9 | Went to Ellas Sunday. Came home in eve. Fine warm weather. |
| Nov 10 | Husked 2 loads, snapped 2, finished gathering corn. |
| Nov 11 | Went to Wills & mothers. Then to town. Clear & fine. |
| Nov 12 | Went & hauled wood for grandmother. Hattie went to Hies. |
| Nov 13 | Hattie washed. Clear & fine. I went to town. |
| Nov 14 | Helped Will gather corn. Clear & fine. |
| Nov 15 | Helped Will finish gathering corn. |
| Nov 16 | Sunday clear & warm. Went to mothers. |
| Nov 17 | Hauled manure. Misted from N. E. Plowed garden. Hie & Jase here. |
| Nov 18 | Went to Chester. Got coal. Hal put 3 colts in my field. Roads good. |
| Nov 19 | Butchered hog. Cut trees. Made sausage. |
| Nov 20 | Hattie washed forenoon. I went to town in evening. Hattie to Mrs. Jones. |
| Nov 21 | Sawed wood forenoon. Took claves to mother afternoon. |
| Nov 22 | Rained all day. |
| Nov 23 | Sunday Harlie & Geo. Here. Turned cold. High wind with some snow. |
| Nov 24 | 14 deg. Above zero. Cold & sawed wood. |
| Nov 25 | Went to town. Snow & misted. |
| Nov 26 | Cut wood. Will & mother here. |
| Nov 27 | Thanksgiving. Went to Wills & to town. |
| Nov 28 | Hattie washed & churned. Burned brush. |
| Nov 29 | Snowed all day. Jimmy went to mothers. |
| Nov 30 | Sunday home all day. Killed 12 rabbits & 1 quail. |