| | [From Dec 1 to Feb 26, 1885 no records kept. The beginning:] |
| Feb 26, 1885 | Took 4 loads of corn. Started to Ks. in evening. |
| Feb 27 | Got to K. C. at 10 oclock in morning. |
| Feb 28 | Got to Hays City at 3 oclock in eve. |
| Mar 1, 1885 | Went to Walker on warm train. Very tired. |
| Mar 2 | Went to Hays City. |
| Mar 3 | Came to Walker this morning with loaded car. |
| Mar 4 | Went to Gorham & looked at country. |
| Mar 5 | Looked at country. |
| Mar 6 | Worked colts. Went to Walker Creek. |
| Mar 7 | Went to Mule east of here. Nice & warm. |
| Mar 8 | Sunday at home. Went to Gorham in eve. |
| Mar 9 | Made garden. I planted potatoes. |
| Mar 10 | Went & got 225 lbs hay of Mr. Hall. |
| Mar 11 | Went to Russell at nite. Got harrow. |
| Mar 12 | Helped Mr. Hall thrash forenoon. Made garden. Burned trash. |
| Mar 13 | Hauled hay forenoon. Commenced to build hen house afternoon. |
| Mar 14 | Went & got 27 bu. oats forenoon. Worked on hen house. |
| Mar 15 | Sunday at home all day. Clear & nice. |
| Mar 16 | Went & got lumber & posts for corrall. Very cold. |
| Mar 17 | Set posts for corrall & dug the well. Sold a mule. |
| Mar 18 | Made trough. Fixed corralls. Plowed afternoon. |
| Mar 19 | Plowed all day. Good day to work. Clear. |
| Mar 20 | Plowed. Cold. |
| | No record again for a few days. |
| Apr 6, 1885 | Worked on cave. Slept at Walker last nite. |
| Apr 7 | Worked hard & moved in new house in evening. |
| Apr 8 | Went to Gorham. Paid Mr. Gorham $50.00. Took Mr. Hules tools home. |
| Apr 9 | Wadby came by, got Bill & Devteo paid me $200.00 and is to pay balance of $115.00 next Monday April 13, 1885. |
| Apr 10 | Plowed yard south of house. High wind. |
| Apr 11 | Went to Russell got Lister, Safe and Chairs. |
| Apr 12 | Sunday at home all day. Warm & fine. |
| Apr 13 | Finished papering house. Badby paid the $115.00. |
| Apr 14 | Planted corn with lister, but it wouldn’t work. |
| Apr 15 | Took lister back. Got another. Nice & warm. |
| Apr 16 | Planted corn. Warm & fine. |
| Apr 17 | Harrowed & planted corn. Hauled hay. |
| Apr 18 | Went to Bradeys. Got corn & oats. Sowed millet in evening. |
| Apr 19 | Fine rain last nite. At home all day. |
| Apr 20 | Finished planting 10 acres corn. Made garden. Planted melons. |
| Apr 21 | Went to Gorham. Got 50 posts set out 48. |
| Apr 22 | Went & got 65 posts. Sharpened and set west of north line. Hattie washed. Clear and fine. |
| Apr 23 | Floss colt came. Harrowed corn. Hattie went to Mrs. Clays. Shot chicken. Painted on house. Clear & nice. |
| Apr 24 | Finished painting house forenoon. Took ladder home. Went to get pigs. |
| Apr 25 | Made pig pen. Went got 2 pigs, 1 sow and 3 chicks. Went hunting got 4 ducks. |
| Apr 26 | Sunday Dave Clay & I dug for badgers. Nice & warm. |
| Apr 27 | Went to Gorham I and Hattie to get wire plauted. |
| Apr 28 | Planted 6 acres corn with Flora & Lula. |
| Apr 29 | Radfords children here last nite. Rained. |
| Apr 30 | Hattie washed. I harrowed corn. Went to Walker. |
| May 1, 1885 | Went to Walker. Plowed corn. |
| May 2 | I and Hattie went to Walker. Bred Lula to his Clyde Horse. |
| May 3 | Got letter from Johnson & Harriet. Very warm & nice. |
| May 4 | Went to Walker & to Gorham. Got 6 balls wire. Got to harrow for Fagon. |
| May 5 | Planted corn. Waly Fagon harrow afternoon. |
| May 6 | Planted corn. Radford here. Nice fence wire. |
| May 7 | Snowed forenoon. Waly helped with fence. |
| May 8 | Finished fence. Colt got cut in wire last night. |
| May 9 | Planted and harrowed corn forenoon. Went & got coal at Victoria. |
| May 10 | Sunday at home. White frost. Mr. Fox & Mr. Hule & Wife here. |
| May 11 | Finished planting corn. Sprinkled rain warm & dry. |
| May 12 | Planted corn. Seed pumpkins. I went to Gorham in eve Stella went with me. |
| May 13 | Took Lula to Grunts horse. Plowed corn with cultivator in eve. |
| May 14 | Rained a little last nite. Set out cabbage plants. Plowed. |
| May 15 | Got hay and plowed forenoon. Cooler at nite. |
| May 16 | Misted rain forenoon. Very hot. Plowed in eve. Cooler. |
| May 17 | Sunday at home all day. Dave Clay here. Warm. |
| May 18 | Finished cultivating & harrowing 20 acre piece corn. |
| May 19 | Fine rain last nite. Plowed corn for the first. |
| May 20 | Finished plowing 100 acres of corn over for 1st time. Nice and warm. |
| May 21 | Hattie washed. Went to Gorham then I to Grunts. |
| May 22 | I loafed & hoed a little. Warm & dry. |
| May 23 | Hoed set out cabbage plants. Droped corn for Dave in afternoon. |
| May 24 | Hard rain last nite with wind. Fagan & wife here. |
| May 25 | Plowed & sowed some seed. Nice growing day. |
| May 26 | Finished sowing. Plowed. |
| May 27 | Fine rain last nite. |
| May 28 | Washed forenoon. |
| May 29 | Damp & misty. |
| May 30 | Worked hard in garden. |
| May 31 | Sun. went to Mr. Hules visiting. |
| Jun 1, 1885 | Plowed corn. 92 deg. Corn grows fast. |
| Jun 2 | Finished 10 acres. 90 deg. Shower at noon. |
| Jun 3 | Hot 90 deg. Went to Radfords in afternoon. |
| Jun 4 | 100 deg. Hoed garden. Hattie washed. |
| Jun 5 | 100 deg. Hot. Very dry corn doing well. |
| Jun 6 | Hoed garden. Hattie washed. Very warm. 92 deg. |
| Jun 7 | Sunday windy. N. W. Clay here. Went to Gorham. |
| Jun 8 | Went to Gorham in forenoon. Plowed corn in eve. |
| Jun 9 | Plowed 7 acres corn. Dry. Need rain bad. |
| Jun 10 | Plowed corn afternoon. Dry windy & dusty. |
| Jun 11 | Plowed corn forenoon. Dry & windy. 95 deg. |
| Jun 12 | Hattie washed. Corn & everything wilted bad. Hot wind the first 100 deg. Weather. |
| Jun 13 | Finished plowing 200 acres. 95 deg. |
| Jun 14 | Sunday went riding, then to Mr. Fagons in evening. Hot wind. |
| Jun 15 | Plowed 6 acre piece corn. Cool and fine. Wind N. |
| Jun 16 | Went to Walker forenoon. Slept at noon. Warm. |
| Jun 17 | Rained some this morn. Wind southeast. |
| Jun 18 | Cloudy Dull wind southeast. Hattie washed. |
| Jun 19 | Splendid rain this morn. Fearful hot. 100 deg. |
| Jun 20 | Plowed corn. Commenced to lay by corn. Threatened rain in eve. |
| Jun 21 | Went to meeting at school house. Radford and wife here. |
| Jun 22 | Finished laying by 10 acres corn. Cool and fine to plow. |
| Jun 23 | Misted rain forenoon. Plowed corn in eve. Cool |
| Jun 24 | Hoed corn. Hot & dry. |
| Jun 25 | Plowed corn. Very hot and good corn weather. |
| Jun 26 | Plowed corn all day. Very hot. |
| Jun 27 | Finished plowing corn at noon. Hot. |
| Jun 28 | Sunday went to S. S. Cool. Misted in eve. |
| Jun 29 | Hattie washed. I hoed garden. |
| Jun 30 | Misting rain some. Got tomato plants. |
| Jul 1, 1885 | Raining this morn. Wind from S. E. Dull & misty. |
| Jul 2 | Real warm. Haton went to Fagons. I went to Gorham. |
| Jul 3 | Helped cut wheat for Radford. Very hot. |
| Jul 4 | Went to Big Creek to celebrate. |
| Jul 5 | Sun. went to S. S. then to Mr. Radfords for dinner. |
| Jul 6 | Cut wheat for Fagon. Very high wind. |
| Jul 7 | Cut wheat for Fagon. Windy & rainy. |
| Jul 8 | Cut wheat for Fagon. Finished. Windy. |
| Jul 9 | Cut wheat for Mr. Radford. Cut 24 acres. |
| Jul 10 | Hard rain and raining this morning. Went to Walker and killed 2 prairie dogs. |
| Jul 11 | Misty. Helped Dave Clay harvest. Hattie washed. |
| Jul 12 | Sun. at home. Went and got mail in eve. |
| Jul 13 | Cut wheat for Clay threatened rain. |
| Jul 14 | Cut wheat for Clay. Rained some. |
| Jul 15 | Hattie washed. Plowed cane in forenoon. Went to Gorham in evening. |
| Jul 16 | Made ventilator for oats. Plowed oats in afternoon. Hattie & Stella stayed in field all day. |
| Jul 17 | Plowed all day. Cloudy. Rained last nite. |
| Jul 18 | Plowed all day. Cloudy. Rained last nite. |
| Jul 18 | Plowed all day. Nice weather, but warm. |
| Jul 19 | Sunday went to S. S. Mr. Hule & wife here. Dave pulled my tooth. |
| Jul 20 | Plowed. Very hot & dry. 102 deg. Good breeze and cool at nite. |
| Jul 21 | Tried to dig & drown coyotes. Plowed forenoon. |
| Jul 22 | Hattie washed forenoon. Foggy in morn. Plowed. |
| Jul 23 | Cut millet forenoon. Cut oats afternoon. Hot. |
| Jul 24 | Hard rain & showers most all day. |
| Jul 25 | Rained. Killed 2 prairie chickens. Hauled load millet. |
| Jul 26 | Sunday went to S. S. Cool nice breeze all day. |
| Jul 27 | Clear & fine afternoon. Scattered oats in stacks. |
| Jul 28 | Clear & fine all day. Scattered oats. |
| Jul 29 | Stacked up oats. Clear & fine for hay. |
| Jul 30 | Rained last nite. Went to walker got coal. Killed 3 prairie chickens. |
| Jul 31 | Plowed ground. Hard & dry. Hattie washed. |
| Aug 1, 1885 | Went to Russell. Hard rain in eve. Very hot. |
| Aug 2 | Went to S. School. Cool & fine. |
| Aug 3 | Plowed all day. Ground in fine fix. Cool. |
| Aug 4 | Plowed. Cool and fine for work. |
| Aug 5 | Plowed. Cool & fine for plowing. |
| Aug 6 | Plowed. Very misty & foggy in morn. Hot day. |
| Aug 7 | Plowed forenoon. Cut millet afternoon. |
| Aug 8 | Put up millet. John Radford helped. Grant Burried. |
| Aug 9 | Sun. at home all day. Cool at nites. Clear & fine. |
| Aug 10 | Finished plowing 20 acre piece. Sowed turnips. Hattie dried corn. |
| Aug 11 | Greased harness & Hattie went to Clays & sewed |
| Aug 12 | Mowed weeds along corn with mower. Warm. |
| Aug 13 | Cut 2 acres of millet for Mr. Radford. Hattie washed. |
| Aug 14 | Cut 8 rounds cane before noon. Helped Mr. Radford thrash. Hard wind & some rain in eve. |
| Aug 15 | Light rain last nite. Harrowed forenoon. Helped thrash in afternoon. |
| Aug 16 | Sunday went to S. S. and meeting. Prof. Carrol preached. Hot. |
| Aug 17 | Helped Fagon thrash forenoon. Put up corn in evening. |
| Aug 18 | Cut hay at Mr. Halls forenoon. Put up corn afternoon. |
| Aug 19 | Cut hay all day at Mr. Halls. Fine & cool. |
| Aug 20 | Cut hay forenoon. Took up rock for slacks. Dug potatoes. |
| Aug 21 | Stacked hay all day. John R. helped. Nice day. |
| Aug 22 | Rained a little last night. Finished stacking hay. |
| Aug 23 | Sun. at home all day. Very hot & dry. Rained in eve. |
| Aug 24 | The heaviest rain this yr. 6 in. Went to Walker. Finished chicken coop. |
| Aug 25 | Dull & misty. Loafed all day. Misty Cold. |
| Aug 26 | Went to Gorham to get coal. Cool & nice. Cloe & Daney here. |
| Aug 27 | Cut 12 shocks corn. Hattie washed. Cool. |
| Aug 28 | Cut corn. Hattie went to Mrs. Clays and made me pair pants. |
| Aug 29 | Cut corn forenoon. Went for Mrs. More afternoon. Hattie sick all nite. |
| Aug 30 | Our boy (Roy) is born at 1 P. M. this afternoon Nice day. |
| Aug 31 | Mrs. Radford stayed all nite & helped wash. |
| Sep 1, 1885 | Had hail storm last nite. Went after plums. |
| Sep 2 | Nora went home. I stayed in house. Killed 2 chickens. |
| Sep 3 | I went to Russell. Mother came. Got home at 10 oclock at nite. |
| Sep 4 | I and mother washed. Damp & misty. |
| Sep 5 | Killed chicken & Jack rabbit. Misty cold & damp. |
| Sep 6 | Sunday mother & I went up by Mrs. Rhodes place. |
| Sep 7 | Rained forenoon went to Victoria. Hard rain and wind all nite. |
| Sep 8 | Washed forenoon. Nice & clear. Got 4 bu. wheat 55 cts. |
| Sep 9 | Took mother to Russell. She started home. Got 10 bu. wheat for 40 cts. |
| Sep 11 | Harrowed 6 acres wheat. Cool & fine. Tried to drill. Raked corn. |
| Sep 12 | Shucked corn. Washed. Went got 8 bu. wheat 55 ct. |
| Sep 13 | Sun. at home all day. Nice day. |
| Sep 14 | Drilled wheat in. Fine corn. Nice day. |
| Sep 15 | Finished white corn. Nice & dry. |
| Sep 16 | Drilled with Fagons-drill on fall plowing. |
| Sep 17 | Drilled on plowing. Warm & fine. |
| Sep 18 | Finished fall plowing. Commenced on oats stubble. |
| Sep 19 | Finished oats stubble. Warm & fine weather. |
| Sep 20 | Sun. Clay Davidson came. |
| Sep 21 | I and Clay cleaned up wheat. Clay went home. I drilled. |
| Sep 22 | Helped wash forenoon. Drilled afternoon. Warm. |
| Sep 23 | Drilled wheat. Nice Indian summer. Warm. |
| Sep 24 | Drilled wheat on weed up 6 acres. Warm but dry. |
| Sep 25 | Got load corn. Went to Russell. Mort and Viola came. |
| Sep 26 | Went up east. Looked at country. |
| Sep 27 | Went to Victoria afternoon. Rained all nite. |
| Sep 28 | Misty forenoon. Went to Gorham. |
| Sep 29 | Hattie washed. Went Gorham for coal. |
| Sep 30 | Plowed fire guard. Mr. Keith came. Looked at land. |
| Oct 1, 1885 | Went & looked at land. |
| Oct 2 | Went to hills & killed 7 chickens. |
| Oct 3 | Hattie washed. Mort & I loafed. |
| Oct 4 | Sunday home all day. 9 people here all day. |
| Oct 5 | Drilled wheat. Bought land of Mr. Fagan. Paid $40.00 & trade. Nice & cool. |
| Oct 6 | Finished drilling wheat. Nice & cool. Killed hog. |
| Oct 7 | Mort and I made smoke house. Fine day. |
| Oct 8 | Went to Hays. Got load lumber. |
| Oct 9 | Mort & I built corn pens. Very windy. |
| Oct 10 | Went to Gorham. Washed forenoon. Began to rain. |
| Oct 11 | Sunday at home all day. Went up office at night. |
| Oct 12 | Built privy. Dug potatoes. Burried potatoes. |
| Oct 13 | Husked load corn. Went to Gorham in eve. |
| Oct 14 | Viola & Mort started home. Hattie & I went to Gorham. Got 30 posts. |
| Oct 15 | Hauled 135 posts from Gorham. Very warm. |
| Oct 16 | Went to Hays. Got lumber for stable. Warm. |
| Oct 17 | Worked on stable all day. Got part covered. |
| Oct 18 | Sunday rained all nite. Bad on stock. Snowed all afternoon |
| Oct 19 | Went to Gorham forenoon. Got nails. Worked on stable. |
| Oct 20 | Set & drove posts out south of house. Snow melted. |
| Oct 21 | Drove posts on north line. Worked hard. Nice. |
| Oct 22 | Drove posts on east line & east pasture fence. |
| Oct 23 | Put wire on fence. Wally Fagon helped. |
| Oct 24 | Wally helped forenoon. Nice & warm. |
| Oct 25 | Sunday clear & warm. Nicest of weather. Eve went riding in wagon. |
| Oct 26 | Drove posts around pasture. Nice day. |
| Oct 27 | Husked corn. Went to Gorham got lumber. Cold. |
| Oct 28 | Worked on house. Lining it. Cold & chilly. |
| Oct 29 | Worked on shed. Strips & stable. Went to Gorham. Cow died. |
| Oct 30 | Skinned cow. Covered shed with cane. Bought cow of Grunt. |
| Oct 31 | Went to Gorham. Got 31 posts 13 cts. 406 lb wire 4½cts. Burried turnips. Made gate. |
| Nov 1, 1885 | Sun. clear & fine. At home all day. |
| Nov 2 | Husked corn forenoon. Nice day. |
| Nov 3 | Husked load of yellow corn. Went to election. |
| Nov 4 | Husked 24 bu. corn. Took Fuller 25 ct. bu. Got white corn. |
| Nov 5 | Papered house. Damp & misty cold. |
| Nov 6 | Hattie washed. Cold W. wind. Went to Gorham. Got coal & wire. Pulled turnips. |
| Nov 7 | Fixed wire on pasture fence. Roy now weighs 16 lbs. |
| Nov 8 | Sunday froze last nite. Went to Mr. Keiths. |
| Nov 9 | Nice & warm. Put wire on pasture fence. |
| Nov 10 | Finished fence. Snapped & husked corn. |
| Nov 11 | Gathered corn. Very warm. Nice day. Dry & nice. |
| Nov 12 | Skeft snow. Colder wind. Gathered load of corn. |
| Nov 13 | Got 2 loads of corn. Very warm & fine. |
| Nov 14 | Killed hog in morn. Got load corn. Nice day. |
| Nov 15 | Sunday at home all day. Am sick. Clear & fine. |
| Nov 16 | Went to Gorham. Got $10.00 suit of clothes. |
| Nov 17 | Started to Ill. |
| Nov 18 | Got to McComb in morn. Went to Violas. They took me to mothers. |
| Nov 19 | Went to Wills house. Went to town & dep $1200.00 in bank. Got $500.00 in cash. |
| Nov 21 | At mothers last nite. Went with Wills to Chester. Took train for home in eve. Paid Mort Cover. |
| Nov 22 | Got to Russell at night. Walked home. |
| Nov 23 | Chored went to make deed, but Fuller gone. |
| Nov 24 | Helped Mr. Keith move house. Made deed at night. |
| Nov 25 | Husked 2 loads white corn. Clear & fine. |
| Nov 26 | Husked 2 loads white corn. Rained and got wet. |
| Nov 27 | Went to Gorham. Paid him all I owe. Made hen house. |
| Nov 28 | Set out strawberries forenoon. Husked load corn in evening./ |
| Nov 29 | Sunday at home all day. Nice and warm. Set steel trap. |
| Nov 30 | Caught badger. Got 2 loads corn. Nice day. |
| Dec 1, 1885 | Husked 1 load corn & snapped 2. Have lane wisl. |
| Dec 2 | Nice day. Husked 1 load corn. |
| Dec 3 | Husked corn 2 loads. Warm. |
| Dec 4 | Husked load corn. Terrible high wind from N. |
| Dec 5 | Went to store. Got drafts from Mrs. P. for $278.50. |
| Dec 6 | Sun. at home. Snowing all day. |
| Dec 7 | Hattie washed. I went to Walker. Had $3.90 trade in. |
| Dec 8 | Snowing. Got 29 bu. coal at Walker. |
| Dec 9 | At home. Got hay & coal hauled. |
| Dec 10 | Went to Hays City. Got lumber & sewing machine. |
| Dec 11 | Covered corn crib. Hauled 3 shocks corn. |
| Dec 12 | Snowing this morn. Sewed on machine. |
| Dec 13 | Sun. at home all day. |
| Dec 14 | Hattie washed. Hauled fodder. |
| Dec 15 | Killed hog. Made sausage. Nice & clear. |
| Dec 16 | Went & bought 2 cows $26.50 & $30.00. |
| Dec 17 | I & Hattie went to Edels place. |
| Dec 18 | Finished hauling fodder. Husked corn. Warm. |
| Dec 19 | Sunday misting rain nearly all day. |
| Dec 20 | Hattie washed. Went to Gorham. Look at land. |
| Dec 21 | Worked hard. Nice & warm. |
| Dec 22 | Husked 2 loads corn. Nice warm & clear. |
| Dec 23 | Went to Walker. Made deed to Hattie share. Husked 2 loads corn. |
| Dec 24 | Went to Walker. Got mail. |
| Dec 25 | Clear Xmas. Warm & fine. Snapped 2 loads corn. |
| Dec 26 | Snapped 2 loads corn. Damp south wind. |
| Dec 27 | Sun. cloudy warm & dull. Went up past Wisner land. |
| Dec 28 | Damp & misty. Finished gathering corn. |
| Dec 29 | Went to Radfords. Let Keith have $150.00. Had whooping cough. Raining. |
| Dec 30 | Hattie washed. I hauled manure. Bonfelt here. |
| Dec 31 | Went to Bonfelts & Reddles. Warm. Hauled manure. |