| Tues. Jan. 1, 1901 | 4 below zero. Done my chores in forenoon & butchered my beef in the afternoon. Bill and John Banks helped. Sold F. correll front quarter 114 lb at 5 cts $5.70. Dr. for the above. Pd. Sold Bill Clinger hind quarter 116 at 6 cts $6.96. He paid me. Shans got theirs 99 lb hind quarter. |
| Wed. Jan. 2, 1901 | Zero. I cut up my beef in fore noon. Bruce Dean dehorned 7 head of cattle for me. Paid him $1.05. Went to church at night. Paid H. Bowers 15 cts for the use of his gun. |
| Thurs. Jan. 3, 1901 | Mild. I helped Bankses butcher 2 hogs. Went over to Warfles & watered my cattle. Caught a rabbit. Huffine had a cow here. Lib helped Bankses butcher & her & the girls went to church in the evening. |
| Fri. Jan. 4, 1901 | Fine. Fixed the cattle troughs & coal oiled my Funk stear. Went dow to Warfles & brought my cattle home. |
| Sat. Jan. 5, 1901 | Mild. Lib & I went to Warsaw. I took my beef hide over. got 6 cts per lb. Weighed 60 lb. Brought. $3.60. I settled with Frazer & Oldfather for writing contract & examining Abstract $5.00. Bought a pencil 10 cts. B. Webster had a heifer here. |
| Sun. Jan. 6, 1901 | Mild. The women went to Sunday School. |
| Mon. Jan. 7, 1901 | I hewed out a sheep trough in the forenoon. Millard & Sade was here in the afternoon. John Coonte & wife was here. Went to church at night. |
| Tues. Jan. 8, 1901 | Rained a little. I cleaned out my cattle stables in fore noon made a cattle trough in the after noon. Oscar Miner was here. Went to church at night. |
| Wed. Jan. 9, 1901 | Snow & Rain. Fixed fence & went over to I. T. Smiths. His dogs was after my sheap. F. correll & I went down to O. Miners & bought 3 brood sows, 2 for me and 1 for him. Mine cost $22.50 & his $11.00. |
| Thurs. Jan. 10, 1901 | Feeding my cattle & fixing fence. Oscar Miner brought 2 sows up that I bought yesterday. I paid him $5.00 on them. He got some linement for his hair 25cts. I am Dr to him yet $17.25. Paid Feb. 8, 1901. |
| Fri. Jan. 11, 1901 | Snow a little. I cleaned oiut the stables & halled fodder to my cattle in fore noon. Made a gate in the afternoon. Went to church at night. |
| Sat. Jan. 12, 1901 | Mild. I halled fodder to my cattle and fixed the horse trough in the fore noon. Fixed my sheap trough in the afternoon. Corrells has the scarlet tenna. |
| Sun. Jan. 13, 1901 | Lib, Etta & I went to Sunday School. Went to church at night. |
| Mon. Jan. 14, 1901 | Rain & Snow. Feeding my stock in the fore noon. The spotted sow that I bought of Oscar Miner was in season today. Went up and got fodder for my cattle. Went to church at night. |
| Tues. Jan. 15, 1901 | Fine. I cleaned out my stables in the fore noon & halled fodder for my cattle in afternoon. Went to church in the evening. Meeting broke up. Paid 70 cts for sugar, coffe & saltpetre. |
| Wed. Jan. 16, 1901 | Windy. After doing my chores, Etta, Dale, Lib & I went down to Shans visiting. |
| Thurs. Jan. 17, 1901 | Windy & snowing a little. I went down to the marsh & made a bridge to get in to my hay in forenoon. Halled fodder & got ready to butcher in afternoon. |
| Fri. Jan. 18, 1901 | Fine. I butchered 2 hogs today. Weighed about 700 lbs. W. Banks, Warfle, H. Bowers helped me. J. Blosser helped me till we got them hung. I went over to Corrells & got some caps for Henry Bowers gun. |
| Sat. Jan. 19, 1901 | Fine. I went down and got a half load hay in fore noon to the Irvin farm. John & I went down to the Irvin farm in the after noon & got a load of hay. |
| Sun. Jan. 20, 1901 | Fine. South wind and thawing. Lib & Etta went to Sunday School. |
| Mon. Jan. 21, 1901 | I unloaded a load of hay in the fore noon. Halled a load of corn down to the barn. Took a load of manure up in the corn field & brought fodder & corn down to feed in the morning. |
| Tues. Jan. 22, 1901 | Weather fine. I cleaned out my cattle stables in the fore noon. Ezra came out in the after noon. He got 11 lb of side meat & 16 lb of ribs & backbone. He paid me 51 cts & is dr to $1.00 Paid. |
| Wed. Jan. 23, 1901 | Rained & snow a little. I halled fodder for my cattle & halled a load of wood in the fore noon. I shaved in the afternoon. Took Henry's kettle & hog rack home. |
| Thurs. Jan. 24, 1901 | Snow 1 inch. I halled wood 6 loads, 5 out in the woods & 1 home. I fixed my hog house in the afternoon. First load home. Subscribed for the Chicago Record 3 mo. daily $1.25. John Harmon had a sow here. |
| Fri. Jan. 25, 1901 | Nince. Done my feeding & went down to the marsh & got a load of hay. Shan & Bill Gochenhour had 2 sows here today. Left one. Etta & Affa went to prayer meeting tonight. |
| Sat. Jan. 26, 1901 | Snowing. I went up to J. __?__ to see a cow that had an obstruction in her. Couldent do anything for her. I fixed the door & some rocking chairs in the afternoon. |
| Sun. Jan. 27, 1901 | Lib, Etta & I went to Sunday School & church. I collected some of the elders sallery. Went to Bankses in the afternoon. |
| Mon. Jan. 28, 1901 | Choring & unloaded a load of hay in fore noon. Shan & Bill Gochenhour came & got their sow that they left on friday. Charley Meak had his heifer here. I cleaned out the stables in the afternoon. |
| Tues. Jan. 29, 1901 | I & Correll went out to J. L. Andreas saw mill. Got a check for the Rarick timber. Sold him 90 trees for $96.80. Came home & went up to Clunette & gathered Elders money. Paid George Bitticoffer $1.00 for Sexton. I talked with E. Miller about working for me. |
| Wed. Jan. 30, 1901 | I and Lib went to warsaw. I drawed the money for the timber I sold. $96.80. I gave Lib $5.00. Paid $3.50 for John & Pauls felts to Richard Hafer. Paid Phillipson & Co. $3.00 for wollen over shirt & 1 pr drawers. |
| Thurs. Jan. 31, 1901 | I done my chores & then went Rabbit hunting. Caught 2 in the fore noon. Parry Falley got two loads of stone. I went over where Fred Ringenberg & Ryman was cutting logs. I paid Correll $5.10 after taking out $5.70, what he owed me for beef from $10.80. Paid J. Coontz $2.75 Preachers quarterlige. Paid Affa 10 cts for building fires. |