| Thurs. Oct. 1, 1908 | I harrowed. John went to Leesburg. |
| Fri. Oct. 2, 1908 | I took my clover seed to Leesburg. Sold 45 bu & 12 lb. at $5.00. Brought $226.00 |
| Sat. Oct. 3, 1908 | I took 2 old sows & 2 shoats to Atwood. Sold to E. Cook & sons. Weighed 650 lb at 5 cts. 2 shoats at 6 cts brought $17.40. One Johns & Libs weighed 160 $9.00. Mine -2 sows $32.50. 1 shoat 140 lb $8.40. Total mine $40.90. B. Gokenhour brought me 35 bu of potatoes. |
| Sun. Oct. 4, 1908 | Lib & I went over to F. Corrells. Went to prayrer meeting in the evening. |
| Mon. Oct. 5, 1908 | Dry. Finished digging potatoes North of the house. |
| Tues. Oct. 6, 1908 | I commenced digging trench for to lay pipe in to run water to the barn. |
| Wed. Oct. 7, 1908 | Dry. Digging trench. |
| Thurs. Oct. 8, 1908 | Dry. Digging trench. |
| Fri. Oct. 9, 1908 | Dry. Chinworth came & put up the wind mill. We helped him. |
| Sat. Oct. 10, 1908 | Dry. Dug trench & pumped water in it. Let Oscar Wallace have $5.00. Him to pay it back or work it out. John Smith came up this evening. |
| Sun. Oct. 11, 1908 | Cool & dry. At home all day. John Smiths was here. |
| Mon. Oct. 12, 1908 | Dry. I went down to F. Harmons & doctored his colt. Came back & dug trench. Bill Gokenhour helped me in the afternoon. Chinworth was here in the afternoon. I told him about the tower being No. 1 & 2. |
| Tues. Oct. 13, 1908 | We dug the trench from the house to the pump & sistern. Bill Gochenhour helped in the afternoon. |
| Wed. Oct. 14, 1908 | We dug trench & some of the sitern. Bill Gokenhour helped in the afternoon. |
| Thurs. Oct. 15, 1908 | We dug trench. Bill Gokenhour helped all day. |
| Fri. Oct. 16, 1908 | John & I dug trench & helped Chinworth. Paid J. Wolf $6.65 telephone rent. |
| Sat. Oct. 17, 1908 | Tennant & I dug trench & put in pipe in the cistern. Chinworth was here & helped put in pipe. |
| Sun. Oct. 18, 1908 | At home all day. |
| Mon. Oct. 19, 1908 | I took a load of hogs to warsaw for W. Tennant. Pd Conrad for setting wagon tire $3.00. Buggy tire $2.80. Shoeing Ned 60 cts & putting new tires on John's buggy $5.50 total $11.90. Pd. Peterson $4.50 for 2 1/2 barles of cement. Pd Grabner 40 cts for file & 10 lb of nails. Pd Wheler for 500 brick $3.50. Pd Gerard 15 cts for lunch. |
| Tues. Oct. 20, 1908 | John & I unloaded the brick & I filled in some trench. Charles Wolf came after Chinworths tools. |
| Wed. Oct. 21, 1908 | I made forms to make a cement tank by. |
| Thurs. Oct. 22, 1908 | John & I commenced the cement tank. Tennant helped me in the afternoon and we finished it. |
| Fri. Oct. 23, 1908 | I took the frames off of my cement tank & smoothed it up. |
| Sat. Oct. 24, 1908 | I helped husk some corn. I killed a mutton today. |
| Sun. Oct. 25, 1908 | Went to Sunday school. |
| Mon. Oct. 26, 1908 | I worked at the cistern & leveled the dirt around the pump. Will Irvin was up. He brought Election papers up. |
| Tues. Oct. 27, 1908 | I dug the cistern hole larger. |
| Wed. Oct. 28, 1908 | I went to Warsaw. Paid Libs & my taxes. Paid Frank Funk by Mary Wallace $13.00. Paid the Globe $1.00 for me overhalls & 3 pairs of gloves. |
| Thurs. Oct. 29, 1908 | Chinworth came & finished laying pipe. We settled up. 380 feet & 9 inch pope at 8cts $30.62. 11 elbows 1.10, 2 unions 30 cts. 1 check valve 75 cts $72.00 windmill & house tank. Total $104.80. |
| Fri. Oct. 30, 1908 | Sent Paul to Atwood aftern Newton Lutes. Him & I worked at the cistern. |
| Satu. Oct. 31, 1908 | Newton Lutes & I finished cementing my cistern till noon. Paid him $3.00 for 1 1/2 days work. Oscar worked at the cubbards till noon & then he went with me to warsaw. I got Election supplies today. Paid the Globe 50 cts for Dale undersuit. Paid Rovenstine 50 cts for sugar. |