Tues Dec 24 partly cloudy Cold S wind dried Some I sharpened 3 posts in the alley & after dinner went to the funeral of Grandma Stinchcomb at the M E church Sermon by Rev Hawk & burial in the Wellman Cemetery I was pallbearer Leslie drove a team for Roy I gave Roy $5 for Christmas & gave Leslie $2 We got gifts from Nora & Sylvia & Harriet & it Seems good to have our children remember us I got a tie & handkerchief at night we went to opera house to S S Entertainment 10c Each it was a fair Entertainment
Sunday December 22nd 1907 dark cloudy misty drizzly wet we all went to church AM Holden Dave & Add & then we all went to Hod Wilsons by invitation to dinner & had a real social & friendly time as it is drizzly & wet dark & wet we are all here this Eve Vic has been gone all day & last night he is at home only just long Enough to Eat & Sleep a little I do wish he would be contented to pass Even a little of his time at home Old Mrs. Stinchcomb died this PM at 1-30
Monday January 1st 1906 A partly Cloudy pleasant winter day the boys & I are invited to Nellies to dinner we arose late at 8 AM & breakfast at 9 & Nellie had a good dinner but I was not hungry I visited awhile with her & old Mrs. Stinchcomb & then went to Holdens awhile & visited with them & Alma Scott & came home hardly realizing that it is New years we have had nice weather this fall & mostly good roads My health has been Extra good the past year & I & the boys raised 125 bu of fine potatos at digging time a good garden plenty of Sweet corn of 3 plantings beans in great plenty near a load of punkins & Squashes plenty of Strawberries a light crop of Raspberries & blk berries Carl raised me a Slim crop on the Hughbanks place I got my mow nearly full of fair hay & 5 tons I Sold to Ooll Taylor for $23,35 on $4,50c a ton about 400 bu good corn & 200 bu of good oats I concluded to change renters & rented to Finly Hicks he pays 2/5 rent delivers my Share in Wellman & gives me half the hay in Wellman My place is all fenced now with barb wire Except ¼ mile on the East Side I have moved my old store bdg [building] from Nira to Wellman & made a dwelling of it 28 x 28 – 18 ½ ft high & cellar under all with a good 16 in Stone wall a good & well built house with a drilled well 62 ft deep good pump & 2 cistern pumps in the house & cellar Rented to James Bidwell furniture dealer at $12,50c a month I raised 2 bbls nice turnips here at home my corn up at the pasture was nearly a failure about half was Sweet corn & I cut it all up & the Sweet Corn moulded & rotted in the Shock I want no more Sweet Corn fodder I Saved some nice yellow corn to plant to cut up & plenty of nice Sweet Seed corn a very heavy long rain Came on my Shock Corn while laying in bundles after husking & it made it nearly worthless our last girl Nellie was married this fall to Warren Palmer we have long talked that Soon our last girl would go & now it is a thing of the past but we ought to be thankful 6 sons in law & neither one Swears drinks intoxicants nor uses tobacco & all Church members but one I have very little if any money in the bank & have 3490,00 at intrest & 3000 time deposits at 6% & I owe at the bank $500,00 at 7 % we have our cellar the furnace room nearly full of wood good & dry Stove & furnace & a good big pile of both outside plenty of wood & plenty of Evry thing & I am truly thankful for it we have kept our resolve to have family worship the Entire year & would now feel lost without it & I have faith that our prayers are answered may we in Evry way be as blessed in the year to Come
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