25th, made cider. Mary Frazier was here most all day. (P. for M. as she past by) I harrowed in the evening. Jno, Geo., & Walter worked on the corn crib roof. As noted before, Jesse does not write out opinions or intimate details about much of anything. Above is one of his few mysterious initials. Did he just mean…
Monday, September 24, 1900
24th, Walter & I picked up apples.
Sunday, September 23, 1900
23rd, Went to S.S. & Church & to BYPU meeting. Bro. Wood from Liberty preached sermon. It rained last night.
Saturday, September 22, 1900
22nd, helped Pa & Mr. Freason take off some cattle. Helped ditch. Gathered some corn. Picked up apples. Us boys went to an apple peeling tonight at Fraziers. There is no Freason (in any spelling variation) listed in the 1900 federal census in Livingston County area. Perhaps he meant Frazier? The Frazier family seems to have moved onto the Bench…
Friday, September 21, 1900
21st, Walter Hunley & I gathered a load of corn. I harrowed across the R.R. for awhile in evening. Frank, Walter Hunley, & I went to cottage Prayer Meeting at Sister E. Stones.
Thursday, September 20, 1900
20th, tore shingles off of corn crib & hauled them down to the house. John, Walter Hunley, Pa, Geo., & I went to Chilli for a load of shingles. This suburbanite never heard of a corn crib outside of the song from The Music Man. While Jesse would never be suspected of hiding a dime novel in a corn crib,…
Wednesday, September 19, 1900
19th, cleaned out stables, fixed some mangers & made cider. Went to Prayer Meeting & lead the meeting.
Tuesday, September 18, 1900
18th, helped take some cattle off to the pasture, chased some out of corn field & fixed fence.
Monday, September 17, 1900
17th, gathered a load of corn & cleaned out oat bin. Frank & Charley started to school this morning. Prof. Truit is Frank’s teacher & Mrs. Katie Stetplugh is Charley’s. Professor Truit is likely twenty-seven year-old Cyrus Gilbert Truitt. In early June, 1900, he was listed in the federal census as a teacher boarding with the Dale family in Harrison…
Sunday, September 16, 1900
Sun. went over to Warners then to S.S. Back to Warners then Cliff Bagley & I rode home. Got there about one o’clock Mon. morning. Jesse doesn’t mention it, but he’s probably going to Lynn May Warner‘s house to meet before church, then back for supper. Cliff Bagley is Jesse’s neighbor and seems to be courting May Warner unless he’s somehow…