17th – Went to S.S. & BYPU. Ate dinner at Bro.Wilson’s.
Month: February 2019
Saturday, February 16, 1901
16th – Hauled wood & ground feed.
Friday, February 15, 1901
15th – Took our loads over to Chilli. The ground froze last night a little & this morning it holds the loads up – although I have got a load that my team cant hardly wiggle on the level because it’s so rough. We had about 2 cords and a half on the 2 wagons. We started about 7:30 &…
Thursday, February 14, 1901
14th – Geo. & I hauled 2 loads of logs in the morning. In evening we went over East of the cut-off & loaded up 2 loads of hedge and started home about 5:30. Geo. got stuck in the mud. I hooked my team in front & pulled him out. Had to leave our loads over at Old Charley’s. Again,…
Wednesday, February 13, 1901
13th -Took 2 loads of oak wood to town. Got the big team shod.
Monday, February 11, 1901
11th – Geo. & I took 2 cords of wood to Mr. Lee in the morning. Geo. took him a cord & I took him a load of soft wood in the evening. The snow is about gone & so are the roads. There’s no way to know which Mr. Lee Jesse means. Maybe George and Jesse brought two cords…
Sunday, February 10, 1901
10th – Went to S.S. & Church. Ate dinner with Dot. After dinner Will White, Helen Smith, Tom Willard, Dot, Otis Smith, Edith Newshafer & I went sleigh riding. Came home & did up chores & then Mary & I went to Church. Drove “Old King”. Edith Hannah Neuschaeffer was the 15 year-old daughter of Otto Theodore and Nancy Elizabeth…
Saturday, February 9, 1901
9th – Snowed all day. Hauled wood & shucked corn. Built some fence around the barn.
Friday, February 8, 1901
8th – There are 7 cases of small-pox in Chilli. now. Smallpox was something that came around every winter to the nearby towns, but Chillicothe had avoided it. A few weeks before in the Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, it was reported that the mayor hired extra help to keep the hobos and tramps from getting off the trains in Chillicothe because…
Wednesday, February 6, 1901
6th – Hauled logs & stopped & brought Mary home. Since Mary usually comes home to her parents’ house on Friday nights or Saturday mornings, she is breaking her routine for some reason and coming home a few days early. Lots of Jesse’s days in the winter involve hauling wood to people. It is something that we do not normally…