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1895 Diary Continued from page 287

Fri Aug 9 1895 Quite pleasant all day. Dave went to town this forenoon with the butter and done some errands. Will and I fixed up the shocks that the wind had blown the tops off from and made a bridge near the corner of the alfalfa field and this afternoon we raked and shocked the hay on the piece over on the hill.

Sat Aug 10 Clear mostly and nice all day. The boys stacked the piece over on the hill and then put into the barn loft the hay that was cut in the orchard. I put in most of my time hoeing strawberries.

Sun Aug 11 Clear and nice and pretty warm. Mother Dave Daisy Levernash and myself went up to John Dragers and had a very pleasant visit. Will went over to town and got the mail. We had news from Meda. She is at the sanitarium at Boulder and writes very encouragingly of her prospects of being helped there.

Mon Aug 12 Fine but pretty hot. The boys hauled 7 loads and put it onto the stacks next the cow stable and it makes then stacks look quite huge. I fixed for irrigating the piece over on the hill but lacking water. I sent word to Geo [George] Stearley and I hope that we will have plenty tomorrow. Mr Bee and me both.

Tues Aug 13 Cloudy and threatening most of the time and about 4 O clock it began to rain and gave us quite a little shower after about 2 hours of hard wind. The boys hauled 5 loads of hay and stacked it and I hoed at the strawberries. The boys plowed up some weeds in different places this afternoon.

Wed Aug 14 Nice all day but cloudy. The boys finished up the stacking to day [today]. There was 22 loads of hay at this cutting. I irrigated on the piece over on the hill and the one in the NE corner and put in the ballance [balance] of the day at hoeing strawberries.

Thurs Aug 15 Very nice and pretty warm. Will got through yesterday when the haying was finished and this morning started for home. Dave went to town this forenoon and didnt do much this afternoon. I irrigated and hoed strawberries.

Fri Aug 16 Just fine all day but pretty hot. Dave worked for Mr Bee. I irrigated in various places and done sundry other small jobs.

Sat Aug 17 Fine and very hot. Dave worked for Mr Bee. I irrigated finished the piece in the NW corner and scattered the water in several places besides. Allso [Also] I went to town. I some expected to meet Mrs Bush and bring her out but she didnt come up to Collins that I could hear of.

Sat Aug 17 Yet I saw a couple of chaps a running a survey around the lake to find the line for the edge of the water when it is raised 5 feet higher.

Sun Aug 18 Quite nice to day but clouded up towards night and threatened rain some. We kept Sunday about as we usually do when we stay at home. Had some company Mr Marble Charley Wills Will Lindamyer and Mr Hall etc.

Mon Aug 19 Cloudy about as much as clear and we had a good deal of threatening and thunder but only a little rain. Dave mowed some and I budded some but neither of us done much.

Tues Aug 20 Clear and nice. We irrigated got the piece above the house about done and to night have turned most of the water on to the piece north of the barn. Dave mowed the lawns a good part of them and I budded plum and cherry trees a good lot of then this forenoon Mr Wyatt and another man came and their business is to get some more of our place for the reservoir they want to raise it 5 feet. I offered them the land for 100 dollars pr [per] acre and they must take the piece over on the hill and the rest of the piece below the orchard or they can have the whole place for 100 dollars pr [per] acre but they would not give me an answer yet.

Wed Aug 21 Mostly clear and didnt rain either. We chored around this morning and about 10 O clock those gentlemen who want a slice of our place for reservoir purposes came and we talked the matter up until about noon but without any results and they went to Mr Marbles and Dions. Mr Silas Buffoms folks came about 11 O clock. Mother and I was going down to Franks so at Mr Buffoms request I drove their horse. We staid [stayed] at Franks to night.

Thurs Aug 22 Clear and nice this morning. Pretty warm about noon and a cold drizzling rain towards night. Mr Buffoms folks staid [stayed] at our house until we came home and Dave worked for Mr Bee until most night and commenced at noon. Mother and I visited fast until after dinner then started home via of Collins where I met Mr Kitchell who was authorized to bargain with me for land to raise their reservoir on. After some parleying he agreed that they would pay me nine hundred dollars and gave me a check for 100 dollars which I used to pay off my debt to the Pouder [Poudre] Valley bank then we came home in the rain.

Fri Aug 23 Mostly clear and no rain. We destroyed the worm nests on the trees and mowed a part of the orchard and to night [tonight] Dave has over to meet Meda and bring her out home.

Sat Aug 24 Very fine all day. Dave helped Mr Bee. I finished mowing the orchard and shocked up what was dry enough.

Sun Aug 25 Clear and fine but pretty warm. Franks folks were here to day. We had a nice visit only Archie and Orville seemed to be quite under the weather. Especially Orville whose trouble I think arises from cutting his first teeth.

Mon Aug 26 Quite nice day and pretty warm in the middle of it and we had some thunder but no rain. Dave worked for Mr Bee and I raked and shocked the hay in the orchard cut up a patch of corn and fixed up the tomatoes and hoed strawberries some.

Tues Aug 27 Mostly cloudy but it did not rain much and none until [about?] night. We mowed little patches around this morning and then we hoed some in different places.

Wed Aug 28 Cloudy but only rained a little. Dave went to town and brought out Meda. I didnt do much myself because there was nothing that I could do comfortable and to advantage.