W.E.Costley at home near Middle Bosque Creek north
side Friday September the 7th AD 1900 hundred opened up quite a nice
cool morning Some few clouds to be Seen in the elements rather cool
earley in the morning Thermometer registers at Seven o clock (in the)
morning at 68 Degrees tempature. we were out of our bed of repose
quite earley this morning in order to pen our turkeys before they
Started a way from the place as they go Strait to the Railroad after
pening of them my wife went to work to preparing of our morning meal
in a very Short while She had it Served and on the table and announced
readey for to be eat So we Seated our Selves too the table then portaken
of the meal when through i walked up in too the upper field then brought
my teem down too the house and fed them then with the help of my wife
i loaded my oats on the wagon that i intended to hall too Crawford and
did hall them there for Charley Standifer as i had Sold to him after
waying of them. i taken too the Keeting old house and young Reeves and my
Self unloaded the contents in the old Keeting house near the Cambellight
Church. after we were through i drove back in town got me a cool drink of
water then mounted in my wagon then drove for my place of abode after
arriving at home i ungeered my teem then fed them. I then come in door
washed my hands and face to cool my Self off i then taken a rest untill
my wife could prepare our noon meal which did not take her a great
while. not over thirty minutes at least. after getting of it Served and
on the table we then Seated our Selves too the table then portaken of the
Same when through my wife taken care of her dinner table and put
everything in good order about her Kitchen and dining room when
through She then taken a Short rest... then went to churning of the milk
that she had on hand whilst i went to wor (work) to record the weather
and labor that has been done on the premises and a way from home the wind
Since earley this morning has changed to the north East and Some what
cloudey but pleasant to what it has been for Several days back although
the Thermometer registers a way up yaunder at too - oclock today it
Stood at 94 Degrees tempature today one year ago at too - oclock the
Thermometer Stood at about 90 Degrees tempature making Some little
difference in the tempature of the too terms one in advance of the other
the wind one year ago was from the South come up a cloud late in the
evening from the north but passed off with out raining in my Settlement
or any where a near me. and to day not one bit of Signe of rain
the Sun Sit clear and bright at or near 3 - oclock this evening i put the
Saddle on walker then mounted on him than rode out through my farm to my
east gate too my farm to where i Struck the Crawford and Gatesvill(e) road
i then travailed Said road untill i come to Dock Coffmans pasture gate at
the north corner of my farm i then lit from my horse then opened the gate
of said pasture i entered there in then Shut the gate mounted on my horse
a gain then rode over Said pasture looking for a bunch of turkeys that had
Strayed off. but could See nothing of them. So i returned back to the Same
gate opened and come out on too the public road again after Shutting of
the gate i mounted my horse i then at that point of the road made a turne
travailed due west untill i come too the north corner of my pasture being
a gate established at that point there i entered in taking a round in my
pasture looking for my wifes turkeys as i come home but Seen nothing of
then (them) when i arrived at my place i unsaddled my horse put the geer
on him then caught and geered his mate hitched them too the wagon then put
my water barrel in the wagon by that time my wife had returned from old
Lady Finnies to where She had gone in my absence in Serch of the turkeys
but found no trace of them we then mounted in the wagon i then drove to
middle Bosque to water my teem and to hall a barrel of water after my
teem drank and i had filled the barrel with water, i then drove out too
my place of a bode. after arriving at the place we dismounted from my
wagon then my wife began taking water out of the barrel and watering of
her fowls. whilst i ungeered my teem then led them too my upper field
then turned them in too graze i then walked back too my house prepared
feed and fed all of the fowls So that ended the out door work for to day.
My wife prepared the evenings meal, when Served and on the table and
announced readey for to be eat, We a lone seated our Selves down too
our table then portaken of the Same when through my wife taken care of her
Suppertable putting everything in good order again then taken a rest for
She was very much wearried from her days labor for too day whilst i
finished up recording of the Same. Now as our days work finished we
will close the lids of this book, and go too our bed of repose by first
asking the Lord to gard and protect us through the present night as he
has through the day just passed and gone, and when done with these frail
bodys of ours to hand us down to our grave in peace with the (Thee) and
all man Kind and in heaven Save us is our prayer to night - Amen
W.E. Costley at home near Middle Bosque creek
Saturday September the 8th 1900 hundred opened up quite a cool morning
wind from the east earley in the morning Some Some what cloudey in the
South east. Thermometer registers at and earley hour this morning at 74
Degrees tempature we a rose quite earley from our bed of repose in order
to be readey to pen the turkeys when they come off of there roost after
penning of the turkeys my wife then went to work to prepare the mornings
meal whilst i gathered Some corn to Shell to go to mill as i taken a load
of wheat to C. A. Standifer at Crawford after i arrived at Crawford
the wheat was Sold to mr Marks at 60 and one fourth cents per bushel,
i then had the load waid then drove too the depot to unload in a box car
after Tom Richardson and William Nun unloaded my wagon for me as i was
not able to handle the Sacks of wheat after they were through i thanked
them Kindley for there Services render unto me then drove back up in town
unhitched my horses the tied them up untill i could find Some Sweet
potatoes to (for) Sell as i wanted to by Some to eat after finding Some
i purchased all that murchant Graham had which was a half of bucket full
gave fifteen cents for the Same After he put them up in a paper Sack. then
taken them and put them in my wagon after nocking a round for a bit i then
hitched up my teem mounted in my wagon then drove for my place of abode.
Coming a round by the beef trail as that was the Smoothest road, after
arriving at home i ungeered my teem then put my Saddle on Walker then
mounted him and rode back to Crawford to get Some wheat Sacks that i could
not get empted whilst were in Town i had an eye to it, that there was going
to come a Series of rain and did not want to be caught on that Side of the
Creek with my wagon and teem and So there were after returning from Crawford
it began to rain on me just this side of the Bosque creek i make out to feed
my teem after driving at home before it began to rain hard but when it did
Set in there was no Stop to it before departed to my bed of repose. after we
eat our evenings meal my wife attended too her Suppertable put evry thing
a way that was used on the table a bout eating in good order then taken a
Short rest untill i could finish recording the actions of our labor through
the day and discription of the weather to day now it is nine oclock at
night and Still pooring down rain from the east So as we are through with
the days toil we will depart to our bed of repose by first asking the Lord
to gard and protect us through the present nigh as he has through the day
just past and gone. and when done with these frail bodys of ours to hand us
down to our grave in peace with the (Thee) and all man Kind and in heaven
Save us is my prayer to night - Amen
W.E. Costley at home near the middle Bosque creek
Sunday the Lords day we are commanded to Keep it holey to neither work
nor play. September the 9th AD 1900 hundred Opened up quite a gloomey
morning heavey Sturdy rain from the east also a heavey wind Some time
the rain and wind would shift too the North it has rained the last past
night Sturdy Scarsley ceased raining aliring (file179) the night and
Still raining this morning and it Seems to look at the future prospects
of the weather it is likely to continue to rain for Some time yet. The
drouth is certainly broke up with a ceries (series) of rain from the
east and north East beginning on the evening of September the 8th 1900
at a bout Six oclock PM of Said day and is Still raining and blowing
from the east it being at the present 8-oclock of September the 9th 1900
AM and has no appearance of ceasing to rain if anything it increases in
its force to rain and to blow from the north at this writing and the wind
is increasing at a rapid rate a pirfect Storm raiging. we were out of bed
quite late this morning as it was too wet to Stir out but however we arose
a bout Seven Oclock this morning clothed our Selves then did nothing from
Some time on the acount of the weather being so Severe and so wet. but at a
bout Eight oclock my wife began to prepare the mornings meal but She had
Some trouble to encounter with on the account of being So wet. but however
after so long a time She made it all wright She Succeeded in Serving her
mornings meal after getting of it cooked and placed on the table we then
Seated our Selves too the table then portaken of the same after we were
through with our mornings meal my wife taken care of her breakfast table
and put evry thing about the dining room in good order for the day. then
no more could be done out doors for it Still continued to rain from the eat
(East) and the wind is still blowing at a raped rate a pirfect Storm and
has been ever since last night at night fall and rained with out ceasing
up to the present moment being 10 minutes past one oclock in the evening
and the wind is increasing blowing Something Simular to a Storm. The rain
and wind has been in action for about nineteen hours The wind is very
Strong all fom (from) the East and at some of its periods of blowing it
almost baffles a house to Stand against its force when it comes in Such
hard blasts or puffs my wife has been bothered a great deal a bout her
Specks this afternoon as She layed them off to comb her hare She does not
Know what she did with them and She has ramsacked the house ove (over)
and can not Start them no where whatever. there is Something Singular
what She could have done with them and not being out of the house during the
time She was engaged at combing of her head layed them a way and knows no
where at or near three oclock it Showed Some light in the South east as
though it mite brake off but apparently the wind gets Stronger and have
Shifted farther too the South. I prepared wood a bout that time to make
a fire in the fireplace it was a bout all that i could do to stand up to
chopp the wood for the wind that was blowing pirfect Storm and has been
for a bout 22 hours and the Storm of wind Still going on during the time
that i was preparing the wood i turned the calves out with there mamma
as it was too wet for my wife to milk them i then fed my hogs for the
first time to day they had become to be very hungry but i could not get
out to feed them on the account of the weather my wife began to prepare
our noons meal at a late hour as she could not cook on the Stove on the
account of the wind blowing down the pipe of the Stove, and filling the
cook room full of Smoke. So She prepared the meal on the fireplace for
the first time Since last Spring. After She had Served our meal. we
then eat it Texas fashion the best way that we could, but before eating
i fed my teem again. As i had not fed them but once to day ater (after)
we was through with our meal we then taken a nother rest Spell as it as
the Sabbath day and a day for rest. After resting for about too hours i
then watered and fed the teem a gain after they were throug eating i
then put my horse bell on Redbird taken him a cross the branch North
of my house then turned him loose with the Shetlin poney and the mule
Peter i then taken a walk out on then Prairie to See about a a part of
the fence that was not very good and was fearful that it was blown down
as one post was out of the ground but when i arrived at the Spot i found
the fence all right. But in in travailing to the place i found too trees
had blowed down across my wire fence at the Birdwell camp but i could do
nothing with it with out and ax So i left it come too the house then fed
and watered the hogs i then prepared fireplace wood as we could not use the
Stove when the wind was So hing (?high) after bringing of it in i then
went to work to finish recording of the labors of the day also the weather
and its many changes through the day the wind has blowed like a Stom (storm)
ever Since last night at night fall and has Some what ceased blowing So
raped this morning earley the wind was from the east and just before noon
to day the wind Shifted too the north. and about fore Oclock it made a
Skipp over too the South and at this writing it remains Still in the south
but ceased raining at a bout Six Oclock this evening making the Storm lasted
about 24 hours from the direction that i have made mention of in too days
record. i devoted a good deal of my time this evening in reading of the new
Testament and find it to be a noble work of God my wife has been very buisey
to day attending too her house hold buisiness and young fowls to keep them a
live and from drowning. No (now) as we are through with our daileyn labor,
we will go too our bed of repose by first asking the lord to gard and
protect us through the present night as he has through the day just and
gone. And when done with these frail bodys of ours to hand us down too our
grave in peace with (Thee) and all man Kind and in heaven Save
us is my prayer to night - Amen
to night being Sunday night it has Stormed and rained from the east
South and north for 24 hours with consider rain and wind and Still going on
W.E. Costley at home on Middle Bosque creek
Monday September 10th opened up quite a nice morning the clouds had blowed a
way and be come clear and nice. Acording to the old and very true saying it
will not remaine Settled weather a great while when it clears off at night.
The wind is from the South this morning pleasant enough earley in the fore
noon The thermometer at half past Seven oclock registers 70 Degrees
tempature. we were out of bed quite late this morning as Lum Costley came
in from Waco night at eleven oclock and rousted us up from our Slumber.
then we were late getting off to Sleep a gain So that was the occasion for
my wife and my Self rising late but when we did get out of bed we clothed
our Selves and then went to work in earnest i prepared my Stove wood and fed
my teem whilst she served the morning meal. when it was served placed on the
table and announced readey for to eat Lum Costley and my wife and my Self
Seated our Selves to the table then portake of our meal when through with
the morning meal my wife taken care of her breakfast table. whilst i begun
to record the mornings work. which makes quite a change in the to days record.
Lum Costley will go back to Maddoxs this morning to pick cotton after i was
through with job of writing i then cought Saddled Walker mounted on him taken
my ax then rode up to the bird well camp north from my house dismounted
taken the Saddle off my hore (horse) then Staked him out on the grass. I then
went to work to chopping up a couple of trees that the Storm on yesterday had
blown down on my wire fence after getting through i then put the Saddle on my
horse then mounted on him and rode back to my residence lit from my horse put
the haulter on Redbird then mounted on my horse and led Redbird over to Crawford
to turn over to Jourdan the Drugist for Standifer as i had Sold him to C. A.
Standifer for Sixty five Dollars after Delivering to Jourden. he ast (ask) me
to take and put him in his lot near the Cambellite church which i did. i then
rode down to Jourdan mill to See whether they had ground my turn of corn or
not there were no one at home or at least at the mill So i rode down into
Crawford and obtain my mail and whilst i was at W.S. Tadlocks Store i
received the sad news of So many pursons (persons) being drowned in the
Galveston bay on yesterday during the heavey gale too hundred in number.
or more which was a very Sad occurance to take place in Such a Short
warning. but how ever if it is the LordS will thine be done i then walked
over to Sam Clarys Saddle Shop - and converSed with him for a while then taken
a walk down to the Jourm (German) mill again by that time the hands had come in.
then and there i received the newS that they would not be able to grind to day
as the the mashenry (machinery) was out of repare and it would be imposible
to grind too day. So i returned back to W. S. Tadlocks mounted on my horse
then rode for my place of a bode after arriving. at home i taken my Saddle off
of my horse then fed him Some Sheaf oats. i come in doors washed my hands and
face then taken a rest untill my wife could prepare our noons meal which was
not a great while untill i was called to my meal from which i responded to the
call we then Seated our Selves to the table then portaken of our meal being
four oclock in the after noon of to day after we were through with our meal
my wife went to work to wash and put a way her dishes cupps and Saucer Knives
and fork then put her Kitchen in order for the balance of the day whilst i fed
my horse a few ears of corn i then come in doors taken in hand then went too
work a gain recording the days work and and also the weather when my horse was
through eating i cought and Saddled him then rode out in too the pasture to
drive up the cows and calves and Old Judy mare as i wanted to feed her So she
would get Strong enough to do good pulling as i have to work her. i found the
mare then drove her up i also found the cows but did not get then all to the
pen as they seperated in the botton (bottom) and i did not get them to gather
any more So i drove one bunch through to the pen my wife pened them whilst i
rode back too the Bosque bluffs to look for the balance of them but i could
not jump them up any more as it was getting. too late in the evening. So i rode
back home unsaddled my horse then fed him i then put my halter on Judy brought
her in side and fed her Some corn for the first time this fall when done eating
i turned her out too graze. I the come in doors and finished up recording of
our days labor and the weather it was some what cloudey late this evening like
there might be more falling weather. Now as our days work is finished we will
depart too our bed of repose by first asking the Lord to gard and protect us
through the present night as he has through the day just passed a way and when
done with these frail bodys of ours to hand us down to our grave in peace with
the (Thee) and all man kind and in heaven Save us is my prayer to night Amen-
The thermometer at four oclock this evening September the 10th 1900 hundred
Registered 88 Degrees tempature.
