The long continued drouth broken on the night
of October the 20th 1900 hundred by a nice rain from the South and
partley from the South west W.E. Costley
W. E. Costley. At home. near. Middle. Bosque. creek
Monday October the 22th AD 1900-Opened up quite a cool morning wind
from the South west pirfectley clear- The thermomerter Registers at
this writing at 76 Degrees tempature I was out of bed qute (quite)
earley this morning and clothed my Self then built a fire in the fire
place for the balance of the old folks to get up by after the fire
began to throw out heat the balance of the old folks arrose clothed
them Selves then my wife prepared her her self for to prepare our
morning meal, i then prepared a fire in the Stove for my wife too
prepare the morning meal by So She went too work and Soon had the
meal Served and ready to be eat So we Seated our Selves too the table
then portaken of our mornings meal have Old Uncle Billey and Aunt
Betsey downs too dine with us after we were through with our meal i
then finished feeding of my hogs and ox i then walked too my field
N E of the railroad and brought my teem down too the lot then fed and
curried them after they were through eating i then put the geer on
them hitched them too the wagon drove them a round the north door of
my house and mr. W. A. Downs and my Self loaded a couple of Sacks of
wheat in my wagon to take to the Crawford mill. After getting of them
loaded i then drove out too the lot to load on a couple of Turkey
gobblers to take one to Jourday the Drugist and one too James downs
of Crawford. So after getting evry thing loaded i then mounted in my
wagon in companey with Mr. W. A. Downs we then drove for Crawford. too
the flower mill after we arrived at the mill and the miller taken my
Sacks out of the wagon whoes name was Earl of the South East of
Crawford. and after getting my check for the Same we then drove too
Sandifers and Jourden Drug Store from that point we drove to James
Downs a Son of Wa(A) Downs then dismounted our Selves from the wagon
i then as Sisted the Old man Downs throug(h) a window in the James
Downs dwelling as the old mas(man) was wanting to get his Specks and
over coat from out of his Sons house as James Downs had gone too Waco
him and his hr wife and had locked the doors So that Shut the old man
out from getting in doors and onley chance was too go in at the window
from which he did after getting of his Specks and Some other article
then feeding and watering of the turkey leaving it in the coop that i
taken the Turkey in we mounted in the wagon then drove back too the
German mill then obtained my flower after loading of it in the wagon
we then drove too lemons Store i there baught a cabbage head for the
woman folks from there i walked a cross the street and bought Some
beef for the old folks in order that they mite have a change in
after procuring the beef i then returned too my wagon mounted in then
drove too the post office i then dismounted from my wagon went in too
the post office and made and inquiry for the mail i received a
Goldthwait paper was all the mail that was in the office for me i then
mounted in my wagon then drove for my place of abode accompanied by
Uncle Billey Downs after arriving at my place of a bode we dismounted
unloaded my flower then drove my teem back too the old Stamping ground
where i keep my wagon when not in use unhitched my my teem then taken
the geer off of them then fed the teem come in doors washed my hands
and face then in a very Short while my wife had the noons meal Served
and on the table and announced readey for to eat we then Seated our
Selves too the table and portaken of our noons meal having Old Uncle
Billey Downs and wife too dine with us after we were through. with our
meal. I geered old judy hitch her too the buggy. then my wife and Old
Aunt Betsey Downs mounted in the buggy then drove for Mrs. Graves to
See Jacks Children. and the balance of the familey. and remained with
with the familey untill late in the evening from wich (which) they
mounted in the buggy and drove for home after after arriving at the
place they dismounted from the buggy and my wife had too ungeered the
teem then tied her too a post as i were not at home i was picking
cotton near E.D.'s bottom field. i picked untill near Sun down. from
which i left. off work come too the hous(e) prepared wood for the
Stove and brought it in doors doors for my wife too prepare the evening
meal. i then, Saddled my horse rode him and led Judy the animal that
my wife work this even. down to middle Bosque to water After they were
through i rode back too my house. after i arrived at my place i
dismounted from my horse pulled my Saddle off of my (horse) then
mounted on my horse barback then rode too my field. N.E. of the
railroad. and turned my teem in the field, to graze i then. Secured.
the gates afterwards i walked back too the house then fed the hogs.
afterwards i then prepared wood for night and morning. then brought.
it in doors then fed my ox that i had tied up. So that finished our
days work out doors. i then come in doors washed my hands and face.
In a Short while my wife had the evenings meal Served,and on the table
after announcing the meal readey too be Eat. we then Seated our Selves
too the tabble then portaken of the Same when through. and my wife
taken care of the Suppertable then we moved in too our bed room by a
good fire. then all began too talk upon a great many question
conserning our wellfare. both on earth and in heaven and in a Short
while. then departed to his bed of repose whilst my wife and Grand
mama Downs. Sit up and done the talking whilst. I did the writing
of recording. the Labors performed during the day my Self and my
wife now after we are all through with our work we will go too our
bed of rest by first asking the lard 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 too our
grave in peace with the (Thee) and all man Kind and in heaven Save
us is my prayer too night-Amen
W. E. Costley near Middle Bosque B Creek
Tuesday October the 23dh AD 1900. hundred .Opened up quite a nice day.
wind from the South Thermometer registered at a bout 12-Oclock noon. to
day at even 80 Degrees tempature. we were out of our bed quite late
this morning as i did not rest very well on the account of an absess
romed at the root of my tooth and makes it very painful and not much
rest well to make the Story Short in relating of the work that has been
done on the premises too day i will Say that we a rose as usual this
morning clothed our Selves then did our mornings Schores and eat our
mornnings meal after we were through the morning meal we then milked
the cow afterwards i brought my teem down too the lot then fed them i
then curried and geered them. hitched them too the wagon then Old Uncl
Billey Downs littles John Costley and my Self in the wagon i then drove
too Middle Bossque too water the teem and to hall a barrel of water
after the horses had drank and i had filled the barrel with water i
then drove back home after arriving at the place i unhitched my teem i
tied up old Judy taken the geer on walker that i had jus pull the geer
off of then hitched him too my buggy afterwards Old Uncle Billy Downs
little John Costley Jack Costleys boy and my Self mounted in the buggy
i then drove up in too Mr Thompsons pasture too look for my horses and
Uncle Billey Downs wanted to look over the country that he has once
lived in. after getting in too what was called the Fullin Field i Saw
Some horses on the lower Side of the field on the out Side of Said farm
we then drove back the way that we just had gone up untill we come too
the road that led throught the Prairie way to the Fullin field on
Andersons land we taken the road then drove too where the horses was
graising. and when we arrived at the place i found that it was not my
horses but answered the discription of them at a distance. We then
turned back driving for my place of a bode after arriving at my place
then dismounted from the buggy and taken him from the buggy and fed him
and the old mare afterwards i watered and fed my ox that i had tied up.
by that time my wife had our noons meal Served and on the table then
announced readey we then taken Seats having Uncle Billey Cowns and wife
and little Jack Costley(should be John) as our guest at our noons meal.
after getting through with our meal i then made preperations for the Old
Man Downs and wife too go home at Crawfor as they lived at that place
with there Son James Downs So i geered then hitched Old Judy mare too
the Buggy then Mr Downs and wife and little Jack (should be John)
Costley mounted in the buggy then drove fro Crawford too there place
of a bode after arriving at there place they dismounted and went in too
the house in a Short while i arrived at the place for the purpose of
taking the buggy and horse back too my place i lit from my horse that
i was wriding tied him too a post then walked in doors bid the house
lady the time a day then Seated my Self for a few minutes untill Old
Uncle Billey downs could draw a bucket of water then bring it in doors
i then taken a good drink then the Old man and little John Costley
mounted in the buggy then drove down in to Crawford and i rode
horseback untill we arrived on the Square in Crawford the Old man
dismounted from the buggy and i dismounted from my horse unsaddled
him put my Saddle in the buggy then mounted my Self in the buggy then
drove for my place of abode Stoping at billey Tadlocks and purchasing
a package of Soda for my wife i then drove too Clary Shop too Show him
my boy from there i drove for my place of a bode after arriving at
home John John and my Self dismounted from the buggy i then taken the
animal that. i was working from the buggy ungeered her then taken her
too the field that i have been in the habit of turning in as i had left
my horse ther as i come through. about that time i heard my horse bell
i then taken the railroad too the cattle gard to meet Lee Thompson who
was driving of them up too his place as he had found them in Crawford
as they had turned them out of Warrens farm at Ciserows Graves in the
Town of Crawford and that he had drove them round the public road in
order to get them home. So he Said that he would turn them back in
his pasture So i could get my part of the herd i then walked back too
my house prepared wood for night and morning for the Stove and fire
place then brought it in doors afterwards i then fed my hogs and also
my ox that i had tied too a tree to Keep him out of the field. by tha
time it was growing late then our evenings meal come on to be eat as
usual it being Served and on the table we Seated our Selves too the
table. the croud consisting of my wife John costley Jack Costleys
little boy and my Self then portaken of our evenings meal after getting
through with our meal my wife wife taken care of her Suppertable and
put her Kitchen in good order a gain. we then moved intoo our bed room
by a good fire. and as i had brought a Waco paper from Crawford when i
returned from Crawford She Spent her leasure moments at the wind up of
the labors of the days work in reading of the news. whilst i was
engaged in recording of the labor performed by my wife and my Self
during of the day now as we are through with our work and neether one
of us will. we will retire too our bed of repose by first asking of
the Lard 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 too our grave in peace with the and all
man Kind and in heaven Save us is my prayer too night-Amen
W. E. Costley at home near Middle Bosque Creek
Wednesday October the 24th AD 1900 hundred Opened up quite a warm
morning and rather cloudey wind from the east The thermometer
registers this morning at 70 Degrees tempature we up out of bed
quite late this morning on the account of not being well as i had
a chill last night and a Sharp fever and my wife is feeling Some
what poorley John is all right and the onley one that is well he is
having a happy time pulling of his little wagon. my wife were out
of bed the first one as i was not well at the time on having of a
chill on last nigh i Still had fever this morning and Extry of
abcess at the root of my teeth on my left under jaw. i had a Severe
hearting (hurting) in the left Side of my head and the fever in
connection with my other ailments makes me feel qute poorley i will
assure you. my wife after She a rose from her bed of Slunber prepared
the morning meal when She had it Served and on the table John
Costley and and my wife portaken of there mornings meal a lone as
i was in bed not felling well enough to get out of bed. but after
Some time past i arose from my bed and drank a cup of Coffee then
eat a few bites but did not Seem too releave my head after a while
after drink of the coffee and after my wife had milked She made me
Some Clover root tea and i drank it and that did not Seem too ease
my head at the time that i drank it and it continued So all through
the day. very much rendered me very miserable with the pain it in my
jaw and head a long after the turn of the day i drank Some coffe and
eat Some buscuit and butter and Sat. afterwards my wife and my Self
and little John costley Jack Costleys boy taken the calves up the road
in the direction of the Railroad gates then Staked them we walked up
too the Railroad and my wife and John remained at the gate untill i
could go too the uper Side and bring the teem down too where my wife
was after returning back we then come on too the house i then geered
the teem whilst my wife diped what water there was in the barrol in
the wagon then put it in one on the ground i then hitched my teem too
the wagon we all mounted in the wagon i then drove too the Bosque to
watered my teem and to hall a barrel of water. after he horses drank
and i had filled the barrel with water. i then drove back to my house
ungeered and fed my teem and Ox. I then come in doors to rest whilst
my wife done her churning and John done the Snubing (sobbing) as he
wanted to go home to where the other children were. his Sisters but
he Soon become contented a gain and went too playing a by him self.
and bothering his grand ma ma. when She was churning the milk.after
the horses was through eating through my febleness i taken them back
too my field then turned them in too graze after Securing of the gate
i returned back to the house then fed the hogs also my ox or mail (male)
a gan after getting through i then brought in my fire place wood also
the Stove wood by the time i was through my wife had the evening meal
Served and on the table we then Seated our Selves too the table then
portaken of our evevenings (evenings) meal when through with our meal
my wife taken care of her Supper table and put evry thing used in
eating our meal a way in good order then we moved in too our bed room
to finish up our last work for too day. my wife taken her old Stand then
taken up a Waco paper of the latest date then commenced perusing its
pages for the news whilst i engaged in recording of the labor that has
been perfored (performed) on the premiseses too day the day ended very
warm and clowdey much like untoo fawling (falling) weather now as our
days work is done we will go too our bed of repose by first asking the
Lord too gard and protect us through the present night as he has through
the day just passed and gone and when done with these frailed bodys of
ours to hand us down too 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 Middle Bosque Creek
Thursday October the 25th AD 1900 hundred opened up quite a cloudey
mistey day wind not Sturing earley in the morning look as though it
would rain evry moment but when the wind did make a move it a rose
from the The thermometer this morning registered 68
Degrees tempature and the mist of rain in creasing. i was out of bed
quite earley this morning although not very well. built a fire in the
fire place not because it was any ways cool but in order to drive out
the dampness of the weather. then my wife and littley (little) John
Costley a rose from there bed of repose and went to work to prepare the
mornings meal whilst i fed the fowls and my mail (male) ox that i had
tied up also the hogs by the time i was through. my wife. had the
mornings meal Served and on the table readey to be eat. So we Seated
our Selves too the table then portaken of the morning meal. about the
time we were dining Mr Billman come to See us in regard to Some trouble
that he had on hand and after remaining for Some time. he then departed
to the botton field to gethering corn as he was gethering the corn in
E.D.Costleys bottom field. North of middle Bosque Creek as he
cultivated the ground this year being 1900 hundred. after we were
through my my wife taken care of her breakfast table and put evry
thing in good Shape a gain. She then milked her cows with my assistance
bringing up the calves that was Staked out on the grass i then tied
them up in order too be handy. I then walked to my upper field caught
and brought them down too the lott and fed them whilst they was eating
i taken my hand mower and cutt Some Weeds down a round the yord as my
wife was cleaning off the yard. to make and inprovement a monxt
(amongst) her fowls. after the horses was through eating i Saddled
walker then rode him and led Judy too too the bosque to water at middle
Bosque creek after they had drank i then rode on a cross the Bosque up
a bout half way too the top of the mountain then tied old Judy too a
tree untill i could ride over to Crawford and get Some matches and
to baco after remaining at the place for a while i then purchased the
articles that i had gone after then mounted on my horse and rode for
my place of a bode in coming home i brought old Judy mare that i had
tied on the rod (road) after arriving at my place i dismounted from my
horse then tied them too a post come in doors disposed of of the Tobaco
and matches by putting them up. in a Secure place. i then washed my
hands and face by that time my wife had her noons meal Served and on
the table readey to be eat we then Seated our Selves too the table
then portaken of our noons meal when through with our meal. my wife
taken care of her dinner table then put evry thing in good order again.
we then moved in too our Setting room and past off quite a while in
reading and writing my wife did the reading whilst i did the writing.
making out my dailey report of the labor that is done on the premis
during the day by my wife and my Self as She has been at work hard
all day cleaning up the yard and putting it in good fix. for Some
time to come. at or near three oclock PM i Saddled my horse then rode
own too the Bosque valley after one of our milk cows that failed to
come up this morning after aconsiderable ride it did not a mount too
any thing as i failed to find her but when i returned back home i found
her at home She had come up during the time that i was on the hunt.
for her after i returned back home i then unSaddled my horse watered
the barrel as i had watered the one i was riding on the bosque
or at leat (least) at the Bosque river whilst on the hunt for the cow
i then taken (them) too my uper field and turned them in too graze to
night after fastening of the gates i walked back too the house and
assited my wife in driving her Milk calves out too grass and Staken
them after getting of them Staked on the grass we then gathered Some
corn to feed the hogs. and horses about the time we began to gather
the corn there we a mild Shower come (at) us from the South east but
hower (how ever) we gathered the corn brought it too the house She fed
the hogs whilst i Shucked the corn that we had gathered to get the S
hucks to feed too my mule ox after getting the corn Shucked i gave the
ao him. then prepared Stove wood and fire place wood for
night and morning . then brought it in doors a bout that time the
Shower of rain began to fall very rapid far a bit. then checked up. it
just rains at intervals short Shower. after getting the wood in the
house we then eat a cold Snack for our evenings meal after getting
through with our meal my wife taken care of her suppertable. when
through with the work we moved in too our Sitting room by a fire it
not being cold but the fire was built to drive the damp out as we were
Some what damp our Selves. I than began to record or rather finish
recording the labor that was done on the premises. to day. and as we
REh with our labors for too day 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 passed and gone. and
when done with these frail bodys of ours too hand us down too our
grave in peace with the ( Thee) and all man Kind and in heaven Save us
is my prayer too night-Amen
