W.E. Costley at home near Middle Bosque creek
sunday the Sabbath day of our Lord and Savior. Jesus
Christ, and we are commanded of him to neither work
nor play for it is gods holey day January the 6th 1901
ninteen hundred and one opened up with boistrious Clouds
passing from the South too the north wind very high
from the South west although the Sun Shines out very
bright as the clouds passes by the wind feeling very
damp in its nature. The thermometer registers at eight
oclock this morning at 58 Degrees tempature. my wife
and my Self was out of bed in due time this morning
clothes on readey for buisiness although my wife was
out of bed first and had the mornings meal prepared
before i arose from my bed of Slumber as i felt like
taken a mornings nap but however She rousted me out of
the bed i clothed my person then washed my hands and
face then we Seated our Selves too the table and
portaken of our Sabath mornings meal alone, after we
were through with our meal my wife went to work to
put evrything in good Shape a gain whilst i fed my
teem and hogs. by that time old man Gamblin come
down to see a bout a Stray pig that was a t my house.
after arriving at my place he dismounted from his buggy
and come in doors Seated him Self down by a good fire
then we had a bout one hour and a half of Social talk
of the past history of life. then after reviewing the
pig he then picked it up and carried it be yand the
Rockquary and throwed it down as it died on last night
past. as it come to my place sick we then taken a good
look at my rockquary and he pronounced it fine enough
then mounted in his buggy then drove for his place of
a bode leaving my place at about 12-oclock noon to day.
I then walked down too the turnup patch and gathered a
mess of turnups and the greens then brought them too the
house and my wife prepared and put them on to cook whilst
i Saddled my horse mounted on him rode too middle Bosque
and led Old Judy to water, after they had drank i rode
out on the first embankment of the creek then tied old
Judy mare to a Cicamore tree untill i could ride a cross
the Boskey (Bosque) in to EDCostleys pasture and Salt
my out horses, after Salting of them i rode back to the
Bosque untied the mare then rode up on the north Side
of EDs bottom field dismounted from my horse then
unsaddled my horse and turned them loose to graze as
they appeared to be So hungry for roughness i left my
Saddle and bridal down in the bottom as i expected to
go back after them late in the evening of to day. after
arriving at the house i then began to churn for my wif(e).
but as the milk began to foam So bad i had to postpone
churning untill the milk ceased foaming and returned to
the right tempature for churning i then went to work
to record what had been done on the premises on this
Sabath day up to half past too o-clock this afternoon
of to day. During of all of this while my wife was buisey
prepareing our noons meal what time She was not at work She
was reading the news in the papers that we had just
received from Waco. After She had Served the meal and
placed it on the table we then Seated our Selves to the
table alone as usual the(n)portaken of the Same when
through with our meal my wife went to work then washed
and put away her dishes then put her dining room in good
repare for the next term and time of eating. whilst i
drove the milk calves frout (out) of the field for her
to milk her cows during of the time that She was milking,
i walked to old man Finnys to See how he was getting a long
after arriving at the place it Seemed to me that he was not
getting a long very well as he appeared to be very weak and
rather nervous in rather a prostrate condition he also had
a Severe caught (cough) that was bothering him considerable
at the time i were with him and that was but a short while
for had to go to the Bosque bottom for my teem So i bid
them the time of day then taken a trip down to the Bosque
after my teem after arriving at the place i caught then
Saddled my horse. then caught Judy afterwards mounted,
on my Horse then led his mate to the bosque to water,
after, they drank i then rode back to my place then unsaddled
my horse put him in the Stabel the mare in the Stall then fed,
them, then fed the fatten hogs, then i prepared wood for the
house, for night and morning and brought it in doors to have
it handy Should be neaded right a way. now as the work is done
out Side we will Spend the balance of our Spare moment in
reading and writing my wife will do the reading of the news
whilst i finish giving the the acount of the labor that has been
performed by her and i to day. this has been a tolerable nice
day all the way through rather warm in the after noon and Still
warm for the time of year to night the wind has gone down not So
Strong as it has been all through the day but moves up at
intervals. now as we are about through with our work we will
wind up our toiles for to night by asking the Lord to gard
and protect us in the future as he has in the past, and when
done with these frail worne out 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-Middle Bosque_Creek
Monday January the 7th AD 1901 Opened up quite a quite a warm
morning Still cloudey wind not Sturing. but when it did rise
it rose from the South west The thermemeter registered in the
earley part of the morning at 58 Degrees tempature. we were
out of our bed of repose quite late this morning as usual as my
wife was quite poorley having. the backache with other ailments,
after i a rose i built on a fire in the fire place then fed the
teem i then come in doors. washed my hands and face then put on
the coffee to make i then Sifted the meal to make bread a bout
that time my wife a rose from her bed of Slumber dressed her
Self then washed her face and hands She then went to work, and
put on the the bread and finished prepareing the morning meal.
about the time i was feeding of my teem mr Fagain come over from
Tonk creek to plow for Lum costley. after our mornings meal was
Served my wife and my Self portaken of our meal a lone as Mr.
Fagan had eat his breakfast at home before leaving this morning
So during the time we were dining Mr Fagan watered the teem at
Middle Bosque when he returned with the teem i was through with
my meal i then hope (helped) him to geer up, the teem, and Start
the plow as he began to plow in my upper field North East of the
Railroad on Monday morning January the 7th 1901 ninteen hundred
and one. for Lum costley as he was going to Sow it in Oats this
Season, after getting of him Stared (started) to work i come back
to the house then taken Mr Fagan Some water to drink through the
day. i then walked back to the house and fed my hogs as i had not
fed them before. to day, after my wife had taken care of her
breakfast table and put her house in good repare She then taken
st for a bit . as She Still was not feeling very well. and morning work. i then Seated my Self down
by my desk and began to record what had been done on the premises
this morning up to 12 - Oclock in the fore noon of to day. at about
half past Eleven Oclock AM Mr. Fagan. Stoped off Plowing watered
and fed his teem that he was plowing as i had walked up there to
where he was at work to let him know the time of day So could turn
out. in due time to water and feed after we were readey for to
portake of the noons meal my wife calls to us to come to our meal.
So we responded too the call then Seated our Selves to the table
and portaken of our meal all dined heartily. as all appeared to be
hungry. After the meal was over with we moved in to our bed room
Seated our Selves down for about one half hours rest from which Mr
Fagan cought curried the teem then geered them and went to plowing
again as to my Self i pulled down Some corn out in the peach
orchard north East from my house and late in the Evening halled
it in during all this time my wife was very buisey with her house
work and not feeling well at that. My wife after She had finished
up her work after dinner She then walked down to the Section house
to See old. Man. Finnie as he was Sick and has been for Some time,
after we halled in the corn Mr.Fagen taken taken the teem to the
Bosque to water whilst i throwed the corn out of my wagon into
the crib. after Mr. Fagan returned from the Bosque we then put
the teem up and fed them i then fed the fattening hogs, by that
time my wife had the Evening meal prepared So we Seated our Selves
to the table. then portaken of our evening meal, after we were
through with our meal we then moved in too our bed room Seated
our Selves. by a good fire and then entered in to a long
conversation up on the word of good and his great works and his
power here on earth and in heaven and a nother world to come,
after getting throug my wife churned her milk whilst i finished
recording the labors that my wife and my Self, did through, the
day up to the present time, Now as we are about through, we will
go to 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 my prayer to night. Amen
On January the 7th AD 1901 being monday Mr Fagan began to plow for
Lum Costley above the Railroad W.E. Costley
W.E.Costley at home near middle bosque creek
Tuesday January the 8th AD 1901 nineteen hundred and one Opened up
quite a cloudy morning wind from the The thermometer registers
at an earley hour to day at 56 Degrees tempature. we were out of
our bed of rest quite earley this morning clothes on readey for
buisiness at 6 Oclock A M. i built the fire in the fireplace then
prepared Stove wood brought it in doors for my wife to prepare the
morning meal with, my wife Kindled the fire in the Stove then went
to work to prepare the meal whilst i fed my teem and ground coffe
for her She then done the balance of the work a bout the meal. after
getting of the meal Served readey for to be eat i then roused up Mr
Fagan as he was Still a Sleep after he arose from his bed of Slumber
washed his face and hands we then seated our Selves too the table then
portaken of the Same when through with our mornings meal Mr Fagan
caught then watered curried and also geered my teem then drove to my
upper field and began to to plow agan (again) whilst i fed my fattening
hogs then taken a look for the turkey hen that was absent from the
premises after finding her i drove her to the Stable then my wife and
my Self pend her in the Stable with the balance of the turkeys, i
then taken Some water too the field for Mr Fagan to drink whilst
plowing from that point as it was near the Railroad i taken it and
walked down too the Section house to See how Mr Finny was getting a
long as he was Sick and had been for Some bit, after arriving at my
place i found him in a better condition than he had been Since he
taken Sick after remaining with the familey for Some little bit i
then bid them the time of day and walked up home after arriving at
my place i come in doors made on a fire in the fire place Seated my
Self down by desk and began to record the work that was being done on
premises up to Eleven Oclock to day. and at that period it was very
damp and cloudey and the South wind blew Strong and Cool, my wife
after getting of her breakfast table taken care of and her house
cleaned up and in order She then went to work Sewing on a garment for
her Self. About half past Eleven Oclock i walked up to my upper field
to inform Mr Fagan to turn out and water his teem and feed them by
that time the noon meal wood (would) be readey to be eat. So after
getting through we then Seated our our Selves to the table then
portaken of the Same. After we were through we then moved in too
our Setting room and taken about a half hours rest then to work we
went again, Mr Fagan caught curried then geered his teem and went
to plowing a gain, and i went to chopping wood for the house, and
chopped untill late in the evening from which i left off work come
to the house and done up Schores around the premeses after getting
through i then taken Some Sweet milk to the Section house after
delivering the milk i then walked up to my upper field to where Mr.
Fagan was plowing to let him Know that i wanted him to turn out
earley that commom, in order that i could hall a barrel of water. So
when he brought the teem down to the house we hitched the teem too
my wagon then put the barrel in the wagon then. Mr. Fagan and i
mounted in the wagon and i drove for the Bosque to water the teem
and to get a barrel of water after, getting the barrel filled i
then drove for my place of abode. after arriving at my place Mr.
Fagan taken the geer off of the horses whilst i taken Some wood
out of the wagon that we had put in the wagon coming from the
creek, we then put the horses up in the Stable and fed them, we
then come in doors washed our hands and face then as our evening
meal was waiting on the table. we then Seated our Selves to the
table then portaken of our evenings meal, after we were through
my wife taken care of the Suppertable and put her Kitchen in order
again then all moved in too our bed room Seated our Selves down by
a good fire and enjoyed a long Satisfactory Conversation for Some
too hours then Mr Fagan departed too his bed of repose leaving my
wife and my Self Still up as we was not through with our labors So
we continued our work untill we were through. This has been a very
cloudey day all the way through and much like unto rain all day and
quite warm, Now as we are through with our work we will depart to
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 my prayer to night Amen
W.E.Costley at home near middle Bosque Creek
Wednesday January the 9the AD 1901 Opened up quite a dreary
morning wind from the South east principally very damp at there
has ben frequent Showers in the latter part of the night just
passed. and the weather at this writing being nine oclock in
the forenoon is very unfavorable for Settled weather as the
clouds are thick and heavey traveling Swift from the South to
the north The thermometer at this writing registers 62 Degrees
tempature we arose from our bed of repose tolerably earley this
morning clothed our Selves and went to work as usual my wife
to prepareing the mornings meal whilst i did the feeding of the
teem after my wife had prepared the mornings meal we then portaken
of the Same when through with our meal Mr Fagan caught then watered
the teem put the geer on them and went to braking Stuble again
whilst my wife went to work to cleaning up her breakfast table and
putting her Kitchen and house in order for the day as to my Self
first and formost after my mornings meal i taken a good Smoke after
getting through i then fed my fattening hogs after doing of that
work i taken Some water too the upper field for Mr Fagan to drink
whilst plowing and from that point i taken the Railroad, and walked
down to the Section house to See how Old Man Finney was getting a
long as he is Still Sick not able to be up after arriving at the
place i found his Still in the bed not yet able to be up but able
to Smoke his pipe after being with him for a while i then taken
the railroad and walked over to Crawford to get my mail and Some
tobaco and envelops as i had a couple of letters to write. after
procuring all that i went after steped a cross the Street in the
Sam Clary Saddle Shop and conversed with them or him as old man
Graves and Shafman was in the Shop for a Short while, then left
for my place of a bode, after arriving at home, i walked up the
road in the direction of the Railroad and beckened to Mr Fagan
to turn out as it was 12 - Oclock i then returned to the house
and Shucked corn to feed the teem with whilst mr Fagan was watering
the teem after he returned we then put one in the Stall and the
other one in the Stable then fed them we then come in doors washed
hands and face after drying of them on the towel we Seated our
Selves too the dinner table then portaken of the Same. when though
with the meal we moved in too our Setting room then Seated our Selves
for a rest during the time i wrote a card to Lum Costley at Waco
for Mr Fagan and he taken the card to Crawford to mail as he was
not going to plow this evening. on the account of it Showering of
rain occasionley. during all this time my wife was engaged in washing
and putting a way her dishes and putting her Kitchen and dining room
in good repare again for the next meal, at a bout three Oclock this
Evening i taken my ax walked down to the rockquary South west from
my house and finished chopping a load of wood. i then returned to
the house caught then curried and geered then hitched them too my
wagon my wife and my Self mounted our Selves into the wagon then
drove to the bosque to water the teem and on my return back home i
loaded the wood that i had cut on the wagon and halled it to the house
after arriving. at the place i unhitched and ungeered my teem put them
one in the Stable the other in the Stall then fed them and the
fattening hogs. as i had brought my night wood in doors that ended
our out door work then my wife prepared a Snack for us to Eat as we
were alone a gain as Mr Fagan had gone home up on Tonk Creek Some
three miles and a half west of Crawford. after my wife had prepared
our evenings meal we then Seated our Selves to the table and eat of
the Same after we were through with our meal and my wife had taken
care of her Suppertable. and had put evry thing all right again we
then moved in too our bed room and Seated our Selves down by a
warm fire as it was turning Some what cool and taken up the Subject of
a Sick bed and the efects of the Same, after conversing upon the
Subject for Some three quarters of a hour she then began to comb her
hare (hair) whilst i went to work to finish recording of the labors
performed on the premises to day and also the condition of the weather
this has been a very dark cloudey day with Several Spells of misting of
rain but eventually it all blew away. but the Sun failed to come out
today and of course Sit behind a cloud at the going down this evening,
and the wind changed to the west. and become much cooler than it had
been in the first part of the day. my wife before going to bed, had to
Sew some on a garment but after finishing of our work we then departed
to 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 to hand us down to our grave
in peace with the (Thee) and all man Kind and in heaven Save us is my
prayer-Amen
W.E.Costley at home near middle Bosque Creek
Thursday January the 10 th AD 1901-Opened up a dreary morning very
cloudey misting of rain and a Strong norther a very cold wind.
The thermometer. registers at and earley hour to day at even 40 Degrees
tempature, I was out of my bed of repose tolerably earley this morning
clothes on i then rebuilt the fire as i was out of bed and had built on
a fire at a bout fore (four) Oclock -in the night just passed. after renewind
(renewing) of the fire i then fed my teem and fowls come in doores ad (and)
prepared coffe(e) for our mornings meal. by that time my wife arose from her
bed of Slumber dressed her Self then went to word (work) to prepare the morning
meal. after getting of the meal readey for to be eat She placed the Same in
front of a good fire. then we Seated our Selves down a round the Same and eat
our mornings meal feeling comfortable whilst eating after getting through
we then put a way our vesels that we eat out of then my wife put the house
in good repare for the balance of the day. during that time i fed my fattening
hogs and other work i did around the premises as it was too cold for me to go
to the woods to chop wood or gather corn in the fore part of the day. So i
contented my Self in writing Some letters too my children and recordind (recorded)
what was done on the premises during of the day onley what time it required
to feed and water the Stock which i began to do at or near three Oclock in
the after noon i caught and led my teem to the Bosque whilst my wife drove
the out Stock after me to water after they all had drank i then brought my
teem in Side of E.D.Costleys bottom field tied them then run the out horses
a cross the Bosque in to E.D.Costleys pasture as it was Some what too damp
to be on the wheat after getting them them alright i then returned to my
teem fed then too the house put them, one in the Stable the other in the
Stall then fed them i then come in doors Seated my Self down by my desk
then finished writing a letter that i was writting to Ida costley of Waco,
after i were through i then prepared wood for night and morning
then brought it in doors to keep it dry and to have it handy whilst
i was doing of that work, my wife was milking of her cows when She was
through i fed the cows cotton Seed and Straw then fed my teem and
fattening hogs So that ended the out doors work for to day i come in
doors Seated my Self down by (my) desk and began to record the remainder
of the labor that has been done on the premises and whilst i am engaged
in performing this work my wife is engaged at renovation a pare of
drawers that She had made for me and they were too large and She was
triming them down, This has been a winter day all the way through it
was connected with a texas norther and a mist of rain and Still
contunues to go on at my bed time to night being in the neighborhood
of Eleven Oclock in the forenoon of to night. Now as we are through
with our labors we will go to our bed of rest 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 my prayer to night___ Amen
