THE JOURNAL OF AGNES (MILLER) MARCELLUS
About the author:
Agnes Miller Marcellus was born November
7, 1876 in Browntown, Manistee County to Adam and Hannah Miller, immigrants
from Germany. Shortly after her birth,
the family moved to Victory Township, Mason County, Michigan. On September 2, 1897, Agnes married
Ferdinand Marcellus. They had a farm on
the corner of Townline and LaSalle Roads.
At the time of writing this journal Agnes was 52 to 58 years old.
Agnes and Ferd had three children: Hazel (Rasmus Hansen), Floyd (Alice Dow),
and Grace (Orel Campbell). She died
three years after her husband on November 23, 1948 and is buried at Brookside
Cemetery, Scottville, Michigan.
(note: the
context of this journal was copied (spelling and grammer) as Agnes wrote it.)
Weather report etc. for year
1928
January
1- Blizzard all day then turned warmer,
snow all gone except where it was piled up.
a sample left there. bottom
going out of road by Jan. 11. cloudy
but not very cold, wind in north.
Jan.12- rained until noon then cleared.
13-
wind blowing from west, real nice
14-
mist and rain until noon, sunshine in p.m.
Phebe and Will (Marcellus) spent the p.m. with us. Will and Ferd played horseshoes all afternoon.
Sunday-
sunshine all day but cold. went to F.
Owens at Fountain in p.m. met one car
that was froze up.
Monday-
foggy all day with sleet in p.m. light
coat of sleet covering everything.
Tuesday-
sunshine with wind in west.
Wednesday
a beautiful, warm day, not a cloud in sight.
at night it clouded up and was raining before morning.
Thursday-
rained until noon, then turned to snow.
snowed about 2 inches real soft
snow large flakes, then turned to north
and has been blowing hard, a real
blizzard with zero Friday and Saturday.
Warmer
and sunshine on Sunday and Monday.
Tuesday turned cold and snowed a little.
Wednesday
25---cold and cloudy, wind in north with an ocasional flake of snow men are hauling manure to field, putting it
in large piles for distributing in spring.
26--cold
and stormy
27---cold,
stormy and snowing. Floyd (Marcellus)
started to haul gravel on road east for Frank Sterley. finished gravel job Feb. 3. put on 300 yards for Grant Township has been stormy for a week.
Turned warm on Feb. 3rd. thawed all night, all day 4th. bare ground in sight again. going to a party at Young's (Dave and
Tillie) this eve. Feb. 4.
Feb.
5---clear and cold.
6th---
clear and cold
7th---rain
all day
8---rain
until noon cool with no snow.
11---sunshine,
wind in north.
12---sunshine,
thawing
13---warm
14---rain
all day, snow almost gone
15---colder,
wind north. sleet in a.m. in eve. stars shining. Floyd and George Osborn went to Fountain got a load of coal.
16---started
to put up ice hauling it on wagon 20-21
cakes to load. make 2 trips a day.
17---cold
and sunshine
18---very
cold wind
19---a
real Michigan blizzard is sweeping over the earth started Sunday morning early.
20---is
snowing and blowing. lots of ice everywhere.
21---cold,
went to Ludington
22---cold
in morn, by noon there was sleet flying
then before night, raining hard, rained nearly all night then turned to snow with lots of wind.
Grandma
Marcellus, Lois Marcellus, passed away Feb. 20th at Boyne City. was sent to Ludington by express, buried from the Geo. E. Dorrell Chapel, Feb.
23 at 2:00 in Lakeview Cemetery. a very
nice afternoon.
24---a
real blizzard again. wind from north
and northwest. still hauling ice. a very slow job hauling with wagon. hauled 3 loads on sleighs, but not much
snow.
25---finished
ice job put in 225 cakes.
26---sunshine
all day, but cold
27---sunshine,
cold
28---cloudy,
wind from s.e.
29---cold
March
1---cold
2,3,4---cold
5---
2 above zero in morn. March has been
cold up to 20 then turned warm road very muddy.
Night
of 25th---rained hard.
26th---turned
cold a real blizzard is raging.
Week
of April 1---not so very bad weather, but road almost impassable.
8th---Easter
Sunday. Grace and Orel (Campbell)
(Agnes' daughter) were married and a very stormy day, long to be remembered, very cold. ice froze on window with a good fire in stove. then it faired up and not so cold by the end
of the week.
Saturday,
14th--- Mildred (Young) and Mike's (Kusebuski) wedding day it was blowing a real hurrycane again snow piled up in drifts,
Sunday-
it was a nice day. kinda cold. then several nice days.
Wednesday
evening---it rained hard and thundered some,
by morning it had turned to north.
cold wind with some snow.
24---cold
wind with snow flurries.
25---cold
wind from north, sunshine
29---sunny,
war, rained at night
30---windy,
wind in south. went to Scottville and
got clover seed. 100 lbs.
May
1---a beautiful morning. turned cows in
door yard, picked their dinner. Ferd
sowed 3 acres of clover seed, then wind blew too hard. will finish next day.
May
4---drilled 9 1/2 acres oats
May
9 ---drilled 11 acres oats. rained a
little, some thunder.
Morning
of 10th---wind turned to north, nice and sunshiney. hauled 6 loads of manure across into Grant for our garden. then dragged it in, marked and planted red
potatoes.
May
24---sunshine and showers with cold sourth and s.e. wind. Youngs (Ted and Clara) left for Muskegon bag
and baggage May 20th.
May
31---shininging, wind in s.w., but it's none to warm.
June
1---has been cold and windy.
June12---very
hot
13---wind
blowing hard from south all day
14---wind
shifted to north and is cold again, sunshiney.
started planting corn.
June
11---are planting 16 acres, cold resisting corn at $3.75 per bushel. finished corn June 15. dragged it over at once so crows can't see
mark. cultivated garden in Grant.
15---sunshiney
and warm. wind in south.
17---reunion
day. rained hard at night. went to Ludington to Burt's (Marcellus) at
night.
21---foggy
and cool. summer began with a real
summer like day. (true to name for once.)
22---foggy
in morn. then cleared with bright sunshine.
planting late potatoes.
June
24---we all went to Ludington. had
dinner with Grace and Orel (Campbell), then went to Hamlin Dam. the road was sandy and crooked. when we got back, had supper. then came home, did chores and called it a
day.
Monday
25---rainy
Tuesday
morning cool, rain and mist nearly all night .
in p.m. sunshiney and warm wind changed to west.
June
28---cloudy in morning, about 10:00, it started to rain. wind in s.e. cloudy all p.m. with now and again a sprinkle.
July
started warm. went to Edgewater to
spend the 4th.
July
6,7,8---excessive heat.
Sunday,
8th---the themometer registered 90 in shade at 6 o'clock p.m. thundered and
lightened in eve.
9th---cool
wind from the south, sunshiny. hauling
first load of hay.
July
5---started using new potatoes. they
are kinda small, but growing every day.
August
1---Tillie (Young, Agnes' sister) was here for dinner. sun is very hot.
Aug.
4---rain, rain all night and is still raining at noon. very nice weather all thru Aug. just enough
rain to keep crops growing.
Sept.
1---cloudy
2---rain. went to Manton.
3---butchered
hog, weighted 278 1/4 lbs. has been
quite cold for several nights with wind in north, but no frost.
6th---is
warmer again.
threshed
Sept.4. had crew for supper.
first
light frost, Sept. 27
had
two loads of corn that was not cut, but it wasn't hurt much. filled silo Sept. 28. had 13 men for dinner and supper.
Sunday
Sept 30---Rose and Phil (Elliott, Agnes' sister) drove down. persuaded them to stay until Monday. started out at 4 o'clock in morn. we had 24 guests for Sunday dinner in their
honor. finished filling silos for all
Oct. 2. it is very fine weather. wind blowing from south.
Oct.
has been very nice and warm with some rain.
10th---wind
has been blowing fierce all day and all night.
11th---wind
has gone down at night, is nice and warm.
wind in south, stars are
shining. finished second cut clover
Oct.10. had 5 loads, there is at least 7 tons.
it
has rained some every day but one now
15 to 23 and is still sprinkling.
Dows
stayed over night on the 22. then went
on to Muskegon in the morning. has been
cool all week of Oct. 21.
Saturday
it rained all day. went to Ludington to
Montgomery's opening day.
Sunday
is cold, froze ice in stock tank. Sunday night, Monday cold. Wednesday warmer and cloudy Oct. 31.
November
1---cloudy, sprinkled a little
Nov.2---not
so very cold
3rd---rained
nearly all night and in morning of 3rd.
then cleared and was nice.
4---nice
and sunshiney.
5---wind. blew a real hurricane
6---wind
in west. was blowing some at
night. Wwind is gone down and has
clouded. it may rain.
snowed
a little night of 8th.
snow
and rain 9th, not very cold. it's not freezing even. Floyd (Marcellus) is plowing.
Nov.
11---cold and cloudy. wind in south.
Nov.
12---rain, hail and cold. wind from
north in a.m. in p.m. cold north
wind. once in a while a sprinkle. started to use of the winters. Nov. 10
cool.
night
of the 14, wind blew a hurricane all night and day.
15----blowing
from west.
16---showery
17---rain
hard all day and all night.
18---showery
and cold.
19---a
little mist in a.m. rain and snow in
p.m. and all night.
20---snow
covered ground
21---snowing
hard, big flakes. wind in s.w. in a.m. P.m. turned to north. snowing and cooler.
Saturday
and Sunday 24 and 25---very cold, wind blowing from north, snowing. thermoter down to 18 above.
26---a
little warmer. sun came out in
p.m. took turks to Ludington. had dinner with Grace and Orel.
Tuesday---warmer,
looks like rain. does sprinkle a
little, wind in south.
opened
silo Nov. 20 not more than 3 inches
spoiled this year.
Nov.
29---Thanksgiving Day. we went to Grace
and Orel's home at 611 N. Rowe St. for the day. sprinkled some. rained in
night, then in morning turned to
snow. large soft flakes. ground is covered.
Dec.
1---cloudy with snow flurries.
2nd---cloudy
in a.m. P.m. sunshine for about 2 hours,
then clouded up again. soft snow during
the night. Bertha etc. (sister, who
married Harry Ulrich) called in after visiting and supper guests at Rasmus
Hansen home. stayed about an hour.
3rd.---are
going to wash today. if it doesn't fair
up, will hang clothes upstairs. rained
so I took clothess off the line at night and hung them upstairs.
Tues.4th--- cloudy in the a.m., then in p.m. started to
fine snow, not very cold. men are
hauling sand around chicken coop. I am
preparing butter for Ludington tomorrow if it's not too stormy. road is very muddy.
Wednesday---cold
p.m. sunshine by installments.
Thursday---cold, ground froze again
Friday---snowing. some wind in north.
Monday---sunshine,
a little in p.m. at night it cleared
with heavy white frost.
Tuesday---warm
and sunshiny. the atmesphere is
hazy. Phebe and Will were here for
supper on Dec. 10th. stayed until 11
o'clock at night. then in a.m. Tues.
George Osborn walked in. Jim and Em
Osborn, Warren Genson and Agnes and Will and Lucy Swimmer spent the evening
here. had new bread and butter for
lunch with grape juice to wash it down.
road has been very muddy all week.
now
Dec. 18, it is froze up again. had a
real blizzard today the 18th. then at
night it rained and hailed some. now at
11 o'clock at night, the starts are shining with hardly any wind. has been real cold for a few days.
20th---cold
but real stormy.
21-22---not
so bad, ground covered with snow. went
to Lud. 22. Grace and Orel came home at
11 o'clock Sat. night. stayed until
Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell and the boys spend Xmas day with us.
had a very nice Xmas. Grace,
Orel, Mr. and Mrs. C. Campbell, Wilbur and Ellsworth Campbell, Fred Osborn and
we three enjoyed our day together.
after dinner we drew the shades and lit the candles. it sure was nice.
Wed.
26---sunshine all day. snow almost
gone. ground is thawing again. Xmas Day was harm and hazy.
27---a
few clouds in the morning, winter sprinkle.
by noon the sun was shining and warm like spring.
29---stormy
and cold wind from the north. not much
snow flying.
Sunday---nice
winter day. Bert and family were here
for dinner. in p.m. Phebe, Will, Vera
and Walter Sutton and son Malcom came.
stayed for supper. Grace and
Orel came Saturday afternoon and stayed with us until Tuesday eve about
5:30. went home in a snow storm. we miss them very much.
Monday
31---in a.m. was hazy and by noon sun was shining. in p.m. about 4 o'clock it began to snow a little. Ferd, Floyd, Orel, Wilbur and Ellsworth went
to Scottville to the Western horse sale.
Dec.
31 at evening we three went down to Hazel (Mrs. Rasmus Hansen, Agnes' daughter)
to attend a party for Emma's 9th birthday.
That ends the year 1928.
Weather report, etc. for
1929
Jan.
1---snowed a little all day, quite cold, by night the wind was blowing.
Jan.2---snows
a little, cold at this minute. the sun
shines a cold, yellow color.
Jan.
5---in a.m. sprinkled a little then by 11 o'clock, it began to rain. was delivering butter etc. rained and snowed all the time. my coat was a sorry sight, but dried it out
again and it's alright.
6---stormy
and cold
7---still
storming like the dickens
Jan.
was cold and stormy to the end.
started the ice job Feb.4, finished Feb.
12. put up 225 cakes. there was lots of snow. went to Ludington the 19th. the day wasn't so bad, but before we got
home, it was so cold everything was covered with white frost. they say 25 below zero. in the morning it was 10 below. drove horses and sleighs. went by way of Scottville. the back road was drifted full.
Feb.
24---the first day since the first of January that the sun shone warm enough
for to thaw. this has been a beautiful
day.
Feb.
26---the first thaw of the winter. in
the morning and until about 4 o'clock, mist was flying most of the time. wind blew just awful hard from south and
s.east. then turned to west. blew until sometime in the night.
27---a
lovely day. sunshine all day. thawed a whole lot. wind in the south.
March
1---a very nice day.
2-3-4-5---thawing
days. 5 was a just beautiful day. went to Ludington with butter, etc. went with car. streets were just terrible...full of ruts. couldn't get of there when once you got into
one and there were lots of them.
6---thawing
and rain until about 4 o'clock, then turned to n.w. and north. O my! O my! how
the wind and snow went over the face of the earth. blew all night and until after noon the next day. has been real cold with fine snow--just like
February.
8---cold,
windy. went to Freesoil for a load of coal.
$9.20
9---cold,
north wind. sun grins out once in a
while. March has been kinda cold some
days, but not much rain and not any snow but wind.
25----in
the morning about 4:30 we awakened by a terrible thunder that just shook and
rattled the windows, but it did not rain very much. then wind turned to north.
white frost in the mornings.
28---it
hasn't rained from it yet. a lovely day
today. Floyd started plowing the upper
5 1/2 acres. I heard the first frogs of
the season Sunday eve. March 24.
March
31---Easter Sunday. a very stormy
day. went to Ludington to eat Easter
dinner with Grace and Orel. Bert and
family were there also. we had a very
nice time. road was icy coming home.
April
1---a very bad blizzard blowing all day from north east. roads are full, didn't get mail today.
first
week in April has been warm and lots of thunder and rain.
Sunday
night, the 7th, wind changed to the north.
is cold, but not any snow as predicted.
10th---wind
blowing from the east. bright sunshine,
but cold. Floyd fixing the car up the
10th. put in new piston rings, ground
valves and cleaned carbon.
April
20--- went to Ludington with butter, etc.
at night we went to Bertha's for roast rib dinner. Grace and Orel came home with us.
Sunday
we went to rollway to gather trailing arbutius. had a very nice time.
finished plowing the oats, 21st. bright sunshine, but wind is still blowing
from the north. just as the ground was
ready for oats on the first 10 acres, it began to rain again and has been at it
for almost a week now. ground is soaked
to full capacity.
April
30---has been raining almost all day.
thunder in the distance now at 9:00 at night. it's lightening and thrunder.
will rain again without a doubt.
butchered two hogs April 27.
May
1---cold, white frost every night.
sowed 9 1/2 acres oats.
May
7,8---sowed 100 lbs clover seed.
Morning
of 9th---heavy rain night and morning of the 10th. and 11th. wind is blowing hard from the south. turned cows in pasture across the road.
May
12---Mother's day, Grace and Orel brot me a lovely pot of tulips. a very nice day.
13---Floyd
has started the drag again ground is
wet but the oats must be sowed. it is
real summer like, sun is so warm and not much wind.
15---rec'd
29 wyandott chicks from Lawerence hatchery, all very nice, gave them to one
hen. in the evening it rained and
thundered and lightened just terrible,
wind had been blowing hard all day from the south, then turned to the
north
in
the morning, 16, the roofs were covered with snow. then by afternoon, wind changed to south west and south,
17---blowing
cold from the S.W. little chicks are
doing well,
fed
last silage May 20. have fed twice a
day for about 3 or 4 weeks
drilled
9 1/2 acres oats May 21.
then
it rained again 23rd to wet to work
the ground.
a
very nice day 26.27 excessive heat sowed cabbage seed in afternoon
28--- foggy
started
planting corn May 29.
bot
seed from Harold Elliott at Buckley 49
lbs are planting with fertilizer 2-12-6
at $2.41 per 125 lbs has been very warm
and sunshiny
31---clear
with wind from N.W.
June
1---cold wind from North finished
planting about 7 acres flint corn 24
rows Canadian flint
2---howled cold wind from north
heavy
frost-morning of 3rd wind still from
the north.
June
6-7---planted 5 acres dark red kidney beans.
planted most of them with fertilizer. 2-12-6 1 sack 4-16-4
rec'd 50 chicks from State Farms
assocate June 5 at $7.00
8---is
still cold wind from the north. money
spent for fertilizer $15.15. $14.40
bean seed
turned
Ruth and Roamy out to pasture June 10
13---rain
in afternoon
14---cloudy
in a.m.--sunshiny in p.m. wind from
the north
June
16---reunion day. it sure was a lovely
day. was cloudy in the morning but
before noon the sun was shining hot.
17---sunshiny
and hot wind blowing quite hard from
the s.w.
planted
8 acres corn June 25 2 bu. Minnesota
no.13
had
a real rain June 27 rained all day.
28---wind
turned to n.w.
29---in
the morning, will be a nice day.
ground is wet but cultivating is going on. quack grass is the limit
July
4--- spent the day in Ludington
planted
2 acres cabbage July 9-10-11
night
of 12 and morning of 13 it rained in torrents, hard thunder.
Floyd
went to Boyne City 13 returned 15
about 4 o'clock.
cut
first hay Monday 15
p.m.
July 25 have neglected writing. but nothing of importance has happened. lots of hot days.
July
24---in the eve had a hard thunder storm
got about 5 loads clover wet
August
has been dry, extremly hot then cold but did not freeze
Sept
2---buried Estella May Marcellus in South Victory cemetry.
7th---we
went to Boyne City came back Sunday
eve. at 9:30 it has been very dry.
pulled
beans Sept 11
Wed.
Thurs. and Friday rained
the
16th, 17th cold wind from the north.
men have gone to look for the corn binder.
18-19-20---heavy
frost,
cut
corn 4+ balls twine 20-21
filled
silos started Sept. 23
filled
ours the 24 had crew for supper
25---very
hot then toward evening got cooler but no rain
26---bright
sunshine, wind from the east
September
has been dry, lots of nice sunshiney days.
Oct.1---frost
at night nice sunshine. not to hot or to cold wind from the north. put 3 sacks hydrated lime and about 1 1/4
-50lb sack of salt on the cabbage for green worms. sprayed the field once with black leaf, 40, for aphis. Mrs. Nellie Roe and Leona Anderson came at
9:00 Tuesday evening, stayed all night and until afternoon next day.
2nd---sunshiny
and warm a good fall for doeing work
but ground is dry for plowing
Oct.20---
Rose and Phil (Elliott) came to spend the day,
left for home (Buckley) about 10 at night.
21---cool, wind from north
Oct
22-23--- rainy and cold
24---cold
with mist at times Bot new battery for
car Oct. 24 price $9.00
Oct.
29---took mother and Willis Gurnsey
home to Manton, rained most of the day
Thursday
31 rain.
November
1---a good day, a little cold
2---lovely
sunshine. put roofing on the house.
3---nice
fall day---in the evening it thundered and lightened in the north
4---wind
is cold from the north Floyd is
plowing
Nov.
6---cold north wind
7---sunshine
8-9---lovely
days
10-11-12---cloudy,
and damp cool. finished roofing Nov. 11
12-13-14-15-16-17---very
nice days, heavy frost at night
Nov
19---first snow of the season. ground
is covered, at 8:30 in the evening
still snowing haven't had much
rain.
finished
cutting cabbage Nov. 15
then
on the 19th hauled the cabbage fodder to the barn
20-21-22---very
cold with some snow,
22---made
a fire in tank heater, ice was from 2
to 4 inches thick
23---cold
s.w. wind
24---cold
with snow,
25---thawing
wind in South
26---thawing,
ground sloppy. hauled cabbage to the
celler, at night it rained a little then turned cold
some
snow 27 cold, hauled sand to hen house
28---very
cold, went to Ludington to Grace and Orel's for Thanksgiving dinner, had a good time. left for home at 10 min to 5 o'clock it was cold and storming
north from Scottville it was storming and snowing so hard couldn't see
the road at times
29---very
cold and stormy, in the morning the pump barrel was frozen.
30---stormy
and cold in a.m. in p.m. moderating
wind changed to West.
December
1---cold wind blowing from S.E. snowing
and blowing cold all day in evening
wind changed to South is some warmer
2nd---stormy,
some snow flying. wind from north. about 3:30 Leonard and Lillian Dow and
daughter Alice drove in. Came from
Charlevoix. were on their way to
Muskegon to stay the winter. left here
about 8:30 Tuesday morning the 3rd.
Bessie
(cow) died in the night. Klemm was
sick for a week gave medicine every 3
hours at night and day called Dr. Frye
5th at night.
Cold
with wind from all quarters, but E and S.E the coldest
15---not
so terrible cold Grace and Orel came
home for the day in evening Lester
(Marcellus) and family came to spend the evening.
16---cloudy
E & S.E. wind
17---everything
was covered with a thin coat of ice (sleet) in the morning continued that way all day, doesn't seem to thaw any. wind is still from the east and south east started to fine snow from the east about
3:30 p.m. 17th (opened silo Dec. 4. fed
first meal for dinner)
18---cold
wind from N.E.
morning
of 19, fine snow 3 above at 7 in the
morning by noon snowing some still cold. Merretta Ione Campbell was born December 21st, 1929, at 7:20
Saturday morning.
Sunday
29---snow quite hard in p.m.
30---thawing
31---sunshiny
and warm. Em Osborn was buried 31st at
2:00 in P.M Grace was taken very sick
30th. I went down and stayed with her
for 4 days. We were all very thankful
to have her get better again. was
stricken down with Pulmanary Emblism.
it's an awful thing to have.
Thus
ends the year 1929----Can't say much in it's favor.
Beginning of Year 1930
January
1---nice sunshiney day
2---warm,
thawing
3---snowed
hard in the night. stormy in a.m. in p.m. not so bad
4---cold
wind from S.E. sunshine all day
5---sunshine wind blowing hard from south & S.W.
6---hard
wind from south all day, in evening
began to rain. rained nearly all
night, then turned to northw. and froze
up.
7---went
to Lud. cold all day
8---snowed
a little in the night wind from
northeast, cloudy
10---a
lovely sunshiny day, wind kinda cold
8-10 below at daylight
11---cloudy E & S.E. wind
12---in
the morning it had rained a little,
it's not so cold, wind from
S.W. rain about noon ground still covered with snow.
13---wind
from N.E. sunshine in a.m. cloudy in p.m. at night mist,
14---
rain until about 5 p.m. then wind began
to blow is still blowing hard at 9
o'clock.
Jan.
25---has been cold, around zero above and below---from 14 is still storming from north, not so very much snow but enough for the
wind to pile around. have been ready
for town since 22, but it has been to cold and stormy.
From
Feb. 1 to 7---cloudy and cold
8---sunshine, thawing on south side of buildings, winds from south and southwest.
9---snow
and blow in the morning, about
9:30 cleared with heavy wind all
day by night-wind from N.W. & N.
10-11---cold
12---thawing,
rain then turned to snow, large flakes
13---bright
sunshine, thawing all day. went to
Ludington with butter etc. streets were
all slush and water
14-15---cold
wind and snow
16---cold
but not so stormy
17---warmer
18,
19---thawing ground is being
uncovered, wind from south, John Hansen is butchering two pigs here this a.m.
20---thaw
all day, snow almost gone lots of water, a real lake in the end of lane
at 9 o'clock at night 37 above
21---thawing lovely shunshine, Just like a spring day
wind from south
22---cloudy
in a.m. with warm south wind about
noon it began to thunder and lighten,
then it poured. rained all
afternoon.
23---just
like spring, a soft wind from west clear and sunshiney. saw first blue bird in the morning. Grace, Orel and Merretta came home
today. was a lovely day. Floyd picked trailing arbutis all
budded in a short time they will be
blossoming.
24---warm
in s.m. started to rain about
3:30. rained nearly all night--thunder
and lightening, wind from east. spent
the afternoon at Bertha's (Ulrich, her sister)
25---cloudy,
some rain showers East wind in
p.m. cooler and cloudy rain at
night freezing by morning the ground is covered with snow
26---cloudy,
22 above wind still in the east
March
came in stormy.
Tuesday
11---very stormy wind turned to North
and northwest has been a real blizzard
all afternoon. wet snow driven along by
a heavy north wind.
March
15---cloudy in p.m. rained a little at
night
cleared
16th nice sunshiny day
17---rained
during the night in a.m. cloudy- cleared in p.m. wind from north
A
real blizzard started 18th-19-20 wind
from north and north East, snow piled
up in drifts. not so very cold. evening of 20th 24 above. it's still cloudy but the wind isn't
blowing.
Dec.
26---cloudy all day with a little fine snow in morning.
27---cloudy
all day. quite cold wind
28---cloudy
all day a few crumbs of snow in the
morning
29---stormy, fine snow in a.m. with north west. P.m. a
real blizzard from north
30---in
a.m. stormy from north p.m. wind changed to S.W. sunshining ocassionally.
31---wind
blowing from N.W in a.m. not as cold
as yesterday P.m. stormy with snow,
strong North wind blowing until about 9:30 in eve. thus ends the year 1930
Beginning January 1, 1931 with a nice
sunshiney morning just a few clouds in
the sky not much snow, small drifts here and there just to remind
one it is winter.
2---cloudy
and warmer
3---a
lovely day sunshine most of the day
4---a
beautiful day, just like spring wind
from south. Grace, Orel and Merretta
were home for dinner.
5---wind
from east and N.E. cloudy most of the
day sprinkled and snowed a little by night the wind changed to the
north, all clouded up
6---cold,
wind and cloudy, Bertha, Harry (Ulrich)
and Arthur (Miller) were here in evening to hear the radio.
7---cold north wind, sunshine part of the day.
8---cloudy,
with south and s.west wind
9---cloudy,
heavy sky in a.m. sunshine in p.m. west wind
29 above at 3 o'clock
10---a
very spring like day, thawing most of the day
at night it snowed a soft, large flake snow. Jim Osborn and Walt Hill were here for supper. then we all went to Fountain to Nell and
Oscar's got home at 3:45 Sunday
morning.
11---thawing
all day, wind s.w. and south. cloudy
most of the day. snow is nearly
gone. went to Summit, and surprised
Grace, Orel and Merretta. stayed for
dinner and until 5 o'clock. the week of
the eleventh has been very nice, mild with lots of sunshine
Jan.
18---nice in a.m. started to snow about
5 o'clock. quite a fit fell during the
night and until noon the 19th. sunshine
in p.m. then it clouded up again, but
is now snowing.
20-21---snow
flurries and snowing morning of 21. 5
above zero
22---snowing
all a.m. in p.m. sunshine
23---cloudy
in a.m. wind from south in afternoon sunshine wind s.e.s
25---a
very nice forenoon, then at about eleven oclock it clouded up but no snow, we went to Grace and Orel's for dinner. got back home about 6 oclock nice day.
not cold
26-27---nice
days wind from south and south east
28---wind
blowing from south at noon it began
to snow a wet-driving snow. snowed all
afternoon at night the wind changed to
north west, by morning it had shifted
to the north.
29---clearing
9:30 sunshining it sure is nice days. clouded up again in afternoon, wind changed
to south east by night. snowed some at
dark.
30---cold
wind blowing from south a few flakes
of snow then in afternoon wind changed
to the north, misted toward evening.
31---went
to Ludington with butter etc. streets
very icey and full of holes filled with water
Feb.
1---Sunday a nice day sunshining most of the day, but wind is cold
from south. Phebe and Will came in the
afternoon. Fred Osborn was here also.
2---ground
hog day! sunshine and thawing all day.
Feb.
9---Ferd and Floyd went to Ludington to play violin and Bones and Piano for the
broadcasting. a real blizzard during
the afternoon and in evening when we
came home the storm was over. went to
Bert's. had coffee and visited a
while then stopped at Bertha's on way
home
has
been real nice weather a little cold
occasionaly.
12---foggy
in forenoon then fog dispersed about 5:30
thunder and lighten wind from
south and s.east while it thundered
the wind changed to north, it snowed,
when it should have rained with a thunder storm. it is thawing, not much snow on ground, very
icy
the remainder of Feb has been fine, lots of
sunshine. could leave potatoes over
night in basket in the shed. they did
not freeze. Grace, Orel and Merretta
have moved up on the farm. Came home
Feb. 18. cleaned and got their house in
readiness, then moved their household
goods from Summit.
March
has not been so good more cold and
wind than Feb a blizzard started in
evening of 7th snowed and blowed all
night and all day 8th. wind from north
east
9---blizzard
10---blizzard
11---wind
has subsided. 8 men worked until 1
o'clock p.m. digging out the road drifts by Sam's place are about 8 feet high, they cut the wire on John's fence and drive
around on his hill.
12---sunshine
part of the day, started to thaw about
ten o'clock. in afternoon Floyd and I
went to Fountain roads are fairly
good.
16---misty
in a.m. wind from the north
17-18---cold wind
19---sunshine,
wind from n.e.
20---thawing not a cloud in the sky, not much snow left, road is getting bad.
21---thawing, wind from north
22---sunshiny
and warm all day
23---real
warm wind from s.e.,south, west, and n. west then changed to east before we went to bed.
24---raining
from the east. just patches of snow
left where the drifts were largest
25---a
fine rain from north by noon the sky
began to fair up at night the moon
and starts are shining. colder, wind
from north
26---cold
wind wind from north cold with sunshine most of the time. white frosts at night the end of March.
April
first week in April cool with white frosts at night wind from north
8---quite spring like clear and cool and not rain in sight. roads are drying up fast some places are even dusty. first 2 weeks in April very dry. sowed 7 acres of oats, seeded with alfalfa
and red clover
April
15---thundered quite hard
16---looked
real rainy, rained just enought to lay the dust in a.m. then it showered in
p.m.
17---went
to Grace and Orel's for supper, cool
and clear
18---clear
and warm in a.m. windy in p.m. drilled 5 1/2 acres oats and seeded with
alfalfa, 68 lbs to seed
19---cloudy,
wind from north and east
22-23---drilled
8 acres oats. has been cold all week.
26---snow
on ground in the morning by noon it
was gone, we packed our lunches and
went over to Grace and Orel's had
dinner then drove on the plains and down to the lake, picked Arbutus
27-28-29-30---cold windy days some white frosts and hard freeze.
May
1---cold south and s.west wind in the
forenoon, in the afternoon a little
warmer. wind blowed hard all day, in the evening it clouded but no rain
2
in the morning 2nd, misted from the north
by afternoon the sun is grinning
thru cold wind from the north
3rd---sunshine
all day but not very warm. we went to
visit Bert and Adele in their new home at Baird's. they were not at home, so came back by town hall. found them at Lidke's fixing tires. they came home with us stayed to supper. when supper was almost ready, Phebe and Will came and Grace,
Merretta and Orel. seemed like old
times to have them all here once more
4th---wind
from north blowing hard
5---warmer,
wind blowing hard from south
6---when
we awoke this morning it was raining a nice easy rain from the north has been raining all day. Grace and Merretta came home this
afternoon. have had several nice rains.
May
18---started to rain in evening, rained
all night and all day 19th and nearly all night 20th.
20---sunshining wind from s.w. rain delayed corn planting.
21---cold
north wind, frost at night
22---cold-
west wind, shunshine and partly cloudy
23---cool. wind from west went to Ludington. Ferd
and Floyd planted 3 acres corn in field south of the house
24---partly
cloudy, sprinkled in the morning. We six went to Burt's for dinner and stayed
the afternoon
25---cold
north wind. clear, mabe it will freeze tonight. planted early potatoes, sweet corn,
strawberry plants. first row and 2/3
from fence are from Orel's farm the
balance from Tillie's (Young).
26---planted
3 acres corn in upper field just a
perfect day and evening
27---warm,
and clear wind blowing hard from s.
and s.w. at night it's just fine bright moonlight
28---hot south west wind blew hard all day.
29---rained
a shower in the morning cloudy until
noon. got real hot in the
afternoon then by 5 o'clock wind turned
to the north was real cold. Orel helped mark ground for corn then they
planted it six acres on the new
ground. Grace came and got dinner and
supper while I was at town.
30---cloudy
in the morning, by noon the sky
cleared. cold north blowing all day Floyd and I went to Young's at noon got a little pig then I went to Scottville.
31---cold
north wind. sunshine all day. heavy frost by night
June
1--- wind changed to south but it's kinda cool.
sun
is shining hot
first
week in June has been cold.
3-4----planted corn in Grant
June
7---cold north wint altho the sun is shining
one cow started a good warm coat on their body. Grace and Orel and Merretta, Phebe and Will
were her in p.m. and stayed for supper
8---still
cold north wind but by night has changed to south
9---cold
south wind, cloudy in forenoon, at noon started to rain. continued all afternoon about dark, clouds broke away
10---in
the morning cloudy, by noon cleared, and warmer planted potatoes, beans in Grant at 5'oclock planted early cabbage and 3 doz tomatoes.
the
last two weeks of June were extreemly hot and lots of rain.
26---had
a very severe wind, rain and hail, then very hot tempeture was 87-90 in the shade
108
in the back step at 3 o'clock.
cut
first hay July 1 then raked it and piled it while yet green? cut about 3 acres more July 2
2---rained
a good shower in the morning. set 225
cabbage plants has been real summer
for the last week.
July
7---Harry W.(Whitaker) is suposed to have planted his corn
9---started
to haul in hay. it's hot day time. at night it's good to cover up warm wind from the north most of the time. Very hot and dry the remainder of July cows dryed off one half in milk
August
1---hot and dry with cloudy and thundering in the distance
2---a
good rain about 4:30 in the morning.
thunder and just poured cloudy
and very balmy
Aug.
8---a good rain everything is growing
fine.
9---went
to Orel and Grace home for a birthday dinner.
Ferd and Grace celebrated together.
Grace's on the 11th, Ferd's 6th.
11,12,13,14----very
cool at night hot in the day time
Aug
16---sunshiny and very warm. rained a
little shower in the morning
17---clear
and hot wind down south east
20's---cold
nights and hot daytime, very dry are
feeding cows corn fodder twice a day.
Sept.
1---a shower in the morning. very nice
during the day. cool at night
2---started
to cut drilled corn in p.m.
3---cut corn all day, hot between the rows. rained a good shower in the night
4---am
getting ready for town we dressed 6
ducks, baked bread am making
jelly about 12 o'clock at night- just
finished it
12---finished
cutting corn 10 a.m. very hot and dry 1,073 shocks in all
13---went
to visit Burt and Adele wind blowing
just awful hard about 3:30 p.m. it
started to rain and we head it for home
at 10:30 in the night an awful electric storm swept the county
14---hot
all day rain at night
15---partly
cloudy and cooler
16---rain
in a.m. wind from east
(August
11---fed cows green corn for first time, twice a day until Sept. 24. that
finished a 2 1/2 acred field in Grant)
Sept
25---raining hard, fed cows in the barn
Oct.
10---cold wind all day, first hard frost at night
13---rain
in p.m.
Oct.
13-14-15---rain ground is soaked but it's not cold wind has changed to s.w. again. Oct 19---People's State Bank closed its doors. They are open for collections now
Oct
22-23---finished husking corn went out
to haul corn this morning, began to cloud up, just got 2 piles when it began to
rain we went for home got in just in time, has been raining hard all morning and at 2
o'clock it is still at it.
finished
husking the last part of Oct. had 800
bu.
Nov.
cool first week rained quite a
lot.
Floyd
started plowing the 9th
Grace
had a surprise birthday party at her home for me and I sure was surprised. we all stayed and had breakfast then went
home just as day was breaking
13---a
beautiful day. not a cloud in sight
15---rained
all day from s.e. warm wind blowing
16---cloudy
and misting in a.m. in the afternoon we
went to T. E. Moores. Stayed until 2
o'clock came home and had supper did chores and went to Hazel's stayed until 11:30.
17---foggy
until about 9 then it cleared
away sun is shining, warm south to
east wind
18---warm,
sunshine most of day
19---cloudy, south wind
20---cloudy
in the a.m. in p.m. rain a lot of wind at night we went to P.T.A. at Diamond School house. wind from the south it was a terrible storm some rain
21---cloudy,
wind from south
22---rain
most of the day. tonight it's
raining everything is soaked s.e. wind
we
had a terrible wind from s & s.e. for 2 days and nights
23---warm
and rainy wind from south
14---rain
and a terrible wind in p.m. turned
cold ground was frozen in the morning
of 25th for the first time this fall. A
few crumbs of snow fell.
26---Thanksgiving
day, cold, but a very nice
morning. Floyd put the tank heater up
and made a fire. have 2 chickens with
dressing in the oven, will bake a cake and pumpkin pie for dinner. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at Hazel's took one roasted chicken, pumpkin pie and
some butter, she had roasted rabbit,
mashed potatoes and gravy, baked beans, squash, pickles, cake, bread and
butter.
the
rest of the month has been cool not
much rain
Dec.
1-2----cloudy and cool
3---a
very nice sunshiny day wind from
south west
4---cloudy
this morning not very cold, there was a white frost. wind from north east. Glen Webster died this morning at his
home two miles east from Ferry. (Glen
was Agnes' sister, Martha's husband)
5.---cold
s.e. wind has been down to 10 above
7---wind
blowing hard this morning are getting
ready to go to Glen's funeral. cold
north wind with some snow drifting.
road is icy got there at
11:45. he was buried at two from the
church. got home at 6:15 just enough snow to cover ground.
8---south
east wind. some sunshine but cold went to Ludington in p.m.
9---it
has turned warmer snowed a nice snow
all forenoon. went to Grace and
Orel's stayed for dinner in p.m. has stopped snowing sunshines by installments, water drops from roof
10-11---cloudy
and cool
12---
partly cloudy, cool
13---cloudy,
a little fine snow in p.m. a little
mist
14---in
a.m. shunshine real agreeable weather
15---sunshiney
day, let the hens out clouded up at
night wind s.w. to w.
16---cloudy
in the morning ground is grozen
hard. by noon it is summer like. of course wind is cool from n.w.
sunshine 12 dandolions
blossoming on the bank of the ditch by the barn.
17-18-19-20----real
spring like, some cloudyness and some
mist and sunshine. in the 20's We three, Grace, Orel and Merretta went to
Bert's near Pentwater
21---cloudy
with mist in the evening. we went to
Grace and Orel's for supper for Merretta's 2nd birthday. Mrs. Campbell, Wilbur and Ellsworth were
there too. had a very nice supper and
also visit.
22---winter
begins with a slow rain has been
raining all morning. warm, s.e. wind
blowing
23---we
went to Buckley. left the house as the
clock was striking six, got back at
8:45 at nite
24---s.e.
wind foggy, by noon thunder rained hard then some snow but didn't stay
25---a
nice day. Grace, Merretta, Hazel, Emma
and Rasmus were here for xmas dinner.
We had a tree
26-27-28----very
agreeable weather
29---Floyd
and I left for Buckley at 10:15 am and returned 6:45 p.m. it was a perfect day. not any snow here but a little at
Norwalk then as we went north there was
more Bear Lake had ice on it. At Buckley the road plow had been out. East and s.e. wind all week between xmas and
N.Y.