Oh Clarence,
I did the same thing to Roscoes' book too. We dried it out, but the ink was smudged real bad.. Everything was lost that he kept in there. What corn was planted where and how many acres.. parts and numbers. Cows and calves what was what and what it looked like...There is nothing worse than losing the information written in those tally books. The only thing I can think of that would come close is losing your favorite recipe...