Mary Parson Smith (1868-1925)
1896-1898 Diary
Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers
1896 1897 1898
July to March
ECLIPSE COMPOSITION BOOK
1896
July 1st Wednesday - very warm day did up cherries & currants - We went to concert at night
July 2nd Thursday - nice day but very warm. Melborne over to Joe Nobbs for to help raise
barn Mrs Hill. in
July 3rd Friday - was home all day Alma here after ten while Will & Melborne went to
Norwich
July 4th Saturday was home all day done general work did up goose berries
July 5th Sunday - nice day - went to B. Church then to Mother's for tea
July 6th Monday - washed & ironed - rained some - station agent shot himself.
July 7th Tuesday - nice day rather cool. Mr & Mrs Wingrove here for dinner - Charlie Holmes
was in Aunt Lill came
July 8 - Wednesday - Bruce & I went down home for the day.
July 9. Thursday - did up black currants - home all day
July 10 Friday. nice day home all day
July 11 Saturday busy most of day.
July 12 Sunday we went down home for afternoon & tea - Bruce came home
July 13 Monday - washed & ironed - home all day
July 14 Tuesday hot day I was down home all day rode wheel - Aunt Lill came home with me
July 15 Wednesday nice day Lill & Mina Lossing here for tea
July 16 Thursday nice day mother & Aunt Sara here for tea I not very well went to Dr Stocton
after tea.
July 17 Friday nice day - I took Aunt Lill down home her & I to Soph's for tea
July 18 Saturday home all day. rather lazy day for me.
July 19 Sunday - warm day rained at night - we spent the day at mothers Aunt Lill & I went
down to the Dr's.
July 20 Monday rainy morning home all day except in to Hills after tea very warm
July 21 Tuesday I went down home in the morning then to Tillsonburg after noon - got {po---}
both
July 22 Wednesday hot day busy morning - River came up at night
July 23 Cool morning. Parson picnic at Marsh Bushell's Bruce went with me & Ma & Pa with
Uncle Wm. Mel took me down home. and left me - cutting timothy
July 24 Aunt Lil left ma & Bruce went to woodstock Lill & I to Wyatts for tea - Mel came after
me
July 25 Saturday home all day - Janie came here - in morning
July 26 Sunday - went to B. Church then to Wingroves for tea rained at night - Janie went
home.
July 27 Monday. Mother came home from Woodstock we home all day Mrs Smith & Miss
Reid here for tea. Joe Nobbs in after apples.
July 28 Tuesday English garden perdy rained in after noon we went to O - after tea I went to
Dr's - Mother went with me
July 29 Wednesday was home till evening - then I went over to Broughs after currants
July 30 Thursday hot day - home all day.
July 31 Friday hot day cutting oats home all day
Aug 1st Saturday - was home all day finished cutting oats Mel done Bama's chores rained
very hard
Aug 2 Sunday - went to B. Church then home for Melborne done Bamas chores - Bruce
came home with us
Aug 3 Monday - warm day - washed baked &c Mel took me down home after tea & left me
Aug 4 Tuesday hot day Janie & I went to Dover
Aug 5 Wednesday - hot day - Mel Bruce & I to Mothers for tea - went to get Charlie shod
Aug 6 Thursday - hot day - ranie at night Little Mel went to O - in morning over to Bamas rest
of day
Aug 7 Friday hot day Mel over to B. most of day
Aug 8 Saturday hot day Bama here for dinner & Ed. Stover for tea
Aug 9 Sunday awful hot day - thunder storm in afternoon - we went to Wingroves for tea then
to church at night
Aug 10 Monday - washed &c - Mel helping Bama plow thunder shower in night
Aug 11 Tuesday - home alone all day very warm - Soph's baby born 11 o'clock at night
George & Soph a boy.
Aug 12 Wednesday - home all day - Lena McInstoch and two McFarlane girls here for tea
Aug 13 Thursday - went to town in morning - Mother came home with us. busy after noon
Aug 14 Friday nice day thrashers here all day - Mrs J. Johnson a baby girl
Aug 15 Saturday busy morning - I took Ma & Bruce home in after noon then called at Soph's
then to Park for supper .
Aug 16 Sunday lovely day - we went to B. church then to Mothers for tea - Janie there also
Aug 17 Monday - washed down to Thelbert's most of day cut out wrapper - cool day.
Aug 18 Tuesday - home most of day was in to Will for short time cold day.
Aug 19 Wednesday - Lill Ethel & Delos here for afternoon & tea girls all night
Aug 20 Thursday. Lill Ethel & I to Joe Nobbs for dinner then to George Nobbs for tea girls
here all night Bama in after tea
Aug 21 Friday - nice day I took girls to O - in morning Mrs Wingrove & Janie here for tea.
Aug 22 Saturday home all day - Mel to Norwich in after noon with apples.
Aug 23 Sunday - nice day - we went down to Wingroves for tea.
Aug 24 Monday - washed ironed &c - home all day.
Aug 25 Tuesday - nice day - Mel home thrashing in afternoon at Joe Nobbs. Mrs G. Jackson
a baby boy
Aug 26 Wednesday rained some in after noon - I over to Bamas helping with thrashers.
Aug 27 Thursday - over to Bama's helping with thrashers for dinner
Aug 28 Friday nice day - Melborne at Helbert's thrashing I went down home for dinner -
called at Soph's - to Lossing's for tea.
Aug 29 Saturday - home all day - Melborne over to John Broughs thrashing.
Aug 30 Sunday - went to B. Church nice day to Mothers for tea Ethel & Delos Pettit & Dick
Goodwin there also.
Aug 31 Monday Mel over to J. Brough in fore noon Bama here cutting millet.
Sept
September 1st Tuesday - washed - went to Norwich after dinner got plums & peaches - Mr &
Mrs Wingrove here for tea We went to O - after tea.
Sept 2nd Wednesday. home all day very busy
Sept 3rd Thursday rainy morning I called at Mrs George Jacksons in after noon
Sept 4th Friday - Mel sowed wheat I went down to O - with Bama - Lill came back with us &
Bruce came up with Hill boys - we went to Garden party at Bama's.
Sept 5th Saturday - rainy morning Bama took Lill home I was home all day.
Sept 6th Sunday - We went down home for dinner then Mother & I went to English Church -
then to Uncle Wm for tea
Sept 7th Monday - I went down home in morning to wash beding - very bad cold - Mel
thrashing at Lossing
Sept 8 Tuesday - home all day cold very bad mel went to mill at norwich
Sept 9 Wednesday - home all day - Mel took T. seed to norwich
Sept 10 Thursday - home all day - drew millet in Bama here for dinner & tea very hot
Sept 11 Friday - drawing millet in after noon Ma & Pa here for tea very hot
Sept 12 Saturday home all day
Sept 13 Sunday - cool day - went to B Church - in to Mothers for tea.
Sept 14 Monday - washed I went to town after noon Jill Mina & {Neiline} Lossing Delos Pettit
& Dr Stocton here for tea
Sept 15 Tuesday - baked bread ironed we went to Tilsonburg in after noon got teeth treated
Sept 16 Wednesday - was home & busy all day.
Sept 17 Thursday - nice day Ma here for dinner I had quilting in after noon
Sept 18 Friday - Mel went after binder - Vel ma & Mrs Smith here for tea.
Sept 19 Saturday rainy & cold day. we went to O - after noon - pa to Father's for tea
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Sept 20 Sunday - Ma Pa & Bruce here for dinner we went down to George's for tea
Sept 21 Monday nice day - was in to Bama's for four minutes
Sept 22 Tuesday - went down home in morning to rag bee at {---} Darling's - in after noon
Sept 23 Wednesday - washed ironed &c.
Sept 24 Thursday - busy day - home all day except in to Hills for short time
Sept 25 Friday nice but windy day we went to Tilsonburg got teeth treated
Sept 26 Saturday damp day. was home all day.
Sept 27 Sunday rainy night & morning.
Sept 28 Monday washed & ironed home all day.
Sept 29 Tuesday pick cider apples rainy afternoon Belle & {--- ----} both in for short time
Sept 30 Wednesday rainy day - home all day took apples to cider mill
Oct 1st Thursday damp day - we went to Tilsonburg in after noon.
Oct 2nd Friday lovely day - went to O. show in after noon Bruce came home with us
Oct 3rd Saturday lovely day went to O. show and to concert at night
Oct 4th Sunday nice day home till evening then went to church at night
Oct 5th Monday washed ironed went down to Thelberts for tea. Mel {diping} potatoes
Oct 6th Tuesday nice morning Melborne thrashing over to Joe Nobbs I went down home for
day called at Clares. rainy afternoon & night
Oct 7th Wednesday - home all day - Mel went to O- with load of hay.
Oct 8th Thursday nice but cold day Melborne to O- with load of hay in after noon Lill came
home with him. Willie came here for tea.
Oct 9th Friday. nice but cold day. moved cook stove Lill & I went to Tilsonburg got teeth
filled.
Oct 10. Saturday nice day busy at home all morning over to Bama's after noon they had
thrashers - Mel sick headache.
Oct 11- Sunday nice day - we went to B. Church their to Mrs Wingroves for tea.
Oct 12- Monday. Mel down to Will Broughs all day - washed ironed &c.
Oct 13 Tuesday - Mel down to Will Broughs most of day. we went to O - after tea I called at
Jones's.
Oct 14 - Wednesday - nice day. Zina here most of afternoon.
Oct 15 Thursday busy morning - Mel to Thelbert after noon- I was down to G.H. Hills for tea.
Oct 16. Friday - Mrs Smith & I spent the day down South She at Mrs Kelly's & I at Aunt
Fannys. Mel & I to McInstoshes for tea
Oct 17. Saturday - Lill here all night - had thrashers - snowed so ground white.
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Oct 18 Sunday - took Lill home was to mothers for dinner then to B. Church - home for tea
Oct 19 Monday home all day.
Oct 20 Tuesday nice day. we went to O - after tea Mel to Lodge.
Oct 21 Wednesday nice day. sewed all day
Oct 22 Thursday nice day. we went to Jack Broughs for tea
Oct 23 Friday nice day home all day.
Oct 24 Saturday cold day - busy all day went to O - after tea
Oct 25 Sunday nice day - went to B. Church - to mothers for tea
Oct 26 Monday nice day. washed & ironed I went with Melborne on load of hay to O - after
tea
Oct 27. Tuesday lovely day - Lil came up she & I went to Aunt Martha's for dinner to Fred
{Claus} for tea Bruce came up
Oct 28 Wednesday nice day. Lil went home after dinner
Oct 29 Thursday nice day sewed all day - Maggie McF called
Oct 30 Friday nice day after rain in morning Mel went & made cider & Pa came home and
helped load hay.
Oct 31 Saturday busy day - Lill & Mabel here for tea Bama in after tea
Nov 1st Sunday nice day. Lill & Mabel D. here all night and for breakfast & dinner we went to
church at night
Nov 2nd Monday, lovely day. Melborne started ploughing I went over to Joe Nobbs for while
in afternoon.
Nov 3rd Tuesday lovely day. Mrs Smith & I to Mothers for dinner then I down to Bev
Lossings to rag bee
Nov 4th Wednesday. rainy day. went to quilting at Mrs J.B Hills.
Nov 5th Thursday home all day
Nov 6th Friday home all day till about four then went with Mrs Wingrove & {Lil recthorne} to
Bama's for tea Mrs Wingrove here all night.
Nov 7th Saturday nice day busy all day. Mrs Wingrove went home about nine
Nov 8th Sunday - nice day - {--} Ellie Purvis here all day we took her took her home after tea.
Nov 9 Monday washed Mel sick with sick head ache he went to Dr for medicine - rained after
supper
Nov 10 Tuesday - home all day sewed on smock.
Nov 11 Wednesday rany night - home all day.
Nov 12 Thursday cold day. I went to Norwich in after noon with Mrs W. Wingrove Mrs
Thelbert - Mel & I to O - after tea He had rash on body.
Nov 13 Friday home all day Mel some ploughing in after noon.
Nov 14 Saturday cold windy day I sick with neuraliga Ma + Mrs Wingrove came up but we
were starting for {--} had one tooth out.
Nov 15 Sunday. nice day - home all day - I sick with neuraliga
Nov 16 Monday. home all day. head some better John Bushell married
Nov 17. Tuesday - nice day. Lill came up at noon with Uncle Wm started her black dress
Bama came for me his mother sick
Nov 18 Wednesday - sewed all day - in to Bama's for short time We peeled apples after tea
Nov 19 Thursday - Sewed all day - Lill went home at night
Nov 20 Friday busy all day - into Bama's in after noon
Nov 21 Saturday busy fore noon Bama came for me at noon over there all after noon.
Nov 22- Sunday. nice day. went to B. Church - was in to Mother's short time.
Nov 23 Monday. washed & done some ironing Mrs Wingrove in We went over to Bama's -
rained some.
Nov 24 Tuesday - busy day. home all day except into Bamas - Mr Howse burried
Nov 25. Wednesday. home all day - except in to Bama's Joe Nobbs - a baby boy.11 a.m.
Nov 26 Thursday. Thanksgiving day - Mrs Best called also {Frankee Kirkly} - home all day.
Nov 27. Friday. busy day. Bruce came up but went right back as we were going to O - rainy.
Nov 28. Saturday busy morning. went to Uncle Bushells frunnel peeled apples at night
Nov 29. Sunday. nice day. but cold. we went to B Church then to Mother's for tea
Nov 30. Monday - home all day Mel went to Norwich I called at Joe's Nobbs + Zina Broughs
then after tea we went over to Bama's
1896
Dec 1st Tuesday busy all day. Mel killed pig after noon. weighed 220 lbs.
Dec 2nd Wednesday very busy day. churned. {----} our lard - &c.
Dec 3rd Thursday - spent the day down home.
Dec 4th Friday - very busy day- we went to Will Broughs for tea
Dec 5th Saturday busy day. made head cheese &c.
Dec 6th. Sunday - nice day - We went to B. Church to Mother's for tea. She came home with
us
Dec 7th Monday. washed churned &c. took Mother home & brought Mrs Murray home with
me.
Dec 8th. Tuesday. nice morning rainy after noon - Scott here fixing chimley I took Mrs Murray
to Lynn's.
Dec 9th Wednesday. busy all day. peeled apples at night
Dec 10th. Thursday. home all day.
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Dec 11 Friday nice day home all day.
Dec 12 Saturday nice day. busy morning Mrs Thelbert in I called over to see how Zina was -
John & Carrie baby girl
Dec 13 Sunday went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea Mina + Mabel there
Dec 14 Monday - nice day. Mr & Mrs Wingrove here for dinner
Dec 15 Tuesday. cold & windy day - we went to town in after noon.
Dec 16 Wednesday. lovely day Mother & Soph here for dinner we went to New England
supper at Springford
Dec 17 Thursday - home day day.
Dec 18 Friday home all day.
Dec 19 Saturday nice day. we went to O. after dinner
Dec 20 Sunday. I very bad cold - we went over to Joe's after tea - for short time
Dec 21 Monday - washed &c - we went to O - after noon
Dec 22 Tuesday - Snowy day - home all day
Dec 23 Wednesday. home all day
Dec 24 Thursday. home all day - & busy.
Dec 25 Christmas day. Mel sick headache we went down home - Lill & I went down town
after noon Called on Carrie.
Dec 26 Saturday nice day. Bruce here. Mel & I went to O - in after noon.
Dec 27. Lovely winters day - we went to B. Church - Bruce here
Dec 28 Cold day - Thelberts here for tea - home all day.
Dec 29 Tuesday - home all day - except little while in after noon then was in to Bamas & Hills
Dec 30 Wednesday - busy day. Joe & Annie Nobbs here for tea
Dec 31 Thursday we went to B. Concert. Lill came home with us.
1897
Jan 1st Friday - rainy after noon Ma - Pa - Lill Bruce Mr G. Mr & Mrs Wingrove here for
dinner - Lill & Bruce all night
Jan 2nd Saturday lovely day over head muddy underfoot Bert Hill called. Mel went with him
to Spencerville I took Lill & Bruce home
Jan 3rd Sunday. home till evening then to Mothers for tea then to church then to Darlings.
Jan 4th. Monday. washed but did not put clothes out
Jan 5th. Tuesday finished washing - churned baked bread then went to O - in after noon - I
called at Lossings
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Jan 6th. Wednesday - Mel went to O. after seeder.
Jan 7 Thursday - home all day.
Jan 8 Friday - Mel to O- with load of hay - Mr & Mrs Wingrove called.
Jan 9 Saturday home all day Mel to Norwich in after noon Janie Will Broughs here all
evening
Jan 10 Sunday - Janie here all day - we went to Mrs Wingroves for tea then to church
Jan 11 Monday - Mel went to Norwich in morning home all day
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Jan 12 Tuesday. cold day. Mel & I to Norwich in after noon I called to see Frankie - went to O
- after tea Mel to Lodge John Smart & Mrs Dow married
Jan 13 Wednesday - nice day I had cold We to C. Jacksons for tea - &c
Jan 14 Thursday Mel went to Delhi in after noon I stopped at Mothers.
Jan 15 Friday - nice day. Mel went to {Austices} Sale then we were at Bamas for tea
Jan 16 Saturday - nice day. I in to Mrs Hills after dinner peeled apples.
Jan 17 Sunday. rainy day - we went to mothers for tea Mrs Fischer there for tea - Lill & I was
in to Charlie {Pen's} for while
Jan 18 Monday windy day - washed & ironed
Jan 19 Tuesday - lovely winters day - Mrs Smith & I to Mrs Wingroves for dinner.
Jan 20 Wednesday - snowy after noon - Mel went to Norwich I home all day. busy at general
work.
Jan 21 Thursday - first sleighing Mel & I to Tilsonburg in after noon in cutter.
Jan 22 Friday snow day - home all day peeled apples Bruce came up
Jan 23 Saturday cold day Mel to Norwich with oats Bruce here we went to town after tea
Jan 24 Sunday cold day went to B Church then home
Jan 25 Monday - very cold - Mel went to sale with Barry to Norwich peeled apples
Jan 26 Tuesday very cold day. Mel to Norwich with oats we went in to J. B Hills after tea
Jan 27 Wednesday little warmer - Mel & Bama cutting wood peeled apples
Jan 28 Thursday - nice day Mel after wood twice home all day
Jan 29 Friday nice day Mel after wood twice peeled apples after tea
Jan 30 Saturday busy all day - Mel went after wood in morning - drew hay to Thelbert after
noon we went to town after tea I stayed all night.
Jan 31 Sunday lovely day - I went to S.S. & B.C. then to Mrs Wingrove for tea - Mel came
down for tea - my plants froze.
1897
Feb 1st. Monday - washed & ironed & peeled apples - lovely day.
Feb 2nd. Tuesday - lovely day- Mel went to Norwich in morning then he went to Wingroves
to press straw I went down home for the after noon.
Feb 3rd. Wednesday- Mel helping to press straw we went to Best's after tea - lovely night.
Feb 4th. Thursday - lovely day. I down to Thelbert they pressed Hay Mel & I up to Velma's
after noon - did not stay John {Lyons} died.
Feb 5th. Friday nice day Mel & Bama cut wood in morning Mel after load in after noon I was
in to Bama's
Feb 6th Saturday sick all night rainy night & day - home all day Bama & Mother here for tea
&c.
Feb 7th. Sunday - lovely day went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea Janie came home
with us
Feb 8 Monday - nice day over head in after noon - Mel went to went to mill in morning Janie
& I went & called at Frankie's in after noon went to Thelbert for tea
Feb 9 Tuesday - home all day Janie went down to Wills broughs Jack & Zina here for tea &c.
Feb 10 Wednesday Will & Belle {-----} - George Nobbs here for tea crowd from O. after tea
Feb 11 Thursday - Janie went home - Lizzie Kellet came on noon train.
Feb 12 Friday - nice day. we all went to town on bobs - Bama in most of fore noon - Dr
Stocton & two Lossy girls here for evening
Feb 13 Saturday Lill went home in morning - Lizzie on noon train - Sam Wallace died
Feb 14 Sunday nice day - we went to B. Church then to mothers for tea - Bruce sick
Feb 15 Monday - washed white cloths - went to S. Wallace frunel then to mothers for tea -
{Rena} . Miss Bell & Mr Gill there.
Feb 16 Tuesday - washed flannel & ironed Mr Foster here for tea
Feb 17 Wednesday - done general work.
Feb 18 Thursday - nice day - I was in to Mrs Smiths George Soph here for tea
Feb 19. Friday - I down home all day went on bobs - Lill to Norwich
Feb 20 Saturday home all day - rainy after noon
Feb 21 Sunday nice day - Mel & I to Uncle Wm for tea
Feb 22 Monday home all day except to Hills - Frankee Kirkly died
Feb 23 Tuesday nice day - Elenor Mary & I to mothers for dinner
Feb 24 Wednesday cold day Mel + I went to Peteis Kirklys after noon
Feb 25 Thursday cold day Frankee Kirkly burried we went to frunnel
Feb 26 Friday nice day - Mel took hay away I went to O. in after noon
Feb 27 Saturday very cold day - home all day except in to Hills
Feb 28 Sunday - nice day we went to B Church then to Mothers for tea
March 1st Monday snowy day - had wood sawers - I was in to Mrs Hills
March 2nd Tuesday - Mel home took me to O. in morning - I went to convention - Mel came
after me at night
Mar 3rd Wednesday nice day - we went to Dave Hamilton's splendid sleighing
March 4th Thursday - washed - Last day of sleighing - I was in to Hills
March 5th. Friday rained most of day we went to Wills Broughs for tea &c.
March 6th Saturday Aunt Franny John & Mary hobbs here for dinner we to George hobbs for
tea &c.
March 7 Sunday regular march day- was home till evening then went to Wingroves for tea
March 8 Monday washed flannels - was home all day Mel went of to chop (Daniel James Mr
Mitchel & Mr Sypes died)
March 9 Tuesday nasty day - was home all day
March 10 Wednesday - nice day overhead - we went to Tilsonburg got tooth filled & new
cape called at Lizzie Kelletts
March 11 Thursday nice day overhead I went down home all day. Lill came home with me -
Bama in after tea
March 12 Friday sewed all day - peeled apples after tea
March 13 Saturday - done general work finished at apples
March 14 Sunday regular march day. took Lill home was to mothers for dinner then to B.
Church
March 15 Monday washed &c - was home all day
March 16 Tuesday ironed & baked bread down to O. all after noon
March 17 Wednesday Joe Nobbs - George Jackson & families here for tea Mrs Smith here
after tea.
March 18 Thursday foggy morning Mel took me down home I went to rag bee at Ella
McFarlanes.
March 19 Friday - sewed all day.
March 20 Saturday rainy night high wind & thundered busy all morning. Mel went after grist &
took dryed apples - Bruce came up - very muddy
March 21 Sunday - nice day over head we went to B. Church was in home for short time
March 22 Monday - home all day - sewed &c.
March 23 Tuesday - rainy day - home all day.
March 24 Wednesday - went to town in afternoon.
March 25 Thursday - canned syrup - made jelly &c. was into Bama's for short time
March 26 Friday home all day Bruce came up at night
March 27 Saturday home all day - set here.
March 28. Sunday - went down home for dinner then to B. Church - road bad
March 29 Monday . home all day
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March 30 Tuesday home all day till evening then went down to Dave Purvis for evening.
March 31 Wednesday washed home all day till evening then went to Will Holmes. Mel went
fishing
April 1st Thursday nice day. Lill & Nellie here for tea we were in to J. Broughs for short time
Apr 2nd Friday lovely day I down to George's for dinner to Mothers for tea. Bruce came
home with me
April 3 Saturday home all day - went to O. after tea Pa came home with us.
April 4 Sunday Pa here all day. rainy afternoon - I took him home - about five.
April 5 Monday washed flannels. &c - Mel took milk &c.
April 6 Tuesday - rainy day. We went down to Thelbert's for warm sugar. I not feeling very
well
April 7 Wednesday - home all day rainy night
Thursday April 8. busy morning - I went down home in after noon
April 9. Friday home all day. not very well snowed
April 10 Saturday - cold day Mel & I went to Norwich in after noon
April 11 Sunday nice day - went to B. Church to Mother for tea
April 12 Monday. washed &c.
April 13 Tuesday ironed not very well
April 14 Wednesday- Ma & Mrs Wingrove here for dinner Mel took me to see Doctor - Lill
came down with us inflamation of bladder & gall bladder
April 15 Thursday sick all day.
April 16 Good Friday - some better home all day
April 17 Saturday nice day I took Lill home - Bama in to Mothers for tea - Peg. acted up
coming home
April 18 Sunday. nice day. we to B. Church then to Mother's for tea Soph & George there
also. Lill to Tilsonburg bring with Mabel Darling.
April 19. Monday started house cleaning - upstairs Bruce here
April 20 Tuesday started papering bedroom ceiling
April 21 Wednesday. finished papering - Mel started to work on land
April 22 Thursday busy all day - Mel started to sow oats
April 23 Friday - busy day washed ironed &c very warm Winnie here all after noon rainy night
April 24 Saturday very busy - Mel & Bruce went to Norwich in after noon - we went to O. after
tea
{note in margin} PPPPP
April 25 Sunday - rainy day. went in to Bama's - then we went to M church - at night
April 26 Monday rainy morning - we went to Oddfellows concert
April 27 Tuesday cleaned front room started pantry
April 28 Wednesday nice day home all day - finished cleaning pantry- {M--} & Pugsly called
April 29 Thursday nice day. Watkins took pump away. Scott here fixing {eaves} pipes - I went
to O. with bus {---}
April 30 Friday rainy after noon - Bruce came up.
April 30 S
1897
May 1st Saturday rainy day. Bruce here. home all day.
May 2nd Sunday rainy day - we went down to Mother's for dinner.
May 3rd Monday washed & done most of ironing rainy day dry spells.
May 4th Tuesday finish ironing &c - home all day.
May 5 Wednesday Mel & I to O. after dinner in wagon.
May 6 Thursday - cleaned hall & started dining room - very tired
May 7 Friday Arbor day. Bruce came up - finished cleaning dining room and kitchen
May 8 Saturday. Mel finished sewing oats home all day.
May 9 Sunday nice day - we went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea
May 10 Monday washed. ironed &c - home all day.
May 11 Tuesday - home all day - sewed &c - cow kicked me - we went over to Watkins
after {sucker} for pump.
May 12 Wednesday - showery day - I spent it down home was in to Sophs - to Clares. Lena
D - &c.
May 13 Thursday - cloudy day. Mr & Mrs Wingrove here for dinner on their way home from
Brantford.
May 14 Friday - rather cool day - rained at night headed - hailed & rained in after noon -
home all day.
May 15 Saturday rainy in after noon - I was in to Bamas.
May 16 Sunday - sprinkled in morning - we went to B. Church then in home for tea
May 17 Monday. washed & ironed
May 18 Tuesday - rainy after noon home all day
May 19 Wednesday - home all day.
May 20 Thursday rainy day mother & Soph here all day.
May 21 Friday home all day Bruce came up just noon He & Mel went to Norwich Mildale &
{Ottwell} got {---dge}
May 22 Saturday rather nice day Mel planted potatoes & washed buggy. Mrs McFarlane
called Lill went to Brantford
May 23 Sunday rainy day home all day Bruce here Bama here most of after noon
May 24 Monday - I {nav} down home all day - went to the woods. Lill & Mabel came here off
train Jim Brantford George & Soph was up after tea
May 25 Tuesday cool day. I took girls home after dinner Pa came up with rig - & Mel came
down after tea
May 26 Wednesday - washed & ironed &c.
May 27 Thursday - rather nice day. Mrs G W. Hill here for tea. Mel went to Norwich to get
horse shod.
May 28 Friday - rainy day we went to picnic at Kelletts cold day
May 29 Saturday cold day - I was in to Zina in after noon - sent milk to factory at night
May 30 Sunday - we went to Lizzie Kelletts for tea rained in afternoon
May 31 Monday. washed ironed &c - home all day
May 31 Tuesday
June 1st Tuesday. home all day.
June 2nd. Wednesday - little warmer but not much Mel sick headache in night Mother & Mrs
Clarke here for tea
June 3rd. Thursday - rainy morning - nice after noon - we went to ball play then in to Soph's
for while - Lill came home with us
June 4th Friday home all day.
June 5th Saturday home all day we went down to Will Broughs after tea
June 6th. Sunday - nice day - we went down to Mothers for dinner Aunt Martha's were there
then to B. Church then to Wingroves for tea
June 7th. Monday - washed - &c. rained in after noon Bama in
June 8th Tuesday. nice day home all day - I went down to Will Broughs for pansy plants then
down to Thelberts to come back with Melborne.
June 9th Wednesday - lovely day Melborne putting in mothers H. {Trelfy} & Lettie Harris
married
June 10 Thursday. home all day.
June 11 Friday - Melborne to raising at J.B Hills - I went down home all day. Bruce came up
with me.
June 12 Saturday lovely day Melborne & Bruce to Norwich in after noon - Dola & Flo
Parson's here all after noon I took them to O - after tea
June 13 Sunday lovely day - we went to B. C. then Pat Melborne came up and done chores -
then came after me.
June 14 Monday - washed nice day - Alma & Nina here all after noon.
June 15 Tuesday - nice day - ironed &c - Took girls to O - was at mothers for tea
{note in margin} SSSSS
June 16 Wednesday - busy all day. Pa here for supper - we went to Lizzie Kelletts for
evening.
June 17. Thursday - rather nice day. I had rag bee Lillie Fanny & Lizzie Kellett stayed all
night
June 18. Friday - lovely day girls went home on evening train Bruce came up (Mrs Deane
burried)
June 19 Saturday - nice day - Mrs Hill was in. Pa & Ma called on way home from Tom
Parsons - Bruce went home with them
June 20 Sunday - we went to B. Church then to mothers for tea very cool.
June 21 Monday washed & ironed - went to O - after tea I was in to Sops while Melborne
went to town
June 22 Tuesday - I went down home in morning - Pa came up then He & Melborne came
down after me.
June 23 Wednesday- home all day - shops burnt 1/2 past 2. in night.
June 24 Thursday - nice day baked bread &c. Mr & Mrs Reid called we went to O - after
noon - Mrs Thelbert came up
June 25 Friday - nice day. home all day.
June 26 Saturday done work up - went to Norwich to bank - then to O - after tea. was in to
Hill for short time
June 27 Sunday - nice day went to B. Church - then to mothers for tea. Bruce came up.
June 28 Monday - nice day - home till after tea then went to hunt strawberries - then to O -
after sugar
June 29 Tuesday - had lovely rain - went after strawberries rained.
June 30 Wednesday done up strawberries & baked bread.
July 1st. Thursday I went down home in morning - Mina - Lill Soph & I went to woods in
morning - then to park in after noon - Pa came up in after noon - & Mel came after me - Lill
came home with us.
July 2nd. Fridayday warm day sewed all day. Minnie Best here for tea we took her up to C.
Jackson's after tea
July 3 Saturday very warm day. Lill here we sewed on Lill skirt
July 4 Sunday extremely hot day- we went down home in morning was there for dinner then
to Wingroves for tea
July 5 Monday washed - very hot day- we went over to Mildale for strawberries - after tea
July 6 Tuesday warm day - Mrs Smith - Mr & Mrs Wingrove here for tea - churned & ironed
Bruce came up S. Dorland died
July 7 Wednesday warm day Mrs Hill in afternoon
July 8 Thursday very hot day - Mrs Smith + I went to Simeon Dorlands frunnel - was to
Mothers for tea
July 9 Friday. very hot day - Bruce went home I was home all day
July 10 Saturday very hot day - home all day
July 11 Sunday - some cooler. home all day till after tea then we drove down to see Belle
Glinhoff. lovely drive
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July 12. Monday. very warm day - I went to town in morning - got home by noon. Mel started
to cut his hay.
July 13 Tuesday - home all day. Bruce came up. I went down to Elmer after noon to sell
{apled} currants
July 14 Wednesday - home all day - Lill called in on way to Woodstock
July 15 Thursday - little cooler - home all day- Janie here for tea.
July 16 Friday home all day - drawing in hay - Bruce went home.
July 17 Saturday - Mel sick head ache - Bruce came up - at noon drew hay in in after noon I
in to Hills - Mrs H - Mrs William & Maggie McF. called.
July 18. Sunday. rainy morning - we went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea Janie & Soph
there rainy.
July 19. Monday - washed - picked berries - ironed some went to O - in evening
July 20 Tuesday - ironed - baked bread &c. home all day.
July 21 Wednesday - showery - home all day - Mel cutting wheat
July 22 Thursday very busy day. home all day.
July 23 Friday - nice day. went {want} to Pirie at Mothers Lizzie P. came home with us
July 24 Saturday very busy day. Jamie & Mrs Wingrove called Lizzie Parsone here all night
July 25 Sunday - nice day. John & Carrie here for tea Bruce came up with them
July 26 Monday - washed I went to O. then to Cornell after cherries - rained Lill came home
with me
July 27 Tuesday - rainy day- (Zina sick baby boy 1) Mel went to O - after noon - Bama here
for tea
July 28 Wednesday warm day - sewed most of day - Lill here
July 29 Thursday warm day - home all day - except to call on Zina Elenor called here - Lill
went home after tea
July 30 Friday I went to O - after dinner to pirie up paid Janie came home with me.
J ,
July 31 Saturday hot day - Mel over to Bamas - {---} here all night - to Shebbes for dinner
then here again
Aug 1st Sunday lovely day - we went to Mothers for dinner & to B. Church then to Mrs
Wingroves for tea Mr & Mrs W. Holmes here
Aug 2 Monday - washed was very busy all day. Mrs Smith here all night
Aug 3 Tuesday hot day baked - made jelly done of currants & ironed.
Aug 4 Wednesday - very hot morning. oddfellows pirie I went to O - in morning - poured rain
in after noon Jamie Lill & I to Paxton's for tea
Aug 5 Thursday - warm day- Mel started to cut oats home all day.
Aug 6. Friday warm day - Mel started to cut oats
{note in margin} LLLLLLL
Aug 7 Saturday nice day- I was in to Hills and to Zina after tea
Aug 8 Sunday home all day rained
Aug 9. Monday washed - in to Mrs Smith for few minutes went to O - after tea
Aug 10 Tuesday ironed - rained in morning - home all day
Aug 11 Wednesday - home all day. Mrs Thelbert & winnie here in after noon
Aug 12 Thursday home all day. Mrs {-----} a baby boy.
Aug 13 Friday Mel over to J. Nobbs all day - I over to Mrs Smiths
Aug 14 Saturday warm day - busy morning I went to O - after noon - Mel over to J. Nobbs.
thrashing
Aug 15 Sunday - rained some in night cloudy morning we went to B. Church then over to
{---gis} for tea rain at night Belle {Fish} baby girl
Aug 16 Monday - washed ironed - home all day.
Aug 17 Tuesday I went down home in morning Pa brought my home then I went to Lossing
for tea Pa brought Mother + I up after tea Mel at Thelberts all morning thrashing
Aug 18 Wednesday windy day Ma + I over to Joe Nobb's for tea
Aug 19 Thursday home all day - rainy morning Janie here for tea. put quilt on
Aug 20 Friday cool day - quilted most of day we took Mother home after tea
Aug 21 Saturday home all day - very busy - Barma helping Mel draw in oats
Aug 22 Sunday nice day - to Thelberts for dinner to church at night
Aug 23 Monday washed & ironed - home all day
Aug 24 Tuesday - I went down home in morning - washed beding - call at Jones - to Mrs
Tilbots for tea
Aug 25 Wednesday home all day baked {---} &c {---} all after noon - Mel over to B - all fore
noon drawing oats
Aug 26 Thursday home all day quilted Ben Collver killed
Aug 27 - Friday - lovely day - home all day Melborne over to Bama helping take in H - hay -
Mrs Hill in most of after noon took quilt off
Aug 28 Saturday busy day- we went to town after tea Pa came home with us
Aug 29 Sunday Pa here all night till after dinner we went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea
- called at Sophs & Mrs Wingroves Lill came home with us. Ben Collver burried
Aug 30 Monday washed & ironed put quilt on started Lills {naist} - &c
Aug 31 Tuesday - warm day cool night Mrs Wingrove here for dinner Mel & Lill to Norwich -
Zina here for short time
Sept 1 Wednesday rainy after noon - Mel went to O - Lill went home- Mrs Thelbert here for
short time Mel's cold bad
Sept 2 Thursday home all day quilted the quilt off - Thelberts up after pears - Maud Kirkly
was in.
{note in margin} XXXXX
Sept 3 Friday nice day- Maud Kirkly & Mrs J. B. Hill here for dinner and afternoon Pa came
up & I went home with him (Sara Frank died)
1897
Sept 4 Saturday I was down to O - all day to Miss Talbots most of day - Mel came after me at
night
Sept 5 Sunday warm day - we went to Sara Frank's frunnel then to Father for tea
Sept 6 Monday hot day washed &c. Mel over to Bama's thrashing - Mr Goodwin gave Lill
bicyle
Sept 7 Tuesday very hot day home all day - working on purple wrapper - churned & ironed
&c.
Sept 8. Wednesday - Melborne over to J. Broughs thrashing Mrs Thelbert & I went to
Norwich in after noon for {Joleens} I got 1pk of greengages - I done up peaches. Lill & Mina
called in wheels
Sept 9 Thursday - nice hot day I went down home after noon Melborne over to Will Broughs
thrashing Bruce came home with me.
Sept 10 Friday done up plums. Mrs Thelbert up to get head washed worked on apples.
Sept 11 Saturday busy day - home all day.
Sept 12. Sunday - we went to O. Ma & I went to English Church then Ma Pa & us to
Wingrove's for tea
Sept 13 Monday - washed ironed cut red wrapper out went up to Grays after plums - very
tired got bushell
Sept 14 Tuesday - done up plums- sewed in after noon - Lill wheeled up stayed for tea.
Sept 15 Wednesday - busy day - Melborne went to Norwich to get chop - I was in to Bama's
for short time
Sept 16 Thursday awful hot day. I down home all day quilting Mrs S. {W---- } & Soph there.
Sept 17 Friday home all day finished wrapper - Bama helping draw in Hungarian. we went to
peach social at Springford quite hard frost
Sept 18 Saturday busy morning - I went to O - after dinner got {Eldar} berries - Melborne
helping Joe Nobbs
Sept 19 - Sunday nice day but cool - went to B. Church to Mothers for tea Melly Millard
burried
Sept 20 Monday washed ironed & fixed {---dge} - very cool
Sept 21 Tuesday worked on {---dge} cover - went to Norwich in after noon - got plum &
peaches. Pa was up in fore noon.
Sept 22 Wednesday - Lill came up in fore noon - I made {----} Velma here for tea.
Sept 23 Thursday nice day. Lill went home in morning. I went down in after noon. called at
Miss Talbots & Lena Darling's
Sept 24 Friday - home & very busy all day - swept all up stairs &c. sewed on night shirts
Sept 25 Saturday - busy day. Bruce came up at noon - home all day Minnie was up.
Sept 26 Sunday - we went down home for dinner - cool night.
Sept 27 Monday - sewed most of day on night shirt - Jack Madison here helping cut corn -
we went down home after tea Lena + Talbot came on noon train
Sept 28. Tuesday - I was down home all day.
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Sept 29. Wednesday - busy day. made {chila} sauce - was in to Hills & Thelberts
Sept 30 Thursday - warm day Talbot wheeled up in fore noon we went to O - after tea.
Oct 1 Friday - warm day. we went to show in after noon Lill & Talbot went to Detroit
Oct 2. Saturday - cool wind - Mel dug potatoes - went to show about four. then to Mothers
then to concert I stay down all night
Oct 3 Sunday nice day I went to B. Church Mel came down for tea
Oct 4 Monday washed & ironed. very tired
Oct 5 Tuesday . . done baking &c. went to O - after noon Lena came home with me - Mel at
Thelberts thrashing
Oct 6 Wednesday. Mel down to Thelbert in fore noon we thrashed in after noon
Oct 7. Thursday - thrashers here in fore noon & for dinner - rained little in night
Oct 8. Friday - home all day- Melborne to Norwich to mill rainy after noon
Oct 9 Saturday nice day - busy all morning - I took Lena to O - in afternoon.
Oct 10 Sunday - lovely day - we went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea.
Oct 11 Monday washed - & Hacked two stoves and put them up - very tired XXXX
Oct 12 Tuesday - ironed. churned &c - cleaned up parlor. then went and got some nuts.
Oct 13. Wednesday - busy all day. . .
Oct 14 Thursday lovely day. Mrs D Purvis & Mother here for tea.
Oct 15 Friday was home all day till evening then we went to O - Bruce came home
Oct 16 Saturday - home all day - gathered nuts Bruce here
Oct 17 Sunday - we went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea
Oct 18 Monday washed ironed &c - very tired picked two chickens
Oct 19 Tuesday - nice day went to O - after noon - Talbot & Lena came up with me.
Oct 20 Wednesday rainy after noon - Talbot & Melborne went to O -
Oct 21 Thursday - {L--} & Melborne went Hunting &c.
Oct 22 Friday - home all day. Melbon + Talbot to O - after dinner - Lill & Ella Paxton here all
night Melborne {--} {---} {---}
Oct 23 Saturday home all day very busy - Lena went to O - Ma came home with hime
Oct 24 Sunday - Pa walked up. lovely day I took Ma & Pa home
Oct 25 Monday - damp fore noon - Lena & I called at Joe Nobbs T. W. O. to O - in after
noon
Oct 26 Tuesday nice day - Lena + I sewed most of the day T.W.O came up at noon - retired
at 9. Mel went for Dr at ½ past 9. as Lena was taken sick
Oct 27 Mother - Elenor & Dr here all night baby born ½ past two a.m - Mrs Kenny here
washing - Lill was up.
Oct 28. Thursday - very busy day - Dr. called - Zina & Mary called also Elenor - Bruce &
T.W.O went to Norwich
Oct 29. Friday - Dr here twice - very tired.
Oct 30. Saturday very busy morning - I went to town in after noon - Elenor called Snowed
most of morning.
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Oct 31 Sunday. Pa & Bruce came up. I took them home before dark - rained in night
Oct
Nov 1st. Monday - raiy day - Dr called
Nov 2nd Tuesday - rainy day.
Nov 3rd Wednesday - lovely day washed & some ironing Mrs J. Hobbs Elenor - {---} Clare -
George & Soph called
Nov 4th Thursday nice day ironed &c. Mel went to Norwich with wheat Lill & Mrs Purvis,
Marth + Zina called.
Nov 5th Friday - busy day nice day - Lill + Mrs Purvis Ma + Talbot went to O - for the day.
rainy night - Mrs Wingrove here for dinner.
Nov 6 Saturday very cold wind - I went with Meborne to J. Johnsons for the ride - Maggie
McF & Nellie Lossing called. Nellie Clare a baby boy.
Nov 7. Sunday nice day - Mel + I to B. Church - TWO - to O - with us Mrs Smith called.
Nov 8. Monday - washed - rainy day. & night Mel got up in night & {work clothes down} -
brought Lena down stairs
Nov 9. Tuesday - rainy morning nice after noon - got part of cloths dry - Mel took Mother
home.
Nov 10. Wednesday - nice morning - rainy after noon Mel went to O - Mrs G H Hill called
Nov 11 Thursday - showery day - busy all day not feeling very good
Nov 12. Friday - showery day. Bruce came up after school - I was very tired and not feeling
well
Nov 13 Saturday - not very nice day Bruce went home with Maggie &c.
Nov 14 Sunday. rainy after noon home all day.
Nov 15 Monday. washed but did not put clothes out rainy day T W O - came back from
Brantford
Nov 16 Tuesday {Cleared} by noon - Ma & Mrs Wingrove Mrs Purvis & Lill was up - T W O -
went to O - with them
Nov 17. Wednesday - ironed &c Zina called.
Nov 18. Thursday. Bama here helping draw in corn his birthday I took Lena & Baby to O - in
after noon T W O came back with me
Nov 19. Friday - busy day. straightened up house T W-O - went to O.
Nov 20 Saturday busy day.
Nov 21 Sunday - nice morning - cold in after noon - we went down home for dinner & tea.
Nov 22 Monday. washed &c. Pa + TWO here for dinner we went down to Thelberts for while
- snowy.
Nov 23 Tuesday - churned - ironed &c - home all day
Nov 24 Wednesday - busy all day.
Nov 25 Thursday Thanks giving day - we went down home for dinner - rainy day- Barna in
after tea
Nov 26 Friday- home all day made sofa cushin &c rainy day.
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Nov 27 Saturday - cold day. I was in to Mrs Hills for short time
Nov 28 Sunday - Melborne sick head ache all day & night nice day home all day
Nov 29 Monday - cold day- Mel finished plowing - we to Bama's for tea - also Jim Brough's.
Nov 30. Tuesday - nice day - Mel went to mill to Norwich in after noon - home all day
1897
Dec 1st Wednesday - snowed in night I went down home Dick Goodwin & wife there Lena &
I to Aunt Janes - for dinner- Mel helping Thelbert
Dec 2nd Thursday - cleaned stove & put up up stairs - we went to O - after tea
Dec 3rd Friday - nice winters day. Melborne over to Joe Nobbs thrashing I was home alone
all day. rather a long day.
Dec 4th Saturday home all day rainy day.
Dec 5 Sunday nice day we went down home for dinner then to B. Church - then to Mrs
Wingroves for tea
Dec 6 Monday washed &c. home all day.
Dec 7 Tuesday ironed &c. sewed all after noon - Mel went to norwich & got horses shod
Dec 8 Wednesday - home all day sewing &c. Melborne down to Thelberts in after noon
drawing in corn lovely day
Dec 9 Thursday. Melborne down to Thelberts - I went down home for the day.
Dec 10 Friday - sewed all day - we went to Bamas for oysters springford folk there
Dec 11 Saturday busy all day - was home - roads soften up.
De
Dec 12 Sunday nice day over head we at Jones for dinner call at Mothers.
Dec 13 Monday - churned &c. very busy Dick Goodwin to his father home.
Dec 14 Tuesday - rainy day road horrid
Dec 15 Wednesday busy morning we went to town in after noon - to mothers for tea
Dec 16 Thursday. busy all day. made xmas pudding &c. Will Elenor & Edith Burgh here for
supper &c.
Dec 17 Friday snowed all day - Mel helped Bama kill beef
Dec 18 Saturday - cold day Melborne helping Thelbert husk corn - I was home all day
Dec 19 Sunday. we went to B. Church - called at clare's then to mothers for tea
Dec 20 Monday - I was down home all day. Talbot + Melborne hunting all day.
Dec 21 Tuesday - washed- Melborne went to mill I went down after Lena in after noon.
Dec 22 Wednesday - busy morning Bruce came up - Melborne & I went to Tilsonburg
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Dec 23 Thursday - busy day. home all day
Dec 24 Friday - very busy day. Winnie here all fore noon Melborne went to O - after noon Lill
came home with him
Dec 25. Xmas day our folk came up in cutter TWO stayed & Lill went home.
Dec 26 Sunday home all day - TWO - went to O - Melborne went down to Thelberts after tea.
-
1897 & 1898
Dec 27 Monday. Melborne went hunting with T.W.O. Lena & I home all day.
Dec 28 Tuesday - cold morning - Lena & I went up to Aunt Martha's in after noon - Will &
Velma here for the evening.
Dec 29 Wednesday - cold windy & snowy day. home all day
Dec 31 Thursday I took Lena down home - was to mothers for dinner - came home.
Melborne & I to Lossings for tea Lena - TWO - + Nellies {Po-----}
Dec 31 Friday - home all day & busy. we went to S.S. concert in B. Church
1898
Jan 1st. Saturday churned - tryed out lard very busy day home all day
Jan 2nd Sunday - cold windy day we went down home for dinner.
Jan 3rd. Monday - washed Mr & Mrs Wingrove here for dinner. Lena & TWO. up after noon.
Jan 4th Tuesday - home all day - Mel took two cows away to M. Williams - we went to O-
after tea - Jones girls - {---} & Soph to Mothers {---}
Jan 5 Wednesday lovely day. I went to O- then Lena Mother TWO & I down to Aunt Fanny's
Jan 6. Thursday. home all day sewed. Aunt Fanny & Frank Parson's here for tea.
Jan 7. Friday - lovely day - we went to O- after dinner - Lena & I called at Darlings {------} -
Pettits - McInstochs McDougles - Paxtons
Jan 8 Saturday Bruce & TWO were here all night - till after dinner I was home all day.
Jan 9 Sunday - nice day. we went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea
Jan 10 Monday - sewed all day mel went to norwich to mill M Wingrove was in.
Jan 11. Tuesday - busy day - home til evening then we went to Charlie Purves for tea &
evening. had nice time
Jan 12 Wednesday. rainy & foggy all day. thunder & lightened Mel & I down to Thelbert all
after noon.
Jan 13 Thursday Snowed some in morning. I went to O- then Lena & I to Aunt Sally's for day
- Lena here all night
Jan 14 Friday nice day Lena & I to Will Burgh for dinner - Marsh & {Eight} here for supper.
mel down to Thelbert till 12 oclock
Jan 15 Saturday. Thelbert died half past three - we went down at four - came back about
nine - I took Lena home
Jan 16 Sunday - nice day - down to Thelberts all day.
Jan 17 Monday busy morning - down to Thelberts all after noon.
Jan 18 Tuesday we went to Thelberts frennil at ten came back there and stayed till ½ after
four.
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Jan 19 Wednesday - Zina was in sewed all day went down to Mary's at five and stayed till
nine
Jan 20 Thursday - busy & home all day rainy day.
Jan 21 Friday I went down home in buggy Janie went with me.
Jan 22 Saturday nice day stormy at night Mel to Norwich in morning Janie here for dinner -
Velma brught Alice down. We over to Bamas for tea rainy when we came home.
Jan 23 Sunday stormy day. Alice & Janie here all night - Mr & Mrs Wingrove here all after
noon we went with Janie & Alice to Will Burghes for tea sleighing
Jan 24 Monday. washed. & ironed &c. very busy all day home all day
Jan 25 Tuesday busy morning - I went down home at noon with Bama snow night Lena & I
went & called at Flo Purvis. was in to Wyatts to Wingrove after Mel came {after me}
Jan 26 Wednesday - nice day - we went down to Wingroves for tea
Jan 27 Thursday Alice went home - I went to O - at noon with Mel at Jasons Corner - stayed
all night
Jan 28 Friday - snowy day - I came home with Bama - Mel sick head ache.
Jan 29. Saturday busy morning - Janie in in afternoon we went to O - was at Mothers for tea
took Lena for sleighride
Jan 30 Sunday - cold day - we went to B. Church. Lena & TWO went with us - we were to
mothers for tea
Jan 31. Monday - was home all day. Mel down to Mary most of morning then to Norwich after
noon - very cold day.
Feb 1st. Tuesday cold day. we down to mother all afternoon - Mel & I went to a Bull sale
Feb 2nd Wednesday. very very cold day. Mel went to sale with Bama Lena left O {H}eville
Feb 3 Thursday not quite so cold - but yet cold - Bama - his mother & Miss Reid here for tea
Feb 4th Friday I went down to Mary's in after noon Mel came down for tea
Feb 5th Saturday cold & windy day also snowy home all day fruit agent here for dinner
Feb 6. Sunday - nice day - we went to B. Church then to Mothers for tea
Feb 7. Monday - nice day - washed & ironed &c. Mel got two loads of wood
Feb 8 Tuesday - rainy in middle of day - Mel after wood in morning - we went to O - after tea
Ma sick in bed
Feb 9. Wednesday - down to Mary most of day. Sale there foggy day
Feb 10. Thursday - I went down home in morning - Mel came after me at night - nasty day
foggy
Feb 11 Friday - Mel after wood twice home all day
Feb 12. Saturday. home all day Mr Graham here with machine.
Feb 13. Sunday - gloomy day - went to B. Church then to Mrs Wingrove for tea - I went in
buggy
Feb 14 Monday - not very nice day - storm in night
Feb 15 Tuesday - stormy day - home all day.
Feb 16 Wednesday - Mel went to Norwich in after noon with oats - &c.
Feb 17 Thursday busy day - Jim Brough & wife Jack Brough & wife here for tea & evening.
Mel after {bile} twice
Feb 18 Friday - foggy day - Mel after {bile} in morning - wood in after noon. Bama & {Goven}
here after tea Bruce came up I went with Broughs to Hills for dinner
Feb 19. Saturday - 30 years old. we went to O - in after noon came home before tea - stormy
night
Feb 20 Sunday - foggy day - we went to B. Church - then to father's for tea.
Feb 21 Monday - snowy morning - Mel went after load of {bile} started my blue waist - we
went to concert in M. Church. Lill & Janie went with us.
Feb 22. Tuesday - home all day. sewed &c. Mel after Cold in a {-----} - noon - we went down
to Marys - for tea
Feb 23 Wednesday - home all day. Mel after wood in after noon sewed most of day.
Feb 24 Thursday. Mel took pigs away. we went to O- after tea was in home also in to
Wingroves
Feb 25 Friday - sewed most of day - Lossings & Lil here for the evening. Mel took hay to
junction
Feb 26 Saturday busy day finished waist Mel after wood in after noon. sick head ache in
night.
Feb 27 Sunday - was home all day Melborne had sick head ache.
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