Text
James Bowman (1863-1944)
1894 Diary
Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers
Vol. 2 FEB 3.-1892-/AP.6 1898
{The book is a bound ledger with 3 columns for money entries on right side of page.}
{The book is a ledger and there are 3 columns on the left side of page with a record of money spent
and received. Only the diary part has been transcribed, not the numbers in the columns.}
{The following abbreviations are used throughout the diary - p. paid; np. not paid; SS. Sunday
School; recd. received; bgt. bought; C. Charlie; M. Mina; E. Elmira; Pr. Paris; Aunt M. Aunt Maggie;
T. thunder; W. Willie; F. Father; bu. bushel; C. oil. Coal oil; col. collection}
99
Thursday 27th wet in aft
Finished taking in stack straw and Took Andrew to Town in afternoon, paid him $85.00 on note, that
I owe him
Friday 28th Dry & Cold
Choring killed lamb wet in morning Father & Charlie in swamp cutting wood.
Saturday 29th Cold
took four bags wheat, to mill, 4⅓ bags potatoes to Mr. Dawson, & 14¾ lbs Lamb @ 8.94 94 sold
Skin to Hewer, 85 recd. pay for Ducks $1.50 bgt. Groceries 75¢ 12½ lbs Lamb to Aunt Jane, $1.00
np 12¾ lbs to Miss McDonald @ $1.02 / 8
Sunday 30th fine
Mr Blight, Mina & I went to Church col 25¢, Heard Dr. Henderson preach.
Monday 1st Jan 1894
Went out for Mr. Leadleys family and Aunt Jane in morning and in af paid Tom Smith 50¢ for helping
at thrashing. in afternoon Polled my vote Tuesday 2nd for Dry Plebicite and got two other men out.
Tuesday 2nd fine
did the chores and took a load of hay to Mr. Cull. 2075 lbs at $7.78 np came home and we went over
to Mr Aitchesons in evening
100
Wensday 3rd Jan 1894 fine
went to town in morning went around fair ground saw how stock were selling paid Blacksmith bill 75¢
work today 50¢, bgt file 10¢ got a load of manure.
Thursday 4th Dull
have been sick all day and did not do much
Friday 5th Dull
killed three lambs in morning Hauled up wood in afternoon
Saturday, 6th fine
Went to Town with lamb, sold ¼ to musselman 10 lb at 9.90 np, ¼ to S Ryan,15, 8. $1.20 np {15 lbs.
@ 8¢ $1.20 not paid} ¼ to, Miss McDonald 11¾ @ 8.92 ½ to Mr Leadley 26 lbs $2.08 np ¼ to J.
Taylor, 12½ $1.00 np ¼ to eisele 8 lbs 65¢ p bgt, yarn, 30¢,
Sunday 7th cold
Father, Mr Blight, Mina & Charley went to Church. col. 15¢, Mary & I stayed at home all day
Monday 8th fine & cold
cleaned grist in morning took it to mill in afternoon chopping 55¢ Mr Caldwell called for Mr. B in
evening
Tuesday 9th fine
Went to Town in morning bgt. hardware 25¢ Groceries, $1.87 p sold a load of wheat at 59¢ if it does
not go less then 58 lb per bu Sold 40 lambs to Barber in afternoon for $4.50 each. recd. $5.00
101
Wensday 10th Jan 1894 fine Dull
working at wood & doing the chores, sold two steer to Mr Shortreed for $29.00
Thursday 11th a little Stormy
Went to Town with lambs in morning recd. $175.00 took steers to Mr Shortreed, recd $29.00. bgt.
rubbers & Socks for Charlie $1.45 The lambs averaged 112½ lbs sundries 19
Friday 12th Stormy
Father & I cleaned up clover seed after I had finished killing chickens
Saturday 13th fine
Went to Town with chickens and lamb, sold 1 chicken for 35¢ and 8 par @ 60 $4.80 3 doz & 3 eggs
18 61, bgt 1 Turkey, $1.25 np, 14 lbs lamb @ 9 $1.25 9¼ lbs @ 9 = 83¢ p, 8 lbs @ 7½ 60¢ np
Sheep skin 85¢, 14¼ lbs @ 9 = &1.28 recd from Mr. Tolton 60¢ chickens W {Ryan} $1.35 lamb Sent
a draft to Andrew for $40.00 Deposited $20.00 in Bank, bgt groceries $1.43 Hardware 10¢, Drugs
05, sundries 15¢, Gro. np 28¢. paid R. Shortreed 1.00 Bull Service
Sunday 14th fine
Father Mary & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson Ruskie Preach, Missionary sermon Text, (The
Love of Christ Constraineth us,) it was very good & well put,
102
Monday 15th June 1894 wet
Father and I cleaning up Timothy and seed & seed peas Took Slaters Fanning mill home
Tuesday 16th Soft & Mild
Cleared up ton bags of wheat and worked at wood till evening
Wensday 17
working at wood all day
Thursday 18th Dull
working at wood in morning choring in afternoon. pair of stockings & mits 50¢ p
Friday 19th very fine
working at wood all day Father and I
Saturday 20th fine
went to town in the morning deposited 2.00 in Bank for Mina, Sold 22 bu + 15 lbs wheat to Mr
Cheyne @ 57¢ per bu $12.68 sold 4⅔ bags potatoes @ 50. 2.33 recd. $3.00 from him, on account
went to recd. 93¢ from Mr Taylor recd. $7.70 from Mr Call for hay. bgt 87 lbs beef on market
$4.87 paid taxes $21.78. Kyma had a Bull Calf today bgt copy pens & Exercise book for Mina &
Charlie 16.
Sunday 21st stormy
Father Mina & Charlie went to Church col. 20. Mr Blight Mary & I stayed at home all day
103
Monday JAN 22nd 1894 Dull
Mr Blight went & I went up to Mount Forest stayed at Mr Jacksons for don dinner had quite a good
time went on and arrived at Hollie Hill just as they were at tea
Tuesday 23rd fine
Took a look around farms & bush in morning and after dinner I went with Jim Barton up to Township
Clark paid Jimmie $150.00 Spent the evening at home
Wensday 24th Stormy
did not like to start in such rough weather but about ten oclock it got a little better and I started about
eleven. J. McDougall was down we had a little Chat, I arrived home about, 8.30, PM, expense at
Fergus 20¢
Thursday 25th fine
Father & I hauling up wood all day, went up to Jims in morn evening with Miss Gibson Arranged to
saw on Monday, bgt oatmeal & coal oil, 33¢
Friday 26th fine
Father and I hauling wood all day.
Saturday 27th fine
went to Town in morning bgt, Gro 25¢ stamps 15¢, 6¢ Mina bgt dry goods $1.00. Hardware 27¢
Finished hauling up wood.
104
January 28th 1894, Fine
Father Mary & I went to church heard the Cornish Evangelist he was very good. Charlie & Mina went
to S. School
Monday 29th Dull
we sawed wood all day I Charged $4.00 for the saw & teams & man
Tuesday 30th Dull
splitting wood all day & putting it into cellar went to entertainment in evening
Wensday 31st stormy
Working at wood most of the day, Bessie Freeman Calved a heifer calf today
Thursday 1st Feb
Went to Mill with 11 bags of grain to be chopped 66 ¢ p. C oil 28 ¢ p chored in afternoon.
Friday 2nd clear & cold
Went to Town in morning and got groceries, shoe mended, 10 ¢. drew $10.00 out of bank, paid Jas
Simpson on account, $10.00 bal due him $6.25, brought home a load of manure
Saturday 3rd fine
Hauled in bal of straw stack & went to town in evening, paid Jas Taylor $5.00 saw McKenzie about
Manure got 49 lbs Bran 35¢
105
Sunday Feb 4th 1894 cold & clear
Mary Father Mina & Charlie went to Church, col. 45¢ Mary & I went out in evening heard a very good
sermon on (Their rock is not as our rock)
Monday 5th cold & clear
went to town in morning for a load of manure put it around apple trees and split wood till chore time
Tuesday 6th fine
went to town for a load of manure got Frank shod, 50¢, sent $9.50 to Harvey Illinois. to get Kyma 3rd
and Lord Aberdeen 2nd pedigree got manure.
Wensday 7th fine soft
went to town for a load of manure bgt pencil for Mina 05 pair of pants for Charlie 60¢.
Thursday 8th very fine
went to town for a load of manure in morning. sold eggs 55¢, bgt Caul fat 60¢ Apples 25, went to
Newstad to sale, in afternoon bgt small things 60¢,
Friday 9th wet
choring in barn all day fixing up roots, Father turning potatoes in morning and making axe handle in
afternoon
106
Saturday Feb 10th 1894
Charlie & I cleaning grain Father splitting wood Stockings for Charlie. 30¢
Sunday 11th cold
Mary Father and I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach col. 05. Mary Mina & I went out again
in evening
Monday 12th very stormy
Chored all day fixed things in root house cleaned grain till 3 p.m. fixed chaff,
Tuesday 13th cold
Put Mysie to bull Lord Aberdeen 2nd went to town in morning did not do much business stamps for
Mina 12¢ in afternoon worked around barn ect,
Wensday 14th fine
Hauling turnips into roothouse from pit, Father and I.
Thursday 15th fine
went to Town in morning with straw for manure also a rooster and two hens to exchange for
Bramahas, two bags turnips to Mr Lawson & one to M Landley on Charity account 50¢ potatoes for
beggars, got pedigrees signed at College. Stamps for Mr G. 04
Friday 16th cold & clear
chored in morning went to sale in afternoon Mr Cummings bgt small things. 45. Skate for Mina &
Charlie 20¢ drill $35.50 gave note for $36.30 due in ten months sold small things
107
Saturday Feb 17th 1894
went to town in morning. bgt. Books and pencils & Ink for Mina & Charlie. 53¢, collar for C 25¢, Ink
for ourselves 05, Laces for Mina 10¢ went for drill to Mr Cummings, got it fixed at blacksmith shop 15
got chain fixed 10¢, paid for shoeing that was done in fall, 90¢. Came home and did the chores
stamps, 06¢
Sunday 18th cold
Mary Father and I went to Church heard Mr Browning preach on (As The Eagle Stirreth up her nest
& fluttereth of over her young.) It was very good also in the evening he preached a good sermon on,
(David and Goliath) There were quite a number forward, Col 25¢ & 50¢ for Mr Browning
Monday 19th fine
went to school meeting I was Chairman for first time we did not do much business owing to a
mistake in notice Took a load of Turnips to Town to Evans. 39 90 + 10.50 = brought home manure
Tuesday 20th cold
went to Town with a box load of straw and left it at flax mill brought home a load of manure from
Scroggies, am to get two loads manure from Flax Mill and take Mr S a box load of straw
108
Wensday 21st Feb 1894
went to town for a load of manure in morning went to Mill with grist of Chop in morning and worked in
barn in afternoon clearing straw off part of hay mow paid for Chopping 60¢
Thursday 22nd fine cold
went to town with a load of hay, to Mr Partridge 25 25lbs @ 8.00 per ton = $10.10
Friday 23rd fine
took a load of turnips to Shultz for Shelley Young 46¢
Saturday 24th fine & very cold
went to town with a load of Turnips to Shultz, and started with another but Had to bring it back as
there was no room for it.
Sunday 25th fine
went to Church all except Mina Heard Dr. Potts on (Philip & the Eunich) he is a very powerful
reasoner a very strong speaker, col 25, E Fund promised $1.00
Monday 26th fine
went to Town with load of Turnips to Evans, recd. from him $9.27. for two loads and 1030 from Mr
Shultz for two loads. 1030 paid for weighing 40¢ {Fa} R. Shore called today working for Farmers
Advocate
109
Tuesday Feb 27th 1894
went up to Jim's in morning went to McCarthy's sale in afternoon, paid Jim $35.00 on note
Wensday 28th fine
went to Town in morning, did went to Aunt Jane's for dinner. went to Hall's sale in afternoon bgt a
pail. 05, paid for having horse in stable, 20. recd 1.00 from A Jane
Thursday 1st March fine
went to town with two loads of turnips, did no other business
Friday 2nd fine
Hauled 4 loads of turnips to Shultz. Had a man and team from Mr Baleys helping sundries $ 20 Meat
ect. 65
Saturday 3rd fine
Hauled two loads Turnips to Shultz. postcard & stamps 8¢
Sunday 4th fine
Father Charlie & I went to Church heard a young man preach, col. 25¢
Monday 5th fine soft
went to Fisk's to see about turnips in morning, also went to Town did no business of any account
went to town in evening recd $44.80 from Mr. Shultz for Turnips
Tuesday 6th wet & dull
went up to Mr Thompson's Sale took 10 bags potatoes to Mill, $6.00 np. paid Jas Simpson $13.00
gave Father $5.00 {Towel} 60¢, Mary 1.00
110
Wensday 7th fine March 1894
choring around all day did not accomplish a great deal Mary got home all right.
Thursday 8th fine
choring all day.
Friday 9th fine
choring and chopping wood in morning went to Town in afternoon
Saturday 10th fine
choring & cutting Furnace wood Jim was here to cut straw but broke horse power
Sunday 11th fine
Mary, Charlie & I went to Church heard Rev Harris. preach. col. 25¢, C, Mina went to Sunday
School, col 02.
Monday 12th fine
went to J McIntosh's bgt 30 bush Oats at 35¢ for seed, went to Town took 13 bu wheat to Cheyene's
Mill, paid him for 220 lbs flour & 125 lbs Bran that I got before, and {tired}, 80 lbs Bran also bgt. 60¢
worth, there is still 248 lbs flour coming to Me, bgt Barley & Corn, $5.85¢
Thursday 13th Dull & wet
choring around fixing implements {--} later was at Shortreets thrashing for us today,
Wensday 14th cold
chopping wood in swamp & doing chores
Thursday 15th cold
working in swamp & doing chores
111
Friday March 16th Dull
went to town in morning traded eggs for Groceries bgt stationary 05¢ bgt canvas for making Sheets
for Cattle 60¢, meat. hardware 60 went up to Cowans after dinner and settled for Cows to bull $5.00,
Saturday 17th Dull
cutting wood in swamp and doing chores
Sunday 18th fine
Mina and I went to church col. 15¢, heard Mr {Nalrin} preach and M & C went to Sunday School. col
02
Monday 19th fine
working in swamp in morning choring after dinner went to Town in evening, stamps. 03
Tuesday 20th fine Dull
working in swamp and doing chores tried to cultivate rape patch but it would not work
Wensday 21st Dull
did chores and went to Town with a load of hay 1885 lbs at $18.00 per ton, = $7.54 sold Butter &
Eggs to Scroggie sold load of hay to Williamson for tomorrow at 8.00
112
Thursday March 22nd 1894
did chores and went to Town with a load of hay to Williamson 1990 lbs @ 8.00 = $7.96 bgt Candies
05
Good Friday, 23rd
did chores and some small odd jobs around house and barn
Friday 23rd wet
working at chores and fixing things up in general
Saturday 24th Dull
Charlie and I went to Town took Turnips to Leadleys sold Eggs 17¢ 1 doz eggs & goose to Dawson.
70 Took Charlie to Doctor got papers filled out for cow served by Model Farm Bull recd $5.00 from
F.W. Hudson
Sunday 25th Dull
Charlie & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach an Easter Sermon Mary Mina and I went to
Sunday School col today 18¢
Monday 26th cold
Charlie and I working at wood all day Andrew came up
Tuesday 24th cold
went to Mill with a Grist 10 bags 60¢ p. Took Andrew to Town in afternoon, Took plow to be fixed.
113
March 1894 Wensday 28th fine
was sick with a cold and did very little work
Thursday 29th fine
went to Town for plow bgt Mr fixing cost $2.05 meat. 60. recd $7.54 from Mr Wakefield
Deposited some in $26.00 in Bank bgt Stationary 15¢ 10¢ for Mina Toweling 50¢ Will Came this
evening sold him Allie Mays Roan Bull Calf for $40.00 I pay for pedigree also some potatoes, sold
Bessie's Calf to Mr Wakefield, for $6.00
Friday 30th fine
Started Will off in morning and then killed old Bessey. Although she was about Sixteen years old she
was as healthy looking inside as a two year old felt sorry to kill her. had cow to Angus Bull, also put
Kyma to Lord Aberdeen
Saturday 31st Dull
picking stones and choring in morning working around Barn & stable in Afternoon went to Town in
evening bgt 1pr. shoes & soles $1.00 1 pr for Charlie $1.20 1 for Mina $1.20 got Certificate of
registry for Kyma 3rd & Lord Aberdeen 2nd
114
Sunday 1st April 1894 fine
Mary & I went to Church in morning. heard Dr Henderson preach quite a practical sermon col. 03
col. 25 C & Mina went to S.S.
Monday 2nd fine
picking stones in morning and hauling manure in afternoon
Tuesday 3rd fine
Hauling manure all day 12 loads Drawing Book for Mina 05
Wensday 4th Dull & warm
went to town in morning bgt Oatmeal 62¢, Skimmer fixed 20¢ got their Pedigrees signed by Owner's
of bulls, received $8.62 from Mr Baley for Milk
Thursday 5th Dull
spread manure a while in morning and chored got wheels cleaned ready to oil wet in afternoon
Friday 6th fine
went to town with a load of hay $8.26¢ 2065 lbs @ 8.00 per ton to Miss McDonald recd $5.00 bgt
stationary & Books for Mina & C .25 sent order for $3.75 to H Wade to get 3 certificates of registry of
4 Bulls bal due me on hay $3.26 Jas. 20¢ P. order 02
Saturday 4th fine Dull & cold
Took a load of hay to Miss McDonald 1880 lbs @ 8.00 $7.52
115
Sunday April 8th 1894 fine & cool
Charlie & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach anniversary sermon A on The House of God,
it was very good, in Evening Mr North and W McCrae came along. Jimmie Barton Came last night
and also Tom & W. {Bensen?} col today ch 15. SS 02
Monday 9th cold
Jimmie Barton started off this morning with about 40 bags of potatoes I hauled manure in morning
and plowed sod in afternoon.
Tuesday 10th Stormy
hauling manure and choring all plowing in morning in afternoon oiled wheels and chored
Wensday 11th Dull
went for salt $1.96¢ and did syrup 45 Oats, $4.80, stamp 03, hardware 05 traded butter & eggs for
Groceries, got 30¢, barrels 30¢. & 60¢ on Bcn & Egss {bacon & eggs} put advertisement in Mercury
$1.00
Thursday 12th fine
went to sleeman's in morning for Malt {Comings} and a Keg to pack eggs in got 10 bags at $1.50/15
keg 75¢ Took grist of chop to Mill in afternoon 12 bags 6 = 72, 3 gals C oil @ 13 = 38¢
116
Friday April 13th 1894 fine
plowing sod all day
Saturday 14th fine
cultivating with one team and plowing sod with other in morning Harrowing & sowing oats in
afternoon with b 3½ acres back of Elmira road
Sunday 15th fine
went to Church in morning heard Dr Henderson was at Class also Col 25 SS 02
Monday 16th fine
plowing sod most of day cultivated a little Charlie passed into fourth Book
Tuesday 17th fine
plowing sod all day back of Elmira road
Wensday 18th fine
plowing sod finished and started to cultivate Mr Baley came over and exchanged feed oats for seed
384 lbs
Thursday 19th Dull
Cultivating Harrowing and picking stones off patch behind barn
Friday 20th Dull
sowed the patch behind barn with oats, & cloves & Timothy went to town in evening bgt meat, 35¢,
np. Sugar 10¢, sent two bags of potatoes to The W. Weld Co. London, $1.70. stamps for Mina 05
117
Saturday 21st April 1894 fine cool
put a notice up at the Elmira road of Bull & potatoes for sale finished harrowing over the sod first
time C. cultivating along side of lane to E. road sowed about three acres with Golden Giant oats,
sold Calf to Wakefield $5.50
Sunday 22nd fine
Mary, Charlie & I went to Church heard Rev Moyer preach C. & Mina went to Sunday School col.
1.00 for Educational fund 1.00 for missionaries 15¢ in envelope 02 to SS
Monday 23rd fine
Sowed small patch back near Hammond's with Blk oats and cultivated a little at swamp took Nellie to
Cowans Bull
Tuesday 24th fine
hauling manure for potatoes all da and hauled two loads of straw into loft for cattle
Wensday 25th fine
plowing in manure and cultivating swamp field
Thursday 26th fine
bgt 5 bu Barley @ 50 = $2.50 cultivated and harrowed swamp and sowed about two & half acres.
Friday 27th fine
Finished sowing the swamp field and started to harrow sod for peas.
118
Saturday April 28th 1894 Dull
Choring a while, Baleys got a load of hay 2100 lbs @ $7.00 {--}. per ton sold 10 bags potatoes to Jas
Simpson @ 65¢ he is to come for them bgt, cloth for Ch cloth for C pants 96¢, pencils & book for
Mina 10¢ Groceries, 35¢ C. oil can 10¢ stamps ect. 10¢
Sunday 29th fine
Mina Charlie & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach stayed for fellowship meeting col 25.
S.S. 02
Monday 30th fine
rolled in morning harrowed pea land and sowed some in evening
Tuesday 1st May 1894
Finished sowing peas and harrowed them went to Shortreeds raising
Wensday 2nd
went to Town. recd. $5.00 from Geo Binnie for potatoes with adresses of several customers bgt.
Seeds $1.95. Shoes $1.50 exchanged Butter for Groceries Flax $1.25 pd 25¢ for advertising Bull &
potatoes, pencils for Charlie 05 Book 05 meat, ect. 65¢ recd $6.75 from J. Anderson for 9 bags
potatoes
Thursday 3rd fine
plowing for mangels and carrots all day
Friday May 4th 1984 fine
preparing ground and sowing carrots and mangels sowed 16 drills of C & bal of 1½ acres of
mangels. went to town with Mary.
Saturday 5th Dull
Finished sowing mangels and rolled peas land Mary bgt Dress goods
Sunday 6th Dull
we did not go to church Mina and Charlie went to church S. School, col 02.
Monday 7th fine
I went to Town with 6 bags potatoes shipped them to Durham went dow bgt, got horses shod 40¢,
bgt bags. $1.05 Came home and took grist to Mill 6 bags 66¢ np. Lumber 30 p.
Tuesday 8th fine
took 16 bags potatoes to station shipped 15 to Will and one to Geo Binnie. also saddle to Will
exchanged shoes .25¢ envelopes 20 recd $100.00 from Will. bgt seed. 15¢ post cards, 02, meat, 59
np.
Wensday 9th fine
Took load of straw to Thorp recd. $4.00 paid for sugar cane 75 meat 59, buggy fix 50¢ horse
shoeing 25 came home and hauled manure
Thursday 10th fine
Hauling manure in morning and till 3pm. then spread and plowed in till night
120
Friday 11th fine & cool
Father plowing and harrowing I spread manure and went into Town and paid rent to Mr. Simpson
$184.00 bgt retd mangel seed 20¢ Borrowed $60.00 from Bank of Commerce for 1 Month, @ 7%
recd. $59.00.
Saturday 12th fine
Hauling manure and preparing corn ground Coat for Charlie, $2.00.
Sunday 13th fine
Father Mary and I went to Church, col 20¢ heard Dr Willoughby preach C & M went to Sunday
School.
Monday 14th Dull
Hauling manure hauled 12 loads, and chored while it was wet.
Tuesday 15th Dull
Hauling manure all day Geo North brought a cow to bull 1.00 np.
Wensday 16th fine
hauling manure all day
Thursday 17th Dull
heavy storm of rain last night spreading and plowing in manure all day and choring
Friday 18th Dull
spreading & plowing in manure sold young Bull and heifer
121
Friday 18th May 1894
recd 2.00 to a N.W. buyer for $125.00 to be delivered next week went to Town in evening bgt corn
65¢, bag, 15. S'corn, 10¢. Clover Seed 39, meat, 50¢
Saturday 19th May wet
Hauled Manure in morning chored in afternoon Allie May Calved today
Sunday 20th wet Dull
Father, Mina and Charlie went to Church in morning & Father Mary and I in evening heard Mrs
Mountford on Jesus from Bethlehem to Calvery, col, today 05¢
Monday 21st wet
Father and I cut potatoes all day.
Tuesday 22nd wet
we cut potatoes till one pm then cleaned up grist of chop & took it to mill 9 bags, pd. 54¢.
Wensday 23rd
Took Lord Aberdeen and Lady Forest to Elmira for Mr. Peterson. recd. $123.00 bgt rope, 38¢ p. put
it in L. Bank at Elmira to draw in Guelph .25¢ got home about 9 pm
Thursday 24th Dull
Took home pig rack, Father plowing in manure & I choring generally did sowed Lucerne where pits
were
122
May 1894 Friday 25th Dull & warm
Father plowing potato ground I went to Town bgt milk pans ect $1.50 stamps ect @ 05, went to
O.A.C. saw Tom saw Tubercolosis Cattle went to to see Kyma's Lassie at Mr. McDougalls he does
not want to sell.
Saturday 26th fine
Father and I hauled manure all day dress for Mina $7.45 Duster 55 for Mina
Sunday 27th fine
Father Mary and I went to Church. col. 30¢ SS 03 heard Dr Henderson preach He also read the
rules of Church.
Monday 28th fine & cold
Hauling manure in morning and plowing in afternoon with both traces, sold 500 lbs hay to Slater 2.00
Tuesday 29th cool
plowing & sowing Sorghum and raising drills for potatoes in afternoon & fixing fence
Wensday 30th cool
finished raising drills and started to plant potatoes had D Slater in afternoon.
Thursday 31st Dull
planting potatoes in morning and cutting and choring in afternoon
123
Friday June 1st 1894 Dull
Finished planting potatoes planted about 22 bags, went to town took some straw to Scroggie
shipped 3 bags potatoes to Will and pair of Jaws for rice, 2.95 bgt stationary, for M & C 21¢ Gro 60,
meat, 50 Shoes for Mary 2.20
Saturday 2nd wet
Mending harness and Choring all day. Mr. Bender was here and has arranged to take Kyma's Bull
Calf at $50 to go in a month
Sunday 3rd
Mina Father and Charlie went to Church, all but Father went to Sunday School col. 08
Monday 4th fine
spudded thistles and sowed corn paid R. Shortreed $2.00 1.50 for rice and 50¢ on Exhibition ticket
Tuesday 5th cold & dry
Sowed some corn in morning went to town for manure in afternoon sold Butter, 15 lb @ 13 $1.95¢,
bgt gro. 110. cash 85¢ stamps & lumber 09.
Wensday 6th fine & cool
went to Town for load of manure got 3 scantlings 2 x 5 -12 at Stewarts, in afternoon I took Frank in
to sell but could not get a market for him, recd. 11.00 from Miss McDonald, Yarn & needles for M.
bgt. bran, 75¢ Shoes for C. 75. Shoes for Father returned a pair 1.00 paid cash 60
124
Thursday
Father and I working at road work all day
Friday
Father spudding thistles and I worked at road work paid S. Slater 25¢
Saturday
sold Calf to Mr. Bender recd. 30.00 bal to be paid by July 1st Father Charlie and I spudding thistles
Sunday 10th
Father Mary and I went to church, heard Dr Henderson preach on (I seek not yours but you) col. 25¢
SS 03
Monday 11th
Choring all day. got a load of manure Sold Butter 10 lb @ 13 = 130 bgt. gro. ect. paid note due on 14
Tuesday 12th
Chored in morning and fixed Brush fence in afternoon with Scroggie
Wensday 13th
went up to Cowans with Aly May to bull, and plowed in evening
Thursday 14th
plowing most of day on rape ground
Friday 15th
went to Town in morning got note got mail
125
June Friday 15th fine & warm
went to Town in morning bgt. Turnip & rape seed $1.20 Hat for C. 10¢ me for self 15¢ meat. 63¢
Saturday 16th fine
sowed all our Turnips but 11 drills bees swarmed today
Sunday 17th fine
Mina, Father and Charlie went to Church, Col. 20¢ all but Father went to Sunday School
Monday 18th fine
went to Town in morning got some 1 lb Turnip seed 20 and humbug for bull, 15. rope, 30¢. sowed
the bal of Turnips, and Chored Father plowing Mr. Burt called
Tuesday 19th fine
fixing bees and putting on sections, scuffling carrots and mangels Father plowing ect. went to mill
with grist
Wensday 20th fine
I went to Guelph and then bgt. sundries 15¢, borrowed $7.00 from Scroggie started for Mr. Burts
arrived there at noon went on to Mr McKinnon after dinner, looked at cattle and went back to Burts,
then on To Sharp's He has some very good cattle, called at McNichols and then went on to John's
got there about dark
126
Thursday June 21st fine & warm
Started for New Lowel this morning Ticket 3.45. Insurance ticket 25. arrived there about 12.15 P.M.
and met Mr Davidson at station Took dinner at hotel nearby and went to see stock did not buy any
but had a real good talk with Mr Davidson left about 4 P.M. got to Chingacousay before dark
Friday 22nd fine & warm
Started to Mr Sharp's got there about 9 A.M. and looked around the stock also Mr Kirkwoods saw
Some fine cattle a particular good grade Mr S offered me two yearling heifers at $75 and $85 each,
did not buy any, came home by Mr Burt & McKinnons did not do any business.
Saturday 23rd fine
went to town in morning sold Butter, 252 bgt. gro. 34 meat, 50¢, drew $10.00 out of Bank paid
scroggie $7.00. in afternoon Father started for home
Sunday 24th fine
C & M went to Sundy School Mary & I went to Marden at night heard Mr Colwell, col. only 12
Monday 25th
went up to Bender's with Calf did not find him at home so left the bal. due to me $20.00 hoeing
mangels in evening
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Tuesday 26th
hoeing mangels in morning went to vote in afternoon hoeing till night
Wensday 27th fine
Father & I hoeing mangels most of the day.
Thursday 28th fine
went to Town with Mina gave her $1.00 to pay her fee then went to Mosborough to see Jas Taylor
about {cow feed} carrots with Father & Mr Simpson recd. $125.00 from O. German
Friday 29th fine
Hoeing & Thinning carrots & mangels, till teatime & Father & Mr S in morning. They went to closing
exercises in afternoon I went over to Marden got mower knife fixed, 30¢ p.
Saturday 30th fine
cut hay on ridge went to see about cow, and put hay in piles, Mr S came this evening
Sunday 1st July 1894
Mary Father and I went to Church Heard Dr Henderson preach col. 30¢. Mina, C & I went to Sunday
School, recd.
Monday 2nd fine
Father scuffling and Charlie trimming mangels & I plowing for rape Hauled in a load of hay
Tuesday 3rd fine
Cutting wild grass on flat Father & C. working at roots
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July Wensday 4th fine & cool
Finished cutting wild grass on flat and then pile raked & hauled in two loads
Thursday 5th
Mowed grass in orchard and Hauled in bal of wild hay & cut clover back of Elmira road
Friday 6th
Sowed rape & grey stone turnips & Cut part of ridge
Saturday 7th
Cutting Hauling and kiling hay, 3 loads went to town in evening Sold butter 64¢, bgt. gro. 99 meat
$1.00 sundries. 25 sold 5 lbs butter Baleys
Sunday 8th fine
Father M. & C, went to church & I went to S.S. with Mina and C. col.
Monday 9th fine
Cutting hay till noon then Father & Charlie working at roots Hauled 3 loads of clover hay after dinner
and then kill kiled till night
Tuesday 10th
Hauled hay all day got in all that was cut.
Wensday 11th fine
went to Town in morning bgt. shoes for Mary $1.20 Flax $2.10 np. potatoes 25¢ p. Bran & chopping
50¢, postage 6¢
Friday Thursday 13th fine
Finished cutting flat behind barn and hoed turnips & kiled flat Mr S. ½ day
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July 1894 Thursday 12th Dull
Hoed Turnips most of the day Mr S all day. kiled up part of flat behind barn
Sat Friday 14th
cut half of pach towards swamp from Barn Hauled 4 loads off flat behind barn and kiled the patch cut
Sunday 15th
Father Mary & I went to church heard Dr Henderson, col. 75
Monday 16th
Hauled in 5 loads off hay cut the balance of field and kiled it,
Tuesday 17th
Cut a while in morning Hauled after dinner & kiled after tea
Wensday 18
Cut last of hay this morning Hauled 4 loads & kiled balance
Thursday 19th
Finished hauling hay & got Fall wheat cut, we have 47 loads of hay went to Town last night bgt. gro.
20, Ale for Mr S 20, F Paris Green 72.
Friday 20th
putting paris green on potatoes
Sat 21st
Father & I at Baleys hauling hay 17 loads & put off 18
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Sunday 22nd July 1894
Mina, C, & I went to church & S.S. col. 18¢
Monday 23rd fine
chored a while in morning and Hauled wheat rest of day Father hoeing.
Tuesday 24th Dull
we had a good rain last night and things look fresh Mary & I went to Town bgt. Pr. Green 18. Watch
Chain 10 {--}, 67 postage, for M & C, 06 4 C. book 05 pail fixed, 10, postage 5¢
Wensday 25th fine
quite a rain last night, things look quite fresh. Father scuffled Turnips & Mr Simpson & I hoed after
tea we raked up the grain & hay I cut last night
Thursday, 26th fine
Mr S. C, & I hoed turnips most of day Father scuffling and we hauled in a load of hay & 3 loads of
wheat, Stockings & Shoes, $1.20. 40 Socks Mina 1 dress & making another $1.00
Friday 27th fine
Father Scuffling potatoes in morning C. hoeing I raking wheat stubble, in Afternoon we hauled the
bal. of wheat 2 loads sheaves & one load rakings went to post in evening
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Saturday July 28th 1894 fine
Finished hoeing Turnips second time also moulding potatoes second time put off load rakings, Took
Father and Charlie to station and went to per Fathers fare $1.65 Charlies $1.40, gave Father 60¢.
bgt. guards and bolts, 15¢. sent $2.60¢ for Caponizing Instruments Postage 03 Hardware 42¢.
Skinner 40 went to see about p {polled} Angus cow did not buy any came home and did chores and
took 21 Sections of comb honey from bees
Sunday July 29th fine
Mary, Mina, & I went to Church and heard a good Sermon on Gods dealings with Man in the
beginning. col 25¢ SS col. 02
Monday 30th fine
went Plowing til Teatime and hauling rails to ditch since & doing chores
Tuesday 31st fine
plowing all day on Fall wheat stubble got 14 lbs sugar from Mr Baley
Wensday 1st August 1894
plowing most of day Mr McDougall came to see cattle but could not make a bargain for his heifer
Mrs Fords men were here to see cow and see about trading
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Thursday 2nd Aug 1894
W Barton & Charlie came yesterday and Aunt Maggie today. I got Hardware, $1.25 Groceries 78¢,
drew $5.00 out of bank. chopping bag oats, $6 meat 62¢ Went to Ford's with Trixie & got a polled
Angus cow for her. Willie plowing and harrowing all day. Charlie weeding I put paris green on
potatoes in evening
Friday 3rd Dull
Willie finished plowing and harrowing the Fall wheat ground I went to town with Aunt M to station. got
Frank shod, 50¢ canvas 15¢, stamp 03. Rape seed 50¢,
Saturday 4th fine
Choring in morning sowed about 2½ acres of rape Willie & Charlie working at potatoes W. at
Dawsons Thrashing from ten till 2 pm Baley cut patch of D. banner Oats and a patch of Joanette,
about six acres
Sunday 5th fine
Mary Charlie W. & I went to Church, heard Dr Henderson on Christ toward man, took Sacrament Dr
Lorance was there, collection, 25
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Monday Aug 6th 1894
Finished sowing Rape W. at Baleys all day, He finished cutting the oats behind barn I got, flour and
bran exchanged wheat for flour and paid for bran 37¢ bread 05¢
Tuesday 7th fine
Wm rolled bal of rape and took home roller chored till noon, went to Town bgt. {shereed} 45 & basket
& pail, 30, chisel. 15¢ Duty on caponizing instruments 50¢ went to McCrae's to see about car for
cattle to exhibition did not settle it, came home and after tea and chores went up to Jim's for a short
time
Wensday 8th fine
hoed mangels in morning and plowed in afternoon C. hoeing all day. Willie at Baleys all day, has
been all this week
Thursday 9th fine
Had a T. storm last night plowing sod till teatime then hauled two loads of B {Barley} oats Charlie
finished roots today
Friday 10th fine
Hauled two loads of oats in morning went to town after dinner. sent $5.55 to H.J. Hill Toronto being
entry fees for our Cattle. Yeast cakes, 04. Harness fixed, 34¢ Baley cut 1 acre of oats in evening
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Saturday, Aug 11th 1894 fine
Cutting peas with Harvester till 3 PM then hauled three loads of oats, Joanette, recd. $1.25 from a
negro for keeping his horse that strayed, W has been six days at Sun Baleys @ 600/100 stamp 06
Sunday Aug 12th
Nina, C, W & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach, Col, 25 SS 03
Monday 13th fine
Finished cutting peas and hauled in two loads of oats Mr S at Whittakers in morning
Tuesday 14th Dull
Hauled four loads of peas and did chores pared bulls feet.
Wensday 15th
Went to Sharp's for a polled Angus heifer a.m. to pay $115.00 and go for Lee
Thursday 16th
Hauled in peas in afternoon 5 loads Turned peas ect. in morning
Friday 17th
Finished peas and hauled one load of oats, got ready to go for heifer paid for heifer $115.00
blacksmithing 40. Cow carier 2.10
Saturday 18th fine
started about 3 a.m. for Mr Sharps got there about 10 am. sundries at erin 35¢, got home about ten
p.m. all safe. got grist of chop 57
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Sunday Aug 19th 1894 fine
Mary, Willie & Charlie went to church, col. 15¢. Mina, C & I went to Sunday school, 03
Monday 20th
Hauled in a small load of oats Willie plowing. W was at Baleys all last week.
Tuesday 21st
Went to Town in morning paid Scroggie $3.10. Sent $100.00 to Mr Blight, borrowed $25.00 for three
months at Bank of Commerce. Sold a load of hay to Thorp @ $8.50 per ton. had on 1870 lbs did not
get pay, weigh bill 10 Hauled in two loads of Oats and Willie plowed in forenoon recd. entry Tickets
for Toronto
Wensday 22nd fine
W plowing & I cultivating with the other team. Proff Day & Mr Rennie came out to see the Bull and
wanted to know the price but we left the matter over till Toronto Show.
Thursday 23rd
washing cattle till two p.m. then went to Town, bgt Gro 90. Flax $1.75 np Bran 37 W plowing all day
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Friday Aug 24th fine
W plowing all day I chored in morning and went to town after dinner bgt. brush for Mina 17¢, gogles,
10¢, went to Whitlaws and we are going in one car to Toronto Fair
Saturday 25th fine
W at Aitcheson's Thrashing C & M cleaning school I chored in morning and plowed after dinner
Sunday 26th fine
Mina C, W, & I went to church col. 15¢, Heard Dr Henderson, on, Different states of happines or
Glory in Heaven. Mary, Mina, & Charlie went to S.S.
Monday 27th fine
W Took wagon to Marden to get tires set, & Harness mended $2.00, np I went to town bgt meat,
$1.74 np Books for Mina 1.00
Tuesday 28th fine
We Thrashed all day, had Aitchesons machine, 1 hand from Shortreed, 1 from porter 1 from
Aitcheson 1 from Slater 1 from Dawson 2 a Team from Baley, John Morrel 75
Wensday 29th Dull
We finished about 9.30 a.m. kept 1 hand from Shortreed 1 from Baley till & 1 from Aitcheson till
noon. Charge for Thrashing $9.00
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Thursday 30th fine
Deer Grain Turned out fairly well about 450 bushels of oats 150 of wheat, 90 of peas, oats are good
wheat & peas fair, W plowed all day & half day yesterday.
Friday 31st fine
W plowing all day I chored and hauled wood. Dr Henderson & Mrs was here today we enjoyed their
visit
Saturday 1st Sept 1894
W plowing all day, C & I went to Town, bgt humbug, 10¢, recd $2.85 from Thorp, bgt Canvas at
Ryan's, 25¢, stamps 05 for Mina. Braces 60¢. p, groceries Shoes $2.60 p. saw about car we are to
get a combination car for $16 to Toronto, will ship on Friday Morning
Sunday 2nd fine
Mary, W, C & I went to Church col. 25. Heard Dr Henderson on the Blessing of God on the home
that worships him it was real good we also had a good class
Monday 3rd fine
W Plowing all day I did chores went to Marden got Cutting box fixed and Buggy tires set, paid 15¢.
$1.80 for tire setting np recd $1.25 C. Harrowing in afternoon
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Tuesday Sept 4th 1894
choring all day W at Shortreeds thrashing. Mr S had our team for a load of tiles paid me 1.00
Wensday 5th
went to Town in morning with 5 bags of wheat to chop 7½ bags oats, 2½ bags wheat for Flour got
35½ lbs flour to bushel, and feed paid 10¢ per bushel for grinding bgt Oil stove $7.00 to be paid in
six months, bgt Flax 75 lbs @ 1.87/1.50 np groceries 33¢, paid Pump maker 75¢, meat 55¢ np, paid
for grist, 52¢.
Thursday 6th fine
spent all day getting ready for the show, rope for packing 75¢. Lumber, 30¢. Chopping 78¢
Friday 7th Dull
We took the Cattle to Toronto today. price of Car 8.00 delivering feed to shed 65¢ getting oil stove
up to station 15¢.
Saturday 8th Dull
fixing things up in general all day, C oil, Sauce pan Brush, wicks for oil stove Sug $1.10. Sugar, C oil
08¢
Sunday 9th fine
attended to stock and did the chores ourselves went to church in afternoon
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Monday 10th sept 1894
we did our usual feeding & cleaning preparing for the morrow
Tuesday 11th fine
we were preparing all day for the show ring started the Bulls about 5 P.M. we got 1st on each of our
Bulls, So we are well satisfied with todays work
Wensday 12th fine
we went through the usual preparation and started into the ring with females about 1 P.M. we got 3rd
for Kyma 2nd and third for herd Our prize Money comes to sixty five dollars
Thursday 13th Dull
we attended stock and looked around a little looking for buyers but did not sell anything
Friday 14th fine
we got ready for the parade and after that was over we started to pack up our camps set and it was
a continual move till about 3 A.M. on
Sat 15 fine
when we got settled in the car again and about day light started for Guelph where we arrived about
noon
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Sat 15th Sept 1894
got the stock home also the outfit about night I feel pretty tough expenses today, 20¢.
Sun 16th fine
Stayed at home all day Mary, Mina & Charlie went to Church. M & C to S.S.
Mon 17th fine
working all day getting things ready for the show W harrowing in morning & helping me in afternoon
Tuesday 18th fine
Took things into the show and came back & got stock ready paid for meat, 72¢, entered the stock
chickens 60 Took Cattle Wensday in in evening paid Dol Baley 15¢
Wensday 19th fine
Showed cattle today got 5 first and one 2nd prize. Oil for cattle 60¢ refreshments, 15¢
Thursday 20th Dull & wet morning
Attending to stock in general and got things home again expense today 25¢.
Friday 21st fine
Willie started to haul manure I put ring in Bull nose and then went to Town Sent $20 to Mr Blight and
$20 to Will bgt gro 08¢. Orders
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Friday sept 21st 1894 fine
got plow fixed 100 np co bgt things book for Charlie 05 Sold a load of hay to Grand Trunk men @
$9.00 2213 = $9.95
Saturday 22nd Changeable
Plowed a while in morning then went to town with Willies Trunk, bgt his ticket 1.65 Shoes & braces
for him things for Mina & C 08 gave Willie 10 got seed rye, 7 bushels @ 56¢ = 3.92
Sunday 23rd
Mary, C & I went to Church heard a Stranger preach a good sermon, on, What Seest Thou. I see a
rod of an almond tree. C, M & I went to SS.
Monday 24th Dull
I went to O.A.C in morning to see Dr Mills about bull also traded Frank for Scroggies mare, got $10
Cash and am to get $5 in groceries, meat 35 Came home and plowed in afternoon
Tuesday 25th fine
plowing sod on flat all day
Wensday 26th fine
Finished plowing & rolling sod on Flat, had man at Baleys thrashing 40¢ np
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September 1894 Thursday 27th fine
Harrowing and sowing rye on Flat, Mr McDougall had a T. B. Polled Angus cow to our bull, 5.00 np.
went to meeting in evening at school to see about entertainment
Friday 28th fine
Finished sowing rye and then cut corn till evening
Saturday 29th fine
picking stones a while in morning went to town about 10 am, bgt humbug 10, whips, 35¢, Fruit 50¢,
Stamps, 23 ¢, Truss for C $1.25 recd. Prize Money, $12.75 Paid Aitcheson $9.00 for Thrashing Meat
75¢, Came home and bound up corn and shocked a little
Sunday 30th Dull
Mina, C, & I went to Church Heard the Black Knight, it was very good, Mary and I went out in
evening.
Monday, 1st Oct 1894
put up Corn, Trimmed hedge hauled up bal of furnace wood paid black smithing, 30¢.
Tuesday, 2nd Dull
Cleaning out ditch, all day
Wensday 3rd Dull
went to O.A.C. sale bgt. 3 Dorset Ewes and two dorset rams for $26 and Leicester ram, for $26.25
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Oct 3rd 1894 Wensday 3rd Contd.
Sold, Our Young bull Lord Aberdeen 2nd for $181.25
Thursday 4th Dull
Took bull to Farm and brought home the rams signed premium note for fifty Dollars for Insurance
bgt, Shoes & Laces for Mina & C 2.50
Friday 5th Dull
plowing Fall wheat ground all day second time sent 8 bags of oats to mill to get chopped pd. 48¢
Saturday 6th Cool & Dull fine
I plowed most of the day and fixed fence between White and us. Charlie chored around barn.
Sunday 7th fine
Went to Church in the morning heard Dr Henderson on The Conference work it was very good, and
instructive went to Sunday School in afternoon
Monday 8th fine
plowing all day in back field Kyma 3rd calved today heifer calf
Tuesday 9th
plowing till noon ten A.M., then started potatoes took up 28 bags had two boys helping 35 np.
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October Wensday 10th fine
Taking up potatoes all day 58 bags had 5 boys, @ 40, 35, 35, 30, 20 np.
Thursday 11th showery
Taking up potatoes 55 bags had, 4 boys, 35, 30, 20, 20.
Friday 12th fine
finished potatoes 6 bags Total 147 bags had one boy 40¢ pulled & hauled in 4 loads of mangels W &
Hanah came this evening with Douglas & Bes.
Saturday 13th wet
went to Model farm in morning to try and sell bull, did not sell. recd. my two notes $60.25 and
$125.00 Cash for Bull recd. $5.00 from Mr S for board, bgt groceries, $1.05 {Chqd} Hardware $1.35
paid W. Wells 65¢. J. Hassan $1.25 W. & H started home after dinner I have bgt. 12 sheep from him
@ $3.75 per 100 lb 5% shrink on all but lambs. I have Douglas @ $150.00 of Principal that W owes
me & I traded Bes for his colt and he keeps it till next spring we also traded Turkeys
Sunday 14th Cold & Dull
Mina, Charlie & I went to Church heard an Educational Sermon it was good went to Sunday School
in afternoon
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Monday 15th Oct 1894
Working at mangels had Jonnie Hassan all day.
Tuesday 16th fine
went to meet Will & get lambs & sheep recd. $110.00 from him to pay intrest and 4 shearling ewes, 4
ewe lambs and four wethers, expenses today. 12¢ Baley Hal Johnie hassan today
Wensday 17th fine
went to Town in morning sent draft of $260.00 to Canada Life Assurance co Hamilton paid two
supscritons to Guardian $2.00 one for Bessie Mountain and one for ourselves sold Skin 30¢ Jonnie
here today
Thursday 18th fine
Finished pulling and hauling mangels, and pulled twelve drills carrots, hauled one load we have
about 10½ loads mangels sold hay 25¢
Friday 19th fine
Taking up carrots & hauling them all day hauled 4 loads Jonnie 7 days this week & W two.
Saturday Oct. 20th
went to Town with Mary in morning to get her teeth extracted had Dr Howitt give her an Anesthetic
fee $2.00. Teeth to be $15.00, paid when put in, Washers 08, Stamps for Mina 12, sundries 6 Paper
for Mina 10
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Saturday Oct. 20th 1894
paid, Jonnie $2.10, Willie 85¢. bgt hymn book 60¢ got receipts on the sheep transaction I owe W.
$59.20
Sunday 21st fine
Mina, C, & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson on col in evening C, M & I went to hear Mrs
Mountford on the True life of {--}
Monday 22nd fine
fixing pits and pulling Turnips hauled one load
Tuesday 23rd fine
pulling & hauling Turnips 8 loads
Wensday 24th fine
pulling & hauling Turnips 2 loads
Thursday 25th fine
pulling & hauling Turnips seven loads
Friday 26th fine
pulling & hauling Turnips 1 load
Saturday, O 27th fine
went to Town in morning paid insurance $3.63, paid for new Insurance 2.00, sold Egss, @ 15¢ bg
paid Scroggie $3.00, I had borrowed, Johnie Hassan has been here all week, $2.40 np.
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Sunday 28th Oct. 1894 very fine
Mary Charlie & I went to church in morning heard Dr Henderson on Deut 6 {part} of 6 & 7 14 & 15 it
was very good showing the duty of Parents to Children, were also at class all went to sunday school.
Monday 29th fine
Jonnie & I working at Turnips all day, got in two loads also two loads Corn stalks, {-} White told me
where to get 13 lambs am to cut the rams at his risk,
Tuesday 30th wet
Mak Chored in morning Jonnie here till ten A.M. Made potato screen & screened potatoes rest of
day.
Wensday 31st Dull
screening potatoes in Morning and picking Turnips in Afternoon 3 loads shipping two of Culls.
Thursday 1st Nov 1894
pulling & hauling turnips 1 load shipping two culls have 37 loads Turnips
Friday 2nd fine
Covering Turnip pit & hauling rails to fence it.
Sat, 3rd Dull
went for lambs in morning am got 13, weight 1780 lbs.
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Sat, November 3rd 1894 Dull
Continued from 147. Arranged with Jas Simpson to take his young cattle, to pasture on rape at 3¢
and give them back 3¼ when rape is done went to town in afternoon, with 10 bu and five lbs wheat
to grist also 3 bags oats to chop bgt Gro 85¢ sold eggs 128, stamps 08¢,
Sunday 4th Dull
Mary Henry & I went to Church, Heard Dr Henderson stayed to Sacrament. & M, C, H & I went to
Sunday School
Monday 5th Dull
plowing all day went to patron meeting in evening, Sold rape & some pasture to J. L. Simpson for
$30.00 to be paid when convenient
Tuesday 6th Dull.
plowing most of the day got coal oil at mill 18 @ {--} np. bgt. 13 lambs from White for $35.00
Wensday 7th Dull
went to town with six rams to fair so did not sell any borrowed $5 from Scroggie paid J. Hassan
$2.85 castrated 9 lambs
Thursday 8th cold & Dull
almost to frosty to plow plowed most of the day,
Friday 9th cold East wind
ground to hard to plow finished putting wood in cellar and fixed up sheep pen the castrated lambs
are doing well
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Saturday 10th Nov 1894 clear & cold
went to town in morning Traded eggs for groceries got 17¢ per doz, Sold Rock & Nell to a Yankie
buyer for $120.00 recd. $5.00 to be delivered on Monday, bgt underclothes for Charlie, $1.30, shoes
for myself 85 Ropes for halters, 90¢. stamps for Mina 06 Book 65 sold 13 Turkeys to Mitchell to be
delivered next Sat, and five to Watson all at 10¢ per lb.
Sunday 11th cold
Mina Charlie & I went to Church heard a stranger preach on, We are to come boldly to the Throne of
Grace, I did not go to Sunday School
Monday 12th cold
went to town in morning with Rock & Nell to deliver them but in their examination Nell's eyes did not
stand the test so the bargain was broken, I paid back the $5.00 borrowed $7.00 from Scroggie got
worked around barn after I came home
Tuesday 13th mild & Dull
went to town with 4 bags of turnips to Mr Leadleys and two bags of potatoes, Turnips $1.00 potatoes
$1.00 also took some turnips to Aunt Jane bgt a small load of manure and Lambs from Station
Freight $2.88 Lambs
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Wensday 14th November 1894 Dull
Took a load of straw to Mr Cross recd. $4.00 sent $2.50 to Thos McFarlane to register Mysie's bull
calf, bgt. Figs 07¢.
Thursday 15th mild & Dull
went to town with a load of straw sold it to Field & Hackman for $4.00 bgt stamp 03. sold a load of
straw to Dary for what manure he has and will make this winter, plowed all afternoon
Friday 16th fine
killed 18 turkeys in morning & plowed the rest of the day.
Saturday 17th fine
had White's man plowing in forenoon I took Turkeys to town, weighed 185½ lbs @ 10 $18.55 got 25
lbs Lamb from Wakefield to return and give him two lbs sold 5 turkeys to Watson & 2 to Buckle to be
delivered on wensday
Sunday 18th Cold
Mary, Henry & I went to Church col Heard Dr Henderson, on pr The influence of Christian Example it
was very good
Monday 19th cold
went to Town with load of straw to Dary the Grocer, I am to get what manure he has and what he will
make all winter,
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Nov 1894 Tuesday 20th cold
killing Turkeys and cleaning up grist in morning went to Aitcheson's sale in Afternoon bgt a cow, for
$22.00
Wensday 21st Dull
went to Town with Turkeys sold six, 64 lbs @ 8 ct $5.12, eggs 9½ doz @ 15 $1.42 bgt groceries
recd. $25.00 from W. Wakefield on Aly May
Thursday 22nd fine
plowing all day it was rather hard in morning but got better.
Friday 23rd Dull
plowing all day had two teams going after 10.30 a.m. had Jonnie Hassan helping me paid him 25¢.
went to patrons meeting in evening heard a debate on {Rep} Dircet taxation the best way to use
raise the revinue of the country, the Affirmative beat, that is our lodge.
Saturday 24th Stormy
plowing till about 4 p.m. finished all that I was particular about, Jas. Simpson put his cattle on the
rape tonight.
Sunday 25th Cold
went to church heard Rev Magwood on, Our bodies are the Temple of christ.
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Monday Nov 26th 1894. Dull & cold
Chored most of the day, went to see Thompson's lambs Laid low brought 180 here to feed on rape I
put twenty lambs on Jim's rape at 5¢ per week each
Tuesday 27th fine
Chored and went to see Jim about putting Cattle on rape he charges 40¢ per day for 8 head went to
town in afternoon got letter from uncle R, & certificate of registry of Lord Aberdeen 3rd & certificate
of transfer of Lord Aberdeen 2nd
Wednesday 28th cold
choring in morning helped Metcaff with fence for an hour Took cow to butcher, there is a bal of $7
coming to me.
Thursday 29th cold
after I did the chores I helped Metcaff to stake a fence till noon in afternoon I trimmed sheep till
chore time took
Friday 30th mild & soft
Clipping sheep in morning & choring in afternoon Tom went for sheep to model farm. got the two
Imported ewes & did not bring
Saturday 2 1st Dec 1894
Chored in morning went to town in afternoon, entered the stock for Fat stock show. Fees, $12.00 will
pay at show.
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Sunday Dec 2nd 1894 fine
Stayed at home till evening Mina went to S. School. I went to Church in evening, heard a very good
sermon on Temprance
Monday 3rd fine
went over to Cleghorn's & McCorkindale's in morning to see lambs & ducks went to Lewis' for ducks
paid $1.12 then went to mill bgt bran 45 Grd Flax 50 lbs @ $1.20 /2.40 np. bgt duck for 40 & traded
what I had for 3 more & gave 30¢ to boot.
Tuesday 4th fine
doing chores and fixing things up for the Show.
Wensday 5th fine
We chored in morning Tom Took Mysie to Model Farm in afternoon
Thursday 6th fine
Tom went for a load of manure & got some fixtures for harness 1.10¢, condition Powder 50.
Friday 7th Dull fine
Tom went to Baleys thrashing and I went to see Thompson's lambs we traded four I have to pay
$2.63 of a balance our four weighed 447, his 422 bal 75 lbs @ 3½¢ = $2.63
Saturday 7th Dull
Tom to a load of straw to Tatham recd. $4.50 I worked at lambs ect. Charlie helped Thompson with
lambs hauled 1 load of manure
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December Sunday 9th fine
Stayed at home in the morning. went to Sunday School
Monday 10th Dull.
getting ready for the show all day picking poultry most of the time.
Tuesday 11th wet.
Took the stock to the show paid Fees $10.00 got shoes fixed 10 bgt socks, 55, recd. $75 from Mr
German
Wensday 12th wet
getting stock ready to show and attending to things in general Will was Thu there and he took stock
of the sheep for me.
Thursday 13th rough
we took the stock into the ring got 2nd for Shearling Ewe, got 1st for Luckey Cockerels 2nd for
Pullets 3rd for best dressed, 3rd for collection 2nd for Fowls Cockerels, Total 1st for Polled Angus
2nd for P. Angus sold a lamb Friday 14th to Wright for $6.75, Sold poultry to Brill Turkeys & chickens
@ 8½ and Duck & geese @ 7 Total 18.00 pair Chickens to Mr Miller pair Turkeys to Register $2.97
Loaned Aunt Jane $60.00 for three months.
Friday 14th very fine
Took Kyma of Tweed hill to Model Farm bull Tom went home
155
Saturday 15th Dec 1894
went to town in morning sold Skin 60¢. bgt Groceries paid Taxes $25.74 bgt present for Mr
McKenzie, 5.00 I paid Mina 20 & Charlie 25, & 50 on present bgt underclothes for Charlie 3.20 recd.
$2.50 from Geo North for cows to bull $2.50. stamps for Mr German 5¢ rubbers for Charlie $1.10
Sunday 16th mild & Dull
Mary & Charlie went to Church Mina, C, & I went to S.S.
Monday 17th Dull
I did chores and plowed the corn patch & lane behind house
Tuesday 18th fine
went to mill with ten bags ¾ oats ¼ wheat, paid for chopping 50¢. hauled two loads of manure in
afternoon sold Turkey to Aunt Esther 85¢
Wensday 19th very fine
Took, a small load of straw to Scroggie and then went to experimental union meeting and brought
home a dorset horned Ewe lamb, bgt gro.
Thursday 20th fine
Father & Will came down last night W. went over to Phinn's sale and bgt some sheep, 5 for $29.00
Father & I hauled manure all day
156
December 1894 Friday 21st Dull
Father & I hauled manure all day Will got home about Eleven A.M. Fixed up his rig and started off for
Mt. Forest about 1.30 P.M.
Saturday 22nd fine
Mary and Charlie went to town bgt. dry goods ect. $1.50, sugar 75¢. sold eggs fresh @ 17¢. packed
15¢. paid note for Cow bgt at Aitchesons sale $20.68, paid Mr Baley for thrashing & sugar, & he paid
my account & also for cow to bull my his my account 6.50-5.00=1.50
Sunday 23rd fine
Father, Mina, & Charlie went to Church. Mary, Mina & I went to sunday school.
Monday 24th Dull
Just as we were ready to go to work yes Will & Tom came down and we had a talk about our
arrangements it is decided that Father Mother and Hannah Live along at brick house, get $70 rent
for Brookside $30 intrest for stock Will has of Father's, Will also to supply them with milk, wood, and
take them to Church Father to help them in busy time when he is able.
Tuesday 25th cold
Father went to Church, Charlie I went to see some polled Angus Cattle, Also to see Mr Sorby about
selling horses, Chored in Afternoon Mr Simpson was here for dinner and Mr Whittaker & Mr
Campbell in evening
157
December 1894 Wensday 26th Cold east wind
Father & Charlie hauling manure in morning and I went to school meeting put G.D. Hood & I Audited
the books and found them correct, Then I was moved to the Chair and business gone through and
Auditors report adopted The Election of Trustees came on, R. Shortreed & I were ties and I gave my
casting vote in his favor the meeting adjourned, Father & I hauled manure in afternoon four loads.
Thursday 27th windy & Cold
Hauling manure all day quite a cold job.
Friday 28th Cold
F & C Hauling manure all day I butched two lambs in morning
Saturday 29th cold
Father & Charlie hauling Manure and covering Turnip pit with coarse manure. I went to Town in
afternoon, Sold Eggs, P 10⅓. 155¢. 3.10/12 F @ 66/17, bgt gro 138, Flour 25¢. lb np, apples 20¢.
np oranges, 13¢. np nails 35¢. wash dish 35¢. axe 90¢. school bag 50. postage for M 3¢. sold meat,
25½ lbs at 204/8 left a carcase of lamb at Wakefields half for him and half for Dr Henderson
Sunday 30th Cold
Father Mina & I went to Church & Class. Heard Dr Henderson, Mary M & C went to S.S. Put Kyma
3rd to Lord Aberdeen 3rd
158
Monday Dec 31st 1894 fine
Father putting handle in axe and chopping in swamp, I Trimmed lambs Chored generally Cleaned up
a grist of wheat, six bags paid Mina 10¢.
Tuesday Jan 1st 1895
Choring around barn all day Father & Charlie in swamp cutting wood.
Wensday 2nd fine
Went to Town in morning took a grist to Presents Mill 815 lbs recd. 514 lbs Flour 272 Mids bag bran,
bgt coat for Mina, $7.00 Mina's Shoes mended 10¢. Hardware, 55¢. stove mended, 25¢. Mr
Wakefield paid for bal on cow & lamb $7.15 I paid my account 2.85 came home & got a hand to go
to Aitchesons Thrashing
Thursday 3rd fine Dull
Father and I cutting wood all day, Mr Morrel at Aitchesons thrashing all day for me
Friday 4th fine & Cold
butched a lamb in morning Father Chopping wood all day & I part of the time,
Saturday 25th East Wind Stormy
Took lamb to town sold 1 gr to Mr Gokey recd. $1.00 bal 20, ¼ to Mr Saunders $1.89 ¼ to Mr
Swayer $1.22, ¼ to Mr Barker $1.68 skin 70¢. Eggs & chicken 67¢. bgt gro $1.00 pants for Father &
I $2.55 Cap for myself 45 overshoes $1.35 yarn 25 Father & Charlie cutting wood
159
Sunday 5th Jan 1895
Mary, Father & Charlie went to Church Mina, C, & I went to sunday school. Kyma 2nd, bull calf
Monday 7th fine
Election day. I voted for Amos, Laidlaw and Whitlaw the reeve & deputy are in by aclimation, Mary &
I went to Miss Websters funeral in Afternoon our Imp Dorset, H. Ewe lambed today ram lamb
Tuesday 8th cold
F. working at wood all day I did not do much as I was not very well, had a bad cold
Wensday 9th fine
Father & I working at wood all day.
Thursday 10th Dull
did very little work as I have not improved much Father cutting wood.
Friday 11th Dull
did chores killed a lamb and read, Father chopping wood
Saturday 12th fine
Father & Charlie hauling wood I went to Town. Sold butter & Eggs, $1.32 L Skin, 65, 14 lbs to
Shoddy mau @ 8 = 1.10 Charity 1.12 13½ lbs to pearson @ 8.108 15 lbs to Dawson at 7½ 15 lbs to
Powel @ 8 $1.20 Copy paper for M @ 15¢. writing paper & stamp for Mina 10¢. hardware 15¢.
drugs 15¢. Leather 25¢. S{h}oes M 20 dry goods $2.14 paid Morel for Thrashing @ Aitchesons
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1894 Diary
Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers
Vol. 2 FEB 3.-1892-/AP.6 1898
{The book is a bound ledger with 3 columns for money entries on right side of page.}
{The book is a ledger and there are 3 columns on the left side of page with a record of money spent
and received. Only the diary part has been transcribed, not the numbers in the columns.}
{The following abbreviations are used throughout the diary - p. paid; np. not paid; SS. Sunday
School; recd. received; bgt. bought; C. Charlie; M. Mina; E. Elmira; Pr. Paris; Aunt M. Aunt Maggie;
T. thunder; W. Willie; F. Father; bu. bushel; C. oil. Coal oil; col. collection}
99
Thursday 27th wet in aft
Finished taking in stack straw and Took Andrew to Town in afternoon, paid him $85.00 on note, that
I owe him
Friday 28th Dry & Cold
Choring killed lamb wet in morning Father & Charlie in swamp cutting wood.
Saturday 29th Cold
took four bags wheat, to mill, 4⅓ bags potatoes to Mr. Dawson, & 14¾ lbs Lamb @ 8.94 94 sold
Skin to Hewer, 85 recd. pay for Ducks $1.50 bgt. Groceries 75¢ 12½ lbs Lamb to Aunt Jane, $1.00
np 12¾ lbs to Miss McDonald @ $1.02 / 8
Sunday 30th fine
Mr Blight, Mina & I went to Church col 25¢, Heard Dr. Henderson preach.
Monday 1st Jan 1894
Went out for Mr. Leadleys family and Aunt Jane in morning and in af paid Tom Smith 50¢ for helping
at thrashing. in afternoon Polled my vote Tuesday 2nd for Dry Plebicite and got two other men out.
Tuesday 2nd fine
did the chores and took a load of hay to Mr. Cull. 2075 lbs at $7.78 np came home and we went over
to Mr Aitchesons in evening
100
Wensday 3rd Jan 1894 fine
went to town in morning went around fair ground saw how stock were selling paid Blacksmith bill 75¢
work today 50¢, bgt file 10¢ got a load of manure.
Thursday 4th Dull
have been sick all day and did not do much
Friday 5th Dull
killed three lambs in morning Hauled up wood in afternoon
Saturday, 6th fine
Went to Town with lamb, sold ¼ to musselman 10 lb at 9.90 np, ¼ to S Ryan,15, 8. $1.20 np {15 lbs.
@ 8¢ $1.20 not paid} ¼ to, Miss McDonald 11¾ @ 8.92 ½ to Mr Leadley 26 lbs $2.08 np ¼ to J.
Taylor, 12½ $1.00 np ¼ to eisele 8 lbs 65¢ p bgt, yarn, 30¢,
Sunday 7th cold
Father, Mr Blight, Mina & Charley went to Church. col. 15¢, Mary & I stayed at home all day
Monday 8th fine & cold
cleaned grist in morning took it to mill in afternoon chopping 55¢ Mr Caldwell called for Mr. B in
evening
Tuesday 9th fine
Went to Town in morning bgt. hardware 25¢ Groceries, $1.87 p sold a load of wheat at 59¢ if it does
not go less then 58 lb per bu Sold 40 lambs to Barber in afternoon for $4.50 each. recd. $5.00
101
Wensday 10th Jan 1894 fine Dull
working at wood & doing the chores, sold two steer to Mr Shortreed for $29.00
Thursday 11th a little Stormy
Went to Town with lambs in morning recd. $175.00 took steers to Mr Shortreed, recd $29.00. bgt.
rubbers & Socks for Charlie $1.45 The lambs averaged 112½ lbs sundries 19
Friday 12th Stormy
Father & I cleaned up clover seed after I had finished killing chickens
Saturday 13th fine
Went to Town with chickens and lamb, sold 1 chicken for 35¢ and 8 par @ 60 $4.80 3 doz & 3 eggs
18 61, bgt 1 Turkey, $1.25 np, 14 lbs lamb @ 9 $1.25 9¼ lbs @ 9 = 83¢ p, 8 lbs @ 7½ 60¢ np
Sheep skin 85¢, 14¼ lbs @ 9 = &1.28 recd from Mr. Tolton 60¢ chickens W {Ryan} $1.35 lamb Sent
a draft to Andrew for $40.00 Deposited $20.00 in Bank, bgt groceries $1.43 Hardware 10¢, Drugs
05, sundries 15¢, Gro. np 28¢. paid R. Shortreed 1.00 Bull Service
Sunday 14th fine
Father Mary & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson Ruskie Preach, Missionary sermon Text, (The
Love of Christ Constraineth us,) it was very good & well put,
102
Monday 15th June 1894 wet
Father and I cleaning up Timothy and seed & seed peas Took Slaters Fanning mill home
Tuesday 16th Soft & Mild
Cleared up ton bags of wheat and worked at wood till evening
Wensday 17
working at wood all day
Thursday 18th Dull
working at wood in morning choring in afternoon. pair of stockings & mits 50¢ p
Friday 19th very fine
working at wood all day Father and I
Saturday 20th fine
went to town in the morning deposited 2.00 in Bank for Mina, Sold 22 bu + 15 lbs wheat to Mr
Cheyne @ 57¢ per bu $12.68 sold 4⅔ bags potatoes @ 50. 2.33 recd. $3.00 from him, on account
went to recd. 93¢ from Mr Taylor recd. $7.70 from Mr Call for hay. bgt 87 lbs beef on market
$4.87 paid taxes $21.78. Kyma had a Bull Calf today bgt copy pens & Exercise book for Mina &
Charlie 16.
Sunday 21st stormy
Father Mina & Charlie went to Church col. 20. Mr Blight Mary & I stayed at home all day
103
Monday JAN 22nd 1894 Dull
Mr Blight went & I went up to Mount Forest stayed at Mr Jacksons for don dinner had quite a good
time went on and arrived at Hollie Hill just as they were at tea
Tuesday 23rd fine
Took a look around farms & bush in morning and after dinner I went with Jim Barton up to Township
Clark paid Jimmie $150.00 Spent the evening at home
Wensday 24th Stormy
did not like to start in such rough weather but about ten oclock it got a little better and I started about
eleven. J. McDougall was down we had a little Chat, I arrived home about, 8.30, PM, expense at
Fergus 20¢
Thursday 25th fine
Father & I hauling up wood all day, went up to Jims in morn evening with Miss Gibson Arranged to
saw on Monday, bgt oatmeal & coal oil, 33¢
Friday 26th fine
Father and I hauling wood all day.
Saturday 27th fine
went to Town in morning bgt, Gro 25¢ stamps 15¢, 6¢ Mina bgt dry goods $1.00. Hardware 27¢
Finished hauling up wood.
104
January 28th 1894, Fine
Father Mary & I went to church heard the Cornish Evangelist he was very good. Charlie & Mina went
to S. School
Monday 29th Dull
we sawed wood all day I Charged $4.00 for the saw & teams & man
Tuesday 30th Dull
splitting wood all day & putting it into cellar went to entertainment in evening
Wensday 31st stormy
Working at wood most of the day, Bessie Freeman Calved a heifer calf today
Thursday 1st Feb
Went to Mill with 11 bags of grain to be chopped 66 ¢ p. C oil 28 ¢ p chored in afternoon.
Friday 2nd clear & cold
Went to Town in morning and got groceries, shoe mended, 10 ¢. drew $10.00 out of bank, paid Jas
Simpson on account, $10.00 bal due him $6.25, brought home a load of manure
Saturday 3rd fine
Hauled in bal of straw stack & went to town in evening, paid Jas Taylor $5.00 saw McKenzie about
Manure got 49 lbs Bran 35¢
105
Sunday Feb 4th 1894 cold & clear
Mary Father Mina & Charlie went to Church, col. 45¢ Mary & I went out in evening heard a very good
sermon on (Their rock is not as our rock)
Monday 5th cold & clear
went to town in morning for a load of manure put it around apple trees and split wood till chore time
Tuesday 6th fine
went to town for a load of manure got Frank shod, 50¢, sent $9.50 to Harvey Illinois. to get Kyma 3rd
and Lord Aberdeen 2nd pedigree got manure.
Wensday 7th fine soft
went to town for a load of manure bgt pencil for Mina 05 pair of pants for Charlie 60¢.
Thursday 8th very fine
went to town for a load of manure in morning. sold eggs 55¢, bgt Caul fat 60¢ Apples 25, went to
Newstad to sale, in afternoon bgt small things 60¢,
Friday 9th wet
choring in barn all day fixing up roots, Father turning potatoes in morning and making axe handle in
afternoon
106
Saturday Feb 10th 1894
Charlie & I cleaning grain Father splitting wood Stockings for Charlie. 30¢
Sunday 11th cold
Mary Father and I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach col. 05. Mary Mina & I went out again
in evening
Monday 12th very stormy
Chored all day fixed things in root house cleaned grain till 3 p.m. fixed chaff,
Tuesday 13th cold
Put Mysie to bull Lord Aberdeen 2nd went to town in morning did not do much business stamps for
Mina 12¢ in afternoon worked around barn ect,
Wensday 14th fine
Hauling turnips into roothouse from pit, Father and I.
Thursday 15th fine
went to Town in morning with straw for manure also a rooster and two hens to exchange for
Bramahas, two bags turnips to Mr Lawson & one to M Landley on Charity account 50¢ potatoes for
beggars, got pedigrees signed at College. Stamps for Mr G. 04
Friday 16th cold & clear
chored in morning went to sale in afternoon Mr Cummings bgt small things. 45. Skate for Mina &
Charlie 20¢ drill $35.50 gave note for $36.30 due in ten months sold small things
107
Saturday Feb 17th 1894
went to town in morning. bgt. Books and pencils & Ink for Mina & Charlie. 53¢, collar for C 25¢, Ink
for ourselves 05, Laces for Mina 10¢ went for drill to Mr Cummings, got it fixed at blacksmith shop 15
got chain fixed 10¢, paid for shoeing that was done in fall, 90¢. Came home and did the chores
stamps, 06¢
Sunday 18th cold
Mary Father and I went to Church heard Mr Browning preach on (As The Eagle Stirreth up her nest
& fluttereth of over her young.) It was very good also in the evening he preached a good sermon on,
(David and Goliath) There were quite a number forward, Col 25¢ & 50¢ for Mr Browning
Monday 19th fine
went to school meeting I was Chairman for first time we did not do much business owing to a
mistake in notice Took a load of Turnips to Town to Evans. 39 90 + 10.50 = brought home manure
Tuesday 20th cold
went to Town with a box load of straw and left it at flax mill brought home a load of manure from
Scroggies, am to get two loads manure from Flax Mill and take Mr S a box load of straw
108
Wensday 21st Feb 1894
went to town for a load of manure in morning went to Mill with grist of Chop in morning and worked in
barn in afternoon clearing straw off part of hay mow paid for Chopping 60¢
Thursday 22nd fine cold
went to town with a load of hay, to Mr Partridge 25 25lbs @ 8.00 per ton = $10.10
Friday 23rd fine
took a load of turnips to Shultz for Shelley Young 46¢
Saturday 24th fine & very cold
went to town with a load of Turnips to Shultz, and started with another but Had to bring it back as
there was no room for it.
Sunday 25th fine
went to Church all except Mina Heard Dr. Potts on (Philip & the Eunich) he is a very powerful
reasoner a very strong speaker, col 25, E Fund promised $1.00
Monday 26th fine
went to Town with load of Turnips to Evans, recd. from him $9.27. for two loads and 1030 from Mr
Shultz for two loads. 1030 paid for weighing 40¢ {Fa} R. Shore called today working for Farmers
Advocate
109
Tuesday Feb 27th 1894
went up to Jim's in morning went to McCarthy's sale in afternoon, paid Jim $35.00 on note
Wensday 28th fine
went to Town in morning, did went to Aunt Jane's for dinner. went to Hall's sale in afternoon bgt a
pail. 05, paid for having horse in stable, 20. recd 1.00 from A Jane
Thursday 1st March fine
went to town with two loads of turnips, did no other business
Friday 2nd fine
Hauled 4 loads of turnips to Shultz. Had a man and team from Mr Baleys helping sundries $ 20 Meat
ect. 65
Saturday 3rd fine
Hauled two loads Turnips to Shultz. postcard & stamps 8¢
Sunday 4th fine
Father Charlie & I went to Church heard a young man preach, col. 25¢
Monday 5th fine soft
went to Fisk's to see about turnips in morning, also went to Town did no business of any account
went to town in evening recd $44.80 from Mr. Shultz for Turnips
Tuesday 6th wet & dull
went up to Mr Thompson's Sale took 10 bags potatoes to Mill, $6.00 np. paid Jas Simpson $13.00
gave Father $5.00 {Towel} 60¢, Mary 1.00
110
Wensday 7th fine March 1894
choring around all day did not accomplish a great deal Mary got home all right.
Thursday 8th fine
choring all day.
Friday 9th fine
choring and chopping wood in morning went to Town in afternoon
Saturday 10th fine
choring & cutting Furnace wood Jim was here to cut straw but broke horse power
Sunday 11th fine
Mary, Charlie & I went to Church heard Rev Harris. preach. col. 25¢, C, Mina went to Sunday
School, col 02.
Monday 12th fine
went to J McIntosh's bgt 30 bush Oats at 35¢ for seed, went to Town took 13 bu wheat to Cheyene's
Mill, paid him for 220 lbs flour & 125 lbs Bran that I got before, and {tired}, 80 lbs Bran also bgt. 60¢
worth, there is still 248 lbs flour coming to Me, bgt Barley & Corn, $5.85¢
Thursday 13th Dull & wet
choring around fixing implements {--} later was at Shortreets thrashing for us today,
Wensday 14th cold
chopping wood in swamp & doing chores
Thursday 15th cold
working in swamp & doing chores
111
Friday March 16th Dull
went to town in morning traded eggs for Groceries bgt stationary 05¢ bgt canvas for making Sheets
for Cattle 60¢, meat. hardware 60 went up to Cowans after dinner and settled for Cows to bull $5.00,
Saturday 17th Dull
cutting wood in swamp and doing chores
Sunday 18th fine
Mina and I went to church col. 15¢, heard Mr {Nalrin} preach and M & C went to Sunday School. col
02
Monday 19th fine
working in swamp in morning choring after dinner went to Town in evening, stamps. 03
Tuesday 20th fine Dull
working in swamp and doing chores tried to cultivate rape patch but it would not work
Wensday 21st Dull
did chores and went to Town with a load of hay 1885 lbs at $18.00 per ton, = $7.54 sold Butter &
Eggs to Scroggie sold load of hay to Williamson for tomorrow at 8.00
112
Thursday March 22nd 1894
did chores and went to Town with a load of hay to Williamson 1990 lbs @ 8.00 = $7.96 bgt Candies
05
Good Friday, 23rd
did chores and some small odd jobs around house and barn
Friday 23rd wet
working at chores and fixing things up in general
Saturday 24th Dull
Charlie and I went to Town took Turnips to Leadleys sold Eggs 17¢ 1 doz eggs & goose to Dawson.
70 Took Charlie to Doctor got papers filled out for cow served by Model Farm Bull recd $5.00 from
F.W. Hudson
Sunday 25th Dull
Charlie & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach an Easter Sermon Mary Mina and I went to
Sunday School col today 18¢
Monday 26th cold
Charlie and I working at wood all day Andrew came up
Tuesday 24th cold
went to Mill with a Grist 10 bags 60¢ p. Took Andrew to Town in afternoon, Took plow to be fixed.
113
March 1894 Wensday 28th fine
was sick with a cold and did very little work
Thursday 29th fine
went to Town for plow bgt Mr fixing cost $2.05 meat. 60. recd $7.54 from Mr Wakefield
Deposited some in $26.00 in Bank bgt Stationary 15¢ 10¢ for Mina Toweling 50¢ Will Came this
evening sold him Allie Mays Roan Bull Calf for $40.00 I pay for pedigree also some potatoes, sold
Bessie's Calf to Mr Wakefield, for $6.00
Friday 30th fine
Started Will off in morning and then killed old Bessey. Although she was about Sixteen years old she
was as healthy looking inside as a two year old felt sorry to kill her. had cow to Angus Bull, also put
Kyma to Lord Aberdeen
Saturday 31st Dull
picking stones and choring in morning working around Barn & stable in Afternoon went to Town in
evening bgt 1pr. shoes & soles $1.00 1 pr for Charlie $1.20 1 for Mina $1.20 got Certificate of
registry for Kyma 3rd & Lord Aberdeen 2nd
114
Sunday 1st April 1894 fine
Mary & I went to Church in morning. heard Dr Henderson preach quite a practical sermon col. 03
col. 25 C & Mina went to S.S.
Monday 2nd fine
picking stones in morning and hauling manure in afternoon
Tuesday 3rd fine
Hauling manure all day 12 loads Drawing Book for Mina 05
Wensday 4th Dull & warm
went to town in morning bgt Oatmeal 62¢, Skimmer fixed 20¢ got their Pedigrees signed by Owner's
of bulls, received $8.62 from Mr Baley for Milk
Thursday 5th Dull
spread manure a while in morning and chored got wheels cleaned ready to oil wet in afternoon
Friday 6th fine
went to town with a load of hay $8.26¢ 2065 lbs @ 8.00 per ton to Miss McDonald recd $5.00 bgt
stationary & Books for Mina & C .25 sent order for $3.75 to H Wade to get 3 certificates of registry of
4 Bulls bal due me on hay $3.26 Jas. 20¢ P. order 02
Saturday 4th fine Dull & cold
Took a load of hay to Miss McDonald 1880 lbs @ 8.00 $7.52
115
Sunday April 8th 1894 fine & cool
Charlie & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach anniversary sermon A on The House of God,
it was very good, in Evening Mr North and W McCrae came along. Jimmie Barton Came last night
and also Tom & W. {Bensen?} col today ch 15. SS 02
Monday 9th cold
Jimmie Barton started off this morning with about 40 bags of potatoes I hauled manure in morning
and plowed sod in afternoon.
Tuesday 10th Stormy
hauling manure and choring all plowing in morning in afternoon oiled wheels and chored
Wensday 11th Dull
went for salt $1.96¢ and did syrup 45 Oats, $4.80, stamp 03, hardware 05 traded butter & eggs for
Groceries, got 30¢, barrels 30¢. & 60¢ on Bcn & Egss {bacon & eggs} put advertisement in Mercury
$1.00
Thursday 12th fine
went to sleeman's in morning for Malt {Comings} and a Keg to pack eggs in got 10 bags at $1.50/15
keg 75¢ Took grist of chop to Mill in afternoon 12 bags 6 = 72, 3 gals C oil @ 13 = 38¢
116
Friday April 13th 1894 fine
plowing sod all day
Saturday 14th fine
cultivating with one team and plowing sod with other in morning Harrowing & sowing oats in
afternoon with b 3½ acres back of Elmira road
Sunday 15th fine
went to Church in morning heard Dr Henderson was at Class also Col 25 SS 02
Monday 16th fine
plowing sod most of day cultivated a little Charlie passed into fourth Book
Tuesday 17th fine
plowing sod all day back of Elmira road
Wensday 18th fine
plowing sod finished and started to cultivate Mr Baley came over and exchanged feed oats for seed
384 lbs
Thursday 19th Dull
Cultivating Harrowing and picking stones off patch behind barn
Friday 20th Dull
sowed the patch behind barn with oats, & cloves & Timothy went to town in evening bgt meat, 35¢,
np. Sugar 10¢, sent two bags of potatoes to The W. Weld Co. London, $1.70. stamps for Mina 05
117
Saturday 21st April 1894 fine cool
put a notice up at the Elmira road of Bull & potatoes for sale finished harrowing over the sod first
time C. cultivating along side of lane to E. road sowed about three acres with Golden Giant oats,
sold Calf to Wakefield $5.50
Sunday 22nd fine
Mary, Charlie & I went to Church heard Rev Moyer preach C. & Mina went to Sunday School col.
1.00 for Educational fund 1.00 for missionaries 15¢ in envelope 02 to SS
Monday 23rd fine
Sowed small patch back near Hammond's with Blk oats and cultivated a little at swamp took Nellie to
Cowans Bull
Tuesday 24th fine
hauling manure for potatoes all da and hauled two loads of straw into loft for cattle
Wensday 25th fine
plowing in manure and cultivating swamp field
Thursday 26th fine
bgt 5 bu Barley @ 50 = $2.50 cultivated and harrowed swamp and sowed about two & half acres.
Friday 27th fine
Finished sowing the swamp field and started to harrow sod for peas.
118
Saturday April 28th 1894 Dull
Choring a while, Baleys got a load of hay 2100 lbs @ $7.00 {--}. per ton sold 10 bags potatoes to Jas
Simpson @ 65¢ he is to come for them bgt, cloth for Ch cloth for C pants 96¢, pencils & book for
Mina 10¢ Groceries, 35¢ C. oil can 10¢ stamps ect. 10¢
Sunday 29th fine
Mina Charlie & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach stayed for fellowship meeting col 25.
S.S. 02
Monday 30th fine
rolled in morning harrowed pea land and sowed some in evening
Tuesday 1st May 1894
Finished sowing peas and harrowed them went to Shortreeds raising
Wensday 2nd
went to Town. recd. $5.00 from Geo Binnie for potatoes with adresses of several customers bgt.
Seeds $1.95. Shoes $1.50 exchanged Butter for Groceries Flax $1.25 pd 25¢ for advertising Bull &
potatoes, pencils for Charlie 05 Book 05 meat, ect. 65¢ recd $6.75 from J. Anderson for 9 bags
potatoes
Thursday 3rd fine
plowing for mangels and carrots all day
Friday May 4th 1984 fine
preparing ground and sowing carrots and mangels sowed 16 drills of C & bal of 1½ acres of
mangels. went to town with Mary.
Saturday 5th Dull
Finished sowing mangels and rolled peas land Mary bgt Dress goods
Sunday 6th Dull
we did not go to church Mina and Charlie went to church S. School, col 02.
Monday 7th fine
I went to Town with 6 bags potatoes shipped them to Durham went dow bgt, got horses shod 40¢,
bgt bags. $1.05 Came home and took grist to Mill 6 bags 66¢ np. Lumber 30 p.
Tuesday 8th fine
took 16 bags potatoes to station shipped 15 to Will and one to Geo Binnie. also saddle to Will
exchanged shoes .25¢ envelopes 20 recd $100.00 from Will. bgt seed. 15¢ post cards, 02, meat, 59
np.
Wensday 9th fine
Took load of straw to Thorp recd. $4.00 paid for sugar cane 75 meat 59, buggy fix 50¢ horse
shoeing 25 came home and hauled manure
Thursday 10th fine
Hauling manure in morning and till 3pm. then spread and plowed in till night
120
Friday 11th fine & cool
Father plowing and harrowing I spread manure and went into Town and paid rent to Mr. Simpson
$184.00 bgt retd mangel seed 20¢ Borrowed $60.00 from Bank of Commerce for 1 Month, @ 7%
recd. $59.00.
Saturday 12th fine
Hauling manure and preparing corn ground Coat for Charlie, $2.00.
Sunday 13th fine
Father Mary and I went to Church, col 20¢ heard Dr Willoughby preach C & M went to Sunday
School.
Monday 14th Dull
Hauling manure hauled 12 loads, and chored while it was wet.
Tuesday 15th Dull
Hauling manure all day Geo North brought a cow to bull 1.00 np.
Wensday 16th fine
hauling manure all day
Thursday 17th Dull
heavy storm of rain last night spreading and plowing in manure all day and choring
Friday 18th Dull
spreading & plowing in manure sold young Bull and heifer
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Friday 18th May 1894
recd 2.00 to a N.W. buyer for $125.00 to be delivered next week went to Town in evening bgt corn
65¢, bag, 15. S'corn, 10¢. Clover Seed 39, meat, 50¢
Saturday 19th May wet
Hauled Manure in morning chored in afternoon Allie May Calved today
Sunday 20th wet Dull
Father, Mina and Charlie went to Church in morning & Father Mary and I in evening heard Mrs
Mountford on Jesus from Bethlehem to Calvery, col, today 05¢
Monday 21st wet
Father and I cut potatoes all day.
Tuesday 22nd wet
we cut potatoes till one pm then cleaned up grist of chop & took it to mill 9 bags, pd. 54¢.
Wensday 23rd
Took Lord Aberdeen and Lady Forest to Elmira for Mr. Peterson. recd. $123.00 bgt rope, 38¢ p. put
it in L. Bank at Elmira to draw in Guelph .25¢ got home about 9 pm
Thursday 24th Dull
Took home pig rack, Father plowing in manure & I choring generally did sowed Lucerne where pits
were
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May 1894 Friday 25th Dull & warm
Father plowing potato ground I went to Town bgt milk pans ect $1.50 stamps ect @ 05, went to
O.A.C. saw Tom saw Tubercolosis Cattle went to to see Kyma's Lassie at Mr. McDougalls he does
not want to sell.
Saturday 26th fine
Father and I hauled manure all day dress for Mina $7.45 Duster 55 for Mina
Sunday 27th fine
Father Mary and I went to Church. col. 30¢ SS 03 heard Dr Henderson preach He also read the
rules of Church.
Monday 28th fine & cold
Hauling manure in morning and plowing in afternoon with both traces, sold 500 lbs hay to Slater 2.00
Tuesday 29th cool
plowing & sowing Sorghum and raising drills for potatoes in afternoon & fixing fence
Wensday 30th cool
finished raising drills and started to plant potatoes had D Slater in afternoon.
Thursday 31st Dull
planting potatoes in morning and cutting and choring in afternoon
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Friday June 1st 1894 Dull
Finished planting potatoes planted about 22 bags, went to town took some straw to Scroggie
shipped 3 bags potatoes to Will and pair of Jaws for rice, 2.95 bgt stationary, for M & C 21¢ Gro 60,
meat, 50 Shoes for Mary 2.20
Saturday 2nd wet
Mending harness and Choring all day. Mr. Bender was here and has arranged to take Kyma's Bull
Calf at $50 to go in a month
Sunday 3rd
Mina Father and Charlie went to Church, all but Father went to Sunday School col. 08
Monday 4th fine
spudded thistles and sowed corn paid R. Shortreed $2.00 1.50 for rice and 50¢ on Exhibition ticket
Tuesday 5th cold & dry
Sowed some corn in morning went to town for manure in afternoon sold Butter, 15 lb @ 13 $1.95¢,
bgt gro. 110. cash 85¢ stamps & lumber 09.
Wensday 6th fine & cool
went to Town for load of manure got 3 scantlings 2 x 5 -12 at Stewarts, in afternoon I took Frank in
to sell but could not get a market for him, recd. 11.00 from Miss McDonald, Yarn & needles for M.
bgt. bran, 75¢ Shoes for C. 75. Shoes for Father returned a pair 1.00 paid cash 60
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Thursday
Father and I working at road work all day
Friday
Father spudding thistles and I worked at road work paid S. Slater 25¢
Saturday
sold Calf to Mr. Bender recd. 30.00 bal to be paid by July 1st Father Charlie and I spudding thistles
Sunday 10th
Father Mary and I went to church, heard Dr Henderson preach on (I seek not yours but you) col. 25¢
SS 03
Monday 11th
Choring all day. got a load of manure Sold Butter 10 lb @ 13 = 130 bgt. gro. ect. paid note due on 14
Tuesday 12th
Chored in morning and fixed Brush fence in afternoon with Scroggie
Wensday 13th
went up to Cowans with Aly May to bull, and plowed in evening
Thursday 14th
plowing most of day on rape ground
Friday 15th
went to Town in morning got note got mail
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June Friday 15th fine & warm
went to Town in morning bgt. Turnip & rape seed $1.20 Hat for C. 10¢ me for self 15¢ meat. 63¢
Saturday 16th fine
sowed all our Turnips but 11 drills bees swarmed today
Sunday 17th fine
Mina, Father and Charlie went to Church, Col. 20¢ all but Father went to Sunday School
Monday 18th fine
went to Town in morning got some 1 lb Turnip seed 20 and humbug for bull, 15. rope, 30¢. sowed
the bal of Turnips, and Chored Father plowing Mr. Burt called
Tuesday 19th fine
fixing bees and putting on sections, scuffling carrots and mangels Father plowing ect. went to mill
with grist
Wensday 20th fine
I went to Guelph and then bgt. sundries 15¢, borrowed $7.00 from Scroggie started for Mr. Burts
arrived there at noon went on to Mr McKinnon after dinner, looked at cattle and went back to Burts,
then on To Sharp's He has some very good cattle, called at McNichols and then went on to John's
got there about dark
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Thursday June 21st fine & warm
Started for New Lowel this morning Ticket 3.45. Insurance ticket 25. arrived there about 12.15 P.M.
and met Mr Davidson at station Took dinner at hotel nearby and went to see stock did not buy any
but had a real good talk with Mr Davidson left about 4 P.M. got to Chingacousay before dark
Friday 22nd fine & warm
Started to Mr Sharp's got there about 9 A.M. and looked around the stock also Mr Kirkwoods saw
Some fine cattle a particular good grade Mr S offered me two yearling heifers at $75 and $85 each,
did not buy any, came home by Mr Burt & McKinnons did not do any business.
Saturday 23rd fine
went to town in morning sold Butter, 252 bgt. gro. 34 meat, 50¢, drew $10.00 out of Bank paid
scroggie $7.00. in afternoon Father started for home
Sunday 24th fine
C & M went to Sundy School Mary & I went to Marden at night heard Mr Colwell, col. only 12
Monday 25th
went up to Bender's with Calf did not find him at home so left the bal. due to me $20.00 hoeing
mangels in evening
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Tuesday 26th
hoeing mangels in morning went to vote in afternoon hoeing till night
Wensday 27th fine
Father & I hoeing mangels most of the day.
Thursday 28th fine
went to Town with Mina gave her $1.00 to pay her fee then went to Mosborough to see Jas Taylor
about {cow feed} carrots with Father & Mr Simpson recd. $125.00 from O. German
Friday 29th fine
Hoeing & Thinning carrots & mangels, till teatime & Father & Mr S in morning. They went to closing
exercises in afternoon I went over to Marden got mower knife fixed, 30¢ p.
Saturday 30th fine
cut hay on ridge went to see about cow, and put hay in piles, Mr S came this evening
Sunday 1st July 1894
Mary Father and I went to Church Heard Dr Henderson preach col. 30¢. Mina, C & I went to Sunday
School, recd.
Monday 2nd fine
Father scuffling and Charlie trimming mangels & I plowing for rape Hauled in a load of hay
Tuesday 3rd fine
Cutting wild grass on flat Father & C. working at roots
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July Wensday 4th fine & cool
Finished cutting wild grass on flat and then pile raked & hauled in two loads
Thursday 5th
Mowed grass in orchard and Hauled in bal of wild hay & cut clover back of Elmira road
Friday 6th
Sowed rape & grey stone turnips & Cut part of ridge
Saturday 7th
Cutting Hauling and kiling hay, 3 loads went to town in evening Sold butter 64¢, bgt. gro. 99 meat
$1.00 sundries. 25 sold 5 lbs butter Baleys
Sunday 8th fine
Father M. & C, went to church & I went to S.S. with Mina and C. col.
Monday 9th fine
Cutting hay till noon then Father & Charlie working at roots Hauled 3 loads of clover hay after dinner
and then kill kiled till night
Tuesday 10th
Hauled hay all day got in all that was cut.
Wensday 11th fine
went to Town in morning bgt. shoes for Mary $1.20 Flax $2.10 np. potatoes 25¢ p. Bran & chopping
50¢, postage 6¢
Friday Thursday 13th fine
Finished cutting flat behind barn and hoed turnips & kiled flat Mr S. ½ day
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July 1894 Thursday 12th Dull
Hoed Turnips most of the day Mr S all day. kiled up part of flat behind barn
Sat Friday 14th
cut half of pach towards swamp from Barn Hauled 4 loads off flat behind barn and kiled the patch cut
Sunday 15th
Father Mary & I went to church heard Dr Henderson, col. 75
Monday 16th
Hauled in 5 loads off hay cut the balance of field and kiled it,
Tuesday 17th
Cut a while in morning Hauled after dinner & kiled after tea
Wensday 18
Cut last of hay this morning Hauled 4 loads & kiled balance
Thursday 19th
Finished hauling hay & got Fall wheat cut, we have 47 loads of hay went to Town last night bgt. gro.
20, Ale for Mr S 20, F Paris Green 72.
Friday 20th
putting paris green on potatoes
Sat 21st
Father & I at Baleys hauling hay 17 loads & put off 18
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Sunday 22nd July 1894
Mina, C, & I went to church & S.S. col. 18¢
Monday 23rd fine
chored a while in morning and Hauled wheat rest of day Father hoeing.
Tuesday 24th Dull
we had a good rain last night and things look fresh Mary & I went to Town bgt. Pr. Green 18. Watch
Chain 10 {--}, 67 postage, for M & C, 06 4 C. book 05 pail fixed, 10, postage 5¢
Wensday 25th fine
quite a rain last night, things look quite fresh. Father scuffled Turnips & Mr Simpson & I hoed after
tea we raked up the grain & hay I cut last night
Thursday, 26th fine
Mr S. C, & I hoed turnips most of day Father scuffling and we hauled in a load of hay & 3 loads of
wheat, Stockings & Shoes, $1.20. 40 Socks Mina 1 dress & making another $1.00
Friday 27th fine
Father Scuffling potatoes in morning C. hoeing I raking wheat stubble, in Afternoon we hauled the
bal. of wheat 2 loads sheaves & one load rakings went to post in evening
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Saturday July 28th 1894 fine
Finished hoeing Turnips second time also moulding potatoes second time put off load rakings, Took
Father and Charlie to station and went to per Fathers fare $1.65 Charlies $1.40, gave Father 60¢.
bgt. guards and bolts, 15¢. sent $2.60¢ for Caponizing Instruments Postage 03 Hardware 42¢.
Skinner 40 went to see about p {polled} Angus cow did not buy any came home and did chores and
took 21 Sections of comb honey from bees
Sunday July 29th fine
Mary, Mina, & I went to Church and heard a good Sermon on Gods dealings with Man in the
beginning. col 25¢ SS col. 02
Monday 30th fine
went Plowing til Teatime and hauling rails to ditch since & doing chores
Tuesday 31st fine
plowing all day on Fall wheat stubble got 14 lbs sugar from Mr Baley
Wensday 1st August 1894
plowing most of day Mr McDougall came to see cattle but could not make a bargain for his heifer
Mrs Fords men were here to see cow and see about trading
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Thursday 2nd Aug 1894
W Barton & Charlie came yesterday and Aunt Maggie today. I got Hardware, $1.25 Groceries 78¢,
drew $5.00 out of bank. chopping bag oats, $6 meat 62¢ Went to Ford's with Trixie & got a polled
Angus cow for her. Willie plowing and harrowing all day. Charlie weeding I put paris green on
potatoes in evening
Friday 3rd Dull
Willie finished plowing and harrowing the Fall wheat ground I went to town with Aunt M to station. got
Frank shod, 50¢ canvas 15¢, stamp 03. Rape seed 50¢,
Saturday 4th fine
Choring in morning sowed about 2½ acres of rape Willie & Charlie working at potatoes W. at
Dawsons Thrashing from ten till 2 pm Baley cut patch of D. banner Oats and a patch of Joanette,
about six acres
Sunday 5th fine
Mary Charlie W. & I went to Church, heard Dr Henderson on Christ toward man, took Sacrament Dr
Lorance was there, collection, 25
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Monday Aug 6th 1894
Finished sowing Rape W. at Baleys all day, He finished cutting the oats behind barn I got, flour and
bran exchanged wheat for flour and paid for bran 37¢ bread 05¢
Tuesday 7th fine
Wm rolled bal of rape and took home roller chored till noon, went to Town bgt. {shereed} 45 & basket
& pail, 30, chisel. 15¢ Duty on caponizing instruments 50¢ went to McCrae's to see about car for
cattle to exhibition did not settle it, came home and after tea and chores went up to Jim's for a short
time
Wensday 8th fine
hoed mangels in morning and plowed in afternoon C. hoeing all day. Willie at Baleys all day, has
been all this week
Thursday 9th fine
Had a T. storm last night plowing sod till teatime then hauled two loads of B {Barley} oats Charlie
finished roots today
Friday 10th fine
Hauled two loads of oats in morning went to town after dinner. sent $5.55 to H.J. Hill Toronto being
entry fees for our Cattle. Yeast cakes, 04. Harness fixed, 34¢ Baley cut 1 acre of oats in evening
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Saturday, Aug 11th 1894 fine
Cutting peas with Harvester till 3 PM then hauled three loads of oats, Joanette, recd. $1.25 from a
negro for keeping his horse that strayed, W has been six days at Sun Baleys @ 600/100 stamp 06
Sunday Aug 12th
Nina, C, W & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson preach, Col, 25 SS 03
Monday 13th fine
Finished cutting peas and hauled in two loads of oats Mr S at Whittakers in morning
Tuesday 14th Dull
Hauled four loads of peas and did chores pared bulls feet.
Wensday 15th
Went to Sharp's for a polled Angus heifer a.m. to pay $115.00 and go for Lee
Thursday 16th
Hauled in peas in afternoon 5 loads Turned peas ect. in morning
Friday 17th
Finished peas and hauled one load of oats, got ready to go for heifer paid for heifer $115.00
blacksmithing 40. Cow carier 2.10
Saturday 18th fine
started about 3 a.m. for Mr Sharps got there about 10 am. sundries at erin 35¢, got home about ten
p.m. all safe. got grist of chop 57
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Sunday Aug 19th 1894 fine
Mary, Willie & Charlie went to church, col. 15¢. Mina, C & I went to Sunday school, 03
Monday 20th
Hauled in a small load of oats Willie plowing. W was at Baleys all last week.
Tuesday 21st
Went to Town in morning paid Scroggie $3.10. Sent $100.00 to Mr Blight, borrowed $25.00 for three
months at Bank of Commerce. Sold a load of hay to Thorp @ $8.50 per ton. had on 1870 lbs did not
get pay, weigh bill 10 Hauled in two loads of Oats and Willie plowed in forenoon recd. entry Tickets
for Toronto
Wensday 22nd fine
W plowing & I cultivating with the other team. Proff Day & Mr Rennie came out to see the Bull and
wanted to know the price but we left the matter over till Toronto Show.
Thursday 23rd
washing cattle till two p.m. then went to Town, bgt Gro 90. Flax $1.75 np Bran 37 W plowing all day
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Friday Aug 24th fine
W plowing all day I chored in morning and went to town after dinner bgt. brush for Mina 17¢, gogles,
10¢, went to Whitlaws and we are going in one car to Toronto Fair
Saturday 25th fine
W at Aitcheson's Thrashing C & M cleaning school I chored in morning and plowed after dinner
Sunday 26th fine
Mina C, W, & I went to church col. 15¢, Heard Dr Henderson, on, Different states of happines or
Glory in Heaven. Mary, Mina, & Charlie went to S.S.
Monday 27th fine
W Took wagon to Marden to get tires set, & Harness mended $2.00, np I went to town bgt meat,
$1.74 np Books for Mina 1.00
Tuesday 28th fine
We Thrashed all day, had Aitchesons machine, 1 hand from Shortreed, 1 from porter 1 from
Aitcheson 1 from Slater 1 from Dawson 2 a Team from Baley, John Morrel 75
Wensday 29th Dull
We finished about 9.30 a.m. kept 1 hand from Shortreed 1 from Baley till & 1 from Aitcheson till
noon. Charge for Thrashing $9.00
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Thursday 30th fine
Deer Grain Turned out fairly well about 450 bushels of oats 150 of wheat, 90 of peas, oats are good
wheat & peas fair, W plowed all day & half day yesterday.
Friday 31st fine
W plowing all day I chored and hauled wood. Dr Henderson & Mrs was here today we enjoyed their
visit
Saturday 1st Sept 1894
W plowing all day, C & I went to Town, bgt humbug, 10¢, recd $2.85 from Thorp, bgt Canvas at
Ryan's, 25¢, stamps 05 for Mina. Braces 60¢. p, groceries Shoes $2.60 p. saw about car we are to
get a combination car for $16 to Toronto, will ship on Friday Morning
Sunday 2nd fine
Mary, W, C & I went to Church col. 25. Heard Dr Henderson on the Blessing of God on the home
that worships him it was real good we also had a good class
Monday 3rd fine
W Plowing all day I did chores went to Marden got Cutting box fixed and Buggy tires set, paid 15¢.
$1.80 for tire setting np recd $1.25 C. Harrowing in afternoon
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Tuesday Sept 4th 1894
choring all day W at Shortreeds thrashing. Mr S had our team for a load of tiles paid me 1.00
Wensday 5th
went to Town in morning with 5 bags of wheat to chop 7½ bags oats, 2½ bags wheat for Flour got
35½ lbs flour to bushel, and feed paid 10¢ per bushel for grinding bgt Oil stove $7.00 to be paid in
six months, bgt Flax 75 lbs @ 1.87/1.50 np groceries 33¢, paid Pump maker 75¢, meat 55¢ np, paid
for grist, 52¢.
Thursday 6th fine
spent all day getting ready for the show, rope for packing 75¢. Lumber, 30¢. Chopping 78¢
Friday 7th Dull
We took the Cattle to Toronto today. price of Car 8.00 delivering feed to shed 65¢ getting oil stove
up to station 15¢.
Saturday 8th Dull
fixing things up in general all day, C oil, Sauce pan Brush, wicks for oil stove Sug $1.10. Sugar, C oil
08¢
Sunday 9th fine
attended to stock and did the chores ourselves went to church in afternoon
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Monday 10th sept 1894
we did our usual feeding & cleaning preparing for the morrow
Tuesday 11th fine
we were preparing all day for the show ring started the Bulls about 5 P.M. we got 1st on each of our
Bulls, So we are well satisfied with todays work
Wensday 12th fine
we went through the usual preparation and started into the ring with females about 1 P.M. we got 3rd
for Kyma 2nd and third for herd Our prize Money comes to sixty five dollars
Thursday 13th Dull
we attended stock and looked around a little looking for buyers but did not sell anything
Friday 14th fine
we got ready for the parade and after that was over we started to pack up our camps set and it was
a continual move till about 3 A.M. on
Sat 15 fine
when we got settled in the car again and about day light started for Guelph where we arrived about
noon
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Sat 15th Sept 1894
got the stock home also the outfit about night I feel pretty tough expenses today, 20¢.
Sun 16th fine
Stayed at home all day Mary, Mina & Charlie went to Church. M & C to S.S.
Mon 17th fine
working all day getting things ready for the show W harrowing in morning & helping me in afternoon
Tuesday 18th fine
Took things into the show and came back & got stock ready paid for meat, 72¢, entered the stock
chickens 60 Took Cattle Wensday in in evening paid Dol Baley 15¢
Wensday 19th fine
Showed cattle today got 5 first and one 2nd prize. Oil for cattle 60¢ refreshments, 15¢
Thursday 20th Dull & wet morning
Attending to stock in general and got things home again expense today 25¢.
Friday 21st fine
Willie started to haul manure I put ring in Bull nose and then went to Town Sent $20 to Mr Blight and
$20 to Will bgt gro 08¢. Orders
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Friday sept 21st 1894 fine
got plow fixed 100 np co bgt things book for Charlie 05 Sold a load of hay to Grand Trunk men @
$9.00 2213 = $9.95
Saturday 22nd Changeable
Plowed a while in morning then went to town with Willies Trunk, bgt his ticket 1.65 Shoes & braces
for him things for Mina & C 08 gave Willie 10 got seed rye, 7 bushels @ 56¢ = 3.92
Sunday 23rd
Mary, C & I went to Church heard a Stranger preach a good sermon, on, What Seest Thou. I see a
rod of an almond tree. C, M & I went to SS.
Monday 24th Dull
I went to O.A.C in morning to see Dr Mills about bull also traded Frank for Scroggies mare, got $10
Cash and am to get $5 in groceries, meat 35 Came home and plowed in afternoon
Tuesday 25th fine
plowing sod on flat all day
Wensday 26th fine
Finished plowing & rolling sod on Flat, had man at Baleys thrashing 40¢ np
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September 1894 Thursday 27th fine
Harrowing and sowing rye on Flat, Mr McDougall had a T. B. Polled Angus cow to our bull, 5.00 np.
went to meeting in evening at school to see about entertainment
Friday 28th fine
Finished sowing rye and then cut corn till evening
Saturday 29th fine
picking stones a while in morning went to town about 10 am, bgt humbug 10, whips, 35¢, Fruit 50¢,
Stamps, 23 ¢, Truss for C $1.25 recd. Prize Money, $12.75 Paid Aitcheson $9.00 for Thrashing Meat
75¢, Came home and bound up corn and shocked a little
Sunday 30th Dull
Mina, C, & I went to Church Heard the Black Knight, it was very good, Mary and I went out in
evening.
Monday, 1st Oct 1894
put up Corn, Trimmed hedge hauled up bal of furnace wood paid black smithing, 30¢.
Tuesday, 2nd Dull
Cleaning out ditch, all day
Wensday 3rd Dull
went to O.A.C. sale bgt. 3 Dorset Ewes and two dorset rams for $26 and Leicester ram, for $26.25
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Oct 3rd 1894 Wensday 3rd Contd.
Sold, Our Young bull Lord Aberdeen 2nd for $181.25
Thursday 4th Dull
Took bull to Farm and brought home the rams signed premium note for fifty Dollars for Insurance
bgt, Shoes & Laces for Mina & C 2.50
Friday 5th Dull
plowing Fall wheat ground all day second time sent 8 bags of oats to mill to get chopped pd. 48¢
Saturday 6th Cool & Dull fine
I plowed most of the day and fixed fence between White and us. Charlie chored around barn.
Sunday 7th fine
Went to Church in the morning heard Dr Henderson on The Conference work it was very good, and
instructive went to Sunday School in afternoon
Monday 8th fine
plowing all day in back field Kyma 3rd calved today heifer calf
Tuesday 9th
plowing till noon ten A.M., then started potatoes took up 28 bags had two boys helping 35 np.
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October Wensday 10th fine
Taking up potatoes all day 58 bags had 5 boys, @ 40, 35, 35, 30, 20 np.
Thursday 11th showery
Taking up potatoes 55 bags had, 4 boys, 35, 30, 20, 20.
Friday 12th fine
finished potatoes 6 bags Total 147 bags had one boy 40¢ pulled & hauled in 4 loads of mangels W &
Hanah came this evening with Douglas & Bes.
Saturday 13th wet
went to Model farm in morning to try and sell bull, did not sell. recd. my two notes $60.25 and
$125.00 Cash for Bull recd. $5.00 from Mr S for board, bgt groceries, $1.05 {Chqd} Hardware $1.35
paid W. Wells 65¢. J. Hassan $1.25 W. & H started home after dinner I have bgt. 12 sheep from him
@ $3.75 per 100 lb 5% shrink on all but lambs. I have Douglas @ $150.00 of Principal that W owes
me & I traded Bes for his colt and he keeps it till next spring we also traded Turkeys
Sunday 14th Cold & Dull
Mina, Charlie & I went to Church heard an Educational Sermon it was good went to Sunday School
in afternoon
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Monday 15th Oct 1894
Working at mangels had Jonnie Hassan all day.
Tuesday 16th fine
went to meet Will & get lambs & sheep recd. $110.00 from him to pay intrest and 4 shearling ewes, 4
ewe lambs and four wethers, expenses today. 12¢ Baley Hal Johnie hassan today
Wensday 17th fine
went to Town in morning sent draft of $260.00 to Canada Life Assurance co Hamilton paid two
supscritons to Guardian $2.00 one for Bessie Mountain and one for ourselves sold Skin 30¢ Jonnie
here today
Thursday 18th fine
Finished pulling and hauling mangels, and pulled twelve drills carrots, hauled one load we have
about 10½ loads mangels sold hay 25¢
Friday 19th fine
Taking up carrots & hauling them all day hauled 4 loads Jonnie 7 days this week & W two.
Saturday Oct. 20th
went to Town with Mary in morning to get her teeth extracted had Dr Howitt give her an Anesthetic
fee $2.00. Teeth to be $15.00, paid when put in, Washers 08, Stamps for Mina 12, sundries 6 Paper
for Mina 10
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Saturday Oct. 20th 1894
paid, Jonnie $2.10, Willie 85¢. bgt hymn book 60¢ got receipts on the sheep transaction I owe W.
$59.20
Sunday 21st fine
Mina, C, & I went to Church heard Dr Henderson on col in evening C, M & I went to hear Mrs
Mountford on the True life of {--}
Monday 22nd fine
fixing pits and pulling Turnips hauled one load
Tuesday 23rd fine
pulling & hauling Turnips 8 loads
Wensday 24th fine
pulling & hauling Turnips 2 loads
Thursday 25th fine
pulling & hauling Turnips seven loads
Friday 26th fine
pulling & hauling Turnips 1 load
Saturday, O 27th fine
went to Town in morning paid insurance $3.63, paid for new Insurance 2.00, sold Egss, @ 15¢ bg
paid Scroggie $3.00, I had borrowed, Johnie Hassan has been here all week, $2.40 np.
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Sunday 28th Oct. 1894 very fine
Mary Charlie & I went to church in morning heard Dr Henderson on Deut 6 {part} of 6 & 7 14 & 15 it
was very good showing the duty of Parents to Children, were also at class all went to sunday school.
Monday 29th fine
Jonnie & I working at Turnips all day, got in two loads also two loads Corn stalks, {-} White told me
where to get 13 lambs am to cut the rams at his risk,
Tuesday 30th wet
Mak Chored in morning Jonnie here till ten A.M. Made potato screen & screened potatoes rest of
day.
Wensday 31st Dull
screening potatoes in Morning and picking Turnips in Afternoon 3 loads shipping two of Culls.
Thursday 1st Nov 1894
pulling & hauling turnips 1 load shipping two culls have 37 loads Turnips
Friday 2nd fine
Covering Turnip pit & hauling rails to fence it.
Sat, 3rd Dull
went for lambs in morning am got 13, weight 1780 lbs.
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Sat, November 3rd 1894 Dull
Continued from 147. Arranged with Jas Simpson to take his young cattle, to pasture on rape at 3¢
and give them back 3¼ when rape is done went to town in afternoon, with 10 bu and five lbs wheat
to grist also 3 bags oats to chop bgt Gro 85¢ sold eggs 128, stamps 08¢,
Sunday 4th Dull
Mary Henry & I went to Church, Heard Dr Henderson stayed to Sacrament. & M, C, H & I went to
Sunday School
Monday 5th Dull
plowing all day went to patron meeting in evening, Sold rape & some pasture to J. L. Simpson for
$30.00 to be paid when convenient
Tuesday 6th Dull.
plowing most of the day got coal oil at mill 18 @ {--} np. bgt. 13 lambs from White for $35.00
Wensday 7th Dull
went to town with six rams to fair so did not sell any borrowed $5 from Scroggie paid J. Hassan
$2.85 castrated 9 lambs
Thursday 8th cold & Dull
almost to frosty to plow plowed most of the day,
Friday 9th cold East wind
ground to hard to plow finished putting wood in cellar and fixed up sheep pen the castrated lambs
are doing well
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Saturday 10th Nov 1894 clear & cold
went to town in morning Traded eggs for groceries got 17¢ per doz, Sold Rock & Nell to a Yankie
buyer for $120.00 recd. $5.00 to be delivered on Monday, bgt underclothes for Charlie, $1.30, shoes
for myself 85 Ropes for halters, 90¢. stamps for Mina 06 Book 65 sold 13 Turkeys to Mitchell to be
delivered next Sat, and five to Watson all at 10¢ per lb.
Sunday 11th cold
Mina Charlie & I went to Church heard a stranger preach on, We are to come boldly to the Throne of
Grace, I did not go to Sunday School
Monday 12th cold
went to town in morning with Rock & Nell to deliver them but in their examination Nell's eyes did not
stand the test so the bargain was broken, I paid back the $5.00 borrowed $7.00 from Scroggie got
worked around barn after I came home
Tuesday 13th mild & Dull
went to town with 4 bags of turnips to Mr Leadleys and two bags of potatoes, Turnips $1.00 potatoes
$1.00 also took some turnips to Aunt Jane bgt a small load of manure and Lambs from Station
Freight $2.88 Lambs
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Wensday 14th November 1894 Dull
Took a load of straw to Mr Cross recd. $4.00 sent $2.50 to Thos McFarlane to register Mysie's bull
calf, bgt. Figs 07¢.
Thursday 15th mild & Dull
went to town with a load of straw sold it to Field & Hackman for $4.00 bgt stamp 03. sold a load of
straw to Dary for what manure he has and will make this winter, plowed all afternoon
Friday 16th fine
killed 18 turkeys in morning & plowed the rest of the day.
Saturday 17th fine
had White's man plowing in forenoon I took Turkeys to town, weighed 185½ lbs @ 10 $18.55 got 25
lbs Lamb from Wakefield to return and give him two lbs sold 5 turkeys to Watson & 2 to Buckle to be
delivered on wensday
Sunday 18th Cold
Mary, Henry & I went to Church col Heard Dr Henderson, on pr The influence of Christian Example it
was very good
Monday 19th cold
went to Town with load of straw to Dary the Grocer, I am to get what manure he has and what he will
make all winter,
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Nov 1894 Tuesday 20th cold
killing Turkeys and cleaning up grist in morning went to Aitcheson's sale in Afternoon bgt a cow, for
$22.00
Wensday 21st Dull
went to Town with Turkeys sold six, 64 lbs @ 8 ct $5.12, eggs 9½ doz @ 15 $1.42 bgt groceries
recd. $25.00 from W. Wakefield on Aly May
Thursday 22nd fine
plowing all day it was rather hard in morning but got better.
Friday 23rd Dull
plowing all day had two teams going after 10.30 a.m. had Jonnie Hassan helping me paid him 25¢.
went to patrons meeting in evening heard a debate on {Rep} Dircet taxation the best way to use
raise the revinue of the country, the Affirmative beat, that is our lodge.
Saturday 24th Stormy
plowing till about 4 p.m. finished all that I was particular about, Jas. Simpson put his cattle on the
rape tonight.
Sunday 25th Cold
went to church heard Rev Magwood on, Our bodies are the Temple of christ.
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Monday Nov 26th 1894. Dull & cold
Chored most of the day, went to see Thompson's lambs Laid low brought 180 here to feed on rape I
put twenty lambs on Jim's rape at 5¢ per week each
Tuesday 27th fine
Chored and went to see Jim about putting Cattle on rape he charges 40¢ per day for 8 head went to
town in afternoon got letter from uncle R, & certificate of registry of Lord Aberdeen 3rd & certificate
of transfer of Lord Aberdeen 2nd
Wednesday 28th cold
choring in morning helped Metcaff with fence for an hour Took cow to butcher, there is a bal of $7
coming to me.
Thursday 29th cold
after I did the chores I helped Metcaff to stake a fence till noon in afternoon I trimmed sheep till
chore time took
Friday 30th mild & soft
Clipping sheep in morning & choring in afternoon Tom went for sheep to model farm. got the two
Imported ewes & did not bring
Saturday 2 1st Dec 1894
Chored in morning went to town in afternoon, entered the stock for Fat stock show. Fees, $12.00 will
pay at show.
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Sunday Dec 2nd 1894 fine
Stayed at home till evening Mina went to S. School. I went to Church in evening, heard a very good
sermon on Temprance
Monday 3rd fine
went over to Cleghorn's & McCorkindale's in morning to see lambs & ducks went to Lewis' for ducks
paid $1.12 then went to mill bgt bran 45 Grd Flax 50 lbs @ $1.20 /2.40 np. bgt duck for 40 & traded
what I had for 3 more & gave 30¢ to boot.
Tuesday 4th fine
doing chores and fixing things up for the Show.
Wensday 5th fine
We chored in morning Tom Took Mysie to Model Farm in afternoon
Thursday 6th fine
Tom went for a load of manure & got some fixtures for harness 1.10¢, condition Powder 50.
Friday 7th Dull fine
Tom went to Baleys thrashing and I went to see Thompson's lambs we traded four I have to pay
$2.63 of a balance our four weighed 447, his 422 bal 75 lbs @ 3½¢ = $2.63
Saturday 7th Dull
Tom to a load of straw to Tatham recd. $4.50 I worked at lambs ect. Charlie helped Thompson with
lambs hauled 1 load of manure
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December Sunday 9th fine
Stayed at home in the morning. went to Sunday School
Monday 10th Dull.
getting ready for the show all day picking poultry most of the time.
Tuesday 11th wet.
Took the stock to the show paid Fees $10.00 got shoes fixed 10 bgt socks, 55, recd. $75 from Mr
German
Wensday 12th wet
getting stock ready to show and attending to things in general Will was Thu there and he took stock
of the sheep for me.
Thursday 13th rough
we took the stock into the ring got 2nd for Shearling Ewe, got 1st for Luckey Cockerels 2nd for
Pullets 3rd for best dressed, 3rd for collection 2nd for Fowls Cockerels, Total 1st for Polled Angus
2nd for P. Angus sold a lamb Friday 14th to Wright for $6.75, Sold poultry to Brill Turkeys & chickens
@ 8½ and Duck & geese @ 7 Total 18.00 pair Chickens to Mr Miller pair Turkeys to Register $2.97
Loaned Aunt Jane $60.00 for three months.
Friday 14th very fine
Took Kyma of Tweed hill to Model Farm bull Tom went home
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Saturday 15th Dec 1894
went to town in morning sold Skin 60¢. bgt Groceries paid Taxes $25.74 bgt present for Mr
McKenzie, 5.00 I paid Mina 20 & Charlie 25, & 50 on present bgt underclothes for Charlie 3.20 recd.
$2.50 from Geo North for cows to bull $2.50. stamps for Mr German 5¢ rubbers for Charlie $1.10
Sunday 16th mild & Dull
Mary & Charlie went to Church Mina, C, & I went to S.S.
Monday 17th Dull
I did chores and plowed the corn patch & lane behind house
Tuesday 18th fine
went to mill with ten bags ¾ oats ¼ wheat, paid for chopping 50¢. hauled two loads of manure in
afternoon sold Turkey to Aunt Esther 85¢
Wensday 19th very fine
Took, a small load of straw to Scroggie and then went to experimental union meeting and brought
home a dorset horned Ewe lamb, bgt gro.
Thursday 20th fine
Father & Will came down last night W. went over to Phinn's sale and bgt some sheep, 5 for $29.00
Father & I hauled manure all day
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December 1894 Friday 21st Dull
Father & I hauled manure all day Will got home about Eleven A.M. Fixed up his rig and started off for
Mt. Forest about 1.30 P.M.
Saturday 22nd fine
Mary and Charlie went to town bgt. dry goods ect. $1.50, sugar 75¢. sold eggs fresh @ 17¢. packed
15¢. paid note for Cow bgt at Aitchesons sale $20.68, paid Mr Baley for thrashing & sugar, & he paid
my account & also for cow to bull my his my account 6.50-5.00=1.50
Sunday 23rd fine
Father, Mina, & Charlie went to Church. Mary, Mina & I went to sunday school.
Monday 24th Dull
Just as we were ready to go to work yes Will & Tom came down and we had a talk about our
arrangements it is decided that Father Mother and Hannah Live along at brick house, get $70 rent
for Brookside $30 intrest for stock Will has of Father's, Will also to supply them with milk, wood, and
take them to Church Father to help them in busy time when he is able.
Tuesday 25th cold
Father went to Church, Charlie I went to see some polled Angus Cattle, Also to see Mr Sorby about
selling horses, Chored in Afternoon Mr Simpson was here for dinner and Mr Whittaker & Mr
Campbell in evening
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December 1894 Wensday 26th Cold east wind
Father & Charlie hauling manure in morning and I went to school meeting put G.D. Hood & I Audited
the books and found them correct, Then I was moved to the Chair and business gone through and
Auditors report adopted The Election of Trustees came on, R. Shortreed & I were ties and I gave my
casting vote in his favor the meeting adjourned, Father & I hauled manure in afternoon four loads.
Thursday 27th windy & Cold
Hauling manure all day quite a cold job.
Friday 28th Cold
F & C Hauling manure all day I butched two lambs in morning
Saturday 29th cold
Father & Charlie hauling Manure and covering Turnip pit with coarse manure. I went to Town in
afternoon, Sold Eggs, P 10⅓. 155¢. 3.10/12 F @ 66/17, bgt gro 138, Flour 25¢. lb np, apples 20¢.
np oranges, 13¢. np nails 35¢. wash dish 35¢. axe 90¢. school bag 50. postage for M 3¢. sold meat,
25½ lbs at 204/8 left a carcase of lamb at Wakefields half for him and half for Dr Henderson
Sunday 30th Cold
Father Mina & I went to Church & Class. Heard Dr Henderson, Mary M & C went to S.S. Put Kyma
3rd to Lord Aberdeen 3rd
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Monday Dec 31st 1894 fine
Father putting handle in axe and chopping in swamp, I Trimmed lambs Chored generally Cleaned up
a grist of wheat, six bags paid Mina 10¢.
Tuesday Jan 1st 1895
Choring around barn all day Father & Charlie in swamp cutting wood.
Wensday 2nd fine
Went to Town in morning took a grist to Presents Mill 815 lbs recd. 514 lbs Flour 272 Mids bag bran,
bgt coat for Mina, $7.00 Mina's Shoes mended 10¢. Hardware, 55¢. stove mended, 25¢. Mr
Wakefield paid for bal on cow & lamb $7.15 I paid my account 2.85 came home & got a hand to go
to Aitchesons Thrashing
Thursday 3rd fine Dull
Father and I cutting wood all day, Mr Morrel at Aitchesons thrashing all day for me
Friday 4th fine & Cold
butched a lamb in morning Father Chopping wood all day & I part of the time,
Saturday 25th East Wind Stormy
Took lamb to town sold 1 gr to Mr Gokey recd. $1.00 bal 20, ¼ to Mr Saunders $1.89 ¼ to Mr
Swayer $1.22, ¼ to Mr Barker $1.68 skin 70¢. Eggs & chicken 67¢. bgt gro $1.00 pants for Father &
I $2.55 Cap for myself 45 overshoes $1.35 yarn 25 Father & Charlie cutting wood
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Sunday 5th Jan 1895
Mary, Father & Charlie went to Church Mina, C, & I went to sunday school. Kyma 2nd, bull calf
Monday 7th fine
Election day. I voted for Amos, Laidlaw and Whitlaw the reeve & deputy are in by aclimation, Mary &
I went to Miss Websters funeral in Afternoon our Imp Dorset, H. Ewe lambed today ram lamb
Tuesday 8th cold
F. working at wood all day I did not do much as I was not very well, had a bad cold
Wensday 9th fine
Father & I working at wood all day.
Thursday 10th Dull
did very little work as I have not improved much Father cutting wood.
Friday 11th Dull
did chores killed a lamb and read, Father chopping wood
Saturday 12th fine
Father & Charlie hauling wood I went to Town. Sold butter & Eggs, $1.32 L Skin, 65, 14 lbs to
Shoddy mau @ 8 = 1.10 Charity 1.12 13½ lbs to pearson @ 8.108 15 lbs to Dawson at 7½ 15 lbs to
Powel @ 8 $1.20 Copy paper for M @ 15¢. writing paper & stamp for Mina 10¢. hardware 15¢.
drugs 15¢. Leather 25¢. S{h}oes M 20 dry goods $2.14 paid Morel for Thrashing @ Aitchesons
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