MEMORANDUM BY JOHN MICHIE 1869
FEB. 24– Grand concert at Greenbank by D.P. Wajat. 100
voices. Stormy day. Road shoveled in the a.m.
25 – Took 58 bushels oats to Manchester. Sold for 51 cents
bushel.
26 – Fanned barley and oats. Stormy day.
27 – Stormy day. Snow drifting all day. Wm. gone to fence the
school ground.
28 – Roads all drifted full. Not at church.
MAR. 1 – Wm. at home in forenoon. At Mr. Phairs afternoon.
Wind SW. John and George shoveling the road forenoon.
Taking in peas in the afternoon. Self doing chores. Margaret and
Robert at home.
2 – Wind North in the morning, South rest of the day. Wm. &
John at T. Phairs timber. Mr. Colby taking the mens names.
George and self threshing peas in the forenoon. Drew 3 loads
of turnips in the afternoon.
3 – John & Wm. at Phairs timber. Geo. at home. Singing night.
Self at Manchester with 63 bushels of oats. Price 50 cents.
4 – Wind southwest, very cold. Geo. & John threshing peas. Wm.
and self nothing. Margaret at school. Barbara and Jane Michie
at Mr. Phairs in the evening. Fire northeast at 10 o’clock. General
Grant proclaimed President of the United States.
5 – Wind southwest, rather cold. Nomination day of Deputy
Reeve at the room of I.B. Campbell. Resigned. Fanning peas in
the forenoon. Margaret and Robert at school.
6 – Wind west, cold day, snow drifting. John and Geo. threshing
peas. Wm. in the afternoon gone to Greenbank to see where he
can get lumber for school fence. Reading the papers, self.
Singing at night at Greenbank. The last night of the quarter.
Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. 1862.
7 – Wind southwest, fine day. Self, Wm. and Margaret at church.
Monthly collection $1.80. Mr. McArthur preaching from the first 2
verses of the Prophet Hosea.
8 – Wind southwest. Geo. and Wm. threshing peas in the
forenoon. John gone to George Michies. George, Wm.,
Margaret and Mr. McPhail at the concert at Wick in the
afternoon. Reading at the Son’s Hall, Greenbank admission 10
cents. 14 of an audience.
9 – Wind northwest, fine day. Election of Deputy Reeve. Wm.
Lee, Mr. McGregor, N. Bates running. W. Lee not running.
Voted in forenoon for Mr. McGregor. Geo. and me fanning peas
in the afternoon. Wm. and John at Greenbank. Luke offered his
farm for rent for $140 but would take less. Voting on the
Nipissing bylaw for $50,000 in Brock today.
10 – Wind northeast, snowing and drifting. Fanning peas. Day of
convention at Brooklin to hear Dr. McGill’s defense. Prince of
Wales married.
11 – Wind SW, fair day, above freezing but frosty. Nothing doing,
the snow is so deep. John and George fanning oats in the
afternoon at Anderson’s barn. First daily paper in England
published 1702.
12 – Wind south but clear and cold. John and George fanning
oats in the forenoon at Andersons barn. Self shoveling snow
from the turnip pit in forenoon. Wm. making gate for school
ground. Drew 6 loads of turnips in the afternoon. Began to snow
from the south about 4 o’clock.
13 – Wind west, snow very deep. Nothing doing. John and
George fanning oats at Mr. Andersons barn.
14 – Wind south southwest, snowing and drifting some. Wind
change to NW in afternoon and snow drifting greatly. Nobody at
church. Toronto a market town 1814.
15 – Wind N and frosty. Nothing doing. John and George fanning
oats in Mr. Andersons barn. Settled with A. Michie. Wm. at
Greenbank in the afternoon to see if any letter had come from
James Leask lot.
16 – Wind NW, clear day but frosty. John and George fanning
oats at Mr. Andersons barn. 230 bushels in whole. Wm. and self
took grist to mill – 4 bushels 54 lb. fall wheat. From mill to Prince
Albert to see Walsh. Found him at Manchester. Wm. bought
100 lbs. nails from Mr. A. Gordon at $3.25. Saw Mr. Wm. Mercer
at Manchester. Boston evacuated by the British 1776
17 – Wind N, clear day. Nonquon Fair this day. Mr. Wilkinson’s
sale this day. George went for grist in the afternoon. Rest
fanning oats at home. 66 bushels in whole.
18 – Wind S, clear day. Saintfield Fair this day. John and self at
it. Some 60 cattle and 3 sheep and lots of horse racing. Wm.
and George at home making dominoes.
19 – Wind SW, rather dull looking day, appearance of a storm.
John and George at the wood in the afternoon. Wm. at Isaac
Craigs to get lumber for school fence. Goose laid this day.
Barbara at Greenbank to get boots mended and did not get
them. Fair at Port Perry this day.
20 – Wind W, clear day. George threshing timothy. Wm and
John in the woods in the forenoon. Fanning spring wheat in the
afternoon. George at Greenbank to get his foot measured.
Barbara visiting at Mr. Burton’s. Vernal Equinox – spring began.
21 – Wind ESE, cold bleak day. Self and Mrs. Michie, Barbara,
Wm, Geo and Anne at church. Mr. McArthur lecturing on the first
chapter of Hosea. Sir Isaac Newton died 1727. George Michie
died 1868.
22 – Wind N, clear cold day. Mrs. Michie and George Michie
from Brock here today. Amos Stone bought the red steer at
$6.50 per hundred. Wm and Geo at T. Phairs cordwood. Self
and John fanning fall wheat. Loaned Mr. George Michie $25.00.
23 – Wind all around, warm day. Self and George at fall wheat –
56 ½ bushels. Wm and John at T. Phairs cordwood. A. Michie
down in the afternoon. George Michie buried.
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24 – Wind NW, bright cold day. Wm, John and George at T.
Phairs cordwood in the forenoon. John and George took red
steer to A. Stone in the afternoon. Received five dollars for Wm.
Michie from W. Walker.
25 – Wind S, cloudy day. John and Geo drawing out wood. Wm
mending Jas. Walkers harrow. A. Michie’s quilting bee in the
afternoon. Mother at it. Spree at A. Michie’s in the evening.
John Tipps sale this day.
26 – Wind SE, drizzling rain in the forenoon. George drawing
wood in the afternoon. John at Greenbank. Wm. making
dominoes to Mr. Phair. Good Friday. Mary McPhail visiting here
in the afternoon. Received payment from George Bodie for 40
bus. of oats and some hay. Received letter from James Tough,
Auchmull, Aberdeen. John hires to Mr. James Johnston, Brock.
27 – Wind SW, soft dull day. John and George drawing wood in
the forenoon. Wm. chopping wood to Mr. Robt. Phair. Byers
borrowed sleigh today. Barbara at A. Michie’s. Drew 3 loads of
turnips in the afternoon. News: A. Michie at Port Perry getting
his lease made. Florida discovered 1512.
28 – Wind SE, dull day. Easter Sunday collection for Knox
College. Wm. and George at Presbyterian meeting. Mother,
Barbara and Margaret at Methodist meeting. Snow melting fast.
British declare war against Russia 1854.
29 – Wind SW, dull warm day, threatening rain. John at
Manchester. A. Michie borrows bobsleigh to take a load to
Brock. Wm. at Robert Phair’s wood. George at Mr. Baileys with
black mare (1 new shoe). Mother at Mr. Lukes in the afternoon.
Snow melting fast.
30 – Wind N, dull soft foggy day, snow melting fast. George and
John drawing out wood. Wm. at Robert Phairs wood. Mother at
Mr. Lukes. John at W. Craggs in the afternoon. George drawing
wood. Self at T. Duffs in the afternoon. News: Mr. Luke got a
daughter last night. Janet Jerusha Jane is her name.
31 – Wind N, cold day. George’s birthday. George and John
drawing wood. Wm. at Robert Phairs wood. Mr. A. Michie and
Mrs. Michie here in the forenoon. Singing in the evening. A.
Michie, A. Bell, F. Smith, T. Phair, Isabella Gordon and Jane
Michie here tonight. Duck laid this day. Mr. Jason Stone here a
few minutes in the evening.
APR. 1 – Wind NE, clear day. All Fools Day. George helping A.
Michie to flit. John helping too. Self and Wm. at Greenbank at
Mrs. Andersons sale which is only a farce. Went to see I. Craig’s
sawmill. Came home with Mr. Luke. News: Pascoe Luke hired
to Jason Stone for 7 months at $70.00.
2 – Wind N, dull cloudy morning, some fresh snow. Wm. and
George drawing wood in the forenoon. Self at A. Michies
weighing hay for Mr. McPhail. George drawing it in the
afternoon. John chopping wood for A. Gordon. Wm. too in the
afternoon. News: A. Michie reproves R. Stillwell for drawing a
stick of timber through his new grass. Wm. Stillwell threatens to
kick A. Michie.
3 – Wind NW, cold day. Red mulley calved since last night. Bull
calf. George drawing wood. John at Greenbank getting his boot
mended. 2 Indians here in the forenoon. Bought 4 baskets.
Wm. and self doing nothing. In the afternoon Wm. cutting the
school wood that is too long. Self picking potatoes. Mother at
Mr. McPhails. Elizabeth and Pamella Burton here on a visit.
News: Mr. Robert Walker, Greenbank, got 2 fingers sawed off at
I. Craggs sawmill this afternoon.
4 – Wind NW, some fresh snow. Wm., Margaret and self at
church. Monthly collection $1.30. Went and came by A. Leask.
Ewe lambed this afternoon.
5 – Wind SW, rather cold in the morning. Self, John, and Barbara
at Manchester. Roads very bad. Lost a horseshoe going to
Manchester. Got 1 new shoe and 7 shoes set for 70 cents. Wm.
at Mr. Griffins Hardscrabble. News: Mr. McArthur put 4 young
men out of the church on Sabbath during service at Brock.
6 – Wind W, rather cold. George and self drew 3 loads of turnips
in the forenoon and 2 loads of hemlock cordwood. Wm. and
George drawing wood. John at Mr. Byers to see Dr. Byers to get
something for his wrist. Dr. not at home. Self picking potatoes.
News: Mr. Dusty trading his mare to Mr. Luke for buckboard, 4
bunches of shingles and 3 bags wheat. Battle of Shiloh 1862.
7 – Wind SW, rather dull looking day. Ewe Nellie got 2 lambs
since last night, a ewe and ram. George and William chopping in
the swamp in the forenoon. Self picking potatoes. George
drawing wood in the afternoon. Wm. chopping sugar wood.
Some trees tapped in the afternoon. A. Michie here at his dinner
and bought 2 mulley steers. John at Greenbank. Wm. at
Greenbank in the evening singing at the Wesleyans.
8 – Wind NW, cold day, a little snow since last night. George and
Wm. drawing chips. John went away to Mr. Jas. Johnston,
Brock. Self at Greenbank. Bought 2 pails in the forenoon.
George drawing chips in the afternoon. Wm. at Greenbank.
John returns in the evening again. Singing at Mr. Duffs this
evening. Mother at Mr. Phairs in the afternoon. John offers his
services to Mr. Johnston and is not accepted.
9 – Wind NW, dull cloudy day. In the forenoon George and Wm.
chopping in the swamp. John at P. Martineau’s. Self and Robert
fixing the sugar kettle. Afternoon Wm. and Geo. chopping in the
swamp. John at Mr. McPhails. Self put up fences in the road.
Mrs. A. Gordon and Mrs. J. Walker here on a visit. News: A.
Watson, Blacksmith, Saintfield, got his ears split and his eye
damaged horse racing with C. Aslin on the 8th
.Lee surrendered
to General Grant 1865.
10 – Wind N, clear day. Forenoon Mr. Burton looking at white
cow. Was offered one in Whitby for 23 dollars, I asking $30.00.
George splitting rails. Wm. chopping in the swamp. John and
self nothing. Afternoon George splitting rails. Wm. & John
shoveling snow on the road. Self boiling sap. Black ewe lambed
1 ram lamb. Self at Geo. Bodies in the evening asking him to
bring a spade to me from Whitby and 4 patent pails.
11 – Wind NW, rather warm day. Nobody from here at the
Presbyterian meeting on account of the roads. Barbara at the
Sunday School. Ewe lambed this day – ewe lamb. Wm. visiting
Alexander McMillan who is sick, not expected to live.
12 – Wind NW, clear day. Afternoon Mrs. Martineau, Mrs.
Burton, Mrs. Belford and Mrs. Gordon here quilting. Wm.
chopping, John at Prince Albert. Self and George drawing
turnips 8 loads. Wind W afternoon. Mrs. J. Leask, Mrs. A.
Leask, Mrs. McPhail, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Duff, Isabella Michie,
Jane Michie, A. Aslin, and M.J. Luke quilting. Wm. and George
drawing rails. Self at kettle. John lost his purse at Port Perry.
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Ewe lambed ewe lamb. Evening spree. Ladies present: I.
Michie, Jane Michie, A. Aslin, MJ Luke, M. Walker, Ann Gordon,
L. Chalmers, M. Gordon, G. Luke. Gentlemen present: I.
McPhail, G. Watts, Wm. Gordon, F. Smith, A. Byers, A. Bell, A.
Michie, T. Phair, W. Luke. Andrew Gordon, musician.
13 – Wind W, clear day. Cattle and pigs in the barn this morning.
One lamb eaten. Forenoon Thos. Duff borrowed $10.00.
George chopping. Wm. nothing. John at Port Perry to find his
purse. Self mending Roberts boots. Court sits at Whitby today.
Afternoon Wm. at Isaac Craggs. Geo. chopping. John finds his
purse. Self at Mr. Byers and Mr. McPhails. News: Chancey
Aslin ploughing. Received 1 spade and 4 pails from George
Bodie. Barbara received a letter from C. A. Campbell, Brooklin.
14 – Wind NW, clear day. Ewe lambed this morning ram lamb.
Forenoon Wm. gone to Isaac Craggs to work in his mill. George
chopping. John sore feet. Self writing letter to C.A. Campbell,
Brooklin to say that Barbara will hire with him for 1 month.
Burton down wanting potatoes to buy and cow. Would give
$28.00 cash or $29.00 in a year. Afternoon George chopping.
John and self at sugar bush. Barbara at Mrs. J. Walkers quilting
bee. News: Alex McMillan died yesterday morning. Barbara at
singing in Wesleyan Church. Isabella Michie here all night.
President Lincoln assassinated 1865.
15 – Wind S, white frost this morning, clear day. George
chopping. John gone to Mr. Jas. Johnstones. Self at kettle. Port
Perry whistle blown for the first time this year. Barbara and
Isabella Michie sewing. Self at kettle. Rev. Mr. Douglas from
Uxbridge buys the red Mulley cow at $28.00.
16 – Wind S, clear warm day, snow thawing fast. Forenoon
George chopping. Self fixing Barbara’s box. Mr. A. Gordon here
to tell Wm. to go to A. Michies, Brock, to meet Mr. Tipp about the
fixing of the house A. Michie lives in. Afternoon George
chopping. Self fencing. Robert at Greenbank. Isabella Michie
left for Mr. Phairs. News: Isaac Craggs mill broke this afternoon.
17 – Wind W, soft day, rain through the night. Forenoon George
chopping. Self fixing the lock of Barbara’s chest. James Belford
here for a hen. Afternoon George chopping. Amos Stone pays
the balance on red steer bought 22 Mar. for 6 ½ dollars per
hundred and buys the white cow for $29. Robert at Greenbank
for letter from C.A. Campbell, Brooklin, accepting Barbaras offer
to hire with him for one month. Self doing very little.
18 – Wind E, dull day, threatening rain. Barbara and Margaret at
Sabbath School. Self at the English Meeting in the afternoon.
Margaret at it too. Black ewe 2 lambs, one white the other black,
both ewes. Barbara at Presbyterian Meeting. 35 of an audience.
Mr. McArthur will leave if the people say so. News: Mary Rennie
lost from Udora, Township of Scott.
19 – Wind SE, thunder and rain through the night. Ewe lambed
one ewe lamb. Forenoon Archibald Miller here for drag teeth.
Geo. chopping. Wm. took Thomas Phairs house to build at
$121.00 and board himself. Wm. gone to A. Michie’s, Brock to
meet Mr. Tipp. Self making gate. Mrs. Martineau here fixing
Barbaras dress. George at Amos Stones with white cow. Wm.
did not see Mr. Tipp. News: Mr. Jas. Cockrane says there is war
declared between England and the United States.
Fredericksburg Virginia captured 1862.
20 – Wind SE, foggy morning, very warm. George at Uxbridge
with red Mulley to Mr. Douglas. A. Michie here wanting oats.
Wm. at schoolhouse. Thunder and rain through the forenoon.
Self mending churn dasher. Afternoon more rain. Isabella
Michie here and Isabella Walker. A. Michie here in the evening
and Wesley Luke playing dominos. Byron died 1824.
21 – Wind SW, rather cold cloudy morning, ground very wet.
Snow showers through the day. Self at Manchester with Barbara
on her way to Brooklin. Roads very muddy. Mr. Archibald
Johnston came from Manchester with me. News: J.S. Sproule,
jailer, Whitby, died of apoplexy yesterday. Mr. Luke sewing
wheat today.
22 – Wind NW, cold morning, some snow through the night,
cloudy forenoon. Ewe lambed ewe lamb. George fencing. Self
making doubletree. Afternoon George plowing for the first this
season. Self at Mr. Jas. Scotts to buy potatoes but got none.
Mr. McGuire refuses payment of my store bill.
23 – Wind W, some frost in the night, clear day. George plowing.
Self fixing drain. Afternoon SE threatening rain. George
plowing. Mr. Samuel Byers alters 5 pigs and 1 calf. Robert at
Isaac Craggs and at Greenbank for the papers. George and
Robert at A. Michies in evening. Mr. Luke over wanting to trade
wheat for peas. St. George’s Day.
24 – Wind W, bright warm morning. White faced ewe lambed a
ewe and a ram. Geo. plowing. Mr. Luke gets 8 ½ bushels of
peas in exchange for spring wheat. $6.50 received this day. Mr.
Joseph Williams here to dinner. Annie bought brooch. Margaret
bought earrings. Afternoon George at grist mill with 5 bushels
wheat. Mother at A. Gordons, and Annie. Self weighed 10
bushels of oats to A. Michie, Senior. George gets the grist
home.
25 – Wind N, cold morning. Ewe lambed since last night ram
lamb. Self, Mother, Margaret and Wm. at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur preaching to the young from Ecclesiastic. Some
talk of his leaving.
26 – Wind W, clear bright day. George plowing. Wm. gone to
Craggs. 2 pigs very sick with being altered. Self cleaning out
the shop. John Belford here asking for Geo. and horses to plow
for him ½ day tomorrow. Afternoon Geo. plowing. Self fixing
drain. One pig dead. Wm’s boat gone from the creek.
27 – Wind SW, calm dull morning, appearance of rain. Geo.
plowing. Reach and Scugog Agricultural Fair at Prince Albert
this day. Self taking home the dishes from the wood event.
Went down the new road to the creek looking for the boat.
Afternoon Geo. plowing at Mr. Belfords. Wm. came home from I.
Craggs, the water being now low. Wm. at school fence. Self at
drain. Spree at Belfords. Wm., Geo., and Margaret at it.
28 – Wind W, rather cold cloudy morning, appearance of rain.
Geo. plowing in the orchard. Wm. at school fence. Self making
gate. Another pig dead. Afternoon George plowing in the
orchard. Wm. and Margaret at singing at Wesleyan Church.
29 – Wind ENE, cold high wind. Wm. at school fence. Geo.
harrowing. Self sowing peas. Stove pipes came apart.
Afternoon Geo. harrowing. Self spreading dung. Wm’s compass
broke today by somebody.
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30 – No wind, hard frost. Geo. and self gathering stones. Wm. at
school fence. George plowing the rest of the forenoon.
Afternoon sun very hot, what little wind there is W. Geo. plowing.
Self choring around. Mother at Mr. Lukes. Robert at Greenbank
for the newspapers. Ewe lambed ewe lamb. Altogether 14
lambs, 2 dead, 12 alive. Mother’s birthday. General Grant born
1822.
MAY 1 – Wind E, very cold bleak day. Geo. plowing. Wm. at the
school fence. Self spreading dung. Mr. James McPhail here for
1 1/2 bushels of barley. Mr. Alex Gordon here for sheep, and
goose eggs to Mr. James Cochrane. Afternoon raining from the
SE. No work going on here. Self has a sore throat. Wesley
Luke here in the evening playing dominoes.
2 – Wind NE, some snow through the night, raw cold day.
Margaret for the Sabbath School this morning but Mother would
not let her. Margaret rather sulky about it. Throat rather worse
than yesterday. Wm., Geo., and Margaret at the Presbyterian
meeting. Gone half an hour sooner to practice singing. Showers
from the north. Annie at Mr. E. Lukes in the afternoon. Mary
Jane Luke here in the afternoon as she found no one at home at
Mr. R. Phairs.
3 – Wind N, rather cold bleak morning. Wm. at school fence.
Geo. plowing. Throat getting better, broke yesterday. Geo.
plowing in the afternoon. Self sifting spring wheat. Spotted
heifer bulling today. Geo., Robert and Wm. at A. Michie’s
playing ball. Alex Gordon & Alex Michie here tonight.
4 – Wind N, hard frost, cold morning. Geo. plowing. Wm. at
school fence. Self spreading dung. Throat better. Afternoon
Geo. plowing. Wm. at school fence. Self spreading dung and
gardening. Robert with Wm. holding fence posts at the school
ground. Mr. Phair here visiting. Agnes Aslin here borrowing
small notebook. Alex Michie gets 10 ½ bus. of oats.
5 – Wind N, some frost through the night, bright morning. Geo.
plowing. Wm. at school fence. Self spreading dung. Gathered
finger today and very sore. Afternoon wind E, looking like rain.
Robert holding fence posts at school. Geo. plowing. Self
trimming current bushes. Margaret at Jas. Cochrans to attend
the singing at the Wesleyan Church at night. Wm. & Robert at
singing. Napoleon died 1821. Battle of the Wilderness Virginia
1864.
6 – Wind SE, fine morning. Geo. plowing. Wm. at school fence.
Self choring, finger rather better. Little sow 3 pigs since last
night. Mr. Alex Gordon took away one ewe and one ewe lamb,
either pay 4 dollars or return them in the fall. Afternoon Geo.
plowing. Self and Mother taking cockle out of spring wheat.
Robert at school fence. Mr. Wm. Minto (peddler) here, sold him
a sheepskin for 30 cents. Bought ½ doz. knives and forks for
one dollar. P. Davis Pain Killer, Henry’s Worm Lozenges,
Essence of Peppermint & room shovel. Altogether 80 cents.
Received a letter from Barbara.
7 – Wind E, rather cloudy morning. Wm. at school fence. Geo.
plowing. Self and Mother cleaning wheat. Afternoon George
went to Thos. Duffs for seed oats. Rest of the time harrowing.
Self sowing wheat. Mother went with Geo. to visit Mrs. Duff who
is sick. Robert at Mr. Phairs for onions and Greenbank for the
papers. A. Michie here for to play ball and dominoes. Phairs
boy here for goose eggs.
8 – Wind SW, calm pleasant morning. Geo. harrowing. Wm. at
school fence. Self sowing spring wheat in the potato land. Mary
Gordon here for strawberry plants to A. Michie. Afternoon Geo.
plowing, self fixing timothy seed. Jas. McPhail 5 ½ bus. of
barley. Alex Michie Senior 10 bushels oats. Wesley here in the
evening playing dominoes. Prince Albert died yesterday.
9 – Wind S, cloudy morning, appearance of rain. Margaret at
Bethel Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., Robert, and Anne at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Acts
2:42&43. Monthly collection $2.00.
10 – Wind S, cloudy morning. Geo. at Manchester for plaster.
Mother, Robert and Anne & Mr. McPhail at Manchester in the
afternoon. Forenoon Geo. drawing some lumber for the school
fence and gets the horses all shod by John Bailey. Looking like
rain in the evening.
11 – Wind SW, calm bright morning. Geo. plowing. Wm. and
Robert at school fence. Self sowing plaster. 1
Afternoon Geo.
plowing, self gardening. R. Phair sets fire to the swamp. Mother
making dress for Annie. Very droughty afternoon with high wind
from SW. Robert & Wm. late coming to supper.
12 – Wind SE, calm morning. Smoky. Heavy dew at night. Geo.
plowing. Wm. splitting rails for Mr. Colin Miller on Mr. Robert
Murtons farm Lot 18, north half of conc. 10 Reach. Afternoon
George plowing. Self gardening. Mother and Annie visiting at
Mrs. Geo. Bodies. Singing at the Wesleyan Church. Margaret at
it. Wm. & Robert at the creek fishing. New Zealand discovered
1642. Isaac Cragg’s bull died…worth $40.
13 – Wind E, rather hazy morning. George plowing. William
digging about the apple trees. Self spreading dung. Margaret
puts out the young calf this morning. Afternoon Geo. plowing.
Self and Wm. fixing dam for sheep washing. Wm. fixing in the
old garden. Appearance of rain. Self sowed some barley. Rain
from the southeast about 4 o’clock. Wms. colt lost out of Bodies
field. Cattle to grass for first time this year.
14 – Wind changeable, mostly from the SW, cloudy warm
forenoon. Geo. harrowing. Wm. mending dam. Self fixing bars
behind the barn. Robert at Greenbank for the Globes. Heavy
rain about half past four with thunder. A social at the
Temperance Hall, Greenbank. Barley all sowed.
15 – Wind what there is SW, rather gloomy morning. George
plowing. Wm. at dam. Self pruning apple trees. Appearance of
rain, afternoon wind NW. Drizzly rain. Geo. plowing sometimes
and sometimes in the house. Self at Isaac Craggs to speak for
lumber to make a cistern. Wm. Englis here for oats. Mr. Cragg
Sr. and Mr. Cragg Jr. here with 34 yards of flannel which they
wove. Wm. & Robert planting cucumbers and melons in the old
garden.
16 – Wind if any NW, dull cloudy morning, appearance of rain.
John came home in the morning. Self, Wm., Geo., Margaret and
Robert at Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
Johns gospel 12:31-32 verses.
17 – Wind NW, very cold. Geo. plowing. Wm. at Colin Millers
with his colt. Self cutting potatoes. Afternoon still cold. George
plowing. Wm. painting Margaret’s chest. Self cutting potatoes.
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Plaster is another name for lime, which was used for
fertilizer.
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Joseph Williams, peddler, here. Night Wm. planted 2 large apple
trees – one from the old garden and one from the fence at the
pump.
18 – Wind NW, rather cold. Geo. & Wm. drawing lumber from
Isaac Cragg’s mill for school fence and cistern. Robert and
Annie at school. George brought home from the mill 410 ft. of
clear plank at $12 per 1000 = $4.92. 80 ft. of common plank and
80 ft. of scantling. Afternoon Geo. plowing. Wm. working at
plank. Self cutting potatoes. Andrew Gordon here. Luke puts
his colts out on the road. Margaret and Wm. at C. Collins
singing. Geo, Robert & A. Michie playing ball. John leaves I.
Johnstons service.
19 – Wind W, drizzly forenoon. Geo. plowing. Wm. mending
plane. Self cleaning turnip cellar. Afternoon rather rainy. Geo.
plowing. Wm. grooving plank. Self weighed 23 ½ bus. to A.
Michie and 4 bus. to Mr. G. Bodie. Ball playing at night in Bodies
field. J. Anderson put 4 steers in Mr. Bodies field. Washing day.
Robert at school.
20 – Wind NW, cloudy morning. Geo. at Manchester with 55 bus.
oats. Margaret at Manchester. Wm. & John at school fence.
Self at A. Michies, his mare foaling. Robert and Annie at school.
Mrs. Walker here to dinner on her way to Mrs. Phairs picking
bee. Self cutting potatoes. Columbus died 1506.
21 – Wind NE, clear day. Geo. harrowing. Self sowing oats.
Wm. & John mending Jas. Walker’s fence. Robert and Annie at
school. Mary Gordon here for yeast. Afternoon Geo. harrowing.
Wm. & John at school fence. Self choring. Mother at R. Phairs
picking wool. John, Geo. and Robert at A. Michies playing ball.
Dominion Plowing Match 1868.
22 – Wind NW, slight frost in the morning. Geo. harrowing and
drilling in the orchard. Self sowing oats. Wm. & John at school
fence. After Geo. & self washing sheep. Wm. at fence. John
drawing 20 boards from I. Craggs for school fence and going to
Jas. Johnstones, Brock, for his chest. Mother and Annie at Mrs.
Belfords to double some yarn. Isabella Michie here all night.
Sewed carrots.
23 – Wind NW, sun drawing water. Isabella Michie and Margaret
at Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Geo., Margaret and
Annie at church. Mr. McArthur preaching from Luke 4:31, they
that are whole need not a physician but they that are sick. Saw
Mr. George Gilson at church. Mr. A. Michies mare died. Red
heifer bulling.
24 – Wind NW, looking very draughty. Geo. plowing. Self and
Robert planting corn. Wm. grooving plank. John digging cistern.
George plowing potato land. Self cutting potatoes. Wm. at
plank. John fishing and digging cistern. Margaret at Mr. Phairs
for early potatoes. Miss Gordon here. Queen’s birthday. Wrote
to Barbara.
25 – Wind S, some cloudy in the forenoon and looks like rain.
Geo. at Jas. Walkers bee. Wm. making plane. John digging
cistern. Self planting potatoes and hanging gates. Afternoon
clouds were all gone, looking like drought. John digging. Wm. at
Greenbank. Self sowing oats to A. Michie. Mother twisting
cotton yarn. Robert & Annie at school. A. Leask here hunting
steer, found him. Singing at John McMillans, Wm. at it.
26 – Wind W, thunder and rain through the night, cloudy morning
with slight showers. Geo. plowing. Wm. making plane. John
digging cistern. Self taking away the dirt. Mother twisting cotton
yarn. Luke 2 sick sheep. Robert and Annie at home. Afternoon
rather rainy. Geo. at grist mill with 3 bags of wheat. Wm. at
John Leasks for money for school fence. John doing nothing.
Self making sieve for windows. Jas. Smith giving a temperance
lecture in Sons Hall.
27 – Wind S, frost through the night. Geo. plowing in potatoes.
Wm. at cistern all day. Margaret at Belfords spooling cotton
yarn. Receive 3 Peoples Journals from A. Michie.
28 – Wind SE, clear morning. John & Geo. drawing rails in the
swamp. Wm. at cistern. Self shearing sheep. Afternoon rain
from the SE. William making plane. Geo & John doing nothing.
Self at sheep. Robert and Annie at school. Mother making
shimmy to Annie. Mr. Thos. Phair here tonight. Cows out all
night (first). Division court sat today.
29 – Wind NE, cloudy, drizzly morning. Geo. plowing in the
swamp. Wm. making plane. Self and John fencing in the
swamp. Margaret baking and scrubbing. Mother washing.
Afternoon bright and clear. Geo. harrowing in the swamp. Wm.
and John framing cistern. Self sowing oats and timothy in the
swamp. Margaret at Greenbank. Annie takes Mrs. Gordons
goslings home. Finished sewing grain today, 3 days later than
last year. Court of Revision sat at Manchester.
30 – Wind E, looking like rain. Margaret wanting to go to Sabbath
School but Mother would not let her. Afternoon self, Mother,
Wm., John, Geo., Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Church.
Margaret at Wesleyan Sunday School. Mr. McArthur preaching
from 1 Corinthians verse 28 on self-examination. Ontario Bank
suspends payment. Pope died 1764.
31 – Wind W, warm foggy morning. Geo. harrowing. Wm. &
John at cistern. Afternoon Geo. harrowing. Wm., John and self
putting in cistern. Mrs. Gordon here for potatoes. Robert at
school. Mother making dress for Annie. Mr. Luke at
Manchester. Margaret planted beets. Battle of Pines 1862.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, fine bright morning. Self at Manchester
quarterly Fair. Mother takes her yarn for coverlet to Mr. Cragg to
be woven. Mother and Wm. at Manchester. Brought home the
grist from the mill. John fishing and Geo. too at noon. Afternoon
digging stumps in the turnip land. Evening Collin Miller here for
11 bushels of oats.
2 – Wind S, warm morning. George and John drawing stones
and chunks off the turnip ground. Wm. over the creek to see Mr.
Tipp and did not see him. Self turning potatoes. Afternoon Geo.
plowing. Wm. making spout for cistern. John and self digging
trench to cistern. Mother making Wm. pants. Robert at school.
Mrs. Bodie and Mrs. Walker here this afternoon. Donatis Comet
discovered 1858.
3 – Wind S, warm morning. Geo. plowing. Wm. over the creek to
see Mr. Tipp. Self and John at cistern. John Belford here at half
past five for 2 bags of potatoes to plant at Mr. Duffs. Wm. takes
Mr. Tipps job at $17. Mrs. Martineau here fixing bonnets.
Afternoon Geo. plowing. Self and John at cistern. Wm. putting
handles in chisels. Button peddler here to supper. Received the
Aberdeen Herald of May 8th
from G. Tough.
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4 – Wind SW, dull morning, looking like rain. Geo. plowing. Wm.
making dashboard for Mr. McPhails wagon. Self and John at
cistern. Mother fixing Margaret and Annies jackets. Afternoon
self, Mother, Wm., John, George and Annie at Presbyterian
church. Mr. Douglas preaching from Hebrews 13-20, last clause,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant. Battle of Magenta
in Austria 1859.
5 – Wind NW, rainy morning and much rain through the night.
Nothing doing. Robert Phair here warning of road work on
Tuesday. Wm. at Mr. Lukes with Mr. Phair. Self turning
potatoes. Afternoon Geo. plowing. Self and John cleaning
sheep house. Mr. Bodie here for 6 bushels of potatoes. England
takes possession of Nova Scotia 1755.
6 – Wind NE, rather cold, near frost. Self, Mother, Wm., John,
Geo., and Robert and Annie at Brock, it being the sacrament in
the Presbyterian Church. 82 communicants and six dollars of a
collection. Mr. McArthur spoke of his situation that he was willing
to leave or stay as the majority would decide. Heard of only 4
being against him. Battle of Memphis 1862.
7 – N wind, hard frost this morning. George harrowing. Wm. and
John gone to Alex Michies, Brock to fix his house. Robert at
school. Annie at home. Afternoon wind S looking like rain. Geo.
harrowing, self hoeing corn. Mother at Mrs. Belfords picking bee.
Luke offering his farm to George to rent for one hundred and
forty dollars when he gets off his crops. Rather much.
8 – Wind NW, cold cloudy morning. Self and Geo. working on the
road. Alex Michie Junior and Andrew Gordon at dinner.
Afternoon self and Geo. at the road. Cassidy cow calved since
last night, heifer calf. James Cochran here for oats. Alex Michie,
Jr. and Andrew Gordon here to supper. Robert at school.
9 – Wind SW, slight frost and foggy morning. Alex Michie here all
night and at breakfast. Self and Geo. at the road work.
Afternoon self and Geo. at the road. 4 days in. Crows taking up
the corn. Set up a scarecrow this evening. Wm. Real here in the
evening asking the loan of the turnip drill. Talked till after 10
o’clock. Robert at school today. Spotted heifer bulling.
10 – Wind S, rainy morning. Self and Geo. went to work on the
road at 9 o’clock. Time done at noon. Mr. Love and David
Cragg here for 2 bushels of potatoes. Afternoon self digging
cabbage ground. Geo. chopping in the swamp. Heavy thunder
shower at 5 o’clock with hail. Mr. Phair here from the shower.
Robert and Annie at home. Old duck found at Mr. Lukes.
Temperance demonstration at Greenbank, June 1868.
11 – Wind W, cold cloudy morning. Self planting cabbage plants
– 200 planted. Geo. choring. Robert and Annie at school.
Afternoon Geo. cutting thistles. Self at school house. Mrs. Luke
here visiting. Pascoe here in the evening playing dominoes.
Received a letter from Barbara.
12 – Wind W, cold morning, got warmer through the morning.
Geo. harrowing. Self at Mr. Bodies blacksmith shop for latch to
gate and at I. Craggs. Mr. Murts very sick last night, rather
easier this morning. Some jobs letting on the centre road. E.
Major, M. Bates and Jas. Graham, Commissioners. Afternoon
Geo. spudding thistles. Self at I. Craggs for maple scantling.
Tried red mare to young Revenger. She did not take him. Found
ewe dead in swamp. Mrs. Bodie sick in the evening. Mother
sent over. New York incorporated 1665.
13 – Wind SW, hazy morning, rather rainy all forenoon. Margaret
did not get to school. Afternoon rain till 3 o’clock. Nobody at any
church. No service at Presbyterian Church. Mr. McArthur at the
Synod which met in Hamilton on Tuesday 8th
of June at 7:30 a.m.
Margaret at Mr. Phairs.
14 – Wind SW, clear morning, nearly frost. Geo. drilling. Wm.
and John gone to Brock. Self putting latch on gate. Afternoon
high wind and light showers. Geo. drilling. Self cutting thistles.
Robert and Annie at school. Singing at Brick Church, Margaret at
it.
15 – Wind W, cloudy morning. George drilling. Self grubbing
stumps in the pasture. Afternoon Geo. drilling, self thistle
cutting. Robert and Annie at school. Richard Real here asking
the turnip drill. Got it in the evening after Mr. Luke had done.
Wm. Ferguson, peddler, here today.
16 – Wind W, showery morning. George drilling out the turnip
land. Self spudding thistles. Mr. Broad, tin peddler, here in the
forenoon. Punk calved since last night, calf dead. Afternoon self
and Geo. spudding thistles. Mothers picking bee this afternoon.
Present: Mrs. A. Gordon, Mrs. McPhail, M.J. Luke, Georgina
Luke, E. Burton, P. Burton, S. Byers, I. Aslin, E. Walker, A.
Bodie, Mary Gordon, Jane Gordon, and M. Leask. Wool all
picked. Jas. Cochran here for to get the turnip drill on Thursday
night or Friday morning. Ball playing here tonight.
17 – Wind W, bright clear morning. Wm. Real sends home the
turnip drill early this morning. Geo. and self spudding thistles.
Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon Geo. sowing turnips.
Self spudding thistles. Mrs. Alex Gordon and Mrs. Bodie here
picking wool. Mr. J. Williams, peddler, here this afternoon. Self
bad with dizzy head. Ball playing in the evening. James
Cochran, Jas. Walker, Jas. Gordon, Mary Gordon, Jane Gordon
here for turnip drill. Three heifers put into Mr. Bodies field for a
months pasture. This paid for six bushels of potatoes. Battle of
Bunker Hill 1775. Received letter from Barbara.
19 – Wind N, drying day. George spudding thistles, self fixing
grindstone. Robert and Annie at home. Mrs. Luke gone to
Manchester. Afternoon Geo. spudding thistles and took the red
mare to the horse at Greenbank. Mare took the horse. Self
fixing grindstone. Mother picking her geese. Wm. and John
arrive from Brock, job not finished. Margaret at Mrs. Martineaus
to get her to come and make her a new dress. Alabama sunk,
1864.
20 – Wind S, thunder and rain through the night. Drizzly morning.
Margaret got ready to go to Sunday School but did not go
because of the wet morning. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Margaret
and Annie at Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Mr. McDonald from
Beaverton preaching. Rev. 3-20, last clause: If any man hear
my voice I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with
me. He spoke first of the character of the person who they
address is that he is the Lord Jesus Christ. Second, those who
are addressed they are all who hear the Gospel, the careless,
the drunkard, the prayerless be. William, John and Geo. at
evening meeting at Greenbank, this being Days Meeting at the
Primitive Methodist Church. King William, the fourth, died 1837.
Accession of Queen Victoria 1837. Mr. Robert Walker,
Greenbank, very sick.
21 – Wind SW, rather cloudy morning. Geo. spudding thistles. In
afternoon Geo. gone to A. Michies. John gone to Brock. Self
mending gate at the road. James Walker brings the turnip drill
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home in the morning. Geo. sowing turnips. Adam Bell here
waiting for the turnip drill. Mr. Beare’s son here in the morning
asking for the turnip drill when Byers done with it. Mr. McPhail
gets the loan of the wooden harrows. Mr. Robert Phair here
playing ball. Washing and churning day. Mr. Wm. Minto,
peddler, here today.
22 – Wind SW, rather gloomy this morning. Geo. spudding
thistles. Self hoeing corn. Mrs. Martineau and Mrs. Belford here
today. Afternoon tried to hoe potatoes but they are too small.
Geo. burning brush. Self hoeing garden. Robert and Annie at
school. Robert Belford here tonight. Margaret dress making
today. Summer solstice.
23 – Wind SW, clear morning. Geo. & self drawing oat straw
from Andersons barn. James Belford here for 3 bushels of
potatoes. Mrs. Martineau here all night. Afternoon Geo.
spudding thistles. Self washing apple trees. Mr. & Mrs. Michie,
Mrs. Alex Gordon here this afternoon. A. Michie buys the drake.
Robert and Annie at school. Margaret singing at Brick Church.
24 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Geo., John and self logging in
the swamp. Wm. at Mr. John Tipps. Robert and Annie at school.
Afternoon Geo., John, Wm. and self logging in the swamp. Black
mare got so lame we had to quit. Geo. went to Samuel Byers to
get his oxen. Same at Mr. Iansons piling lumber. Do not know
whether we get them or not. Robert Phair sows his turnips today
and had to go to John Beares farm for the drill and take it back
again. Ball playing.
25 – Wind SW, fine morning. Mother gone to Mrs. Walkers, she
being sick. Geo. goes to Mr. S. Byers to see about oxen.
Cannot get them till Monday. Wm. sharpens saw. John at Wm.
Loves for broad axe. Self washing apple trees. Dr. I.N. Byers
here to borrow paint and brush to paint his buckboard. Afternoon
Colin Miller here, paid 11 bushels of oats. Wm. & John splitting
rails on Mr. Murtas farm. George spudding thistles. Self
washing trees. Robert and Annie at school. Mr. Luke here in the
evening talking. Geo., Robert and Wesley and Wagner at Byers
playing ball. Repeal of Corn Law 1846. Book man here this
afternoon. Subscribed for Bible History and Bible Dictionary to
be delivered the end of harvest.
26 – Wind SW, some appearance of rain. Geo. and self hoeing.
Wm. and John at rail splitting on Mr. Murtas farm. Mother not
home yet, been at Jas. Walkers all night. Came home this
forenoon. Self and Geo. hoeing potatoes. Wm. & John framing
Thos. Phairs house. Ball playing tonight. Elizabeth Walker
came after Mother this evening for Mrs. Walker. Epsom School
anniversary.
27 – Wind NE, much rain through the night, dull rainy morning.
Mother not home. Therefore Margaret cannot get to Sunday
School. Rain through the day. Mrs. Walker gets a dead child
(daughter) and Mrs. Bodie a living daughter, both at the same
time. Nobody at church today. Wm. makes the coffin for James
Walkers baby after dinner and Geo., self, A. Gordon and Jas.
Walker take corpse to the Presbyterian Church burial ground, dig
the grave and buried it. Mrs. Walker very weak. Mother comes
home with the wagon.
28 – Wind S, much rain through the night. Geo. and self at Mr.
Lukes with the spotted heifer to the bull. Took the 2 yearling
heifers to the swamp. Wm. and John at Thos. Phairs house.
Robert and Annie at home. Sow pigged in the forenoon, 5 pigs,
4 of them wrong with the hind legs, 2 dead. Afternoon Geo.
spudding thistles. Self mending umbrella. Wm. & John at Thos.
Phairs house. R. Phair sick today. Ball playing.
29 – Wind SW, fine morning. George at home. Wm. and John at
T. Phairs house. Self at Bodies with wool to the carding machine
and brought Margaret home. Very warm afternoon. Got home
about 6 o’clock. Took black mare to farrier at Brooklin, Mr.
Sweetapple, who says that spavin2
is the cause of the lameness
and that blistering might cure it, but the sure way is by a seton3
on it. I got the blister but at present not settled whether to apply
it or not. The Bishop of Toronto at Greenbank today to
administer the Sacrament of Confirmation and had a large
audience. Crops looking good between here and Brooklin with
the exception of corn. Ball playing tonight, Wm. Byers & Jas.
Belford. Greenwich Hospital founded in London, England 1696.
30 – Rain through the night. Wind NW, raining first part of
forenoon. Nothing doing. Mrs. Martineau here making Barbaras
dress. Adam Bell here asking hands to logging bee. Afternoon
Geo. and John at Mr. Duffs logging bee. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Self at Greenbank getting horses shod. Robert at
school, Annie at home. Got 2 shoes set on black mare. Bought
lining for Barbaras dress from A. McGuire. Very draughty
afternoon with the wind from N.
JULY 1 – Wind W, cool day, bright all day. The Dominion
celebration at Prince Albert. Self, Geo. & Margaret at it. Great
crowd at it. Horse racing, velocipede racing and foot racing.
Margaret gets a new pair of boots at night. Dark when we got
home. Wm. and John at T. Phairs house. Robert and Annie at
school. Self very tired of celebration, thinks will not go to any
such thing anymore. Mother at home baking bread for the
anniversary.
2 – Wind W, warm day. Wm., John & Geo. at T. Phairs house.
Self hoeing in the orchard. Afternoon Wm., John and Geo. at T.
Phairs house which was raised this afternoon. Wm., John and
Geo. at Byers playing ball. Barbara at singing in Brick Church
and stopped at Mr. Aslins all night.
3 – Wind SW, rain about 4 o’clock in the morning, warm forenoon.
Wm. & Geo. at T. Phairs house. John at Mr. Geo. Haddens to
hire. Self mending black mare’s halter. Georgina Luke here
wanting Barbara to sew with the machine. Mother not willing.
Barbara comes home about 9 o’clock and goes to Lukes to sew
at half past eleven. Mr. Luke over wanting the horses and
wagon to go to Columbus to the anniversary, but the red mare
has to go to Greenbank at 4 o’clock to the stud horse. John hires
to Mr. Hadden for 3 months. Ball playing. Lizzy Chalmers here
all night to see Barbara. Isabella and George Michie here all
night. Quebec founded 1608. Mare did not take horse.
4 – Wind W, high wind and very smoky. Meeting at Presbyterian
Church at half past ten. Self, Wm. and John at Presbyterian
Church. Mr. McArthur preaches from John 14:23. Barbara,
Margaret and Isabella Michie at Methodist Church. In afternoon
2
Spavin – a swelling of the hock joint of a horse,
resulting in lameness.
3
Seton – a thread of gauze or other suture material,
threaded through tissue and used to keep a wound
open.
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all at Methodist but self. Meeting in woods. Isabella and George
Michie here all night. Independence Day of the United States
1776.
5 – Wind about NW, cold morning, nearly frost if not altogether.
Self, Mother, Barbara, Margaret, Annie and Robert at
anniversary all day. Geo. hoeing potatoes in the forenoon. Wm.
and John at T. Phairs house. Afternoon all at anniversary. Wm.,
John, George, Margaret and Barbara at concert in the evening.
Isabella Michie here all night. Barbara at A. Leasks all night.
Anniversary of the Bethel Church [remainder not legible]
6 – Wind N, hazy morning and forenoon. Self and Geo. hoeing
potatoes. Wm. and John at T. Phair’s house. Isabella Michie
leaves for home. Tinsmith from the other side of the creek here
to dinner and mended eave pipe and soldered some holes in the
teapot and dishes. Sold Mother a tin pail. Altogether 1 dollar &
25 cents. Afternoon self and Geo. hoeing potatoes in the
orchard. Wm. and John at T. Phairs house. Mary Jane Luke
here this afternoon on a visit. Bodie boy here asking for the
scuffler. Barbara comes home at 8 o’clock. John Real here
wanting cattle to buy. Washing day.
7 – Wind S, rather hazy morning. Wm. & John at T. Phairs
house. Self and Geo. hoeing potatoes. George Bodie here in
the morning for the scuffler. Luke gone to Manchester.
Afternoon Wm. and Geo. at T. Phairs house. Self at Greenbank
with wagon to get one shoe set on red mare. Mr. Dockham at
Greenbank with his buggy to take Barbara to Brooklin, she
having hired with him for 2 months at 4 dollars per month. John
leaves at same time for Geo. Haddens for 5 months. Mother at
Mrs. Loves visiting and I bring her to Jas. Walkers as I come
from Greenbank. She visits Mrs. Bodie and Mrs. A. Gordon
coming home. Robert at school, Annie at home. Mr. Duff gains
the suit on Mr. Burton. Division Court sits at Manchester today.
8 – Wind SW, thunder and rain all morning and soft and rainy
looking through the forenoon. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Geo.
gone to Brooklin for the Rolls and Mr. Aislin with him to the
weavers. Self hoeing turnips in the orchard among the carrots.
Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self hoeing turnips. Robert
at school, Annie at home. Margaret some sick. Geo. gets home
from Brooklin at 6 o’clock. Baking and washing day.
9 – Wind NW, cloudy morning, looking like rain, but clears up and
comes out a fine day. George scuffling turnips. Self hoeing in
the orchard. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Robert and Annie at
school. Margaret sick. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Geo.
scuffling turnips. Mrs. Alex Gordon and baby, Mrs. John Gordon
Jr. and baby, and Mrs. Martineau here on a visit this afternoon.
Old ram killed this evening. Mr. Geo. Bodie here to see Wm.
about his hay cutting. McPhail red heifer taken to Mr. Lukes bull
this morning.
10 – Wind S, signs of rain. Wm. at T. Phairs house and Robert
carrying shingles to him. Self and Geo. hoeing turnips. Margaret
sick. Mother doing the work. Afternoon very high wind from the
south, then calm with a few drops of rain. Then a high wind from
the SE, calm at night. Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs house. Self
and Geo. hoeing turnips. Geo. takes the red mare to R. Dobsons
at 5 o’clock. Ball playing at night.
11 – Wind NW, storm of rain, wind and thunder about half past 2
this morning. High wind all day drying up the water fast.
Margaret still sick. Self, Mother, Wm., Geo., Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McArthur preaching from Hosea 5:3
on the work of the spirit. Canada invaded by the Americans
1812.
12 – Wind NW, draughty day. Forenoon self and Geo. hoeing
turnips. McPhails white heifer at Lukes bull this morning. Wm.
and Robert at T. Phairs house. Margaret rather better. Annie
sick. Mother fixing pants. Afternoon self and Geo. hoeing
turnips. Robert & Wm. at T. Phairs house. L.O. Celebration of
the Battle of the Boyne. Ball playing tonight. Orange Day.
13 – Very calm and cloudy, wind from the E, appearance of rain,
cleared up, a fine day. Forenoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Geo.
banking up the potatoes. Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon Wm. at
house. Geo. hoeing turnips. Self hoeing potatoes. Margaret
better. Robert and Annie at school. Mr. Bodie here on a visit. R.
Cromwell died 1712.
14 – Wind SE, looking like rain. Wm. at Greenbank for a new
scythe. Self, Geo., and Mrs. A. Gordon hoeing turnips. Mr. Wm.
Ferguson here peddling, but principally to tell of meeting to be
held this evening at the Brick Church concerning the name the
Sunday School should take and how the anniversary money
should be expended. Self at this meeting and it was agreed that
the following be the basis of the School of the future. That the
school be known as the Greenbank Union Sunday School and it
is composed of Primitive Methodist, Presbyterian, Church of
England and probably Wesleyan Methodists. Each
denomination when it sees fit to leave this union school shall be
entitled to its share of the then existing library according to the
number of pupils attending school belonging to the said
denomination. This resolution was moved by Colin Miller, sec.
by T.C. Bush. Heaviest rain for this season this evening.
15 – Wind NW, warm soft day. Wm. & Geo. at Mr. Bodies hay.
Self at mill with 7 bush., 35 lb of fall wheat. Saw Mr. Beare, he
talking about the meeting last evening. Saw Mr. W. Luke and
Mr. J. Real talking about the same thing and Mrs. Ferguson and
Mrs. R. Walker about the same. Afternoon Mother at Mrs. Byers
quilting bee. Wm. at Mr. Bodies hay. Self and Geo. at hay and
quit at 5 o’clock for heat, this afternoon being very hot and
suffocating. We went to hoe turnips in the orchard. Looking like
a storm.
16 – Wind NW, some rain through the night, warm morning
looking like more rain. Forenoon Wm. at Mr. Bodies hay. Geo.
mowing. Self at mill for grist and got 38 pounds of flour. John
Beare being sick and not able to grind. Saw Mr. J. Luke in a bad
way about the S.S.
17 – Wind NW, some rain through the night, fine day. Wm. at
Bodies hay. Self and Geo. mowing. Afternoon Wm. at Bodies
hay. Self and Geo. raking and cocking hay. Some appearance
of rain in the evening.
18 – Wind NW, some thunder through the night but no rain. Wm.
and Margaret at Sunday School but no school kept as no
arrangements had been made for the new order the school.
Afternoon self home. Mother, Wm., Geo., and Margaret at the
Presbyterian meeting. Self not well today.
19 – Wind SE, fine hay day. Wm. at Mr. Bodies hay. Self and
Geo. mowing. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. at
Bodies hay. Self and Geo. raking and drawing hay. 3 loads
before tea. Mowing after. Mr. McArthur, 14th
concession,
Reach, killed by sunstroke between 11 and 12 o’clock.
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20 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. at Mr. Bodies hay. Self and
Geo. mowing. Annie and Robert at school. Shower of rain
before dinner. Afternoon Wm. at Mr. Bodies hay. Self and Geo.
at A. Michies hay. 2 showers this afternoon. Wm’s colt been at
C. Millers 65 days.
21 – Wind NW, cool morning, some drizzly rain in the forenoon.
Wm. at Mr. Bodies hay. Geo. at A. Michies hay. Self at mill for
grist. Afternoon Wm. at Bodies hay. Self and Geo. mowing at A.
Michies. Washing day. Mr. Miller brings Wms. colt home in the
evening.
22 – Wind NW, clear morning. Self and Geo. mowing at A.
Michies. Wm. at Mr. Bodies hay and puts his colt in Bodies field.
Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon self and Geo. drawing
hay, six loads. Wm. at Bodies hay. Wms. colt breaks out in the
evening. Self at Greenbank to meet the trustees of the Primitive
Methodist Church about the terms by which the Greenbank
Union S.S. may be admitted into the Brick Church. Our offer
$18.00 of rent, 2 cords of wood and pay half of cleaning the
church. Drew 6 loads of hay into the barn. Began the wheat
harvest 1868.
23 – No wind, looking like rain every minute, very dull. Wm. at
Bodies hay. Self and Geo. turning hay and raking hay. Robert
and Annie not at school. Wm. finishes Mr. Bodies hay. Self and
Geo. drawing hay. Mother visiting at James Walkers in the
afternoon. Some rain late in the evening. No Globe tonight as
there was no children at school. Drew in 4 loads of hay. William
9 days at Mr. Bodies hay. Canada’s Union 1860.
24 – Wind S, very dull rainy looking morning. Wm. and Geo. at
James Walkers hay. Self hoeing in the orchard. Robert at
Greenbank for the Globe. Afternoon Wm. and Geo. at Mr.
Walkers hay. Self hoeing orchard. Mother picking currants.
Picnic in A. Michies woods. Robert and Annie at it. Cassidy
heifer at Mr. Lukes bull this evening. Gibraltar taken 1768.
25 – Wind SE, clear morning in comparison of yesterday.
Presbyterian meeting at half past 10 o’clock. Self, Mother, Wm.,
George and Annie at Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McArthur
preaching from Joshua 24:23. Margaret at Wesleyan Sabbath
School in the afternoon and the English Meeting. Pig lame on
hind quarters. St. James Day.
26 – Wind S and very high all the forenoon. Self, George, William
and Robert drew 4 loads of hay. 2 into the barn and 2 into the
stables. Afternoon drew one load of A. Michies hay and then
there came a shower of rain. Red mare broke through the bridge
at A. Michies barn. Self and Wm. went to Mr. Duffs to help him
off the wagon with his reaper.
27 – Wind W, dull foggy morning. Wm. at Mr. Clemens. George
scuffling turnips. Self mending bridge at Alex Michies barn. Mr.
Bodie here for wheat. Shower of rain at noon. Afternoon
George and Robert hoeing turnips. Self cutting thistles in the
swamp. Mother at Mr. Phairs on a visit. Meeting at the Brick
Church, Greenbank of the Sabbath School committee and Rev.
Mr. Bee, Mr. Wm. Lee, and Joseph Lee to settle details of the
agreement between the board of trustees and the school
committee. Washing day. Reign of Terror ended [1794?]
28 – Wind S, hazy morning, some rain at 7 o’clock. Wm. boil
under his arm. Self and George at turnips a little while. Rain
most all afternoon. Margaret and Annie picking berries in the
swamp. Afternoon Wm., George, Robert and self hoeing turnips.
Margaret picking berries at the gully. Wm. Gordon and A.
Gordon here in the evening. Wm. Gordon wanting me to back
his note for a threshing machine. Much rain in the evening.
Margaret picked 4 lbs of rose berries. Backed Wm. Gordons
note. Lord Durham died 1840.
29 – Wind N, cloudy morning. Wm. at Mr. Clemens mowing. Self
and George at turnips. Afternoon self and George at Alex
Michies hay. Margaret picking berries. Robert and Annie at
school. All A. Michies hay shaken out and a beautiful sunset.
James McPhail here for augur. Mr. William Love here for his
broad axe. Margaret picks 4 lbs rose berries. Spanish Armada
destroyed [date illegible]
30 – Wind W, fine morning. Wm. and George cuts out A. Michies
hay in the morning. All hands raking after it got windrowed
before dinner. White heifer at bull the second time. Afternoon
drew 10 loads in to the barn which was all the first cut. Signed
Wm. Gordons note for machine. Received letter from Barbara.
31 – Wind S, fine morning. Wm. at Mr. G. Bodies pitching hay.
George mowing at home. Self and Mother at Greenbank for
sugar and some horseshoeing. Afternoon self, George and
Robert raked and drew in the remainder of A. Michies hay. 3
loads making altogether 14 loads, drew one load in for Mr. Bodie
as we came home. Posted letter to Barbara. Wm. Penn died
1718.
AUG. 1 – Wind S, fine morning. No-one at Sabbath School from
here. Self, Mother, Wm., George and Annie at Presbyterian
meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Genesis 14:10. Monthly
collection $1.92. Margaret at English meeting in evening.
2 – Wind SW, some cloudy morning. George drawing James
Walkers hay. Self and Wm. mowed out the hay and raked what
was cut on Saturday. Afternoon drew 3 loads of hay and hoed
some turnips. Rest of the afternoon rainy. Margaret picked 4 ½
lbs berries in the forenoon, Annie 2 lbs. Margaret picks 4 lbs in
the afternoon. Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England 1620.
3 – Wind NW, fine morning. Wm. at Mr. Clements hay. Self and
George at turnips. Robert at turnips. Afternoon raking hay, drew
in 2 loads. Meeting in the evening about the Sabbath School,
where it is agreed to make it a Primitive Methodist School
conducted on Union principals. Baking day.
4 – Wind SW, dull rainy morning and all the forenoon. Afternoon
still rainy, nothing doing. Margaret washing. Mother making
shirts. Wm. gone somewhere.
5 – Wind E, fine morning but everything very wet. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. George and Robert at Port Perry for lumber. Self
at turnips. Margaret at the berries. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Self at turnips. George brings 500 feet lumber from Port
Perry and draws in one load of hay. Margaret at the berries.
6 – Wind N, some appearance of rain. George at Duffs wheat.
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Margaret picking berries. Annie picking berries. Afternoon Wm.
at T. Phairs house. Self at turnips. Sold A. Stone 9 lambs to be
taken to Greenbank on Monday 11th
at 7 o’clock. Charles
McClue here selling apple trees. Ordered 2 crabtrees, 1
Washington plum, 1 Yellow Gage plum, and 1 Dwarf 20 ounce
apple tree. Crabs 60 cents each, plums 60 cents, dwarf 50
cents. A. Michie here in the evening. 23 loads of hay. 21 in
barn, 2 in stable.
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7 – Wind W, fine morning. George at Duffs. Wm. at A. Michies
barley. Self hoeing turnips. Mrs. Alex Michie here this afternoon.
Wm. at Alex Michies barley. Self and Robert hoed the turnips
out for the second time. Eclipse of the sun (total) between 5 and
6 o’clock p.m. Margaret gone to A. Michies, Brock.
8 – Wind W, fine day. No meeting at Presbyterian Church. Self
at English Church in the afternoon. Mr. Fornere (?) preaching
from 2nd
Kings 5, 9,10,11,12 on Neman being cured of his
leprosy. Very full meeting as there was no service at the
Primitive Methodist Church. Union School began this day in the
Temperance Hall.
9 – Wind SW, some appearance of rain. George at T. Duffs.
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self choring round. Took the heifers
out of Mr. Bodies field this morning having been in since the 17th
of June, being 53 days. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self
at home fixing fence between hay field and wheat and potato
field. Robert and Annie picked 5 ½ lbs berries. Washing day.
10 – Wind W, warm day. George at T. Duffs wheat. Wm. and
Robert at T. Phairs house. Self at Whitby for tiles, brought 500
home and Barbaras box. Much dust on the road. Mr. R. Murta
wanting oats for Muggridge. Mother visiting at John Gordons.
11 – Wind W, very dull cloudy morning. Geo. at T. Duffs wheat.
Wm. at Phairs house. Self taking tiles out of the wagon.
Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self at mill with a grist of 7 ½
bushels fall wheat. Went to sawmill, to John Wells for some
tools to William. Margaret picks 8 ¼ lbs berries. John Bunyan
died 1688.
12 – Wind W, fine morning. Wm. and George gone to T. Phairs
house till 10 o’clock when they are going to A. Michies to see the
new machine start. Geo. going to be a hand at it. Self at mill for
grist. Afternoon George and Wm. at A. Michies threshing.
Mother, Annie, and Robert at A. Gordons. Self hoeing turnips.
A. Michie gets his barley all threshed in the afternoon. Margaret
picks 5 lbs berries.
13 – Wind W, dull cloudy morning, a heavy thunder shower at 5
o’clock a.m. Self, George and horses at Mr. Bodies threshing.
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs
house. Self and George hoeing turnips. Mr. Luke 6 bushels
spring wheat by measure. Margaret at Greenbank for paper.
First printed book published 1457.
14 – Wind SE, looking like rain. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self
and George mowing barley. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at T.
Phairs house. George drawing Burtons barley. Self mowing
barley. Looking like rain. Geese picked this afternoon.
15 – Wind SW, some rain through the night, very soft morning.
Margaret at Sabbath School. Self, Wm, Robert and Margaret at
Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Mark 12:34.
Napoleon born 1769. Sir Walter Scott born 1771.
16 – Wind S, dull morning. Wm. gone to Mr. Phairs to lath.
George mowing barley. Self at Greenbank with 8 lambs for A.
Stone. Afternoon self and George mowing barley and finished it.
Margaret picking 5 lbs berries.
17 – Wind NW, cloudy forenoon. George cradling James
Walkers barley. Self hoeing turnips. Wm. Minto, peddler, here
this forenoon. Afternoon self and George turning barley. Robert
watching yellow turkey. Margaret and Annie picking berries for
Annie Gordon. Meeting in the Temperance Hall to organize a
Union School. Mr. R. Miller, supt., Mr. A. Leask, asst. supt., Mr.
M. [?], Mssrs. Wm. McMillan and Joseph Watson, Secretaries.
J. Miller, Wm. Blake, John Annan, J. Scott, Misses
Basingthwaite, Watson, Real, Mrs. Millar, Teachers. Duchess of
Kent born 1786.
18 – Wind NW, rather dull morning. Upstairs beds took and
cleaned. Self, George and Robert raking barley. Afternoon
raking and cocking barley. Drew in 4 loads not very fit indeed.
Washing day.
19 – Wind SW, rather dull morning. George gone to T. Phairs.
Self turning barley. Margaret and Robert gone to see [?]
Ambrose menagerie at Prince Albert. Heavy thunder to the
north, afternoon some rain. Self fixing chaff house. Barbara
arrives from Brooklin.
20 – Wind NW, threatening rain. Self, George and Robert raking
barley and drew 3 loads. Barbara and Annie picking berries.
Afternoon drew 6 loads of barley being all the barley. Mother
and Annie at George Bodies trading a heifer for a cow. Barbara
visiting at Mr. R. Phairs.
21 – Wind SE, rainy forenoon rather. Self turned A. Michies
barley. George at Mr. Bodies for 2 young pigs. Barbara at Mr.
Lukes because Mrs. Luke is sick. Afternoon very dull but no rain.
Geo. and self hoeing turnips. Isabella Michie here and Elizabeth
Burton. George got no pigs. Wm. comes home from Mr. Phairs
having got his job done.
22 – Wind W, clear bright morning. Wm., Robert, Barbara and
Annie at Union Sabbath School. Afternoon self, William, George
and Barbara at Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching
from Job 1:8, last clause. 104 pupils registered at the Union
School this day. Sir William Wallace executed 1305.
23 – Wind SE, bright day. George at Robert Phairs threshing.
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs
house. Self hoeing turnips. Mother and Barbara learning to spin
on the new wheel. Isabella Michie here last night and trying to
spin on the new wheel. American War began 1775.
24 – Wind SE, bright fine morning. Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs
house. Self and George hoeing turnips. Barbara spinning.
Mother churning. Margaret picking berries. Afternoon Wm. and
Robert at T. Phairs house. Self and George at turnips. Barbara
spinning and Mother spinning. Barbara spins 4 strands of yarn.
Margaret picks 2 lbs of berries.
25 – Wind W, heavy clouds passing, signs of rain. Some rain in
the forenoon. Wm. & Geo. at T. Phairs house. Self hoeing
turnips. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs
house. George gone to T. Duffs threshing but the machine was
not come. Self at turnips. Barbara spinning. Barbara and
Isabelle Michie visits McMillans at night. Washing day. Barbara
spins 4 strands and 1 knot.
26 – Wind NW, clear morning. George gone to T. Duffs
threshing. Wm. at Mr. Bodies pease. Self hoeing turnips.
Afternoon Wm. at Mr. Bodies pease. Self finished turnip hoeing.
Robert and Annie at school. Margaret picking berries in A.
Michies field. Barbara at Mr. McPhails visiting. Isabella Michie
here in the evening after spinning 4 skeins of yarn.
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27 – Wind W, fine morning. George gone to Mr. Duffs threshing.
Wm. at pease. Self at Greenbank getting horses shod. Barbara
at Mr. Lees to get her skirt cut. Robert and Annie at school.
Mother spinning. Afternoon slight rain. Wm. at Mr. Bodies
pease. Self at own pease. Isabella Michie here this evening,
spun 17 skeins since Monday. Caesar landed in Britain 55 years
before Christ.
28 – Wind SW, heavy rain in the morning about daybreak, damp
foggy forenoon. Wm. gone to Greenbank to make plaster for Dr.
Olivers house. George at T. Phairs house. Self doing very little.
Mother at the churn, Barbara spinning. Afternoon George at T.
Phairs house. Self making road at end of barn. Isabella Michie
here all day helping Barbara to make her dress. Mrs. A. Gordon
here in the forenoon setting up some stories in which Mrs.
McPhail is concerned. Bought two pigs from Mr. Bodie. Algiers
bombarded 1816.
29 - Wind N, fine clear morning. Barbara, Margaret, Isabella
Michie, Annie and Robert at Sabbath School. Self, Mother, Wm.,
George, Barbara and Robert at Presbyterian meeting. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Mark 15:32 to the end of chapter on
watching and working and working and watching. Margaret at
English meeting in the evening. Royal George sunk 1782.
30 – Wind NNW, cool cloudy day. Wm. at Mr. Bodies pease.
George at Mr. Duffs. Self pulling pease. Robert at school.
Barbara pickling cucumbers. Mother spinning. Afternoon Wm.
at Mr. Bodies pease. Self at pease. Mother and Barbara
spinning. Self at Greenbank as one of the committee for dividing
the Bethel School property. Mr. Luke, Miller and Michie for the
school. Rev. Mr. Bee, Beare and Ward for P. School. Mother
spins 4 skeins and Barbara 1. Queen Cleopatra died 30 years
before Christ.
31 – Wind N, very cold if not frost. George gone to Mr. Duffs.
Self at pease. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Afternoon Wm. gone to
John Gordons to harvest. Self at pease. Mother spinning.
Robert and Annie at school. Barbara visiting at Duffs. A. Michie
Sr. and A. Michie Jr., I. Michie, M.J.Luke and G. Luke here in the
evening.
SEPT. 1 – Wind N, very cold and frost in the morning. George at
Mr. Duffs. Robert and Annie at school. Wm. at John Gordons.
Barbara came home in the morning from C. Aslins where she
had been all night. Mr. Wm. Reale here this morning looking at
heifers. Self rheumatic back and headache, doing nought.
Afternoon Mother and Barbara spinning. Margaret gone to
Greenbank. Washing day.
2 – Wind E, clear day. Self and George pulling pease. Robert ill
with bowel complaint. Annie at home. Mother and Barbara
spinning. Afternoon self and George pulled out the pease. Mrs.
Luke over for steam loom to make block for Mrs. Fergusons quilt.
Barbara gone over to help to make it. Mother spinning. A. Bell,
L. Chalmers, I. Michie, I. Gordon, I. Michie, M.J. Luke, W. Luke
here singing. London burned 1666.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to John Gordons. George
cradling wheat and breaks a finger out of his cradle. Self killed
sheep 45 lbs and raking wheat. Robert and Annie at school.
Mother and Barbara spinning. Afternoon self and George at
wheat. Mother and Barbara spinning. Isabella Michie here all
night. Oliver Cromwell died 1658. Finished harvest 1868.
4 – Wind S, fine morning. George at wheat. Self choring a little in
the morning and raking wheat. Isabella Michie here learning to
spin on the new wheel. Afternoon self went and voted against
the bylaw to give 10,000 dollars to the Port Perry and Port
Whitby R.W. [railway]. Barbara and Isabella Michie goes to Mrs.
Bunkers. Raking wheat after George at wheat. George Leasks
barn burnt.
5 – Wind S, fine morning. Margaret and Robert at Sabbath
School. Self, Mother, Barbara, Wm., Margaret. Annie, and
Isabella Michie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching
from Deuteronomy 34:-5-6. Monthly collection $1.54. Very
droughty day. First American congress held 1774.
6 – Wind SW, rather dull looking morning. Wm. gone to A.
Michies pease. George cradling wheat, self raking wheat.
George Bodie here wanting William to cut his oats and bought a
sheep at 3 dollars. Barbara spinning, Robert and Annie at
school, Margaret raking wheat. Afternoon Wm. at A. Michies
pease. George cradling wheat. Self at Greenbank dividing the
Bethel [Sabbath School] library.
7 – Wind S, very dull cloudy morning. George cradling wheat.
Wm. making cradle finger. Self mending own boots. Mother to
see Mrs. McPhail. Rain came on at 8 o’clock. Barbara spinning,
Margaret washing. Afternoon still raining. Wesley Luke here.
Nothing doing. Still rainy. Barbara spins 3 ½ skeins.
8 – Wind NE, rainy morning. Isabella Michie here all night. Wm.
and George at T. Phairs house. Self mending Margarets boots.
Barbara spinning, Mother churning. Margaret choring. Robert
making a machine. Still raining at noon. Afternoon Wm. gone to
Port Perry with Thomas Phair to see about window sash.
George at T. Phairs house. Self braiding straw. Mother and
Margaret braiding. Barbara preserving crab apples. Rain all
afternoon. Canada under British government 1760. Battle of
Poolesville, Maryland 1862.
9 – Wind NE, cloudy cold morning. Isabella Michie here all night.
Wm. and George at T. Phairs house. Robert and Annie at home.
Self and Barbara at Brooklin and Manchester. Afternoon Wm. at
Mr. Bodies oats. George cradling oats at home. Isabella Michie
and Annie at Mrs. Duffs. Singing and dancing at Duffs in the
evening. Ordered pump for cistern. Battle of Cedar Mountain
1862.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. at G. Bodies. George cradling
oats. Self turning pease. Robert and Annie at school. Barbara
making dress. Isabella Michie sewing patches. Afternoon
George cradling oats. Self turning pease and binding wheat.
Mother patching for Isabella Michie.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. George cradling oats, has sore throat
and headache. Self mowing oats. Mother spinning. Isabella
Michie patching. Barbara making Mothers dress. Afternoon self
and George binding wheat. Wm. at Mr. Bodies. Mother
spinning. Isabella Michie turning A. Michies pease. But she
went home without turning any pease. America discovered 1492.
12 – Wind SW, fine morning. Margaret and Robert gone to
Sunday School. Self, Mother, and Wm. at Presbyterian Church.
Mr. McArthur preaching from Psalms 8:3&4.. Very hot day and
some like rain. Barbara at English Meeting in the evening but
Mr. Fornier did not come. Lord Metcalf died 1846.
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13 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. at A. Michies wheat. Self, George
and Robert drawing pease. Mr. [Shillborn ?] of Brooklin brings
the cistern pump. Barbara spinning. Afternoon Wm. and
Margaret at Alex Michies wheat. Self, George and Robert at
pease. Mary Gordon here all night. Battle on the Plains of
Abraham Quebec 1759.
14 – Wind about SE, fine day. Wm. at A. Michies wheat. Self
and George and Robert drawing pease and wheat. Minty
peddler here this forenoon and Andrew Gordon. Afternoon Wm.
and Margaret at A. Michies wheat till 8 o’clock at night. Self,
George and Robert drawing wheat. Barbara pitching in the mow.
A. Michie, Mrs. Michie, and George Michie here all night. Duke of
Wellington died 1852.
15 – Wind SE, fine day, some appearance of rain. Wm. at A.
Michies oats. Self, George and Robert drawing wheat. Margaret
pitching in the mow. Afternoon Wm. at A. Michies oats. Self and
George drew one load of wheat which is it all. Then George
cradling oats, Self binding oats. Self at Mr. Henry Buels about
the Sabbath School money in the evening. Wm. Gordon will not
thresh for Burton.
16 – Wind SW, rather cloudy morning, some like rain. George
cradling oats. Wm. cradling A. Michies oats. Barbara at Mr.
Lukes since last noon. Afternoon Wm. at T. Duffs. Self, George
and Robert drawing oats. Margaret in the mow, Barbara
spinning, Mother washing.
17 – Wind S, quite a rain in the night and very rainy looking
morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. George at oats. Self doing
very little. Mrs. A. Gordon here paying her debts. Fanning, sieve
peddler, here. Barbara sore breast. Afternoon Wm. at A.
Michies oats. George cuts our oats. Self, Mother and Annie at
Mr. George Michies, Brock, trying to buy a cow but he had not
one to sell. Mrs. Samuel Byers and Mrs. John Byers here on a
visit. Mr. Burton takes Byers horse to C. Millers.
18 – Wind SW, very heavy dew and foggy morning. George at
Duffs working for A. Gordon which is gone with the threshing
machine. Afternoon Wm. at A. Michies oats. Self raking oats.
Mother spinning. Barbara making squares for her quilt. Mrs.
Walker here on a visit. James Walker had a cradling bee this
night and got his wheat cut and bound.
19 – Wind SW, fine morning. Robert and Margaret at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., Geo., Robert and Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Romans
15:3-4. Collection for aged and infirm Ministers and Widows and
Orphans fund. Three dollars. Mary Nicol here all afternoon.
Mary Jane Luke here in the afternoon. Lord Syndenham died
1841.
20 – Wind N, very hot forenoon. Wm. at A. Michies oats. Self
and George mending peastack in the morning, and binding oats
in the forenoon. Thunder at noon and a heavy shower passes
south. Afternoon very warm and much thunder, but no rain.
Wm. at A. Michies oats. Self, George, Robert and Margaret
drawing oats. 6 loads. Mother and Barbara spinning. H. Buels
binding bee. Battle of Alma 1854.
21 – Wind NW, rather cloudy morning. Wm. and Mrs. A. Gordon
at A. Michies oats. Self and George bound the oats in the
swamp and drew them in. Afternoon Barbara and Mary Jane
Luke gone to Mrs. Fergusons quilting. Wm., George and Mrs. A.
Gordon at A. Michies oats. Self wheeling sand out of the door
yard. At Henry Buels in the evening for school money. Sir Walter
Scott died 1832.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., George and Margaret and Mrs.
Gordon at A. Michies oats. Self wheeling sand and binding oats.
Isabella Michie here all day. Afternoon Wm. at A. Michies oats.
Self, George, Margaret and Robert drawing oats and finished
harvest. Mrs. John Byers, M.D. and Christiana Byers here this
afternoon for plums. Drew 7 loads of oats which finished
harvest. Autumnal equinox.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Self and George and horses at George
Bodies threshing. William making wheel for Roberts machine.
Isabella Michie goes home. Mother at Mrs. John Gordons
quilting. Afternoon Wm. helping A. Michie to draw oats.
Washing day. Belgian Revolution 1836.
24 – Wind S, fine morning. George and horses gone to James
McPhails threshing. Wm. at A. Michies pitching oats. Mother
and Barbara spinning. Afternoon Wm. at A. Leasks. George
and horses at James Walkers threshing. Mother at Mrs. Belfords
quilting. Self drawing in [trees?] with the wheelbarrow. Barbara
spinning. Self at J. Walkers threshing in the evening. Done at 9.
Viscount Harding died 1856. Battle of Monterey 1846.
25 – Wind S, fine morning. Wm. and George gone to A. Leasks
to harvest. Self sore belly. Afternoon thunder and rain, no
harvest work done. Mother picking geese, Barbara baking and
ironing.
26 – Wind N, and rain all night, very wet morning. Self & Robert
at Sunday School. Self appointed treasurer for the time. Wm.,
George and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Barbara sick.
Mary J. Luke here and Georgina Luke.
27 – Wind N and cold, the ground white with frost. Mother gone
to Mrs. Belfords. Self and George drawing dung. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. Robert at Robt. Millars. Afternoon George at Mr.
Lukes dung bee. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Mother comes home.
Mrs. Belford got a boy. Self threshing oats. Spree at McPhails.
28 – Wind W, frost in the morning and a cold day. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. Self and George at dung. Mother and Barbara
spinning. Waggon wheel broke down with a load of dung.
Afternoon self and George at dung with Lukes waggon. Wm. at
T. Phairs house. Mother and Barbara spinning. Robert and
Annie at Georgina Lukes picnic. Binding bee at A. Leasks,
afternoon. Township Phair at Prince Albert.
29 – Wind NW, black cloudy morning but turns out a fine day.
Wm. goes to A. Leasks but he does not need him. Self filling
dung, George and Wesley Luke drawing. Mother and Barbara
spinning. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self, George &
Wesley at dung. Mother spinning. James McPhail got the third
prize for his colt. A. Michie and Jas. Walker gone to Whitby it is
said. South Ontario Phair. Michaelmass Day. Battle of [Pears?]
1855.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at T. Phairs house. George drawing
dung. Self at Greenbank about waggon wheel. Margaret
washing. Barbara spinning. F. Davis here this forenoon – cough
syrup, ointment, salve and pills bought. Afternoon self and
George at dung. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Barbara and Mary
Jane Luke at Byers visiting and at Wesleyan Meeting in the
evening. Washing day. Steam ship Arctic lost 1854.
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OCT. 1 – Wind SW, fine morning. Wm. and Barbara and
Christina McPhail at excursion from Port Perry to Lindsay. Self
and George at dung with George Bodies waggon. Afternoon self
and George at dung. Got waggon wheel at night. Margaret at
Wesleyan Meeting. Excursionists arrived at 1 o’clock morning.
Left Lindsay at 5 o’clock. First steamer in the United States
sailed 1807.
2 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Self and George finished the
dung. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Mother and Barbara spinning.
Afternoon self and George drawing rails to fence straw stack.
George begins to plow. Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs house.
Mother spinning. Barbara and Margaret cleaning the house.
Commenced to rain at 5 o’clock.
3 – Wind W, some rain through the night, fine morning. A. Leask
comes after Mother at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Leask sick. Mother and
Robert at Sunday School. Self, Wm, George, Robert and
Barbara at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
John 16:12. Monthly collection $1.70. Treaty of Limerick 1691.
Battle of Greenbrier, Virginia, 1861.
4 – Wind NE, cold but fine morning. George plowing. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. Self leveling the barn yard. Mother came home
from A. Leasks and spinning. Barbara spinning. Afternoon
George plowing. Self leveling barn yard. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Mother and Barbara spinning. Margaret filling straw
beds. Mr. Gantons house burned. First English bible printed
1555.
5 – Wind N, some wind through the night, cold bleak morning.
Geo. plowing, Wm. at T. Phairs house, self threshing oats,
Mother spinning. Barbara sewing. Afternoon George plowing,
self threshing, Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs house. Barbara at
Manchester. Mother spinning. New moon. First American
Congress 1774. First day of North Ontario Fair, Uxbridge.
6 – Wind SE, frost in the morning, fine day. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Self, George, Robert and Margaret at Uxbridge at North
Ontario Fair. Mrs. Wm. Real here visiting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs house.
George plowing, self fencing straw stack. Mother washing.
Barbara making block for Mrs. Halls quilt. Margaret choring.
Afternoon Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs house. George plowing,
self choring, Mother washing, Margaret choring, Barbara making
block for Mrs. Hall. Mother at A. Gordons to see Mrs. John
Ewen. Florida captured 1864. Jenny Lind born 1821.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self, George,
Robert, John McPhail, James Walker taking up potatoes.
Barbara spinning. Mother baking. Margaret choring. Annie sick
with sore throat. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self,
George, Robert, J. McPhail and James Walker at potatoes.
Barbara spinning. North West Passage discovered 1851, John
Hancock died 1793.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self, George, Robert and John McPhail at
potatoes. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Barbara spinning and
patching. Mother colouring yarn. Margaret choring. Annie
better. Afternoon Self, George, Robert and John McPhail at
potatoes and taking wheat out of the granary. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Mother at yarn, Barbara patching, Margaret choring.
John comes home from Mr. Kaddens. Columbus discovers Cuba
1492. Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Florida 1861.
10 – Wind SW, dull cloudy morning. Wm., Robert and Margaret
at Sabbath School. Self, Mother, Wm. and George at
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McArthur preaching from Hebrews
1:14. Collection $3.40 for the French Mission at Aux Trembles.
Wm., John and Margaret at the English Meeting in the evening.
[?] raid into Pennsylvania 1862.
11 – Wind SW, looking like rain, some showers through the
forenoon. Wind changes to NW. George and team at Mr. Lukes
threshing. Wm. and Robert at T. Phairs house. Self fixing the
granary. Mother and Barbara spinning. Afternoon Wm. and
John at T. Phairs house. Self at granary. Mother, Barbara and
Margaret preparing for the threshing machine. E. Luke
threshing.
12 – Wind NW, dull morning. George and team at Mr. Lukes
threshing. Wm. and John at T. Phairs house. Self fixing for
threshing machine which came at noon and threshed all the
wheat and half the barley by night. Mr. Byers, Mr. Phair, Mr.
Walker, Mr. Bodie and team, Wesley Luke and team. Columbus
discovers America 1492.
13 – Wind NW, fine morning. Threshing til 11 o’clock when the
wooden shaft broke. Afternoon threshing til 4 o’clock. Mr. Phair,
Mr. Byers, Mr. McPhail, George Bodie and team, Wesley Luke
and team. John hires with John Kirten for one month at 16
dollars. Barbara visiting at John Gordons. General Brock killed
1812.
14 – Wind NW, rather dull morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house.
Self and John at Mr. Byers threshing. George at mill with grist.
Mother and Annie at James McMillans quilting. Barbara visiting
at Mrs. Bunkers, Greenbank. Afternoon rather rainy. George
plowing. Self at home. Wm. at T. Phairs house. John at home.
Battle of Bristoe Station 1863.
15 – Wind W, rough showery day. Self and John at Byers
threshing. Fanning mill broke at noon. Started at 4 o’clock
again. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Christina McPhail here in
evening. Ides of October.
16 – Wind W, rather cold. Wm. and George at Byers threshing.
Self and John at Prince Albert for boots. Isabella Michie with the
ministers buggy comes for Barbara to go back and cook for her
quilting bee. Afternoon Byers threshing done at 3 o’clock. Wm.
and George carry in the corn. Self brings a grist from Beares.
John Browns raid into Virginia 1859. Parliament houses burnt
1854.
17 – Wind NW, fine day, rather cold. Wm., Robert, Margaret and
Annie at Sunday School. Afternoon showery. Wm., George and
Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Now 56 years [birthday].
18 – Wind N, frosty morning. George plowing. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Self and Robert cleaning up the barn floor. Afternoon
Wm. at T. Phairs house. George plowing. Self and Robert fixing
sheep house. Margaret washing. Dean [Jonathan] Swift died
1745.
19 – Wind NW, cold morning, some frost. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. George at Manchester with Mr. McPhails barley. Got 60
cents for it. Margaret at A. Michies quilting bee. Self at log
heaps in the swamp. Mrs. A. Gordon here for salt. Mrs. Carr
here wanting to sell a calf. Afternoon some snow. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. Self at the log heaps and husking corn. Accident
at Surrey Music Hall 1856.
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20 – Wind NW, ground white, cold cloudy morning. George
plowing. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Afternoon George plowing.
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self carrying in apples – 24 bushels.
Robert, Annie, Andrew and Hugh McPhail picking. Mother
spinning. Margaret choring. Barbara at A. Michies. Grace
Darling died 1862. Turkish fleet destroyed at Navarino 1827.
21 – Wind SW, fine morning. George plowing up potatoes. Wm.
at T. Phairs house. Self, Robert, John McPhail and Jane Gordon
picking potatoes. Mother spinning. Mr. Williams, Pedlar, here.
Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house, all the rest at potatoes. Very
cold afternoon. Mother spinning. Battle of Trafalgar 1805.
22 – Wind NW some, dull morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house.
George harrowing potatoes. Self, Robert and John McPhail
picking. Mother spinning. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house.
George plowing potato land. Robert and J. McPhail picking after
him. Mother spinning. Moscow retaken by the Russians 1812.
23 – Wind easterly, rain all the forenoon. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Self, George and Robert fanning barley. Afternoon Wm.
at T. Phairs house. Self, George, and Robert at barley. Clears
off with wind north. Irish Massacre 1661. Wm. Penn born 1644.
24 – Wind NW, frosty morning. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Annie
at Sunday School. Self, Wm., George, Robert, Mother and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
Psalms 106:8. Margaret at A. Leasks to see Lizzie Chalmers.
Fall of snow at night. Daniel Webster died 1852. Edict of Nantes
revoked by Louis XIV 1685.
25 – Wind NW, frosty clear morning. George plowing potato
ground. Robert picking. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self spreading
dung. Mother spinning. Afternoon George plowing pea land.
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self at Greenbank to hear the price of
barley. Mother spinning. Macedonia captured 1812. St. Crispin.
26 – Wind SW, frosty morning, looking like snow. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. Snowed all forenoon. James McPhail here with 2
dollars for the minister. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self
fixing cellar for potatoes. George at T. Phairs house. Barbara
comes home from A. Michies. Mother spinning, Margaret
washing. Snowed all day 6 inches deep. Cholera first appeared
in England 1831.
27 – Wind NW, snow 6 inches deep, clear morning. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. George at Manchester with 52.5 bushels barley.
Mother churning. Barbara at her quilt. Self choring. Afternoon
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self choring, Mother spinning. Barbara
at quilt. Snow still deep. Marshal South died 1851.
28 – Wind SW, cloudy morning. George gone to plowing match
at C. Aslins. Wm. gone to R. Murtas to buy north half of lot 18,
10th
conc. Self to see plowing match. Messrs. Whitefield, Lee,
Henry, Buel and John Leask, Judges. First prize Frank Smith.
Second prize Adam Bell. Third George Real. Fourth George
Bodie. 1st
Prize-$4, 2nd
$3, 3rd
- $2, 4th
- $1. Snow melts some.
Great Fire at Luxembourg Paris 1857.
29 – Wind N, snowy morning. Wm. gone to Port Perry for sash to
T. Phairs house and to learn the price of cordwood. Barbara
comes home from Mrs. Phairs, been there all night. George at
Manchester with barley. Self cleaning turnip cellar. Afternoon
self at Robert Murtas sale and buy a clothesline for 50 cents.
Wm. buys the north half of lot 18, concession 10 for $1799. A.
Gordon had a [?] bee tonight.
30 – Wind N, hard frost and cold bleak morning. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. George at James Walkers chopping wood. Self
choring. Barbara spinning. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house.
George at T. Phairs house. Self choring, Margaret scrubbing,
Barbara spinning. Wesley Luke and Philip Stone here in the
evening.
31 – Wind SW, dull morning and very cold. Wm., Margaret and
Robert at Sabbath School. Self, Wm., George, Mother and Annie
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Mark
5:25.
NOV. 1 – Wind SW, fine morning, but hard frost. Wm. at Phairs
house. George at Greenbank getting horses shod. Self cutting
wood. Bailey here with his bill which is $7.72. Afternoon Mrs.
McPhail here visiting. Wm. at T. Phairs house. George took
home Tom’s plough and drew 20 bushels of potatoes from
Robert Phairs. Self burning stones. 4
All Saint’s Day. Russians
declare war with Turkey 1853.
2 – Wind S, white frost, rather dull day. Wm. at T. Phairs house.
George, Robert and self taking in potatoes all day. 4 loads
altogether and these not very big. Mrs. John Leask here visiting.
Mother baking. Margaret at play. Barbara spinning. Afternoon
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Mother at McPhails visiting. Barbara
spinning. Mrs. R. Phair here visiting. Mary J. Luke here twisting
yarn. Received wall map.
3 – Wind S, fine morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self, George,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at turnips. Barbara spinning.
Mother cooking. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self,
George, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the turnips. Mother
cooking. Barbara finishing spinning and went to Greenbank
asking hands for quilting bee. Drew 10 loads turnips into pit.
4 – Wind S, some frost, fine bright morning. Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Self, George, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Afternoon
Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self, George, Robert and Margaret at
turnips. Barbara washing. Wm. at Mr. Byers pairing apples.
George at A. Gordons and gets Mothers boots. Washing day.
Drew 10 loads turnips. Gunpowder plot 1605.
5 – Wind SW, fine morning with high wind, some rain since last
night. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self, George, Robert, James
Gordon, Douglas McPhail, Margaret and Mary Gordon at turnips.
Rough day. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. The rest at
turnips. Mother cooking. Barbara cleaning the house before the
quilting bee. Showers in the afternoon. Drew 11 loads of
turnips. Rev. Ralph Erskine died 1752, aged 68.
6 – Wind N, ground covered with snow, not very cold. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. Self and George drawing 3 loads of pease.
Andrew Gordon here. Barbara making ready for the bee.
Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house. George drawing turnips for
James Walker. Self threshing pease and mending bridge on the
4
In order to move very large rocks, farmers would light
a fire around the rock and get it quite hot. Throwing
either cold water or snow on the rock would cause it to
split into pieces which they were then able to draw
away with their horses.
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road. Andrew Gordon and Barbara gone to Brock for Isabella
Michie. Snowed some all day, colder towards night. Battle of
Port Royal 1861. Russians defeated at Negara 1855.
7 – Wind N, cold and stormy. Self, William, and Margaret at
Methodist Meeting. Mr. Bee preaching from 1 Corinthians 11:28.
Wm. and Margaret at Presbyterian Church. Snowed some all
day. Battle of Tipacanoe 1811.
8 – Wind NW, still snowing, not so cold as yesterday. Wm. at T.
Phairs house. George gone to help James McPhail to [flit] to
Uxbridge. Barbara and Isabella Michie very busy cooking for
tomorrow which is the bee. Self choring. Mr. McPhail not to [flit]
today because of the cold. Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers at T.
Phairs house. George and self threshing pease. Princess
Charlotte died 1817. Mason and Slidell taken from an English
ship by Cap. Wilkes.
9 – Wind NW, not so cold as yesterday. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T.
Phairs house. George gone to move James McPhail. Self
making quilting frames. All astir making ready for the bee.
Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Self splitting
wood. Barbaras quilt down and Mothers upstairs. At Barbaras
quilt – Mrs. Luke, M. J. Luke, Mrs. Phair, Mary McPhail, Mrs.
Byers, Maria Real, Annie Real, Perlina Lee, Libby Lee, Lizzie
Bunker, Margaret Miller, Isabella Michie. At Mothers quilt – Mrs.
A. Gordon, Agnes Bodie, Pamela Burton, Christiana Byers,
Annie Gordon, Libby Walker. Pairing bee in the evening. 61 at
it. About 9 bushels paired. Dancing after til 2 o’clock in the
morning. Prince of Wales born 184l.
10 – Wind NW, snowing heavy, not very cold. Wm. and Mr.
Byers at T. Phairs house. George threshing pease. Self at
Greenbank and paid all the money belonging to the Sabbath
School to Mr. Andrew [McGier?] Librarian. Ch. McPhail, Mary
McPhail and John McPhail here all night. Afternoon Wm. and
Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. George threshing pease. Self
hanging up apples. Mother, Barbara, M.J. Luke, and Isabella
Michie working on Barbaras quilt.
11 – Wind SW, still snowing. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs
house. George drawing wood. Isabella Michie and Barbara at
quilt. Self sawing wood. Margaret washing, Mother churning.
Mrs. A. Gordon and Mrs. J. Walker here quilting. Afternoon Wm.
and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. George drawing wood.
Barbara and Isabella Michie at nice quilt. Mrs. A. Gordon, Mrs.
Jas. Walker at course quilt. Self splitting wood. Margaret
washing, Mother baking. Barbara and Isabella Michie goes to A.
Leasks to see Lizzie Chalmers who is sick. Sarah [?] burnt
1857.
12 – Wind N, snowing a little, snow is 10 inches deep. Wm. and
Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Self and George threshing pease.
Barbara and Isabella Michie at fine quilt. Mrs. Bodie at fine quilt.
George, Margaret, Wm., Isabella Michie at Greenbank in the
evening. Peter Martyr died 1562. Sherman leaves Atlanta 1864.
13 – Wind NE, cold morning. Wm. and George at T. Phairs
house. Self, Mother, Barbara, Robert and Annie at Manchester.
Very bad sleighing. Got home about 6 o’clock in the evening.
Bought $26.73 worth, paid $23.70. Ides of November.
14 – Wind N, cold and frosty, some snow through the night.
Margaret and Wm. at Sunday School. Self, Wm., George and
Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
Ezekiel 36:23,24. All singing. Source of the Nile discovered
1858.
15 – Wind N, cold morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self and
George drawing pease. 3 loads. Barbara and Isabella Michie
come home having been at Robert Phairs all night. Afternoon
Wm. at T. Phairs house and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Self
and George and Robert at turnips. Got up 2 loads. The snow 6
inches deep, no frost in the ground. Barbara and Isabella Michie
visiting at T. Duffs. Mary Gordon here all night. Corpus Christi
Texas captured 1863.
16 – Wind E, some like a thaw. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs
house. George at A. Michies threshing. Self killing a sheep.
Mother baking. Isabella Michie gone to A. Michies threshing.
Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Self choring.
Barbara and Wm. at A. Michies in the evening. Three arms
broke off the horse power5
. Ferguson, astronomer, died 1867.
17 – Wind S, rain and hail all night, the same in the morning..
Wm. and Byers at T. Phairs house. George at A. Michies
threshing. Self threshing pease. Margaret washing. Afternoon
Wm. and Byers at T. Phairs house. Self at pease. George at A.
Michies threshing. Mrs. Michie here a little while. Isabella
Michie gone home. Singing class at Greenbank. Wm., George,
Robert, Barbara and Margaret at it. Washing day. Professor
Forbes died 1854.
18 – Wind W, rather stormy, snow deep and freezing. Wm. and
Mr. Byers and George at T. Phairs house. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon Wm., George and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Self
at Wm. Lees sale. Bought nothing. Went and came with George
Bodie. Luther born 1483. Funeral of the Duke of Wellington
1852.
19 – Wind SW, snowing some. Wm. and George and Mr. Byers
at T. Phairs house. Self took 9 ewes to Mr. Bodies ram.
Snowing heavy. Wm. Byam here selling painkiller. Afternoon
Wm., George, and Mr. Byers and Robert at Phairs house. Man
here from Port Perry to tell that the apples ordered 6th
of August
is at Sinclairs Hotel in Port Perry. Self at Greenbank for the
papers. Mrs. Luke here making Margarets dress. Battle of
Navarino 1827. Napoleon crowned 1804.
20 – Wind N, and heavy fall of snow through the night and still
snowing. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. George
threshing pease. Self at Port Perry for trees. Robert at Port
Perry. Afternoon Wm., Mr. Byers and George at T. Phairs
house. Self got 5 trees – 1 yellow crab, 1 red crab, 1 Washington
plum, 1 yellow plum, 1 dwarf. Bought 2 plaids from the weavers
Craigs at 80 cents each. Lord Elgin died 1863.
5
A ‘power’ was a large circular piece of equipment that
had a platform in the middle where the farmer would
stand. Around that there would be up to 4 teams (8
horses) tied to ‘spokes’. The horses would walk in a
circle which would, in turn, power the apparatus.
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21 – Wind W, cloudy morning. Wm., Barbara, Margaret, Annie
and Robert at Union School. Self, Wm., George, Mother and
Barbara and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur
preaching from John 3:5. Father died at 9 o’clock night. Fight at
Liberty 1864.
22 – Wind E, hoar frost, fine morning. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T.
Phairs house. George drawing wood. Self threshing pease.
Barbara twisting yarn. Wm., George, Robert, Barbara and
Margaret at singing class, Greenbank. All joined it. One dollar
for men. Half a dollar for girls and boys. 60 of a class. Battle of
Breslau 1757.
23 – Wind NE, heavy fall of snow since last night, cloudy
morning. George chopping wood for A. Gordon. Wm. and Mr.
Byers at T. Phairs house. Self sawing wood. Barbara doubling
yarn. Mother making pants. Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers at T.
Phairs house. George at Manchester with wood. Self sawing
wood, Mother making pants, Margaret baking, Barbara doubling
yarn. Pensacola bombarded 1863. Archbishop Tillotson died
1694.
24 – Wind W, fine clear day. Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Wm.
at Manchester to get his deed made. George gone with wood to
Prince Albert. Self making box to pump. Minty, pedlar, here.
Afternoon Wm. at Mr. Ewens to see John. Mr. Byers at T. Phairs
house. Self at pump. Washing day.
25 – Wind S, clear morning. Wm. at Greenbank giving Murta
some money. George drew 2 elm logs to mill. Self threshing
pease. Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Afternoon dull and cloudy.
Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. George goes for Lizzie
Chalmers and draws 2 elm logs to mill. Self threshing pease.
Singing tonight. Wm., George, Robert, Barbara, Margaret and
Lizzie at it. George trying to buy the half of Mr. Gordons
machine. John Knox died 1572. British evacuate New York
1783. Attempt to burn New York City 1864.
26 – Wind S, rather soft. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house.
George drawing 2 elm logs to mill. Sold A. Stone heifer for $30 to
be taken away on the 28th
of December. Afternoon Wm. and Mr.
Byers at T. Phairs house. George draws 2 elm logs to mill. Self
kills a small lamb. Marshal Soult died 1851.
27 – Wind NW, and snowing. George draws 2 elm logs to the
mill. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Barbara and Lizzie
at Port Perry with Mr. Lukes horse and Mr. Phairs cutter. Self
threshing pease. Mother baking. Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers
at T. Phairs house. Robert at T. Phairs house. George draws 1
elm, 1 hemlock logs to mill. Self threshing pease. George
chopping wood for A. Gordon and buys the half of Wm. Gordons
machine for 170 dollars. 70 dollars to be paid the first of January
1870 and 100 the first of January 1871. Florida sunk 1864.
28 – Wind NW, fine morning. Wm., Robert, Barbara, Margaret,
Annie and Lizzie Chalmers at Sabbath School. Self, Wm.,
George, Barbara, Margaret, Lizzie Chalmers and Jane Michie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from 1st
Peter:2.
We rather late. Fort Kelly captured 1864.
29 – Wind SW, rather soft morning. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T.
Phairs house. George gone to Mr. George Haddons to thresh.
Self threshing pease. Barbara making Margarets dress and it is
too small. Mother churning. Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers at T.
Phairs house. Self and Robert fanning pease. Andre Gordon
borrows sleigh. Wm., Robert, Barbara and Margaret at singing.
30 – Wind W, some rain through the night and still thawing. Wm.
and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house. Self sawing wood. Rev.
McArthur here to dinner. Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers at T.
Phairs house. Self choring. Mother and Annie visiting at Mrs.
Lukes. Mr. Luke taking up turnips. Soft evening.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW, snowing and drifting. Wm. and Mr. Byers at
T. Phairs house. Self fixing stable window. Barbara making
Annies coat with the pockets outside. Mother mending old
clothes. Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house.
Barbara at A. Leasks all night. John brought home – sick of sore
throat. Self choring. Battle of Blackwater 1861.
2 – Wind E, dull morning. Wm. and Mr. Byers at T. Phairs house.
Self at Mrs. George Michies sale. Dr. [Knowley?] here at John.
Says he has the scarlet fever. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Isabella Michie comes here to supper and goes to the
singing. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Barbara from A. Leasks at
singing. Boy named Graham killed at Germains Mill, of Brock.
Battle of Austerlitz 1805.
3 – Wind N, cold clear morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self
sawing wood. Mother mending the rags. Margaret washing.
Barbara cooking. John about the same. Afternoon Wm. at T.
Phairs house. Self and Robert drawing pease. Mother some
sick. Margaret washing. Received Aberdeen paper.
4 – Wind SW, cold day and cloudy, snow drifting some. Wm.
lathing at T. Phairs house. Self threshing pease. John rather
better. Mother some better. Afternoon self and Robert fanning
pease. Margaret scrubbing.
5 – Wind N, cold bright day. Wm, Margaret, Robert and Annie at
the Union Sabbath School. Self, Wm., George, Barbara,
Margaret, Annie and Isabella Michie at Presbyterian Meeting.
Rev. McArthur preaching from Philippians 4:6,7. Monthly
collection $1.85. Isabella Michie goes home with the minister.
John gets out of bed today for awhile. Columbus dis. [America]
1492.
6 – Wind NE, sharp cold morning. George gone to Whitefield
Lees to thresh. Wm. at T. Phairs house lathing. Self threshing
pease. Afternoon self at Mr. Beares mill with 7 ½ bushels wheat
to grind. Singing tonight. Wm., Robert, Barbara and Margaret at
it. St. Nicholas rebellion 1837.
7 – Wind NE, hard frost through the night, cloudy morning. Pump
in stoop frozen. Wm. at T. Phairs house lathing. Self choring.
Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house at carpenter work. Self and
Robert drew 2 loads of pease. Margaret washing. Barbara
choring. Battle of Prairie Grove 1862. Peter Martyr born 1500.
8 – Wind N, not so very cold. Wm. at T. Phairs house. John
getting better. Self and Robert drawing turnips. Afternoon Wm.
at T. Phairs house. Mr. Butson and Mr. Wagner here to buy
cordwood. Bought 2 cords for 2 dollar a cord. Self and Robert
drawing turnips – 7 loads. Benjamin Bryan, Tinsmith, killed at
Utica by his horse running away.
9 – Wind W, rather cloudy morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self
drawing wood to Mr. Butson. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs house.
Self drawing wood and getting horses shod and barn pump fixed.
Singing tonight. Wm., Barbara, Margaret at it. Barbara at a mat
bee at Duffs. Brought grist from mill.
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10 – Wind S, rather soft morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house at
carpenter work. Self sawing wood. Afternoon Wm. plastering T.
Phairs house. Self at Greenbank with wood to Mr. Butson. Lost
Barbaras netting coming home. Wm. and Margaret at Epsom
Singing School at night. Meeting at Greenbank about township
reeves. Gordon and Graham to run.
11 – Wind SW, dull cloudy morning and thawing. Wm. plastering
at T. Phairs house. Self drawing wood for Mrs. A. Gordon. Drew
½ cord. Mother and Annie at A. Gordons visiting. Afternoon self
fixing for killing pig.
12 – Wind SW, rainy foggy morning. Margaret at Sunday School.
Nobody at church today. Raining at noon and snowing at night.
New Zealand discovered 1642.
13 – Wind NE, cold morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house plastering.
George gone to Wm. Reals to fix the machine. Self, John and
Robert drawing turnips – 2 small loads. Timothy Cragg here
collecting for Isaac. $7.55 our bill. Afternoon self making ready
for killing pigs. Took home the sheep from Mr. Bodies. Singing –
Wm., Robert, Barbara and Margaret at it. Fort McAllister,
Georgia, taken 1864. Ides of December.
14 – Wind NE, fine bright day. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self,
John, Robert and Mr. George Bodie killing pigs. Killed 3 in the
forenoon and 1 in the afternoon. Wm. at T. Phairs house.
Washington died 1799. Prince Consort died 1861.
15 – Wind NE, cloudy morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self at
Manchester with 1 pig which weighed 290 lbs. at $8.75.
Margaret at Manchester to get teeth drawn but did not. Rainy
afternoon. Home about 5 o’clock. Pilgrims landed on Plymouth
Rock.
16 – Wind SE, sleety morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self
cutting pigs. Robert at Greenbank with A. Beecrofts plaines.
Afternoon self salting pork. John splitting wood. Singing at
Greenbank. Wm., Robert, Barbara and Margaret at it. Margaret
walks, the rest rides. Robert tells when he comes home that
Margaret was singing coming home which is a great fault.
17 – Wind W, cloudy morning. Wm. at T. Phairs house. Self
choring. Barbara hooking mats. Afternoon Wm. at T. Phairs
house. Self and John and Robert at turnips – got two small loads
in. John goes to Greenbank for the papers. Received a letter
from Wm. Michie that Father died 21st
of November 1869.
Received a letter from Alexr. Michie, Grayshill.
18 – Wind NE, with an appearance of snow. Mother and Barbara
had a quarrel this morning about hand towels. Both crying. Wm.
making axe handle. Self sawing wood. John splitting. Margaret
ironing. Barbara hooking mats. Mr. R. Murta here wanting a
mortgage from William on Lot 18. Afternoon Wm. and John at
Manchester to get Murtas mortgage drawn. Self splitting wood.
Received potatoes from Mr. Luke for potatoes he got in summer.
Miss Agnes Asling here. Wm. and John return without getting
mortgage made as John Christie was with the Council. Barbara,
Agnes Asling, and Mary Jane Luke goes to Greenbank and is
initiated in the Mysteries of Temperance. George arrives with
the machine from Arch. McMillans. Sir Humphry Davy born
1779. Lord Lynedoch died 1843.
19 – Wind W, some snow falling. Wm., Robert, Barbara,
Margaret and Annie at Sabbath School. Self, Wm., John,
George, Mother, Barbara and Annie at Presbyterian Church. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Rom. 1-4. Wm., John, Margaret and
Barbara at English Meeting in the evening. British take Fort
Niagara 1813.
20 – Wind W, frosty morning. Wm., John gone to Manchester to
get the mortgage drawn. Mr. Gordon gets some spring wheat
and one pailful of salt. Barbara hooking mats. Mary Nichol here
for Barbara to go to Mr. Phairs to sew with the machine. A.
Gordon here for 3 bags of wheat to take to mill. Afternoon John
draws one log to mill. William gets his mortgage drawn by A. [?],
Port Perry. Singing tonight. Wm., Barbara and Margaret at it.
21 – Wind SW. Wm. gone to John Wells house. George drew 1
log to mill. Mother brought home from John Gordons, he having
got a daughter. Self sawing wood. Afternoon George took some
wood to Mrs. Bunker. John to A. Stones with cow. Self splitting
wood. Mother and Annie at R. Phairs.
22 – Wind SE, sleety morning. George and John greasing
harness. Self fixing clock. Barbara whitewashing the kitchen
and quarrelling with John. Rain all forenoon. Clears off about 3
o’clock with wind SW. School Exhibition at Greenbank in the
evening. Admission 10 cents for adults, 5 cents for children.
John, George, Robert, Margaret, Barbara and Annie at it.
23 – Wind W, and very high through the night, cold morning.
John and George fixing harness and grinding their axes. A.
Michie here to dinner. Self fixing horse collars. Afternoon
George drawing sand for Mr. John Wells. John chopping
cordwood. Self fixing clock. Singing at night. George, Margaret
and Robert at it. Barbara not home from the Exhibition at
Greenbank.
24 – Wind SW, fine morning with hard frost. George drawing
sand for Mr. Wells. John chopping cordwood. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon George drawing sand. John at cordwood, self
splitting wood. Fort Fisher attacked 1864.
25 – Wind SW, fine morning. George and John at cordwood.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at James McPhails, Uxbridge for
a Christmas visit. Meeting at Greenbank to elect councilors or
rather hear them tell what they will do if elected. Christmas Day.
26 – Wind S, fine morning. Margaret at Sunday School. Self,
Wm., John, George at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur
preaching from Psalms 33:1. Mrs. George Michie Senior here all
night. Saint Stephens Day.
27 – Wind S, fresh morning. Wm. gone to John Wells house.
George and John at cordwood. Mrs. Michie pays her note.
Barbara, Isabella Michie and Jane Michie arrive from Brock. A.
Michie Sr. and A. Michie Jr. here to dinner. Mrs. George Michie
and Jane Michie leave with A. Michie. Singing tonight. George,
Barbara, Margaret, Robert and Isabella Michie at it. Raining
evening. Soiree at Uxbridge in behalf of the new Presbyterian
Church.
28 – Wind W, rather soft morning. George gone with some
plaster to Mr. John Wells. John at cordwood. Self taking up
drain of turnip cellar. A. Michie Jr., Alex Rennie, Lizzie
Chalmers, and Isabella Michie here to dinner. George draws
one log to mill. John at cordwood, self at drain. A. Rennie, L.
Chalmers, I. Michie and A. Michie leave immediately after dinner
to meet the married folks. Hector McLaughlin and Helen Gordon
married. St. Simon and St. Jude, Buffalo, burnt 1873.
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29 – Wind NW, some snow through the night. George and John
at cordwood. Self sawing wood. Margaret washing. T. Phair
gone out with ribbons on his horses supposed to get married.
Afternoon George and John at cordwood. Self at turnip cellar.
Mrs. Aisling here visiting. Wm. comes from Mr. Wells house.
Mary J. Luke and Georgina here evening. Thomas Phair and
Annie Real married. The Carolina destroyed 1839.
30 – Wind NW, some snow through the night. Wm. gone to see
Burton building and go to Prince Albert as a witness for Duff at
the Division Court. George gone to pay Wm. Gordon for
machine. John at cordwood. Self making saw horses.
Afternoon D. Towns here electioneering and paid Wm. for
plastering. John and George at cordwood. Missionary meeting
at the Brick Church, Greenbank. John, George, Wm., Robert,
Barbara and Margaret at it and the singing. Five dollars and 80
cents collection. Duff gains his suit on Burton – 15 dollars
damages.
31 – Wind NW, cloudy morning. George and John at cordwood.
Self drawing wood. Afternoon George at Robert Phairs. Wm.
and John training Wms colt. Wm., George, Barbara, Margaret,
gone to A. Michies to a spree. And so closes the year 1869.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1870
JAN. 1 – Wind E, cold morning. James McPhail here all night.
Wm. Gordon, Jas. McPhail, Helen Michie, Isabella Michie,
Isabella Gordon and George Michie here to dinner. Andrew
Gordon, A. Michie, A. Bell here in the afternoon. Helen Michie
here all night.
2 – Wind E, snowing heavily with some rain intermixed in the
morning. Nobody from here at Sunday School. Afternoon
raining. Wm., George, Margaret and Helen Michie at
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McArthur preaching from the 9th
Psalm. Wolfe born 1727. Battle of Princeton 1777.
3 – Wind SW, stormy morning, snow drifting. No work. Afternoon
still stormy. George at A. Gordons. Self, Wm., and John at
Greenbank voting for councilor. Was come after by Mr.
Ferguson. Singing tonight. Wm., Margaret and Robert at it and
Mr. Wyatt did not come. George goes in the evening to A.
Gordons with money to pay part of machine. [ Reeve – [?] 342,
Gordon 325. Deputy Reeve - St. John 272, Major 344, Ewers
409. Councilors – Town 204, Bates 237, ? 267, Graham 375].
[Note: names and numbers here were very difficult to read,
uncertain as to their accuracy].
4 – Wind W, dull morning. Wm. gone to Mr. Tipps after money.
John at cordwood. George at T. Duffs loading horse power. Self
fixing bars. Mother churning. Barbara finishing mat. Afternoon
John at cordwood. George gone with machine to A. Michies,
Brock. Self splitting wood. Wesley Luke here at night playing
dominoes. Silk brought to Europe 536. Innocents Day.
Earthquake in Canada 1663.
5 – Wind NW, cold day. John at cordwood. Wm. gone for his
cutter. Self putting some plank in stable floor. Mother dying
brown. Barbara making stripes for mat. Margaret netting.
Afternoon John at cordwood. Wm. mending his cutter. Self
splitting wood. Women at the same work. Duke of York dies
1827. Benjamin Franklin born 1706.
6 – Wind W, cold day. Wm. mending cutter. John at cordwood.
Self mending boots. Margaret washing. Afternoon John at
cordwood. Wm. at Greenbank with his cutter. Self mending
boots. John Cook here all night. Vienna Conference 1861.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John & Wm. at cordwood. Afternoon Wm.
at cordwood. John chopping wood for A. Gordon.
8 – Wind W, cold day. John and Wm. at cordwood. Self making
swifts. Afternoon Wm. and John at cordwood. George comes
home from Edward Boes. Snow drifting in the evening. Battle of
New Orleans 1815. Galileo died 1642.
9 – Wind SW, hard frost through the night. Nobody from here at
Sunday School. Mr. William Anderson and Mrs. Anderson and
Isabella Michie here. Self, Wm., John at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur preaching from 1st
Corinthians XIII:13. The Crimea
ceded to Russia 1784.
10 – Wind SW, snowy day. John at cordwood. Wm. making a
beatle6
. Self fixing turnip cellar. George gone to Ed Boes.
Afternoon John at cordwood. Wm. painting his cutter. Self
sawing wood. Wm. and Barbara goes to singing in cutter.
Margaret walks. George home all night. Machine at Duffs.
Bishop Laud beheaded 1645. Paul the Hermit died. London
Exchange burnt 1838.
11 – Wind S, bright day. George gone to set machine at Burtons
barn. John and self and Robert draws 3 loads of turnips. Wm.
Minty, Pedlar, here today. Afternoon John takes the horses to
Duffs threshing and then goes to cordwood. Self splitting wood.
Barbara at Port Perry. John at English Meeting. Wm. and
Robert at A. Gordons in the evening. First lottery in England
1569. Penny Post began in Britain 1840.
12 – Wind SE, rain all forenoon. Self and Wm. at school meeting.
Henry Buel elected trustee. Wm. takes 10 cord of wood for
$1.21 per cord. Afternoon wind NE, snowing a little. Singing
practicing at McMillans tonight. Wm. and Barbara at it. St.
Arcadias Day. First steamer up the Clyde 1812.
13 – Wind NE, very snowy morning. Nothing doing. Afternoon
George goes to thresh at Duffs but Duff is going out and can’t
thresh. John at woods. Margaret washing. Self writing. Wm.,
Barbara, Margaret at singing Greenbank. Battle of Chillianwala
1849. St. Hilary Day. Charles James Fox born 1749. Ides of
January.
14 – Wind E, cold frosty morning. George gone to Duffs
threshing. Very cold day. Wm. and John at wood. Self doing
nothing. Great [?] England 1202. Halley died 1742.
15 – Wind S, rainy morning. Self at Brock to the session. Wm.
and self at Presbyterian Meeting in the afternoon. General Wolfe
born 1727.
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A beatle is a block of wood with a handle, used in a
similar manner to a sledgehammer.
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16 – Wind S, fine morning. Communion at our church. Mr.
Jamison preached from 1 Corinthians V. Collection of 7 dollars.
Margaret Johnston comes home with us from meeting and stays
all night. Battle of Ucles 1809.
17 – Wind S, rainy morning. George goes to R. Phairs to thresh
but doesn’t do much. Nothing doing at home. Mother, Margaret
Johnston and Annie goes to A. Gordons. Wm. Gordon and John
playing dominoes. Afternoon still raining. Wm. takes Margaret
Johnston to Colin Millers and brings home Mother. Missionary
Meeting at Presbyterian Church in the evening. 9 ½ dollars of
collection. Only Mr. McArthur and Mr. Jamieson speakers. Rain
ceases about 5 o’clock. B. Franklin born 1706. St. Antonio Day.
18 – Wind W, cold day. George at R. Phairs threshing. John
chopping wood for A. Gordon. Barbara at Duffs making mats.
Afternoon Wm. and John at cordwood. Self sawing wood.
Robert gone to Greenbank to Wyatts juvenile singing class which
was a failure. Singing in the evening. Wm., Robert, Barbara,
Margaret, Annie at it. Bhurtpore captured 1826. James Watts
born 1736.
19 – Wind SW, hoar frost, looking like a thaw. George to T.
Phairs to thresh. John at cordwood. Wm. at Saintfield at D.
McKays. Self threshing pease. Barbara at Duffs mats.
Afternoon John at wood. Self threshing pease. George gone to
thresh for George Tocher, Brock. Singing at Temperance Hall to
practice for Primitive Methodist soiree. Wm., Margaret and
Barbara at it. Copernicus born 1472.
20 – Wind SW, dull day. John at cordwood. Wm. getting Mr.
George Bodie to draw some wood for Mr. Wagner. Self closing
the mouse holes in buttery. Barbara and Isabella Gordon
quilting. Mother baking. Afternoon John and Wm. at cordwood.
Mrs. A. Gordon here quilting. Temperance lecture at Greenbank
by Rev. Mr. Cantlon, Bible Christian. Self, Wm., John, Barbara,
Margaret and Robert at it. Howard the Philanthropist died 1790.
First English parliament 1264. American independence
acknowledged 1783.
21 – Wind NW, snowing some. Wm. and John at cordwood.
Barbara and Isabella Gordon quilting. Self making strap to bind
Wms. colt. Afternoon John at cordwood. Robert and Annie at
Juvenile Singing class, Greenbank. Singing in the evening.
Wm., Robert, Barbara and Margaret at it. St. Agnes Day. Louis
XVI beheaded 1793.
22 – Wind SE, cold clear morning. John at cordwood. Wm.
making axe handle. Self splitting wood. Barbara and Isabella
Gordon at mats. Afternoon Wm. at Greenbank getting his colt
shoed. John at cordwood. Margaret scrubbing. Barbara and
Isabella Gordon at mats. Singing at Temperance at night.
Barbara at it. Some of the Uxbridge Brothers and Sisters
present. The Grand W. Patriarch present. St. Vincent’s Day.
Council of war at Paris 1856. Wm. Pitt died 1806.
23 – Wind NW, some rain through the night. Wm., Barbara,
Margaret and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Wm., and John at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from 1 Peter:11-
21. Barbara at Primitive Methodist Church and English Church.
St. Emerentia.
24 – Wind E, cold and frosty. Wm. and John at wood. George
gone with Wm. Gordon to Port Perry. Afternoon John and
William at cordwood. Self drawing wood. Barbara at Mr. Thos.
Phairs visiting. Robert at school. Lecture in the Wesleyan
Church on temperance by Mr. Ross, G.W.P. Self, Wm., John,
George, Robert, Annie, Barbara and Marg. at it. St. Timothy
Day. Frederick the Great born 1712.
25 – Wind NE, snowing some. Robert at school. Grist fanned.
Afternoon Wm. and John gone to A. Michies, Brock. George at
mill and weavers with Barbara. Self sawing wood. Singing
tonight. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and Robert at it. James
Rundle died at 2 o’clock morning. Princess Royal married 1858.
26 – Wind SW, moderate with appearance of a thaw. George
and John at James Walkers chopping bee. Wm. and self drew
three loads of turnips. Afternoon Wm. at cordwood. Self turning
potatoes. Spree at James Walkers in the evening. John,
George, Barb. & Marg. at it.
27 – Wind W, fine morning. John and George at cordwood.
William grinding old axe. Self sawing wood. Mrs. A. Gordon
here for yeast. Afternoon Wm. gone with A. Michie, Sr. to John
Tipps to see about the board of him and John when working at A.
Michies house. Barbara at Mrs. Halls quilting bee. Mother and
Annie at Duffs visiting. John and George at cordwood. Robert at
school. Self splitting wood. Wm. returns without seeing Mr.
Tipp. St. Chrysortina died. Independence of Greece claimed
1821. Mozart born 1756.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John and George at cordwood.
Self at Manchester Mills with 9 bushels 13 pounds of oats to get
oatmeal, but got none. At Prince Albert to see Mr. Welsh. He
not at home. Brought home grist from mill. Wm., Robert,
Margaret, Barbara at singing.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John and George at cordwood.
Self threshing pease. Margaret gone to doctors – her tooth sore
to get it out. Afternoon Wm. making axe handle. John and
George at wood. Self sawing wood. Robert at Juvenile singing
class. Wm. and John at Greenbank and Barbara at the
Temperance meeting. Restoration of Charles II 1660.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., John, Robert, Barbara and
Margaret at Primitive Methodist Church. Rev. Mr. Edgar
preaching. Afternoon Wm., Barbara, Margaret, John, George,
Robert at P.M.C. [Primitive Methodist Church]. Mr. Edgar
preaching. Evening Wm., John, George, Barbara, Margaret at
P.M.C. Mr. Edgar preaching. Charles I beheaded 1649.
31 – Wind NE, dull morning. Wm., John and George at
cordwood. Self closing mouse holes in the buttery. Mrs. Walker
here. Afternoon Wm., John, & Margaret at anniversary of the
Primitive Methodist Church, consisting of speeches at 2 o’clock,
tea at 4 o’clock, lecture at 7 o’clock by Mr. Edgar on the Human
Body. Tea and lecture 40 cents, tea alone 25 cents, Lecture 20
cents. Barbara goes from the lecture to a dancing class at
Centre Hotel, Saintfield. Gets home sometime in the morning.
Massacre of Glencoe 1692. Ben Johnson born 1572.
FEB. 1 – Wind N, bright cold day. Mr. Tates sale Lot no. 10, 9th
concession. Manchester Quarterly Fair. John at Greenbank with
letter for Margaret Mitchell [?]. Wm. at cordwood. George and
Wm. Gordon fixing machine. Self sawing wood. Robert at
school. Afternoon Wm. & John at wood til 4 o’clock then went to
tea at Primitive Methodist Church. Tea 10 cents. Lecture on the
new Heavens and the new Earth by Mr. Edgar, price 15 cents.
George goes to Whitefield Lees to thresh. Self sawing wood.
Earthquake in Mexico 1855. York Cathedral burnt 1829.
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2 – Wind SE and snowing heavily. Robert at school. George
came home, nothing doing. Isabella Gordon here quilting. Mr.
C. Asling and Mr. Luke here wanting Barbara & Isabella Gordon
to go to Scott to found a new division of Sons of Temperance.
Afternoon Wm. at wood. George getting Mr. Bodies horses to
thresh. Black mare sore leg. Self at Greenbank and at school
hunting money for the ministers salary. John gone to Brock
collecting money. Barbara and I. Gordon gone to Scott.
3 – Wind NE, fine day. George goes to thresh at W. Lees. Wm.
at cordwood. Self sawing wood. John comes home from Brock.
Barbara and I. Gordon quilting. Robert at school. Afternoon
John gone to Manchester with A. Michie. Wm. at wood. Self
splitting wood. Barbara and I. Gordon still quilting and singing
Temperance songs. Wm. takes Andrew Gordon to the Scotch
settlement to Hectors spree. Andrew Miller pays John 77 dollars.
Spanish Inquisition abolished 1815.
4 – Wind NE, fine morning. Robert at school. John & Wm. at
wood. Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. at wood. John at
Greenbank with money to Henry Hall but he was not at home.
Singing class tonight. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and Robert at it.
Dancing class at Butsons after singing.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John at cordwood. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Wm. at wood. John at Greenbank with 100
dollars for Henry Hall. Isabella Gordon gone home. George
comes home from Mr. Geo. Wallaces. Victoria Cross founded
1854.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Robert and Margaret at Sabbath
School. Unpleasantness between Mother and me about Annie
going to Sunday School. Wm. and John at Presbyterian
Meeting. Barbara gone with Jas. MacPhail to Uxbridge. Late in
getting home at night. Insurrection in Milan 1853.
7 – Wind SW, clear cold day. Wm. and John at wood. Self
making rakes. George gone to Mr. George Wallaces to thresh.
Isabella Michie here. Afternoon Isabella Michie and Barbara
gone to James Walkers. Wm. and John at wood. John goes to
Greenbank to get his note from Henry Hall. George comes
home from having left the machine at Haddons. Mary Queen of
Scots beheaded 1587. Moses born 1457 B.C.
8 – Wind NW. John and George at cordwood. Wm. over the
creek at Tipps and Griffins to see to get money but gets none.
Robert at school. Self making horse rake. Afternoon Wm., John
and George at cordwood. Self at rake. Mr. Rundle from Brock
here to sell reaper but sold none. Singing tonight. Wm., Barbara
and Margaret at it. Battle of Rossbach 1857.
9 – Wind W, threatening snow. Robert at school. Wm., John &
George at wood. Self making horse rake. Isabella Gordon at
mat. Minty, Pedlar, here. A. Michie here with Johns money from
the Haddows. Afternoon Wm. and John at cordwood. George
and self drawing turnips with red mare and Wms. colt. 5 loads.
Mother and Annie visiting at Mr. Bodies. Union of Upper and
Lower Canada 1841.
10 – Wind NW, cold day, snow drifting. Wm, John & George at
wood. Self at horse rake. Mother, Barbara and Isabella Gordon
quilting. Mr. R. Stillwell and some other man here wanting cows
to buy. Afternoon Wm., John & George at wood. Robert at
school. Barbara at A. Gordons in the evening making flags for
Red, White and Blue. Queen Victoria married 1840.
11 – Wind E, cold day, threatening a storm of something. Wm.,
John and George at woods. Self at nothing. Margaret washing.
Robert at school. Afternoon Wm., John and George at wood.
Barbara gone to A. Gordons. Singing tonight. Wm., Barbara,
Margaret at it and Robert at it. Isabella Gordon here all night. A.
Lincoln born 1809. Washington born 1732.
12 – Wind W, snow drifting and cold. Andrew comes after
Isabella Gordon with Wms. team. Wm., John and George at
cordwood. Margaret baking. Afternoon Wm., John and George
at cordwood awhile. Stormy towards night. R. Phair, T. Phair,
Wesley Luke here tonight. Wm. elected Pathmaster, John
Chairman. Lady Jane Grey beheaded 1554.
13 – Wind NW, hard frost, not so stormy as yesterday. Wm.,
Margaret and Robert at Sunday School. Wm. & George at
Presbyterian Meeting. Margaret at English Church in the
evening. Sir William Blackstone died 1780. Ides of February.
14 – Wind SE, and snowing. Barbara sick with sore throat and
sore back. Wm., John and George at wood. Self at Port Perry to
get the black mare doctored. Got a bottle from Thorn and some
flax seed. Went to Manchester mill and got 120 lbs of oatmeal
and have all the cloth from the weavers. Heard first of H. Hall
running away. Robert at home. Captn. Cook murdered in South
Seas 1779.
15 – Wind NW, cold morning. Wm. gone to Port Perry to see
Griffin about money. John at Greenbank. George at T. Duffs.
Self cutting wood. Robert at school. Barbara up and around.
Annie at Juvenile Singing class. Afternoon John and George at
cordwood. Wm. Carter brings home our bobsleighs. Singing
tonight. Wm., Margaret and Robert at it. Shrove Tuesday. John
Martin died 1854.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John at wood. George
drawing wood. Mr. McKay here for his money from Wm. and Mr.
John Matthews with him. Mr. James Cochrane here and bought
an acre of wood for 18 dollars from Wm. Afternoon Wm. and
John at wood. George gone to Haddens to thresh. Self drew ½
cord wood to Mrs. Bunkers. Lizzie Bunker here and her and
Barbara goes away to Brock. Margaret washing. Ash
Wednesday. Emperor of Austria assassination attempt 1853.
17 – Wind easterly and cold, looking like a thaw. Wm. and John
at cordwood. Robert at school. Self sawing wood. Margaret
baking. Afternoon Wm. at cordwood. Self and John drawing
pease. 1 load, then a snow storm came on which continued all
afternoon. Wind SW. John and Wm. at Greenbank in the
evening to hear of Henry Hall. No news of any importance.
George Bodie here in the evening talking about building a house.
Earthquake in California 1856.
18 – Wind nearly NW, very stormy morning, nothing doing. Wm.
making out a bill of lumber for Mr. Bodies house. Afternoon still
stormy and very cold, nothing doing. George comes home
having left the threshing machine at Mr. Butsons, Greenbank.
French enter Naples 1806. Martin Luther died 1546.
19 – Wind easterly, cold but clear day. George gone to take the
machine to John McLarens. Wm. fixing cutter. John splitting
wood. Self sawing wood. Mother churning. Robert at singing
class. Afternoon Wm. and John at cordwood. Self threshing
pease. Margaret scrubbing the floor. George comes home from
McLarens.
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20 – Wind W, cold and looking like a storm. William, Margaret
and Robert at Sabbath School. Self and Wm. at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Hebrews I:3. Very cold.
Barbara comes home from A. Michies, Brock. Widow Michie in
trouble with her landlord Mr. McClean about taxes and road
work. Joseph Hume died 1855.
21 – Wind NW, bright day, but the coldest that has been this
winter yet. George gone to Mr. McLarens to thresh. Wm. and
John at cordwood. A. Gordon here grinding his axe. George
returns it being too cold for threshing. Afternoon Wm. and John
at wood. George at home. Wm. and Margaret goes to Port
Perry to singing. C. R. Todd, compiler of peerage, died 1855.
Voltaire born 1694. St. Burchard.
22 – Wind NW, bright day, not so cold as yesterday. John at
wood. Wm. at Mr. Bodies. George at A. Gordons. Self
threshing pease. Afternoon John and George at cordwood.
Wm. making axe handle. Self threshing pease. Robert and
Barbara go the length of A. Gordons and turn again. Ann
Gordon here. Singing tonight. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and
Robert at it. Sir J. Reynolds died 1792. Washington born 1732.
23 – Wind W, cloudy morning and cold. George gone to
McLarens to thresh. Wm. and John at cordwood. Self sawing
wood. Mother and Barbara piecing a quilt. Afternoon Wm. and
John at wood. Mr. [ink blot covers name] here wanting to buy
elm trees from William. Mary J. Luke and Hannah Rundle here
in the evening. George comes home late from McLarens having
broke a pinion of the horse power and been at Port Perry and did
not get one.
24 – Wind N, looking like a fall of snow. Wm. and John at
cordwood. George at nothing. Self sawing wood. Margaret
washing. Barbara cooking. Afternoon George making box. Wm.
and John at wood. Self splitting wood. Mr. A. Gordon and Mrs.
Gordon here for some flour. John at Mr. Bodies. Barbara and
Margaret at A. Gordons till 11 o’clock. St. Matthia. Revolution in
Paris 1848.
25 – Wind W, cloudy morning, scarcely so cold. John gone to
draw wood for Mr. Bailey. William at wood. George gone to
McLarens to thresh. Afternoon Wm. at woods, sells T. Duff one
acre for 14 dollars. John drawing wood for Bailey. Robert and
Annie at Juvenile Singing class. Barbara at Greenbank. Mother
at Jas. Walkers visiting. Self writing a letter. Miss Elizabeth
Burton and Mary Jane Luke here this evening. St. Felix. Great
fire in Pembroke dockyard 1853.
26 – Wind W, fine clear morning. Wm. at woods. John and self
drawing pease. Margaret sick. Barbara scrubbing. Afternoon
Wm. at woods. John draws 1 load of pease and half a cord of
wood for Mrs. Bunker. Self threshing pease. Looking like a
storm. Barbara at Sons in the evening. Napoleon left Elba 1815.
27 – Wind SE, snowing some. Wm., Barbara and Robert at
Sunday School. Afternoon very stormy. Wm. gone to
Presbyterian Church. No meeting.
28 – Wind E. snowing some. Mother gone to John Leasks. Mrs.
Leask sick. John at Mr. Bodies helping to load hay. George at
A. Gordons. Wm. and Robert at Greenbank. Self writing letter.
Afternoon Wm. at woods. John and George at A. Gordons. Self
threshing pease. Mother comes home from John Leasks. Mr.
Leask got a daughter. Greenbank Sons of Temperance visiting
the Uxbridge brethren. Greenbank singing class going to Port
Perry to sing. Wm., George, Robert, and Barbara at A. Gordons.
St. Macarius. Broussa destroyed by earthquake 1855.
MAR. 1 – Wind NW, cloudy but not very cold. Wm. and George
at wood. John and Robert and Margaret sick. Barbara doing
chores. Manchester Fair today. Wm. at wood. Self drawing
wood. Afternoon Wm. and George at woods. Singing tonight.
Wm., Barbara and Margaret at it. Annie at Juvenile class
forenoon. St. David. Self sore throat.
2 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm. at woods. George gone to thresh
at Duffs. Self, John and Robert sick. Afternoon Wm. gone to
McKays, Saintfield. John at Mr. Bodies. Barbara at Burtons
visiting. Self and Robert sick. Annie at Juvenile singing class,
Greenbank. Wesley founder of Wesleyan died 1791. Self sore
throat.
3 – Wind NW, bright morning, very frosty. George gone to take
off the machine. William at woods. John at woods. Self and
Robert sick. Afternoon John and George drawing turnips. Wm.
at Mr. George Bodies for Johns watch which cost 3 dollars for
fixing by Mr. [Hepinstall?] Brooklin. Wm. sick. Robert and self
sick. Luke arrives after a 6 day visit to someplace. Spanish
Inquisition abolished 1813.
4 – Wind NW. Wm. and self sick. George drawing wood. John
threshing pease. Annie at Juvenile singing class. Barbara
washing. Mother fixing Roberts coat. Wm. receives 20 dollars of
his money from Luke and borrows 26 dollars from James
Gordon. Juvenile concert at Greenbank tonight. John, George,
Robert, Barbara, Margaret and Annie at it. Stoppage of the
United States Bank 1840. General Grant President US.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. George and John at wood. Wm. at
Saintfield with McKays money. Self still sick. Afternoon George
and John at woods. Wm. sickly. Mother some sick too. Barbara
scrubbing.
6 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Margaret at Sabbath School.
John and Barbara at Presbyterian meeting. Wm. and George
some sick and Mother some sick. Self rather better but not
broken yet. Mother sits up all night, still no break. Alamo fight
1836.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. George sawing wood. John drawing
wood. Wm. at cordwood. Self rather better. Afternoon John
drawing wood. Wm. and George at cordwood. Mr. George
Boddie here in the evening.
8 – Wind NW, fine bright day. John drawing wood. Wm. at Byers
asking his oxen. George at woods. Self better. Throat broke
this morning. Mr. Wm. Minty, Pedlar, here. Afternoon John
drawing wood. George and William at woods. Barbara at Mrs.
Lukes at a matting bee. Isabella Michie comes here. Her and
Margaret at Mr. Lukes in the evening. Artemas Ward died 1867.
9 – Wind W, fine day. George and John at woods. Wm. running
round. Robert at school. Self getting better. Barbara, Isabella
Michie and Isabella Gordon quilting. Afternoon John, George
and Wm. at woods. Isabella Gordon, Mrs. A. Gordon, Mrs.
Thomas Phair and Isabella Michie quilting. Looking like a thaw.
Annie at A. Gordons. Barbara and Isabella Gordon at Lukes in
the evening. Margaret and Isabella Michie goes home with Mrs.
Thomas Phair.
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10 – Wind easterly, snowing most all day. Wm., George, Wm.
Byers and oxen in the woods. John, Barbara and Isabella
Gordon at Manchester. Afternoon Wm., George, A. Gordon,
Wm. Byers and his oxen at woods. Robert sore back. Self
binding Sunday magazines. I. Michie gone to T. Duffs.
Benjamin West, the painter, died 1820.
11 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Wm. and Wm. Gordon and his
horses, Wm. Byers and his oxen all in the woods. John choring.
George gone to Greenbank to get horses shod and took sow to
boar. Barbara gone to Wm. Reals to send word to Mr. Bickell
about hiring. Robert at school. Annie at A. Gordons. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Wm., John, Wm. Gordon and his horses,
George and our horses. Allan Byers and oxen, A. Gordon, all in
the woods. Annie at Juvenile singing class. Wm., John, George,
Barbara, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the last night of singing.
12 – Wind Easterly and snowing. Wm., George and horses, Wm.
Gordon and his horses, Allan Byers and his oxen, John and A.
Gordon in the woods. Isabella Michie here. Afternoon all the
above in the woods except John. Alex Gordon cuts his toe this
afternoon. Treaty between France, Britain and Turkey 1854.
13 – Wind Easterly, snowing and drifting. No one at Sabbath
School. Afternoon still stormy. Not anybody at meeting of any
kind. All at home. Mr. Ross, G.W.P. was to preach at
Presbyterian meeting this day. Mr. Luke goes as far as
Greenbank on the way to hear him. Road blocked up and could
not get further. Gustavus IV dethroned 1809.
14 – Wind NW and not so very cold, snow very deep, nothing
doing. George and John drawing turnips. Self mending boots.
Wm. fixing his harness. Afternoon John gone to Henry Craggs.
George threshing pease. Self sawing wood. Mother, Barbara
and Isabella Michie at A. Gordons quilting. Hector McLaughlin
here for Wms. fiddle.
15 – Wind easterly, fine day. Wm. at wood. George drawing
wood for schoolhouse. Self sawing wood. John gone to Brock.
Barbara gone to Mr. Bickells, Whitby for one month at 4 ½
dollars. Isabella Michie leaves for home. Mrs. Bunker here to
dinner, needing wood. Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. at
woods. George gone with wood for Mrs. Bunker. Robert at
school. Annie at A. Gordons. Self sawing wood. Very high
winds from SE. Salvatore Rosa died 1865. Battle of Guilford
1781. Ides of March.
16 – Wind E, snowing heavy. Nothing doing of any consequence.
Wm. making axe handle. John, George and self fanning pease.
Afternoon still snowing and very deep. George, John and self
fanning wheat. Wm. from home at A. Gordons. Imperial Prince
of France born 1856.
17 – Wind NE, snowing some, snow very deep. George and Wm.
threshing pease. John sick with rheumatism. Self doing nothing.
Afternoon fine and sun shining. George, Wm. and horses
making road. Self doing nothing. John sick. Mother making bed
tick. Margaret netting. Annie at A. Gordons. Jean Gordon here
all night. Caesar assassinated BC 44.
18 – Wind N, fine bright morning. John still bad with rheumatism.
Self doing nothing. Wm. and George at woods. James Walker
here paying George and wanting 24 bu. wheat. Margaret curling
Annies hair and Jeany Gordons hair afternoon.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. George and Wm. at woods. John still
sick of rheumatism. Jeany Gordon still here. Self fixing buttery
to keep out mice. Mother baking cakes. Afternoon Wm. and
George at woods. Self sawing wood. James Cochrane here to
dinner. Annie at A. Gordons. Johns bed moved down stairs.
Robert at Greenbank for the papers. French Army left Versailles
for the east 1854.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Robert and Margaret at Sunday
School. Self, William and George at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McArthur preaching temperance from John II, first paragraph.
Supposes all and proves nothing. Robert at English Church.
John very bad with his knee. Wm. and George at English
Church in evening. Sir Isaac Newton died 1727. Mr. Rundle and
wife comes to Mr. Lukes at 3 o’clock in the morning.
21 – Wind SW, raining some. John still bad with his knees. Wm.
and George at woods. Self sawing wood. Afternoon Wm. and
George drawing out cordwood. Self sawing wood. Mrs. A.
Gordon here. Annie at A. Gordons. Archbishop Cranmer burned
1556. George Michie died 1868.
22 – Wind NW, cold and cloudy. George gone to Manchester
with 16 bags of wheat. Wm. gone to Mr. James McPhails,
Uxbridge. Robert at school. Self doing nothing. John still bad
with rheumatism. Margaret gone to Mr. Dustys to get foot
measured and boot mended. Mr. Belford here to dinner.
Afternoon nothing doing. Self and George fanned some wheat.
John Brand and Fleetwood Knowles here wanting wood but got
none. Hobart Town Australia inundated 1854. Newton born
1727.
23 – Wind N, cold morning. Wm. at the woods. George at
Manchester with load of wheat. Robert at school. John still bad
with rheumatism. Alex Gordon flitting today. Afternoon Wm.
making sap troughs for Mr. Boddie. Self sawing wood. Wm. at
Mr. Duffs in the evening. Duke of Parma assassinated 1854.
24 – Wind N, fine bright morning. Robert at school. John still in
bed with rheumatism. Wm. at woods. George drawing school
wood. Margaret washing. Afternoon George drawing school
wood. Wm. at cordwood. Self sawing wood. Adam Bell here in
the evening. John Gordon moving in today. Queen Elizabeth
died 1603.
25 – Wind easterly, fine morning. John still bad with rheumatism.
Robert at school. Self splitting wood. George drawing school
wood. Wm. at cordwood. Afternoon George drawing school
wood. Wm. making sap trough. Self splitting wood. 3500
Chinese rebels beheaded Canton 1855.
26 – Wind easterly, cold morning. John still bad with rheumatism.
Wm. at woods. George drawing school wood. Self splitting
wood. Wm. Byers here for Wms. jumper7
. Afternoon George
drawing school wood. Wm. at cordwood. Self splitting wood.
John Wagner here to borrow an axe having hired with R. Phair.
Mohammerah captured 1857.
7
A jumper was a long sleigh, generally drawn by one or
two horses. It was bigger than a cutter, so would hold
more people. It usually had at least three seats.
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27 – Wind SE, snowing and drifting but not very cold. Nobody
from here at the Sunday School. Very stormy and snowing
heavy. John still bad with rheumatism. No one from here at
Presbyterian Meeting. Wesley over for the Globe in the
afternoon.
28 – Wind NE, snowing some and the snow very deep, not much
frost. John still bad with rheumatism. Nothing doing. Self and
George fanning wheat. Thawing a little. Margaret backing.
Afternoon Wm. breaking the road. Self and George fanning
wheat and barley. Over 70 bushels wheat and about 24 of
barley. Raphael the painter died 1482.
29 – Wind W, fresh morning. John some better of rheumatism.
Wm. fixing the clock. George, Robert and self fanning oats. 72
bushels fanned. Afternoon Wm. at woods. Self, George and
Robert fanning oats and pease. 56 bushels oats and 16 bushels
pease. Swedenborg died 1772.
30 – Wind SW, fresh cloudy morning. John still bad with
rheumatism. Wm. gone to Port Perry to try to get money from
Mr. Griffin. George and self drawing turnips. Robert at Port
Perry. Annie at Mr. Lukes with stuff to Mrs. Luke to bake for Mr.
and Mrs. Fergusons farewell supper. Afternoon George drawing
cordwood. Self making axe handle. Wm., Margaret and Annie
at the farewell supper. $7.35 of collection. Allied sovereigns
enter Paris 1814. General Grant born 1822.
31 – Wind SE, still thawing. John still ill with rheumatism. Self at
Manchester and Prince Albert for boots and took 12 bushels of
barley and sold it for 40 cents per bushel to Brown & Christian.
Examination of school today.
APR. 1 – Wind easterly, looks like a storm. John still bad of
rheumatism. Wm. and George drawing cordwood. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon Wm. and George drawing wood. Self sawing
wood. Robert gone to Greenbank for the Globe. Mr. Thos. Duff
here borrowing money from George to make up his rent payable
today. Expedition to North Pole sailed 1817. Meeting in India
1857.
2 – Wind W, fine morning. John still bad with rheumatism. Wm.
and George drawing cordwood. Self sawing wood. Robert and
Annie at Greenbank Juvenile singing class. Afternoon George
and Wm. at cordwood. Self sawing wood. Very warm. Jefferson
born 1743. Battle of Copenhagen 1800.
3 – Wind NE, cold morning. Wm., Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. John still bad with rheumatism. Dr. Knowley
here to see him. Wm. and George at Presbyterian meeting.
Collection today, being the first Sabbath of the month.
Washington Irvine born 1783. Professor Wilson died 1854.
4 – Wind NE, cold morning. Wm. and George at cordwood. Self
splitting wood. John still bad with rheumatism. Mrs. James
Walker and Mrs. Duff here visiting. Afternoon Wm. and George
drawing cordwood. Self splitting wood. Canada discovered
1499. Wm. H. Harrison died 1841.
5 – Wind NE, threatening snow. Wm. and George drawing wood.
Mr. Byers and oxen in the woods. Robert at school. John still
bad with rheumatism. Manchester Fair today. Cochran’s man
and team drawing logs for Wm. Self at Greenbank for medicine
to John. Afternoon Wm., George and horses, Cochran’s man
and horses, Byers and his oxen all at logs. Self doing nothing.
Dribbling rain all through afternoon. Alexander the Great died
BC 323.
6 – Wind NE, no frost last night, fine day. John still bad with
rheumatism. Wm., George and teams and Mr. Boddie and his
team drawing cordwood. Self splitting wood. Afternoon Wm.
and George and team at cordwood. Annie sick. Robert at
school. Mrs. Robert Phair here on a visit. Badajoz stormed
1812. Old Lady Day. Battle of Shiloh 1862.
7 – Wind NW, mild warm day. George and Wm. at the woods.
Self trying to get the water out of turnip cellar. Mr. Duff brings
home the sheep he had on shares8
. Mr. Belford here for wheat.
Wm. McMillan drawing wood for Hector McLaughlan. Robert at
school. John still bad with rheumatism. Afternoon Wm. and
George at wood. Self bailing turnip cellar. Don Pedro abdicated
1831. Prince Leopold born 1850. Wordsworth born 1770.
8 – Wind W, fine morning. 2 of Duffs ewes lambed, one 2 lambs
and the other 3 lambs – 2 ewes and 3 ram lambs. John still bad
of rheumatism. Robert at school. Wm. and George at woods.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon Wm. and George at woods
drawing cordwood. Self sawing wood. Very warm day and snow
melting fast. George Bodies son here for the short log chain.
Mr. Boddie here for a pair of horse hames. Hudson Bay Cor.
Chartered 1694. Earl of Chatham died 1778.
9 – Wind westerly, fine morning. John some better of
rheumatism. Wm. and George at woods. Robert putting in a
saw mill. Self turning potatoes in the cellar. George Bodie takes
3 sheep for 3 years to double. Afternoon Wm. and George
drawing wood. Self splitting wood. Boy named Jacobs here for
plastering trowel. Wm. at Greenbank in the evening. Lord Bacon
died 1626. General Lee surrendered 1865.
10 – Wind SE, fine morning. Margaret and Robert at school.
Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting as the roads is bad. Miss Mary
J. Luke, Mary Nichols, Isabella Gordon and Jane Gordon here on
a short visit. Mr. William Reale, William McMillan and Andrew
Gordon here visiting in the afternoon.
11 – Wind SW, dull morning, looking like a storm. John still bad
with rheumatism. Wm. and George at woods. Self trying to
drain turnip cellar. Afternoon George and Wm. at woods. Self at
turnip cellar. Robert at school. John Wagner here wanting a
gobbler to Mrs. Phair. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phair and Agnes
Aisling here on a visit in the evening. Napoleon signed his first
abdication 1814. Fort Sumter bombarded 1861.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. and George at woods. Self sawing
wood. John still ill with rheumatism. Robert at home with sore
breast. Afternoon Wm. and George at woods. Self splitting
wood. John Wagner here for the cross cut saw. Montgomery,
Alabama, surrendered 1865. Ides of April.
13 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Wm. at woods. George and self
drawing turnips – 6 loads. John still in bed with rheumatism.
Robert at home, some sick. Margaret washing. Mrs. Miller here
on a visit. Afternoon Wm. at woods. George and self at turnips –
8
Farmers would loan several animals to another farmer
in order that he could start his own flock with the
understanding that the original number would be
returned at a later date.
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drew 4 loads. Mr. Thos. Phair gets two sheep to double. Wm.
goes to Allan Hays to get him to come and saw wood but he will
not come. Catholic Emancipation 1829. James Buchanan born
1791. Vaccination introduced 1796.
14 – Wind SW, fine droughty day. Wm. and George at woods.
John still in bed. Self choring round. Ewe lambed ewe lamb.
George Boddie here for the tramp pick. Afternoon George and
Wm. in the woods. Self choring. Boy Jacobs here in the evening
for Wm. to go and plaster. President Lincoln assassinated 1865.
15 – Wind NE, dull morning. Wm. gone to plaster at Jacobs.
John still in bed. George at woods. Self choring. Robert at
home. Good Friday. Self and Robert puts on Bentleys Tick
Exterminator on the sheep. Margaret baking. Planted seed
beets and carrots. Afternoon George at Mr. Boddies raising.
Self at Greenbank. John Lee here collecting H. Halls accounts.
Andrew Johnson inaugurated president 1865.
16 – Wind NE, dull morning. Wm. and George at woods. Self
choring. John still in bed but getting better. Robert at home.
Afternoon Wm. and George at the woods. Self choring.
Margaret scrubbing. Mrs. C. Asling here on a short visit. Battle
of Culloden 1745.
17 – Wind SE, very dull cloudy morning. Wm. and Margaret at
Sabbath School. John rather worse this morning. Rainy
afternoon from the southeast. McPhails red heifer calves a bull.
Franklin died 1790.
18 – Wind E, still raining. John some better. Nothing of any
consequence doing. George making straw carriers. Wm.
making axe handle. Wm. Gordon here. Afternoon Wm. at
woods. George making straw carriers. Ewe lambed ram. Self
herding cattle. Wesley Luke plowing the first in Egypt. 1st
newspaper printed in America 1704.[The Boston News-letter].
Byron born 1824.
19 – Wind E, with drizzling showers. Wm. at woods. George at
Greenbank with red mare to shoe. Self at James Walkers buying
hay. John still in bed. Robert at home. Afternoon Wm. and
George at woods. Self planting apple trees. Isabella Gordon
here a little while. Received a letter from Barbara of April 15.
Lord Byron died 1824. Battle of Lexington 1795.
20 – Wind NE, rainy morning. Wm. and George pumping cistern.
Self writing to Barbara. Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. at
woods. George drawing posts. John in bed but rather mending.
21 – Wind NE, some rain in the morning. Wm. and George at
woods. Self fixing gate. Robert at home. John in bed.
Afternoon Wm. at woods. George at woods. Self choring.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at woods. George takes a grist to
the mill and Barbaras chest to Manchester. Self cleaning out the
barn. John still in bed. Annie at Greenbank for boots to herself
and Robert. Afternoon Wm. in woods. Self choring. Robert
takes his boots back to Greenbank and gets another pair. Hume
born 1711.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and George at woods. Self
pruning apple trees. John in bed. John Gordon and his stud
horse Emulator here today. Afternoon Wm. and George at
woods. Self head-ache. Mother sows the cabbage seeds.
Barbara Walker here for blackberry slips. Shakespeare born
1564. Died 1616.
24 – Wind NE, dull day, looking like rain. Wm., Robert, Margaret
and Annie at Sunday School. Afternoon Wm. and George at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. & Mrs. Boddie, Mr. & Mrs. Phair, Mary
Nichol and Georgina Luke here visiting. John in bed. Heard of
Elizabeth Walkers case.
25 – Wind N, fine morning, much rain through the night. John
bad with an arm. Wm. at woods. George plowing. Self choring.
Mother making a smock for George. Robert at home. Afternoon
Wm. at woods. George plowing. Self down at the creek.
Margaret at Robert Phairs with Georgina Luke. Wm. at
Greenbank in the evening for medicine to John.
26 – Wind NE, frost through the night. Wm. at woods. George
gone for grist. Self at fair, Prince Albert. Wm. at fair. Isabella
Michie here today on a short visit. John out of bed awhile.
Cromwell born 1599.
27 – Wind SW. George plowing. Wm. at woods. Self choring.
John in bed. Robert at home. Margaret washing. Afternoon
George plowing. Self digging garden. Wm. at woods. Mr. and
Mrs. Ferguson here on a visit. Ewe lambed ewe lamb. Battle of
Camden 1781. General Grant born 1822.
28 – Wind NW, cold rough day. Wm. at Thomas Phairs. Self and
George and horses at sawmill putting logs on. Robert at home.
John in bed. Afternoon George plowing. Self gardening. Wm.
at Thos. Phairs. Mother at T. Duffs visiting. New Orleans taken
1862.
29 – Wind NW, looking like rain. George plowing. Wm. at
woods. Self choring. Afternoon George plowing. Wm. at Thos.
Phairs. Self at garden. Margaret and Annie at Greenbank. John
some better but one hand. Peace with Russia 1856.
30 – Wind SW, appearance of rain. George plowing. Self and
Wm. at sawmill piling lumber. Black ewe lambed today – ram.
Afternoon George plowing. Self in garden. Wm. making axe
handle. Mother planting beets. Mrs. James Walker here visiting.
Margaret scrubbing. Duff here for brace and bit. Cassidy heifer
cow calved.
MAY 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie
at Sabbath School. Self, Mother, Wm., George and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb.
IV..15:16. Collection for Synod Church $2.50. John getting
better. Sabbath School to begin at 9 o’clock after this day.
Prince Arthur born 1850.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. George and self drawing rails. Wm. at
woods. Robert and Annie at school. John getting better.
Afternoon George plowing. Wm. at woods. Self fencing. Mother
at John Gordons. Mr. Asling here for half a bushel of spring
wheat.
3 – Wind SW. George plowing. Self spreading dung. Wm. at
woods. Robert and Annie at school. John some better.
Afternoon Wm. burning brush. George plowing. Mr. and Mrs.
MacArthur here on a visit. Margaret at T. Phairs with some
flowers.
4 – Wind NW, droughty day. Wm. at woods. George plowing.
Robert and Annie at school. Margaret washing. Self in garden.
Afternoon Wm. in the woods. George plowing. Self at dam
fixing it for washing sheep. Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. McLaughlin
here for a visit. Pope died 1744.
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5 – Wind E, looking like rain. George plowing. Wm. at woods.
Robert and Annie at school. Self spreading dung. John some
better. Margaret coloring with hemlock bark. Wm. at school
committee. Manchester Exhibition opened 1857.
6 – Wind SW, rather dull day. George plowing. Self spreading
dung. Wm. at woods. Robert and Annie at school. Margaret
raking door yard. Mother baking. John some better. Afternoon
Wm. at woods. George plowing. Self leveling turnip pits. Mr.
Robert Phair here for 2 inch auger. Sheep dam burst.
7 – Wind NE, very dull and rainy looking. Wm. sowing pease and
oats. George harrowing. Self making bars. Button, pedlar, here
today. Afternoon Wm. at woods. George harrowing. Self
digging post holes. Margaret scrubbing. John some better.
Annie sick. Port Perry big whistle blew for first time today.
Humboldt died 1859.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Sabbath School. Self, Wm., George at Presbyterian meeting.
Mr. McArthur lecturing on the sin unto death from Heb. VI 1.8.
Margaret at Temperance Hall to practice for singing for the
Anniversary. Hamburg burnt 1842. Steamer Pennsylvania lost
1858.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. George harrowing. Wm. at woods. Self
digging post holes. Robert at school. Annie sore throat. Mother
baking. Afternoon George harrowing. Wm. sows 4 bushels
barley. Self digging post holes. John getting better. Mr. Wm.
Blake here visiting. Japanese embassy arrives at NY 1860.
Bank suspension 1837.
10 – Wind SE, sprinkling rain. George plowing. Self putting in
posts. Wm. gone to John Gordons well. Rainy forenoon.
Robert at home with sore jaws. Annie sore throat. John
mending a little. Mother making smock out of old coats.
Afternoon George plowing. Self and Robert putting in posts.
11 – Wind SE, some rain through the night, fine day. George
plowing. Wm. and horse at John Gordons. Self sowing plaster9
.
Robert picking chunks10
. John some better. Afternoon George
plowing. Self filling post holes. Some showers. Singing at
Greenbank practicing for Anniversary. Wm. at it.
12 – Wind NE, rainy morning. George plowing. Wm. at woods.
Margaret washing. John some better. Robert and Annie at
school. Self draining in the old garden. Wm. at woods. Mother
baking. Mr. Ratenburger here selling plows. Afternoon Wm. at
woods. George plowing. Self washing apple trees. Margaret at
Greenbank. Heavy shower of rain at 4 o’clock. Earl of Stafford
beheaded 1641. Battle of Pharsalus BC46.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. George plowing. Self draining. Wm. at
woods. Robert and Annie at school. John some better.
Afternoon George plowing. Self draining. Wm. at woods. Battle
of Glasgow 1568.
9
‘Plaster’ is a type of lime which was spread on fields in
order to ‘sweeten’ the soil to make it more arable.
10
‘Chunks’ were pieces of leftover wood.
14 – Wind SW, fine morning. George plowing. Self draining.
Wm. at woods. Wm. Stillwell gets away Duffs rig. Mother
baking. Afternoon Wm. at woods. George harrowing to Belford.
Self draining. Margaret scrubbing. James Walker here for
wheat. Vaccination first tried 1796.
15 – Wind NW, fine morning. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Annie
at Sabbath School. Self, Wm., George, Mother and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Hebrews VI:
9 to the end. Wm. and Margaret at Greenbank practicing
singing. Magna Carta signed 1215.
16 – Wind NW, looking like rain. Wm. sowing barley and oats.
Self at Port Perry for cockle sieve. George harrowing. Afternoon
George harrowing. Wm. at woods. Robert and Annie at school.
Mother at John Gordons.
17 – Wind SE, rather dull morning. George plowing. Wm. at
woods. Self choring. Robert and Annie at school. Barbara
Walker here for sheep shears. Minty, pedlar, here today.
Afternoon George plowing. Wm. at woods. Self digging round
apple trees. McPhail white heifer calved today cow calf.
Margaret at Mr. Phairs in the evening.
18 – Wind SE, fine morning. George plowing. William at woods.
Self choring. Robert and Annie at school. Margaret washing.
John getting some better. Afternoon George plowing. Wm. at
woods. Self choring. Wm. and Margaret at Greenbank singing.
Mrs. John Gordon here on a visit. Trial by jury instituted 1270.
19 – Wind NW, fine morning. George plowing. Wm. at woods.
Self shearing sheep. Robert and Annie at school. John
mending. Afternoon George plowing. Wm. at woods. Self
shearing sheep. Mrs. Luke here visiting. Wm. at Mr. Phairs in
the evening asking him to log. Boswell died 1795. Paley died
1805.
20 – Wind NW, fine morning. Wm. at Wm. Reals asking his oxen
to log. George plowing. Self, Mother and Margaret washing
wool. John planting corn. Robert and Annie at school.
Afternoon George harrowing. Self sowing wheat. Wm. at Mr.
Bysons. Mrs. A. Leask here visiting.
21 – Wind NE, looking like rain. George harrowing. Self sowing
grass seeds. Wm., Thomas Phair and John Wagner logging with
Wm. Reals oxen. Mother churning. Afternoon rain til 3 o’clock.
Wm. and his pair logging. George at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Self shoveling water furrows. Margaret scrubbing.
22 – Wind NE, fine morning. Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm. & George at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur lecturing from Heb. VII:1-10 on Christ being a priest
after the order of Melchizedek. Margaret at English meeting in
the evening.
23 – Wind NE, raining some in the morning. Wm. George and
self logging. Robert at school. Annie at home. Afternoon Wm.,
George and self logging. Rain at 5 o’clock. Wm. takes Mr.
Reals oxen home.
24 – Wind SW, appearance of rain. Wm. in his fallow. George
harrowing. Self at Presbytery, Prince Albert. Afternoon George
plowing potato land. Wm. at fallow. John at T. Duffs. Mr. Burton
broke his arm.
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25 – Wind NW, cloudy and cold. George plowing potato land.
Wm. at his fallow. Robert and Annie at school. Self cutting
potatoes. Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. and George
branding with black mare. Self cutting potatoes. Margaret
visiting at John Gordons. Agnes Duff here for eggs. Wm. and
Margaret at Greenbank singing.
26 – Wind E, fine day. George plowing in potatoes. Wm., John,
Robert and self planting potatoes. Afternoon George plowing in
potatoes. John, Robert, Mother and self planting. Wm. in his
fallow. Self at Mr. Burtons in the evening to ask how his arm was
getting along.
27 – Wind E, fine morning. George plowing in Wms. fallow. Wm.
raking leaves. Self draining. Isabella Gordon here for yeast.
Afternoon George plowing and Wm. raking leaves. Self draining.
Robert and Annie at school. Mrs. Luke here making bed tick.
Habeas Corpus Act passed 1679.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. in fallow. Self & George drew ½
ton hay from Jas. Walkers. George at mill for lumber after.
Afternoon George harrowing Wms. fallow. Wm. sowing barley in
it. Self draining. John and Robert at the creek fishing. Isabella
Michie comes at night. Noah Webster died 1843.
29 – Wind NE, fine morning. Wm., Robert and Margaret at
Sunday School. Mother, Wm., John, George and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Isabella Michie leaves with them. Helen
Michie here with Margaret from Sunday School. Wesley and
Jerusha Jane Luke here in evening. Patrick Henry born 1736.
30 – Wind SW, very warm day. George harrowing. Wm. in
fallow. Self filling drains. Robert & Annie at school. Mother
picking wool. James Gordon here for cabbage plants. Afternoon
George at sawmill for lumber. Wm. hunting sawing machine.
Self draining. [Alexander] Pope died 1764.
31 – Wind SE, warm morning. George at board fence. Wm.
gone with horses to Grattenville for sawing machine. Self
digging garden. Robert & Annie at school. Margaret washing.
Mother choring. Afternoon George and John at creek after
dinner and then putting up fence. Self choring. Wm. and James
Cochrane arrive with the machine. Miss Linda Mary Louisa and
Mrs. Michael Martineau here in the evening for cabbage plants.
JUNE 1 – Wind SE, fine morning. Wm., George, self, James
Walker, Robert Phair and horses, Thomas Phair and horses, Mr.
Luke and horses, and James Cochrane at sawing machine.
Afternoon all the same parties at the machine. Robert & Annie at
home. Saw breaks at 4 o’clock. Wm. gone to Greenbank with it.
Sabbath School committee meets at Greenbank. Singing at
Greenbank for the anniversary. Skirmish at Ridgeway 1866.
Inundation in France 1856.
2 – Wind SE, very warm morning. Wm. gone to Port Perry with
the saw. George and self at fence. Robert and Annie at school.
Mother churning. Afternoon Wm., George, self, Jas. Walker,
Jas. Cochrane, John, Robert Phair & horses, Thos. Phair &
horses, George Bodie & horses, Mr. Luke and horses sawing
wood for William. Gordon riots 1780.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm., George, John, self, James Walker,
James Cochrane, Robert Phair & horses, Thos. Phair & horses,
George Boddie & horses and Mr. Luke & horses, all sawing
wood. Afternoon all the above parties sawing wood.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., George, John, self, James Walker,
George Boddie & horses, Mr. Luke & horses, Mr. Robert Phair &
horses, Mr. Thos. Phair & horses, sawing wood for Wm.
Afternoon Mr. Luke leaves with one of his horses and James
Cochrane takes his place. All sawing wood.
5 – Wind S, looking like rain. Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm. and George at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur preaching from the three last verses of the VII of
Hebrews. Some rain in the afternoon.
6 – Wind W, fine day. George at mill with grist. Wm. mending
sawing machine. Self & John hoeing. Robert & Annie at school.
Afternoon George harrowing. Self and John planting potatoes.
Mr. Phair here in the evening. Margaret at Mr. Phairs for
cauliflower. Patrick Henry died 1799.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. George plowing. Wm. at R. Phairs
logging. Robert and Annie at school. Self choring. Mother
making soap. Afternoon George at mill for grist. Mother at
Greenbank. John fishing. Self cutting thistles. Fire at Port Perry
today. Adam Bell & William Carter here in the evening.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. George plowing. Wm. at Robert Phairs
logging. Robert & Annie at school. Self & John spudding
thistles. Margaret washing. Mother baking. Afternoon George
plowing. Self & John spudding thistles. Wm. and Margaret at
Greenbank singing. Isabella Gordon here for salt. Thos. Paine
died 1809. Andrew Jackson died 1845.
9 – Wind SW, much lightning through the night and looking like
rain. Red mare foaled at 2 o’clock morning. George plowing.
John spudding thistles. Self in shop and watching colt. Robert
and Annie at school. Margaret black leading stove. Mother
sewing. Afternoon George plowing. Wm. at Mr. R. Phairs
logging. John and self spudding thistles. Rain at 6 o’clock. Wm.
at Greenbank in the evening at meeting of anniversary
committee. Battle of Montebello 1859.
10 – Wind NW, rainy morning. Wm. gone to Manchester for road
list. George at R. Phairs logging. Rain all the forenoon. Robert
at school. Annie at home. Margaret scalding bedstead. Mother
baking cakes. Afternoon still raining. John & Wm. sawing logs.
George fixing stable loft.
11 – Wind SE, raining some. Wm., George and self on the road.
Afternoon self, Wm., George on road. Wm. at Jas. Rennies.
John, Robert & George at Greenbank races.
12 – Wind S, looking like rain. Margaret, Robert & Wm. at
Sabbath School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, George, Robert and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from 1st
Corinthians III:4 and 1st
John III:21 and insisted on trying
ourselves by our conscience.
13 – Wind SE, some showers in the morning. Self, Wm., John
and George and team on the roads. Afternoon self, Wm., John,
George and team on the roads. Robert at school. Mother and
Annie at John Gordons visiting. John Leask round to hire John.
General Scott born 1786. Battle of Marengo 1800. Russia
defeated at Sevastopoll 1854.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. fencing his fallow. George
plowing. John and self at Manchester monthly fair. Sold
Cassidy cow to Mr. Knox, she being 15 years old, for 37 dollars.
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Mr. A. Bell & Isabella Gordon here tonight. Barbara arrives
home from Whitby. Minty, pedlar, here today. Insurrection of
Tyler 1381. Grant crosses the James 1864.
15 – Wind SW, slight showers. Wm. and George at fallow. John
harrowing. Self mending fence. Mother & Barbara sewing.
Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. and George at
fallow. John harrowing. Self hoeing corn. Barbara gone to Mrs.
Bunkers to get her dress cut. Wm. gone to Brock to plaster.
James Polk died 1849.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. George, John and self fencing Wms
fallow. Robert and Annie at school. Mother baking. Barbara
sewing. John McGee here for turnip sewer. Afternoon self and
John fencing. George harrowing. Duke of Marlborough died
1722. Battle of Ligny 1815.
17 – Wind NW, fine cool day. George drilling. Self and John
hoeing in orchard. Barbara washing. Mr. Love here wanting the
turnip drill. Afternoon self, George and Mother at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. H. Currie preaching from Romans V 1:2. John
hoeing tatoes. Mrs. F. Phair and Mary Nicol here this evening.
John McGee brings the turnip drill. Battle of Bunker Hill 1775.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Mr. Love here for turnip drill. George
drilling. Self and John hoeing potatoes. Afternoon George
drilling. Self hoeing potatoes. John gone with Mr. Luke to beg
for the anniversary. John Gordon here with his horse Emulator
and put to red mare. Margaret gone to Greenbank about her
dress. Robert at Alex. Gordons for duck eggs. Battle of
Waterloo 1815.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Communion at Brock. Self, Mother,
George, Barbara, Robert, Wm., and Annie at Brock. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Isaiah III:12. Seventy four
communicants. Near 7 dollars collection. Some rain.
20 – Wind N, looking like rain. George drilling. Self and John
spudding thistles in the wheat. Robert at school. Wm. Reals
man and son here for turnip drill. Afternoon George drilling. Self
and John hoeing potatoes. George Real bring the drill home at 7
o’clock. Accession of Queen Victoria 1837.
21 – Wind N, cold morning, nearly frost. George finishing turnip
sowing. Self and John hoeing potatoes. Margaret washing.
Robert at school. Red Cassidy heifer at Mr. Lukes bull. Barbara
gone with A. Bell. George gone to Greenbank to blacksmiths.
Margaret gone to Greenbank to practice singing for anniversary.
Queen Victoria proclaimed 1837. Summer begins.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at school. George and John
spudding thistles. Self drilling corn. Mother baking. Phair brings
home the turnip drill and Wm. Carter takes it away. Wm. comes
home from Brock. Afternoon Wm. gone to Port Perry for spring
board. George and John spudding thistles. Self hoeing in
orchard. Trial of Queen Caroline commenced 1820.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. George and John spudding thistles.
Self at Greenbank for slate to Annie. Robert and Annie at
school. Wm. takes Mrs. R. Phair and Mrs. F. Phair to A. Leasks.
Wm. Real gone through the creek with the boat. Mr. Williams,
pedlar, here to dinner. Afternoon George & John spudding
thistles. Wm. burning brush. Self mending harness. Mr. Real
returns at 5 o’clock without completing his journey and very sick.
Wm., George, Robert, Margaret and Barbara at Greenbank.
Barbara goes to A. Leasks all night. Union of England and
Scotland 1706.
24 – Wind W, fine day. George and John spudding thistles. Self
making horse rake. Mother baking. Robert and Annie at school.
William burning brush. Luke gone with Wms. colt to A. Leasks.
Afternoon George and John at thistles. Wm. at brush. Self at
rake. Evening Wm. and John at lecture at Greenbank.
25 – Wind W, warm day. Wm. gone to prepare the grounds for
the anniversary. Self, George and John and Wm. Byers logging
in the swamp. Mother baking. Afternoon self, George, John,
Wm., Wm. Byers and oxen logging. John Gordon here with his
horse Emulator and put to black mare. Margaret scrubbing.
Repeal of Corn Law 1846. Black mare took horse.
26 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm., George, Barbara, Margaret,
Annie and Robert at Greenbank this being the anniversary of the
Union Sabbath School. Alex. Rennie here to dinner. Thunder
and rain storm from noon till 2 o’clock. Wm., George, Robert,
Barbara, and Margaret at evening meeting. Self and John
putting up fences. Mr. Jamison preaching forenoon from
Eph.VI:4. Mr. McArthur afternoon from the same text. Dr. Dodd
executed 1777.
27 – Wind NW, fine morning, very warm day, thunder but no rain.
Union School anniversary. Good gathering made. Speakers Mr.
Brown, Mr. McArthur, Mr. Ried, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Douglas. All at
it, nobody at home. Uxbridge W.M. Choir in attendance. A. Bell,
G. Real, Wm. Real Jr. pitches them. Wm. Carter & H. Buel
carries them. Queen Victoria crowned 1838. Cholera in New
York 1832.
28 – Wind NW, warm morning. Wm., George, John & Allan Byers
logging with oxen. Afternoon Wm., George, John, Allan Byers
and oxen logging. Self hoeing potatoes. Mr. George Bodie here
in the evening.
29 – Wind SE, dull morning. Wm. gone to Uxbridge with organ.
Self, John and George hoeing potatoes. Mother and Annie gone
to Alex. Gordons to visit. Barbara washing. Afternoon self, John
and George hoeing potatoes. Robert at home. Tea, supper and
Temperance lecture in the hall, Greenbank. Admission 10 cents.
Self, Wm., John, George, Barbara, Margaret and Robert at it.
Henry Clay died 1852.
30 – Wind SW, warm, looking like rain. Wm. in his fallow. Self
and John hoeing potatoes. Robert at school. Mother and Annie
stopped at A. Gordons all night. Afternoon George banking
potatoes. Wm. at fallow. John & self hoeing potatoes. Thunder
and rain at 4 o’clock. Mother and Annie arrives home at night.
Rome captured by the French 1849. Greenwich Hospital
founded 1696.
JULY 1 – Wind NE, rather dull day. George, John, Wm. &
Barbara at Port Perry. Robert at school. Self making handle for
scuffler. Afternoon self at Greenbank with red mare to horse.
Mrs. John Gordon here making pants. Wm. and Barbara
inspected by Dr. Rose at Greenbank and both pronounced sick
and gets each a bottle of medicine. Price one dollar. Dominion
Day 1867.
2 – Wind E, cool day. Self and John hoeing potatoes. George at
the mill with oats and pease to chop for the sow which pigged
last night – 13 pigs. Wm. in his fallow. Barbara at Greenbank to
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see the Doctor as she does not know her medicine from Wms.
Robert at mill. Afternoon George, John and self hoeing potatoes.
Wm. burning brush. Robert at Mr. Phairs for hat straw. Margaret
scrubbing. .
3 – Wind NE, warm day. Self, Wm., John, Barbara, Margaret &
Annie at Primitive Methodist Church. Mr. Tarrant preaching.
Afternoon Wm., John, George, Margaret & Barbara at P.W.
Church. Mr. Bee preaching. Evening Mother, Barbara, Annie,
Robert and John at English Meeting. Quebec founded 1608.
Battle of Gettysburg 1863.
4 – Wind SW. George fixing hay mow. Self and John hoeing
potatoes. Wm. doctoring clock. Robert and Annie at school.
Afternoon self at P. M. Anniversary. Wm. in his fallow. John &
George cutting thistles. Robert at Doctor Rose. Margaret &
Barbara at concert in the eve. Virginia discovered 1584.
5 – Wind W, warm day. Self at Manchester with oats and at mill
with some 7 bushels. Wm., John, George, George Byers and
oxen logging in Wms. fallow. 11
Mrs. Millar and Mrs. Wildman
here, the latter wanting a girl to hire. General Ransom occupied
Natchez 1863.
6 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm. at his fallow. John & George
mowing. Self fixing scythes. Barbara, Margaret, Robert & Annie
picking berries. Afternoon Wm. at fallow. George and John
mowing. Mother and Margaret picking geese. Barbara, Annie
and Robert picking berries. Self scuffling turnips in the orchard.
Miss Jane Gordon here sewing breeks12
. Philadelphia Theatre
burnt 1857.
7 – Wind S, rain through the night and thunder. Rain in the
forenoon. George gone to mill with grist. Wm. doctoring the
clock. Self and John doing nothing. Barbara spinning. Mother
making straw hat. Robert and Annie at home. Afternoon still
raining, nothing doing. Great row upstairs with Barbara, Robert,
Annie and John. Great fire in Auckland New Zealand 1858.
Alexander Hamilton shot 1804.
8 – Wind N, drying day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies. George & John
cleaning out the barn. Self cutting thistles in the swamp.
Afternoon George and John mowing. Self at mill for grist and
brought Lizzie Bunker here, she being sick. President Taylor
died 1850. Siege of Gibraltar 1779.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies hay. Self, George,
John & Robert hoeing turnips in the orchard. Barbara at
Greenbank for new dress. Afternoon self, John, George and
Robert cocking13
hay. Lizzie Bunker leaves for home. Prince of
Wales embarked for Canada 1860. Braddocks defeat 1755.
10 – Wind SW, slight showers. No one at Sabbath School.
Afternoon self, Mother, Barbara, Annie, Wm., John, George &
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
Hebrews VIII:6 to the end. Margaret at English meeting. London
Bridge burnt – 3000 lives lost, 1212. Canada invaded 1822.
11
‘Fallow’ is an area the farmer is converting into arable
land. He would need to remove stones, trees, brush
and stumps so that he could then plant crops.
12
‘Breeks’ is another work for pants.
13
‘Cocking’ hay – making a row of piles of hay
11 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. at Mr. Boddies. Self, John
and George draws 5 loads of hay. Robert sore ear. Afternoon
rainy, nothing doing. Jack Cade slain 1450. Columbus born
1451.
12 – Wind SW, threatening rain. John gone to John Leasks to
hoe turnips. George at John Gordons with black mare to horse.
She took him. Self and Wm. hoeing turnips. Punk at bull this
morning. Mother churning. Afternoon self, George and Wm.
hoeing turnips. Margaret & Barbara picking berries. Mother
baking. Minty, pedlar, here at 6 o’clock. Cassidy heifer at bull
2nd
time this evening. Orange celebrations.
13 – Wind SW, dull day, looking like rain. George scuffling
turnips. Self and Wm. hoeing turnips. Annie at Greenbank.
Mrs. Bunker and daughter here to dinner. Afternoon self,
George and Wm. drew 2 loads of hay then Wm. went to Mr.
Boddies and we to turnips. Isabella Michie here. All hands
picking black currants. George took the black mare to John
Gordons horse. She took him. Battle of Gravelines 1558.
14 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies. Self and George
hoeing turnips. Mother gone visiting at Mr. Chancey Aislings.
Afternoon self & George hoeing turnips. Mr. Valentine Matthews
here wanting someone to cut his hay. Mr. Bickle here for
Barbara. Isabella Gordon here this evening. The Bastille
stormed 1880. Battle of Vltava 1420.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Boddies. Self &
George mowing. Mrs. Walker here wanting pigs, promised her
two. Afternoon self & George hoeing turnips. Meeting of the
Union Sabbath School to appoint officers.
16 – Wind S, dull day with some rain. George at James Walkers
hay. Wm. at Mr. Boddies. Self mowing. Afternoon self mowing.
Isabella Gordon here for 2 quarts black currants.
17 – Wind NW, cool day. Wm., Robert, Margaret & Annie at
Sabbath School. Afternoon Wm. at Presbyterian Meeting. Alex.
Michie Jr. here this afternoon. Wife Mary Nichol here.
Bombardment of Toulon 1707.
18 – Wind N, fine day. George at James Walkers hay. Wm.
gone to Mr. Matthews. Self turning hay. Afternoon George and
self and Robert drew 7 loads of hay into the barn. Amos Stone
here and offering 2 dollars apiece for all the lambs to be took to
his place next Monday. French invasion of England repelled
1545. Battle of Lundy’s Lane 1813.
19 – Wind W, fine morning. George mowing his grass on Wms.
place. Self mowing fence corners. Margaret picking berries.
Afternoon self, George and Robert drew 3 loads of hay into the
barn. Self went to bathe and George to mow grass. Spanish
Armada off England 1508. Battle of Churubusco 1847.
20 – Wind SW, thunder and rain before 6 o’clock. Wm. at Mr.
Boddies. George mowing. Self and Robert at Manchester.
Margaret washing. Took 9 bushels of spring wheat to
Manchester. Sold for $1.20 per bushel. Battle of Hallidown Hill
1533. French Revolution began 1789.
21 – Wind NW, cool morning. Wm. & George mowing. Self took
A. Michie heifer to bull. Margaret picking berries. Afternoon
Wm., George, Robert & self raking hay to George. Battle of Bull
Run 1861.
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22 – Wind SE, appearance of rain. George, Wm., Robert & self
stacking hay. Afternoon George, Wm., Robert, & self at hay.
Insurance agent from Saintfield here after dinner. Agent from
Hamilton here in the evening. Battle of Salamanca 1812.
Garibaldi born 1807.
23 – Wind SW, thunder and rain all night. George cutting hay.
Wm. at Mr. Boddies well. McPhail white cow at bull. Afternoon
George mowing. Self cutting thistles. Margaret scrubbing. John
McPhail here all night. George Boddie here this evening. Upper
and Lower Canada united 1840.
24 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Wm., Robert, Margaret and
John McPhail at Sunday School. Wm., Robert, Margaret and
John at Presbyterian Meeting. Alex. Michie and Mrs. Michie here
to dinner with John and Mary Michie. Bolivar born 1783.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies well. George at his
hay. Self at Amos Stones with 7 lambs at 2 dollars each.
Afternoon George, self, and Robert drew 7 loads of hay to
George. Margaret visiting at Alexander Gordons and Mr. T.
Duffs.
26 – Wind SW, rather dull morning. Wm. at Mr. Boddies well.
George gone to McDuffs to get his horses. Self hoeing turnips in
the orchard. Mrs. Michael Martineau here for reel. Shower of
rain at noon. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. George hoeing
turnips. Andrew Gordon here for waggon. Thunder & rain in the
evening. Robert Sutton born 1765. London cab strike 1853.
27 – Wind NW, foggy morning and some rain. Wm. gone to Mr.
Boddies well. George at John Gordons. Self cutting thistles.
Margaret washing. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Mr. Wm.
Byers, pedlar, here in the evening. Atlantic cable rail 1866.
French reign of terror ended and revolution begins 1830.
28 – Wind SW, rather dull day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies well. George
gone to Oshawa. Self hoeing turnips. Mr. James McMillan here
begging for Colin Miller. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Mother
visiting at Mr. Aislings and Annie with her. Some rain in the
afternoon. Lord Durham died 1840.
29 – Wind NW, cold and slight showers. George at John
Gordons fixing threshing machine. Wm. at Mr. Boddies well.
Self hoeing turnips. Mother washing. Afternoon self & George
mowing barley. John Gordon here for ashes. Mary Queen of
Scots marries Dauphin 1588. Spanish Armada destroyed 1588.
30 – Wind N, cool drying day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies barley. Self
and George mowing barley. Afternoon George gone to Port
Perry & Prince Albert and Manchester for horse collars. Self
mending James Walkers gate. Cooks first voyage 1768.
31 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Margaret & Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., George & Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Rom. VIII:12. Miss Byers
here this afternoon. Columbus discovered Trinidad 1498.
AUG. 1 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies barley.
George scuffling turnips. Self turning barley. Mrs. Gordon here
for 2 pigs. Mrs. Walker here for 2 pigs. Afternoon George and
self mowing barley. Mother, Robert & Annie hoeing turnips at
night.
2 – Wind SW, fine morning. George Boddie here for 2 pigs. Wm.
at George Boddies. George and self mowing barley. Mother,
Robert & Annie hoeing turnips. Afternoon all hands raking and
drawing barley. Threshing machine loaded this evening.
3 – Wind S, drizzly rainy morning. George gone to thresh at T.
Duffs. Wm. gone somewhere. Self doing nothing. Afternoon
still rainy. Self mending at harness. Clears off at 5 o’clock, fine
evening.
4 – Wind NW, fine morning. George gone to thresh at T. Duffs.
Wm. gone to somewhere. Self hoeing turnips. Mother hoeing
turnips. Pedlar from Epsom here. Horse power broken. George
and Wm. Gordon gone to Port Perry. Afternoon self hoeing
turnips. Battle of Mackinaw 1814.
5 – Wind W, fine morning. Wm. gone to Mr. Boddies. George,
self, Margaret, and Robert raking barley, looking like rain.
Afternoon self, George, Robert, Wm. and Margaret drawing
barley, 10 loads. Andrew Gordon here this afternoon. White
heifer to bull. Lord Howe died 1799. Atlantic cable landed 1858.
6 – Wind SW, very like rain but clears off fine. Wm. at Mr.
Boddies. George gone for to Burtons barn for threshing
machine. Self, Robert and Annie cleaning up the barn.
Afternoon threshing hands besides the threshers Mr. Luke,
Wesley Luke and horses, Mr. R. Phair, T. Wagner and horses,
Mr. John Belford and William Michie. Threshed all the barley
out. Prince Alfred born 1844. Ben. Johnson died 1637.
7 – Wind SW, warm morning. Margaret and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb. IX:14
to end of chapter. Collection $1.50. Cromwell died 1658.
8 – Wind SW, some rain and thunder through the night, very
warm day. George gone to John Leasks to thresh. Wm. at
George Boddies. Self clearing the barn door of straw. Afternoon
self hoeing turnips. Mother hoeing. Margaret at the hoe after
supper. Jean Gordon here all night. George Canning died
1827.
9 – Wind about SW, showery and warm. Wm. at Mr. Boddies.
Self hoeing turnips and sometimes in the barn. Margaret
washing. Jean Gordon still here. Afternoon self and Mother
hoeing turnips. Mrs. John Gordon and Hector Gordon here
visiting. Wm. Minty and Andrew Gordon here to tea. Jean
Gordon leaves for home. John Dryden born 1631.
10 – Wind SW, fine morning. Wm. gone to George Boddies. Self
pulling pease. Charles Gordon here playing. Afternoon self
pulling pease. Mother and Margaret hoeing turnips. George &
John comes home at night. Daguerre died 1851. St. Lawrence
discovered 1535.
11 – Wind SW, fine morning. Wm. gone to George Boddies.
George gone to T. Duffs. Self & John pulling pease. Mother
churning and baking. Afternoon self and John at pease. Binding
bee at T. Duffs in the evening. Mrs. T. Phair and Mrs. R. Phair
called this evening.
12 – Wind NW, fine morning. Wm. at Mr. Boddies. George at T.
Duffs. Self and John cut out the pease. Mother & Robert hoeing
turnips. Margaret cooking. Afternoon John gone to T. Duffs.
Self cradling oats. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Hector
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McLaughlan borrows scythe. Wm. receives 2 letters from Port
Perry about buckboard. King George IV born 1762. King Philip
killed 1676. Bunyan died 1688.
13 – Wind SW, dull gloomy day threatening rain. George & John
at T. Duffs. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry for buckboard. Self
hoeing turnips. Afternoon self cradling oats. Red McPhail heifer
at bull the second time. Mother gone to Mrs. Burtons, she being
sick. Bishop Jeremy Taylor died 1667.
14 – Wind NW, fine morning. Wm., Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. George gone to A. Michies, Brock. Self, Wm., Margaret
and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Dr. [Tweedie?] preaching
from 1st
Cor. III:14. Other foundations can no man lay. Some
pray the foundation of their salvation on the mercy of God, some
on repentance, some on their good works, some on their works
and Christ’s sacrifice together – all of which is false foundations.
Wm. at English Meeting. George Combe died 1858. Lord Clyde
died 1863.
15 – Wind SW, fine warm day. John gone to T. Duffs. Wm.,
George, Robert and self drawing pease. 3 loads in barn and 3 in
stack. Afternoon drawing pease. 7 loads in stack and 4 in barn.
J. Williams, pedlar, here.
16 – Wind S, warm day. John at T. Duffs. Wm. at George
Boddies. Self and George cradling oats. Margaret washing.
Robert cutting pigweed among the potatoes. Afternoon George
gone to the Bassingthwaites to thresh. Self cradling oats.
Isabella Gordon here for yeast.
17 – Wind S, and very high. Wm. mowing his barley. Self
cradling oats. Margaret choring. Annie at Mr. Lukes. Afternoon
Wm. at his barley. Self raking oats. Drew 2 loads. Duchess of
Kent born 1786.
18- Wind SW, fine morning, very warm day. Wm. at his barley.
George gone to I. Gordons. Self cradling oats. Afternoon Wm.
at his barley. Self and George binding oats. Walter Scott born
1771.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., George, self and horses at
George Boddies threshing and threshed til noon when James
Gordon got hurt. Afternoon self and George binding oats. Wm.
at his barley. Margaret at Mrs. Martineaus with her dress and
stays all night at John Leasks. Some rain in the evening. Indian
massacre in Minnesota 1864.
20 – Wind N, cold day. Wm., George, self and horses at George
Boddies threshing. Margaret arrives home. Mrs. M. Martineau
here for plums. Afternoon Wm. at George Boddies. Self and
George raking and drawing in oats. Mrs. McGuire, Mrs.
Anderson and Mrs. Ianson and Margaret at the creek for shells.
Battle of Miami 1794.
21 – Wind NW, smoky day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, George, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Luke
XVI:15. James Walker worse today. West India docks opened
1802.
22 – Wind NW, fine morning. George gone to thresh at T. Duffs.
John gone to T. Duffs. Wm. cradling oats. Self fencing pea
stack. Afternoon self, Wm., Margaret, and Robert at Wms.
barley. Drew 4 loads in the barn. John here all night.
23 – Wind easterly, sprinkling rain. Wm. and self cradling oats.
John gone to T. Duffs. Afternoon still raining. Self bad with
toothache. Nothing doing at harvest. John and George home all
night. Peace congress at Frankfurt 1850. Wm. Wallace
beheaded 1305.
24 – Wind S, foggy wet morning. Wm. at home. George and
John gone to Brock to hire A. Michie to go with the threshing
machine. Self, Margaret and Annie at Port Perry. Ohio Trust
Company suspends payment 1857.
25 – Wind SW, soft morning. John gone to T. Duffs. Wm. at
George Boddies. Self binding wheat. George cradling. Heavy
shower at noon. Margaret washing. Afternoon George cradling
wheat. Self binding. Indian Mutiny commenced 1457.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm. at Boddies. George cradling
wheat. Self raking. John at Duffs. Afternoon George threshing
at Lukes. Self and horses there. John at John Gordons working
for A. Gordon who is at machine. Prince Albert born 1819.
27 – Wind SE, heavy frost this morning, fine day. Wm. and
Robert raking barley. Self and horses at Lukes. Threshing done
before noon. Afternoon self, Wm. & Robert drawing Wms.
barley. 4 loads. Mother at Burtons, Mrs. Burton being sick.
Byam, pedlar, here today.
28 – Wind S, dull morning looking like rain. Wm. and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, George, Margaret, Robert & Annie
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching on Heb. X to
the 19th
verse. Rain in the afternoon. Wife Mary Nicol here
visiting. Leigh Hunt died 1859.
29 – Wind SW, rain through the night and looking like more. John
gone to John Gordons. George & Wm. to Byers to thresh.
Margaret rather sick this morning. Self cradling wheat.
Afternoon self cradling wheat. Heavy shower at 4 o’clock. John
the Baptist beheaded.
30 – Wind NW, cool day. George threshing at James Cochranes.
Wm. at Mr. Boddies. Self cradled all the wheat which finished
the cutting for this harvest. Ann Michie died 1846.
31 – Wind SW, looking like rain, not much dew. Wm. gone to Mr.
Boddies. Self and Robert shocking oats. Killed a sheep before
dinner. Self, Wm., and Robert drawing oats – 7 loads. T. Duff
here in the evening wanting hands. Act abolishing slavery
passed 1833. Bayou Sara burned 1862.
SEPT. 1 – Wind SW, some thunder and showers going round.
Self and Wm. at wheat binding. Afternoon self, Wm. and Robert
drawing wheat. Margaret at Mr. Burtons visiting. Mrs. Michael
Martineau here for the reel. General Outram arrived at Lucknow
1857.
2 – Wind SW, some rain through the night and looking like more.
Self and Wm. binding wheat. Afternoon self, Wm,., and Robert
drew 1 load of wheat. Thunder and rain. Wm. and Robert gone
to Greenbank for the papers. George arrives from Brock.
London burnt 1666.
3 – Wind NE, dull forenoon, sprinkling rain. Wm. gone to T.
Duffs. George gone to Isaac Craggs to thresh. Self cleaning out
the cow house. Mother & Margaret picking the geese. Pedlar
from Epsom here. Afternoon self at Greenbank with the black
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mare to shoe. George comes home from Isaac Craggs. Rain
most all the afternoon. Jas. Gordon here for Wm. to dig a well.
Moscow burned 1812. Oliver Cromwell died 1658.
4 – Wind NW, rain most all night and looking like more rain. Wm.,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Wm.,
Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur
discoursing from Heb. X 19 to 25. Riots at Manchester England
1830. Fahrenheit died 1736.
5 – Wind NW, cold morning. George gone to Isaac Craggs to
thresh. Wm. gone to John Gordons to dig a well. Self at Mr.
Robert Millers to see when he would go to Toronto for school
books. Afternoon self raking wheat. Breeze on going to bed with
Mother and me.
6 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. at John Gordons well. Self at T.
Phairs threshing. Tooth broke out of gearing wheel. Self comes
home and Margaret, Robert and me draws in the last of the
wheat which finishes harvest 16 days earlier than 1869.
Afternoon Margaret washing. Self at T. Phairs threshing. 2 teeth
broke out of gearing wheel. George leaves for Oshawa at 11
o’clock at night. Austrians enter Bucharest 1856. Dog days end.
7 – Wind E, dull rainy morning. Wm. gone to John Gordons well.
Self scouring ditch in swamp. Minty, pedlar, here today.
Afternoon self drawing in James Walkers wheat. Battle of
Plattsburg 1814.
8 – Wind S, fine day. George at Thomas Phairs threshing. Wm.
at Port Perry for boots. Self at T. Phairs threshing. Afternoon
Wm. at John Gordons well. Robert home with James Scotts
planes. Mother and Annie at John Gordons visiting.
9 – Wind SW, rather dull morning. Wm. gone to John Gordons
well. Self helped George Boddie to top out his stack. Shower at
10 o’clock with thunder. Afternoon much thunder to the south.
Self drawing stones off pease ground. Robert at Greenbank for
Globe. Storming of San Sebastian 1813.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. at John Gordons well. George and
self at John Gordons threshing.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert, Annie and self at
the Sunday School. Mother at John Gordons, Mrs. McLaughlin
having got a son. Wm., Mother, George, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Thomson the poet born 1700. Battle of
Brandywine 1777.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at John Gordons well. George at
David Craggs threshing. Self at Toronto with Mr. Robert Millar
for books for Union Sabbath School. Left at 1 o’clock and
returned at half past twelve in the night.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to John Gordons well. Self and
Margaret picking corn. Afternoon self and Margaret husking
corn. Georgina Edmund & Lewis Luke here. Siege of Vienna
1680. Rioting in New York 1863.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Wm. fencing hay stacks.
Margaret washing. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon self
plowing. Wm. burning brush. Mrs. Martineau here. Duke of
Wellington died 1852.
15 – Wind S, warm morning, looking like rain. Wm. at Mr. Duffs.
Self plowing. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon at George
Boddies for 18 bushels oats.. Shower with thunder. New York
taken 1777.
16 – Wind E, rain all night and all forenoon. Self fixing the
waggon box. Afternoon self plowing. Wm. and Margaret at
Greenbank for the papers. Received a letter from Barbara.
Finnemore Cooper died 1851.
17 – Wind NE, fine day. Self plowing. Wm. at R. Phairs.
Afternoon self plowing. Wm. at R. Phairs. Michael Martineau
here to see Wm. about the site for a house on the north end of
Lot 18. Mother gone with some rolls to Mrs. Martineau to spin.
George arrives from Brock. Threshing at Nicholas Reals. Peace
congress at Brussels 1808.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, George, Wm., Margaret at English Church.
Self and Wm. at Primitive Methodist Church. Lawrence Sterne
died 1768.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. George gone to Brock. Wm. gone to T.
Duffs. Self plowing. Annie at school. Robert at home with
headache. Afternoon self plowing. Mother visiting at Mr. Lukes.
Battle of Poitiers 1356.
20 – Wind S. Wm. at R. Phairs. Self at Manchester with 44.32
bushels barley, got 60 cents. Margaret washing. Afternoon self,
Mother, Margaret, Robert cleaned another load of barley.
Barbara arrives from Centre Mills. Battle of the Alma 1854.
21 – Wind W, fine morning. William at R. Phairs. Self at
Manchester with 45 bushels of barley. Mr. Wyatt here wanting
Wm.
22. Wind S, fine day. Wm. at R. Phairs. Self plowing. Barbara
visiting at Mr. Lukes forenoon and at Mr. Burtons afternoon.
Autumn begins.
23 – Wind S, dull hazy morning. Wm. sick. Self at Manchester
with 21 bushels barley at 66 cents. Afternoon steady rain.
24 – Wind SW, dull with some rain. Wm. still sick. Self plowing.
Afternoon raining. Self draining the cellar. Mary Jane Luke here
and Barbara at Mr. Lukes after. George home from Mr. Woods.
25 – Wind NE, rainy morning. Nobody at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Margaret, Robert & Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Heb. X:38. Pacific Ocean discovered
1513.
26 – Wind N, fine morning. George gone to Mr. Woods for the
threshing machine to thresh at George Boddies. Wm. some sick.
Self at George Boddies threshing. Annie at school. Mother and
Barbara spinning. George and Alex. Michie here all night.
Marquis Wellesley died 1842.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at James Walkers threshing. Self
plowing. Annie at school. Afternoon Mother & Barbara at John
Gordons quilting. Self plowing. Battle of Buzacott 1810.
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28 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. at T. Duffs threshing. Self
harrowing. Margaret washing. Barbara spinning. Annie at
school. Afternoon self harrowing. Mother washing. Barbara
spinning. Margaret at a quilting at Wm. Bassingthwaites. Gen.
Neill killed 1857.
29 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. at John Leasks. Self plowing.
Barbara spinning. Annie at school. Afternoon self plowing.
Elizabeth Leask here asking hands to paring bee. Marshal. St.
Arnaud dies 1854.
30 – Wind S, rainy morning. Wm. gone to John Leasks. Self
draining the cellar. Mother & Barbara spinning. Afternoon still
raining. Self at cellar. Mother & Barbara spinning. Very rainy
evening. Singing class at our church. George Whitefield died
1770.
OCT. 1 – Wind NE, fine day. Self plowing. Barbara scrubbing
and Margaret helping. Mother baking. Afternoon self plowing.
Wm. gone to John Leasks. Barbara and Annie gone to A.
Michies, Brock. George arrives from Mr. Joseph Lees threshing.
2 – Wind N, foggy morning. Robert at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, George, Wm., and Margaret and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb. XI. Monthly
collection one dollar thirty six cents. London University opened
1848. Major Andre executed 1780.
3 – Wind SE, rainy day. Wm. gone to John Leasks. George at
home. Self at cellar. Margaret sore back. Mother choring.
Afternoon self at cellar. George at John Gordons. Still raining.
Georgina Luke here in the evening. Clears off about 9 o’clock.
First English Bible 1535.
[At this point in the diary, the type of paper changes and there is
a great deal of deterioration. Some areas, particularly along the
outer margins, are illegible. This transcript will be as complete
as the original allows.]
4 – Wind N, showery morning. John Belford here wanting to draw
a load of cedar to his new house. Self at cellar. Mother
churning. Afternoon self at cellar. George drawing wood.
Barbara & Annie comes home from Brock. John angry about his
place. Mrs. Gordon here for ashes. John Wagner here to
supper. Belgian Independence secured 1831
5 – Wind N. Wm. and John gone to Provincial Exhibition,
Toronto. George plowing. Self draining. Margaret sore back.
Afternoon George carrying in apples. Self draining. Barbara
washing. Mother spinning. Cornwallis died 1805.
6 – Wind E, dull cloudy day, looking like rain. George gone to
Joseph Lees to thresh. Self harrowing. Robert and Annie at
school. Barbara painting. Mother scouring yarn. Margaret
choring. Afternoon self taking in apples. George, Barbara,
Margaret at pairing bee at Mr. Byers. Wm. & John arrive at
home. Jenny Lind born 1821. Peace declared with America
1782.
7 – Wind NE, fine cool morning. George gone with Mr. Gordon to
inspect the road to Mr. Clemens place. Self digging potatoes.
Barbara blacking boots. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon
Wm. whitewashing the kitchen. Self pain in hip. John resting.
Dug some potatoes. Early [?].
8 – Wind N, fine day. George & John at potatoes. Wm. & self
killed a sheep. Barbara, Margaret and Mother [?] up. Robert
headache. Afternoon self, George, John, Wm. at potatoes.
9 – Wind N. William, Barbara, Margaret, Robert & Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, George, Margaret and Robert
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Matt. [?].
Barbara visiting at Alex Gordons.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and George gone to thresh at [?].
John and Mother at potatoes. Self at mill with grist. Mrs. [?] here
spinning. Afternoon self, John, Mother, Barbara and Robert at
potatoes. Mrs. Luke spinning. Wm. Byam, pedlar, here. Thos.
Crawford the American sculptor died 1857. West, painter, born
1738.
11 – Wind S, some rain through the night and a dull day. Self,
Mother, Margaret, John & Robert at potatoes. Mr. Minty, pedlar,
here. Afternoon self, Mother, John, Margaret at potatoes. Annie
at school. George & Wm. comes home.
12 – Wind SW, fine morning. Self, Wm., John, George, Margaret,
Robert, George Boddie and Mrs. Walker at potatoes. Barbara
washing. Mother cooking. Afternoon shower at 2 o’clock. Self,
Wm., George, Margaret, Robert, George Boddie and Mrs.
Walker at potatoes.
13 – Wind SW, fine morning. Self, John, Robert and Margaret at
potatoes. Wm. at Greenbank getting his buckboard fixed.
George at the mill for grist. Andrew Gordon here to dinner.
Mother spinning. Afternoon some rain after dinner. Self, John,
and Margaret at potatoes. George & William drawing dung.
Lecture on Temperance at Greenbank but no lecturer came.
Burgoyne surrendered 1777.
14 – Wind W, fine morning. John & Barbara gone to Brooklin with
coverlets to weave. Self, George, Margaret, Robert & Annie at
the Fair, Prince Albert. Self at Port Perry for tin boiler. William
Penn born 1644.
15 – Wind S, some rain in the morning. Mother gone to Jas.
Walkers. Self, John & George at potatoes. Wm. at potatoes.
Afternoon Wm. & John at R. Phairs. Self and George drawing
dung. Margaret scrubbing. James Walker horses plowing to
himself. Lizzie Chalmers comes here in the evening.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Afternoon self, Wm., John, George, Robert,
Barbara and Annie at Primitive Methodist Church. Mr. Bee
preaching from Rev. XXII:17. Mr. Fornier preaching from Psalms
XIII. Mrs. Jane Michie and Helen Michie here to dinner.
17 – Wind SW, commences to rain. George gone to Mr. I .
Bassingthwaites to thresh. Wm. and John gone to Mr. Watsons
to lath. Self mending harness. Barbara & Lizzie washing.
Mother baking. Wm. Stillwell here and hires Lizzie. Afternoon
self harrowing potato land. Barbara & Lizzie at John Gordons for
Lizzies clothes. Wm. and John comes home. Mr. Pearson
having sent another man to lath Mr. Watsons house. My
birthday – aged 57 years.
18 – Wind NW, rainy stormy morning. Wm. and John gone to Mr.
Watsons house again. Robert brings home the buckboard.
George comes home from Mr. Bassingthwaites threshing. Self
doing nothing. Mother, Lizzie and Barbara cooking for the bee
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tomorrow. Afternoon George drawing wood for Mr. Butson,
Greenbank. Self draining turnip cellar. Isabella Michie comes
from Brock. Lizzie leaves for Wm. Stillwells.
19 – Wind W, hard frost. Barbara blacking the stove. George
plowing. Self draining. Afternoon George gone to Mr. Belfords
house. Self drawing dung. Quilting this afternoon. Mrs. R.
Phair, Mrs. T. Phair, Mrs. I. Gordon, Mrs. A. Gordon, Isabella
Gordon, Mary J. Luke, Isabella Michie and Mrs. McMillan at it.
20 – Wind N, dull cloudy day. Wm. gone to Mr. Watsons house.
John to John Leasks to try to hire. George plowing. Self
spreading dung. Barbara and Isabella Michie quilting. Afternoon
George, John & self draining turnip cellar. Margaret gone home
with Isabella Michie. Barbara quilting. Mother choring.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. George drawing dung. Self and Robert
digging potatoes in the orchard. Fleetwood Knowles here
wanting wood. Barbara quilting. Mother choring. Afternoon
George gone with wood to Mr. Knowles. Self digging potatoes.
22 – Wind SW, high wind, thunder last evening. George drawing
dung. Self filling dung. Barbara whitewashing the buttery.
Mother making cheese. Margaret choring. Afternoon self and
George at dung. Margaret scrubbing. Payson died 1827.
23 – Wind NW, cold cloudy day. Wm., Robert, Barbara and
Annie at the Sunday School. Mother, Wm., George, Robert,
Margaret, and Annie at Presbyterian Church. Dr. Thornton
preaching. Barbara at Primitive Methodist Church. Mrs. Watts
[funeral?] sermon being preached. First encounter between
Russians and Turks 1853. Wm. Penn born 1644.
24 – Wind SW, fine morning. Wm. gone to lath at Saintfield.
John gone to Wm. Ledinghams for one [?]. Self and George
taking in potatoes and Annie, Mother, Robert at potatoes.
Afternoon Self, Mother, George, Robert and Annie at potatoes.
Barbara gone to Lizzie Chalmers. George, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at Mr. Lukes pairing14
.
25 – Wind SW, dull morning. George, Robert and Wm. topping
turnips. Commences to drizzle rain. George goes to the [?].
Self spreading dung. Afternoon heavy rain till 4 o’clock. George
plowing. Self at turnip cellar draining it. Margaret washing.
George, Margaret, Barbara and Robert at paring bee at Gordons.
26 – Wind NW, frosty morning. George plowing. Self spreading
dung. Barbara and Robert gone to Manchester for boots to buy.
Mother churning. Margaret choring. Afternoon self, George,
Wm., and Margaret at turnips and drew 4 loads. Lizzie Chalmers
here on a visit. Cholera first appears in England 1831.
27 – Wind SE, drizzly rainy day. George plowing. Self
spreading. Barbara spinning. Wm. Gordon wanting to sell his
part of threshing machine to Allan Byers. George not willing for
it. Afternoon George plowing, self spreading dung. Barbara
spinning. George at John Gordons in the evening. Marshal
Soult died 1851.
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Pairing (or paring…author uses both spellings) – they
would have a bee paring and slicing apples, which were
then hung to dry for winter use.
28 – Wind NW, showery morning. George and Robert topping
turnips. Self digging turnip pit. Mr. Duff here wanting hands,
none for him. Margaret sewing. Barbara spinning. Mother
choring. Afternoon self, George, Mother, Margaret and Robert
drew 19 loads of turnips. Barbara receives a letter from Mr.
Bickle. King Alfred died 900.
29 – Wind W, fine morning. George gone with wood for Sunday
School. Self digging turnip pit. Robert, Annie and Margaret
topping turnips. Barbara spinning. Afternoon self, George,
Mother, Margaret, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew 16 loads.
Barbara scrubbing.
30 – Wind easterly, hard frost. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie
at Sunday School. Wm. and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting.
Began to rain at 5 o’clock with high wind from the south. John
Adams born 1735.
31 – Wind NW, showery, threatening snow. Wm. gone to
Saintfield. George at John Gordons. Self unstringing apples.
Richard King here to dinner. Barbara knitting. Mother churning.
Afternoon still showery. Self doing nought. George cutting some
sticks for Mr. King. Mother spinning. Barbara knitting. Margaret
baking cakes.
NOV. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. George at Greenbank with Mr.
Kings timber. Self digging turnip pit. Margaret washing. Mother
baking. Barbara knitting. Afternoon self at Isaac Clemens sale.
George, Robert, and Mother at turnips, drew 13 loads. Barbara
at A. Gordons visiting. Margaret at Mr. T. Phairs and R. Phairs in
the evening.
2- Wind SW, fine morning. Self, George, Mother, Robert at the
turnips. Annie at Greenbank with letter to Mr. Bickle and 2
papers, one to G. Tough and one to A. Mitchell. Afternoon self,
Mother and Robert at turnips. Margaret at Greenbank to get her
foot measured. Drew 15 loads of turnips. All Souls. Rebellion in
L. Canada 1833.
3 – Wind SW, fine morning, looking like thunder, turned out
showery. George, Margaret, and Robert at turnips. Self fencing
turnip pits. Mother spinning. Barbara knitting. Afternoon
George, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew 13 loads.
American Army disbanded 1783.
4 – Wind W, fine morning. George, self, Margaret, Robert at
turnips. Barbara knitting. James Walker here for cradle.
Afternoon George, self, Margaret and Robert at turnips, 17 loads.
Annie gone for papers. Lizzie Chalmers brings her baby here for
a few days. King William landed 1688.
5 – Wind NW, fine day, rather cold. George drawing dung. Self
covering turnips and potatoes pits. Afternoon George and self at
dung. Margaret scrubbing. Mother ironing. Barbara at
Greenbank.
6 – Wind W, cold morning and hard frost. Wm., Barbara,
Margaret, Robert and Annie at Sunday School. Afternoon
Margaret at Primitive Methodist Church. Self, Wm., George,
Barbara and Robert at Presbyterian Church. Mr. McArthur
lecturing from Heb. XI on Abrahams faith. Monthly collection
1.90. Lizzie Chalmers here visiting. Wm. at English evening
meeting. Battle of Port Royal 1861.
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7 – Wind N, cold morning. George and self at dung. Wm. and
Robert gone to Saintfield. Afternoon self dunging [?] the shade.
George drawing dung. Barbara gone to singing but gets no
farther than Mr. Belfords. Margaret at Greenbank singing.
Richard Real here asking hands and horses for plowing bee.
First official Gazette issued at Oxford 1665.
8 – Wind SE, sprinkling rain. Rainbow in the north west. George
drawing dung to old garden. Heavy rain and thunder. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon George plowing. Spreading dung. Lizzie
Chalmers and Mary Ann Belford here.
9 - Wind SW, rainy morning. George plowing. Self spreading
dung. Afternoon George gone to John Reals plowing bee. Self
digging in the garden. Heavy showers through the afternoon.
Singing at Greenbank tonight, none from here at it. Prince of
Wales born 1841.
10 – Wind N, hard frost and a cold day. George plowing. Self at
garden. Jas. Walker here paying his wheat. Fleetwood Knowles
and [?] Brand here wanting wood. Afternoon self in garden.
George plowing. Ann Gordon here visiting. John Milton died
1674.
11 – Wind S, hard frost, fine day. George gone to Greenbank
with wood for Mr. Knowles. Self in garden. I. Williams here to
dinner. Afternoon George plowing. Self at Greenbank for
papers. 5 o’clock when the Post came. Barbara at Temperance
Lecture in evening. Mr. Cantlon lecturing. Margaret at A.
Gordons.
12 – Wind SW, hard frost in the morning and fine day. George
gone to help George Boddie to stone his well. Self digging
round. Afternoon self plowing in orchard. Wm. Byam, pedlar,
here tonight. Mary Gordon, Margaret Walker and Lizzie
Chalmers here. Lizzie takes her baby away.
13 – Wind NW, frosty morning, fine day. Margaret, Robert and
Annie at Sunday School. Wm., Mother and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Georgina Luke here to dinner.
14 – Wind NE, cloudy morning and threatening rain. Wm. gone
to Mr. Druhans to plaster. George gone to John Gordons to
thresh. Robert and Annie at school. Self at Greenbank getting
horses shoed. Snowing heavy. Mozart born 1719.
15 – Wind NW, cold day with some showers of snow. George
and self at Robert Phairs threshing. Lizzie Chalmers comes here
sick. Wm. Minty, pedlar, here today. Robert and Annie at
school.
16 – Wind W, fine day but frosty. Self and George at R. Phairs
threshing. Done at 9 o’clock. Machine set here before dinner.
Wm. Reals son here after tames. Afternoon self and George
drawing 2 loads of hay from Wms. place. Mrs. A. Gordon here
asking Wms. buckboard. Ferguson died 1776.
17 – Wind W, cold bleak morning. Robert and Annie at school.
Self killing sheep. Barbara spinning. Mother and Margaret at the
chores. Lizzie better. James Walker here with his fanning mill
sieves. Afternoon George and self fixing the granary.
18 – Wind N, cold with some snow. Threshing. John Wagner
and horses, George Boddie Sr. and George Boddie Jr. and
horses, John Belford, James Walker Sr. and James Walker Jr.,
Thos. Phair, John Gordon at threshing. Afternoon still threshing
with same hands. Finished at night with Wms. barley. 16 teeth
broke out.
19 – Wind N, hard frost and cold day. George gone to T. Byers to
set threshing machine. Self fixing sheep house. Wm. Byers
here for Wms. buckboard. Mrs. Walker here with a pair of
stockings for Mrs. Bickle. Afternoon self clearing barn door. F.
Smith here wanting hands to thresh pease for A. Leask. Wm.
arrives from Mr. Druhans.
20 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Barbara, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting. Margaret at
Primitive Methodist Meeting. Mary Jane Luke and Georgina
here this evening.
21 – Wind NW, very cold. George and self and horses at Mr.
Byers threshing. Wm. at Greenbank. Lizzie Chalmers at I.
Gordons and Jas. McMillans for her box. Mother at Mr. Duffs
visiting. Mr. Luke and Wesley here this evening. Fort Niagara
bombarded 1872.
22 – Wind SE, heavy frost. Wm. gone to Mr. Druhans. George at
Greenbank getting horses shoed. Bought off R. Boyd Niagara
Nursery 1 Egg Plum tree at $6.50, 1 Lombard plum at 65 cents, 1
Greengage 65 cents, 1 dwarf apple 40 cents, 1 grape vine 75
cents. Afternoon George gone to John Gordons to thresh. Lizzie
gone to I. Stones. Self covering turnip pits. Self had a quarrel
with Barbara about a window blind. Hailing from south east.
23 – Wind NE, snow 8 inches deep. Self drawing firewood.
Stormy day. Jas. Walker brings 2 yearling heifers to winter.
Afternoon self and Robert fixing bindings for calves. George
comes home from John Gordons threshing having broke a pinion
of horse power.
24 – Wind W, fine day, snow thawing. Self hauling poles for
scaffold to hold pea straw. Robert at school. Wm. Spring here
selling washing compound. Bought the right to make it for one
dollar.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and George drawing pease.
Margaret mowing them. Robert at school. Mother and Barbara
spinning. Afternoon George at Greenbank with wood for Mr.
Butson. Self threshing pease. Barbara at Greenbank to pay Mr.
McGirrs account which is $10.56. Mrs. Burton here visiting.
Wm. comes home having finished at Mr. Druhans. Havelock
died 1857.
26 – Wind W, dull morning, looking like snow. George gone to
Greenbank with wood for Sunday School. Self threshing pease.
Afternoon George cuts his foot. Self and Robert puts up the
pigs.
27- Wind W, fine morning. Wm., Barbara, Margaret, Robert &
Annie at S. School. Wm. Gordon here to see George. Self,
Wm., Robert, Margaret & Barbara at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Heb. XII:1&2.
28 – Wind SW, soft day. Wm. at Greenbank. Barbara & Robert
gone to Centre Mills. Self and George making a new stable.
Afternoon self and George at stable. Margaret at singing in the
evening.
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29 – Wind NE, dull day. Self threshing pease. Wm. gone to T.
Phairs. George fixing stable. Margaret washing. Afternoon
George fixing shade. Self threshing pease. Agnes Asling here
visiting. Robert and Barbara arrives from Whitby. John comes
home from Mr. Ledinghams. Barbara & Margaret at T. Duffs.
30 – Wind NW, dull morning. Wm. and John working on
sideline15
. Self and George building a cowhouse. Afternoon self,
George & Robert at cowhouse. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Cochrane
here visiting.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW, hard frost. Wm. at sideline. George at
cowhouse. Self threshing pease. John and Margaret at Port
Perry. Afternoon self and George at cowhouse. Mother at Mr.
Lukes all night, Mrs. Luke being sick. Robert at school. Siege of
Quebec 1775.
2 – Wind SW, fine morning. Wm. and John at sideline. Self and
George at cowhouse. A. Michie here wanting threshing [?]. Mr.
Jacobs here wanting Wm. to plaster part of his house. Afternoon
self and George at cowhouse. Robert at school. Wm. and John
finishes the sideline. Looking like a storm.
3 – Wind S, fine morning. George threshing pease. John gone to
Henry Craggs. Self and Wm. at Manchester, Prince Albert and
Port Perry. Afternoon John and George drawing hay.
4 – Wind SW, dull day. Wm., Barbara, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at Sunday School. Self, Wm., Mother, Barbara and Annie
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb XII:5.
Margaret at English Meeting. King of Sardinia visits London
1856.
5 – Wind SE, snowing some. George gone with grist to mill.
John gone to find axe handle timber. Wm. gone to Mr. Jacobs to
plaster. Self making pig pen. Barbara gone to James McMillans.
Robert at school. Afternoon John at woods. George at
Greenbank. Self at pig pen. Heavy rain towards night. Mr. Van
Buren born 1782.
6 – Wind N, snowing some. Robert at school. John at rails.
George banking turnip house. Self mending Margaret Walkers
boots. Afternoon self threshing pease. John at rails. George
putting dung on turnip cellar and hen house.
7 – Wind SE. John at rails. Self at Prince Albert & Port Perry.
George at home. Robert at school.
8 – Wind NE. Self threshing pease. Wm. & John gone to
Harringtons house, Greenbank. Robert at school. George gone
for grist. Mother spinning. Afternoon George threshing pease.
Self sore back. Mother at A. Gordons visiting. Air pump
invented 1650.
9 – Wind N, fine morning. Robert at school. George at
Greenbank with wood. Self at Mr. Boddies for sheep. Afternoon
George at Greenbank with wood. Self mending rocking chair.
Milton born 1608.
10 – Wind N, foggy day. George gone somewhere. Self
threshing pease. Afternoon George at Greenbank with wood.
Self threshing pease. Margaret scrubbing. John and Wm.
comes home from Greenbank.
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‘Sideline’ is a roadway.
11 – Wind easterly. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Wm. and John at Presbyterian Meeting. Margaret at
P.M. [Primitive Methodist].
12 – Wind easterly and snowing heavy. Wm. fixing clock.
George gone to A. Michies, Brock to thresh. John gone to T.
Duffs. Self doing nothing. Mother spinning. Afternoon self
threshing pease. Wm. and John working on sideline. Mr. G.
Baird lecturing on education at the schoolhouse. Wm. and
Margaret at Greenbank at singing. Saintfield Fair. Isaac Watton
died 1683. Brunel died 1849.
13 – Wind SW, soft day. Wm. gone to Harringtons to plaster.
John at sideline. Robert at school. Self drawing wood.
Manchester Fair. Afternoon self choring. Mother spinning.
Council Meeting at Greenbank. John and Robert at it.
14 – Wind NW, cold morning. John at sideline. Self threshing
pease. Robert at school. Afternoon self threshing pease. John
at sideline. Mr. James Walker here wanting William.
15 – Wind NW, very cold. John at sideline. Self mending horse
halter. Mother spinning. Margaret baking. Robert at school.
Afternoon self fixing cracks in the byre. Mother spinning. Wm.
Byers and James Belford here in the evening.
16 – Wind NW. Robert at school. Self choring. John at sideline.
Mother spinning. Afternoon self threshing pease. Wm. Byers
here wanting John to measure some land. Wm. comes home
from Greenbank. No papers come. George comes home from
Charles Rennies having broke the horsepower. George
Whitefield born 1714. Great fire in New York 1835.
17 – Wind SW, and snowing. Wm. and John at sideline. Self
threshing pease. George gone to Port Perry for some castings
to horse power. Afternoon self threshing pease. Margaret
scrubbing.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. No one from here at Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Margaret, Wm., George at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb. XIII:15-17 inclusive.
19 – Wind SW, mild day. George gone to Charles Rennies to
thresh. Wm. gone to George Wallaces to take the plastering of
his house. John at sideline. Self fixing the door of turnip house.
Mother making pants. Robert at school. Christina McPhail, Mary
McPhail and James McPhail Sen. here tonight. Afternoon Wm.
and John at sideline. Self choring round. Mrs. Joseph Lee died
tonight.
20 – Wind NW, some storm. Robert at school. Self threshing
pease. Wm. measuring off some wood land for Jas. Walker and
others. John at Greenbank with wood for A. McGirr. George
Wallace here letting his plastering to Wm. Gray born 1716.
21 – Wind W, cold day. Wm. at sideline. John taking half a cord
of wood to John Bailey. Self threshing pease. Afternoon John
and self at Mrs. Lees funeral. George arrives having left the
machine at Thomas Duffs.
22 – Wind W, cold morning. Wm. at sideline. George fixing his
horse collars. John drawing wood to A. McGirr. Robert at
school. Self threshing pease. Afternoon self threshing pease.
John drawing wood to A. McGirr. George threshing at T. Duffs.
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23 – Wind W, fine morning. Wm. at sideline. John some
bothered with rheumatism. Robert at school. Self threshing
pease. Afternoon self threshing pease. John rather better.
George at T. Duffs. Andrew Gordon here for Wms. fiddle bow.
24 – Wind N, frosty day. Wm. at sideline. George at Greenbank
with wood. Self drawing wood. John some better. Margaret and
Robert had a fight. Robert wounded on the cheek with a chair.
Afternoon Wm. gone along with Mr. Duff to Port Perry. George
gone to John Leasks to set threshing machine. Self splitting
wood. Fort Fisher attacked 1864.
25 – Wind SW, not so cold as yesterday. Wm., Margaret, Robert
and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Wm., George and Margaret
at Presbyterian Church. Mr. Argo, Episcopal Methodist from
Uxbridge, preaching funeral sermon of Mrs. Greig from Hebrews
XII:14. John Ewen, Miss Ewen, Lizzie Chalmers and Barbara
here in the afternoon. Lizzie stops all night. Christmas Day.
26 – Wind W, some snow through the night. Margaret gone with
Andrew Gordon to Prince Albert. George gone to Prince Albert.
Lizzie gone to T. Duffs. Annie gone to T. Duffs. Wm. and Robert
gone to Port Perry. Wm. McMillan here getting subscription for
Globe. Wm. Ledingham here in the evening to pay John.
Mother at Mr. Lukes in the evening.
27 – Wind SW, cold day. George at home. Wm. breaking the
sideline. Self at Brooklin for coverlets. Afternoon George gone
to Mr. John Leasks to thresh.
28 – Wind NW, snowing some. Margaret and Lizzie washing.
Mother gone to James Walkers. Wm. at Greenbank. John doing
nothing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon self cleaning out the
shop. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry with cordwood. George
Boddie and Mr. Luke here in the evening.
29 – Wind N, very hard frost. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
chopping cordwood for Mr. Boddie. Self choring. Afternoon self
threshing pease. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John chopping
wood for Mr. Boddie. Lizzie gone to T. Duffs and A. Gordons for
a short time. Andrew Gordon here with his cutter asking hands
to dinner and New Years day. Mr. Henry Love here wanting
Lizzie for a month but could not get her. Wesley Luke here in the
evening.
30 – Wind S and snowing some. Self threshing pease. Wm.
fixing Andrews fiddle bow. John doing nought. Mother baking.
Afternoon self writing a letter. Andrew Gordon takes Lizzie
Chalmers to Walter Aslings. John goes to John Gordons for the
papers.
31 – Wind NW, snow drifting a little. Self threshing pease. Wm.
and Robert at Port Perry with wood. John chopping for Mr.
Boddie. Mother churning. Afternoon self splitting wood. Wm. at
Port Perry. John at wood. George comes home with machine,
the threshing being all done. Machine laid up in the shop.
Meeting of candidates for councilor at Greenbank. Mr. Major
having promising to account for the money he expended on the
east sideline, but said nothing about it though reminded of it.
Wm. and George at the meeting.
And so ends the year 1870.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1871
JAN. 1 – Wind S. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Wm., John, George, Margaret, Barbara, Robert
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching
from 2nd
Timothy [?]. Collection $1.80. Lizzie Chalmers here in
the afternoon.
2 – Wind SW, rather soft day. Self, Wm., John and Robert at
Greenbank at election. Voted for Gordon for reeve, Holman and
Ewers deputy town councilors. Afternoon very stormy, snow
drifting badly. John and George at John Gordons.
3 – Wind SW, snow drifting. Self writing. George at Mr. Phairs.
Rest doing nothing. Afternoon self in the shop. Breeze with
Mother and [?] about the carpet. Wm. and George threshing
pease. John at F. Duffs. Some word that A. Gordon is elected
reeve by 80 majority.
[From this point onward there are very few margin notes in the
original manuscript.]
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self splitting wood. George at James
Walkers wood bee. Wm. and John clearing the road of snow.
Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John and George at
James Walkers bee. Self bought a sewing machine from I. C.
Pilkey for 18 dollars payable in 9 months. Hannah S. Rundle,
Helena Kevil and Pascoe Luke here in the evening.
5 – Wind S, looking like a thaw. Wm. at Port Perry with wood.
George gone to Brock collecting money. John chopping wood
for George Boddie. Self threshing pease. Afternoon Wm. at Port
Perry with wood. John chopping wood for George Boddie. Self
choring. Wm. at James McMillans singing. George arrives from
Brock and got no money. Great fight between Newton Asling
and John Matthews. N. Asling used up entirely.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing of consequence. Set horse
power into the shop. Afternoon self, Wm., John, George and
Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Douglas preaching from
1st
John V:16,17 on the grace of assurance. Lizzie takes her
baby to T. Duffs.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and George gone to Port Perry with
wood. John chopping wood for Mr. Boddie. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon self auditing school accounts. Wm. at Port Perry with
wood. George at Greenbank to get [?] but did not. John in
house having bruised his foot with a stick of wood.
8 – Wind E, cold day. Communion at Presbyterian Church. Self,
Mother, Wm., John, George and Robert at it. Mr. McArthur
preaching from John XII:32. Collection five dollars. Church not
very full. Anniversary of the Primitive Methodist, Greenbank.
Wm. at A. Leasks in the afternoon practicing singing for
missionary meeting on Tuesday. Wm. and John at Port Perry in
the evening to hear Mr. Smith of Bowmanville.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Wm., and John taking in turnips.
Robert at school. Afternoon self, George and John at turnips.
Allen Byers here wanting money from George. James Gordon
here for well rope. Wm. Gordon here about the machine paying.
George [?] in the evening. Wm. and John at Greenbank to hear
Rev. Mr. Boyle lecture on the history of the [?]. Admission 15
cents. Lecture in Primitive Methodist Church.
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10 – Wind S, snowing some. Self, Wm., George and John [?]
pigs. Robert at school. Afternoon nothing doing. Evening self,
Mother, Wm., John, George, Margaret, Robert and Annie at
missionary meeting at Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cameron of
Beaverton and Mr. Currie of Manilla present. Collection seven
dollars and fifty cents. Collectors appointed to go round and take
subscriptions for Home Missions and Knox College. Barbara
Michie and Miss Peat for all north of the 11th
concession.
Isabella Gordon and Margaret Leask for the rest.
11 – Wind S, soft day. George at Greenbank. Self at school
meeting. Self appointed auditor for section. George the finding
of 8 cords of wood for $1.40 per cord. Wm. and Robert at Port
Perry with wood. Afternoon self headache. George gone to the
wood. John at Prince Albert at Division Court. Wm. clearing our
road. A. Leask beats I. Lee in court and receives $25 and [?].
12 – Wind SW, fresh day. Wm. gone with wood. George
chopping wood. John sore toe. Self at Greenbank with a pig
and sold it to Edward Phoenix at $6.25 per hundred [?]. Receive
a letter from Auchmull dated Dec. 14, 1870. Afternoon Wm.
gone with wood. George chopping wood. Self splitting wood.
[?]. Self, Wm., Margaret and [?] missionary meeting.
13 – Wind S, fresh day. George gone to Oshawa to pay note on
threshing machine. John sore toe. Self cutting meat. Afternoon
self cutting pork. Wm. at woods. John writing letter.
14 – Wind NE, raining some. George at woods. Wm. and Robert
gone to Port Perry for boots. John in house. Self splitting wood.
Mother some sick. Afternoon George at woods. Wm. mending
Mr. Lukes sleigh. John writing. Self reading newspapers.
Margaret scrubbing the floor. Still raining.
15 – Wind SE with sleet. Wm. and Robert at Sunday School.
Wm., George, Margaret, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian
Church. Still raining some. Barbara here all night. Some
dispute between Wm. and her about behaving at singing.
16 – Wind N, fine day. George gone to woods. Wm. gone to Mr.
McMillans with Barbara. Self splitting wood. John writing. Self
at Greenbank with sleigh to get shoes on. Mother at John
Gordons and Annie with her. Wm. and John at Port Perry at the
Church of England Missionary meeting. Robert at school.
Missionary collectors here today – Margaret Leask and Isabella
Gordon.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at school. Self at Mr. Boddies,
Mr. Walkers and Mr. A. Gordons and Mr. John Gordons for the
ministers salary but got nothing. Wm. drawing wood. George
and John in the woods. Afternoon Wm. drawing wood through
the swamp. George & John at woods. Self doing nought.
Mother churning. Byam, pedlar, here tonight.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. George
and John at A. Gordons wood bee. Robert at school. Self some
sick. Annie sick. Margaret washing. Mother baking. Afternoon
Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John & George at A. Gordons bee.
Self fencing straw stack. Mary Nicol and Georgina Luke here.
19 – Wind E, dull cloudy day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
at Boddies wood. George chopping school wood. Robert at
school. Annie some better. Mr. McArthur here to dinner.
Afternoon George at school wood. John at Mr. Boddies wood.
Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Mrs. Luke and Mrs. John Leask, 3
daughters and one son here visiting.
20 – Wind S, rather soft day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
at Mr. Boddies wood. George at school wood. Robert at school.
Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John at Boddies.
George at Greenbank for sleigh. Self making axe. Miss Ann
Gordon and Miss Jane Gordon here visiting.
21 – Wind S, snowing some. Wm. at Port Perry with wood.
George at Prince Albert with wood for James [?]. John cutting
cedar. Self in the woods. Afternoon John in cedars. Wm. at
Port Perry. Self splitting wood. Still snowing.
22 – Wind N, cold day. Noone at Sunday School. Wm. and John
at Presbyterian Meeting. Margaret at Primitive Methodist
Meeting. Mr. Tarrant preaching.
23- Wind E, very cold day. Wm. in house. John in the woods.
George at Greenbank with wood. Self doing nothing. Mother
fixing pig heads. Afternoon still cold. George at mill with a grist.
John at rails. Self doing nothing. Henry Love here wanting
wood. Ink frozen all day.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. George drawing school wood. Wm.
drawing wood across the creek. John at cedar. Self making
road for rails. Afternoon George at the sawmill loading up
lumber. John at cedar rails. Wm. at wood drawing. Self at road.
Mrs. A. Gordon and Mrs. J. Walker here visiting. Wesley Luke
here in the evening talking horses.
25 – Wind N, cold clear day. George gone to Oshawa for elm
lumber. Afternoon John and Wm. at cedar. Self at mill for grist.
Margaret at James Walkers and Gordons visiting. George
arrives home at 8 o’clock.
26 – Wind E, very cold day. Wm. mending road. John, George
and self at cedar. Afternoon Wm. drawing cordwood. Self and
George drawing out cedar. John splitting rails. Still cold.
27 – Wind NW with showers of snow. George drawing school
wood. Wm. and John at rails. Self drawing wood. Afternoon
John at rails. George drawing school wood. Self drawing wood.
Wm. gone to Mr. Jacobs hunting money. Mrs. John Gordon and
Mrs. McLauchlan here visiting.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Self drawing rails. George at school
wood drawing. John at rails. Wm. at Mr. [?], Mr. J. Leasks and J.
Gordon Jrs. hunting money. Mr. A. Stone here to buy cattle.
Bought none. Afternoon Wm. drawing wood to Port Perry.
George drawing wood to the school house. John at rails. Self
making road to rails. Barbara here all night.
29 – Wind SW, snowing some. Wm., Robert, Margaret, Barbara
and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, George, Barbara,
Margaret, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Heb. VIII:3. Wm. and John at Primitive
Meeting in the evening.
30 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. gone to Port Perry with wood.
George, John and self drawing hay. Robert at school. James
Cochrane brings a ram for 7 dollars. Afternoon Wm. at wood.
George, John and self at hay. Self at trustee meeting at
Presbyterian Church. Wm. at J. Cochranes. Heard of
capitulation of Paris.
31 – Wind SW, mild day. Robert and Annie at school. Self
writing letter to A. Mitchell. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
in the woods. George making bunk for sleigh. Afternoon raining
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some. George at mill with 2 elm logs. John in the woods awhile
but comes home for rain. Wm. at T. Phairs in the evening. John
and George at Panorama, Greenbank.
FEB. 1 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Wm. at Greenbank to see Mr.
Robert Murta. John in woods. Self and George drawing rails.
Robert and Annie at school. Margaret washing. Afternoon all at
rails. Wm. and Annie at Greenbank at Panorama. Mother
visiting at Robert Phairs.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Greenbank to see Mr. R.
Murta. Self, John, and George at rails. Robert and Annie at
school. Afternoon self, Wm., John, George at rails. Mr. Robt.
Murta here to see Wm. about the land.
3 – Wind NW. Robert at school. Wm., John and George at rails.
Self fencing straw stack. Afternoon self at Greenbank with
horses to shoe. George at rails. John and Wm. chopping wood.
Mother and Annie visiting at Jas. Walkers and George Boddies.
Very high wind and the snow [?].
4 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. drawing wood. John and George
chopping wood. Self making post to barn door. Afternoon still
cold. Wm. drawing wood to Port Perry. John and George
chopping wood. Self doing nought. Mother baking. Margaret
scrubbing.
5 – Wind N, very cold morning. No one from here at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and Barbara at Presbyterian
Church. Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb. XIII:4 on marriage.
John Wagner and Barbara here to dinner. Mary Jane Luke here
in the afternoon. Still very cold.
6 – Wind W, very cold. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. George
and John in the woods. Self doing nought. Robert at home for
cold. James Gordon here for Garibaldi to Barbara. Afternoon
Wm. and George at Port Perry with wood. John chopping wood.
Self making shaft to jumper. Wm. at singing in the evening. Self
at meeting at Presbyterian Church on financial matters. 20
dollars not paid yet on ministers salary and 6 dollars lacking after
that is paid. John and George at A. Gordons.
7 – Wind W, dull morning. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
chopping wood. George drawing cordwood out of the bush.
Robert at school. Self at cutter shaft. Afternoon Wm. at Port
Perry with wood. John and George chopping wood. Self making
reach to bobsleighs. James Walker here for milk. Chester
Asling and Joseph Real here begging for Wesleyan Missions.
Wm. at Mr. Geo. Boddies in the evening.
8 – Wind S, snowing some. Robert at school. Wm. at Port Perry
with wood. George drawing wood out of the bush. John
chopping wood. Self making jumper shaft. Harry [Gouto ?] and
another man here and bought 2 heifers at 36 dollars each.
Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. George drawing wood
out of the bush. John at Greenbank to see what H. Hall is to do
with his note of $100. Self doing nothing. Mrs. Walker here with
2 dollars for ministers salary. Self, Mother, George and Margaret
at social at A. Leasks. 31 dollars collected.
9 – Wind SE, snowing some. Robert and Annie at school Wm. at
Port Perry with wood. George and John chopping wood. Self in
the woods. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John and
George chopping wood. Self making whiffletrees. Stormy
evening, wind NW.
10 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Robert at school. John and
George chopping wood. Wm. drawing out wood from his fallow.
Self doing nought. Wesley Luke here wanting seed pease and
barley to buy. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. George
drawing wood out of the bush. John chopping wood. Self doing
nought. Mr. Ledingham here paying John.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry with
wood. John and George chopping wood. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Wm. at John Leasks. John and George chopping
wood. Margaret scrubbing. Self doing nought. John Walker
here in the evening.
12 – Wind E, and snowing. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Sunday School, nobody at Presbyterian Meeting. Georgina Luke
and Miss Miller here in the afternoon. Still snowing from the
east.
13 – Wind SW, beautiful day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
chopping wood. George at the sawmill with 2 elm logs. Robert
at school. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and George at
Brock. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self at Greenbank with 2
heifers to Henry Gout. John Gordon here in the evening for stud
horse money.
14 – Wind NE, bleak day. George at sawmill with elm logs. John
chopping wood. Wm. hauling wood out of his fallow. Self at
Manchester Fair. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood.
George drawing wood out of the bush. John chopping wood.
Robert & Annie at school. Wesley Luke here in the evening
playing dominoes.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at school. Wm. at Port Perry with
wood. John and George chopping wood. Self making wood
rack. Wm. Real Jr. here to buy wood. Afternoon Wm. at Port
Perry with wood. John and George chopping wood. Self doing
nought. Pickle [?] the tinker, here in afternoon.
16 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Wm. and Pascoe Luke fanning
barley. George drawing wood out of the bush. Self, Mother and
Annie at Brock. Afternoon John and George chopping wood.
Wm. and Robert at concert at Greenbank. 14 of an audience.
17 – Wind SW, mild day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John and
George chopping wood. Self threshing pease. Mrs. Peter
Martineau here. Afternoon Wm. and John chopping wood.
George drawing out wood. Self at Greenbank for papers. Wm.
gets a letter from R. Murta to pay McKay.
18 – Wind NW, stormy day. Fanning oats. Afternoon Wm., John,
& George fanning oats. Self doing nought. Robert making
picture frames. Mother mending Annies boots. High wind and
snow drifts.
19 – Wind SW, snowing some. Nobody at S. School. Roads
closed by snow. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., John, George and self taking in
turnips. Button pedlar here. Mrs. Hadden and her son here
visiting. Afternoon drawing turnips. George takes home Mr.
Boddies oats that was borrowed in the fall. Self, Wm., John &
Margaret at social in the Presbyterian Church, Port Perry. 26
dollars collection.
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21 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John & George chopping
cordwood. Robert at school. Self at Byers to pay him for logging
in summer. Henry Love here wanting the boys. Afternoon Wm.,
John and George chopping cordwood. Self threshing pease.
22 – Wind NE, cold clear day. Wm. sore back. John chopping
cordwood. George gone to Uxbridge for lumber. Self threshing
pease. Robert and Annie at school. Margaret washing. Henry
Love had a bee drawing wood today. Afternoon Wm. sore back.
John chopping cordwood. Self mending sleigh. Barbara and
Isabella Michie here all night.
23 – Wind N, looking like a storm. Wm. gone with Barbara to J.
McMillans. John and George chopping wood. Self putting
lumber in barn. Robert at school. Afternoon George drawing out
cordwood. Wm. and John chopping wood. Self doing nought.
Isabella Michie leaves for home. Henry Buel and D. Till here
begging for Ed Cragg.
24 – Wind SE, soft day. Robert and Annie at school. Wm., John
and George in the woods. Self doing nought. Mrs. Jas. Walker
here. Mother churning. Afternoon Wm., John and George
chopping wood. Self splitting wood. Received a letter from
[Barthle Chaples?] Old Meldrum.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and John chopping wood. George
drawing wood. Self threshing pease. Afternoon Wm. and
George at Mr. Orsers sale. John chopping wood. Annie at A.
Gordons. Self taking snow off the turnip pit. Margaret scrubbing.
Mother baking.
26 – Wind NW, dull day, threatening snow. Wm., Margaret,
Robert and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John,
Margaret, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Heb. XIII:9-15. Hector McLauchlans
son baptized, named John.
27 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Wm. and John at the woods.
George a boil on his hand. Robt. and Annie at school. Self
writing letter to I. Arthur. Afternoon Wm. and John at woods.
Self writing. Received a letter from Wm. Michie, Grays Hill,
Foveran.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John in the woods. George at
Greenbank. Annie at school. Robert head ache. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon John drawing out wood. Wm. chopping wood.
George gone to Brock with Andrew Gordon. Self threshing
pease. Mrs. Jas. Walker and Mrs. A. Gordon here in the
afternoon. George not home all night.
MAR. 1 – Wind W, rather stormy, not very cold. John chopping
wood. Annie at school. Wm. gone to Port Perry with Barbara.
Self threshing pease. Allan Byers here wanting Wms. cutter but
did not get it. George arrives from Brock. Afternoon John at
woods. Self threshing pease. Margaret washing. Mother
choring. Juvenile singing class at Greenbank tonight. Annie at
it. Robert wanting to go to it. George Boddie here in the evening
with 2 dollars for the minister.
2 – Wind SE, rather cold. Wm., John & George in the woods.
Annie at school. Self at mill with 6 ½ bushels wheat to grind.
Afternoon raining some. Wm., John & George at woods. Self
writing. A. Gordon here for Mr. Duffs sleigh. Mother gone to
John Gordons visiting. Wm. and Margaret at Greenbank to
singing class. Thunder through the afternoon.
3 – Wind N, raining some. Self, George, Wm. fanning wheat. 35
bushels. John doing nought. Weather clearing off. Afternoon
John, Wm., and George at the woods chopping wood. Self at
the mill for grist. Mother and Annie at T. Duffs visiting. Wesley
Luke here in the evening playing dominoes.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. John drawing wood out. Wm. and
George chopping wood. Self splitting wood. Mrs. Martineau
here. Mr. Arksey here too. Afternoon George drawing wood.
John & Wm. chopping wood. Self threshing pease. Mrs.
Martineau buys the old sewing machine for 7 dollars and takes it
away.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Margaret and Annie at S. School.
A. Michie and Mrs. Michie and [?] here. John, George, Margaret
at Greenbank to Primitive Methodist Church.
6 – Wind SW, dull cloudy day. Wm., John and George in the
woods. Self doing nought. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm.
chopping wood. John & George sawing hemlock logs. Self
drawing wood. Wm., Margaret and George at concert,
Greenbank.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. chopping wood. John and George
sawing hemlock. Self drawing wood. Afternoon John and
George chopping wood. Wm. felling trees. Self drawing wood.
Wesley Luke here in the evening playing dominoes.
8 – Wind S, fresh day. Wm., John and George taking out timber
for Edward Phoenix. Self drawing wood. Margaret washing.
Annie at school. Afternoon Wm., John and George taking out
timber. Self drawing wood. Meeting at Greenbank on politics.
9 – Wind S, very fresh, snow going fast. Wm., John and George
taking out timber. Self splitting wood. Annie at school. Old Mr.
Jacobs here to see Wm. Afternoon Wm., John and George at
timber. Self choring round. No papers came tonight.
10 – Wind W, fine day, still thawing. Wm., John & George taking
out timber. Self laying up fence gaps. Afternoon some boy on
horseback here for a goose. Wm., John & George at timber.
Self at Robert Phairs asking for seed wheat but got none.
Robert at Greenbank for the papers. Mother making pants.
Margaret choring.
11 – Wind N. Wm. making axe handle for John. John in the
woods. George at Greenbank. Self doing nought. Afternoon [?]
nothing doing. Pascoe Luke over.
12 – Wind N and snowing. Wm. and Robert at Sunday School.
A. Gordon here doctoring Georges horse. Barbara comes here
from school. Mary Nicols here. Nobody at meeting.
13 – Wind S, warm day. George at Thomas Phairs chopping
wood. Wm. at Jas. McMillans with Barbara. John at Saintfield
Fair. Self at Wm. Reals to get seed wheat. Afternoon Wm.
chopping wood. Self doing nought. Georges horse some better.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. George at Thos. Phairs chopping wood.
Wm. and John in the woods. Self drawing wood. Jas. Gordon
here for his broadaxe. Afternoon John in the woods. Wm. in the
woods. Self doing nought. Mr. R. Phair borrows the saw set.
Wesley Luke brings home the sleigh.
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15 – Wind E, cold morning. Wm. at Mr. Lukes well. John in the
woods. George at Thos. Phairs cordwood. Self at Wm. Reals
about seed wheat. Wm. Lee here with a waggon for wood.
Afternoon heavy rain with some snow from the east. Nought
doing.
16 – Wind E, threatening rain. Nothing doing. Afternoon Wm. at
Mr. Lukes well. John at woods. George at Thos. Phairs wood.
Self doing nought.
17 – Wind W, rather rainy. Wm. at Mr. Lukes well. John in the
woods. George at Thos. Phairs wood. Self in own wood.
Afternoon Wm. and George in the woods. John gone to
Greenbank to get boots mended and papers. Mr. Perkins brings
a load of hay and sticks in John Gordons [?].
18 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and George at wood. John tapping
trees. Self letting off water. Mrs. Walker here and borrows 2
dollars. Afternoon Wm. and George in the woods. John boiling
sap. Self piling wood. Mary Gordon here in the afternoon
visiting. Pascoe Luke here playing dominoes.
19 – Wind NW, hard frost, cold morning. Wm. and Margaret at
Sunday School. Jane Gordon here to dinner. Wm. and George
at Presbyterian Church. Margaret at A. Gordons.
20 – Wind E and cold. Wm., John and George in the woods. Self
fixing cistern pump. Mother spinning. Annie sick. Afternoon
Wm. and George in the woods. John and Robert boiling sap.
Self putting the waggon together.
21 – Wind W, cold day. Wm., John and George at the woods.
Self at Greenbank and voted for Paxton. Margaret at Greenbank
with eggs. Afternoon Wm. and John at Greenbank. George at
the woods. Self doing nought. George Michie died 1869.
22 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm., John and George at the woods.
Self down at the creek. Margaret washing. Mother baking.
Afternoon Wm. in the woods. John and George drawing out
wood. Self doing nought. Mother and Mrs. Asling visiting at Mr.
Lukes. Miss Nicol and Miss Mary Real here.
23 – Wind N and some snow. Wm., John, George and self
drawing out wood. Mother spinning. Afternoon Wm., John,
George and self drawing out wood. Mary Jane and Georgina
Luke here in the evening.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. at Greenbank. George and John
drawing out wood. Self at Greenbank with some wood to Mrs.
Bunker. Mother at Mrs. Lukes quilting. Afternoon Wm. and
George in the woods. Self cutting wood. Mr. Arksay here about
Wms. land. Mrs. John Gordon here for milk. John drawing rails
for Jas. Walker.
25 – Wind N, very clear day. Wm. and John in the woods. Self
and George taking away the line fence. Afternoon Wm. mending
George Boddies harrow. John in the woods. Self and George
drawing rails for line fence. Margaret visiting at Mr. Phairs.
26 – Wind NW, dull day. Wm., Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., George and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb. XIII:18.19.
Speaking of leaving off preaching for 3 months.
27 – Wind NE, 6 inches of snow. George and John in the woods
drawing out sawlogs. Wm. doing nought. Self writing letter to
James Tough. Afternoon George and John gone to the sawmill
with 2 basswood logs. Wm. in the woods. Self digging snow.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John, George and self drawing turnips.
Wm. fixing buckboard. Afternoon John boiling sap. George in
the woods. Wm. painting buckboard. Self doing nought. Miss
Jean Gordon here visiting. John, George and Margaret at John
Gordons in the evening.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., John, George, Robert and self
drawing turnips. Mrs. Walker here. John Gordon flitting.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. and John in the woods.
George at Mr. Boddies raising. Self doing nought. Pickle, the
tinker, here fixing eave troughs. Georgina Luke here all night.
John Gordon moved this day.
30 – Wind S, dull and looking like rain. Wm. and John in the
woods. George gone with a load to Mr. Luke. Self doing nought.
Pickle leaves for Mr. Moons. Afternoon Wm. at woods. John
boiling sap. Self taking dung off the turnip cellar. Margaret
visiting at Mr. Duffs. Mr. E. Luke moves this day.
31 – Wind NE, cold day. Wm. and John in the woods. Self and
Robert dipping sheep with Bentleys Tick Exterminator. James
Gordon, Jun. here for the square to Wm. Gordon. Afternoon
Wm. and George at the woods. John boiling sap. Self at
Greenbank for the papers and to get a shoe put on the black
mare.
APR 1 – Wind SE, drizzling snow. John in the woods. Wm. and
George at sawmill piling lumber. Self at Port Perry with Mrs.
Walker to the lawyer. Paxtons sale of horses today. Got home
at 7 o’clock.
2 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. and Margaret at Sunday School.
Wm., George and Margaret at Meeting. Collection for French
Mission.
3 – Wind NE, dull day, threatening rain. Wm., John and George in
the woods. Self boiling sap. Afternoon Wm. at George Boddies
house. John and George in the woods. Self boiling sap.
4 – Wind SE, fine drying day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies house. John
and George in the woods. Self fencing. Mrs. Belford here to
dinner. Afternoon Wm. at Boddies house. John and George in
the woods. Self at fence. Mrs. R. Phair here visiting. Margaret,
George and Robert at Exhibition, Greenbank.
5 – Wind NW, cold with hard frost. Wm., John and George at the
woods. Self fencing. Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. at
George Boddies house. John and George in the woods. Self at
fence. Mother and Annie visiting at James Walkers, George
Boddies and A. Gordons.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at George Boddies house. John and
George in the woods. Self at fence. Mr. Clemens here wanting
the road scraper. Afternoon Wm. at Boddies house. John and
George in the woods. Self boiling sap.
7 – Wind W, very warm day. Wm. at Boddies house. George
and John drawing wood. Self at fence. A. Michie here. Mother
gone to James Walkers. Elizabeth Walkers baby being dead.
Afternoon Wm. at Boddies house. John and George drawing
wood. Self at funeral. Lizzie Chalmers comes here on a visit.
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8 – Wind SE, fine warm day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies house. John
and George in the woods. Self boiling sap. Afternoon Wm. at
Mr. Boddies house. George and John in the woods. Self
fencing. Miss Ann Gordon here for tar and Lizzie Chalmers
leaves with her for Mr. Duffs. Wm. at Saintfield to Mr. McKays.
John at Greenbank in the evening.
9 – Wind SW, rather dull. Wm., Margaret and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Wm., George, Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Heb. XII:22. Collection
$1.70.
10 – Wind N, dull day, looking like rain. Wm. gone to Manchester
to meet Mr. Arksey about land. John at Peter Martineaus for a
calf. George drawing logs out of field. Self mending boots.
Afternoon John and George gone to Mr. Clemens barn raising.
Self clearing out the shade to get in the sleighs. Robert at
Greenbank for [?].
11 – Wind SW, rainy morning. Wm. at Mr. Boddies house but
comes home again. George splitting rails. Self and John at
Manchester Fair. Afternoon Wm. at G. Boddies house. George
draws a load of turnips to Alex. Gordon.
12 – Wind W, cold and stormy. Wm. at George Boddies house.
John at woods. George gone with grist to mill and brings home
seed wheat from Wm. Reals. Self spreading dung in the
orchard. Robert and Annie at school. Margaret washing.
Afternoon Wm. at Mr. Boddies house. John and George fencing.
Self making sheep pens. Margaret, Wm., and George at
Greenbank singing class.
13 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. at Boddies house. John making
butter. George plowing. Self fencing. Annie at school.
Somebody’s dog here. Afternoon Wm. at George Boddies house.
George plowing. John splitting rails. Self at fence. Mother
making smock to John. Wm. at Robert Phairs in the evening.
14 – Wind NW, frosty morning. Wm. at the woods. John at
woods for sap dishes. George plowing. Self at fence. Annie at
school. Ewe lambed since last night, 2 rams and 1 ewe. Black
ewe lambs 2 lambs, 1 alive ewe. Afternoon Wm. at woods. John
at fence. George plowing. Self at mill for grist. Robert at
Greenbank.
15 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm. at woods. George plowing. John
and self drawing rails. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Wm. at
Greenbank. George plowing. Self and John drawing rails.
Margaret gone to A. Michies, Brock. Miss Jane Gordon here.
Ewe lambed 2 lambs.
16 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. and Annie at Sunday School.
Margaret not home from Brock. Barbara here to dinner. Self,
Wm., John, Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur preaching from the 3 last verses of Hebrews. Mary
Nichol here in the evening.
17 – Wind NW, rather cold for growth. Wm. in the woods.
George plowing. Self and John drawing rails. Annie at school.
Margaret comes home from Brock and George Michie with her
for Dan horse. Afternoon Wm. and George at Duncan McMillans
raising. John plowing. Self fencing. Ewe lambed 2 lambs, ewe
and ram. Margaret at quilting at McMillans.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Wm. at Harringtons, Greenbank, to
plaster. John gone to the Nipissing Railway. George plowing.
Self picking potatoes. Robert gone to James McMillans for
Barbara and her box. Annie at school. Afternoon George
plowing. Self fencing. Barbara and Mother quilting. Mrs.
Perkins here on a visit.
19 – Wind SE, some rain through the night, fine morning. George
plowing. John gone to the railway. Self fencing. Mother and
Barbara piecing quilt. Margaret washing. Robert gone with
John. Annie at Peter Martineaus. Afternoon raining. George
plowing some. Self fixing upstair beds.
20 – Wind S, dull morning and some rain. George plowing and
breaks the plow clevis. Self fixing fences. 2 of Mr. Perkins
daughters here playing. Button pedlar here today. Barbara
dressmaking. Mother making shirts. Afternoon George plowing.
Self fencing. Ewe lambs ram lamb.
21 – Wind S, very dull day and threatening rain. George plowing.
Self fencing. Barbara sewing. Annie at school. George Boddie
Jun. here wanting the stone boat. Afternoon George gone to
Wm. Loves barn raising. Self fencing. Barbara and Margaret at
Mrs. Alex. Leasks quilting bee. 3 quilts going to be up at once.
Black ewe 2 lambs, ram and ewe.
22 – Wind NW, dull day. Wm. and Barbara gone to Greenbank.
George plowing. Self fencing. Ewe lambed 2 rams. Afternoon
George plowing. Self making bars. Barbara gone to visit at
Thos. Phairs and stays all night. Miss Jane Gordon here visiting.
Very cold afternoon.
23 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and Annie at
Sunday School. Wm. and George at Presbyterian Meeting.
Margaret and Barbara at Primitive Methodist Meeting.
24 – Wind S, fine day. George plowing. Wm. gone to Druchans
after money but gets none. Self hauling rails. Annie at school.
Barbara and Mother and Mrs. Martineau sewing. Mr. Park
sowing wheat. Afternoon George plowing. Self at T. Duffs to
buy seed pease. Wm. in the woods. Jean Gordon here wanting
an order from Wm. on J. Wrights for boots.
25 – Wind SW, dull rainy morning. George, Robert & Barbara
gone to Prince Albert Fair. Wm. gone to Greenbank to plaster.
Self doing nought. Afternoon self fencing some. Punk calves a
bull. Ewe lambed 2 lambs, ram and ewe.
26 –Wind S, fine day. George plowing. Self drawing rails.
Margaret washing. Barbara sewing. Annie at school. Afternoon
George plowing. Self at Mr. Thomas Duffs for 10 bushels of
pease. Barbara cleaning up her room. Mother sewing.
Margaret quilting.
27 – Wind SE, rainy morning, not much doing. George making
arms for horse power. Self doing nought. Mr. Clemens here
with a petition to sign to present to the township council for the
sum of 100 dollars for the 12th
concession between lots 19 & 20.
Afternoon George at his arms. A. Gordon here and alters one
yearling and one calf. Still raining. Thunder in evening. Annie
sick.
28 – Wind SE, some rain in the morning. George and self fencing
in the swamp. Barbara washing. Annie some better. Afternoon
George plowing. Self at Greenbank for papers. Margaret at
Greenbank.
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29 – Wind W, showery day. George plowing. Self splitting wood.
Barbara cooking for quilting bee. Afternoon George plowing.
Self fixing sewing machine. Apple trees arrive. Annie Gordon
here visiting. Margaret scrubbing. John arrives from Brock.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., George, Mother, Barbara and
Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
Luke II:8.15. Annie at Primitive Methodist Church. John gone to
railway.
MAY 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. at woods. George harrowing.
Self and Robert planting trees. Afternoon Wm. at woods.
George plowing. Self and Robert planting trees. Bickles man
here for Barbara. Quilting bee on Margarets quilt. Mrs. Gordon,
Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Akhurst, Mrs. Perkins, Alma Perkins and Mrs.
Burton and Mary Nichol at it.
2 – Wind SW, rather dull. Wm. gone to Greenbank to plaster for
R. Harrington. George plowing. Self choring. Annie at school.
Mrs. Jas. Walker here quilting. Afternoon George plowing, self
fencing. Mrs. Boddie here quilting. Quilt finished.
3 – Wind E, rather cold day. Wm. gone to Lindsay with money for
R. Murta. George harrowing. Self sowing wheat. Margaret
washing. Annie at school. Afternoon George plowing. Self
planting potatoes. Lizzie Bunker here. Wm. and Robert gone to
Lindsay.
4 – Wind E, rainy day. Nought doing of any consequence.
George fixing at threshing machine. Self writing letter to Helen
Tough. The women all sewing. Afternoon still raining. George at
machine. Self fixing sewing machine.
5 – Wind SE, dull day. George and self drawing straw and hay
from George Boddies. Pascoe and Wesley Luke here to dinner.
Afternoon George plowing. Self at drain. Margaret gone with
Mrs. Bunker to Greenbank for the papers. Received the Peoples
Journal from Scotland and mailed a letter to Helen Tough,
Auchmull.
6 – Wind N, fine day. George plowing. Self in the garden.
Afternoon George plowing. Self in garden. Margaret scrubbing.
Mother planting onions. R. Eddy, assessor, here. Wm. and
Robert come home from Lindsay. John arrives from the railway.
7 – Wind NW, blustering cold day. Margaret & Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Wm., John and George at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur preaching from 2 Corinthians XIII:9. My strength is
made perfect in weakness. John leaves for the Nipissing
Railway.
8 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. gone to plaster at R. Harringtons,
Greenbank. George harrowing. Self sowing wheat and oats.
Afternoon George plowing. Self draining.
9 – Wind N, fine day, though rather cold. George plowing. Self
and Robert at Manchester Fair with mulley steer. Annie at
school. Afternoon George plowing. Mother at Mr. Akhursts
visiting.
10 – Wind N, droughty cold day, hard frost in the morning.
George harrowing. Self sowing grass seeds. Annie at school.
Afternoon George harrowing. Self sowing pease. McPhails
white cow calved a bull.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. George harrowing. Self sowing oats.
Margaret washing. Annie at school. Afternoon George plowing
on Wms. farm. Self harrowing.
12 – Wind N, fine warm day. George plowing. Self harrowing.
Annie at school. Mother baking. Afternoon George plowing.
Self sowing barley and harrowing. Wm. comes home.
13 – Wind NE, cold day. George plowing. Wm. gone to repair
the west schoolhouse and Robert with him. Self choring. Mother
churning. Afternoon George plowing. Self digging in the
orchard. Margaret scrubbing. Planted some early rose potatoes
in orchard.
14 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm., Margaret & Annie at Union
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., George and Margaret at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Isaiah
XLIV:23.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. and Robert measuring 40 acres of
land for Mr. Arksey. George plowing. Self sowing grass seeds.
Annie at school. Afternoon self and Wm. drawing rails. George
plowing. Robert burning brush. Mother baking.
16 – Wind SW, rather dull day. Wm. sowing oats. George
harrowing. Self harrowing for potatoes and turnips. Annie at
school. Afternoon George harrowing. Wm. sowing. Self
harrowing. Mother at Akhursts. Rain at 4 o’clock, clear by six.
Wm. and Robert at Greenbank.
17 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. and George in fallow. Got 400 lbs of
hay from George Boddie. Self and Margaret at Manchester for
plaster. Mrs. Akhurst here for 10 bushels of potatoes.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. in his fallow. George harrowing.
Self sowing plaster. Annie at school. Afternoon George
harrowing. Wm. burning off. Self sowing plaster.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. in his fallow. Self and George
drawing rails. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. at his fallow. Self
and George fencing.
20 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. in his fallow. George plowing for
potatoes. Self making bars to Wms. farm. Afternoon Wm.
cleaning buckboard and he and Robert gone to Brock for John.
Margaret at Mr. Peter Martineaus. Self helping to fix the sheep
dam.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Margaret, Annie, Wm., George
and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching
from Acts XXIV:25. James Millers son baptized, named James
Andrew. John leaves for the railway.
22 – Wind N, very droughty day. George plowing. Annie at
school. Self, Mother, Wm. and Robert cutting potatoes.
Afternoon George plowing in potatoes. Self, Wm., Margaret and
Robert planting potatoes.
23 – Wind N, cold droughty day. George plowing in potatoes.
Self, Wm., Margaret and Robert planting. Finished at noon.
Afternoon self at James Walkers. George gone to the railway at
Wick to see to get work and Robert with him. Wm. burning his
brush and burns some cordwood and part of the fence. Pascoe
Luke and Wesley Luke here all night. Received a letter from
Barbara.
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24 – Wind S, warm day, frost in the morning. Wm. gone to his
fallow. George gone to Greenbank with the waggon to repair.
Self draining. Afternoon George plowing. Wm. in his fallow.
Self doing nought. Mrs. Elizabeth Akhurst here visiting.
25 – Wind SE, fine warm day. Wm. in fallow. George plowing.
Self and Robert shearing sheep. Annie at school. Mrs.
Martineau here making a dress to Margaret. Afternoon Wm. at
his fallow. George plowing. Self and Robert shearing sheep.
Thunder and rain at six o’clock.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. fencing. George plowing. Self and
Robert planting corn. Annie at school. Mr. Chancy Asling here
for sheep shears. Afternoon Wm. in his fallow. George cutting
thistles in his wheat and oats. Self at Greenbank for the papers.
Mare foaled.
27 – Wind eastward, fine day. Wm., George, Thos. Phair and
Wm. Love logging in Wms. fallow. Self choring. Robert gone to
Centre Mills for Barbara. Afternoon Wm. and party logging. Self
and Mother at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Jamieson preaching
from 2nd
Peter III. Barbara arrives from Brooklin and John from
the railway.
28 – Wind W, warm day. Communion at Brock. Self, Mother,
Wm., John and Barbara at it. Mr. Jamieson preaching from [?].
Margaret and Annie at Brock.
29 – Wind S, very warm. Wm. in his fallow. George and John
gone to the railway. Robert gone to Brock to bring back the
black mare. Self mending old harness. Afternoon Wm. at his
fallow. Self mending old harness. Some rain in the afternoon.
30 – Wind about SW, warm day. Wm. gone with Barbara to
Centre Mills and to Ashburn. Self, Mother and Margaret washing
wool. Annie at school. Mr. Alex. Horne here selling Dominion
churns and potato diggers and insurance agent for the Ontario
Mutual. Afternoon Wm. at his fallow. Self at Greenbank getting
the black mare shoed. Mrs. Akhurst here making the flounce of
a dress.
31 – Wind E, very warm day. Wm. at his fallow. Self plowing.
Mother gone to see John Gordons child. Annie at school.
Afternoon Wm. at his fallow. Self plowing.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at his fallow. Self plowing.
Annie at school. Margaret washing. Hadley, pedlar, here today.
Afternoon Wm. at his fallow. Self plowing. Wm. and Robert at
Greenbank practicing singing.
2 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm. at his fallow. Self, Mother,
Margaret and Robert picking potatoes. Annie at school.
Afternoon Wm. at his fallow. Self and the rest picking potatoes.
3 – Wind S, very warm. Wm. at his fallow. Self at grist mill with
7.10 bushels wheat and 5 bushels potatoes for Henry Cragg.
Mother at John Gordons all night. Afternoon thunder and rain.
Self, Robert and Annie picking potatoes. Margaret scrubbing.
John, George and Wesley Luke arrive from the railway.
4 – Wind S, very warm. Wm. and Margaret at Wesleyan Meeting
as there was not any Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Calder preaching from 1st
Timothy I:15. Monthly collection today. Margaret at Wesleyan
Church in the evening. Shower of hail in the afternoon.
5 – Wind SW, warm day. John, George and Wesley Luke gone
to the Nipissing Railway. Wm. gone to Mr. Wagners for plaster.
Annie at school. Self plowing. A. Michie here with the stud
horse Emulator and put to the red mare. Afternoon self hoeing
potatoes in the orchard. Robert at the Wesleyan tea party,
Greenbank. Margaret at the concert in the evening.
6 – Wind S, warm day. Self at Port Perry with 15 bushels of
potatoes and left 3 bushels with Walter Aslin and 1½ bushels
with Isaac Cragg. Robert hoeing potatoes. Annie at school.
Afternoon Mr. Joseph Bagshaw here for 6 bushels potatoes.
Margaret at Greenbank in the evening practicing singing for the
anniversary. Rain in the evening.
7 – Wind NW, rather warm. Wm. gone to Manchester. Self took
in the cattle off the road and hoeing. Annie at school. Margaret
washing. Mother churning. Afternoon self hoeing. Wm. and
Robert planting some potatoes on Wms. farm.
8 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. at road work on Stillwells division.
Self plowing. Annie at school. Robert hoeing. Afternoon self
and Robert hoeing. Very cold. Christopher Scott, pedlar, here.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. at road work. Self harrowing.
Afternoon self hoeing. Robert at Greenbank for the papers and
to get Wms. horse shoed. Wm., Robert and Margaret at
Greenbank practicing singing.
10 – Wind S and rather high. Wm. at Lukes well. Self and Robert
gathering stones. Afternoon heavy rain. Wm. at Mr. Lukes well.
John and George arrive from the railway. Margaret scrubbing.
Annie and Perkins girls playing.
11- Wind W, some showers in the forenoon. Wm., Margaret and
Robert at Presbyterian Church. Mr. Currie preaching. Annie at
Sunday School. Miss Miller here to dinner. Wm. and Margaret
at English Meeting.
12 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. at Mr. Lukes well. Self and
Robert hoeing potatoes. Pascoe Luke comes to help at well.
Afternoon Wm. and Pascoe at well. Self and Robert at potatoes.
John McGee here asking turnip drill.
13 – Wind NW and cold. Wm. and Pascoe at well. Self at
Manchester and Prince Albert. Miss Edith Bunker here. Annie at
school. Afternoon Wm. and Pascoe at well. Annie at home
playing with Miss E. Bunker.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. and Pascoe at Mr. Lukes well. Self
drilling for turnips. Thos. Phair gets the turnip drill. Mr. Burton
here wanting it. Annie at school. Mr. and Mrs. Luke here.
Afternoon Wm. at Thos. Phairs well. Self drilling and sowing
turnips. Mr. Wm. Lee here wanting turnip drill.
15 – Wind NW, looking like rain. Wm. and Robert at Thos. Phairs
well. Self drilling. Mr. Burton gets the turnip drill. John McGee
here after it and Chancy Asling here wanting it. Annie at school.
Afternoon self drilling. Mother washing. Shower after dinner.
Mr. Whitefield Lee and Mr. John Real here wanting turnip drill.
Wm., Margaret and Robert at Greenbank practicing singing for
the S. S. Anniversary.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. at Thos. Phairs well. Self drilling and
finished. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. at Duffs and Byers.
Self hoeing potatoes. Mr. Burton here wanting turnip drill having
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missowed his turnips on Thursday. Mrs. Perkins here sewing.
Robert at Peter Martineaus asking for a girl for Mrs. Phair, Mary
Nichol having left.
17 – Wind S, frosty morning, fine day. Wm. hoeing potatoes.
Self sowing turnips, finished at 9 o’clock and Mr. R. Phair gets
the drill. Mr. Whitefield Lee here after it. Mr. George Gibson
here to dinner. Afternoon Wm. and Mr. Duff begging for
anniversary. Self hoeing potatoes. Alex. Michie here with stud
horse Emulator. John, George and Wesley Luke arrives from the
railway.
18 – Wind W, dull cloudy day, looking like rain. Wm., Robert,
Margaret and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Wm. John, George,
Margaret, and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Douglas
preaching from Ezekiel XXXVII. [?]Phair got a daughter.
19 – Wind SW, looking like rain. John, George & Wesley Luke
gone to the Nipissing Railway. Wm. and Robert gone to the
West Sabbath School Anniversary. Self hoeing corn. Annie at
school. Mother and Margaret baking and churning. Afternoon
self hoeing potatoes. Mother visiting at Thos. Phairs.
20 –Wind N, some rain in the forenoon. Wm., Thos. Phair, Wm.
Byers and self logging at Wms. fallow. Annie at school. Mrs.
Walker here a short time at noon. Afternoon very fine. All
logging. Wm. and Margaret at Greenbank in the evening
practicing singing.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Wm. and Mr. Byers logging in Wms.
fallow. Annie at school. Afternoon self, Wm., Wm. Byers and
Thomas Phair logging.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. goes to Isaac Clemens for the road
scraper in the morning and then in his fallow. Self and horses on
the road. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. and Robert in the
fallow. Self and horses on the road. Put in 3 ½ days.
23 – Wind N, hazy day, looking like rain. Wm. in his fallow. Self
and horses at road work. All done at noon. Annie at school.
Mother baking for anniversary. Afternoon Wm. at Mr. McGregors
asking Wife McGregor to play the organ at the anniversary. Self
helping to fix the [?].
24 – Wind SE and raining, nothing doing. Mother baking. John,
George and Wesley Luke arrive from the railway. Afternoon
Wm. in his fallow. John at Andrew Gordons getting his hair cut.
George at mill with barley to chop and trades waggon with
Gilbraith. Self hoeing potatoes in the orchard. Wm. and John at
Greenbank in the evening. Cassidy cow, a bull.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Margaret and Robert at [?] in
McC[?] Grove. Annie sick. Pascoe Luke and Louis here to
dinner. Self, George, John, Robert and Margaret at meeting in
the Grove. Mr. Jamieson preaching from Proverbs, training a
child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not
depart from it. Georgina Luke here tonight. Sow littered 7 pigs.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to the railway. Wm.,
Margaret and Robert at Anniversary. George fixing machine.
Annie some better. Afternoon Mother, Annie, and George at
Anniversary. Magic Lantern performance in the evening in the
Wesleyan driving shade [shed?]. 130 dollars took in Sunday and
Monday.
27 – Wind S, fine morning. George and Wesley gone to railway.
Mary Jane Luke and Georgina here all night. Wm. and Robert
branding in the fallow with the black mare. Self scuffling
potatoes. Mary J. Luke and Georgina lets the horse run away
and breaks buggy and the gate. Margaret goes to Greenbank for
papers. Afternoon rain after dinner. Georginas arm hurt.
Pascoe, Mary J. and Georgina start for home at 4 o’clock.
28 – Wind NW, looking like thunder and rain. Wm. sowing turnips
in his fallow. Self hoeing the garden. Mr. Byers here wanting a 2
inch chisel. Mother churning. Afternoon Wm. harrowing his
turnips. Self hoeing potatoes. Mother at Mr. Perkins visiting.
Mr. Asher, pedlar from Port Perry, here. Mr. Scott, pedlar, here.
29 – Wind N, cold showery day. Wm. harrowing his turnips.
Margaret washing. Self hoeing potatoes. Afternoon Wm.
harrowing his turnips. Self and Robert weeding carrots. Mother
sewing.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. George Wallaces
house. Self scuffling potatoes. Robert hilling corn. Mr. George
Carruthers from Epsom here peddling fanning mills and selling
Auburn Harvestors. Afternoon self hoeing potatoes. Robert
gone to Greenbank for papers. Miss Akhurst and Mary Gordon
here at night. Margaret visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
JULY 1 – Wind S, fine day, looking like rain. Self hoeing
potatoes. Robert gone to Brock. Robert Phair here for sticks to
make a turnip drill. Afternoon self hoeing potatoes. Mr. Pilkie
here with a stand to sewing machine. A. Michie here with the
stud horse Emulator for the last time.
2 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Wm. and Margaret at Primitive
Methodist Church. A stranger preaching. John, George and
Annie and Wm. at do in afternoon.
3 – Wind SW, very warm day. Wm. in his fallow. Self hoeing
potatoes. Mother churning. Jas. Walker here for a square to
Wm. Johnston. Afternoon self, Wm., Margaret and Annie at
Primitive Methodist S. School Anniversary. Speakers Messrs.
Pilkey, Tarrant, Flint, Baird and Antliff. Lecture in the evening on
wedlock by Rev. Mr. Antliff. Proceeds 98 dollars.
4 – Wind SE, very dull morning and soon rains. Nothing doing.
Wm. gone home with Thomas Phairs buckboard. Self fixing fork
handle. Mother picking wool. Robert making paper kite.
Afternoon Wm. gone to George Wallaces house. Self and
Robert cutting thistles. Mother and Margaret picking wool.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Self took 2 cows to R. Stillwells bull.
Margaret washing. Mother choring and bad with the rheumatism
in her hip. Afternoon self hoeing potatoes. Mrs. Asling, Mrs. A.
Byers and Mrs. John Byers here visiting. Shower of rain.
6 – Wind S, rather dull. Wm. gone to George Wallaces house.
Self banking up potatoes. Mother in bed all day with
rheumatism. Robert headache. Afternoon self banking
potatoes. Some rain. Mrs. A. Gordon here visiting.
7 – Wind NW, and very high. Wm. gone to S. Byers house. Self
scuffling turnips. Mother still bad with rheumatism. John and
George arrive from the railway, not going to work at it any more
this week. Afternoon self and George cutting thistles. John gone
to Greenbank. Mrs. Boddie and Mrs. Akhurst here. Mrs. Walker
here in the evening.
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8 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Wm. gone to S. Byers house.
Self and George hoeing turnips. John gone to Uxbridge. Wesley
Luke brings home Wms buckboard. Afternoon self and George
hoeing turnips. Wesley leaves after supper. George takes Punk
cow to R. Stillwells bull.
9 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Wm., Margaret and Annie at the
S. School. Self, Wm., John, George and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. A stranger preaching from Matthew VI. Blessed are
they who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be
filled. Margaret at evening meeting at Greenbank.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. gone to Byers house. John and
George gone to the railway. Annie at school. Self hoeing
turnips. Mother picking wool. Afternoon looking like rain. Self
hoeing turnips. Miss Bunker here for black currants.
11 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. gone to S. Byers house. Self
hoeing turnips. Annie at school. Mother picking wool. Afternoon
self hoeing turnips. Mother receives a letter from Mrs. Flint
wanting some currants.
12 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm. at S. Byers house. Self scuffling
turnips. Mrs. Gordon hoeing. Robert and Annie at Port Perry
with Mr. Perkins. Afternoon self and Mrs. Gordon hoeing turnips.
Mr. Perkins cattle in Georges oats. Circus at Port Perry.
13 – Wind S and very warm. Wm. at S. Byers house. Self and
Mrs. Gordon hoeing turnips. Annie at school. Margaret washing.
Mother choring. Skunk eats all the eggs since last night.
Afternoon self and Mrs. Gordon hoeing.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self hoeing
turnips. Annie at school. Wrote a letter to Barbara. Afternoon
self, Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Walker hoeing turnips. Margaret at
Jas. McMillans with currants.
15 – Wind S, fine day, but warm. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house.
Self, Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Walker hoeing turnips. Afternoon the
same. John and George arrive from the railway. George having
sold his horses.
16 – Wind SW, rather dull day. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Annie
at Sabbath School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, George, Robert
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McCulloch preaching
from Proverbs XIV:32. Miss Alma Perkins here. Wm. &
Margaret at English Meeting. Samuel Manning here in the
evening.
17 – Wind N, with showers of rain. John gone to the railway.
Wm. at S. Byers house. George hoeing turnips. Self at R.
Stillwells with Cassidy cow to bull. Robert and Annie in the
woods. Afternoon self and George hoeing out the turnips. Annie
at the other side asking children to picnic.
18 – Wind SW, and very high. Much thunder to the north. Wm.
at S. Byers house. George at Robert Phairs mowing. Self
mowing at home. Mother sewing. Robert and Annie fixing Mr.
Boddies woods for picnic. Afternoon self mowing hay.
19 – Wind NW, some like rain. Wm. gone to S. Byers house.
George mowing. Self and Mother at Port Perry with 2 tubs
butter. Got 21 cents for 4 lbs amounting to $20.79.
20 – Wind NW, looking like rain. Wm. hoeing his turnips. George
fixing the rack. Self and Robert turn hay. James Gordon here to
dinner. Afternoon self, Wm. and George drew 4 loads of hay into
the barn. Juvenile Picnic in Mr. Boddies wood. 26 at it. Lecture
on the Bible Societys operations by Rev. Mr. Manley. Self and
Wm. at it.
21 – Wind NW, looking like rain. Wm. and George mowing. Self
and Robert turning hay. Mother churning. Afternoon Wm.
mowing on his own place. Self, George and Robert drawing hay.
Drew 7 loads in the barn. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
Margaret picking berries.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. and George mowing. Self and
Robert turning hay. Annie at A. Gordons with black currants.
Afternoon Wm. at Joseph Bagshaws raising. Self, George and
Robert drew 6 loads of hay. John arrives from the railway.
Margaret scrubbing.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
English Church. No service at the Presbyterian Church today.
Mrs. R. Phair and Mrs. G. Phair here.
24 – Wind S, clear day. John gone to the railway. Wm. gone to
George Wallace’s to build chimneys. Self and George mowing.
Margaret picking berries. Afternoon self, George and Robert
cocking hay. Mr. Akhurst, 4 young pigs. Mr. Perkins, 3 young
pigs.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Self, George and Robert raking hay.
Margaret picking berries. Afternoon self, George and Robert
drawing hay on Wms. farm. 8 loads altogether.
26 – Wind S, very warm day. George gone to Allan Byers to
arrange about the threshing machine. Self picking weeds among
the potatoes. Margaret washing. Mother baking cakes.
Afternoon George gone to Greenbank with the black mare to
shoe. Self weeding potatoes. Mr. Perkins fetches a bundle of
rolls from Port Perry. Wm. arrives from Mr. G. Wallaces.
27 – Wind W, showers of rain. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house.
Self, George and Robert cleaning out the sheep house. Mother
making pants. Afternoon self fixing upstair beds. George fixing
threshing machine.
28 – Wind N, rather dull. George and Robert gone to Oshawa.
Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self at the cradle makers and Port
Perry.
29 – Wind SE and very gloomy. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house.
George cutting barley. Self weeding potatoes. Mother churning.
Afternoon George cradling barley. Wm. Gordon and Allan Byers
here fixing the horse power. Self raking and binding barley.
John arrives from the railway.
30 –Wind W, warm day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Presents of books given to the scholars. Self,
Mother, Wm., George, Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott preaching from 14:28.
31 – Wind NE, rather dull. John gone to the railway. Wm. gone
to Mr. Byers new house. George cutting barley. Self and Robert
at Mr. Duffs with the Polly heifer to bull. Margaret and Robert
picking berries. Afternoon George scuffling turnips. Self,
Mother, and Annie at Mrs. Williams funeral. Robert picking
berries.
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AUG 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. gone to S. Byers house.
George gone asking threshing. Self hoeing turnips. Margaret,
Robert and Annie picking berries at Robert Phairs. Afternoon
self hoeing turnips. George Anderson here for lambs.
2 – Wind SE, warm day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. George
hoeing turnips. Self and Robert at Greenbank with 12 lambs to
Mr. Anderson. Margaret and Annie picking berries. Afternoon
self and George hoeing turnips. Robert and Annie picking
berries. Mr. Duff here wanting oil.
3 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. gone to Samuel Byers house. Self
and George hoeing turnips. Margaret washing. Afternoon self,
George and Robert picking cockle among the wheat. A good
deal of thunder and some rain. Self headache.
4 – Wind SW, very warm. Wm. gone to Byers house. George
scuffling turnips. Self hoeing turnips. Margaret home with sore
foot. Afternoon thunder and rain and much need for it.
5 – Wind NW, droughty day. Wm. hoeing his turnips. George &
Allen Byers working at machine. Self sore back. Afternoon Wm.
at his turnips. George and self hoeing turnips. John arrives from
the railway. Mother gone to Mrs. Boddies confinement.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Mother arrives from Mrs. Boddies, she having got a
daughter. Self, Wm., John, George, Margaret, Robert and Annie
at Presbyterian meeting. Stranger preaching from Ephesians
III:19. Monthly collection $2.41.
7 – Wind S, very warm day and smoky. Wm. hoeing his turnips.
John gone to the railway. Self and George mowing barley.
Margaret and Robert picking berries. Afternoon Wm. at his
turnips. Self and George drawing barley out of orchard. Mother
and Mrs. Perkins visiting at Mr. Boddies.
8 – Wind W, droughty day. Wm. at his turnips. Self and George
hoeing turnips. Robert belly ache. Manchester Fair. Afternoon
Wm. at his turnips and finishes. Self and George finish turnip
hoeing at home. Very smoky afternoon.
9 – Wind N, droughty day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house.
George and Robert at the blacksmiths, Greenbank. Self
mending boot. Margaret washing. Annie at Mr. Perkins.
Afternoon fire in Wms. woods. Wm. at it. Self, George and
Robert raking barley. Miss Jane Gordon here.
10 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Self and
George mowing barley. Robert cutting timothy [?] the fences.
Afternoon self, George, Margaret and Robert drew 8 loads
barley.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. George
gone to mow barley at James Walkers. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon self pulling weeds among the potatoes. Looking like
rain. Robert at Greenbank for the papers.
12 – Wind E, fine day. Self, George and Robert raking barley.
John Leasks boys here wanting George to thresh on Tuesday.
Afternoon self, George, Margaret and Robert drew in 2 loads of
barley. George goes to Isaac Craggs to set threshing machine.
Margaret scrubbing. John arrives from the railway.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Wm., Robert and Annie at Sunday School.
Mother very sick. Wm. and George at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Currie, old Church minister, preaching. Margaret at evening
meeting, Greenbank.
14 – Wind SE, very warm day. Wm. at T. Duffs. George gone to
Isaac Craggs to thresh. Self and Robert at Port Perry with grist.
15 – Wind W, heavy shower after breakfast. Wm. gone to T.
Duffs. George gone to John Leaks to thresh. Self churning.
Afternoon Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Self mending rakes.
Miss Jane Gordon here and Miss Lizzie Akhurst here with yarn
from Mrs. Martineau.
16 – Wind W, very warm, with thunder. Wm. and Robert gone to
Port Perry. Self cutting thistles. Margaret washing. Annie at Mr.
Perkins. Afternoon self cutting thistles in the swamp Howes
Circus at Prince Albert.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Mother gone to A. Leasks. Wm. gone
to Mr. Byers house. Self cutting thistles. Margaret washing.
Afternoon self cutting thistles. George brings Mother home in the
evening.
18 – Wind NW and very high. Wm. at Mr. Duffs. George at Alex.
Leasks threshing. Self at Mr. Perkins barley. Robert at A.
Leasks with order for George. Afternoon self at Perkins barley.
Annie at Greenbank for the papers. Drew in one load of barley
for ourselves.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. gone to Chancy Aslings. George
cradling oats. Self, George, Robert, and Margaret drew 2 loads
of barley which concludes it. Afternoon Wm. at Mr. Aslings oats.
George gone to Brock. Mother at A. Gordons. Margaret
scrubbing. Self doing nought. Robert Phair here in the evening.
John arrives from the railway.
20 – Wind SE, looking like rain. Wm., Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Rain in the afternoon and no one from here at
church. Mother at Mr. Akhursts all night. Mrs. Akhurst being
sick.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. gone to [?]. John gone to the
railway. George gone to Mr. Duffs to thresh. Self cutting pease.
Afternoon self cutting pease and at T. Duffs threshing a while.
Robert at Greenbank with a letter. Mother and Margaret picking
the geese.
22 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and George gone to Thomas Duffs
threshing. Self cutting pease. Margaret washing. Mother
choring. Afternoon self, George and Wm. at Robert Phairs
threshing. Mrs. Thos. Phair here visiting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., George and self at George
Boddies threshing. Margaret at Mr. Akhursts.
24 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Wm., George and Margaret at
Mr. Akhursts threshing. Mother washing. Afternoon Wm. at
Chancy Aslings oats. George cradling wheat and oats.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. at Chancy Aslings oats. George
cradling wheat. Self cutting pease. Robert gathering timothy.
Mother colouring yarn. Afternoon George binding wheat. Self
cutting pease. Robert at Greenbank for papers.
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26 – Wind SE, very dull and looking like rain. Wm. gone to Mr. C.
Aslings. George raking wheat. Self cutting pease. Allen Byers
here consulting with George about threshing. Afternoon raining
a little. Self cut out the pease. George sells the threshing
machine to Allen Byers for 70 dollars and our threshing done. 35
dollars paid 1st
January 1872 and 35 dollars paid 1st
January
1873. Receiving a steer for $15.
27 – Wind NE, rainy morning. Wm., Margaret and Robert at
Sunday School. Wm., George, and Margaret at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Scott preaching. Samuel Manning here in the
evening and Mr. Perkins.
28 – Wind NE, rather dull day. Wm. gone to R. Phairs. George
gone to T. Duffs harvesting. Self binding oats. Mother churning.
Afternoon Wm. at Chancy Aslings oats. Self binding oats. Allen
Byers wants George to take the machine back.
29 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. gone to James Walkers to
cradle wheat. George gone to T. Duffs. Self cradling round
wheat. Comes on rain. Afternoon self at Port Perry for rolls.
Mother at Chancy Aslings visiting. George cuts some oats.
Some rain in the afternoon.
30 –Wind W, fine day. Wm. and George cradling oats. Self
raking wheat. Afternoon T. Duff and his reaper here reaping
wheat. Mr. Perkins, Mr. Robert Phair, Wm., George and self
binding. Slight shower afternoon.
31 – Wind NW, slight showers. Wm. at George Boddies binding
wheat. George cradling oats. Self binding wheat. Afternoon
George cradling wheat. Self binding wheat. Mother at James
Walkers. Robert and Annie turning pease.
SEPT. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to George Boddies.
George cradling oats. Self choring round. Afternoon self,
George, Margaret and Robert drawing and stacking pease. 14
loads. Annie at Greenbank for papers. Mother cooking.
Received Aberdeen Free Press of August 14, 1871.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. George cradling his oats and Wm. with
him. Self raking oats. Afternoon Wm., George and Robert
drawing oats and wheat in. Self raking oats. Wm. goes to meet
John coming from the railway.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. No service at Presbyterian Church. Wm., John,
Margaret, Robert and Annie at English Church.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to the railway. Wm. at Port
Perry. George at T. Duffs. Self binding oats. Afternoon self,
Wm., Margaret and Robert drawing 7 loads of wheat and 2 loads
of oats. Annie watching the gap. Miss Byers and Miss
something here asking Margaret to a quilting at Wm. Stillwells.
5 –Wind SW. Wm. goes to Greenbank for hammer and then to
Mr. George Wallaces to lath. Self, George, Margaret and Robert
draws 7 loads of wheat. Afternoon self and George drawing in
for James Walker. Margaret at quilting at Wm. Stillwells and
quilts till 10 o’clock.
6 – Wind SW, looking like rain. George raking wheat stubble.
Self binding oats. Margaret and Annie gone to Michael
Martineaus with some rolls to spin. Self, George, Margaret and
Robert drew 4 loads of wheat. Rain at noon. Afternoon self
doing nought. George cradling his wheat. Weather clears off
with little rain.
7 – Wind N, fine cool day. George at his wheat. Self binding
oats. Margaret washing. Mother choring. Afternoon George
binding oats. Self binding oats.
8 – Wind W, frost in the night. George, self, Margaret and Robert
drew in flax seed, 1 load of wheat rakings and 3 loads of oats.
Mrs. Boddie here visiting. Afternoon drew 4 loads of oats, 2 for
self and 2 for George. Mother visiting at R. Phairs. Robert at
Greenbank for papers.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self and George binding oats. James
Walker here in the morning for Globe and wool cards to R. Phair.
Afternoon self, George, Margaret and Robert and Annie drew in
3 loads of oats and one of wheat for George. Robert at
Greenbank for hammer. John arrives from the railway and Wm.
from George Wallaces. Looking like rain.
10 – Wind SE, dull morning. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., George, Margaret and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McGregor preaching from 1st
Timothy:11 on the glorious gospel of God.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and John gone to George Wallaces
to lath. George gone to cut James Walkers wheat. Self fixing
the gate. Annie at school. Afternoon self, Margaret, Robert and
Mother drew 2 loads of wheat from Georges farm which
concludes the harvest for 1871. George at Mr. Robert Millers
threshing.
12 – Wind S, fine day. George at James Walkers wheat. Self
and Margaret at Manchester Fair. Annie at school. Afternoon
Mother visiting at Mr. Perkins.
13 – Wind N, cool day. George at Mr. Loves threshing. Self and
Mother at Uxbridge with yarn to George Gibson to weave. Annie
at school. Margaret and Robert at home. Afternoon George at
Mr. Duffs threshing.
14 – Wind S, frost in the morning and cold. George at Mr. Duffs
threshing. Self splitting rails for the hay stack. Annie at school.
Afternoon George began to plow. Self fixing logheaps in the
swap.
15 – Wind E, raining some. George gone to thresh at Mr. Bushs.
Self rolling up log heaps. Rain in the afternoon. George gone to
Wick to the railway. John arrives from George Wallaces, the
lathing being all done. Robert gone with George.
16 – Wind W, rather dull morning. John gone to lath at Belfords
house, Greenbank. George gone to Mr. Bushs threshing. Self
fixing the old clock. Afternoon self plowing. Wm. arrives from G.
Wallaces.
17 – Wind NW, rain through the night. Margaret and Robert at
Sunday School. Wm., John, Margaret and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Currie from Manilla preaching.
18 – Wind S, heavy frost. George and self at Thomas Phairs
threshing. Wm. gone to Greenbank to build a chimney for Mr.
Flint. John and Robert gone to the railway, Wick. Afternoon
John lathing at Belfords house. Annie at school.
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19 – Wind W, thunder and rain through the night. Wm. gone to
Mr. Geo. Wallaces to plaster. John gone to Belfords house.
George gone to the railway at Wick. Self plowing. Mother
washing. Annie at home. Afternoon self plowing.
20 – Wind NW, cold day. Self at Mr. Byers threshing. John at
Belfords house. George still at the railway. Afternoon George at
Mr. Byers threshing.
21 – Wind NE, great frost, fine day. Self and George and horses
at Mr. Byers threshing. A. beggar woman here to dinner. Annie
at school. Wm. Love hurt badly moving David Craggs house.
22 – Wind W, fine day. George, John and self drawing dung.
Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. comes home from Mr. Wallaces
with lime in his eye. John plowing. Self and George at Akhursts
threshing.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self and George at Mr.
Perkins threshing. John plowing. Afternoon self and George at
Perkins threshing. John plowing. Mrs. Akhurst here visiting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sabbath
School. Self, Mother, John, George, Annie and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching from Ephesians
II:18. Wm. at Wm. Loves to see him.
25 – Wind W, looking like rain. Wm. gone to George Wallaces.
John gone to Saintfield to lath. Self and George drawing out
dung. Annie at school. Afternoon self and George and horses at
James Walkers threshing. Margaret at Greenbank.
26 – Wind NW, much rain through the night. George plowing.
Self ditching. Margaret washing. Annie at home. Afternoon
George plowing. Self in the woods. Miss Isabella Gordon and
Miss Margaret Walker here. Miss Akhurst and Miss Mary
Gordon here in the evening.
27 – Wind SW, dull day. George gone to thresh at Mr. Henry
Craggs. Self and Robert plowing. Annie at school. Mrs.
Martineau here making mothers dress. Afternoon self and
Robert plowing. Showery afternoon.
28 – Wind NW, cold day. George plowing. Self and Robert fixing
granary. McPhail white cow dies from eating too many turnips.
Annie at school. Afternoon George harrowing. Self and Robert
at Prince Albert with cowhide. The springboard breaks at the
bridges near Bowls Hill. Margaret at the Bethesda Sabbath
School anniversary with L. Manning.
29 – Wind NW, cold day. George gone with horses and waggon
to bring the buckboard to Greenbank to be mended. Annie at
school. Self asking hands to thresh. Afternoon self and Robert
fixing the granary.
30 – Wind W, fine day. George gone to T. Druchans to thresh.
Wm. Byers here for George. Self and he drawing dung. Robert
at Michael Martineaus for yarn. Afternoon self and Wm. Byers
drawing dung. John and Wm. come home from work.
OCT. 1 – Wind NW, looking like rain. Margaret, Annie and
Robert gone to Sunday School. Self, Wm., George, Robert and
Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
Luke XV:7 and 10.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to George Wallaces. John gone
to Belfords house. George gone to Druchans to thresh. Annie at
school. Self harrowing. Afternoon expecting the threshing
machine. George arrives and the [?] is broken. Robert gone to
tell Allen Byers that we do not want to thresh till Thursday.
George and self and Robert drawing dung.
3 – Wind SW, threatening rain. George, self and Robert drawing
dung. Annie at school. Margaret washing. Afternoon cleared off
fine. George, self and Robert drawing dung.
4 – Wind W, fine day. George, Margaret, John, Robert and Annie
at county fair, Uxbridge. Self at home. Mother at Mr. Michael
Martineaus, his Mrs. being confined. Afternoon self ditching.
Mother twisting yarn. Mrs. Walker here with wheel. Barbara
arrives from Brooklin. Wesley Luke here all night.
5 – Wind W, fine day. George gone to thresh at David Craggs.
John at Belfords house. Self fixing barn door. Wesley leaves for
home. Mother making ready for the threshers. Afternoon self
and Robert dug some potatoes. Threshing machine comes at 4
o’clock.
6 – Wind W, dull day, looking like rain. Threshing T. Phair, Wm.
Akhurst, Samuel Byers, Wm. Byers, 2 George Boddies and
horses here. Mr. Perkins and horses, John and self. Robert
Phair in the afternoon. Mr. George Johnston Everton of
Auchnagatt here on a short visit.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. The same hands threshing til noon.
Afternoon self, John, George and Robert cleaning up after
machine. Barbara gone to Brock with John Belford.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
school. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Margaret and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Tim. II:3.
Collection for French Mission $3.75.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John at Belfords house. Self,
George, Robert, Margaret and Annie at potatoes. Afternoon self,
George, Margaret, Robert and Annie at potatoes. Chicago burnt.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John gone to Belfords house.
George gone to Manchester with wheat and barley. Self and
Robert at potatoes. Annie at school. Margaret washing. Mother
spinning. Barbara arrives from Brock. Afternoon self and Robert
at potatoes. George at potatoes after coming home from
Manchester. Got 50 cents for barley and $1.10 for wheat. Rain
in the evening.
11 – Wind SW, very dull day. Wm. and John gone to Belfords
house. George gone to John Leasks to thresh. Robert and self
at potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes. Mrs. Perkins
and Mrs. Walker here quilting. Barbara and Margaret at Mr.
Akhursts in the evening.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John at Mr. Belfords house.
George at John Leasks. Self and Robert taking in apples.
Barbara scrubbing the floor. Afternoon self and Robert at
apples. Mrs. Perkins here quilting.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Belfords house. John,
George, Robert and self at potatoes. Annie at school. Margaret
gone with Barbara to Manchester. Margaret at A. Leasks paring
bee in the evening.
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14 – Wind SW, very dull day, sprinkling rain. Wm. at Belfords
house. Self at Greenbank to get measured for coat and paid
Jas. Lee blacksmith bill. John, George, Robert and George
Boddie Jun. at potatoes. Afternoon self, John, George, Robert
and George Boddie at potatoes. Rain at night.
15 – Wind W, and very high blowing away everything. Wm. and
Margaret at Sunday School. Wm., John, George, and Margaret
at Presbyterian Meeting.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. William gone to Belfords house. John
gone to Saintfield. Self, George, Robert and George Boddie at
potatoes. Afternoon self, Mother, George, Robert, Annie,
Margaret and George Boddie at potatoes. Margaret at singing in
the evening.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self, George, Robert and George Boddie
at potatoes. Wm. at Belfords house. Afternoon self, George,
Robert and George Boddie at potatoes awhile, then rain.
18 – Wind N, very cold day. Self and George drawing dung.
Annie at school. Margaret washing. Afternoon self, George and
Robert cleaned a load of barley and drawing dung. Pascoe Luke
here in the evening wanting William to dig well.
19 – Wind W, fine day. George at Manchester with 51 bushels of
barley and got 50 cents per bushel. John at Pascoe Lukes well.
Self killing sheep. Annie at school. Afternoon very high wind.
John and Pascoe at well. Self choring. Andrew Gordon here all
night.
20 – Wind N, very cold. John and Pascoe at well. George and
self drawing dung. Annie at school. Afternoon self and George
finish the dung. John and Pascoe finish the well. Paring bee.
34 at it.
21 – Wind S, fine day. John at home. Pascoe leaves for home.
George plowing. Self spreading dung. Afternoon George
plowing. Mother and Robert at Michael Martineaus. Self digging
stumps. James Walker here wanting old harness. John at Wm.
Stillwells raising.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, George, Margaret and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Isaiah IX,
arise shine.
23 – Wind SW. Wm. and John gone to Saintfield. George gone
to Chancey Aslings to thresh. Self plowing. Annie at school.
Afternoon self plowing. Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. George plowing. Self spreading dung.
Annie at school. Mother scouring yarn. Afternoon George
plowing. Self and Robert spreading dung. Pamela Burton here
visiting.
25 – Wind SE, dull morning. George plowing. Self spreading
dung. Margaret washing. Annie at school. Afternoon George
plowing. Self and Robert spreading dung and finished.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. George gone to Mr. Burtons to thresh.
Self plowing. Annie at school. Mother scouring yarn. Afternoon
self plowing. Mr. Perkins brings a grist from the mill which he
borrowed on the 24th
of July. Thunder and rain at 5 o’clock.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. George gone to James Walkers plowing
bee. Annie at school. Self and Robert taking in potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert at the potatoes.
28 – Wind W, rather cold. George, self, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at potatoes. Took in Harrisons 4 loads, 100 bushels.
Afternoon George, self, Margaret, Robert and Annie at potatoes.
5 loads, 125 bushels. Rain at 4 o’clock.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Wm. at Sunday
School. Self, Wm., John, Margaret and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from 1st
Thes. V:21. Prove all
things.
30 – Wind S, dull day. Wm. and John gone to Saintfield. Self,
George, Margaret and Mother at potatoes. 5 loads. Afternoon
self, George and Robert topping turnips. Annie gone to Mr. E.
Lukes.
31 – Wind S, dull day and raining some. Self, George, Mother
and Robert at turnips. Drew 8 loads. Margaret washing.
Afternoon self, Mother, George and Robert at turnips. Drew 14
loads into the pit. Rain in the evening.
NOV. 1 – Wind NW, cold rough day. George gone to the Port,
Whitby and Port Perry railway to see Mr. Fisher. Self digging
turnip pit. Margaret gone to Mr. James McMillans. Robert
topping turnips. Wm. arrives from Saintfield. Singing at
Greenbank tonight. Margaret at it.
2 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Wm. and John gone to [?] to plaster.
George, self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew 8 loads into
pit. Afternoon self, George, Margaret and Robert at turnips.
Drew 6 loads into pit and 1 into root house. Ashes pedlar here to
dinner.
3 – Wind N, frosty morning. Self, George and Robert topping
turnips. George, Mother, Margaret and Robert drew 7 loads into
pit. Afternoon George, Mother, Margaret and Robert drew 7
loads into pit and one into the turnip house. Mr. J.B. Campbell
and Mr. Shier and two others down at the creek.
4 – Wind Easterly, and cold. Self, George, Mother and Robert at
turnips. Drew 11 loads. Afternoon self, George, Mother and
Robert at turnips. Drew 9 loads.
5 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Margaret at Sunday School.
Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur
preaching from Rev. I:6. Isabella Michie here visiting.
6 – Wind N and hard frost. George digging stumps. Self at
Greenbank getting horses shoed. Afternoon self, George,
Mother and Robert at turnips. Drew 4 loads. Margaret at singing
in the evening.
7 – Wind W, frosty morning. George gone to Greenbank to Dr.
Olver with his jaw which is sore. Self choring. Afternoon George
harrowed up all the turnips. Self fencing turnip pit. Small pairing
bee in the evening. Lizzie, Jean, John and Robert Akhurst at it
and George Boddie and John Lynd at it.
8 – Wind NW, cold day. Self, George, Mother and Robert at
turnips. Drew 8 loads into cellar. Afternoon self, George, Mother
and Robert and Mr. Perkins at turnips. Drew 6 loads into cellar.
After that took up carrots.
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9 –Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and George pulling Wms.
turnips. Robert fixing henhouse. Afternoon self, Mother,
Margaret, George and Robert at Wms. turnips. Drew 7 loads.
The first train on the [?] railway reaches Port Perry.
10 – Wind SE, and snowing. George covering Wms. turnip pit.
Self, Robert and George pulling hay into stable and putting the
straw in the barn. Afternoon Mother at Mrs. Boddies quilting.
Self going round for money to pay Mr. McArthurs salary. George
choring. Robert at Greenbank for the papers.
11 – Wind N, cold day. George choring. Self at Port Perry with
15 bushels of potatoes. Robert along. Wm. and John arrive
from Scott.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Margaret and Robert at Sunday School.
Not any service at Presbyterian Church. Mr. McArthur sick.
Margaret at P. Methodist Church.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, George and Robert drawing in
pease. Mrs. McMillan here visiting. Afternoon self, George and
Robert at pease. Drew altogether 8 loads. Robert Burton here
after Mr. Boddies windlass.
14 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Mr. Bray, collector, here.
$13.90 my taxes this year. Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
Alex Gordon here for Wms. well rope and altered 2 calves.
15 – Wind N and snowing, having rained all night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon self, George and Robert fixing cattle house. Tied up
all the cattle. Very cold wintry night. Snow drifting.
16 – Wind N, not so cold as yesterday. Nothing doing. George
sawing wood. Self choring. Robert making box. Put ram among
sheep. Afternoon self dunging out the pig house. George fixing
the colts house.
17 – Wind N, cloudy day. Self and George drawing stone.
Afternoon self, George and Robert drawing stone. Mother at Mr.
Perkins. Margaret at Greenbank for the papers.
18 – Wind S, rather soft, not thawing much. George gone to
Prince Albert and Port Perry with Mr. Perkins. Self skinning a
sheep that died last night. Afternoon self dunging the garden.
19- Wind SE, soft day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. No one from here at the Presbyterian Meeting. Agnes
Boddie here to dinner. Margaret gone somewhere.
20 – Wind SW, fine fresh day. George, Robert, Mr. Akhurst,
James Walker, George Boddie at Wms. turnips. Self shingling
turnip house. Afternoon Mother, George, Robert, Mr. Akhurst,
Mr. Perkins, James Walker and George Boddie at Wms. turnips
and drew 10 loads into pit. Self shingling.
21 – Wind W, frosty day. George, Mother, Robert, Mr. Akhurst,
Mr. Perkins, James Walker Sen., and James Walker Jun. at
Wms. turnips. Self fixing my own turnip pit. Afternoon self,
Mother, George, Mr. Akhurst, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Walker and James
Walker finished Wms. turnips. 11 loads. George and Robert at
Greenbank and brought home a new coat for me.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self, George and Robert fencing Wms.
turnips pits and drawing chunks. Afternoon self, George and
Robert drawing stones. A gentleman from White here to buy
Williams land. Miss Sarah Martineau married to Mr. Farewell
today. Stormy at night, wind north.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, George and Robert drawing
stones. Andrew Gordon here with books. Sold George the
history and origin of the Franco Prussian War. Afternoon self,
George and Robert drawing stones.
24 – Wind SE, snowing all the forenoon but not cold. Self,
George and Robert cleaning up the barn. Miss Lizzie Akhurst
here and brought a rooster. Afternoon self and George threshing
pease. George, Robert and Margaret at Greenbank to singing
but Mr. Wyatt did not come.
25 – Wind S, fine day. George and Robert drawing stones. Self
fixing a pig trough. Mother gone to Mrs. Akhursts. Afternoon
self, George and Robert drawing stones. Wm. and John arrive
from Scott.
26 – Wind SW, soft day with some rain. Robert at Sunday
School. Wm. and Mother at Brock to see Mr. George Michie
Sen. Self, George and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Revelation II:4. Collection for widows
and orphans $3.40.
27 – Wind N, cold frosty day. Wm. gone to Scott. John gone to
J. Lees. Mr. John Belford here. Afternoon self threshing pease.
George at a sale of wood on Mr. Lawrences place. Andrew
Gordon brings Annie home from Mr. Lukes.
28 – Wind NE, cold day. George and self putting dung on the
turnip cellar. Afternoon John, George and Robert at the creek.
Self fixing the sheep pen. Margaret at singing, Greenbank.
29 – Wind N, cold day. John gone to Greenbank to get horses
shoed. George at Mr. Byers’s. Self mending sieve of fanning
mill. Afternoon John at Greenbank taking wood for Mr. Walker.
George threshing pease. Self choring.
30 – Wind N, very cold day. John and George drawing home
wood. Self and Robert threshing pease. Afternoon George and
John drawing home wood. Self and Robert splitting wood. Mary
Nicol here twisting yarn. Annie at Mr. Perkins.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW, rather dull day. George gone to Jack
Gordons to thresh. John gone to Greenbank with wood for Mr.
Walker. Self making fence on line between Mr. Akhurst and
ours. Afternoon John drawing wood. Self at fence. Mother at
Jas. Walkers visiting. Annie at Akhursts.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John drawing wood. Self threshing
pease. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John at Port Perry. Self
and Robert choring. Margaret at Jas. McWilliams for her dress
and did not come home same night.
3 – Wind SW, fine day, snow thawing. Wm., Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., Mother, John, George, Robert and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from 1st
Kings XVIII:29. Monthly collection.
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4 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Scugog Island to plaster
Arch. Millars house. John and George at Robert Phairs
threshing. Self making axe handle. Afternoon very stormy, wind
north. Self and Robert banking henhouse.
5 – Wind N, cold day. John at Greenbank with wood. Self doing
nought but writing letter to Barbara. George making hand
sleigh. Afternoon John drawing wood to Greenbank. George at
sleigh. Self doing nought. Margaret and Robert at singing.
6 – Wind SW, dull day. John drawing wood to Greenbank.
George at sleigh. Self writing letter to G. Tough. Mrs. Martineau
here making Annies dress. Afternoon John drawing wood. Self
and George in the swamp. Very stormy night from SW.
7 – Wind SW, soft day. John, George and horses at George
Boddies threshing. Self making post for barn door. Mrs.
Martineau making Annies dress. Afternoon self choring. Rather
stormy towards night.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Aslings killing pigs. George
drawing wood for Mr. Walker. Self doing nought. Afternoon
George drawing wood. Self choring.
9 – Wind W, fine day. George drawing logs to mill. John at T.
Duffs. Self at James Walkers fixing his pump. Afternoon George
drawing logs. John in woods. Self choring. Margaret scrubbing.
Wm. arrives from Scugog.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Margaret, Annie, Wm., John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McArthur preaching from Mark II:27. The Sabbath was made
for man and not man for the Sabbath.
11 – Wind SW, soft snowy day. Wm. gone to James Scotts to
plaster. George at mill with logs. John in the woods. Self and
Robert at Uxbridge with yarn to weave. Afternoon George and
John at James Carrs chopping bee.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to R. Holdershaws to lath.
George gone to mill with logs. Self and Robert clearing the shop
to get in the waggon. Afternoon George at saw mill. Self and
Robert at shop. Mrs. Walker here visiting. Margaret at singing
and George too. Annie at school..
13 – Wind SW, fine day. George loading his hay. Self standing
by. Annie at school. Afternoon George at Wm. Loves chopping
bee. Self choring. John arrives from R. Holdershaws.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. George gone to mill with grist. Self
threshing pease. John and Margaret at Port Perry. Annie at
school. Afternoon George gone to mill with logs. Self at school
examination. Wm. arrives from Holdershaws.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. George gone to Sunderland. Annie at
school. Wm. fixing the clock. John fixing [?] and self choring.
Afternoon John at the mill. Wm. in the woods. Self writing.
16 – Wind W, with some snow. Wm. making axe handle. John in
the woods. Self threshing pease. George gone somewhere.
Ann Gordon and James Gordon here visiting. Afternoon still
snowing. Self threshing pease. John at Mr. Akhursts.
17- Wind SW, some snow. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, George, Margaret and Robert
at Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Argo preaching from Heb. II:16.
He took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of
Abraham.
18 – Wind W, snowing some. Wm. and John gone to Scott.
George and self drawing hay. Robert falls down into horse stall.
Annie at school. Afternoon George gone to Brock to chop wood.
Self choring.
19 – Wind W, fine day, some snow. Self fixing [?]. Annie at
school. Afternoon self splitting wood. Nobody at the singing.
20 – Wind E, snowing some. Self threshing pease. Annie at
school. Afternoon very stormy, wind north. Self threshing
pease. Wm., John and George arrive home.
21 – Wind SW, cold day, nothing doing. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon George gone to A. Leasks. Wm. and Robert at the
creek. John threshing pease. Self doing nought. Mr. Adam [?]
and Mr. Holman here electioneering.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Saintfield. George gone to
Thos. Phairs to split rails. Self making axe handle for James
Walker. Afternoon self at Greenbank with wood for Mrs. Bunkee.
John choring. John some rheumatism in his legs.
23 – Wind S, soft day. George and John gone to Thos. Phairs to
split rails. Wm. and Robert gone to break the road through
creek. Self talking to John Real. Afternoon some thunder and
rain. Wm. gone to the creek. Very high wind at night.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Margaret and Robert gone to Sunday
School. Mother, Wm., John, George and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. G. Jamieson preaching.
25 – Wind S, dull day. John and George in the woods. Wm.
gone to Port Perry. Annie gone to Mr. Perkins. Self keeping
Christmas. Afternoon George Boddie, Robert Akhurst and Albert
[?] here. Margaret at Mr. Perkins. John and George at [?]
McMillans.
26 – Wind N, hard frost. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry. John &
George at Thos. Phairs rails. Self writing. Afternoon self writing.
Annie at Akhursts. Samuel Belford here for wood.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. in the woods. George & John at
Thos. Phairs rails. Self choring. Afternoon rather stormy. Wm.
in woods. Self doing chores.
28 – Wind SW, rather cold. John & George gone to Thos. Phairs
rails. Wm. at T. Duffs. Self splitting wood. Afternoon Wm. at
Manchester. Self at George Boddies. John and George finish T.
Phairs rails.
[Entries for Dec. 29, 30, and 31st
are not in the diary]
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MEMORANDUM FOR 1872
JAN. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Wm. at Greenbank. Self
voted for Gordon, Weir, Bates, Purday, & Mead. John and
George at home. Afternoon Wm. and John at Port Perry.
George at Greenbank voting. Great spree 16
here this night.
Barbara goes to Brock.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and George in the woods. John
gone with Andrew Gordon. Self cutting meat. Afternoon Wm.,
John and George in the woods. Self doing nought. Lizzie
Akhurst here making her dress. Wm. and Margaret at singing,
Greenbank.
3 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, John, Wm. & George drawing
turnips. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing. Self and Mother
salting pork. Thawing towards night. George goes to Mr. John
Leasks to thresh. Margaret washing.
4 – Wind N, soft day. Wm. and John in the woods. Self mending
Margarets boots. Afternoon John & Wm. in the woods. Self
choring. Annie gone to Mr. Akhursts.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John and George in the woods. Self
mending chair. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry. John & George in
the woods. Self at Greenbank for papers. Barbara arrives from
Brock and Annie from Mr. Akhursts.
6 – Wind N, cold day. John & George in the woods. Wm. making
axe handle. Afternoon Wm., John & George in the woods. Self
doing nought. Very cold.
7 – Wind NE, very cold. Wm., Robert, Barbara and Margaret at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, George & Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Matthew
XVI:19, on this rock will I build my church.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm., John & George in the woods. Self
at Prince Albert for shoe[?].
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John & George in the woods. Self
and Robert at Prince Albert at Presbyterian [?]. Wm., George,
Margaret and Robert at singing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John & George in the woods. Self
at school meeting, appointed trustees. Afternoon Wm. and
George at Mr. Byers threshing. Self, Mother, John, Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Luke
XXIII:28.
11 – Wind S, rather soft. John & George in the woods. Wm.
gone to Joseph Lees. Self at Prince Albert and Port Perry.
Afternoon John, George & Robert in the woods. Self choring.
12 – Wind N, rather cold. John & George in the woods. Self at A.
Leasks. Afternoon John & George in the woods. Self choring
mending Barbaras boots. Lizzie Akhurst here. Robert at
Greenbank for papers. Wm. arrives from Mr. Lees.
13 – Wind N, cold day. John & Wm. at Mr. Lees. George
drawing school wood. Self choring. Afternoon George drawing
school wood. Self choring. Miss Jane Gordon here for some
music.
16
A ‘spree’ is a house party – quite often a dance.
14 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Mother, Wm., John, George,
Barbara & Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting, being the
Sacrament. Mr. McArthur officiating. Preaching from Galatians
II. Collection six dollars 95 cents. Robert & Wm. at Port Perry in
the evening.
15 – Wind S, threatening snow. John & George in the woods.
Wm. making axe handle. Self splitting wood. Mr. James Scott
here. Afternoon John in the woods. George gone with Barbara
to Manchester. Self, Mother, Wm. and Annie at Presbyterian
meeting. Mr. Currie preaching from 1st
Corinthians XVI:8.
16 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. and John in the woods. George
drawing wood for school. Annie at school. Self choring.
Afternoon Wm. & John in the woods. George drawing school
wood. Self choring. George, Margaret & Robert at singing in
Greenbank.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John & George in the woods.
Annie at school. Self and Robert drawing chips. Mrs. Akhurst
here to dinner. Afternoon Wm., John & George in the woods.
Self and Robert drawing chips.
18 – Wind W, snowing some. Wm., John & George in the woods.
Self at Greenbank to get horses shoed. Annie at school.
Afternoon John & George in the swamp. Wm. drawing out
cordwood. Self choring. Paid Mr. Stillwell for cows at bull. Mr.
John Belford here all night.
19 – Wind NE, dull warm day. John & George in the swamp.
Wm. drawing out cordwood. Mr. Belford leaves with 2 bags of
wheat. Annie at school. Afternoon snowing from the east. John,
George & Robert in the swamp. Wm. drawing out wood. Self
doing nought. Mother at Mr. Boddies. James Walker here
settling with William. John, George and Margaret at Alexander
Gordons at a spree.
20 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. drawing wood. John & George in
the woods. Self in the granary. Afternoon Wm. fixing his cutter.
John & George in the woods. Margaret scrubbing. Self doing
nought.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert & Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Psalms XCVI:3. Lizzie
Akhurst here.
22 – Wind SW., snowing some. Nothing doing. Afternoon self,
Wm., John, George and Robert drawing turnips. Wm. and
Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
23 – Wind NW, cold day. George & John in the woods. Wm. in
the woods. Self doing nought. Annie at school. Afternoon John
& George in the woods. Wm. drawing wood. Robert in the
woods. Self in own woods. Robert, Margaret, Wm. and George
at singing.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John, George and Robert in the woods.
Wm. drawing wood. Annie at school. Self doing nought.
Margaret washing. Afternoon John, George and Robert in the
woods. Wm. drawing wood. Self choring. Margaret spinning.
Annie at school meeting. Self, Wm. and Margaret at Missionary
Meeting in the Presbyterian Church. 4 dollars and 26 cents of
collection.
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25 – Wind W, snowing and drifting some. John and George in
the woods. Wm. drawing out wood. Annie at school. Self doing
nought. Mother churning. Margaret baking. Afternoon John and
George in the woods. Wm. at Prince Albert with wood for Mrs.
Drury. Self doing nought. Wm. at Mr. Pete Martineaus in the
evening.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John and George in the woods.
Self, Mother, and Robert oiling harness. Annie sick. Margaret
spinning. Afternoon John and George in the woods. Wm. taking
dirt from his turnip pit, turnips rotting. Self at harness. Robert at
Greenbank for papers.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John and George in the woods. Wm.
drawing out wood. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John and
George in the woods. Wm. and Robert gone to Port Perry with
wood. Margaret scrubbing. Self doing nought.
28 – Wind W, cold day. Margaret & Robert at Sunday School.
Self, Wm., George and Margaret at the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. McArthur preaching from John XVII:15.
29 – Wind NW, snow drifting. John and George in the woods.
Wm. at Greenbank. Robert at school. Self sharpening saw.
Afternoon John and George in the woods. Wm. gone to Port
Perry with wood. Self doing nought. Margaret spinning. Annie
getting better.
30 – Wind S, snow blowing. John and George in the woods.
Wm. drawing wood. Self splitting wood. Margaret washing.
Afternoon John and George in the woods. Self doing nought.
Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Robert at school.
31 – Wind W, fine day. John & George in the woods. Self fixing
sleigh box. Robert at school. Wm. drawing wood. Afternoon
John & George gone to the Exhibition at Brock. Wm. at Port
Perry with wood. Self doing nought.
FEB. 1 – Wind SW, fine mild day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood.
John and George gone to Port Perry races. Self doing nought.
Afternoon self making road. Wm. at Port Perry with wood.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John and George in the woods. Wm.
drawing out wood. Self splitting wood. Margaret gone with Jane
Michie to collect for the Home and Foreign Missions. Afternoon
John and George in the woods. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry
with wood. Self making axe handle.
3 – Wind NE, cold day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John doing
nought. Self and George fanning wheat. Afternoon Wm. and
Robert at Port Perry with wood. John and George in the woods.
Self making sleigh box. Margaret scrubbing.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at Sunday
School George and Margaret at the Primitive Methodist meeting.
Mr. Walker preaching. Wm. and John there in the evening.
5 – Wind W. Wm. mending his cutter. John in the woods.
George gone to Manchester with wheat. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Wm. mending his cutter. John, Margaret and Annie at
Primitive Methodist social.
6 – Wind N, fine day, some snow through the night. Wm.
mending his cutter. Self, John, George & Robert fanning wheat.
Afternoon John and George in the woods. Wm. at Greenbank
with his cutter to fix. Self fixing sleigh box.
7 – Wind W, cold day. John gone to Joseph Lees to lath. George
gone to Manchester with wheat. Wm. in the woods. Self
threshing pease. Annie at school. Margaret washing. Afternoon
Wm. making axe handle. Self threshing pease. Mother visiting
at Mr. Akhursts. Received the Aberdeen paper of Jan. 13, 1872.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. drawing wood. John and George
grinding axes. Self doing nought. Annie at school. Afternoon
Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John and George in the woods.
Self doing nought. John at Joseph Lees for his money. Mother
at Jas. Walkers.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John &
George in the woods. Self making axe handle. Annie at school.
Afternoon Wm. & Robert at Port Perry with wood. John &
George in the woods. Self at Greenbank for the papers. John at
John Lees in the evening.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. & Robert at Port Perry with wood.
John & George in the woods. Self threshing pease. Afternoon
Wm. & Robert at Port Perry with wood. John & George in the
woods. Self choring. Margaret scrubbing. Annie at Mr.
Akhursts.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert & Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, George, & Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Isaiah II:18.
Monthly collection 1.46.
12 – Wind SW, soft day. John & George at Thos. Phairs
chopping wood. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self fixing straw
stack. Mr. Blair from Whitby here and hires Margaret. Robert &
Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Mr.
and Mrs. McPhail here visiting.
13 – Wind SE, and raining. Robert & Annie at school. Nothing
doing. Margaret washing. Afternoon still raining, nought doing.
14 – Wind NW, snowing some. John & George at Thos. Phairs
chopping wood. Robert & Annie at school. Self at Uxbridge for
some cloth. Afternoon Wm. at the mill with a grist. John Watson
buried today.
15 – Wind NW, cold day, snow drifting. John & George at Thos.
Phairs chopping wood. Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm. going
round with a petition to sign for money to improve the sideline
between Lots 18 & 19 on the 9th
, 10th
, 11th
and 12th
concessions
of Reach. Mr. Akhurst here in the evening.
16 – Wind NW, dull day. John & George at Thos. Phairs wood.
Wm. and Margaret gone to Whitby. She to her place for one
month and Wm. to the Register Office. Robert & Annie at school.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon self doing nought. Wm. & Robert
at Greenbank to hear J.B. Campbell lecture.
17 – Wind SE, cold day. John & George at Thos Phairs wood.
Wm. drawing out wood. Self threshing pease. Afternoon Wm.
gone to mill for grist. James Gordon here for horse money. Self
doing nought. Mother scrubbing.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm., Annie and Robert at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and George at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Galatians V:13 on Love
and Liberty.
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19 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Wick building chimney. John &
Robert at Woodville. George at [Borclia?] with some basswood
lumber, 210 feet. Annie at school. Self threshing pease.
Afternoon nothing doing. Mr. Perkins here visiting. Robert
Akhurst, Jean Akhurst and 2 of Mr. Perkins girls here sleigh
riding.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John & George in the woods. Wm.
gone to Manchester with petition. Robert and Annie at school.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon John & George in the woods. Self
drawing wood home.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., John & George in the woods. Self
doing nought. Robert at school. Mother washing. Afternoon
very stormy. John, George & Wm. in the woods. Self drawing
wood home. Exhibition at Greenbank in the evening. Self, John,
George, Robert & Annie at it.
22 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm., John & George in the woods.
Self drawing wood home. Afternoon self drawing home wood.
John, Wm., George in the woods. Allen Byers and Andrew
Gordon here in the evening.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John & Annie in the woods. Self
threshing pease. Robert & Annie at school. Afternoon Wm.,
John & George in the woods. Self drawing home wood. George
at Mr. Duffs in the evening. Andrew Gordon here all night.
Received Aberdeen paper of Feb. 3, 1872.
24 – Wind SW, fine day and thawing. Wm. gone to Port Perry.
John & George in the woods. Self drawing home wood.
Afternoon self, Wm., John, George & Robert drawing in turnips.
25 – Wind NW and cold. Wm., Robert & Annie at [Sunday]
School. Nobody at church this afternoon. Very cold.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm., John, & George in the woods.
Self drawing home wood. Afternoon self threshing pease. Wm.
drawing out cordwood. John & George in the woods. Robert &
Annie in the woods gathering chips.
27 – Wind N, cold day. Wm. drawing out wood. John & George
in the woods. Self making axe handle. Robert & Annie at
school. Afternoon Wm. drawing out wood. John & George in the
woods. Self splitting wood. Mother baking. Wm., John and
George at Greenbank to hear Professor Kent lecture. Received
the Aberdeen Herald of January 27, 1872.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. drawing out wood. John & George
in the woods. Annie at school. Self at Prince Albert and Port
Perry. Afternoon John & George & Robert in the woods. Wm.
drawing out wood. Wm., John, George, Robert & Annie at
Greenbank to hear Professor Kent lecture.
29 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. drawing out wood. John & George
in the woods. Robert & Annie at school. Self choring. Afternoon
self making milking stool. Wm. drawing out wood. John &
George in the woods.
MAR. 1 – Wind NW, fine day, rather cold. Wm. drawing out
wood. John & George in the woods. Self threshing pease.
Robert & Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. drawing out wood.
John & George in the woods. Self doing nought.
2 – Wind N, fine day, but cold. Wm. drawing out wood. John &
George in the woods. Self mending Annies boots. Afternoon
Wm. drawing out wood. John & George in the woods. Self
splitting wood.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Wm., Robert and Annie at Union Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm. & George at Presbyterian Meeting. A
stranger preaching from Philippians II:1.
4 – Wind W, stormy day. Nothing much doing. Fanning barley.
Snow drifting. Mother washing. Afternoon Wm. and John at Port
Perry. Self, George & Robert fanning Georges oats.
5 – Wind NW, very cold and the dust flying. John and George in
the woods. William sharpening bucksaw. Self writing letter.
Afternoon John and George in the woods. Self writing. Wm.
doing nought.
6 – Wind NW, very high and excessive cold. Nothing doing. Self
writing letters. Afternoon the boys threshing pease. Self writing
still.
7 – Wind NW, not so cold nor near so much wind as yesterday.
John & George in the woods. Wm. drawing out wood. Self
writing. Mrs. Walker here a short time. Afternoon John and
George in the woods. Wm. and Robert gone to Port Perry with
chips. Self writing.
8 – Wind E, rather dull, looking like a storm. John and George in
the woods. Wm. drawing out wood. Self doing nought. Robert
gathering chips. Afternoon John & George in the woods. Wm.
drawing out wood. Self at Greenbank for the papers.
9 – Wind SE, dull day with some snow. John & George in the
woods. Wm. & Robert drawing out wood. Self and Annie at
Prince Albert for my boots. Afternoon John & George in the
woods. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry with chips.
10 – Wind W, rather dull. Wm., Robert & Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Wm., John, George & Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron of Beaverton preaching from Luke
XVIII:10 on the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican.
11 – Wind W. Wm. & John in the woods. George at the sawmill
with 2 butternut logs and brought home a roller from waggoner.
Self writing to Barbara. James Walker here wanting man and
team to draw rails from Mr. Clemens. Robert and Annie at
school. Afternoon Wm. drawing out wood. John & George in the
woods. Self choring. Mother baking.
12 – Wind SW, fine day, snow melting fast. John, George & Wm.
in the woods. Self at Wm. Stillwells with sow to boar. Robert &
Annie at school. Sent away a letter to Barbara. Afternoon Wm.
drawing out wood. John & George in the woods. Self fixing
water for the cattle. Mr. John Belford here paying for wheat.
13 – Wind SE, snowing. George at Port Perry. Wm. and John in
the woods. Self at Wm. Stillwells with sow to boar. Robert and
Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. and John in the woods. Self at
A. Leasks and at the annual meeting of the Church on the [?]
concession. Present James McMillan, John Leask, Wm.
Ledingham, and myself. Jane McNeil died.
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14 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and John in the woods. Self and
George in the woods drawing out wood. Robert and Annie at
school. Afternoon John at cedar. Wm. in the woods. Self and
George drawing out wood.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and George in the woods. John at
Port Perry. Robert and Annie at school. Self drawing rails for
James Walker. Mrs. Isaac Truax, Mrs. Joseph Lee, Mrs. A.
Michie and Mrs. Perkins here visiting.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Annie at Port Perry. William
sharpening saw. George in the wood. Self churning. Afternoon
Wm. and George in the woods. John at Greenbank. Self
choring. Mrs. Walker and Widow Michie here visiting.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at school. George at
Greenbank in the afternoon. Rest all at home.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John & George in the woods.
Robert & Annie at school. Self threshing flax seed. Afternoon
Wm, John and George in the woods. Self at flax seed. Wm. and
George at Greenbank to some performance in Sons Hall.
19 – Wind NW, snowing and drifting. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Wm. and John making a harrow. Self and Robert fanning flax
seed. Mother washing. Annie ironing. High wind but the sun
shining.
20 – Wind NW, very cold bright day. John & Wm. making harrow.
Mother baking. The rest doing nought. Annie at school.
Afternoon still stormy. Wm. and George in the woods. John at
Greenbank with his harrow. Self doing nought. Sally Akhurst
here. Received the Aberdeen paper of Feb. 28, 1872.
21 – Wind W, rather cold. John and George in the woods. Wm.
and self grinding axe. Samuel Belford here for some oats from
George. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon Wm., John &
George in the woods. Self choring. Mother baking cakes.
George Michie died 1869.
22 – Wind W, snowing some. John and George drawing out
wood. Wm. in the woods. Self splitting wood. Robert and Annie
at school. Afternoon Wm., John and George in the woods. Self
at Greenbank for the papers.
23 – Wind W, snowing some. John & George drawing wood.
Wm. in the woods. Self mending Sally Akhursts boots.
Afternoon Wm. and Robert at Port Perry. Self, John & George
drawing in turnips.
24 – Wind NW, rather cold. Wm., Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., John & George at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Romans XV:4.
25 – Wind S, rather dull. John & George in the woods. Wm.
drawing logs. Self mending boots. Robert and Annie at school.
Afternoon Wm. at Mr. [?] with elm logs. George at Greenbank.
John in the woods. Self at the school examination. Mr. and Mrs.
Luke and Fred here all night.
26 – Wind N, fine day. George at James Walkers boring caps17
.
Wm. at Mr. [Laziers?] with elm logs. John doing nought. Self
doing nought. Mr. Robt. Walker Jun. here to sell a horse to Mr.
Luke. Afternoon Wm. at [Laziers?] with elm logs. John in the
woods. Self doing nought. Mr. Luke leaves for home.
27 – Wind S, fine day, snow going fast. John & George drawing
out the last of their wood. Wm. in the woods. Mother washing.
Self splitting wood. James Belford here for turnips from Wm.
Afternoon Mother washing. John & Wm. in the woods. Self
putting up gaps in the fences. George leaves for A. Leasks.
George goes to A. Leasks for 8 months.
28 – No wind scarcely, dull day. Wm. in the woods. John doing
nought. Self putting handle on the spider. Afternoon Wm. in the
woods. John doing nought. Self writing to Margaret Mitchell.
Mother visiting at Mr. Perkins.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. gone with elm logs. John doing
nought. Self writing. Mother baking. Afternoon Wm. and Robert
and horses drawing timber for a bridge on the creek. John at
Greenbank for the papers. Self making bolt for the stable door.
Mr. John Belford here wanting potatoes and pork.
30 – Wind S, fine day, snow melting fast. Wm. & Robert drawing
timber for a bridge on the creek. John doing nought. Self
choring. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at the creek. John at
Greenbank with black mare to shoe. Self doing nought. Mother
scrubbing. George arrives from A. Leasks.
31 – Wind E with hail and rain. Wm. and Robert at Sunday
School. Afternoon sleet still falling. Nobody at any meeting.
Self seeing Mr. C. Asling in the forenoon, he being very sick.
APR. 1 – Wind NW, snow drifting and very cold. Wm. over the
creek with elm logs. Self doing nought. John writing letter to
Wm. Foster. Afternoon Wm. draws elm logs. Self at Greenbank
with letters. Mother at Chancy Aslings visiting.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. drawing elm logs. Self doing nought.
John doing nought. Mother washing. Afternoon Wm. making a
table to George Boddie. John going round. Self writing. Mother
washing.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. making table for George Boddie.
John & self fanning grist. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon
Wm. making table. Self at mill with a grist. Mother at James
Walkers visiting. Isaac Clemens here asking hands for chopping
bee. Rec. letter from Barbara.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. at table. Self and John doing
nought. Robert and Annie at school. Henry Love here for wood.
George here for his box. Afternoon Wm. at table. Self at the mill
for grist. Mother at George Boddies visiting. John doing nought.
5 – Wind SW, fine warm day. Wm. finishing table. Robert and
Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. in his fallow. John doing
nought. Self doing nought.
6 – Wind S, warm day, snow melting fast. Wm. gone to Port
Perry. John doing nought. Self reading the papers. Mrs. Phair
here a little while. John Belford here for potatoes and pork.
Afternoon self and John doing nought.
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‘Boring caps’ likely meant drilling holes into large
rocks in order to insert dynamite.
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7 – Wind S, rather dull. Robert at Sunday School. No one from
here at any meeting. Rainy afternoon.
8 – Wind S, very dull soft day. Wm. gone to Scott to plaster.
John at Greenbank at the doctor. Self picking potatoes.
Afternoon self fixing the pump. Nothing doing.
9 – Wind S, very dull day. Mother washing. Self splitting wood.
John and Robert putting up fence. Afternoon self splitting wood.
John & Robert around the fences. Mr. John Leask here wanting
William.
10 – Wind SW, rather rough day. John and Robert round the
fences. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John & Robert doing
nought. Self choring. Mr. Robert Phair brings home the turnip
drill.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. John and self taking in the sleigh.
Robert at school. Afternoon John doing nought. Self splitting
wood. Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts and Mr. Boddies. McPhail
cow calves heifer.
12 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at school. Self and John drew 1
load of turnips when it began to rain. Afternoon still rainy.
Nothing doing.
13 – Wind W, blustering day. Self, Robert and John drawing
turnips. 7 loads. Wm. on his fallow. Mr. Eddie, the assessor,
here. Afternoon self, John & Robert drawing turnips. 5 loads.
Wm. in his fallow.
14 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm. and Robert at Sunday School.
Black ewe lambed this morning, ewe lamb. Wm. at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching.
15 – Wind W, rather dull day. Wm. at Greenbank getting his
springboard mended. Self splitting wood. John doing nought.
Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon self splitting wood. Mrs.
Perkins here visiting. Ewe lambed ewe lamb.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. in the woods. John at Greenbank to
see the Dr. but did not. Self at Manchester and Port Perry for
Barbara. Robert at school. Ewe lambed ram lamb.
17 –Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Greenbank to see the Dr.
Wm. gone somewhere. Self choring. Barbara washing. Self
fixing a drain. John does not see the doctor. A letter comes from
Margaret.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Wm. drawing rails. Afternoon
John plowing. Wm. in the woods. Self fencing. Robert at
Greenbank with a letter to Mr. Fisher.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Wm. fixing his
springboard. Self fencing. Barbara whitewashing. Afternoon
John plowing. Self fencing. Barbara whitewashing. Robert at
Greenbank for the papers. Wm. fixing his buckboard. 2 ewes
lambed 2 ewe and 2 rams.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John some sick. Wm. and Robert piling
wood. Self choring. Barbara cleaning up. Afternoon John
plowing. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry. Self piling wood.
Barbara scrubbing. Mother sewing for Miss Ann Gordon who is
here visiting.
21 – Wind S, fine day, looking some like rain. Wm., Barbara,
Robert and Annie at Sunday School. John some bad with
rheumatism. Self, Wm., Mother, Barbara and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from 2
Corinthians XII:9. My grace is sufficient for you and my strength
perfected in weakness.
22 – Wind N, cold day. Self took home 5 bags of oats to Mr.
Perkins which was borrowed in the fall. Wm. and John doing
nought. Afternoon Wm. at Samuel Byers lathing. John plowing.
Self making gate. Alexander Gordon here for a load of turnips.
Mrs. A. Gordon here visiting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day, hard frost through the night. Wm. at Mr.
Byers house. Self, John and Robert drawing turnips. Wm.
McMillan and A. Gordon here for turnips from Wm. Afternoon fall
of snow. Self, John & Robert fanning oats and pease.
24 – Wind SW, warm day, snow melting fast. John plowing. Wm.
at Mr. Byers house. Self making gate. Afternoon John plowing.
Wm. and Robert at Port Perry. Mother at Mr. Burtons visiting.
Self making axe. Ewe lambed ewe and ram.
25 – Wind SW, fine drying day. Wm. gone to Whitefield Lees to
lath. John plowing. Self mending barley fork. Mrs. Martineau
here visiting. Afternoon self and John striking off the lands in the
turnip field.
26 – Wind W, fine drying day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. John
plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self digging the
garden. Margaret Johnstone and Isabella Michie here visiting.
Robert at Greenbank for the papers.
27 – Wind W, rather cold, some frost through the night. John
plowing. Self digging garden. Afternoon John plowing. Self
digging garden. Barbara scrubbing. Robert and Barbara at
Greenbank in the evening.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Annie and Robert at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, Mother, and Barbara at
Presbyterian church. Mr. McArthur preaching from John VI:9.
George here from A. Leasks.
29 – Wind S, some frost through the night. Wm. at Mr. Byers
house. John plowing. Annie at school. Robert at Greenbank
getting Wms. horse shoed. Self sowing some grass seeds.
Afternoon John harrowing. Self writing a letter to Margaret.
John goes to A. Leasks to work for George who is going to the
jury. Mother goes to John Leasks all night.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Self rolling
new grass. Annie at school. Barbara washing. Afternoon self
harrowing.
MAY 1 – Wind SW, fine day, some rain. Self plowing. Wm.
whitewashing the kitchen. Afternoon some rain. Self plowing.
Wm. doing nought. Mother comes home from visiting.
2 – Wind W, cold rough day. Wm. and Robert sowing pease and
oats. Self harrowing. Polly heifer calves a bull. Afternoon self
harrowing. Wm. in the woods. Barbara visiting at Chancy
Aslings. Very cold night.
3 – Wind W, hoar frost. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self harrowing
and rolling. Rain at 11 o’clock. Afternoon some snow. Self
plowing. Annie gone to A. Gordons for Mothers spectacles.
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4 – Wind N, some snow through the night. Wm. doing nought.
Self plowing. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at the creek. Self
plowing. Misses Margaret and Eliza Mathews here visiting and
for potatoes. Barbara scrubbing. John arrives from A. Leasks.
5 – Wind W, some frost, looking like rain. Wm., Annie, Barbara
and Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm. and Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Psalms
VII:3,4. Monthly collection today.
6 – Wind Easterly, not much of it, warm day. Wm. gone to
Whitefield Lees to plaster. John harrowing. Self and Robert
sowing wheat, oats and barley. Barbara washing. Mother
churning. Afternoon John harrowing. Self sowing grass seeds.
Wm. arrives from Whitefields. Williams, pedlar, here and some
coverlet pedlar.
7 –Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and Barbara gone to Manchester.
John harrowing. Self sowing grass seeds. Annie at school.
Afternoon John rolling. Self and Robert planting Early Rose
potatoes and Garnet [?].
8 – Wind NE, fine day. John plowing. Self trimming currant
bushes. Wm. in his fallow. Robert at Greenbank with potatoes
to Mr. King and Mr. Miller. Annie at school. Mother baking.
Barbara ironing. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert
planting apple trees. Barbara at John Leasks for a quilting bee.
Wm. away asking Wm. Love to come and log for him. Some rain
through the night. Self at Presbyterian Church Meeting about
Mr. McArthurs resignation.
9 – Wind SW, very dull and looking like rain. John plowing. Wm.
fixing round. Self fixing gate. Afternoon John plowing. Wm. in
his fallow. Self writing. James Carr for Wms. horse to go to mill.
Very high wind this afternoon from the southwest.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. John plowing. Self writing. Mrs.
Martineau here making Annies dress. Afternoon John plowing.
Wm. in his fallow. Self at Greenbank for the papers. Mr. Akhurst
here for pease.
11 – Wind SW, warm day. Self plowing. John, Wm., James Carr,
Wm. Love and his oxen logging for Wm. Afternoon self plowing.
The same party logging. Barbara scrubbing.
12 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm., Barbara, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Genesis I:1.
Ewe lambed ewe lamb.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. at his fallow. John harrowing. Self
and Robert sowing wheat. Annie at school. Barbara washing.
Afternoon Wm. in his fallow. John harrowing. Self planting
potatoes. Robert at Greenbank with plow cutter to be sharped.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. in his fallow. John harrowing. Self
pruning apple trees. Mother sowing carrots and beets.
Afternoon Wm. and John branding in their fallow. Self and
Mother at Brock. Annie at school. Sent a letter to Salt Lake City.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Wm. and John drawing rails. Annie at
school. Self and Robert at the Presbretry Prince Albert. Mr.
Thorn here and altered the colt. Afternoon Wm. in his fallow.
John plowing.
16 – Wind E, fine day. Wm. and Robert sowing Johns wheat.
Annie at school. Self filling up potatoes. Mare foaled last night.
John harrowing his wheat. Self filling potatoes.
17 – Wind S, fine day. John harrowing. Wm. and Robert
drowning fire in the fallow. Annie at school. Mother home from
Mr. Akhursts. Self filling potatoes. Mrs. Martineau here sewing.
Afternoon John and Barbara at Port Perry with potatoes. Wm.
and Robert fencing. Self filling potatoes for Mr. Hill and Mr.
Belford.
18 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Wm. fixing Mrs. Martineaus
clock. Self choring. Afternoon John plowing. Wm. and Robert in
fallow. Annie at the creek fishing. Self mending harness.
19 –Wind SE and raining. Robert at Sunday School. Wm. and
John at Presbyterian Meeting. Still raining some. George here
from Mr. Leasks. Mr. Alex. Leask of Brock the preacher for this
time.
20 – Wind W, some showers. John plowing. Wm. and Robert
planting potatoes in new fallow. Self sowing plaster and planting
potatoes in the orchard. Afternoon Wm. and Robert planting
potatoes in fallow. John harrowing. Self sowing Johns oats.
Wm. at the fishing in the night at Sonya and caught 2 mudcats.
Mr. Iansons horse Mosstrooper here in the afternoon.
21 – Wind W, dull cloudy day. Wm. gone to Mr. James Scotts to
plaster. John harrowing his oats. Self mending stone boat.
Afternoon John plowing in the orchard. Wm. planting potatoes
and Robert too. Self at Greenbank for coal oil.
22 – Wind SE, looking like rain. Wm. planting potatoes. Self
plowing in the orchard. John gone to Atherly. Afternoon raining.
Self and Annie at Manchester. George Michie and his wife here
for some potatoes.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. and Robert planting potatoes. Self
plowing. Mrs. Belford and a son of Mrs. Mills here for potatoes.
Afternoon self harrowing and plowing.
24 – Wind S, dull day with some rain. Wm. and Robert playing
the harp. Self harrowing. Afternoon self and Wm. at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Currie of Manilla preaching, not many
of attendance.
25 – Wind W, rather cool day. Self, Mother & Robert cutting
potatoes. Wm. at Mr. Matthews. Afternoon self, Robert and
Annie at potatoes. Wm. doing nought. Mother sewing. Barbara
scrubbing. Mr. Acksey here in the evening. John arrives from
Atherlys, got no money.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Wm., Barbara and Annie at Brock, it being the sacrament. Mr.
McArthur preaching from Jeremiah VXIII:6 The Lord our
righteousness. Collection nearly 8 dollars.
27 – Wind W, cloudy, thunder and rain through the night. Wm.
making a dulcimer. John taking down the upstair bedsteads.
Self turning potatoes. Afternoon Wm., Robert, John, Mother and
self planting potatoes. Great thunderstorm at night.
28 – Wind NW, rather cold. Skunk caught in the henhouse. Wm.
at Mr. Matthews to see Herman Bunker. Self, John and Robert
cutting potatoes and finished planting before dinner. Alex.
[Wilters?] here for some potatoes. Afternoon Wm. at Robert
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Phairs cistern. John and Robert filling up Georges oats. Self at
Presbyterian Meeting to settle whether an annuity is to be given
to Mr. McArthur on retiring from the ministry. Nothing to be
given. Edward Boe here to supper. Barbara at A. Gordons.
Wm. at meeting of U.S. School to settle about anniversary.
29 – Wind NW, fine day, rather cool. Wm. at Robert Phairs
cistern. John out with Georges oats. Self digging garden.
Barbara washing. Afternoon self mending fences. John sowing
his plaster.
30 – Wind W, showery. John gone to Alex Witters to plant
potatoes. Self harrowing. Wm. & Robert at Greenbank, Robert
Phairs cistern. Mrs. Walker here visiting. Afternoon self plowing.
Mother and Mrs. Walker at Mr. Perkins visiting. Wm. and Robert
at Greenbank at concert.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and Robert at Robert Phairs cistern.
Self plowing. Afternoon self, Robert, Wm. and Annie washing the
sheep after dinner. Then plowing. George here in the evening.
John arrives from A. Witters. Robert at Greenbank for the
papers.
June 1 – Wind SW, rather dull, looking like rain. John plowing.
Wm. and Robert gone to Port Perry. Mother churning and
making soap. Self fixing fence. Afternoon John plowing. Self
making road in the swamp.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm., Robert, Barbara and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Barbara & Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from Acts II:4.
Collection today.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert in the
swamp. Wm. in his fallow. Barbara washing. Afternoon John
rolling. Wm. on the sideline. Self and Robert splitting rails.
Annie at Barbara Walkers birthday party.
4 – Wind E, rather dull, rain at 9 o’clock. John plowing. Self
fencing. Barbara churning. Afternoon still raining. Self, John &
Robert fanning wheat and oats and filling up potatoes. Wm. and
Barbara at committee meeting of the Union S. School.
5 – Wind N, cold fine day. John plowing. Self fencing. Wm. in
the woods. Robert pulling hemlock bark. Afternoon John in the
woods. Wm. gone to get a choir for the anniversary. Robert at
Greenbank to get measured for a coat. Mother at Mrs. Akhursts.
Self splitting rails.
6 – Wind SW, fine day, looking like rain. John pulling bark. Wm.
in the woods. Annie at school. Barbara cleaning up. Self and
Robert shearing sheep. Afternoon John at bark. Wm. in the
woods. Self and Robert shearing sheep. Barbara still cleaning
up.
7 – Wind SE, very dull, commenced to rain about 9 o’clock. John
pulling bark. Self and Barbara at Manchester with some
potatoes, oats, and one tub of butter. Rain all the afternoon.
8 – Wind SW, rather dull. Wm. painting Mr. Boddies house. John
and Robert pulling bark. Self fixing gates. Afternoon some
showers. John and Robert at bark. Self at gates. Barbara
scrubbing. Annie scrubbing.
9 – Wind S, looking like rain. Self, Wm., Barbara, Robert and
Annie at the Sunday School. Samuel Manning and Maggie
Leask here to dinner. Not any meeting at the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. McArthur at the assembly. John at Primitive
Meeting.
10 – Wind S, showers through the day with thunder. Wm. at
George Boddies painting. John and Robert spudding thistles.
Self at the Iansons with red mare to horse. Annie at school.
Afternoon still raining, nothing doing. Self at mill with grist. John
and Robert filling barley.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert spudding thistles.
Wm. gone to Prince Albert and Port Perry. Self splitting rails.
Annie at school. Afternoon John at Greenbank getting his
likeness took. Self fixing the cellar window. Mother at Mr.
Perkins for salt. Some rain at night.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Boddies house painting. Self
at Manchester with barley. Annie at school. Bought a bureau for
Barbara from Mr. Davis of Port Perry. Wm. and Barbara at
Greenbank practicing for the anniversary.
13 – Wind NW, dull day, looking like rain. John harrowing. Self
at Mr. Iansons with red mare. Annie at school. Mrs. Martineau
here making dress for Barbara. Wm. at Mr. Boddies painting.
Afternoon rainy. John harrowing a little while self and Robert
filling potatoes. Took 34 bushels of Harrisons into the granary.
14 – Wind W, looking like rain. Wm., John and self at road work.
Annie at school. Afternoon John and Pete Martineau begging for
anniversary. Self and Wm. at the road. Robert at the road.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Wm. at road work. Mother
and Barbara pulling down the carpet. Afternoon self, John and
Robert at the road. Wm. gone over the creek to let some jobs on
the sideline but did not do it.
16 – Wind S, warm day, looking like rain. Wm., Barbara and
Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother and Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McArthur preaching from
Deuteronomy XXXVIII:5.6 on Moses death.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to take some groceries to John
Leasks. Barbara at Greenbank. John cutting thistles. Self at
road work in the swamp. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. at his
road work. John harrowing. Self hoeing potatoes. Barbara
papering the upstairs room. Mother baking.
18 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. at his road work. John rolling
turnip land. Self hoeing. Barbara washing. Mother choring.
Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. and Robert in the swamp
burning brush. John drilling. Self hoeing potatoes. Wm. and
Barbara at Greenbank practicing singing for the anniversary.
19 – Wind SW, very warm day. Wm. in the woods. John drilling.
Self hoeing potatoes. Annie at school. Mother gone to Mr. John
Leasks to bake for the anniversary. Afternoon John drilling.
Wm. burning brush. Self hoeing and sowing turnips.
20 – Wind W, warm day. Wm. singing. John drilling. Self hilling
potatoes. Annie at school. Self took red mare to horse.
Afternoon John drilling. Self hilling potatoes. Wm. and Robert
burning brush. Wm. at Greenbank practicing singing for the
anniversary.
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21 – Wind W, fine day. John drilling. Self at the anniversary
grounds. Annie at school. John drilling. Wm. burning brush.
Afternoon very high wind. Wm. at Uxbridge in the evening.
22 – Wind NW, fine cool day. Wm. gone to Port Perry. John
gone to anniversary grounds. Self hilling potatoes. Robert at
Greenbank with Wms. horse to shoe. Afternoon Margaret
arrives from Whitby. Self drilling in the orchard. Mr. Bagshaw
here for 3 bushels of potatoes. Wm., Barbara and Margaret at A.
Leasks practicing singing.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and Robert at
anniversary. Afternoon Self, Wm., John, Margaret, Barbara,
Robert and Annie at the anniversary. Mr. Argo preaching from
Zachariah IV:7.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Barbara,
Margaret, Robert and Annie at the Greenbank Union Sabbath
School anniversary. Speakers Mr. J. Miller, R. Miller, F. Tavis, ,
Mr. Flint Sr., Rev. Mr. Smith from Glasgow and Mr. [Cummer?].
Singers Misses Gordon, A. Gibson, N. Gibson, [???], T. Scott,
and Knowles. Concert in the evening in the Methodist Church.
25 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. gone to Whitby with
Margaret, Elizabeth Akhurst, Elizabeth Burton and Barbara.
John doing nought. Self talking to Mr. Stillwell. Afternoon self,
John and Robert fencing Wms. woods. Alex Leask died.
26 – Wind NE, very warm. Self, John and Robert fencing Wms.
woods. Mother churning. Annie at school. Afternoon self, John
and Robert hoeing potatoes. Wm. and Barbara arrives from
Whitby. Self and John at Bible Society meeting in Wesleyan
Church. Revd. Mr. Manley addressing the meeting. Some 15 of
an audience. Nothing done during the year. Mr. Manley not
pleased at the little interest taken in it.
27 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. and Robert burning brush. Self
and John dunging out the sheep house. Annie at school.
Barbara washing. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at brush burning.
Self taking dung off the barn floor. John at the mill for a grist.
Mother sewing.
28 – Wind S, very warm. Wm. in his fallow. John hoeing
potatoes. Self doing nought. Mother gone to Mr. Stillwells.
Barbara baking. Afternoon raining with thunder. Wm. and John
in the fallow. Self and Robert planting cabbage.
29 – Wind W, very warm. Wm., John, Wm. Love and his oxen
logging for Wm. Barbara ironing. Self finishes sowing turnips in
the orchard. Afternoon Wm., John, James Carr and Wm. Love
logging. Self hoeing potatoes. Barbara ironing and scrubbing.
Wm. at Saintfield at night.
30 – Wind SW, very warm. Barbara and Annie at Primitive
Methodist Meeting. Mrs. Scott here in the afternoon.
JULY 1 – Wind W, very warm day. Wm. and Robert in the fallow.
Self and John hoeing potatoes. Afternoon Wm. and Robert in
the fallow. Self and John hoeing potatoes. Mother at Mr. Robert
Phairs visiting. Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Wm. Beare here visiting.
Barbara at Mr. Mathews.
2 – Wind W, warm day. Wm., John, James Carr and Wm. Love
and his oxen logging. Self scuffling potatoes. Afternoon Wm.,
John and Wm. Love logging. Shower at dinner. Self, Barbara
and Annie at Primitive Methodist school anniversary. Wm., John
and Barbara at concert in the evening.
3 – Wind SW, very warm, some thunder and rain through the
night. Wm. and Robert burning off their fallow. John hilling
potatoes. Self hoeing in the garden. A. Cragg here for the turnip
drill. Afternoon Wm. and Robert in Wms. fallow. Self and Robert
cutting thistles. Annie at school. Black sow pigged 10 pigs.
4 – Wind SW, rather cloudy. John cutting thistles. Wm. planting
turnip seed. Annie at school. Self at Manchester, Prince Albert
and Port Perry for Paris Green. Shower of rain at noon.
5 – Wind W, cool day. Self turning potatoes. John & Robert
cutting thistles. Mr. Stillwell here buying Wms. ram. Wm. sowing
his turnips. Mrs. Love Sen. And Mrs. David Cragg here for
potatoes. Afternoon Wm. harrowing his turnips. John and
Robert cutting thistles. Annie gone to Wm. Beares to a party.
Wm. Love here for Georges steer.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at his turnips. John cutting thistles.
Self talking to Mr. Stillwell. Afternoon Wm. and Robert in the
fallow. John fixing up potatoes. Self hoeing potatoes and at Mr.
Iansons with red mare in the evening.
7 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. Wm., Barbara, Robert and
Annie at Sunday School. John at English Meeting. Wm. takes
Mary Jane Luke and Barbara to Greenbank.
8 – Wind S, warm day. Wm., Barbara, and Robert gone to Utica
to a church opening. Annie at school. John hoeing turnips. Self
scuffling turnips. Afternoon self and John hoeing turnips. Mother
picking wool.
9 – Wind S, very warm day. John, Wm. and Robert hoeing
turnips. Annie at school. Self at Prince Albert at the meeting of
the presbetry.
10 – Wind S, some rain in the morning, very warm day. Wm.
splitting rails. Annie at school. Self and John mowing a little.
Barbara washing. Afternoon heavy shower after dinner. Wm.
splitting rails. Self and John choring. Mrs. A. Chalmers and Miss
Lizzie Chalmers here. Lizzie remains.
11 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. in his fallow. Self and John
mowing. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. splitting rails. Self
and John mowing oats. George here in the evening. Heard that
A. Leask was dead.
12 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm. splitting rails. John and Robert
hoeing turnips. Self scuffling turnips. Annie at school.
Afternoon self turning hay. John and Robert hoeing turnips.
Wm. on the sideline working. Elizabeth Chalmers and Mother
leaves for Mr. Duffs. Self took red mare to Greenbank to horse.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. on the sideline working. Self, John
and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon self, John and Robert
drew in 4 loads of hay into the barn. Wm. on the sideline.
Barbara goes to Brock with Lizzie Chalmers.
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14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at Sunday School.
George here from A. Leasks. Miss Barbara Walker here in the
afternoon. Mr. McArthur said to be preaching A. Leasks funeral
sermon at Presbyterian Meeting.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to Port Perry for boots. Self,
John and Robert hoeing turnips. Barbara arrives from Brock.
Afternoon self, John and Robert hoeing turnips.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self and John
mowing. Robert hoeing turnips. Barbara and Annie picking
berries. Afternoon self and John mowing. Robert hoeing.
Some showers through the afternoon with thunder.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Robert
hoeing turnips. Self and John mowing hay. Barbara washing.
Afternoon self and John cuts out the hay and hoes turnips.
Robert hoeing turnips.
18 – Wind N, some rain in the morning. Wm. at Mr. Byers house.
Self, John and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie and Barbara picking
berries. Afternoon self, John and Robert drew 12 loads of hay
into the stable loft and hoed some turnips. Mother at Mr. Perkins
visiting. Annies birthday. Miss B. Walker, Agnes Duff, Sally
Akhurst and Hannah and Eva Perkins all swinging in the barn.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self and John
mowing Johns hay. Robert hoeing. Barbara and Annie picking
berries. Afternoon Wm. and John at David Craggs barn raising.
Self and Robert raking hay. Raising lasted til 12 o’clock at night.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self, John
and Robert drew in 6 loads of hay. Annie at Greenbank for the
papers. Afternoon looking like rain. Self, John and Robert drew
5 loads of hay which finishes the haying at home. Barbara
scrubbing. Mother picking currants.
21 – Wind W, raining all morning with some thunder. No one at
the Sunday School. Self, John, Mother, Barbara, Robert and
Annie at Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Taylor preaching from 1st
Peter I:4,5. Good attendance.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Wm. and John mowing. Barbara,
Robert, Annie, Margaret Leask and Jane Michie picking berries.
Afternoon self, Wm., and John mowing. Robert turning hay. The
rest picking berries.
23 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self,
John and Robert raking hay. Barbara at Manchester for sugar.
Afternoon Wm. at Mr. John Reals barn raising. Self, John and
Robert raking hay. Mrs. Perkins here visiting. Great show at
Port Perry today.
24 – Wind W, looking like rain. Wm. gone to John Lees house.
Self, John and Robert stacking Johns hay. Barbara and Annie
picking berries. Afternoon self, John and Robert stacking hay.
10 little loads.
25 – Wind S, and looking like rain. Self, John and Robert
stacking Johns hay. Barbara washing. Afternoon self, John and
Robert finishes Johns hay. John and self mowing barley.
Barbara at Mr. Thos. Phairs visiting.
26 – Wind SW, shower in the forenoon. Self and John mowing
barley. Barbara and Annie picking berries. Afternoon self and
John mowing barley. Mr. C. Scott, pedlar, here all night. Apple
tree agent visiting.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Robert hoeing turnips in
the orchard. Mother baking and churning. Afternoon self, John
and Robert hoeing. Barbara scrubbing. Isabella Michie and
Mary Michie here all night.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Robert, Annie, Isabella
Michie and Mary Michie at the Sunday School. Self, Wm., John
and Barbara at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Galloway preaching
from Heb. I: 1, 2. Collection for the expenses of the assembly
$2.58.
29 – Wind S, much thunder and looking like rain. Wm. at Mr.
Byers house. Self, John and Robert raking barley. Rain at 10
o’clock. Afternoon John taking 8 lambs to A. Stones place. Self
hoeing the garden.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. John
mowing barley. Self killing calf. Afternoon John and Robert
hoeing turnips. Self scuffling turnips. Looking like rain. Mrs.
Thos. Phair here for black currants.
AUG. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at his turnips. Self, John,
Robert and Annie drew 4 loads of barley. Afternoon self, John
and Robert and Annie drew 1 load of barley. Mrs. A. Gordon,
Mrs. Burton, Mrs. McArthur, Miss Isabella Gordon here visiting.
Agnes Boddie here all night.
2 – Wind SE, thunder and rain through the night. Wm. gone to
Mr. Byers house. Self, John and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
gone to Brock. Afternoon self at Greenbank for papers. Mother
at Mr. Akhursts. John and Robert hoeing turnips. Some rain in
the afternoon. Wm., John and Robert at Mr. Gibbs meeting at
Greenbank.
3 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. at his turnips. Self, John and Robert
hoeing turnips. Mrs. Walker here visiting. Afternoon Wm. at his
turnips. Self, John and Robert hoeing turnips. Drew 3 loads of
barley which finishes.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Barbara and Robert at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Barbara and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Macintosh preaching from Heb.
VII:25.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self, John and
Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon self, John and Robert finishes
turnip hoeing.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. John gone to Mr.
John Leasks to seek work. Self and Robert at Port Perry for
lumber. Mr. Duff and Mr. Akhurst here in the evening for pigs.
7 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self and
Robert fixing bedsteads and cleaning out the cellar. Afternoon
self fixing pumps. Self, Wm. and Robert at a meeting at A.
Gordons at Greenbank on the political questions of the day.
Mother at James Walkers visiting. John arrives from J. Leasks.
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8 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Self
pulling pease. John gone to cut James Walkers barley.
Afternoon self cutting pease. Robert at Greenbank with Wms.
horse to be shoed. Election at South Ontario. Mr. T. Gibbs
elected.
9 –Wind S, very warm day. Wm. gone to Mr. Markhams to
plaster. Mother gone to Brock. John at Jas. Walkers barley.
Self cutting pease. Afternoon self cutting pease.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert cut out the pease. John
cradling oats. Mother arrives from Brock with Annie sick of sore
throat. Afternoon self, John and Robert binding oats.
11 – Wind SW, very dull day. Wm., Barbara and Robert at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., and Barbara at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Taylor preaching.
12 – Wind SE, very dull day and some rain. Wm. gone to Mr.
Markhams. Barbara at Greenbank. Self, John and Robert
cutting and binding wheat. Afternoon self, John and Robert
cutting and binding oats.
13 – Wind E, dull day. Self, John and Robert cutting and binding
oats. Barbara washing. Afternoon self, John & Robert drawing
pease. Rev. Mr. Taylor and Mrs. John Leask here and Mrs.
Martineau and Mrs. Boddie visiting.
14 – Wind SW, dull day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self, John and
Robert cutting oats. Afternoon Barbara at Greenbank for the
doctor to Annie. Self, John and Robert at oats. Slight shower in
the evening.
15 – Wind N, rather cloudy. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self, John
and Robert cutting wheat and oats. Afternoon John going round
trying to get some work. Self fixing water for the cattle. Pamela
Burton here visiting.
16 – Wind easterly, fine day. Wm. gone to John Leasks to
harvest. John at Mr. Akhursts harvesting. Self at Port Perry with
a grist. Margaret Walker here visiting. Annie still sickly with sore
throat.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Mr. Duffs. Self fixing
washtub. Robert pulling flax. Barbara scrubbing. Mother gone
to Alex Leasks, the baby being very sick. Meeting of Grits at
Greenbank, none from here at it.
18 –Wind SW, looking like rain. Mother arrives from A. Leasks.
Nobody at Sunday School. Self and John at Presbyterian
Church and there was not any preacher. Wm. and Barbara at
Greenbank in the evening. No meeting there.
19 – Wind SW, very warm day. Wm. at A. Leasks. John at T.
Duffs. Self and Robert pulling flax. Barbara washing. Afternoon
Robert cutting timothy. Self choring.
20 – Wind S, very warm. Self, Wm. and John at Greenbank and
voted for Thompson. Afternoon Wm. gone to A. Leasks. Self,
John and Robert at Johns oats. Slight showers in the afternoon.
Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts, his baby being sick. John &
Robert at Greenbank in the evening. Mr. W. Gibbs, majority 216.
W. Akhursts child dies.
21 – Wind S, thunder and rain through the night. John cutting his
oats and goes to George Boddies to rake and bind wheat. Self
and Robert binding oats. Afternoon self and Robert cutting a
swath round the wheat field. Mr. Akhurst at Brooklin with the
black mare for his daughter. Mr. R. Phairs binding bee.
22 – Wind N and very high. Wm. gone to A. Leasks. John at R.
Phairs. T. Duff here reaping wheat. Self and George Boddie
binding. Robert gone with Lizzie Akhurst to Prince Albert.
Afternoon T. Duff reaping. John, self and George Boddie
binding. Mother, Robert and Annie at Mr. Akhursts childs
funeral.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. gone to A. Leasks. Self and John
binding wheat. Robert shocking. Barbara gone to Port Perry
with the Misses Akhurst. Afternoon self, John and Robert
drawing in wheat and oats.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to A. Leasks. John gone to Mr.
Akhursts. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon self and
Robert shocking wheat. Mother at A. Leasks, their baby being
dead.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Barbara, Robert and
Annie at funeral of J. Leask son of the late A. Leask. Mr. Cairns
preaching from Matthew XII:40.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. gone to A. Leasks. John gone to T.
Duffs. Annie at school. Self and Robert fencing pease stack and
cutting Johns wheat. Afternoon self, John, and Robert cutting
Johns wheat. Rev. Mr. Cairns here. Mr. James Walker has a
binding bee. Annie at school.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. at A. Leasks. John, self and Robert
at Johns wheat. Afternoon John, self and Robert at Johns
wheat. Mother to Greenbank with the Minister. Annie at school.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at A. Leasks. Self, John and Robert
finishes the cutting and binding of Johns wheat. Annie at school.
Afternoon self, John & Robert drawing wheat.
29 – Wind SW, and very like rain. Self, John and Robert finishes
cutting and binding Johns oats and drew some wheat. Wm. at A.
Leasks. Annie at school. Afternoon finished drawing of Johns
oats. Some showers with thunder.
30 –Wind N and cold. Nothing doing much. Wm. gone over the
creek. John & Barbara at Uxbridge. Self doing nought.
Afternoon high wind and rain. Nought doing. Annie at school.
Ann Michie died 1846.
31 – Wind N and high, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house
but does not work any. John fixing his shocks. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Wm., John and Robert working on the
sideline. Self raking wheat stubble with horse rake.
SEPT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Robert and Annie at
Sunday school. Self, Wm., Mother, Barbara and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cairns preaching from Hebrews IV:8.
Mother gone to John Gordons to see a sick child. Wesley Luke
here to dinner.
2 – Wind N, looking like rain. Wm. at A. Leasks. Self, John and
Robert drawing Johns wheat. Afternoon drew the last of Johns
wheat and [?] Roberts potatoes. Annie at home.
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3 – Wind W, very cold. John working on the sideline. Annie at
school. Self and Robert at Prince Albert and Port Perry.
Presbetry meeting in Prince Albert Church.
4 – Wind S, looking like rain. John and Robert gone to the
sideline to work. Self digging stones. Annie at school.
Afternoon John and Robert at sideline. Self digging stones.
Wm. comes home from A. Leasks.
5 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. Wm., John & Robert at
sideline. Self plowing. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm., John
and Robert at sideline. Self plowing. Mr. James Carr [took]
Wms. horse to mill.
6 – Wind W, fine day, though some dull. John and Robert
plowing. Self and Barbara at Brock. Annie at school. Wm. at
Mr. Byers house. John and Robert plowing.
7 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house.
John and Robert plowing. Self burning stones.18
Afternoon John
and Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank. Mother at James
Walkers visiting.
8 – Wind W, very warm. Wm., Barbara, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, Barbara and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Gillies preaching from Luke XV:4.
9 – Wind easterly, raining some through the forenoon. John
mending horse troughs. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Annie at
school. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and Robert plowing.
Self digging stones.
10 – Wind S, threatening rain. Wm. gone to Byers house. John
and Robert plowing. Self cutting burrs on Wms. farm. Annie at
school. Afternoon John plowing and pulling stumps. Self
burning stumps.
11 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert pulling stumps. Self
burning stumps. Annie at school. Afternoon Robert harrowing.
John at Wm. Reals raising. Self burning stumps. Mrs. S. Byers
and Mrs. John Byers here visiting. Wm. at Byers house.
12 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house.
Self, John and Robert drawing dung. Rain at 10 o’clock.
Barbara spinning. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing
dung. Rain at 5 o’clock. Mrs. R. Phair here visiting.
13 – Wind N, rough with showers. Nothing doing. Self digging
stumps. Afternoon John and Robert drawing dung. Self digging
stumps. Mrs. Walker brings parcel from the old country from
Margaret Mitchell.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Self, John
and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon self, John and Robert
drawing dung. Barbara scrubbing.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and Barbara at
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‘Burning stones’ – farmers would need to remove very
large rocks from their fields, so they would pile brush
around them and set them on fire. Once the rocks were
sufficiently heated, adding cold water would cause them
to crack, thus making them easier to split into smaller
pieces which they could then move with less difficulty.
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Gillies preaching from Luke XV:4.
Isabella Gordon here all night.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Loves. John gone to
Port Perry. Annie at school. Self digging stones. Afternoon self
at Greenbank getting black mare shoed. Barbara and Isabella
Gordon at Mr. Burtons visiting.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Mathews to dig a well.
John and Robert drawing dung. Self at Thos. Phairs threshing.
Annie at school. Barbara and Isabella Gordon at Port Perry to
Mr. Martins.
18 – Wind S, looking like rain. Self at Thos. Phairs threshing.
John and Robert drawing dung. Annie at school. Barbara
washing. Afternoon some rain. Self, John and Robert drawing
dung. Wm. at Mr. Byers house.
19 – Wind N, showery. Self, John and Robert digging stones.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at dung. Wm. at Mr. Byers
house. Mother visiting at Mr. Burtons.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers house. Self,
John and Robert and horses at Mr. Perkins threshing. Annie at
school. Isabella Gordon leaves for Mr. Akhursts.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert and horses at Mr.
Perkins threshing. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Afternoon self, John
and Robert at dung. Barbara at James Walkers threshing.
22 – Wind SW, thunder in the morning and some rain. Wm.,
Robert and Barbara at U.S. School. Self, Mother, Wm., John
and Barbara at Presbyterian Church. A young man preaching
from Heb. II:3.
23 – Wind SE, dull day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self, John and
Barbara at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Afternoon Wm. over the
creek to see some jobs of road work. Some thunder through the
day.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. Self, John and
Barbara and Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Afternoon John
plowing. Self and Robert spreading dung. Self at school in the
evening. Annie at school. John gets 4 bags of oats from Mr.
Perkins.
25 – Wind SW, rather showery. Wm. at Mr. Byers house. John
plowing. Self spreading dung. Robert digging his potatoes.
Afternoon John plowing. Self at Greenbank getting Wms. horse
shoed.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self spreading dung. John plowing.
Annie at school. Some gentleman puts lightning rods on the
barn. Afternoon self burning stones. John plowing. Mother
visiting at Mrs. Leasks.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at school. John plowing. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self spreading dung.
Wm. and Robert digging potatoes.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and Robert digging potatoes. John
plowing. Self spreading dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self
spreading dung. Wm. and Robert at potatoes.
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29 – Wind SE, rain in the morning. Wm., Barbara, Robert and
Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother and Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Currie of Manilla preaching from Luke
III:17. Church declared vacant.
30 – Wind W, rather cold. Wm. and John gone to John Gordons
to dig a well. Annie at school. Barbara washing. Self plowing.
Afternoon self ditching in the swamp.
OCT. 1 – Wind N, rough showery day. Annie at school. Self
digging stones. Robert has toothache. Afternoon self digging
stones. Wm. and John gone to Chancy Aslings well. First day of
Fair at Prince Albert.
2 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. and John gone to Mr. Aslings well.
Self, Barbara, Robert and Annie at county fair, Prince Albert.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. and John gone to Mr. Aslings well.
Self and Robert burning stumps in the swamp. Afternoon Mrs.
James Carr here visiting. Self and Robert burning stumps.
4 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and John gone to Mr. Aslings well.
Annie at school. Self and Robert fixing the stable. Afternoon self
and horses at George Boddies threshing. Barbara at Mr.
Boddies.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and John at Mr. Aslings well. Self
and horses at George Boddies threshing. Barbara at George
Boddies.
6 – Wind W, with thunder and showers. Wm., Barbara, Robert
and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Wm., John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. No service.
7 – Wind N, rather dull. Wm. at Mr. Boddies well. Annie at
school. Self, John and Robert fixing for the threshing machine.
Barbara washing. Mother churning.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. gone to Thomas Phairs well. Annie
at school. Self, John and Robert digging potatoes. Afternoon
self, John and Robert digging potatoes in the orchard. Threshing
machine came tonight.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Threshing. Mr. Perkins and horses, Mr.
Boddie and horses, R. Phair, Thos. Phair, Thos. Duff, Wm.
Akhurst, Jas. Walker, Wm., John and self at it. Threshed all day.
10 – Wind NW, rough day. Threshing. Mr. Perkins and horses,
Mr. Boddie and horses, Jas. Walker Jun., Thos Phair, James
Walker Sen., Thos. Duff, Wm. Akhurst, Wm., John and self
threshed til noon. All finished. Afternoon self, John and Robert
clearing the barn door. Wm. at Thos. Phairs well.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Mr. Duffs threshing. Wm. at
Thos. Phairs well. Self and Robert doing nought. Annie at
school. Afternoon self doing nought. Barbara and Robert at
Greenbank.
12 – Wm. at Thos. Phairs well. Self, John, Robert and Annie
digging potatoes. Mr. James Carr here wanted nought.
Afternoon John at Thos. Phairs well. Self, Robert and Annie at
potatoes.
13 – Wind SW, dull day. Wm., Robert and Barbara at Sunday
School. No Presbyterian meeting.
14 – Wind NW, rather cold. Wm. and Robert gone to Mr. Gilroys
to plaster. He not ready, they go to Mr. Belfords. Self, John,
Robert, Annie and Mother at potatoes. Afternoon self, John,
Mother , Annie and Robert at potatoes.
15 – Wind SW, cold day. Self, John, Mother, Annie and Robert at
potatoes. Barbara washing. Afternoon snowing. Self, John and
Robert fanning barley.
16 – Wind NW, rough day. John at Greenbank paying the
blacksmith bill. Barbara spinning. Mother churning. Robert and
Annie pairing apples. Self doing nought. Afternoon self, John &
Robert at potatoes. Barbara at Mr. Wm. Reals quilting. Mother
& Annie at potatoes.
17 – Wind SE, frosty morning. Self, John and Robert at potatoes.
Barbara spinning. Mother draining milk. Annie at potatoes.
Rain at noon. Afternoon self and John and Robert fanning
barley.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie and
Mother at potatoes. Afternoon self, Mother, John and Robert
finishes digging potatoes. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
Barbara scrubbing. Wesley and Louis Luke here all night.
19 – Wind N, rather cold. Wesley Luke leaves for home. John
and Robert taking in the apples. Self and Barbara at Port Perry
with 39 bushels of barley. Barbara gone to Brock with the train.
Margaret comes home with me.
20 – Wind W, hard frost. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., Margaret, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Church. Some stranger preaching.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John and Robert gone to Wick
Station. Self takes mare from colt. Annie at school. Afternoon
self and Robert taking in apples.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at school. Self and Robert at
potatoes but they will not work. Self harrowing. Afternoon self
and Robert burning bushes in the orchard.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at school. Self, Margaret and
Robert fanning barley. Afternoon self, Margaret and Robert at
barley. George here in the evening.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at school. Self & Robert at Port
Perry with barley. Mother visiting at Mr. Wm. Reals.
25 – Wind SE and raining some. Mother at Mr. Aslings, his wife
being sick. Self and Robert fixing the cellar for potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert threshing timothy seed. Margaret at
Greenbank and brings home Mother.
26 – Wind Easterly and raining. Self and Robert threshing
timothy seed. Afternoon still raining. Margaret gone to Brock.
John arrives from Mr. Gilroys.
27 – Wind Easterly, raining some. Wm., Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. A
stranger preaching.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert taking in potatoes with
the wheelbarrow. Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes and
cabbage. Margaret and Miss M. Johnston arrives from Brock.
Barbara arrives from Brooklin.
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29 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert, Mother and Margaret taking
in potatoes. Annie at school. Afternoon self, Mother, Margaret
and Robert at potatoes. Miss Johnston leaves for A. Gordons.
30 –Wind W, fine day. Annie at school. Self, Mother and Robert
taking in potatoes. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at
potatoes. Miss Emily and Miss Lizzie Akhurst and Miss Margaret
Walker here visiting. Barbara washing. Mrs. Knowley died.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Annie at school. Self, Mother and
Robert at turnips. Barbara and Margaret Walker at Port Perry at
the Doctor. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at turnips.
NOV. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at school. Self, Mother and
Robert at turnips. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at turnips.
Drew 8 loads. Received Aberdeen Journal and Free Press of
Oct. 9, 1872.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at turnips.
Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at turnips. Annie at R. Phairs.
3 – Wind W, dull day, looking like rain. Wm., Margaret, Robert
and Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm.,, John, Barbara
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. No preacher.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John at Port Perry. Wm. fixing his
potatoes. Self, Mother and Robert and Annie at turnips.
Afternoon Wm. and John gone to Mr. Gilroys. Self, Mother,
Robert & Annie at turnips.
5 – Wind S, threatening rain. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
turnips. Afternoon self, Mother, Robert & Annie at turnips.
6 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert & Annie at turnips.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert & Annie at turnips drawing into
cellar. Mr. Scott, pedlar, here all night. Margaret at Greenbank
for oil.
7 – Wind SW. Self, Mother, Robert & Annie at turnips. Afternoon
self, Mother, Robert & Annie at turnips. Rain before night.
8 – Wind W and raining some. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
turnips. Afternoon self, Mother, & Robert at turnips. Annie at
Greenbank for papers.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert fencing the turnip pits.
Mother & Annie topping turnips in the orchard. Afternoon self,
Mother, Robert and Annie drawing turnips in the orchard and
finished. Margaret & Barbara cleaning up. Wm. and John
arrives.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and Robert at
Sunday School. Self, Wm., Barbara, Annie, Margaret and
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Reed preaching from 1st
John:I:9. Monthly collection $1.52.
11 – Wind W, rather dull day. Wm. gone to Brock. Self sawing
wood. John, Robert and Mother topping Wms. turnips. Annie at
school. Afternoon self, Mother, John and Robert drawings Wms.
turnips. Christina Byers and Miss James Truax here visiting.
James Walker, Barbara Walker, Jane and Sally Akhurst, George
Boddie, [?] Boddie, Lizzie Dimund, Robt. & Albert Akhurst, [?]
12 – Wind N, fine day. Annie at school. Self, Mother, John &
Robert topping turnips. Afternoon self, John, Mother and Robert
drawing turnips. Barbara & Margaret at Mr. Phairs in the
evening.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at school. Self, Mother, John &
Robert topping turnips. Afternoon self, Mother, John & Robert
drawing turnips.
14 – Wind SE, rather cold. General fast day. Self covering turnip
pit. John mending his boots. Women making ready for quilting
tomorrow. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self choring some.
Margaret scrubbing. Barbara baking. Mother carding wool.
15 – Wind N, hard frost. Self, John & Robert fencing Wms. turnip
pits. Afternoon self, John & Robert drawing in pease. Margt.
Matthews, Margt. Leask, Jane Michie, Miss Nicols, Ann Gordon,
Mary Gordon, Pamela Burton, Agnes Asling, Mrs. Akhurst, Lizzie
Akhurst, Margt. Walker, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. R. Phair and Mrs.
Thos. Phair at quilting bee. General fast day by order of the
Governor General.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John & Robert fixing the goose house.
Self dunging out the pig house. Mother, Barbara, Margt. and
Margt. Walker quilting. Afternoon John and Robert fixing the
henhouse. Self fixing the turnip cellar.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert & Annie at
Sunday School. Lizzie Akhurst here. Wm. and John at
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching.
18 – Wind SW, rather cold. Wm. gone to Mr. David Leasks. John
fixing the roof of stable. Annie at school. Self banking the turnip
cellar. Barbara & Margaret quilting. Afternoon John at
blacksmiths getting black mare shoed. Self threshing pease and
put in the pigs to fat. Mother, Barbara and Margaret quilting.
19 – Wind SW, rather dull. Annie at school. John and Robert in
the woods for axe handles. Self fixing cow house. Mother,
Barbara & Margaret quilting. Afternoon self, John & Robert
drawing out cedar. Barbara & Margaret at Mr. Akhursts quilting.
20 – Wind NW, cold and frosty. Annie at school. Margaret
washing. Self, John & Robert drawing out cedar. Afternoon self,
John & Robert at cedar.
21 – Wind SW, rather dull. Annie at school. John & Robert in the
swamp. Self threshing pease. Mrs. A. Leask here visiting.
Afternoon John making axe handle. Self and Robert threshing
pease. Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Barbara at Mr. Byers.
22 – Wind S, snowing some. Wm. at Thos. Phairs. John in the
swamp. Annie at school. Self and Robert taking in potatoes.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self and Robert fixing sheep rack.
23 – Wind SW, some snow. Wm. at Thos. Phairs house. John at
Robt. Phairs threshing. Self and Robert fanning a grist. Barbara
at Mr. Phairs. Afternoon self at Beares Mill with grist.
24 – Wind S, rather dull. Wm., Margaret and Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., Margaret and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Gage preaching from 1st
John V:9.
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25 – Wind W and very high. Annie at school. Wm. at Thos.
Phairs. John at Robert Phairs threshing. Self and Robert
threshing pease. Afternoon John at rails. Self and Robert
threshing pease. Meeting at Presbyterian Church on financial
matters. Self and John at it.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at Thos. Phairs. John splitting rails.
Annie at school. Self round for money to Mr. McArthur.
Afternoon John at rails. Self at meeting in Brock Church to talk
of calling a minister. Nothing done.
27 – Wind SW, rather dull looking. Annie at school. Wm. gone to
Port Perry to get his boots mended. John in the swamp. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John in the swamp. Self choring.
28 – Wind W, fine day, rather cold. Wm. at Thos. Phairs well.
John in the swamp. Self at mill for grist. Annie at school.
Barbara at Greenbank. Afternoon John in swamp. Self choring.
Barbara making mat.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and John at Thos. Phairs well.
Annie at school. Self and Robert drawing out cedar. Afternoon
self and Robert drawing pease. Barbara and Margaret at Mrs.
Leasks quilting. Isabella Michie here.
30 – Wind N, very stormy. Wm. at Mr. Byers. John threshing
pease. Self at Mr. Akhursts, he being sick with sore throat.
Afternoon self and John threshing pease.
DEC. 1 – Wind S, snowing some. Wm., Margaret and Robert at
the Sunday School. Self and Wm. at Presbyterian Meeting.
Some stranger preaching.
2 – Wind S, rather soft. Wm. and John at Thos. Phairs well.
Annie at school. Robert at Port Perry. Barbara at Mr. Akhursts.
Isabella Michie at Jas. Walkers. Self drawing wood. Afternoon
self drawing wood. George arrives from Mrs. Leasks. Wm.,
John, Margaret, Barbara, Isabella Michie and Pascoe Luke at
Miss Akhursts wedding in the evening at 7 o’clock. All the above
here all night with the addition of Jane and Robert Akhurst.
3 – Wind SW, snowing some. Wm. and John at Thos. Phairs
well. George at Port Perry. Self and Robert threshing pease.
Barbara & Isabella Michie quilting. Mother and Annie at Mr.
Akhursts. Afternoon self and Robert threshing pease. The
women all quilting.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Thos. Phairs well. John and
George gone to Mara. Self choring. Annie at school. The
women quilting. Afternoon self fixing turnip basket. Mrs. Akhurst
here quilting. Isabella Michie and Barbara leave for Brock.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and Robert at the creek. Self
choring. Annie at school. Margaret washing. Mr. Markham here
to dinner, he wanting cord wood. Afternoon Wm. at Thos. Phairs
well. Self and Robert choring.
6 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. at Mr. Byers taking a well to dig.
Annie at school. Self and Robert threshing pease. Afternoon
Mother making vest. Self and Robert threshing pease. John and
George arrive from Mara.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Burtons well. John and
George at Port Perry. Self and Robert threshing pease.
Afternoon self mending Annies boots. Margaret scrubbing.
Robert and Annie sleigh riding.
8 – Wind NW, find day and warm, snow thawing. Wm., Margaret,
Robert and Annie at Sunday School. Wm., John, George
Margaret, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
9 – Wind NW, very stormy. Wm. and John at Port Perry. Self
doing nought. Afternoon still stormy. Doing nought.
10 – Wind N, rather frosty. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John at
Toronto to see about his land. Self choring. Mother and
Margaret sewing. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at Port Perry with
wood. Self choring.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
writing. Self threshing pease. Annie at school. Afternoon Wm.
and Robert at Port Perry with wood. John and self threshing
pease.
12 – Wind about S, some like a thaw. Annie at school. Wm. and
Robert at Port Perry with wood. John at Byers well. Margaret at
Greenbank to get boots. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood.
Mr. George Boddie and Mr. R. Phair takes a load for him. Self
choring. Barbara arrives from Brock.
13 – Wind SW. Wm. at Mr. Burtons. John and Robert drawing
out bark. Self doing nought. Afternoon self, John and Robert
drawing in the pease stack.
14 – Wind SW, rather soft. John at Mr. Burtons well. Wm. at Port
Perry with wood. Self and Robert threshing pease. Afternoon
Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self choring.
15 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Barbara, John, Margaret and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching from Isaiah
XVI:2.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Burtons well. Wm. and
Robert at Port Perry with wood. Self doing nought. The women
quilting. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self and
Robert making a floor above the cows house.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry with
wood. John at Burtons well. Self helping George Boddie to kill
pigs. Mr. Andrew Gordon here. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at
Port Perry with wood. Self doing chores.
18 – Wind W, fine day, some snow falling. Wm. making sleigh
tongue. Self, John, Robert and George Boddie killing pigs.
Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self gutting pigs. John
choring.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Mara. Wm. at Burtons
well. Self doing nought. Margaret & Barbara cleaning up.
Afternoon Margaret and Barbara cleaning up.
20 – Wind W, rather stormy. Wm. drawing wood to Port Perry.
Self choring. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self at
Greenbank for the papers. John arrives from Mara.
21 – Wind about S, fine day. Wm. and John at home. Self,
Barbara and Annie at Port Perry with 2 pigs. Afternoon Wm.
training the colt. John choring. Self doing nought.
22 – Wind W, very frosty day. Robert at Sunday School. Very
cold. Nobody at any meeting. Barbara and Margaret at Mr.
Perkins.
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23 – Wind W and snow drifting. Wm. out with wood. Self
choring. John fixing the cellar. Margaret washing. Barbara
sewing. Afternoon Wm. out with wood. Self doing nought.
Mother baking.
24 – Wind N, keen frost and bright day. Wm. shoveling the road.
John and Robert at Prince Albert with bark. Barbara baking.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Margaret scrubbing.
25 – Wind Easterly, very cold. Christmas Day. Nothing doing.
The women busy cooking. Afternoon nothing doing. Annie at
Mr. Perkins. Barbara, Margaret and John at A. Michies, Brock, in
the evening. Still very cold.
26 – Wind E, very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon Wm. drawing
wood. John gone to Greenbank but gets only to James Walkers.
27 – Wind S, not so cold. Wm. drawing wood. John threshing
pease. Barbara baking. Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm. and
Robert at Port Perry with wood. John threshing pease. Self at
Greenbank for the papers. John Leask comes for Mother in the
evening, his wife being sick.
28 – Wind SW, rather dull. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
threshing pease. Self splitting wood. Margaret churning.
Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John threshing pease.
Self doing nought. Mr. Stewart and Charles Hogan here all
night. Mother not home yet.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Wm.,
John, Mr. Hogan, Barbara and Annie at the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. A. Leask from Brock preaching from Kings.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Port Perry with wood. Mr.
Stewart leaves for the east road. John and Mr. Hogan gone to
Port Perry to get the writing made out for that land in Mara. Self
doing nought. Barbara Walker here. Afternoon Wm. and Robert
at Port Perry with wood. Barbara making ready for New Years
day. Threatening snow.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Mr.
Hogan leaves for home. John threshing pease. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with Robert along. Self
and John fanning pease.
And thus ends the Year 1872.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1873
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
and self doing nought. George Boddie here to dinner. Afternoon
Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self and John doing nought.
Spree in the evening. 64 at it.
2 – Wind SE, hailing. Wm. and R. Phair at Port Perry with wood.
John gone to Cannington. Self at Port Perry with Lizzie
Chalmers and Emma [Wackhup?] to the train. Afternoon Wm.
and R. Phair at the Port with wood. Self choring.
3 – Wind SW, snow thawing fast. William at the Port with wood.
Self at Brock to see Mr. Alex Arthur. No papers come tonight.
George comes home with a boil on his leg.
4 – Wind SW, snowing some. Wm., self and Robert drawing
wood. Afternoon Wm., self and Robert draw in 6 loads of
turnips. Margaret scrubbing. John arrives home.
5 – Wind easterly, snowing some. Margaret & Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Barbara and Margaret and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Moodie preaching from 1st
Peter I:8. Collection $2.05.
6 – Wind NW, fine day, snow drifting. Wm. and John gone to Port
Perry. George gone to Mrs. Leasks. Self at Greenbank voting at
municipal election. Voted for Graham, Reeve; Holman & St.
John, Dep.; Leonard Burnett & Wm. Real, councilors. Afternoon
Wm. and John at Port Perry. Self doing nought.
7 – Wind W, rather cold. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
grinding his axe. Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm. & Robert at
Port Perry with wood. Self doing nought. John in the woods.
8 – Wind S and snowing, rather soft. Wm. at Port Perry with
wood. Self and John at school meeting. John takes the wood
(10 cords) at $2 per cord. Afternoon John in the woods. Wm
gone to Port Perry with wood. Self doing nought. Barbara at
Jas. Walkers.
9 – Wind W, very cold. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon Wm. at the Port. John in the
woods. Self choring. Mr. Phair here. Rev. Mr. McArthur died at 2
o’clock morning.
10 – Wind W, rather cold. Wm. gone to Robert Phairs barn
timber. John in the woods. Self doing nought. Afternoon John in
the woods. Self at Greenbank for the papers.
11 – Wind SW, rather cold. Wm. at Mr. Phairs timber. John in the
woods. Self, Barbara and Annie at Mr. McArthurs funeral.
12 – Wind southerly. Margaret and Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Wm., John, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Moodie preaching from Matthew V:8. Samuel
Manning here in the evening.
13 – Wind S and thawing. Wm. gone to Mr. Phairs timber. John
& Robert gone to Prince Albert with bark. Self doing nought.
Afternoon nothing doing.
14 – Wind SW. Wm. at R. Phairs timber. John at the woods.
Robert at school. Self at Port Perry with a grist. Afternoon John
in the woods. Self drawing wood.
15 – Wind SE, snowing some. John in the woods. Wm. at Mr.
Phairs timber. Self fixing grindstone. Robert at school. Walter
Asling here for Margaret to hire for 2 weeks. Afternoon John in
the woods. Barbara washing. Self took Margaret to Greenbank.
Mother visiting at Mr. Perkins.
16 – Wind SE, rain through the night. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Wm. at Port Perry for grist. John at James Walkers wood bee.
Self doing nought. Mother and Barbara quilting.
17 – Wind NW, rather cold. Wm. gone to Mr. Phairs timber. Self
and John drawing turnips. Robert at school. Afternoon self and
John drawing turnips. 4 loads.
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18 – Wind NE, very cold. John in the woods. Self splitting wood.
Barbara scrubbing. Afternoon John in the woods. Self doing
nought. Wm. doing nought.
19 – Wind SW, snowing some. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Nobody at Presbyterian Church. Barbara at Greenbank
with Mr. Perkins.
20 –Wind SW, rather stormy. John in the woods. Wm. gone to
Port Perry with wood. Robert and Annie at school. Barbara and
Mother quilting. Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Wm.
at Port Perry with wood. Self choring.
21 – Wind SE, snowing. John in the woods. Wm. at Port Perry
with wood. Robert and Annie at school. Self choring. Afternoon
John in the woods. Wm. at the Port. Self choring.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Robert at
school. Annie at home. Self and John fanning wheat. Afternoon
Wm. at Burtons. John and Barbara at Port Perry with wheat.
Self choring.
23 – Wind NE, very cold. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Robert
and Annie at the school. Self and John fanning wheat.
Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. Self and John fanning
wheat. Elizabeth Burton here all night.
24 – Wind NE and snowing some. John drawing wood to the
school. Wm. at Mr. Burtons. Self choring. Afternoon John
drawing school wood. Wm. doing nought. Self choring a little.
Elizabeth Burton gone home.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. gone to Thos. Phairs. John drawing
school wood. Self choring. Afternoon John drawing school
wood. Self looking at the road at the 9th
concession and
shoveling some.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Robert, Barbara and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching from John X:9.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. and John gone to Thos. Phairs
timber. Robert and Annie at school. Self drawing school wood.
Afternoon self drawing school wood.
28 – Wind NW, and very cold. Wm. and John at Thos. Phairs
timber. Robert and Annie at school. Self choring. Afternoon self
at Port Perry with wheat.
29 – Wind SW and very cold. Wm. and John at Thos. Phairs
timber. Robert and Annie at school. Self and Mother filling
wheat. Afternoon self at Port Perry with wheat. Margaret comes
home from W. Aslings.
30 – Wind W, rather cold. John and Wm. at Thos. Phairs timber.
Robert and Annie at school. Self choring. Mr. Minty here selling
cloth. Afternoon self drawing wood to the school. Mother,
Barbara and Margaret quilting.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and John at Mr. Thos. Phairs timber.
Robert and Annie at school. Self drawing wood. Mr. C. Asling
here looking at the colt. Afternoon self drawing wood to the
school. John receives letter from Toronto.
FEB. 1 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. at Thos. Phairs timber. John,
Margaret and Robert at Port Perry. Self doing nought.
Afternoon nought doing.
2 – Wind SW, fine bright day, but very cold. Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Barbara, Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching from Nehemiah XI:3.
Collection $1.52.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John at Thos. Phairs timber and
finishes at noon. Robert and Annie at school. Self drawing
wood. Afternoon Wm. collecting money. Self and John drawing
wood.
4 – Wm. at Port Perry. Robert and Annie at school. Self and
John drawing turnips. Afternoon self and John drawing turnips.
Barbara gone to gather money for the U.C. Bible Society.
5 – Wind S, rather dull day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
in the woods. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon Wm. at
Port Perry with wood. Self making pick handle. Barbara arrives
home having got about 15 dollars for the Bible Society.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John in the
woods. Self doing nought. Robert and Annie at school.
Afternoon Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John in the woods. Self
choring. Mr. Wm. Akhurst buys the colt for 120 dollars and one
year to pay.
7 – Wind S, rather soft day. Wm. at Port Perry with wood. John
at the Port selling his hay. Robert and Annie at school. Self
making axe handle. Christina McPhail here. Afternoon Wm. at
the Port with wood. John making roads to draw his hay. Self
making track to haystack.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Port Perry with hay. Robert
at Port Perry. Wm. at home. Self doing chores. Afternoon Wm.
and John at the Port with hay. Self at Greenbank. Margaret
scrubbing.
9 – Wind N, very cold. Only Margaret at the Sunday School.
Nobody at meeting. Very cold and stormy.
10 – Wind S, very cold. Wm. & John at Port Perry with hay.
Robert & Annie at school. Self choring. Women quilting.
Afternoon Wm. and John at the Port with hay. Self choring. Mrs.
Walker here quilting.
11 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Wm. at Port Perry with hay. Self
and John at Manchester with a steer and heifer. Robert and
Annie at school. Mrs. Perkins here visiting.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John at the Port with hay.
Robert and Annie at school. Self at Mr. Akhursts with sow.
Afternoon self doing nought. Barbara washing.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and John gone to Brock. Self doing
nought. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon nothing doing.
The school exhibition came off in the Sons Hall in the evening.
Self, Wm., John, Robert, Barbara, Margaret and Annie at it.
$22.61 made.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John and self drawing home hay
from Johns stacks. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon Wm.
at Port Perry. Self and John drawing wood.
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15 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John in the woods. Self
making axe handle. Margaret gone with Mr. Akhurst to Whitby.
Afternoon Wm. and John in the woods. Self choring.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, John, Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott
from Cambray preaching from Romans X:14,15. Collection for
the Foreign Mission $7.18. Barbara at Uxbridge.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John in the woods. Robt. and
Annie at school. Self making road in the swamp. Afternoon
John & Wm. in the woods. Self cutting up pork.
18 – Wind S, rather soft day. Wm. and John in the woods. Self
making roads. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon John &
Wm. in the woods. Self drawing rails. Wm. gone to Wick.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at school. John in the
woods. Self drawing rails. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
drawing rails. Mrs. James Scott died.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert and Annie at
school. Self splitting rails. Margaret arrives from Whitby. Wm.
arrives from Brock. Afternoon John and Wm. in the woods. Self
splitting rails. Mr. Akhurst takes away the colt and gives his note.
21 – Wind SE, snowing. Robert and Annie at school. Wm. and
John at Mrs. Scotts funeral. Self doing nought. Afternoon
stormy, nothing doing.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. in the woods. Self, John and
Robert at Port Perry. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Wm. in the
woods. Rest doing nought.
23 – Wind W, very cold and frosty. John, Margaret and Barbara
at Greenbank. Mrs. Scotts funeral sermon preached at 10
o’clock. Wm., Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Church,
Port Perry. Barbara at James Walkers in the afternoon.
24 – Wind W, very cold. John & Wm. in the woods. Self doing
nought. Mother, Barbara and Margaret quilting. Afternoon John
and Wm. in the woods. Self doing nought.
25 – Wind NW, very cold. John and Wm. in the woods. Self
drawing rails. Robert at school. The women quilting. Afternoon
Wm. and John in the woods. Self drawing rails. Mrs. Perkins
here quilting. Barbara at George Boddies.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and John in the woods. Robert and
Annie at school. Self drawing rails. Barbara washing. Afternoon
Wm. and John in the woods. Self splitting rails. Mrs. Michie at
Mr. Burtons visiting. Mr. Harrison and Thos. Ianson here for
horse money.
27 – Wind SE, snowing heavy. Nothing doing. Afternoon Wm.
and John in the woods. Self doing nought.
28 – Wind W, rather cold. Wm. and John in the woods. Robert
and Annie at school. Self drawing rails. Afternoon Wm. and
John in the woods. Self drawing rails.
MAR. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Uxbridge. John in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon self at Greenbank. John in the
woods.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Margaret, Annie and
Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Margaret
and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Monteath preaching
from John IXVI:24, 25. Collection $1.98.
3 – Wind NW, very cold. Wm. at Port Perry. John in the woods.
Robert and Annie at school. Self writing. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self writing. Wm. gone with Andrew Gordon to Burtons.
4 – Wind N, very cold. Wm. at John Gordons well. John in the
woods. Self threshing pease. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self threshing pease. Mother at George Boddies visiting.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at Burtons well. John at John Gordons
well. Robert and Annie at school. Margaret washing. Barbara
at Mr. Phairs visiting. Self doing nought. Afternoon self doing
nought.
6 – Wind W, rather cold. Wm. at the Burtons well. John at John
Gordons well. Self some sick. Robert at school. Afternoon
nothing doing. Mrs. Boddie here.
7 – Wind SW, fine day, snow melting. Wm. at Mr. Byers well.
Self drawing turnips. Robert at school. Afternoon drawing
turnips. [?] cow needs lifting. Miss Pamela Burton here.
Barbara and Margaret at protracted meeting.
8 – Wind SW. Wm. at Mr. Byers well. Self and Robert drawing
turnips. Annie some sick. Afternoon stormy. Wm. at Port Perry.
Self doing nought. John arrives from John Gordons.
9 – Wind NW, rather cold. Barbara, Margaret and Robert at
Sunday School. John and Barbara at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Wm. and Lizzie Akhurst at Port Perry meeting. John, Barbara
and Margaret at the protracted meeting, Greenbank.
10 - Wind SW, fine day. John at Byers well. Wm. at John
Gordons well. Robert at school. Self chopping wood. Afternoon
Barbara visiting at C. Aslings. Self cobbling. Self at meeting in
the Presbyterian Church about calling a minister.
11 – Wind W, rather rough, heavy fall of snow through the night.
Wm. at John Gordons well. John gone to Whitby to the jury. Self
at Port Perry. Robert at school.
12 – Wind NW, rather cold. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers well. Robert
at school. Self at Mrs. Leasks sale. Mr. and Mrs. McPhail here.
Barbara leaves for the Centre Mills.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Byers well. Robert and
Annie at school. Self drawing wood. Afternoon self chopping
wood. Self at A. Horns at meeting of school trustees.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at John Gordons well. Self
chopping. Robert and Annie at school. Afternoon self chopping.
15 – Wind S, rainy day. Nothing doing. Self threshing pease.
Wm. and Robert at Port Perry. John arrives from Whitby.
16 – Wind NW, very stormy, snow drifting. No one at Sunday
School. Self, John, Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McCutcheon preaching.
17 – Wind NW, rather cold. John at Mr. Byers well. Wm. and
Margaret at Ann Gordons wedding. Self chopping. Afternoon
self chopping. Robt. and Annie at school.
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18 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Robert Phairs stone bee.
John and self chopping. Afternoon self and John chopping.
Robert and Annie at school. Margaret at Mr. Phairs.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers well. John in
the woods. Self and Margaret at Port Perry. Robert at school.
Afternoon John in the woods.
20 – Wind SE, snowing some all day but soft. Wm. at Port Perry
with turnips. Robert and Annie at school. Self and John in the
woods. Afternoon Wm. at the Port with turnips. Self and John in
the woods.
21 – Wind W, snow deep, having snowed all night. Wm. at the
Port with turnips. John in the woods. Self doing nought. George
Michie died 1868.
22 – Wind W, rather cold, snow drifting. Wm. at Mr. Byers well.
John in the woods. Self drawing wood. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self drawing wood. Margaret scrubbing.
23 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Annie at Sunday School.
Margaret and Annie at English Church. Self, Mother & Wm. at
Presbyterian Meeting and no service.
24 – Wind E, rather cold. Wm. at Mr. Byers well. John in the
woods. Self drawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
drawing wood. Mother at Mr. Boddies.
25 – Wind E, snowing. Wm. at Byers well. John at Greenbank.
Annie at school. Self doing nought. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self drawing wood.
26 – Wind NE, snowing. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers well. Annie at
school. Self and John doing nought. Margaret washing. J.
Leask & Ed Boe here to dinner and taking subscriptions for Mr.
McKutcheon. Afternoon self doing nought. John at the woods.
27 – Wind N, heavy snow storm through the night. Self, Wm. and
John drawing in turnips. Afternoon Wm. at Mr. Byers well. Self
and John in the woods.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self drawing wood.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self drawing wood.
29 – Wind SE, and raining. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers well. Self and
John in the woods for awhile. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon
John in the woods. Self drawing wood.
30 – Wind NW, rather cold. Margaret at the Sunday School.
31 – Wind NE, snowing through the forenoon, nothing doing.
Afternoon Wm. and Margaret at Port Perry. John in the woods.
Self at Greenbank for the papers.
APR. 1 – Wind S, rainy sort of day. Wm. at Mr. Byers well. John
and self in the woods. Robert at school. Afternoon self and
John in the woods.
2 – Wind SW. Wm. gone to Mr. Byers well. John in the woods.
Self drawing wood. Robert at school. Annie sick. Afternoon
snow falling. John in the woods. Self drawing wood.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and John in the woods. Robert at
school. Self doing nought. Afternoon John in the woods. Wm.
drawing logs to mill. Self doing nought.
4 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Wm. drawing logs.
Self hunting rack crooks19
. Robert at school. Afternoon Wm.
drawing logs. John in the woods. Self doing nought. Mrs. R.
Phair and Mrs. T. Phair here visiting.
5 – Wind S, much thunder through the night, rain in the morning.
John and Wm. at the mill putting on logs. Self doing nought.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon thunder and rain, nothing doing.
Wm. & John in the woods.
6 – Wind SW, thunder through the night and rainy. Foggy day.
None at School or Church.
7 – Wind Easterly, very foggy. Wm. and John in the woods. Self
doing nought, bad back. Robert at school. George Boddie
brings home Margarets sheep. Afternoon Wm. & John in the
woods. Self doing nought.
8 – Wind N, rainy day. Nought doing. Robert at school.
Margaret washing. Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
9 – Wind E, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing.
10 – Wind W, rather cold. Wm. at the mill piling lumber. John,
Robert & self drawing turnips. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self drawing wood out. Robert picking chips. Margaret at Thos.
Phairs.
11 – Wind S, rather dull. Wm. and John in the woods. Robert
drawing chips. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and Wm. in
the woods. Self doing nought.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Wm. in the woods. Self
making rack crook. Robert taps some trees. Afternoon Wm. and
Robert in the woods drawing out shingle bolts. John in the
woods. Self making rack crooks.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. John at Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching.
14 – Wind N, rather cold, but a fine day. John and Wm. in the
woods. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and Wm. in the
woods. Robert and Annie boiling sap. Self choring. Mother &
Margt. quilting. Mrs. John Watson died.
15 – Wind S, fine day. John and Wm. in the woods. Self trying to
plow a little in the orchard. Margaret gone a begging for the
Home Mission of the Presbyterian Church. Robert choring.
16 – Wind SE, looking like a storm. Wm. in the woods. Self,
John and Robert drawing in turnips. Afternoon Mother at Mr.
Byers. Self at Mrs. Watsons funeral. John plowing. Wm. in the
woods.
17 – Wind SE, snowing some, nothing doing. Margaret washing.
Afternoon John plowing. Wm. at Port Perry. Self doing nought.
McPhail cow calved 2 bulls.
18 – Wind SE, snowing. Wm. and John drawing out cordwood.
Self letting off water. Afternoon Wm. in the woods. John
plowing. Self at Greenbank for the papers. Letter from Barbara.
19
‘Rack crooks’ – the farmer was hunting through the
bush to find a bow-shaped piece of wood which was
used on their hay racks.
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19 – Wind W, rather dull. Wm. in the woods. John plowing. Self
mending harness. Afternoon John plowing. Wm. in the woods.
Self mending harness. Margaret scrubbing.
20 – Wind N, hard frost. Margaret, Robert & Annie at Sunday
School. Wm. at Wesleyan Meeting. Self and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching from Matthew VII:13.
Margaret at English Church Meeting.
21 – Wind N, hard frost, but a fine day. Wm. in the woods. John
drawing out wood. Robert at sap boiling. Annie at school. Self
at Greenbank with Coulter. David Byers here for potatoes.
Afternoon John plowing. Wm. in the woods. Self threshing flax.
Lizzie Akhurst here quilting. Mother and Margaret quilting.
22 – Wind N, frosty morning. John plowing. Wm. in the woods.
Robt. boiling sap. Annie at school. Mother and Margaret
quilting. Self fencing. Cassidy cow, calved a heifer. Self
choring. Afternoon Wm. in the woods. John plowing. Self
choring. Robert boiling sap. Mrs. Akhurst here quilting.
23 – Wind N, hard frost. John and Wm. drawing out cordwood.
Annie at school. Mother and Margaret quilting. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Wm. in the woods. John plowing. Robert
boiling sap. Self choring.
24 – Wind N, hard frost. John & Wm. drawing out cordwood.
Annie at school. Self fencing. Afternoon John plowing. Wm. in
the woods. Robert and self cutting up old water troughs at the
barn.
25 – Wind N, rather dull day. Wm. in the woods. John plowing.
Annie at school. Robert boiling sap. Self fencing. Afternoon
John plowing. Wm. in the woods. Self setting poles to John.
26 – Wind N, very cold. Wm. at sawmill. John plowing. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John plowing. Wm. in the woods. Self
fencing. Margaret scrubbing.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Wm., Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Annie and Robert & Wm. at Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from Revelation VI:17. Wm. and
Margaret at the Primitive Meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. in the woods. John plowing. Annie
at school. Margaret at the Akhursts quilting. Self and Robert
fencing. Afternoon Wm. in the woods. John plowing. Self and
Robert in the garden. Mrs. Boddie here sewing.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. in the woods. John plowing. Annie
at school. Self fencing. Mother at Mr. Akhursts quilting.
Afternoon John plowing. Wm. and Robert at Port Perry. Self
ditching.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Wm. in the woods. Self
and Mother at Brock. Annie at school.
MAY 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and Robt. In the woods. John
harrowing. Annie at school. Self sowing pease. Mother &
Margaret quilting. Afternoon John harrowing. Wm. and Robt. in
the woods. Self mending Annies boots. Mother, Margaret, Mrs.
Perkins and Mrs. Burton quilting.
2 – Wind Easterly and raining. Wm. and Robert making shingles.
John harrowing awhile. Self fixing timothy seeds. Perkins bull
altered. Afternoon John plowing. Wm. and Robert making
shingles. Self at Greenbank for the papers. Lizzie Akhurst here
quilting.
3 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Wm. and Robert at shingles. John
plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at shingles.
John rolling. Self ditching. Miss Josephine Asling here in the
afternoon.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Marbles preaching from II Corinthians
V:1. Monthly collection $1.8l.
5 – Wind Easterly. Wm. sowing wheat. John harrowing. Robert
carrying seed. Self sowing grass seeds. Mrs. Walker and Mrs.
A. Gordon here visiting. Afternoon John rolling. Wm. and Robert
making shingles. Self ditching. Cassidy heifer calved a heifer.
6 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Wm. and Robert at shingles.
Annie at school. Margaret washing. Self fixing potatoes.
Afternoon John plowing. Wm. and Robert at shingles. Self in
the garden.
7 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Wm. and Robert at shingles.
Annie at school. Self in the garden. Mother at Mr. Akhursts
quilting. Afternoon John plowing. Wm. and Robert at shingles.
Self leveling in the field.
8 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Wm. gone to the Port
for some apple trees. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing
dung on the orchard. Still raining some.
9- Wind SE, raining some. Wm. gone to the sawmill. John
plowing. Self and Robert planting apple trees. Afternoon John
plowing. Self and Robert spreading dung. Mr. Christopher Scott,
pedlar, here to dinner.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. going round. John plowing the
orchard. Self and Robert planting trees. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon Wm. fencing. John and self drawing rails. Walter
Asling takes away the McPhail cow.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Margaret, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. No service.
12 – Wind W, fine day, some rain through the night. Wm. and
Robt. fencing. John plowing on Wms. place. Self leveling.
Afternoon John plowing. Wm. sowing wheat. Robt. carrying
seed. Self leveling.
13 – Wind NW, very cold day. John plowing. Wm. drawing
timber with Wm. Loves oxen. Self and Robert at Manchester
with Pete steer. Margaret at Port Perry.
14 – Wind S, hard frost. John plowing. Wm. and Robert drawing
timber. Self leveling. Margaret washing. Afternoon John
plowing. Wm. and Robert digging cellar. Self leveling.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Wm. and Robert digging
cellar. Self leveling. Mother and Annie at Mr. Akhursts.
Afternoon John harrowing. Self sowing oats. Wm. and Robert
drawing timber. Wm. takes William Loves oxen home at night.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. John harrowing. Wm. and Robt. at
house. Self killing calf. Afternoon John harrowing. Self sowing
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wheat for John. Wm. & Robert fencing. Mother at Mr. Phairs
visiting. Annie at Greenbank for the papers.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Wm. at the sawmill. Self
and Robert cutting potatoes. Afternoon John at Mrs. Leasks
raising. Margaret gone to Brock. Self and Robert at the grist
mill. Mother at Mr. James Walkers.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Wm., Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Wm. and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Lowry preaching from Ephesians III:19. Mr. Lowry
here all night.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. Wm. gone to Mr. Johnstons house.
John harrowing. Self sowing oats which ends the seeding.
Annie at school. Robert gone to the Port with Mr. Lowry. Punk
heifer calfs a bull.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Johnsons house. John at
Mr. Johnsons house. Self plowing. Margaret washing. Mrs.
Akhurst here and Mother baking. Annie at school. Afternoon
self plowing. Robert cutting potatoes. Mother and Mrs. Akhurst
baking. Margaret washing.
21 – Wind S, fine day. John at Mr. A. Johnsons house. Annie at
school. Self and Robert planting corn. Afternoon self and
Robert fixing the potato land. Elizabeth Akhurst here visiting.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at school. Wm. at Mr. Johnsons
house. John, Robert, George Boddie, Robt. Akhurst and self
planting potatoes. Afternoon planted out the potatoes. Margaret
at Greenbank in the evening with Elizabeth Akhurst.
23 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm. doing nought. Self and John
fencing. Robert at George Boddies planting potatoes. Annie at
school. Margaret scrubbing. Mother baking. Afternoon John
gone to Uxbridge. Self choring. Mr. Akhurst here in the evening.
24 – Wind W, rather dull. Wm. gone to Port Perry to be married.
John, Margaret, Alex. Michie, Isabella Michie and Pat [?] gone
with him. Afternoon nothing doing. Marriage people comes
home at 6 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Akhurst and family here and
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. R. Phair, Mr. and Mrs. T.
Phair at tea. William married to Elizabeth Akhurst.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Margaret & Barbara at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Wm., Lizzie, Margaret, Barbara and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Monteith preaching from [?]. John
at Uxbridge with Margaret Walker.
26 – Wind W, warm day. Wm. and Lizzie at Uxbridge. John and
Robert fanning oats. Self taking Barbara to the train at Port
Perry.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John and Wm. at Mr. Johnsons house.
Self, Robert, Margaret and Annie washing the sheep. Afternoon
Margaret washing. Self and Robert drawing rails.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at school. John at Mr. Johnsons
house. Wm. and Robert burning brush. Self digging garden.
Afternoon self harrowing turnip land. John home all night.
29 – Wind SW, warm day. John gone to Greenbank. Self sowing
plaster. Annie at school. Robert watching fire in Wms. fallow.
Afternoon self plowing. Rain at night.
30- Wind N, some frost in the morning. Annie at school. Self
and Robert in the swamp making fence. Afternoon self at the
mill with a grist. Robert doing nought.
31 – Wind N, frost in the morning. Self sowing plaster. Annie at
Port Perry with Mrs. Ackhurst. Afternoon self plowing. Mr.
Andrew Horne here about the anniversary. George and John
Michie here in the evening.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Church. No preaching.
2 – Wind S, warm day. Annie at school Self, Margaret and
Robert shearing sheep. Afternoon self plowing.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at school. Self and Robert at Port
Perry.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at home. Self plowing. Mother,
Margaret and Lizzie making Annies dress. Mare foaled in the
night, 349 days. Afternoon self plowing. Wm. and John comes
home from Greenbank.
5 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Wm. digging his cellar20
.
Annie at school. Robert fishing. Afternoon John plowing. Self in
the swamp. Wm. at cellar.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. gone to Uxbridge for lumber. John
cutting thistles. Self and Robert fencing in the swamp. Annie at
school. Afternoon John at thistles. Self and Robert in swamp.
Wm. comes home without lumber having broken a waggon
wheel.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. and Robert gone to Uxbridge. John
cutting thistles. Self painting house. Afternoon John at thistles.
Self painting.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., Robert, Margaret & Annie at the
Sunday School. John, Margaret and Robert at the English
Church.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and Robert digging cellar. John
plowing. Annie at school. Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Self painting.
Afternoon Wm., John & Robert at cellar. Self plowing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John & Robert digging cellar.
Annie at school. Self at Greenbank for the waggon. Afternoon
Wm., John & Robert at the cellar. Self harrowing. Some rain at
night.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. at cellar. John at Port Perry with
his oats. Self and Robert fencing. Annie at school. Afternoon
Wm. at his cellar. Robert at Greenbank with Punk. Self fencing.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Annie at school. Self, Wm. and John at
road work. Robert harrowing. Afternoon self, Wm., & John on
the roads. Took the mare to horse.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Wm., John and horses on the road.
Annie at school. Afternoon self, Wm., John, Robert and horses
20
William was building his house on the north half, Lot #
18, Concession 10, Reach Township. His father John had
his house on Lot # 17, Concession 10.
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on the road. John [McGee?] and Dan Whelan here for the turnip
drill.
14 – Wind SE, fine day, looking like rain. Wm. and John digging
cellar. Self rolling. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Wm. and
John digging cellar. Self making rack crooks and at the school
pump in the evening. Rain in evening.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Lowry preaching from John XVII. John at Brock.
16 – Wind W, thunder and showers through the day. Wm. gone
to Mr. Burtons to dig a well. John digging cellar. Annie at school.
Self and Robert making rack. Afternoon John at cellar. Margaret
gone to Robert Phairs for some time. Self and Robert at
Greenbank.
17 – Wind S, fine day. John at Mr. Phairs. Wm. at his cellar.
Robert drilling corn. Self painting. Afternoon John drilling. Wm.
and Robert at cellar. Self painting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at his cellar. John drilling. Self
painting. Afternoon John drilling. Self painting. Wm. at his cellar.
19 – Wind NW, very rough. Wm. at his cellar. John drilling. Self
painting. Afternoon John drilling. Wm. at his cellar. Self sowing
turnips.
20 – Wind NW, very rough day. Wm., Mr. Akhurst, Wm. Love
logging. John drilling. Self dunging out the sheep place.
Afternoon John is finished drilling. Wm. burning his log heaps.
Self sowing turnips.
21 – Wind W, fine day, though some rough. Wm. and John at
Thos. Phairs raising. Self and Annie at Greenbank. Afternoon
self at Thos. Phairs raising.
22 – Wind S, dull looking day. Wm. and Annie at the Sunday
School service of the P. Methodists. Self and Mother at the
Presbyterian Church. John at the Primitive Church.
23 – Wind S, rather dull day. Wm. and John at cellar. Self and
Robert making waggon rack. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at the
anniversary grounds. John cutting thistles. Mother at Thomas
Phairs quilting. Self at rack. Rain at night.
24 – Wind easterly, rather dull day. Wm. at Mr. Burtons well.
John cutting thistles. Self digging cabbage ground. Margaret at
the Port.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and John sowing Wms. turnips. Self
hoeing potatoes. Lizzie washing. Afternoon John and Wm.
finishes turnips. Self at potatoes. Mrs. Leask died 1872.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and Robert drawing lumber from
Isaac Craggs mill. Self and John mowing June grass. Afternoon
Wm. drawing lumber. Self and John at mowing. Red mare took
to Iansons horse.
27 – Wind S, fine warm day. Wm. at Uxbridge for lumber. John
and Robert picking bugs off the potatoes. Self at Brock.
Meeting, Mr. Thomas preaching. Great shower of rain at night.
28 – Wind S, warm day. Wm. and Robert at Uxbridge for lumber.
John splitting rails. Self choring. Afternoon John splitting rails.
Self doing nought. Margaret scrubbing.
29 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Mother at Brock to the
Sacrament. The rest at the anniversary service in John Beares
woods.
30 – Wind S, frequent showers. John and Wm. drawing lumber
to Wms. new house. Afternoon nothing doing.
JULY 1 – Wind W, shower in the morning. All at the Union
Anniversary. Dominion Day.
2 – Wind SW, some showers. Wm. at Uxbridge. Self, John and
Robert hoeing potatoes. Afternoon John somewhere. Self
digging for cabbages. Mother visiting at Mr. Perkins. Wm. Real
here in the evening.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at his house. John drilling up the
potatoes. Self digging cabbage ground. Afternoon Wm., John &
Robert at Wms. house. Self picking bugs off the potatoes.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Wm. and Robert at the house. Self
picking bugs on the potatoes. Afternoon Wm., John and Robert
at house. Self at Greenbank with red mare. Mrs. Burton, Mrs.
Akhurst, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Wm. Michie and Margaret Walker
here picking wool.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. gone to Uxbridge for lumber. Self,
John and Robert at Wms. house. Afternoon self, John and
Robert at Wms. house.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Margaret and Robert at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert, Margaret, and Annie at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hodnitt preaching from Acts XXVIII:15.
Collection $2.60.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Uxbridge for lumber. Self, John
and Robert at Wms. house. Afternoon self, John and Robert at
Wms. house.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John, Robert and self laying the
foundation of Wms. house. Afternoon self, Wm., John and
Robert at Robt. Phairs barn raising.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at Uxbridge for lumber. John and
Robert at Wms. house. Self mowing the fence corners.
Afternoon John, Robert and self at Wms. house.
10 – Wind SW, frequent showers. Nothing doing. Self at Mr.
Iansons bull with the Cassidy cow. Afternoon John, Wm., and
Robert at Wms. house. Self choring.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at his house. John scuffling
turnips. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon self, John
and Robert hoeing turnips. Wm. at his house.
12 – Wind SW. Wm. at his house. John scuffling turnips. Robert
hoeing. Wm. at his house. Self fixing round. Afternoon Wm. at
his house. Self, John & Robert drew 7 loads of hay into barn.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. John at Wesleyan Meeting. Self, Wm., John
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Monteith preaching.
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14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John & Robert at turnips. Wm. at
his house. Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips. Wm. at
his house. Mother at James Walkers, Mrs. Walker being sick.
Wm. Byers cut out the hay.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Uxbridge for lumber. Self, John
and Robert at turnips. Lizzie washing. Mrs. Walkers baby dead.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips. Sold 7 old sheep and
9 lambs to Mr. Money from Epsom.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. at his house. Self, John and
Robert at hay. Afternoon Wm. at his house. Self, John and
Robert finishes haying. 2 days and one half at it.
17 – Wind S, some rain in the morning at 5 o’clock. John
scuffling turnips. Self and Robert hoeing. Wm. at his house.
Afternoon self and John and Robert hoeing. Wm. at his house.
Lizzie picking wool. Thunder storm at 4 o’clock.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Wm. and John mowing grass for
John. Robert hoeing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for
papers. Self, Wm., and John mowing. Annies birthday.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing. Wm., self and John
mowing. Afternoon Wm., self and John finishes mowing. Robert
finishes hoeing for the first time.
20 – Wind NW, cool day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at
the Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Robert and
Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. No service.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. at his house. John and Robert at
hay. Self at John Reals bull with red heifer. Afternoon Wm. at
his house. John, Robert and self raking hay. Some men here for
sheep.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at his house. John, self and Robert
drawing Johns hay into stack. Barbara, Maggie Smith and young
Bickle here visiting. Afternoon Wm. at his house. Self, John and
Robert at hay.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at his house. Self, John and Robert
finishes Johns hay. Margaret washing. Annie picking berries.
Afternoon Wm. & John at house. Self picking bugs. Robert bad
with headache. Annie at berries.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. and John and Robert at house.
Self doing nought. Mr. and Mrs. A. Michie and Mary Michie here
visiting. Afternoon Wm. and John at house. Self and Robert
fanning wheat. Mother at George Boddies visiting.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John and Robert raise Wms.
house. Self and Margaret at Port Perry with a grist.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John and Robert at house. Self at
bugs. Annie picking berries. Afternoon Margaret scrubbing.
Wm., John, Robert and self at Wms. house.
27 – Wind N, very warm day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie
at the Sunday School. Self, Mother and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching from the 23rd
Psalm.
Collection to defray the expenses of the General Assembly
$2.71.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., John and Robert at Wms. house.
Self at Raglan with Mr. Beare and Mr. Bassingthwaite to see the
school inspector. Afternoon Wm., John and Robert at house.
Margaret and Annie picking berries.
29 – Wind W, warm day. Wm., John and Robert at house. Self
cutting thistles. Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm., John and
Robert at house. Self cutting thistles.
30 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm., John and Robert at house. Self
cutting thistles. Annie at Port Perry to [Dan Rice?] show.
Afternoon Wm., John and Robert at house. Self scuffling turnips.
Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
31 – Wind S, rather dull day and looking like rain. Wm. and John
at house. Self hoeing turnips. Margaret and Robert gone to Mr.
Lukes. Afternoon Wm. at his house. John at Mr. Iansons
raising. Self scuffling turnips.
AUG. 1 – Wind S, fine day, very warm. Wm., John and Robert at
house. Self cleaning out the cellar. Afternoon John and Robert
at house. Wm. at James Woods raising. Self hoeing turnips.
Annie at Greenbank for the papers.
2 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. Wm., John and Robert at
house. Self at Byers bull with Punk cow. Afternoon Wm. and
John at house. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie at Mrs.
Duffs.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Lizzie and Annie at Brock.
Margaret and Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother & John
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from 1st
John
XIV:2,3. Monthly collection $1.83.
4 – Wind N, fine cool day. Wm. and John at house. Self and
Robert hoeing turnips. Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. and
John at house. Self and Robert at turnips. Margaret at Mr.
Stillwells to hire but too late, Pamela Burton there.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at the picnic of the
Presbyterian S. School to Washburn Island. Wm. at Mr. Burtons
well. Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon self picking bugs from the
potatoes.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at Port Perry. John at Mr. Burtons
well. Self in the marsh salting the cattle. Robert sick. Afternoon
Robert still sick. Self fixing the chaff hole. Margaret at
Greenbank.
7 – Wind NW, some rain through the night. John at Mr. Burtons
well. Wm. at his house. Self at Uxbridge for lumber.
8 – Wind N, fine day. John at Mr. Burtons well. Wm. at his
house. Robert at house. Self picking bugs. Afternoon Wm. at
his house. Robert and Annie at picnic in George Boddies woods.
Self began harvest by cutting a few oats. Mother making pants.
9 – Wind N, fine day. John at Mr. Burtons well. Wm. at his
house. Self and Robert taking home a heifer from the swamp.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Wm. at his house. Self and
Robert raking oats. Margaret visiting at Thos. Phairs.
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10 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Manly, Bible Society agent, preaching from the hundred and
nineteenth Psalm, 97 verse. Collection $3.09. John and
Margaret at the Primitive Meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind SE, fine day, but some slight showers. Wm. at his
house. John at Mr. Akhursts cradling oats. Self and Robert
cutting pease. Afternoon Wm. at his house. Self and Robert at
pease.
12 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Wm. gone to Uxbridge for lumber.
John, Robert and self at pease. Margaret washing. Afternoon
self, John and Robert pulling pease. Some rain.
13 – Wind SE, some rain. Wm., John, Robert and self at Wms.
house. Afternoon John cradling oats in the orchard. Self picking
bugs. Wm. and Robert at the house.
14 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Wm. and Robert gone to Uxbridge
for lime. Self and John binding oats. Annie picking berries.
Afternoon John cradling oats. Self choring.
15 –Wind SE, looking like rain. John, Wm., and Robert at the
house. Self turning pease. Luther Brown hires Margaret for 2
months. Afternoon Wm. and John at house. Robert at Saintfield
with Margaret. Self binding oats in the orchard.
16 – Wind W, some rain through the forenoon. Wm., John and
Robert at house. Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm. and John at
house. Self and Robert binding oats. Mother scrubbing. High
winds from the NW.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., John, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Currie preaching from Habakkuk
III:2.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Duffs. Self, John and Robert
stacking pease. Afternoons self, John, and Robert at pease.
George Byers here reaping wheat. Some rain at night.
19 – Wind S, fine day. John at Mr. Byers harvesting. Wm. at Mr.
Duffs harvest. Self and Robert pulling pease. Lizzie washing.
Afternoon self and Robert binding wheat.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Rainbow in the morning. Wm. not here.
John gone to Mr. Akhursts to cradle. Self and Robert binding
wheat. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drawing in oats.
21 – Wind S, fine day. John gone to Akhursts to cradle oats. Self
and Robert at Sunderland for lath to William.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Akhursts. Robert cutting timothy
seed. Self mending harness. Afternoon Robert at timothy. Self
and Annie at Greenbank getting horses shoed.
23 – Wind NE, looking like rain, but turned fine day. John at
James Walkers. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in oats.
Afternoon George Byers here reaping. Self, John, Robert and
James Walker binding.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at school. Margaret
here to dinner. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Panton preaching from Galatians VI:7,8.
25 – Wind SE, some rain in the morning. John cradling oats.
Self doing nought. Afternoon self and Robert and Annie drawing
in wheat. John at James Walkers cradling oats.
26 – Wind N, fine day. John cradling oats for himself. Self and
Robert drawing wheat. Lizzie washing. Afternoon John at his
oats. Self and Robert drawing pease.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. John at his oats. Self binding oats.
Robert gone to Chalk Lake to pick berries. Afternoon John and
self binding oats.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. at Thomas Phairs. John cradling
oats. Self, Robert and Annie drawing wheat. Afternoon self,
Robert and Annie drawing wheat. John cradling oats.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at Chalk Lake picking
berries. John binding oats. Self at Port Perry for wool.
30 – Wind W, very warm day. John cradling oats. Self and
Robert binding oats. Afternoon John cutting oats. Self binding
oats. Robert gone with wool to Mrs. Martineaus to spin. Ann
Michie died 1846.21
31 – Wind W, some rain through the night. Robert and Annie at
the Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Beattie preaching from John IV:14.
SEPT. 1 – Wind NW and very high. Wm. at his house. John
cradling his oats. Self and Robert binding. Afternoon Wm. at his
house. John and Robert at wheat. Self and Annie at Brock
meeting about minister. Nothing done.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Akhursts. John, Robert and
self at Johns wheat. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing in
oats.
3 – Wind S, rather dull. Wm. at his house. Self, John and Robert
binding Johns oats. Afternoon Wm. at his house. John, Robert
and self drawing oats. Rain at 5 o’clock. Alex. Michie, Jun.,
here wanting threshing.
4 – Wind S, very foggy forenoon. Wm., John and Robert at the
house. Self raking wheat. Rain at noon. Afternoon Wm., John
and Robert at the house. Self mending fences. Much thunder at
night.
5 – Wind W, rough showery day. Wm., John and Robert at the
house. Self fixing cattle in the marsh. Afternoon Wm. and John
at house. Self and Robert fixing the pease stack.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., John and Robert at house. Self going
about the fences. Afternoon Wm. at the Port. Self choring. John
and Robert at the house. George here in the evening.
7 – Wind W, dull day. John and Robert at the Sunday School.
Self and John at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hodnough
preaching from Luke XIX:9. Monthly collection $1.70.
21
The Michies lost a daughter named Ann (or Annie) b.
24 Jul, 1844, d. 30 Aug., 1846. The Annie referred to
through this diary is their daughter they named Agnes
ANNIE (b. 18 Jul, 1862).
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8 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John and Robert at the house. Self
plowing. Lizzie here piecing a quilt. Afternoon Wm., John and
Robert at house. Self plowing. Thos. Ganton died.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., John and Robert at the house. Self
plowing. Mother washing. Afternoon Wm. at his house. John,
Robert and self drawing in Johns wheat, finishing harvest.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Wm., and Robert at house. Self
plowing. Afternoon self plowing. Wm., John and Robert at
house.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Wm., John & Robert at Mr. Perkins
threshing all day.
12 – Wind SW, very warm day. Self and Wm. at Mr. Perkins
threshing. John & Robert gone to Toronto to see Barnums show.
Afternoon self and Wm. at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Thunder and
some rain at night.
13 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm. & Robert at the house. Self and
John at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Afternoon self and John at Mr.
Akhursts threshing till 5 o’clock. Wm. and Robert at house.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. and Robert at the Sunday School.
Margaret and Miss Watson here for dinner. John at the English
Meeting.
15 – Wind W, frost in the morning. Wm. and Robert drawing
sand. Self and John at Mr. Boddies threshing. Afternoon rain
and no threshing.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Burtons well. Self and John
at Mr. Boddies threshing. Afternoon John plowing. Self at
James Walkers threshing.
17 – Wind S, fine day. John rather sick. Wm. at Burtons well.
Self and Annie at Uxbridge with some yarn to weave.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at Mr. Burtons well. John some
sick. Self plowing. Lizzie washing. Afternoon self plowing.
19 – Wind NW, showery morning and much thunder through the
night. Self digging Early Rose potatoes. John and Robert
pairing apples. Afternoon self plowing. John at Greenbank for
the papers. Mother and Robert picking the geese.
20 – Wind N, rather cold. John plowing. Self digging out stumps.
Afternoon John plowing. Self digging stumps. George here in
the evening.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Annie, John, Robert and Wm. at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Romans
VIII:12.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and Robert at the house. John
plowing. Self digging stumps. Afternoon John plowing. Self
logging in the woods. Wm. and Robert at the house.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and John at the house. Robert at
the Port with Lizzie. Self logging in the woods. Afternoon Wm.
and John at house. Self logging in the woods. Mrs. Thos. Phair
here visiting. Mr. Tipp here selling F. Davis Medicines.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and Robert at house. John plowing.
Self logging in the woods. Afternoon self in the woods. John
harrowing. Wm. and Robert at house.
25 – Wind S and raining through the forenoon. Wm., John and
Robert at house. Self doing nought. Afternoon John, Wm. and
Robert at the house. Self at Greenbank getting subscriptions for
ministers salary. Trustees meeting in the evening to hire the
school teacher.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and John gone to Jas. Millers
house. Robert taking rolls to Mrs. Martineau to spin. Self taking
in the corn. Afternoon self and Robert cutting the corn stalks and
digging some potatoes.
27 – Wind SW, warm day. Wm. and John at Greenbank. Robert
harrowing. Self ditching. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
ditching. Mrs. and Mr. Luke here.
28 – Wind SW, very warm day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., John and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Fisher preaching from 2nd
Corinthians VII:2.
Margaret here to dinner.
29 – Wind SW, raining some. John some sick. Wm. and Robert
at house. Self choring. Afternoon Wm. at Jas. Millers house.
Self, John and Robert drawing out dung.
30 – Wind NW, rather cold. Wm. and John at Mr. Jas. Millers
house. Self and Robert drawing out dung. Afternoon self and
Robert drawing dung. Dr. Knowles died.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the
County Fair, Uxbridge. Self ditching. Afternoon self ditching.
George Paterson shot himself.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John stoning Burtons well. Self and
Robert drawing out dung. Afternoon self and Robert drawing out
dung. Dr. Knowles buried this afternoon.
3 – Wind Easterly, chilly, cloudy day. John, Robert and self at
dung. Afternoon John, self and Robert at dung. Iansons pairing
bee in the evening.
4 – Wind S, rainy day. John in the house. Wm. and Robert at
Wms. house. Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm., John and
Robert at house. Self hunting cattle in the beaver meadow.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self and John at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott
preaching.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and Robert at house. John plowing.
Self spreading dung. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at house. Self
at Brock meeting to call a minister. John gone to A. Beecrofts.
7 – Wind W, hard frost, but fine day. Wm. gone to Saintfield. Self
at the Port Perry with a grist.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert plowing and spreading
dung. Mother at Mr. Akhursts quilting. Afternoon self at Mr.
Burtons sale with old mare and colt.
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9 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert plowing and spreading
dung. Afternoon Robert spreading dung. Self at Mr. Burtons
sale with the red mare and colt. Sold them to Mr. Perkins for
$50.00.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at his house. Self, John, Robert and
Annie at potatoes. Afternoon John, Robert, self and Annie taking
up potatoes. Wm. at his house.
11 – Wind S, looking like rain. Wm. at his house. John, self,
Robert and Annie at potatoes. [?], pedlar, here. Afternoon Wm.
at his house. Self, John, Robert and Annie at potatoes. Some
rain in the afternoon.
12 – Wind NW, showery forenoon. Nobody at the Sunday
School. Nobody at meeting. Self at Mr. Byers to see him.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at his house. Self, John, Robert and
Annie at potatoes. Afternoon Wm. at his house. Self, John,
Robert and Annie finishes the potatoes.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Mara. Wm. gone to
Saintfield. Self doing nought. Lizzie washing. Afternoon self
burning potato tops. Self and Annie and Robert digs the carrots.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie taking in apples.
Afternoon Mr. Akhurst here visiting. Self, Robert and Annie
taking in apples.
16 – Wind S, looking like rain. Self, Robert and Annie taking in
apples. Afternoon Robert and Annie taking in the last of the
apples. Self at James Walkers bee getting out cedar to build
roothouse.
17 – Wind W, cloudy day. Self and Robert fixing the garden.
Afternoon self and Robert spreading dung. Wm. at Joseph
Stillwells well. John arrives from Mara. My birthday 1813.
18 – Wind SW, cloudy day. John plowing. Robert at house. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon rainy. Wm., John, Robert and self at
the house. Self at Mr. Byers at night.
19 – Wind SW, rather cloudy. Wm., John, Robert and Annie at
the Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Wm. at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hodnought preaching from 2nd
Peter
III:9.
20 – Wind NE, rather cold. Wm. at his house. John plowing.
Self spreading dung. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at house. John
plowing. Self out with paper to sign for the Rev. Mr. Panton.
Snow towards night.
21 – Wind S, rather rainy. John plowing. Self spreading dung in
the orchard. Wm. and Robert at house. Afternoon Wm. and
Robert at house. John plowing. Self at meeting of school
trustees.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. at his house. John and Robert
plowing in the orchard. Self choring. Afternoon Wm. at his
house. John and Robert drawing stones. Self at Mr. John
Leasks with the call to get names for Mr. Panton.
23 – Wind SW, rather rainy. Wm., John and Robert at house.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm., John and Robert at house.
Self threshing pease.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and Robert at house. John at
James Walkers root house. Self at the Port for Barbara and
brick for Wms. house.
25 – Wind NW, dull day. John at Jas. Walkers root house. Wm.
at Wm. Loves house. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert harrowing in the orchard. Self choring.
Margaret arrives from Saintfield.
26 – Wind W, looking like rain. Wm., Barbara, Margaret and
Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Wm., Margaret, Barbara and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Bryant preaching from
John III:9.
27 – Wind W, rather showery. Wm. at Wm. Loves house. John,
Robert and self at Wms. house. Afternoon Wm. at house. Self,
John, Robert and Annie at turnips.
28 – Wind S, some snow on the ground in the morning. John
gone to Whitby to pay his back taxes. Wm. at his house. Robert
at the house. Self mending boots. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at
house. Self at boots. School meeting in the evening. Isabella
Michie here.
29 – Wind N, ground covered with snow and very cold. Wm. and
Robert at house. John at James Walkers root house. Barbara
spinning. Self choring. Isabella Michie patching. Luther Brown
here selling books. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at the house.
Self digging turnip pit. Lizzie here in the afternoon.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm. and Robert at house. Self choring.
John gone to James Scotts. Mother spinning. Afternoon Wm. at
house. Self, Robert, Mother and Annie drew 8 loads of turnips
into cellar. Margaret visiting at A. Gordons.
31 – Wind SW, dull day. Wm. at house. Self, Mother, Robert and
Annie drew 5 loads of turnips in pit and one in cellar. Afternoon
Wm. at house. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew
2 loads into pit.
NOV. 1 – Wind SW, snow through the night. Wm. and Robert at
house. Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm. and Margaret at Port
Perry and gets the waggon wheel broken by Charles Bates. Self
digging turnip pit. John arrives from Mr. Nicols.
2 – Wind SW, snowing sometimes. Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self and Barbara at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching from the IXXXIV Psalm, 9th
verse. Collection
$1.59.
3 – Wind NW, rough day. John digging turnip pit. Wm. at the
Port for the waggon. Self at the Port to the Presbytry but it did
not meet.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. at his house. John, Robert and Annie
at turnips. Self at the Presbytry and at trustees meeting in the
evening.
5 – Wind W, frosty morning. Wm. at his house. John, Robert,
Mother, self and Annie at turnips. Afternoon Wm. at his house.
Self, John, Mother, Robert and Annie at turnips. Took up 13
loads. Mrs. C. Asling here visiting.
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6 – Wind SW, fine day, but hard frost. Wm. at his house. Self,
John, Robert, Mother and Annie at turnips. Afternoon Wm. at his
house. Self and John, Robert & Annie at turnips. Drew 9 loads
in pit. Mrs. Isaac Truax here visiting.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. at A. Johnsons cistern. Self, John,
Robert and Mother at turnips. Drew 5 loads in cellar which
finishes the turnips. Afternoon Wm. at his house. John at
Greenbank. Self fencing pit.
8 – Wind NW, rough showery day. Wm. & John at house. Robert
and Annie sickly. Self at Manchester and Port Perry. Margaret
along with me. Barbara gone to A. Michies, Brock.
9 –Wind N, cold day. Wm. and Margaret at the Sunday School.
Wm. and John at Presbyterian Meeting.
10 – Wind NW, cold day. Wm. at his house. John at Mr. Burtons
well. Self choring. Afternoon Wm. at his house. Robert has
toothache. Self taking in cabbage.
11 – Wind S, dull day. Wm. and Robert at house. Self and John
threshing pease. Afternoon John at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Wm. at house. Self and Robert at Port Perry at dentists.
Barbara arrives from Brock.
12 – Wind NE, cold day, snow 3 inches deep. Wm. and Robert at
house. Self and John fanning pease. Afternoon Wm., self and
John at school meeting. Site chosen on Mr. Lees grounds.
13 – Wind N, cold day. Wm., John, Robert and Annie at the
house. Self choring. Afternoon Wm., John, Robert and Annie at
house. Self choring.
14 – Wind SW, bright cold day. Wm., Robert & Annie at house.
John at Robert Phairs threshing with horses. Self killing sheep.
Afternoon Wm. and Robert at house. Barbara at Robt. Phairs.
Self fencing straw stack.
15 – Wind S, dull day. John at Thos. Phairs threshing. Wm. and
Robert at house. Self choring. Afternoon Annie at Greenbank
for papers. Wm., Robert and self at house. A. Michie here all
night.
16 – Wind NE, dull day and snowing some. Wm., Robt., and
Margaret at the Sunday School. Self and Wm. at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Richardson preaching from
Colossians III:3.
17 – Wind NE, rather cold. John at Thos. Phairs threshing. Wm.
and Robert at house. Self choring. Threshing machine came.
Afternoon threshing. Pat. and R. Phairs horses, Mr. Perkins and
horses here, and Mr. Bolton, Mr. Akhurst, Mr. Thos. Phair, Mr.
James Walker and Jas. Walker, Jun. here. Threshed all the
wheat.
18 – Wind N, cold day. Threshing, the same hands and Wm.,
finished by noon. Afternoon Wm. at his house. Self, John and
Robert clearing the barn door. Barbara visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
19 – Wind N, cold day. John gone to Widow Leasks. Wm. at his
house. Robert at house. Barbara spinning. Margaret washing.
Mother baking. Self banking house.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm. and Robert at house. Self
threshing pease. Barbara spinning. Afternoon Wm. at house.
Self and Robert drawing in some pease. Wesley Luke here all
night.
21 – Wind NE, snowing some. Wm. drawing sand. Robt. with
him. Self threshing pease. Barbara spinning. Afternoon Wm.
and Robert at house. Self and Margaret at Greenbank.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. gone to Jas. Scotts. Self at
Greenbank getting the black mare shoed. Afternoon self and
Robert plastering henhouse. Mother at Robt. Phairs visiting.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Robert, Barbara, Margaret and
Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, Robert, Margaret,
Mother and Barbara at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Anderson
preaching.
24 – Wind NE, rather cold. Wm. gone to plaster a schoolhouse
on the townline. Robert with him. Self and John threshing
pease. Afternoon, self, John and Robert fanning wheat.
25 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self and Barbara at the Port with
wheat. John gone to Mr. Burtons. Afternoon John at bee on the
sideline. Margaret washing.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Burtons well. Self and Robert
putting dung on the turnip house. Barbara at Mrs. A. Leasks.
Afternoon self and Robert choring. Annie and Margaret at
Greenbank Division, Sons of Temperance.
27 – Wind NE and snowing. Ewe dead in the morning. John, self
and Robert choring. Lizzie here. Afternoon John and Robert
threshing pease. Self making sheep rack. Luther Brown brings
my book, The Hand of God in All Things.
28 - Wind W, fine day, another sheep dead. Wm. at his house.
Self, John and Robert drawing in pease. Afternoon Wm., John
and Robert at house. Self choring.
29 – Wind W, fine day, rather cold. Wm. and Robert at house.
Self and John fanning wheat. Afternoon Wm. and Robt. at
house. John making axe handle. Self choring. Annie at
Greenbank.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John, Robt., Barbara, Margaret and
Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Barbara, Margaret, Robert
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Stewart preaching
from Heb. VI:12.
DEC. 1 – Wind E, and very cold. Wm. and Robert at house. Self
and John doing little but skinning a ewe that died. Afternoon
Wm. at his house. Self, John, Mother, Margaret, Annie and
Robert at the Presbyterian Missionary Meeting. Mr. Smith, Dr.
Thornton and Mr. Balantyne there. $10.19 of collection.
2 – Wind E, hailing through the night. John gone to John Leasks
house to lath. Wm. at house. Self threshing pease. Afternoon
thawing some. Wm. at house. Self choring.
3 – Wind SE and raining. Wm. at house. Self and Robert
choring. Afternoon Wm. at house. Still raining and very warm.
Wm. at the creek. Robert painting. Self choring.
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4 – Wind SW and a hurricane. All the fences down and straw
stack top blowed off. Wm. at house. Self and Robert looking
round. Barbara whitewashing. Afternoon still blowing hard.
Wm. at house. Self at the measuring of school ground.
5 – Wind NW. Wm. gone to school house on the townline. Self
and Robert fencing. Barbara whitewashing. Afternoon self and
Robert fencing. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert threshing pease.
Afternoon self at mill. Barbara at Greenbank. Margaret
scrubbing.
7 – Wind NE, fine day. Robt., Margaret, Annie and Wm. at the
Sunday School. Self and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Stewart preaching from John I:29. Monthly collection $2.12.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. and Robert at house. John at
Greenbank. Self threshing pease. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at
home. Self and John threshing pease. Mrs. Walker here
visiting.
9 – Wind W, soft day. Wm. and John gone to J. Leasks house.
Robert gone with them a piece. Self doing the chores.
Afternoon self chopping. Robert painting.
10 – Wind N, some snow. Robert painting. George comes home.
Self fixing stoves. Barbara & Margaret cleaning up. Afternoon
Robert painting. George at Greenbank. Self chopping wood.
11 – Wind S, rainy day with some snow. Robert painting.
George in the woods. Self writing. Afternoon Robert painting.
Self choring.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. George at Mr. Boddies well. Self
choring. Robert painting. Afternoon self choring.
13 – Wind NE, snowing very heavy, nothing doing. Afternoon
George at Mr. Boddies well. Self choring. Wm. and John
arrives.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Barbara, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Anderson preaching.
15 – Wind W, fine day. George at Mr. Boddies well. Self, Wm.,
John & Robert drawing in turnips. Annie at school. Afternoon
John and Robert at turnips. Wm. at Jas. Scotts. Self and
Barbara at Brock. Meeting to call a minister.
16 - Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Boddies well. George gone
to Mrs. Leasks. Wm. and Robert at house. Self splitting wood.
Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Mrs. Akhurst sick. Afternoon Robert
painting. Wm. in the woods. Self preparing for killing pigs.
17 – Wind W, fine day, snow thawing. Self, Wm., John, & Robert
killing pigs. Afternoon Robert painting. Wm. and John in the
woods. Self choring. John and Helen Ewen and Elizabeth
Chalmers and Stewart Graham here begging in the evening.
18 – Wind SW, rather dull. John at Boddies well. Wm. & Robt. at
house. Self choring.
19 – Wind NE, snowing some. Wm. at house. Self and Robert
cutting pork. Afternoon Wm. at house. John at Mr. Boddies well.
Annie at school. Self choring. Margaret leaves with Mr. Foster,
being hired.
20 – Wind N, rather cold. John at Boddies well. Self and Annie
at Port Perry with 2 pigs. Wm. at house.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., Barbara, Annie and Robt. at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Wm., Barbara and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching from 1st
Timothy
VI:12. Collection for Home Mission Fund $6.81.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. gone to plaster school house. John
at Mr. Boddies well. Self choring. Afternoon self at mill with
grist. Mother at James Walkers visiting. George comes home.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Boddies well. George in the
woods. Barbara washing. Self choring. Afternoon self, Annie
and Sally Akhurst for Georges chest and at mill for grist. A.
Michie here for Barbara.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. George and John in the woods. Self
and Robert drawing wood. Afternoon self mending horse collar.
Robert painting.
25 – Wind W, fine day. (Christmas). George in the woods. John
doing nought. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and George
gone to Brock. Some children here in afternoon.
26 – Wind S, snowing some. George in the woods. John in the
woods. Self at Port Perry with some wheat.
27 – Wind Easterly. John and George in the woods. Wm. gone
to Brougham. Self reading the papers. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self choring.
28 -- Wind NW, cold day. Barbara, Annie & Robert at the
Sunday School. Barbara at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith
preaching.
29 – Wind SW, stormy day. George in the woods. John at Mr.
Boddies. Self writing. Barbara baking. Afternoon self choring.
At Greenbank in the evening.
30 – Wind N, rather cold. George in the woods. John, self, Robt.
and William killing a steer. Barbara washing. Afternoon John at
Mr. Boddies well. Barbara still washing. Self choring.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. George in the woods. John in the
woods. Barbara baking. Self choring. Robt. dunging out the
colts stable. Afternoon John in the woods. Self at Greenbank
about the school. Wm. arrives from Brougham.
And thus ends the year 1873.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1874
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. and Robert at the creek. John
and George at home. Self doing nought. Afternoon George
gone to Manchester. Self at Thos. Phairs and at council meeting
at Greenbank. Spree in the evening. 60 at it.
2 – Wind S, and heavy fog. Nothing doing. Afternoon George in
the woods. Self choring. Wm. at Port Perry.
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3 – Wind S and thawing. George at woods. John in the woods.
Wm. at his house. Afternoon John in the woods. Wm. at his
house. Self choring. Barbara leaves with Jas. Johnson.
Insurance agent here.
4 – Wind S, very fresh, snow most all gone. Wm., John, George,
Robert and Annie at the Sunday School. Nobody at meeting.
5 – Wind N, fine day. George gone to Mr. Ross’s. John in the
woods. Self and Wm. at Greenbank at election. Afternoon John
in the woods. Wm. at his house. Mrs. Akhurst and Mrs. Perkins
here visiting.
6 – Wind easterly and snowing some. Wm., Robert and Annie at
house. John gone to Prince Albert to pay a note. George at A.
Ross’s. Self doing nought. Afternoon Wm. and Robert at the
house. Self doing nought but choring.
7 – Wind NE, hailing some. Wm. at mill with grist. George still at
A. Ross’s. John fixing stable. Annie ironing clothes. Self doing
nought. Miriam Truax and sister here. Afternoon Wm. at house.
Self, John and Robert drawing turnips. Mr. A. Stone here and
bought 2 steers and a heifer at $5 per 100 lbs.
8 – Wind NE, rather soft. Wm. and Robert gone to Port Perry.
John gone to put some logs on at sawmill. Self choring.
Afternoon John in the woods. Wm. moves into his own house.
This picture was taken in the summer of 1958 of the house that
William built on Lot 18, Concession 10 of Reach Township in
Ontario County. At the time this photo was taken the property
was owned by Robert Gordon Michie and his wife Evelyn
(Webster) Michie.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. George in the woods.
Self and Robert drawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self and Robert at the sawmill for some lumber.
10 – Wind SW, snowing sometimes. George in the woods. John
in the woods. Robert helping Wm. Self at the sawmill for
lumber. Afternoon John in the woods. Annie gone to Brock.
Self choring. Boy here with some money for George.
11 – Wind NW, rather rough. Robert gone to the Sunday School.
Self and John at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching
from Psalms XLVI.
12 – Wind N, fine day. George in the woods. John in the woods.
Robert at Wms. house. Self choring.
13 – Wind NW, cold day. John in the woods. George in the
woods. Self at Port Perry at Presbytry.
14 – Wind NW, snowing some. John and George gone to Amos
Stones with 3 cattle. Self at the annual school meeting.
Afternoon George at Saintfield. John in the woods. Self choring.
Wm. and Robert across the creek.
15 – Wind N, very cold. George and John in the woods. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John and George in the woods. Wm.
and his wife gone to Port Perry to get their teeth fixed. Self
choring.
16 – Wind N, very cold, nothing doing. John and George grinding
axes. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for the papers. Self, John
and George drawing in the pease.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. George and John in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon George and John in the woods. Wm.
and Robert over the creek. Self choring.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, George and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Caswell preaching from 1st
Corinthians 4:3.
19 – Wind NW and thawing. John and George in the woods. Self
and Robert drawing wood. Annie at Wms. Afternoon snow
falling, nothing doing.
20 –Wind SE, rather cold. John and George fanning wheat. Self
choring. Robert at school. Afternoon John and George at Port
Perry with wheat. Self writing.
21 – Wind S, rather soft. John and George in the woods. Robert
at school. Mother washing. Annie baking. Self drawing wood.
Afternoon John and George in the woods. Self drawing wood.
Robert, George & John at political meeting at Greenbank in the
evening. Gordon and Gibbs, candidates.
22 – Wind SW, rainy day, nothing doing. Self at Greenbank
about the school. The new school let to [?] to James Scott. At
the Wesleyan Missionary Meeting in the evening. Very soft
night. Nomination day.
23 – Wind W, rather soft. John and George in the woods. Robert
at the school. Self choring. Afternoon John and George in the
woods. Self choring.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self, George and John in the woods.
Robert at Greenbank with black mare to shoe. Afternoon very
stormy. Self, George, John and Robert drew in 3 loads of
turnips. Annie scrubbing.
25 – Wind N, rather cold. Nobody at school or church.
26 – Wind SE, snowing some. Robert at school. Wm. and Annie
at the Port. John & George in the woods. Self threshing pease.
Afternoon John and George in the woods. Self choring.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at school. John, George and self
in the woods. Afternoon snowing heavily. Nothing doing.
Mother baking. Wesley Luke here all night.
28 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John and George fanning grist.
Self choring. Robert at school. Mother washing. Afternoon
John gone to the mill with grist. George choring.
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29 – Wind W, snowing heavy. Self, John at Greenbank at the
election. Voted for Mr. Gordon. Afternoon George gone to
Greenbank to vote. Voted on the roll for 1874. General election
in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.
30 – Wind N, rather cold. George in the woods. John gone to the
Port. Self choring. Robert at school. Afternoon George in the
woods. Self choring. John at Greenbank with money to Mr.
Edward Phoenix. Mr. A. Gordon majority – 96.
31 – Wind N, rather cold. Self, John, George and Robert taking
in turnips. Afternoon John & George in the woods. Robert at
Greenbank for papers.
FEB. 1 – Wind N, fine day. George and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, George, Wm. and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Hodnought preaching from Matthew V:9.
Collection $3.51.
2 – Wind SE, very cold day. John gone to the Port with hay.
George ciphering. Robert at school. Afternoon George
ciphering. Nothing doing.
3 – Wind SW, rather dull day. John at the Port with hay. George
in the woods. Robert at school. Self mending Mothers boots.
Afternoon John and George in the woods. Barbara arrives.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at school. John gone to the Port
with hay. Self and George in the woods. Afternoon George in
the woods. John in the woods. Barbara leaves for James
McMillans.
5 – Wind NW, rather cold. John weighing hay for Mr. Ross.
George in the woods. Self splitting wood. Robert at school.
Mother washing. Afternoon John weighing hay. George in the
woods. Self doing nought. Mr. Akhurst pays for the mare $120.
6 – Wind Easterly. Robert at the school. George gone to Mr.
Ross’s to thresh pease. Self and John drawing hay into the
barn. Afternoon Mother visiting at Wms. John and self doing
nought.
7 – Wind NE, rather cold. John and Wm. gone to Brock. Self
splitting wood. Annie scrubbing. Mother churning. Afternoon
Annie, Robert and Sally at Wms. house. Self doing nought.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John and George at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Hodnought preaching from John XVII:19.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. drawing wood. John gone to Port
Perry. George gone to Mr. Ross’s. Robert at the school. Self
choring. Mrs. Martineau here to dinner. Afternoon self chopping
some. John goes to John Gordons spree.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. drawing wood. John threshing
pease. Robert at the school. Self splitting wood. George at Mr.
Ross’s for a month. Afternoon self and John threshing pease.
John at Greenbank in the evening.
11 – Wind N, rather cold. Wm. drawing wood. Robert at school.
Self and John threshing pease. Mother and Annie washing.
Afternoon self and John threshing pease. Mother visiting at Mr.
Boddies, Mr. Akhursts, Mr. Walkers and Mr. Burtons.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm. drawing wood. Self and John
threshing pease. Robert at the school. Afternoon self and John
at pease. Barbara comes home from Macmillans. Lightning at
night.
13 – Wind S and raining heavy. Nothing doing. Self writing.
Afternoon nothing doing. Margaret comes home from Mr.
Fosters. Snow melting fast.
14 – Wind NW, fine day, not much frost. Wm. and Barbara and
Lizzie at Port Perry. John in the woods. Self splitting wood.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John in the woods. Mother
baking. Self doing nought. Isaac Cragg died.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hodnought preaching from Zachariah
XV:8.
16 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Wm. drawing wood. John in the
woods. Self fixing the clock. Robert at school. Afternoon John
in the woods. Self choring. Mr. and Mrs. Duff here for apples.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring. Robert
at the school. Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring.
18 – Wind NW, fine day, nothing doing. John after Robert Phairs
spree. Robert at school. Afternoon John and Margaret at Port
Perry. Races there. Self choring. Mother at Mr. Perkins visiting.
Annie at Mr. James Walkers.
19 – Wind S, threatening snow. John and Annie gone to
Uxbridge. Self splitting wood. Robert at school. Afternoon self
choring. Mr. and Mrs. Michie here all night.
20 – Wind S, rather soft. John in the woods. Self doing nought.
Robert at the school. Mr. and Mrs. Michie leave for home.
Barbara leaves for Henry Bickles. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self drawing wood. Margaret and Annie at Greenbank at sale.
21 – Wind Easterly, snowing some. Wm. gone to Manchester.
Self writing. John doing nought. Afternoon self and John
threshing pease.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Mother and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Macbrine preaching.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at school and
Annie too. Self drawing stones to Thos. Phair. Afternoon John
in the woods. Self drawing wood.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to the woods to work for Mr.
Ledingham. Self drawing wood. Robert and Annie at the school.
Afternoon self drawing wood. Margaret gone to Alex. Gordons to
visit.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the school. John
working for Mr. Ledingham. Wm. drawing wood and hurt his eye.
Mr. and Mrs. Macphail here visiting. Afternoon self drawing in
some turnips.
26 – Wind W, rather cold. Robert and Annie at school. Self and
John drawing wood. Afternoon John gone to the creek to take a
job. Self and Mother visiting at John Gordons. Margaret gone to
visit at Saintfield.
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27 – Wind W and snow drifting. John gone to the swamp culling
logs for bridge. Robert and Annie at school. Self drawing wood.
Afternoon self at John Gordons for 10.4 bushels seed wheat at
$1.12 per bushel.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at the creek. Self
choring. Annie scrubbing. Mother baking. Afternoon self and
Robert drawing in turnips. Margaret arrives from Brock.
MAR. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. John, Margaret, Robert and Annie
at the Sunday School. Self, John, Wm., Margaret and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Gilchrist preaching from John
15:19, Collection $3.30.
2 – Wind S and very warm, snow thawing fast. John at bridge.
Robert and Annie at school. Self at the Port with Margaret who
goes with the train. Afternoon John and horses at bridge. Self
sawing wood.
3 – Wind S, very warm. John and horses at the bridge. Self
splitting wood. Mother washing. Robert at school. Annie at
home. Afternoon John at bridge. Self choring. Mrs. Whitford Lee
died.
4 – Wind W, nothing doing, still very soft. Self choring. John
doing nought. Robert at school. Afternoon John at Greenbank
with his boots to mend. Self doing nought.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Annie at school. Self and
John drawing out wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
drawing out wood.
6 – Wind Easterly, rather cold. Robert and Annie at the school.
John in the woods. Self drawing out wood. Afternoon John in
the woods. Self drawing out wood. Mr. Wm. Minty here today
selling pictures.
7 –Wind SE, rainy kind of day. John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and
Robert drawing out timber for Wm. George comes home.
8 – Wind W, snowing some. Robert at the Sunday School.
Nobody at meeting.
9 – Wind N, very stormy and cold. Nothing doing. Robert at the
school. Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring.
10 – Wind NW, very stormy and cold. John in the woods. Robert
at school. Afternoon John in the woods. Self at Greenbank.
Annie at Wms.
11 – Wind NW, stormy and cold. Robert at school. John in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon self and John in the woods.
Annie at Wms.
12 – Wind NE, rather cold. Robert at school. John in the woods.
Assessor here. Afternoon John in the woods. Wm. and Annie at
Port Perry. Self choring. James Miller here with petitions for the
legislature to stop the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors.
13 – Wind N, very stormy day. Robert at school. John ciphering.
Self doing nought. John Akhurst here about doing some work in
the swamp. Afternoon Barbara arrives. John in the woods. Self
doing nought. Mr. Wm. Akhurst and John Akhurst here in the
evening.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing logs out of the woods. Afternoon self at Greenbank.
Barbara scrubbing. Annie at Mrs. Boddies visiting.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Barbara, John, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. No one at meeting.
16 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert and Annie at school. John
at bridge. Self at Manchester with a load to Burton.
17 – Wind S, fine day, thawing. Robert and Annie at school.
John at bridge. Self drawing logs out of the woods. Afternoon
self and John at bridge. Barbara at Thos. Phairs visiting.
18 – Wind SW, very warm. Robert and Annie at school. John at
bridge. Self drawing in turnips. Afternoon self and John at the
bridge.
19 – Wind W and raining. John and Robert at the bridge. Self
mending harness. Barbara washing. Afternoon John and Robert
at the bridge. Self splitting wood.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the school.
Barbara at Greenbank. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John
chopping wood. Self splitting wood. Mr. Thos. Phair brings
home Barbaras 2 sheep.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John at bridge. Self splitting wood.
Pascoe Luke here to dinner. Afternoon self chopping. George
comes home. George Michie died 1868.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Barbara, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self and John at the Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger
preaching from St. John VIII:34.
23 – Wind NW, very rough cold day. Robert at the school. John
and George in the woods. Self at Byers, he being very sick.
Afternoon John in the woods. George ciphering. Self doing
nought.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Manchester. Robert at
school. Self choring. Afternoon self splitting wood. Isabella
Michie here from Brock. Mother visiting at Thos. Phairs.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at school. Annie sick. John in
the woods. Self choring. Afternoon self at the school
examination. John in the woods.
26 – Wind W, rather rainy. John in the woods. Isabella Michie
and Barbara and Mrs. Walker quilting. Robert and Annie sick.
Afternoon self drawing in turnips.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sick of toothache. Annie sick.
John in the woods. Self choring. Barbara, Isabella Michie and
Mrs. Phair quilting. Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Barbara and Isabella at Greenbank.
28 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Barbara, Isabella Michie and Mrs. Perkins quilting.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self at John Leasks. Barbara and
Isabella Michie visiting at Robert Phairs in the evening.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John gone with Isabella Michie to Brock.
George and Barbara at the Sunday School. Nobody at the
meeting.
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30 – Wind NW, rather cold. John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Barbara and Robert at Port Perry. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self splitting wood.
31 – Wind NW, rather cold. John in the woods. Robert at school.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Barbara at A. Gordons.
APR. 1 – Wind S, rather cold. John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Barbara washing. Robert tapping trees. Annie and Mary
Michie gone to Mrs. Leasks.
2 – Wind S, rather cold. John in the woods. Self and Robert
taking in turnips. Afternoon John in woods. Self making axe
handle. Robert in the sugar bush. Barbara making mat.
3 – Wind NW, rather cold. John and horses in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self making axe
handle. Barbara, John and Robert at Greenbank at Temperance
Meeting.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. John and horses in the woods. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John at Port Perry. Self and Robert
drawing wood.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John, George, Robert and Barbara at the
Sunday School. Self, Wm., Barbara and George at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Kay preaching from Matthew XI:28.
Collection $2.24.
6 – Wind W, fine day, fall of snow in the night. John drawing
sawlogs to mill. Self choring. Mother at Mr. Akhursts, he being
hurt by sleigh tipping over with logs. Margaret Walker here.
Afternoon self and John fanning oats. Robert at Wms. Wm.
Akhurst hurt with logs rolling on him.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Port Perry with oats.
Barbara washing. Self and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon self
and Robert at Greenbank Fair. John taking Barbara to Brock.
8 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John gone to Manchester with oats.
Robert boiling sap. Self choring. Afternoon self fencing. Robert
at Wms.
9 – Wind NE, cold day. John at the Port with oats. Robt. at Wms.
Annie at Akhursts. Self choring.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self putting a tongue
on Akhursts sleigh. Robert in the woods. Afternoon John
fencing. Self measuring land. Robert boiling sap.
11 – Wind NW, rather rough. Mother at Wms., Lizzie sick. Self,
John and Robert drawing turnips. Afternoon self, John and
Robert threshing. George arrives from Mr. Ross’s.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Mother at Wms., Lizzie having born a
daughter. John and Robert at the Sunday School. Nobody at
the Presbyterian Meeting.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert measuring land.
Afternoon self, John and Robert moving fence. Mother still at
Wms.
14 – Wind S, some rain, nothing doing. Afternoon John drawing
rails to Wm. Robert boiling sap. Self at Greenbank for papers.
15 – Wind N, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon self and John
fencing. Robert boiling sap.
16 – Wind NE, rather cold. Self, John and Robert fencing.
Barbara washing. Afternoon self, John and Robert fencing.
17 – Wind Easterly, rather cold. Wm. gone to mill with logs.
Robert at Greenbank. John making waggon. Self at George
Boddies with black sow. Afternoon self, John and Robert
drawing rails from turnip pit. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing turnips.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing
stones. Annie scrubbing at Wms. George comes home from Mr.
McFarlands.
19 – Wind N, fine day. John, George, Robert and Barbara at the
Sunday School. Self, John, George and Robert at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McClellan preaching. Miss Christina
Byers here to dinner.
20 –Wind Easterly. George gone to his work. John gone to the
Port with a grist. Raining, nothing doing. Afternoon same.
Thunder and rain. John leaves grist at Mr. Bears mill.
21 – Wind NW, very cold. John plowing. Robert boiling sap. Self
fencing. Afternoon John plowing. Robert in the woods. Self
fencing. Barbara spinning.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self fencing. Barbara
washing. Mother choring. Robert at Wms. Annie at Wms.
Afternoon John plowing with young horse. Self fencing. Barbara
spinning. George Boddie Jun. here in the evening.
23 – Wind NW, rather cold. John plowing. Self choring. Barbara
spinning. Afternoon John plowing. Self mending the reel.
Robert in the woods. Barbara visiting at Thos. Phairs.
24 – Wind N, hard frost in the morning. John goes to the plow at
9 o’clock. Self and Robert in the woods. Barbara spinning.
Mother choring. Afternoon John plowing. Barbara and Robert at
Greenbank. Self fencing. Mother sewing.
25 – Wind SE, dull day. John plowing. Self mending horse
collar. Robert boiling sap. Barbara spinning. Afternoon Mother
at Wms. John plowing. Self setting poles to John. Barbara
choring. George arrives home. Robert boiling.
26 – Wind NW, a fall of snow through the night. No one at the
Sunday School. Mother, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting.
27 – Wind NW, cold and hard frost. George gone to the
carpenter work. Self, John and Robert oiling the harness.
Barbara spinning. Mother patching.
28 – Wind N and frosty. No plowing til 10 o’clock. John and
Robert at Wms. Self making axe handle. Afternoon John
plowing. Robert boiling sap to Wm. Barbara at John Watsons
visiting. Self choring.
29 – Wind still N and hard frost. John, self and Robert fixing the
pump. Mr. Akhurst here. Barbara spinning. Afternoon John
plowing. Self chopping. Robert at Wms. Mother visiting at Mr.
Boddies.
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30 – Wind NW, hard frost through the night and cold day. John
plowing some towards noon. Self making axe handle. Robert at
Wms. Barbara spinning. Mother baking.
MAY 1 – Wind NW, cold day. John at Wms. Robert boiling sap.
Self chopping. Barbara spinning. Afternoon Barbara visiting at
Mr. Aslings. John plowing. Self chopping.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self chopping. Afternoon
John plowing and goes to mill but gets no grist. Robert and
Annie at Greenbank. Self chopping. Mother at Wms. Isabella
Michie arrives here.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John, George, Robert, Barbara, Annie
and Isabella Michie at the Sunday School. Self, John, George,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Hugh Thomson
preaching from Matthew VII:11. Collection $2.41.
4 – Wind NE, rather dull day. John sowing wheat. Robert
carrying wheat to him. Annie at school. Self harrowing. Barbara
and Isabella Michie making mat. Afternoon John plowing. Self
fixing the roller. Robert at Wms.
5 – Wind NW, rather cold. John harrowing. Self sowing grass
seeds. Robert at Greenbank. Annie at school. Barbara and
Isabella Michie at mat. Afternoon John rolling. Self and Robert
at fence. Lizzie here visiting. Barbara and Isabella at Mr. T.
Duffs in the evening.
6 – Wind NW, rather cold. John sowing oats. Robert carrying
seed. Self harrowing. Annie at the school. Afternoon John
plowing. Self digging in the garden. Robert gone home with
Isabella Michie. Mother at Jas. Walkers visiting.
7 – Wind W, rather cold. John harrowing. Self sowing grass
seeds. Annie at school. Robert in the woods. Barbara washing.
Mother choring. Afternoon John rolling. Self and Robert planting
potatoes in the orchard.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self fencing. Robert
putting straw in beds. Annie at school. Afternoon John plowing.
Self and Robert fencing. Barbara and Wm. at the Port.
9 – Wind SW and very high and the dust flying. John plowing.
Self and Robert fencing. Mother baking. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon very warm. John plowing. Self and Robert fencing.
George arrives from Saintfield.
10 – Wind SW. John, Robert, Barbara and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Mother, and Barb. at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. H. Thompson preaching from Matthew XII:28.
Come unto me all you that labour.
11 – Wind NE, rather cool. John plowing. Self at Greenbank
getting the black mare shoed and brings grist from the mill.
Annie at the school. Robert in the garden. Barbara washing.
Afternoon John sowing wheat and pease. Self harrowing.
Robert carrying seed. Barbara goes to Mr. Halls. Lizzie and
babe here.
12 – Wind S. John harrowing. Annie at school. Robert at Wms.
Self choring. Afternoon John rolling. Self turning sods. Mr.
Perkins borrows 5 bags of oats and [?].
13 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing in the orchard. Self and
Robert gathering stones. Annie gone to fishing. Afternoon John
plowing. Self and Robert drawing firewood.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Self and Robert planting
apple trees. Annie at school. Afternoon John at Wms. Self and
Robert planting trees. Mrs. John Watson here.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Self sowing plaster.
Annie at the school. Afternoon John at Wms. Self and Robert
planting trees. Mother at Wms.
16 – Wind S, dull day and raining some. John goes to Wms. but
comes home again for rain. Annie scrubbing. Self and Robert
washing the buckboard. Afternoon John plowing at Wms.
Robert takes Punk cow to Wms. Self cleaning the dooryard.
Mother at Mr. Akhursts all night, their baby sick. George arrives.
John at Greenbank in evening.
17 – Wind W, rather dull day. John, George, Robert and Annie at
the Sunday School. Afternoon some rain. Nobody at any
meeting.
18 – Wind NE and raining. George gone to McMillans. Robert
gone to Wms. Self cutting potatoes. Afternoon John plowing at
Wms. Self fencing.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. plowing. Self fencing.
Annie at school. Robert choring. Afternoon John plowing at
Wms. Self cutting potatoes.
20 – Wind Easterly, threatening rain. John at Wms. plowing. Self
at the creek. Robert choring. Annie at school. Afternoon John
at Wms. harrowing. Self cutting potatoes. Robert planting corn.
21 – Wind N, rather cold. John harrowing at Wms. and finishes.
Self and Robt. cutting potatoes. Annie at school. Mother
washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert cutting
potatoes. Mother washing. Jas. McPhail died.
22 – Wind N, rather cold. John plowing. Self and Mother at
Uxbridge to see James McPhail; he died on Thursday evening.
Got home at 9 o’clock.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie planting
potatoes. Afternoon finished planting potatoes.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
John and George gone to Uxbridge to Mr. James McPhails
funeral sermon. Mother at Wms. and brings Lizzie and child
along.
25 – Wind SW, rather rainy forenoon. John writing. Self making
umbrella handle. Mother baking. Afternoon John at Greenbank.
Self mending boots. Robert and Annie playing ball.
26 – Wind NW, rough cold day. John gone collecting for Bible
Society. Self mending harness. Annie at school. Afternoon self
sawing wood. Barbara arrives from Greenbank.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Wm. and Robert at the sawmill. Annie at
the school. Self sawing wood. Barbara washing. John doing
nought. Afternoon self in the swamp. John hanging a gate.
Mother at John Watsons. Barbara and John at Greenbank.
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28 – Wind S, fine day and very warm. John plowing. Annie at the
school. Self and Robert patching the roof of the barn. Afternoon
self, John and Robert washing the sheep. Rev. Mr. McClung
here on a visit. Self and John at Mrs. Leasks at a prayer
meeting.
29 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self looking at the sideline.
Robert painting at Wms. Afternoon John harrowing. Self at
Greenbank.
30 – Wind S, very warm day. John choring. Robert at Wms.
painting. Self mending harness. Afternoon self at Greenbank
with Wms. horse to shoe. Mother at Mr. Akhursts.
31 – Wind W, rather dull. John, George, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self and John at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from John X:11,14. I am the good shepherd.
JUNE 1 – Wind N, rather cool. John pulling hemlock. Self
making watering place. Annie at school. Robert at Wms.
painting. Afternoon John at bark. Self leveling in the woods.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John at bark. Annie at school. Self and
Robert shearing sheep. Afternoon John at bark. Self and Robert
mowing the old garden.
3 – Wind SW, rather dull day. Wm. and Robert gone to Port
Perry for shingles. John choring. Self cleaning out the
cowhouse. Afternoon John cutting thistles. Self taking the
sheep dung out of the barn. John gone to Greenbank to
committee meeting about the anniversary. Annie and Robert
playing ball.
4 – Wind SW, some rain through the night, fine day. Wm. at the
Port for shingles. John at the raising of the school house. Annie
at the school. Self and Robert fanning wheat and oats in the
barn. Afternoon John cutting thistles. Robert at Wms. Self
picking bugs off the potato tops. Prayer meeting at Mr. Ross’s.
Self and John at it.
5 – Wind S, warm day. John and Robert at thistles. Annie at
school. Self in the garden. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
Self picking bugs. Lecture at Greenbank in behalf of the Bible
Society. John and Robert at it.
6 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at thistles. Self hoeing
potatoes. Annie scrubbing. Mother baking. Afternoon John at
Greenbank getting the young horse shoed. Mother and Robt.
picking geese. Self fixing eave trough.
7 – Wind S, dull and raining some. No one at the Sunday School.
Mother, George, Wm. and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McClung preaching from Luke X:42. Collection $4.13.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at school. John plowing. Self
choring round. Afternoon John plowing. Self at Brock at a
meeting of the congregation about calling a minister.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self plowing. Robert at
Port Perry with Lizzie. Annie nursing the baby. Afternoon self
plowing. John at Wms. Robert at Wms. painting.
10 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Wms. Robert at Wms.
Annie at the school. Mother washing. Self plowing. Afternoon
John and Robert at Wms. Self plowing. George [Tocher?] here
in the evening.
11 – Wind SE, raining some. John and Robert at Wms. Annie at
school. Self plowing. Rain at 11 o’clock. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing. Self turning potatoes.
12 – Wind W, rather cold. John and Robert at Wms. Self
plowing. Annie at the school. Afternoon John and Robert at
Wms. Self mending horse collars. Annie gone to Mrs. Leasks.
Barbara arrives.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self shaking
sods on turnip land. Mother at Mr. Akhursts – his baby dead.
Afternoon John digging grave for Mr. Akhursts child. Self and
Robert drawing sods off the turnip land. George arrives.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John, George, Barbara, Robert and Annie
at the Sunday School. Self, Mother, Robert, John and Annie at
the funeral of Akhursts child.
15 – Wind SW, rather dull day. John harrowing. Robert cutting
thistles. Self digging cabbage ground. Annie at the school.
Barbara washing. George Gibson here. Afternoon self digging
cabbage ground. John rolling. Robert cutting thistles. Rain
towards night. Barbara at Thos. Phairs.
16 – Wind S and raining, nothing doing. Self turning potatoes.
Barbara washing blankets. Afternoon still raining. John at
Greenbank. Barbara at Mr. Watsons about baking for the
anniversary.
17 – Wind NW, some rain in the forenoon. John at the grist mill.
Self at Greenbank for turnip seed. Afternoon John drilling. Self
collecting money for Ministers. Robert cutting thistles. Barbara
gone to Thos. Phairs.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. John drilling. Self digging. Robert
cutting thistles. Afternoon John gone to Greenbank. Self
choring.
19 – [diary has a notation…”Friday lost”].
20 – Wind S, fine day. John and self at Port Perry.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. John, George, Barbara, Robert & Annie
at the Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, George and Barbara
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from John.
VII:37.
22 – Wind S, fine day, very warm. John drilling. Annie at the
school. Self and Robert hoeing potatoes. Afternoon John
finishes turnip sowing. Self at Brock meeting to moderate in a
call for Mr. John McClung. Shower in the afternoon
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John & Wm. doing statute labour.
Annie at the school. Afternoon John on the road. Self letting
jobs on the sideline. Robert there too. John & Barbara at
Greenbank in the evening.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at the school. Self, John & Wm. on
the road all day. Mother at Mrs. Martineaus, Greenbank, she
being confined.
25 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, John & Wm. at road work.
Thunder shower at 10 o’clock. Afternoon self, John & Wm. at the
road and finishes the road work at 3 o’clock. Mother at Wms.
(visiting).
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26 – Wind SE, heavy rain about 6 o’clock and some through the
forenoon. Nothing doing. Barbara gone to Mr. Watsons to bake
for the anniversary. Afternoon John goes to the Port on foot.
Robert and Annie at Wms. Self at Greenbank for the papers and
begging for the anniversary at Thos. Loves and Wm. Loves.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Mother and
Barbara baking for the anniversary. Afternoon John and Robert
at Wms. Self mending James Walkers door. Margaret arrives
from Whitby. John at Saintfield. Barbara at Greenbank in the
evening.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. John, George, Robert, Barbara,
Margaret and Annie at Greenbank. Alex Michie, Jun. and
Isabella Michie here to dinner. John, Barbara, Margaret and
Annie at Greenbank Primitive Meeting.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self hoeing corn.
Margaret washing. Afternoon John, Robert and Annie at Wms.
Self at Greenbank getting black mare shoed. Margaret gone to
the Primitive S. School Anniversary.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self making
whiffletree. Barbara baking. Afternoon John and Robert at
Wms. Self mending harness. Barbara at Mrs. Watsons. Mother
at Wms. Annie at Mr. Akhursts. Margaret at George Boddies.
JULY 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John, George,
Margaret, Barbara, Robert and Annie at Sabbath School
Anniversary all day.
2 – Wind NW, fine cool day. John at Wms. Self hoeing potatoes.
Barbara at Thos. Phairs. Afternoon self hoeing potatoes. Robert
gone to Port Perry with Margaret to the train. Mrs. Walker and
Mrs. A. Gordon here visiting.
3 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self hoeing
potatoes. Mother washing. Annie choring. Afternoon John and
Robert at Wms. Self setting up potatoes. Mother washing.
4 – Wind Easterly. John and Robert at Wms. Self at Mr. Byers
with cow. Afternoon John at Saintfield. Robert at Wms. Self
setting up potatoes. Annie at Wms.
5 – Wind N, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, George and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Roger preaching from Mark IX:23.
Collection $2.78.
6 – Wind S, warm day. John and Robert at Wms. Self mowing
fence corners. Annie at school. Afternoon John and Robert at
Wms. Self mowing.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self at Prince
Albert at Presbytery. Afternoon grand storm. John at Mrs.
Leasks raising. New school frame blown down.
8- Wind NW, fine day. John gone to the raising again. Self
choring. Robert at Wms. Mother washing. Afternoon John and
Robert at Wms. Self scuffling turnips and at meeting of school
trustees in the evening.
9 – Wind S, warm day. John and Robert at Wms. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self hoeing
turnips.
10 –Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self at turnips.
Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self scuffling turnips.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self and Robert hoeing
turnips. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John at Wms. Self and
Robert picking bugs on the potatoes. Jas. Walkers cow calves.
12 – Wind SE, rather cold. John, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, George, Wm., Lizzie and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Roger preaching from Hebrews II:3.
13 – Wind easterly, rain till 11 o’clock. John churning. Self and
Robert picking potatoes. Afternoon John, Robert and self hoeing
turnips.
14 – Wind S, very warm day. Wm. gone to Mr. Ruddys for
lumber. Self, John and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon John,
self and Robert at turnips.
15 – Wind SW, fine day and high wind. John at Wms. Robert
scuffling turnips. Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon self and Robert
at turnips. Annie at Wms.
16 – Wind NW, rather cold. John at Wms. Robert and self
hoeing turnips. Annie at Wms. Afternoon all at Wms. raising his
barn.
17- Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Annie at
Greenbank for papers. Self hoeing turnips.
18 - Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self cutting
fence corners. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self
sprinkling the potato tops with Paris Green. Annies birthday.
Some youngsters here in the evening.
19 – Wind S. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School. Mother at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Sanders preaching.
20 – Wind N, looking like rain. Self, John and Robert at hay.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at hay. Annie at the gap. Drew
in 8 loads.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. barn. Self at
Uxbridge for Paris Green to kill potato bugs.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. barn. Self
mowing fence corners. Wm. Byers here with his mower cutting
grass. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. barn. Self sprinkling
the potato tops. Akhursts calf sick.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert gone to Wms. Self
cutting thistles. Afternoon self, John and Robert at hay. Annie at
Lizzies quilting bee. Drew in 5 loads.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert at hay. Afternoon
self, John and Robert drew in the last of the hay. Drew 4 loads,
making 17 altogether. Picnic in Mr. Watsons woods. Robert and
Annie at it. Self at Greenbank for papers.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. hay. Robert at Mr.
Perkins barn. Self cutting thistles. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon
John and Robert at Wms. hay. Self at the sideline to see how
the jobs get along.
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26 – Wind S, cloudy day, looking like rain. Robert at the Sunday
School. Self and John at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Monteith preaching from Zachariah VIII:7. Rain in the evening.
27 – Wind N, fine cool day. John at Wms. Annie picking berries.
Robert scuffling turnips. Afternoon John at Wms. Annie picking
berries. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing turnips. Barbara
and Agnes Asling here in the evening.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John at turnips. Robert and Wm.
at Ruddys for lumber. Afternoon John and self at turnips.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. hay. Self at
turnips. Afternoon John and Robert drawing in Wms. hay. Self
at turnips. Annie picking berries.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert at Wms. hay.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at Wms. hay and finishes it.
31 – Wind W, thunder and rain through the night, fine day. Self
and John cutting thistles. Robert at turnips. Afternoon all at
turnips. Annie picking berries.
AUG. 1 – Wind Westerly, thunder and rain through the night, fine
day. Self, John and Robert at turnips. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert and Annie picking berries. Self and John
finishes hoeing turnips for the second time.
2 – Wind NW, cool day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Mother and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Monteith preaching from Hebrews XII:17, 18, 19. Collection
$2.75.
3 – Wind Westerly, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. drawing
in hay. Self choring. Annie picking berries. Afternoon John
gone to Mr. Matthews well. Self and Robert at A. Stones with
lambs and cow. Annie at Wms.
4 – Wind N, fine cool day. John at Mr. Matthews well. Robert
doing nought. Self and Barbara at Brock at the ordination of Mr.
McClung.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Matthews well. Robert at home.
John and Mary Michie from Brock here. Self at Port Perry with
grist and wool.
6 – Wind S, fine day. John at Perkins. Robert gone to Brock.
Annie picking berries. Afternoon John at Perkins. Self cutting
thistles. Annie at berries.
7 – Wind S, fine day. John at Perkins stable. Annie at berries.
Self cutting thistles. Afternoon John at Wms. Self mending
rakes. Robert arrives from Brock.
8 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. well. Robert picking
cherries. Annie scrubbing. Self picking bugs. Afternoon John at
Wms. Robert and Annie picking berries. Self at bugs.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Wm., Lizzie and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from 1st
Corinthians XVII:16.
Funeral of Mr. Somervilles child.
10 – Wind S, shower in the morning. John at Wms. well. Self
and Annie and Robert at Port Perry, a show there. Robert and
Annie at it. Shower in the afternoon.
11 – Wind SW, warm day. John at Wms. well. Self mending
Roberts boots. Afternoon John at Perkins barley. Robert at
Wms. Self fixing cradle.
12 – Wind W, warm day. John and Robert at Wms. well. Mother
washing. Self doing most nothing. Afternoon John and Robert
at Wms. Self hoeing turnips. Annie at berries.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Robert at Wms. well. Self
at Mr. Byers asking reaper and cutting swath round oats.
Barbara and Annie at berries. Afternoon John and Robert at
Wms. Self choring round. Barbara gone to Mrs. Leasks. Wm.
Byers here reaping oats. Mrs. Boddie and Mrs. Martineau Sen.
here visiting. Wm. gets much water in his well.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. well. Self
choring round. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self at Mr.
Akhursts threshing. Scott, pedlar, and A. Michie here all night.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert binding oats. Self at
Mr. Boddies threshing. Afternoon self, John and Robert at oats.
Annie gone to Brock. Mother at Mr. Watsons on a visit.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Barbara gone to Mr. Lukes. Robert and
Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching Luke VII:18.
Collection for Aged and Infirm Ministers fund $5.73.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Mr. Watsons. Barbara
gone to the Port with Mrs. Boddie. Self and Robert binding oats.
Afternoon self and Robert shocking oats.
18 – Wind N, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and Robert
cradling wheat. Barbara at berries. Afternoon self at Greenbank
with horses to shoe. Mrs. John Byers and Miss C. Byers here
visiting.
19 – Wind S, dull day. Wm. Byers here reaping wheat. Self,
John, Wm., and Robert binding. Barbara washing. Afternoon all
at wheat. Finishes at 5 o’clock. Lizzie here.
20 – Wind W and raining. Mother gone to Alex. Witters, his wife
being sick. John gone to James Walkers. Self making rake.
Afternoon self and Robert pulling pease. Barbara at the Port
with Mr. Akhurst.
21 – Wind W, rather rainy. Self making rake. John at James
Walkers. Afternoon self and Robert at pease.
22 – Wind NW. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and Robert at pease.
Afternoon self and Robert cutting wheat in the orchard. Annie
arrives from Brock. Mother comes home from Mr. Witters.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert, Barbara and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self and Mother at Brock to see Mrs. Hadden.
24 – Wind N, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self, Robert and
Barbara drawing in oats. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in
oats, altogether 14 loads.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and Robert
at wheat. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat. Barbara and
Lizzie at Thos. Phairs.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and Robert at
wheat. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat.
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27 – Wind S, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and Robert
drawing in wheat. Afternoon self, Robert and Mother drawing in
wheat. Took in 13 loads. Barbara at Alex. Gordons visiting. All
at prayer meeting at Watsons.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self, Robert and
Mother stacking pease. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert
finishes pease, 9 loads, and takes in 1 load wheat and 2 loads
oats out of the orchard. Agnes Asling here visiting.
29 – Wind S, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and Robert at
wheat. Barbara scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat.
30 – Wind S, fine day. John, Barbara, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Barbara and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Colossians
III:17. Bible class organized.
31 – Wind N, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and Robert
finishes cutting. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drew in 4
loads of wheat.
SEPT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and
Robert mending waggon wheel. Afternoon self and Robert
drawing in to James Walkers.
2 – Wind NW, dull foggy day. John at Mr. Watsons. Self and
Robert drawing in to James Walker. Afternoon finished at James
Walkers and drew in 4 loads of wheat at home, which finishes
the harvest. Mr. Kitchen comes for Barbara at 9 o’clock at night.
3 – Wind N, some rain. John at Mr. Ross’s. Self mending
harness. Robert at Wms. Annie at Wms. Afternoon Robert at
Mr. Watsons threshing. Self doing nought.
4 – Wind S, frost in the morning but warm fine day. Robert at
Wms. Self at Manchester at court to revise voters list. John
arrives from Mr. Ross’s.
5 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. John and Robert at Wms.
Self raking the wheat stubble. Afternoon not much doing.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from John XIII:17. Monthly collection $2.64.
7 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. drawing in. Self
choring. Took James Walkers cow to Mr. Loves bull the second
time. And at the Port with plow point. Afternoon John and Robert
at Wms. Self at meeting of school trustees.
8 – Wind easterly. John plowing. Robert at Wms. Self at John
Watsons stacking.
9 – Wind S, fine day and very warm. John plowing. Robert and
Annie at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self
choring.
10 – Wind N, very warm day. John plowing. Self in the garden
weeding. Robert at Wms. Afternoon John plowing. Self at T.
Duffs threshing and at the prayer meeting at Mr. Ross’s.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Robert and self at Duffs
threshing. Afternoon John plowing. Robt. at Wms. Self at
James Walkers threshing.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. John, Robert and self at Mr. Perkins
threshing all day from 10 o’clock.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John, Robert and horses at Perkins
threshing till 4 o’clock. Self at school trustee meeting in the
evening.
15 – Wind W, dull day. John plowing. Self burning stones.
Afternoon some rain. John plowing. Self at stone. Mother at Mr.
Boddies visiting.
16 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert
moving fence. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert taking
out stones.
17 – Wind Easterly and looking like rain. John plowing. Self and
Robert at stones. Mr. Duff and Mr. Clemens here for 2 pigs
each. Afternoon raining.
18 – Wind S, dull day. John plowing. Self and Robert taking out
stones. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for papers. John
harrowing. Self digging.
19 – Wind S, fine day. John harrowing. Self and Robt. at stones.
Afternoon John harrowing. Self and Robert digging Early Rose
potatoes, about 8 bushels.
20 – Wind W, rather cold. Rain through the night. John, Robert
and Annie at the Sunday School.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing out dung. Self
digging stumps. Afternoon John and Robert at dung. Self at
stumps. Annie at Lizzies.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert gone to the exhibition at
Toronto by Port Perry. Self goes through the swamp to the Port
for the horse. Afternoon self at McMillans raising. Some rain.
23 – Wind W, fine day. James Walker gone with horses to draw
lumber from Mr. Beares but got none. Self mending Annies
boots. Afternoon self at the Port with springboard for John and
Robert and comes home the near way.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to lath at the school house.
Self at Wm. Reals. Afternoon self and Robert take in the corn to
the barn floor. Self at John Leasks in the evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John at school house. Robert at Wms.
Self at stones. James Walker at the Port with horses. Afternoon
self digging stumps.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. John at home. Self
choring. Afternoon John to the school house. Self at Mr. John
Beares to go to Uxbridge but he was gone in the forenoon.
George here in the evening.
27 – Wind S, looking like rain. Robert at the Sunday School.
Rain in the afternoon. Self at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Luke IVX:18.
28 – Wind SW, rainy day. John at James Walkers. Self at John
Leasks. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Self at Wm.
Loves in the evening.
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29 – Wind W, fine day. All at the Fair in Port Perry.
30 – Wind N, very cold. John at Jas. Walkers. Self and Robert
drawing dung. Afternoon self at Uxbridge with Mr. Wm. Real to
order seats for school.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, rather dull day. John, Robert and self drawing
dung. Mother washing. Afternoon John, Robert and self drawing
dung.
2 – Wind W, rough cold day. Self, John and Robert at dung.
Mother baking for pairing bee in the evening. Afternoon John,
Robert and self finishes the dung.
3 – Wind NW, rather cold. John plowing. Self at Brock at
Church. Afternoon John plowing. Robert spreading dung. Self
at meeting in the Presbyterian Church on the 12th
conc. Mr.
Thoms preaching at both places.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self and Mother at Brock Sacrament. Mr. McClung preaching
from Exodus XXVIII:12.
5 – Wind W, rather dull day. John plowing. Self and Robert
spreading dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self, Robert and
Annie gathering potatoes. Mother visiting at Mr. Perkins.
6 – Wind S, and raining. Mother washing. Robert pairing apples.
Self, John and Annie coring. Afternoon John plowing. Self and
Robert at potatoes.
7 – Wind Easterly and very like rain. John plowing. Self and
Robert husking corn. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert
at potatoes.
8 – Wind SE, dull day. John, Robert and self at potatoes.
Afternoon self, John, Robert and Annie at potatoes.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert and Annie at potatoes.
John at the school house. Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes.
10 –Wind W, rather showery. Self, Robert and Annie at potatoes.
John at the school house. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at
potatoes. Thunder and rain before night.
11 – Wind NW, rather showery. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Wm., Lizzie and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Genesis VI:9. Collection
$2.52.
12 – Wind N and very cold. John at the school house. Self at
Greenbank getting horses shoed. Robert at Wms. Afternoon
nothing doing.
13 – Wind N and cold. John at school house. Self plowing.
Robert choring. Lizzie here making dress. Afternoon self
plowing. Still very cold.
14 – Wind S, fine day. John at the school house. Self, Robert
and Annie taking in potatoes. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie
finishes potatoes. 6 loads altogether.
15 – Wind SW, hoar frost. John at the school house. Self
plowing. Robert cutting cornstalks. Afternoon John at the Port
for boots. Self, Robert and Annie harrowing the potatoes.
Mother at L. Byers, he being sick.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. gone with horses for lumber. John
and Robert in the woods. Self to see Mr. Byers (he dead).
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank for papers.
Annie at Wms.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert patching
the barn roof. Afternoon John plowing. Self at John Leasks
about the road. John, Robert and Annie taking in apples. My
birthday 1813.
18 – Wind N, cold day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at Mr. Byers
funeral. Mr. Dennis preaching from Isaiah VI:19.
19 – Wind N, fine day. John gone to Bethesda Church to work.
Self plowing. Robert and Annie taking in apples. Self at John
Watsons in the evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert taking in apples. Self plowing.
Afternoon self plowing. Robert at apples.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self at Port Perry
getting collars faced.
22 – Wind SW, warm day. Self plowing. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at the plow. Mother, self and
Annie at the prayer meeting at Mr. Watsons.
23 – Wind SW, warm day. Self plowing. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon self plowing. Robert at Wms.
24 – Wind SW, warm day. Self plowing. Robert at Greenbank
with Wm. lathing Mr. Mannings house. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon self plowing and at the school in the evening. John
Beare did not come.
25 – Wind W, very warm and looking like rain. John, Robert and
Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at turnips. John
gone to Bethesda. Afternoon self, Robert, Annie and Lizzie at
turnips. Drew 10 loads in pit.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert, Lizzie and Annie at turnips.
Afternoon self, Lizzie, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew 10
loads.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Lizzie, Robert and Annie at
turnips. Drew 13 loads.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert killing sheep. Afternoon
Robert fixing the turnip cellar. Self and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting, this being a day of Thanksgiving. Mr. McClung
preaching. Managers elected after service, J. Leask, Jas. Allan,
Charles Rennie, Jas. McMillan and Jas. Miller.
30 –Wind W, looking like rain. Self, Robert, Lizzie and Annie at
turnips. Afternoon self, Lizzie, Annie and Robert at turnips.
Drew 4 loads in cellar and 1 in pit. Rain before night.
31 – Wind NW, rather cold with some slight showers of snow.
Self, Lizzie, Annie and Robert at turnips. Afternoon at turnips.
Drew 11 loads in cellar.
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NOV. 1 – Wind NW, very cold. Robert at the Sunday School.
Self and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. A. Leask preaching
from Psalms CXLVII:11. Mr. McClung being sick.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Lizzie, Robert and Annie at turnips.
Drew 8 loads in cellar. John gone to Bethesda.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert, Lizzie and Annie at turnips.
Drew 4 loads in turnip cellar, 1 in house cellar and 3 to Wms. 8
loads altogether. Self at Wm. Reals at school trustee meeting in
the evening.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert, Lizzie and Annie finishes the
turnips. Drew 2 loads to Wms. and 6 in pit, making [72?].
5 – Wind SW, gloomy day and some rain. Nothing doing. Mother
and Lizzie washing. Afternoon self looking at jobs on the
sideline. John home all night.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to James Scotts. Self and
Robert fixing the roof of the turnip cellar. Afternoon self and
Robert at cellar.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Wm. at Brock. Robt. at
Greenbank to get clothes. Afternoon Robert burning brush in the
swamp.
8 – Wind W, smoky day. Robert, John and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching. Collection $1.11.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Whitefield Lees. Robert
harrowing. Self logging in the swamp. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self in swamp. School meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self at Manchester
plowing match.
11 – Wind N, rough day. Robert harrowing. Self in swamp.
Afternoon self and Robert in the swamp logging. George here in
the evening with 280 dollars to loan to school trustees.
12 – Wind W, fine day, rather frosty. Robert in the swamp. Self
at Mr. Whitefield Lees with 280 dollars to school. Afternoon self
choring. Robert plowing.
13 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert at pines in the swamp. Self
cutting out a log in the sideline. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank
for papers.
14 – Wind SE, very cold. Self and Robert choring. Afternoon
Robert banking up the turnip cellar. Self at Greenbank with
Annie. Very cold.
15 – Wind NW. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School. Self
and John at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching
from Proverbs to the young.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fencing for straw stack.
Afternoon Robert banking the henhouse. Self at the sale of the
old school house. John Lee buys it for $53 and one years credit.
Daniel Till buys the desks and seats for 3 dollars cash.
17 – Wind W, rather cold, nothing doing. Afternoon self choring.
18 – Wind W, rather soft. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self making scaffold for putting straw
in barn.
19 – Wind NW, fine day, but frosty. Self and Robert fixing the
granary. Afternoon threshing machine comes. Threshed all
afternoon. Mr. Perkins and horses, Mr. R. Phair and horses, T.
Phair, G. Boddie, Wm. Akhurst, Jas Walker, P. Harman for T.
Duff.
20 – Wind NW, fine day, some snowy. Threshed till 4 o’clock with
same hands, with Geo. Boddie Jun.
21 – Wind W, fine day, rather rough. Robert choring. Self and
horses at R. Phairs threshing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. John and
Mother at the Presbyterian Meeting.
23 – Wind W, cold day. Robert choring. Self at Robert Phairs
threshing till noon and at home in the afternoon. Wm. Real here
in the evening for the taxes $14.43.
24 – Wind W, cold stormy day. Robert choring. Self at Thos.
Phairs threshing all day.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert choring. Self at Thos. Phairs
threshing till noon and at George Boddies threshing in the
afternoon. Robert at the Port for Barbara.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert choring. Self at George Boddies
threshing all day. John at threshing. A. Michie and George
Michie here all night.
27 – Wind NW, rather soft day. Self, Robert, John and horses at
Wms. threshing till noon. Mother and Annie at Wms. Afternoon
John at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Robert at Greenbank getting
mare shoed. Self choring. Barbara cleaning up the buttery.
28 – Wind NE, not cold, but snowing all day. John at Mr.
Akhursts threshing. Self banking the cistern. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Self and Robert put [?] ram among the sheep.
29 – Wind N, snow deep. Self, John, Barbara and Annie goes
the length of Wm. Loves and turns again.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. Self at the Port with grist. Annie at
school.
DEC. 1 – Wind SW, snowing. Annie at school. Self choring.
John at Wms. and Robt. sick. Afternoon self and John drawing
in pease.
2 – Wind S, thawing some. John at Wms. Robert choring. Self
at the school helping to move backhouses.
3 – Wind W and thawing. John at Wms. Self fixing the
backhouses at the school. Afternoon self and Robert fixing
sheep houses.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self threshing pease.
Annie at school. Robert at Wms. Afternoon self threshing
pease. Robert at Greenbank getting Wms. horse shoed. Mrs.
Hadden hangs herself.
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5 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Annie at Wms. to let Lizzie
to the Port. Robert at Wms. Self threshing pease. Afternoon
self and Robert fanning pease and putting in the pigs.
6 – Wind SW. Robert and Annie at Sunday School. John and
Barbara at Brock. Self at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung
preaching from Luke XVIII:9.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Annie at school. Self and
Robert taking out the cistern pump. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank. Self choring.
8 – Wind S, rather soft. John at R. Phairs digging well. Annie at
school. Robert drawing wood. Self fixing sewing machine.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self making stick to draw water.
9 – Wind W, rather rough. John at Wms. Robert at Wms.
drawing cedar. Annie at the school. Self threshing pease.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self threshing pease.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Robert Phairs well. Annie at
school. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self threshing pease.
11 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John at Wms. Annie at school.
Self at Manchester, Prince Albert and Port Perry. Margaret
comes home.
12 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John at Robert Phairs well. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
13 – Wind Easterly and snowing some. John, Robert, Barbara
and Margaret and Annie at the Sunday School. Mother, John,
Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
14 – Wind N, stormy day. John at Robert Phairs. George
threshing pease. Self choring. Afternoon still stormy. George
threshing pease.
15 – Wind W, fine day. George chopping wood. Self and
Margaret at Brock.
16 – Wind SW, rather soft day. George chopping wood. Self
choring. Annie at school. Afternoon self and Robert drawing
wood.
17 – Wind NW. George and Barbara at the Port. Self mending
Wms. jumper. Afternoon nothing doing. Margaret at Wms.
18 – Wind SW, rather soft day. Nothing doing. Self mending
Wms. jumper. Afternoon self at Greenbank for the papers.
19 – Wind SW, soft day. Self and Robert choring. House
cleaning going on. Afternoon nothing doing. Self at Wm. Reals
in the evening. John at John Leasks well.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Barbara, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at the Sunday School. A. Michie Jun. and Isabella Michie
here in the afternoon. Barbara goes with them to Brock.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. R. Phairs well. Self and
Robert drawing wood. Afternoon self and Annie at Greenbank.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Phairs well. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Afternoon Robert and self fixing for pig killing.
Margaret and Annie at school. Exhibition at Brock. Self and
Robert at council meeting at Greenbank. Wright, Baird, Holman
running for reeve.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, John, Wm., and self killing the
pigs. Afternoon John gone to Wms. Self and Robert choring.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self at Port Perry with
pigs. Robert choring.
25 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Self putting stove
upstairs. Afternoon John at Greenbank for the papers. John
Walker, Sally and Jane Akhurst, George [Maryam?], Fanny
Boddie and Robert and John Minty here. Margaret gone to
Whitby.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Self cutting pork.
Afternoon John on the roads. Robert and Annie gone to take
Mary Michie home. Barbara scrubbing. Self choring.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Barbara, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Mother at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McClung preaching. Annie at the English Church. John,
Barbara and Robert and Annie at Brick Church to hear Wm. [?]
preach.
28 – Wind S and thawing. Self, John and Robert drawing in
turnips. Afternoon John going round asking money to make a
purse for Jas. Miller. Self and Robert choring. Jas. Johnson
comes for Barbara to bake. Margaret arrives from Whitby.
29 – Wind N, rough day. John gone to John Leasks well. Self
and Robert choring. Afternoon self and Mother at Mr. Thos.
Phairs to supper.
30 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert choring. Self sawing wood.
Margaret washing. Afternoon nothing doing. Barbara arrives
from Jas. Johnsons.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Self threshing oats. Robert choring.
Afternoon nothing doing.
And so ends the year 1874.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1875
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs. Boddie, Mr. and
Mrs. Duff, Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. {?], and Mrs.
Akhurst here to dinner. Robert and Annie at [?].
2 – Wind W, rather stormy. John at J. Leasks well. Self choring.
Afternoon self at Greenbank for papers. Very stormy.
3 – Wind N, rather cold. Nobody at school nor meeting.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert choring. Self
at Uxbridge. John at Greenbank to vote.
5 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
threshing oats. Afternoon self and John sawing wood. Robert
threshing oats. Robert at Mr. Boddies in the evening.
6 – Wind SW, cold day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
threshing pease. Annie sick. Barbara washing. Afternoon John
in the woods. Mother and Annie at Wms. quilting. Self choring
and at Wm. Reals in the evening. John and Barbara at a spree
at John Watsons.
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7 – Wind SE, snowing some. John at Mr. Duffs well. Robert
choring. Self writing school accounts. Afternoon self and Robert
splitting wood.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. John at Wms. Self and
Robert choring. Jane Michie and Wesley Luke here to dinner.
Barbara and them at Jas. Walkers for dinner. Annie quilting.
Self at A. Hornes in the evening.
9 – Wind W, very stormy. Nothing doing.
10 – Wind SW, very frosty. Nobody from here at church.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Duffs well. Barbara washing.
Self and Robert choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Self at
Greenbank in the evening.
12 – Wind Easterly, rather cold. John in the woods. Self and
Robert choring. Afternoon self and John in the woods. Robert
drawing wood. Political meeting at Greenbank in the evening.
Some fighting after.
13 – Wind S, rather soft. John in the woods. Robert choring.
Self and Mother at Mr. Wm. Reals and at the annual school
meeting.
14 – Wind N, rather cold. Self and John fanning some oats.
Afternoon self and John in the woods. Robert choring.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Duffs. Self and Robert
fanning pease. Afternoon Mother at Mr. Aslings visiting. Self at
the mill with grist. Annie at Greenbank.
16 – Wind Easterly, rather cold. Nothing doing. Barbara
scrubbing. Afternoon John at Brock. Mother at A. Gordons
quilting. Robert sick. Self choring.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Wm., Barbara and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching. John Leask ordained elder.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Wm., John & George at Purdys
schoolhouse voting for Paxton. Afternoon nothing doing. John
at Greenbank. Smith from Whitby here in the evening.
19 – Wind W, fine day. John at Jas. Walkers well. Self at Brock.
Mother visiting at Mr. Markhams and at Bible Society Meeting in
the evening.
20 – Wind SW, frosty day. John at Jas. Walkers well. Self at
Beares mill for grist. It not ground. Afternoon self and Robert at
the Port with grist and got it home with us. Barbara goes to Jas.
Johnsons for one week.
21 – Wind Easterly and snowing. Nothing doing. Robert and
Annie at the school. John painting cutter shafts. Afternoon John
at Greenbank. Self mending bags.
22 – Wind W, rather stormy. Robert and Annie at the school.
John at Jas. Walkers well. Self sharping saw. Afternoon self
splitting wood.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Jas. Walkers well. Self and
Robert fanning wheat. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat.
24 – Wind E and snowing. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Song of Solomon IV.
25 – Wind W, snow drifting. Robert at school. John sawing
wood. Self choring. Annie washing. Afternoon John making
sleigh [?].
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at school. John at well. Self
choring. Afternoon Annie at Wms. Self making track to sideline.
27 – Wind S, cloudy day. John at Jas. Walkers well. Robert and
Annie at the school. Self choring. Afternoon self choring. A.
Michie Sen. here.
28 – Wind easterly, rather stormy. John at Jas. Walkers well.
Annie at the school. Self choring. Afternoon self to the Port with
wheat.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John at Jas. Walkers well. Robert and
Annie at the school. Afternoon self drawing wood. Mother at
Wms. visiting.
30 – Wind SW, some snow. John at Jas. Walkers well. Self and
Robert fanning wheat. Afternoon Robert and self to Port Perry
with wheat.
31 – Wind W, rather stormy. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Barbara and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching. Collection for Home Mission $11.00.
FEB. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at school. Barbara
washing. John at home. Self choring. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Mother at Mr. Thos. Loves visiting. Self at annual
meeting of congregation.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Annie at the school. Self,
John and Wm. taking stones out of well. Afternoon Wm., John
and self at well. Mother at Wms.
3 – Wind SE, and raining some. Robert and Annie at the school.
Nothing doing. Afternoon Wm., John and self at well. Isabella
Michie arrives here. Very high wind.
4 – Wind S, and very high and very cold. Nothing doing. Meeting
of the [remainder of this entry is too faded to read].
5 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Wm., and John at well all day.
6 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self, John and Wm. at well all day.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for papers. No mail. Railway
stopped with snow.
7 – Wind S, middling day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Wm., and wife, Barbara, and Isabella Michie at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
8 – Wind W, snow drifting. John and Wm. at Port Perry for brick.
Robert at home. Annie rather sick. Self choring. Afternoon self
at Greenbank for the papers. Barbara and Isabella Michie at Mr.
Duffs visiting.
9 – Wind N and very cold, snow drifting. Robert at the school.
Nothing doing. Afternoon self, Wm., and John at well. Took
water out.
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10 – Wind SE, not so cold. Annie in measles. Robert at school.
Self., Wm., and John at well. Afternoon self., Wm., and John at
well and finishes digging and put 4 feet and a ½ of brick in it.
Made it 8 feet deeper.
11 – Wind W, a heavy fall of snow through the night. Robert at
the school. Nothing doing. John takes Isabella Michie home in
the afternoon. Very stormy.
12 – Wind W, fine day and cold. Robert at the school. Self
choring. Afternoon self digging snow. John arrives from Brock.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Brooklin for brick. Mr. Jas.
Miller here collecting for the ministers salary. Annie sick of
measles. Afternoon self cutting turnips. Mother making pants.
Robert splitting wood.
14 – Wind NW, very cold. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
John and Barbara at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung
preaching from 1st
Cor. XI:28.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at school. John at Brooklin for
brick. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at school. John drawing wood.
Self pumping water. Afternoon John at the Port for lumber. Self
choring.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. Self, Wm., and
John putting bricks in the well. Afternoon John and Wm. making
curb. Self choring. Papers arrives.
18 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert at school. Barbara washing.
Wm. and John making curb. Self choring. Afternoon self, Wm.,
and John fixing well.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. Self and John
fixing well. Afternoon self, Mother, Barbara, John and Wm. at
the Presbyterian Meeting.
20 – Wind S, not so cold. Margaret scrubbing. Self, John and
Robert drew 4 loads turnips in cellar. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Robert choring. Self and Barbara at the Port.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Wm., John, Barbara,
Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting, being
communion.
22 – Wind S, rather soft. Robert at the school. John drawing
wood. Self choring. Margaret washing. Barbara spinning.
Afternoon John drawing wood. Self fixing round. Mother at
Wms.
23 – Wind W, rather dull day. John drawing wood. Robert at the
school. Afternoon John drawing wood. Self choring. Row in the
evening about brick lines.
24 – Wind SE, snow thawing. John drawing wood. Self choring.
Robert at the school. Afternoon John at Port Perry to see the
races. Self and Annie at Greenbank getting the horses shoed.
A. Gordon here to dinner.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at school. John at Greenbank
with tender for school fence. Self in the woods. Barbara gone
begging money for the Bible Society. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon John drawing wood. Self choring. Charlotte Wells
here all night.
26 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert at the school. John drawing
wood and taking Barbara and Charlotte Wells to [?] to collect
money for the Bible Society. Margaret piecing quilt. Afternoon
John drawing wood. Self cutting frozen turnips. John, Robert,
Margaret and Annie at Open Division, Greenbank.
27 – Wind W, rather cold, nothing doing. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon John at Greenbank for the papers. Self splitting wood.
Margaret baking cakes. Mother at Mrs. Byers all night, John
Byers child being very bad.
28 – Wind NW, cold day. Barbara, Margaret and Robert at the
Sunday School. Nobody at the Presbyterian Meeting.
MAR. 1 – Wind Easterly, snowing and drifting. Robert at the
school. Nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy, nothing doing.
Port Perry taverns all shut.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the school. Self and John
digging snow. Afternoon John at the Port. Self at Wms. helping
to kill a pig. Annie at Wms.
3 – Wind Easterly. Robert and Annie at the school. Margaret
gone to A. Gordons. Wm. and John fanning grist to Wm. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Wm. at the Port with grist. John at Mr.
Duffs. Mr. Thos. Phair, Mrs. Phair and Mary Real here. Very
stormy and snowing heavily from the East.
4 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at school. Barbara washing. Self
mending boots. John shoveling snow. Afternoon John mending
chair. Self cutting turnips. Barbara blacking stove. John,
Barbara, Robert, Annie and Margaret at Greenbank to hear
Professor Kent lecture.
5 – Wind Easterly and snowing. Robert at the school. Nothing
doing. Afternoon still snowing, nothing doing. John, Barbara,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at Greenbank to see Professor Kent
lecture.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing in 6 loads
of turnips. Afternoon rather stormy, nothing doing. Some man
Taylor here all night.
7 – Wind Easterly. John, Robert and Barbara at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Mother, Barbara, Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching. The man Taylor
here all night.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. John splitting wood. Robert and Annie at
school. Self doing very little. Barbara gone to the Port with Wm.
9 – Wind E, fine day. John writing. Annie and Robert at the
school. Margaret washing. Self choring. Afternoon self and
John at Greenbank at the fair, nothing doing. Spree at Jas.
Walkers in the evening. John, Barbara and Margaret at it.
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10 – Wind S, snowing some. Robert and Annie at the school.
John at Mr. Robt. Phairs. Self choring. Barbara at Jas. Walkers
quilting. Afternoon John gone to the Port with advertisement of
the sale of the timber on the sideline. Self choring. Mother at
Wms.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the school. John
drawing out bark. Barbara, Lizzie and Margaret quilting. Self
choring. Afternoon the same parties quilting.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Annie at school. John doing
nought. Self choring. Margaret and Barbara quilting. Self
choring. Afternoon John at Jas. Walkers splitting wood. Self
choring.
13 – Wind SE, fine day, the snow melting some. Self, John and
Robert drawing in turnips. Afternoon drawing turnips and wood.
14 – Wind SE, rather fresh. John, Barbara, Margaret, Annie and
Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Wm., John, Lizzie, Barbara,
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching
from Luke XIX:41.
15 – Wind SE, and thunder and rain through the night. Robert at
the school. John making butter. Self choring. Afternoon John at
sale of timber on the sideline. Self doing nought.
16 – Wind SW and very high and stormy. Robert at the school.
John in the woods. Self doing nought. Margaret washing.
Afternoon John in the woods. Annie at Wms. Self doing nought.
Margaret gone to Thos. Phairs visiting.
17 – Wind NW, very cold. Robert at the school. John in the
woods. Self at Greenbank with Barbara, she going to A. Michies.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring. Mother at Wms., his
daughter being sick.
18 – Wind NW, very cold, nothing doing. Robert at the school.
John in the woods. Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods.
Mother at Wms. all night. Nothing doing.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at the school. Self and John in
the woods. Mother and Annie at Wms. Afternoon John in the
woods. Wm. and Lizzie at Port Perry with their daughter to the
doctor. Self choring. J. Ianson here at night.
20 – Wind E and snowing. Nothing doing. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon John in the woods. Margaret at Wms. Self and
Robert choring.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Mother at Wms. all night. Margaret and
Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
Numbers XXXII:8. Collection for Foreign Missions. George
Michie died 1868.
22 – Wind N, fine day, but cold. Robert and Annie at school. Self
and John in the woods. Margaret at Wms. all night. Afternoon
John in the woods. Self doing nought. School examinations.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Self at Uxbridge at Presbytery. Margaret at Mrs. McPhails.
24 – Wind W, rather stormy. John in the woods. Self doing
nought. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John in the woods. Self at
Joseph Prins sale. Robert choring. Margaret leaves for Mr. W.
Ledinghams. Mother at Wms. all night.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Mother at Wms. Afternoon John and Robert drawing
wood. Self choring.
26 – Wind S, rather soft. John drawing wood and Robert too.
Self and Mother at Wms., his daughter died this morning. Wm.
and Lizzie at the Port. Afternoon John digging grave. Barbara
arrives from Brock. Self and Robert choring. George comes
home. Margaret comes from Ledinghams. Wms. daughter died,
born 12th
April 1874, aged 11 months 14 days.
27 – Wind W, fine day. George and Robert gone to Mr. Ross’s
for Georges clothes. Nothing doing. Afternoon Wms. daughter
buried at the Presbyterian grave yard.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John, George, Barbara and Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Wm. and wife, Margaret,
and Barbara and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Ecclesiastic XII:1, to the young.
29 – Wind S, fine warm day, snow melting fast. John and Robert
drawing wood. Self hunting seed pease. Afternoon John gone
to Brock. Barbara at Greenbank. Self sawing wood. Robert
splitting wood. Annie at Mr. Akhursts.
30 – Wind SE, fine warm day, snow melting. John in the woods.
Robert splitting wood. Self at the Port for seed pease. Afternoon
Annie at Thos. Phairs quilting.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at school. John in the woods.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting wood. Snow
thawing.
APR. 1 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing. Robert at school.
Afternoon self and John fanning some wheat for grist.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at school. John and self in the
woods. Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting wood.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robt.
drawing in turnips. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
Self killing sheep.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Afternoon
John at the Primitive Methodist Church.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the woods.
Self putting up fences. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
shoveling snow on the road.
6 –Wind Easterly, looking like rain. Robert at the school. John in
the woods. Self at John Watsons helping to lift a horse.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self on the road shoveling snow.
Mother at Wms.
7 – Wind Easterly. Robert at the school. John at the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self in the woods.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the woods.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self at wood.
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9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the woods.
Self at Wms., killing calf. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Margaret comes home from Ledinghams.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert boiling sap.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Barbara and Lizzie at Greenbank.
11 – Wind S, fine day. John, Barbara, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the
woods. Self fixing potatoes. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
choring. Pascoe Luke and Wesley here to supper and bed.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing turnips. Pascoe and Wesley here to their meals. Annie
at the school. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and Robert at
turnips.
14 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
moving fence. Annie at the school. Pascoe and Margaret leaves
for Brock. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing rails. Wesley here all night.
15 – Wind SW, rather dull day. John choring. Annie at the
school. Self and Robert at the mill for grist. Wesley leaves for
home. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert fencing. Rain
in the evening.
16 – Wind SW, rather hard frost. John, Robert and self dunging
the orchard. Afternoon John plowing. Self setting gate posts.
Robert at Greenbank for papers. Snow in the evening.
17 – Wind NW, cold day and the ground white with snow. John
and Robert drawing out cordwood. Self doing nought. Afternoon
John and Robert drawing wood. Self sawing wood. Barbara
scrubbing.
18 – Wind NW, cold day. John, Robert and Barbara at the
Sunday School. Self and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Ezekiel XXIII:23.
19 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert drawing out wood.
Self doing nought. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert
fencing.
20 – Wind N, very cold. John and Robert at woods. Self fencing.
Afternoon Barbara at Wms. papering. John plowing. Self and
Robert fixing drains.
21 – Wind N, very cold and frosty, nothing doing. Barbara
washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self sawing wood. Very cold.
22 – Wind N, cold day, nothing doing. Barbara scrubbing. Self
mending harness. Afternoon John plowing. Self sawing wood.
23 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert at Wms. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon Robert at Wms. John plowing. Self at wood.
Annie at Greenbank for papers.
24 – Wind NE, some snow. Robert at Wms. John plowing. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert boiling sap. John plowing. Self
choring. Barbara scrubbing.
25 – Wind N, rather cold. Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching from Philippians
III:12. “Work out your salvation”.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. John plowing. Self
doing chores. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at the school. Robert at Wms.
John plowing. Self doing chores. Afternoon John plowing. Self
choring.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Robt. Phairs. Robert
plowing. Self choring. Afternoon Annie at Mr. Stillwells at a bee.
Robert plowing. Self choring. Margaret at Wms. Barbara at Mr.
Akhursts washing.
29 – Wind Easterly. Annie at school. Self plowing. Robert
choring. Rev. Mr. McClung here. Afternoon raining from SE,
nothing doing.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Robt. Phairs. Robert plowing.
Self ditching. Afternoon Barbara and Lizzie at Greenbank.
Robert plowing. Self choring.
MAY 1 – Wind SE, rather cold with hard frost. Robert plowing.
Self ditching. John at Robt. Phairs. Afternoon snowing from the
SE. Self and Robert fanning wheat. John home from Phairs.
Annie at Wms. boiling sap.
2 – Wind W, snowing some. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self
and John at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching
from 1st
Samuel I:26. Collection $2.67.
3 – Wind NW, frosty morning. John gone to Robert Phairs. Wm.
at Manchester. Barbara gone to Brooklin. Robert choring. Self
plowing. Afternoon Robert at sap. Margaret at Wms. Annie at
school.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at school. John at Phairs. Robert at
sap. Self plowing. Margaret at Wms. Afternoon John sowing.
Robert harrowing. Self carrying seed. Mrs. Thos. Phair here
visiting. Jean Leask and Mary Byers here all night.
5 - Wind S, looking like rain. John gone to Robt. Phairs. Annie
at the school. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Mother at Wms.
Afternoon raining some. Robert harrowing. Self at Port Perry for
clover seed. Heavy rain at night.
6 – Wind NW, rather raw. Self plowing. Robert choring. Annie
sick. Afternoon John sowing wheat. Self carrying seed. Robert
harrowing. Some rain and hail through the afternoon.
7 – Wind SE, much rain through the night. John gone to Mr.
Robt. Phairs. Self plowing. Robert at Wms. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self for Dr. Byers to Annie and at Greenbank for
papers.
8 – Wind SE. Thunder and rain through the night. John at Robt.
Phairs. Self sowing grass seeds. Robert harrowing. Afternoon
Robert rolling. Self choring. Thunder and rain at night.
9 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Dr. Byers
here at Annie. No service at the Presbyterian Church. John at
the Primitive Methodist Church. Dr. Byers here in the evening.
Great rain through the night. Annie very sick.
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10 – Wind NW, fine day, the ground very wet. John plowing. Self
letting off water. Robert grafting trees. Dr. Byers here in the
morning. He going to move to Nobletown. Afternoon John
plowing. Robert grafting. Self at Saintfield for Dr. McClinton to
Annie. Isabella Michie and Jean Atkins here all night.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Robert grafting. Self
draining. Afternoon John plowing. Self draining. Robt. grafting.
Wm. at Saintfield for trees. Jean Atkins leaves with Wm. for
home.
12 – Wind W, cold rough day, nothing doing. Ground too wet to
plow. Self and Robert in the garden. Afternoon John gone to
Brock with Isabella. Self and Robert doing nought. Showery
afternoon. Pamela Burton here all night.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to R. Phairs to split rails. Self
and Robert in the garden. Dr. McClinton here to see Annie.
Pamela leaves on her travels. Afternoon somewhat rainy,
nothing doing.
14 – Wind Easterly, looking like rain. John sowing wheat. Robert
harrowing. Self carrying seed. Afternoon John harrowing. Self
in the garden. Robert some sick and at Greenbank for papers.
15 – Wind N, rather cold. John plowing. Self and Robert digging
down a bank. Afternoon John plowing. Robert planting
potatoes. Planted some potatoes in orchard.
16 – Wind N, fine day, but rather cold. John, Margaret and
Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John, Margaret, Wm. and
Lizzie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
Hosea XIII:9 – thou hast destroyed thyself.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self piling wood. Robert
choring. Afternoon John plowing. Robert at Wms. John at
Greenbank at meeting for S. S. Anniversary.
18 – Wind S, fine day. John sowing and Mother carrying seed.
Robert harrowing. Self at Port Perry at Presbetry. Afternoon
John at Mr. Perkins training his colt. Robert harrowing.
19 – Wind W, looking like rain. John at Mr. Perkins. Robert
harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms. planting
apple trees. Self rolling.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John at Perkins. Robert at Wms. Self
plowing potato ground. Afternoon self plowing.
21 – Wind W, warm day. John at Perkins. Robert at Wms. Self
and Mother cutting potatoes. Barbara here from Brooklin but
leaves again.
22 – Wind W, very warm day. Self, Mother and Robert planting
potatoes. John plowing. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John
plowing. Self and Robert planting potatoes and finishes.
23 – Wind S, warm day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Matthew
XI:28 – come unto me ye that labour and are heavy laden and I
will give you rest.
24 – Wind S, fine day. John at Mr. Perkins. Robert fishing. Self
fixing at well. Afternoon self at well. Queens birthday.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Boddies. Self and Robert
washing sheep. Afternoon self at well. Robert at Greenbank
with Lizzie. John at Greenbank in the evening about the
anniversary.
26 – Wind NW, fine cool day. John at Mr. Boddies. Robert at
Wms. Self at Brock at meeting of session about Mr. Charles
Rennie. No settlement.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Annie gone to Whitby. Self and
Robert hauling stones. Margaret papering. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self ditching.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert ditching.
Afternoon John plowing. Robert ditching. Self at Greenbank
getting harness mended.
29 – Wind W, thunder and rain in the morning. John at Wms.
Self and Robert shearing sheep. Afternoon John plowing. Self
and Margaret at the Port.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert filling
drain. Annie at Greenbank. Margaret washing. Afternoon John
plowing. Self and Robert at drain.
JUNE 1 – Wind SE, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert
picking potatoes. Afternoon John at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Self and Robert fanning wheat. Margaret goes to Thos.
Phairs.
2 – Wind SE, looking like rain. John and Robert at the Port with
wheat. Self making doubletree. Afternoon self, John and Robert
fanning oats.
3 – Wind W, some rain in the morning, turns fine day. John and
Annie at Port Perry with oats. Self and Robert fixing fences.
4 – Wind S, looking like rain. John harrowing. Self and Robert
fanning wheat. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Self at
Greenbank with black mare to horse.
5 – Wind Easterly and looking like rain. John gone to the Port
with wheat. Self and Robert fixing bars. Afternoon self and
Robert fixing gate.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Robert and Margaret and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from John
XVII:55.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. John harrowing. Self and Robert
choring. Afternoon self and John drawing sods off turnip ground.
Robert cutting cockles. John at Greenbank about the
anniversary. A. Michie here in the morning wanting John.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to A. Michies. Robert and
Wm. gone to A. Beecrofts. Self harrowing. Afternoon self
harrowing. George here in the evening. Robert comes home.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Self plowing. Robert spudding thistles
and cockle. Afternoon self plowing. Robert spudding. Annie at
Greenbank singing.
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10 – Wind SE, fine day. Self plowing. Robert cutting thistles.
Afternoon self plowing. Robert hoeing and picking bugs.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Self plowing. Robert at bugs. Afternoon
self and Margaret at Presbyterian Church. Mr. McClung
preaching. Black mare to horse.
12 – Wind NW, thunder through the night and cold day. Self
plowing. Robert at bugs. Afternoon self digging cabbage
ground. Robert dunging out the hen house.
13 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Margaret and Annie at Brock at the Sacrament. 101
communicants. $9.91 collection.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self at R. Phairs
hunting for young pigs. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for
witness. Self harrowing. Planted cabbages in the evening.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert picking potato bugs.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Self picking bugs.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at bugs. Self at Uxbridge.
Afternoon Robert at bugs.
17 – Wind SW, rain at forenoon, nothing doing. Self mending
harness. Afternoon Mother picking geese. Self mending
harness.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self drilling for turnips. Robert at bugs.
Afternoon self drilling. Robert at Greenbank with Lizzie.
19 – Wind NW, fine day, high wind. Self and Robert at potatoes
hoeing them. Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Annie and Margaret at the
Sunday School. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McClung preaching from Romans VIII:1. Annie and Margaret
at Primitive Methodist Church.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at bugs. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. logging. Self picking bugs. Mother at Mr.
Watsons visiting.
22 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Robert at Wms. Self drilling.
Afternoon Annie and Mary Michie at Brock. Self drilling.
23 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert spudding thistles. Self
cleaning door yard. Afternoon self and Robert at potato bugs.
24 – Wind SW, fine day, shower in the morning. Robert at Wms.
Self at bugs. Afternoon Mr. Boddie, Mr. Akhurst, Mr. Walker, G.
Boddie and R. Akhurst here with Mr. Duffs stove to bake for the
anniversary. Heavy showery afternoon.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert going round for the anniversary.
Self at roadwork. Afternoon self at road. Mrs. Watson and Mrs.
Akhurst here baking.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at road work. Mrs.
Phair, Mrs. Walker and Christina Byers here baking. Afternoon
self at road. Robert at Wms. John comes home from A. Michies.
27 – Wind W, fine warm day. Margaret, Annie and Robert at the
Sunday School. Self and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McClung preaching from John XVI:8.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self and John at road
work. Margaret and Annie at the Port for Barbara. Afternoon
self and John at road. Mrs. Watson here baking for anniversary.
Mrs. Michie here visiting.
29 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert at bugs. Self at
Saintfield to pay doctor and bring Isabella Michie here to bake.
Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Boddie here.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert picking bugs. John at the fixing of
anniversary ground. Self at the Port for tissue paper. Afternoon
John cutting thistles. Robt. at Wms. Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Akhurst,
Mrs. T. Phair and Mrs. Watson here baking.
JULY 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John, Margaret, Annie and
Robert and Barbara at anniversary. Mother at home. Mary
Michie taken sick.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John helping to move Mr. Duffs stove.
Self choring. Robert at bugs. Afternoon John at Geo. O’ Learys
raising. Self at Greenbank with black mare to horse. Robert at
bugs.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Greenbank with horses to shoe.
Self and Robert hoeing potatoes. Afternoon John at Turners
raising. Self and Robert at potatoes. Mother, Margaret and
Annie at Greenbank at social for behalf of Sunday School.
4 – Wind W, warm day. John and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Wm. and Annie & Mary Michie at the Presbyterian
Meeting.
5 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. John in the swamp. Self
and Robert dunging out the sheep pen. Afternoon raining. Self,
John, Margaret and Annie at the Primitive Methodist Sabbath
School anniversary.
6 – Wind SW, rain in the forenoon. John hilling up potatoes in the
field. Robert hilling potatoes in orchard. Self at Byers to get
them to mow grass. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. John hilling up the potatoes. Robert
picking bugs. Self putting on Paris Green. Afternoon John at Mr.
Beares raising. Self at potatoes. Robert hoeing. Punk heifer to
Mr. Loves bull.
8 – Wind NW, rather dull, looking like rain. Self, John and Robert
mowing in the orchard. Afternoon self, John and Robert mowing.
Lizzie and Mary here picking wool. Looking like rain.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. John scuffling
turnips. George Byers here mowing. Self mowing fence
corners. Afternoon John and Robert hoeing. Self mowing.
George Byers mowing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert hoeing. Self helping
Wm. to fan his oats. Afternoon John and Robert hoeing. Self
putting Paris Green on the potatoes.
11 – Wind N, fine day. John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Psalms
XI:41.
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12 – Wind SW, fine day. John hoeing. Robert at the Port.
Margaret at the Port to see the Orangemen. Self turning hay.
Afternoon self and John raking & cocking hay.
13 – Wind NW, some thunder and rain in the night. Self, John
and Robert hoeing. Mother gone to Brock with Mary Michie.
Afternoon self, John and Robert hoeing.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert hoeing. George
Byers here mowing. Afternoon self, John and Robert hoeing.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing hay. 6
loads out of orchard, 1 out of field. Afternoon 9 loads out of field.
Mother at Mrs. Boddies visiting.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert hoeing. Afternoon
self, John and Robert raking and cocking hay. George over from
Mr. Ross’s. John goes with him to work on Saturday.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon Annie
leaves for Brock. Self and Robert finishes hoeing the first time.
Margaret comes home from Thos. Phairs.
18 – Wind N, raining some. Robert at the Sunday School. John
and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Cassidy cow to bull.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing hay.
Afternoon self, John and Robert finishes hay, drawing 6 loads,
making 22 loads altogether. John goes to Mr. Ross’s. John
gone to Mr. Ross’s for 4 months.
20 – Wind S, fine day. My cow to Mr. Loves bull. Self and Robert
sprinkling potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes.
21 – Wind NW, high wind. Robert at Wms. Self at James
Walkers hay. Scott, pedlar, here.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self cutting thistles.
Isabella Michie here having brought Annie home last night.
Margaret sick last night. Afternoon Isabella Michie leaves for
home. Self at Wms. hay. Mother churning and at Lizzies quilting
bee.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning wheat. Annie
picking berries. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self
cutting thistles. Annie at berries.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self at Mr. Iansons mill with grist.
Margaret goes to Whitby. Robert picking berries. Annie at
berries. Afternoon Robert at thistles. Annie at berries.
25 – Wind S, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Isaiah IIV:4.
26 – Wind SW, looking like rain. Robert at berries. Self at Mr.
Loves with grey heifer and went after to Mr. Akhursts hay.
Afternoon shower after dinner. Self writing letter to George
Tough.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert picking cherries. Mother and
Annie washing. Self sprinkling potato tops. Afternoon Robert
and Annie at berries. Self at Mr. Akhursts hay till nearly 8
o’clock. Mother making preserves.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at berries. Self at
Port Perry and at mill for grist.
29 – Wind S, warm day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self scuffling
turnips. Mother churning. Some man here wanting lambs to
buy, sold him 3. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
30 – Wind N and very high. Robert hoeing turnips. Self scuffling.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon
Robert at turnips. Self at A. Ross’s with Johns box. Robert
finished the turnips for the second time.
AUG. 1 – Wind Easterly, looking like rain. Self, Robert and Annie
at the Sunday School. Nobody at any meeting. No meeting at
Presbyterian Church.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert at Greenbank with three
lambs for Mr. Fay. Annie at the berries. Afternoon self sprinkling
Paris Green on potatoes. Robert and Annie at berries.
3 – Wind E and raining some. Annie and Mother washing.
Robert at Wms. Self mending waggon wheels. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self at wheels. Annie at berries.
4 – Wind SW, fine day, rain through the night. Robert picking
cherries. Self at Mr. Loves with heifer to bull. Afternoon self and
Robt. setting waggon tires. Annie at berries. Margaret arrives
from Whitby.
5 – Wind SW, dull morning, looking like rain. Robert cutting
thistles. Self at Greenbank. Afternoon Robert painting waggon
wheels. Self mending harness.
6 – Wind S, thunder and rain. Robert washing harness. Self
oiling harness. Afternoon showery. Robert at Greenbank for
papers. Self at harness.
7 – Wind W, dull day. Self and Robert taking straw out of the
barn. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at berries. Self
surveying the sideline. Annie at Wms. John here at night.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from John III:7. Mrs. Larkin and Lizzie here.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at berries. Self fixing
harness. Mother at Wms. Afternoon self at harness. Robert and
Annie at berries. Mrs. Larkin and Mrs. Gasgon here visiting.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for paint. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert painting. Self choring. Margaret
washing.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert pulling pease. Self cradling oats.
Margaret baking. Annie at Wms. Afternoon self cradling oats.
Robt. at pease. Margaret at J. Watsons visiting.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs well. Self cradling
oats. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank with Wms. horse to shoe.
Margaret at Greenbank with eggs. Self splitting wood. Mother
and Annie picking geese.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Thomas Phairs well. Self
raking oats. Mother at Wms. Annie at berries. Afternoon self at
oats. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
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14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert pulling pease. Self cradling oats.
Annie at berries. Afternoon Robert at the Port to see Professor
Pratts show. Self at John Watsons threshing.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Wm., & Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung sick, not able to come, held
prayer meeting. Margaret at Methodist Church in the evening.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert pulling pease. Self at J.
Watsons threshing in the morning till 9 o’clock and binding oats
after. Mother gone with Margaret to Manchester Station.
Afternoon showery. Pulled some pease.
17 – Wind SW, fine day, some showers through the night. Self
pulling pease. Afternoon self mowing pease and oats. Robert
reaping timothy round the fences. Mother at J. Watsons.
18 – Wind W, some rain through the night, nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert binding oats. Self at T. Duffs threshing.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at oats. Self at T. Duffs
threshing. Afternoon self at Duffs threshing till 3 o’clock. Rain at
5 o’clock.
20 – Wind W, rather sultry. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self
cradling oats. Annie at Wms. Afternoon Robert at pease. Self
at oats. Rain at 5 o’clock. Mother at Wms. all night, Lizzie sick.
Wms. son Jas. Andrew born.
21 – Wind S, rather warm day, everything very wet. Self cradling
oats. Afternoon rain several times. Robert at Greenbank for
witness. Self at oats.
22 – Wind N, rather cool. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching
from John I:13. Mother at Wms.
23 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Mother at
Wms. Afternoon self and Robert at oats. Robert at Greenbank
at show in the evening.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert binding wheat. Robert
Phair reaping. Afternoon Robert Phair reaps all the field behind
the barn. Self and Robert binding.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Mr. Akhurst binding
wheat. Afternoon self and Robert shocking wheat.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Robert Phair reaping wheat behind the
orchard. Self, Robert and Jas. Walker binding wheat. Afternoon
self, Mother and Robert binding wheat.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert shocking wheat.
Afternoon self and Robert cradling and binding wheat on the
knoll.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in pease into
stack. Afternoon stacked all the pease and drew one load of
oats in barn. Took red heifer to bull, second try. John here in the
evening. Ordered 6 apple trees, 3 Duchess, 3 Red {Ast….?]; 2
Munroe Plums, Price for trees 25 cents for plums, and $5.00 for
apples.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Mother and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting.
30 –Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in
oats. Afternoon finishes drawing oats and drew some wheat.
31 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert cutting and
binding wheat. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at wheat.
SEPT. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert cutting and
binding wheat. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert finishes wheat
and drew in some loads.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in wheat.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drawing in wheat.
3 – Wind S, looking like rain. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in
wheat. Afternoon self at Greenbank with horses to shoe. Robert
cutting timothy in the woods. Rain at night.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. Self and Robert moving the calfs fence.
Afternoon self and Robert at Wms. fencing.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung
preaching from Ezekiel XXXVI:26. Lizzie here in the afternoon.
6 – Wind NW and very high. Self, Robert and Annie drawing
wheat. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie finishes drawing in.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self fixing waggon. Robert at Port Perry
with Johns watch. Annie at Wms. Afternoon self choring.
Mother peeling plums.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother and
Annie washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self at Port Perry. Robert plowing.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. wheat.
10 – Wind N, cool day. Robert at Wms. wheat. Self plowing.
Afternoon self plowing.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Mother sick and in bed. Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
George here in the evening.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Mother
better. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing in his grain. Isabella
Michie here all night.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self draining some but
the ground too dry and hard to dig. Annie gone home with
Isabella Michie. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing the
gangway to barn. Mother at Mr. Perkins visiting.
15 – Wind Westerly, some sprinkling of rain through the day.
Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and self drawing
dung. John here at night.
16 – Wind E, looking like rain. Robert drawing dung. Rain at 10
o’clock. Afternoon still raining. Nothing doing. Whitby Fair day.
17 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank for papers.
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18 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon
Robert and self drawing dung. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
19 – Wind S, cold day, looking like rain. Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self and Mother at Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching from Romans I:16.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung.
Afternoon self and Robert at dung.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self plowing. Both at
Mr. Perkins threshing at 10 o’clock. Afternoon self and Robert at
threshing till 4 o’clock when the machine broke down.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Perkins
threshing till between 4 and 5 o’clock.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Akhursts
threshing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Jas. Walkers
threshing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank. John
here at night.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
Ephesians II:14. Collection to pay the debts of the late Canada
Presbyterian Church.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Mr. Jas. Ianson
here wanting bark.
28 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Mother washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank
for plow point and spreading dung. Wm. [Botton or Bolton?]
killed.
29 – Wind Easterly, frost through the night and looking like rain.
Self plowing. Some rain through the forenoon. Robert and
Annie at the Fair at Uxbridge. Afternoon self plowing. Some
more rain with thunder at night.
30 – Wind W, cloudy day. Robert plowing. Self digging down hill.
Afternoon self digging hill. Robert plowing.
OCT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self taking in
fallen apples. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self burning stumps.
2 – Wind NW, some snow through the night, fine day. Self
burning stumps. Robert at Port Perry to get boots. Self at mill
with grist.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Annie, Wm., Lizzie and baby at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Haggai 5. Wms. child
baptized; name Jas. Andrew.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon raining. Robert making a sleigh. Self fixing the
granary.
5 – Wind NE, raining some. Robert making sleigh. Self digging
out a stump. Afternoon self at mill for grist. Robert choring. Got
horse shoed.
6 – Wind NE and raining. Robert making sleigh. Self churning.
Mother mending bags. Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert, Annie and Lizzie at potato
digging. Afternoon all at potatoes. Some showers.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Annie and Lizzie at potatoes.
Afternoon big shower at dinner time. All at potatoes after it.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert, Annie and Lizzie at potatoes.
Afternoon all at potatoes. John here in the evening.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Nobody at the Presbyterian Meeting.
11 – Wind W, some snow through the night. Self and Robert
fencing straw stack. Afternoon self, Robert, Lizzie and Annie
finishes taking up potatoes in the field.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Robert digging potatoes in the orchard.
Self at George Boddies threshing. Machine comes here at night.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert Watson, G. Belford, A. Byers
threshing here. Mr. Perkins and horses, R. Phairs man, Thos.
Phair, Jas. Walker, J. Watson, Thos. Duff, Wm. Akhurst, Albert
Akhurst, Geo. Boddie and one horse, and Wms. horse, self and
Robert. Threshing done at 4 o’clock. Paid $8.00. Threshing
done by Robt. Watson.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert cleaning up the barn
door. Mother and Annie washing. Afternoon self and Robert
taking in apples.
15 – Wind S, dull day and raining some. Robert harrowing.
Mother churning. Self making ready to go to Port Perry but rain
came on. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Lizzie here. Pairing
bee in the evening.
16 – Wind N, cold day. Self at Port Perry. Robert harrowing.
Afternoon Robert taking in apples.
17 – Wind S, cloudy day, commenced to snow at 10 and
continued till night. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting. My birthday 1813.
18 – Wind NE, snowing some and raining some. Nothing doing.
Annie washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in pease.
Mother at George Boddies, Mrs. Boddie sick. Afternoon self,
Robert, Annie and Mother taking in apples. John here at night.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung in orchard.
Afternoon self and Robert finishes drawing dung. Robert at
political meeting at Greenbank.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port for Barbara. Self at
Sonya to vote for Mr. Paxton, polling at Purdys school house.
Barbara arrives. Election day. Majority for Paxton.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts well. Self
threshing pease. Afternoon self threshing pease. Put in pigs.
Annie at Greenbank for papers.
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23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts well. Self
threshing pease. Afternoon self cleaning out the turnip cellar.
McDuff here for apples. John here in the evening.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Barbara, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Barbara and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Luke VIII:42.
25 – Wind NE, dull day. Self and Robert at turnips. Mother and
Barbara washing. Afternoon self, Robert, Barbara and Annie at
turnips. Drew 10 loads in pit and 3 in cellar.
26 – Wind Easterly and raining some. Self digging turnips.
Robert at Wms. Afternoon Robert painting sleigh. Self choring.
27 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Self, Robert, Mother and Barbara at
turnips. Afternoon all at turnips. 3 loads in cellar, 9 in pit.
28 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon drew 1 load
in cellar. Thanksgiving for good harvest. Self and Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting.
29 – Wind SE, dull cloudy day. Self, Robert, Mother and Barbara
at turnips. Afternoon all at turnips. 13 loads in pit, 1 in cellar.
30 – Wind S, raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Wm. Real round for taxes.
31 – Wind W and snowing, very stormy. Nobody at Sunday
School, neither at any meeting.
NOV. 1 – Wind N and snowing heavy, nothing doing. Afternoon
snowing some. Nothing doing. Robert at Wms.
2 – Wind N, cold day. Self at Robert Phairs threshing. Robt.
choring. Afternoon still cold, snow deep.
3 – Wind rather easterly. Self at Thos. Phairs threshing. Robert
choring at home. Afternoon rather cold.
4 – Wind N, fine day, rather cold. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Annie at Wms. Afternoon self and Robert at Wms. threshing and
taking home turnips for cattle.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert topping and harrowing turnips. Self
threshing pease. Afternoon Barbara at Jas. Walkers quilting.
Self, Mother and Robert at turnips. Drew 6 loads in the cellar.
Annie at Wms.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Barbara at Port Perry. Self and Robert
topping turnips. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie and Mother at
turnips. Drew 10 loads in pit. John here in the evening.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
John VI:68.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon
self, Mother, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew 9 loads in cellar
and 3 in pit.
9 – Wind Easterly, hard frost. Self and Robert tops all the turnips.
Afternoon nothing doing. Self at Greenbank with horses to shoe.
Spree at Jas. Walkers in the evening.
10 – Wind Easterly. Self fixing spinning wheel. Afternoon self
and Robert at turnips, harrows them all up. Robert at Greenbank
in the evening at T. Spences lecture on prohibition.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at turnips. Mrs.
Walker and Margaret Walker here quilting. Afternoon Mr. R.
Phair here. Self, Robert and Annie finishes turnips. Drew 10
loads in cellar and 5 in pit.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John leaves Mr. Ross’s. Robert drawing
turnips to Wm. Self threshing pease. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Self spreading dung. Robert at Wms. Self, Barbara
and Annie at Mr. Ross’s at prayer meeting.
13 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Robert choring. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self at dung. Barbara
scrubbing.
14 – Wind Easterly and snowing. Nobody at Sunday School and
none at meeting. Barbara at Wms. all night.
15 – Wind SW and looking like snow. Self and John threshing
pease. Barbara and Annie washing. Afternoon Jas. Miller here
collecting ministers salary. John gone to Brock. Snowy
afternoon, nothing doing. John and Isabella Michie arrive at 10
o’clock.
16 – Wind SW, snowing some, but rather soft. John at the
sideline working. Robert at the Port. Barbara and Isabella
Michie quilting. Mother baking. Afternoon nothing doing.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John at sideline. Self and Robert choring.
Barbara and Isabella Michie quilting. Afternoon nothing doing.
Jas. Smith here from Whitby in the evening.
18 – Wind S, rather cold. John at sideline. Self and Robert
cleaning the dooryard. Barbara and Isabella Michie quilting.
Afternoon snowing. Self and Robert draws some wood. Lizzie,
Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Akhurst here quilting.
19 – Wind SW, soft day. Self and Robert choring some. Mother
making soap. Barbara and Isabella quilting. Afternoon Barbara
and Isabella quilting. Mother quilting. Robert at Greenbank for
papers. Self choring. John at sideline.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John at sideline. Self and Robert
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Barbara & Isabella at Wms.
21 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert, John and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Mother, Annie, Barbara and Isabella
Michie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Campbell preaching from
Matthew XXVIII:32.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John at sideline. Robert choring. Self at
Greenbank with horses to shoe. Barbara and Isabella Michie at
Lizzies quilting. Afternoon self and Robert choring. Spree at
Wms. in the evening. George here.
23 – Wind SW, dull day. John at sideline. Self threshing pease.
Robert doing nought. Barbara and Isabella making dress for
Annie.
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24 – Wind NW, rough day with showers of snow. John at
sideline. Self doing nought. Robert the same. A. Michie Sen.
and A. Michie Jun. here for dinner. Afternoon John, Robert, self
and A. Michies at Byers sale. Barbara gone to Brock with A.
Michie.
25 – Wind S, rather dull day. John at sideline. Self choring.
Robert doing nought. Mother baking. Afternoon self and Robert
threshing timothy seed. Mother at Wms. quilting. Annie at
Robert Phairs quilting.
26 – Wind S, rainy day, nothing doing. Self and Robert fanning
timothy seed. John gone to Port Perry. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank for papers. Self choring.
27 – Wind S, fine day. John at sideline. Robert at Port Perry.
Self fixing for pig killing. Barbara arrives from Brock with John
and Mary Michie. Afternoon self choring. Annie at Jas. Walkers.
28 – Wind Easterly. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. John at the Presbyterian Meeting.
29 – Wind W and snowing and drifting. Nothing doing. Afternoon
still stormy. Nothing doing.
30 – Wind NE, rather cold. Self, John, Robert and Wm. killing
pigs. Afternoon killing pigs.
DEC. 1 – Wind Easterly and cold. John at the sideline. Self and
Barbara at the Port with pigs. Robert choring. Margaret arrives
from Whitby.
2 – Wind S, fine day. John at sideline. Robert at Perkins pig
killing. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
choring. Afternoon John in the woods.
4 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Barbara and Wm. at Port Perry. Afternoon
Robert and John in the woods. Self choring.
5 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Mother, Margaret, John and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
6 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood.
7 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Wms. John in the woods.
Self sawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at
Wms. Self sawing wood. John, Robert and Margaret at
Greenbank in the evening at Wesleyan Missionary meeting.
Barbara at Wms.
8 – Wind NE, snowing some. John and Robert in woods. Self
sawing wood. Margaret cleaning upstairs. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self choring.
9 – Wind Easterly, snowing some. John and Robert in the
woods. Self piling wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the
woods. Self choring.
10 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in woods. Self choring.
Afternoon self, Mother, John, Wm., Lizzie, Margaret and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cockburn preaching from 1st
Peter
II:9.
11 – Wind SW, snowing some. John and Robert in the woods.
Self at the Port for wine to Sacrament. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Wm., Lizzie, John, Barbara, Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Matthew XXVI:26.
Collection $7.72. Communion.
13 – Wind NW, stormy day. Nothing doing. Moving stoves.
Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert in the woods.
Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring.
15 – Wind SE, snowing some. John in the woods. Self and
Robert threshing pease. Barbara spinning. Margaret washing.
Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self threshing pease.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Afternoon self and Robert drawing wood. John
in the woods. Annie arrives with Mr. McClung. Self, Mother,
Barbara, Margaret and Annie at prayer meeting at Mr. Jas.
Watsons. Robert at Temperance lecture, Greenbank.
17 – Wind NW, stormy day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
fanning pease. Barbara at Wms. Margaret spinning. Afternoon
still stormy. John in the woods. Self and Robert doing nought.
18 – Wind W, rather cold. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self and Robert drawing wood. Lizzie and Miss Arksay here.
19 – Wind N, very bright, frosty day. Nobody at the Sunday
School, neither at Meeting. George Boddie Jun. here.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert sick. Self
drawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and Barbara
at Greenbank.
21 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert sick. Self and John drawing
in turnips into cellar. 11 loads. Annie at the school.
22 – Wind SW and thawing. John in the woods and breaks his
axe. Self sharping buck saw. Afternoon John at Greenbank for
new axe. Self sawing wood. Robert sick. Margaret at
Greenbank at Primitive Missionary Meeting.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Wm. at the
Port as jurors in the Division Court.
24 – Wind SE, dull day. John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert splitting wood. Margaret washing blankets. Afternoon
John in the woods. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self
sawing wood. Stormy at night with sleet.
25 – Wind SW, thunder in the morning, but fine day. Christmas.
Nothing doing. George here from Mr. Ross’s. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. George and Annie at Wms.
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26 – Wind SE, snowing and raining. George, Robert, Margaret,
and Annie at the Sunday School. John at the Presbyterian
Meeting.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
making roads. Afternoon John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert making a sleigh. Wm. gone to nomination of councilors.
Jas. Smith here at night.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Robert and Barbara
gone to the Port. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self sawing wood. Mr. Gilbraith here.
29 – Wind S and thawing some. John in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Robert making sleigh. Afternoon John in the woods.
Robert at sleigh. Self sawing wood. Mrs. Thos. Phair here
visiting. Agnes Asling here in the afternoon. Wm. and John at
Greenbank at meeting for councilors.
30 – Wind SW and thawing. John in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Robert making sleigh box. Margaret spinning. Afternoon
John in the woods. Self sawing wood. Barbara gone to C.
Aslings to visit.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert choring. Barbara and Lizzie gone to Brock. Annie at
Wms. Afternoon John in the woods. Self sawing wood. Robert
at Greenbank for papers.
And so ends the year 1875.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1876
JAN. 1 – Wind W and raining some. Not a speck of snow to be
seen. John in the woods. Margaret spinning. Afternoon Robert
at Greenbank for witness. Spree of young folks in the evening.
2 – Wind SW, cloudy day. John, Margaret and Robert at the
Sunday School. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting.
3 – Wind W, fine day and some frost. Election day. John in the
woods. Self sawing wood. Robert choring. Afternoon John in
the woods. Self sawing wood. John at Greenbank. Spree at Mr.
Akhursts. Robert, Margaret and Annie at it.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert choring. Afternoon self sawing wood. John in the woods.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
fanning grist. Afternoon self and Mother at Thos. Phairs. John in
the woods. Robert at mill with grist. [Pate?] and Hannah calf.
Mary Gordon, Agnes Asling and Margaret Walker here in the
evening.
6 – Wind N, cold day. John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert piling. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at mill for
grist. Self sawing wood. Barbara and Mary Gordon at Jas.
Walkers. Self, Barbara and Margaret at Mrs. Leasks at prayer
meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert down at the creek. Barbara baking. Afternoon self
sawing wood. Robert piling. John in the woods. Mother at Mr.
Akhursts.
8 – Wind S, rather soft day. Self sawing wood. John in the
woods. Robert piling wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Robert at Greenbank for papers. George comes
home.
9 – Wind S, foggy day. George, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self and Wm. at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Zephaniah III:2. John and Margaret at
the English Church.
10 - Wind W, fine day. Self choring. John in the woods.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self doing nought.
11 – Wind W, snowing some. John in the woods. Self and
Robert choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and George
at Missionary meeting at Presbyterian Church.
12 – Wind N, cold day. All preparing for Barbaras wedding.
George at the school meeting. Afternoon nothing doing.
Barbara married to Jas. Smith at 4 o’clock. 40 present at it. Left
at 4 o’clock Thursday morning.
13 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. George gone to Mrs.
Leaks. Jas. Smith here. Afternoon John gone to Greenbank.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith at Roberts and Thomas’s visiting. Self and
Robert doing nought.
14 – Wind SW, snowing some. John in the woods. Self and
Robert doing nought. Mr. and Mrs. Smith gone to Brock.
Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood. Self fixing stable.
John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at A. Michies at a spree.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert making
picture frames. Self threshing pease. Afternoon John in the
woods. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self threshing. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith arrive from Brock.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
John, Margaret, Annie and Mr. and Mrs. Smith at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
17 – Wind SW, fine day and thawing. John in the woods. Self
threshing pease. Mary Jane Luke here. Afternoon Mr. & Mrs.
Smith leaves for home. John in the woods. Robert at the creek.
Self writing.
18 – Wind S, fine day, rather soft. John in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert making windmill.
19 – Wind SW, still raining. Nothing doing. John in the woods.
Self threshing. Robert at windmill. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self and Robert choring.
20 – Wind W, rather stormy. John in the woods. Self mending
harness. Afternoon Mary Jane Luke and Margaret gone to Jas.
Walkers. John in the woods. Robert at Greenbank getting the
handle of fanning mill mended. Self mending harness.
21 – Wind NW, rather cold. John in the woods. Self and Robert
fanning wheat. Afternoon John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert at Greenbank for papers. Mrs. Akhurst, Mrs. [?], and A.
Michie here visiting.
22 – Wind Easterly, snowing some all day. John in the woods.
Self mending Margarets boots. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self splitting wood.
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23 – Wind NW, rather soft. John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at
the Sunday School. Self, Wm., and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Isaiah XIX:18.
24 – Wind N, some snow. John in the woods. George, Robert
and self drew 8 loads of turnips. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self sawing wood. George and Robert drawing wood.
25 – Wind SW, snowing some. George gone to Mrs. Leasks.
John in the woods. Self and Robert drawing wood. Margaret
washing. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and Robert drawing
wood. Mother at George Boddies visiting.
26 – Wind N, fine day. John in the woods. Self drawing wood.
Margaret spinning. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and
Robert drawing wood. George Boddie here in the evening with
subscription for Witness.
27 – Wind S and thawing. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Margaret spinning. Annie at Wms. Afternoon
John in the woods. Self and Robert draws one load of wood and
quits, the sleighing being done.
28 – Wind S, dull day and raining sometimes. John in the woods.
Self and Robert drawing and piling wood. Margaret at Wms.
Mother spinning. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at
Greenbank for papers. Self drawing wood.
29 – Wind W, rain through the night. John in the woods. Self
doing nought. Mother spinning. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon
John in the woods. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Very
stormy.
30 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Mother at Wms. Margaret at Greenbank. John
and George at the Presbyterian Meeting.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring.
FEB. 1 – Wind S and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon John
and Robert at Port Perry at races. Self sharping saw.
2 – Wind N, very stormy. Nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy.
3 – Wind SW and snowing some. John in the woods. Self
digging snow on the concession. Margaret making mat.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank getting horses shoed. George
here all night. Self shoveling snow. Robert mending windmill.
4 – Wind W, snow drifting some. John and Annie gone to
Brooklin with Barbaras things. George gone to Kirkfield. Self
sawing wood. Robert at windmill. Margaret making mat.
Afternoon self sawing wood. Robert at windmill.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Port Perry with wheat. Self and
Robert fanning wheat. Afternoon self and Robert filling up
wheat.
6 – Wind SW and thawing some. Robert and Margaret at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Hebrews
IV:9.
7 – Wind W and thawing. John at Port Perry with wheat. Self
and Robert choring. Afternoon Robert collecting for John. John
gone to mill with grist. Self choring.
8 – Wind W, fine day, rather soft. John at Wms. drawing out
wood. Self sawing wood. Robert splitting wood. Afternoon John
at wood. Self and Robert at Greenbank Fair with cattle.
9 – Wind Easterly and snowing some. John at wood. Self at
Manchester with heifer to Barbara. Afternoon John at wood.
Robert at Greenbank to get boots mended.
10 – Wind Easterly. John gone to the Port with wheat. Self and
Robert at Wms. looking at the sawing machine. Margaret
spinning. George doing nought. Margaret gone to Thos. Phairs.
11 – Wind SW and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon John and
George gone to Greenbank to a combination sale. Self sawing
wood. Robert and Margaret gone to Greenbank in the evening
to a social in the Temperance Hall.
12 – Wind N, fine day. John at Robt. Phairs at sawing machine.
George doing nought. Self sawing wood. Robert reading the
papers. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon George splitting wood.
Self sawing wood. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Mother at
Wms. visiting.
13 – Wind Easterly, fine day and thawing. John, George, Robert
and Margaret at the Sunday School. Nobody at Presbyterian
Church, not good sleighing.
14 – Wind N, rain through the night, everything covered with ice.
John and George fixing the stable. Self sawing wood. Robert
splitting wood. Afternoon John in the woods. George reading.
Self sawing wood. Robert splitting. Mother at Wms. all night.
15 – Wind N and snowing. John in the woods. Self doing
nought. Robert splitting wood. Afternoon George sawing wood
for Mrs. Love. John in the woods. Self sawing wood. Robert
splitting wood. George and Robert at Wms. in the evening.
16 – Wind W and snowing. John drawing out wood. Robert
splitting wood. Self doing nought. Margaret washing. Mother
choring. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self, John and
George doing nought. Mother spinning. Pascoe Luke here.
Snowing some.
17 – Wind N, fine day. John drawing out wood. George and
Robert at Greenbank with cattle. Self sawing wood. Mother
spinning. Afternoon Margaret gone with Pascoe Luke. Self,
John and Robert drawing turnips. Drew 4 loads. Mother
spinning.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. John drawing out wood. George gone
to Brooklin. Self sawing wood. Robert splitting wood. Mother
spinning. Afternoon self sawing wood. Robert splitting. Annie
arrives from Brooklin.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. John drawing wood. Robert at the Port.
Self sawing wood. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John drawing
wood. Self sawing wood. George arrives from Brooklin.
20 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, George and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Psalms
CXIII:5, 6, 7, 8. Collection for H. Mission.
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21 – Wind SE, fine day. John sawing wood. Robert splitting
wood. Annie washing. Self and George doing nought.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self sawing wood. Robert
splitting wood. Robert and Annie at Wms. in the evening
organizing a singing class.
22 – Wind W, fine forenoon. John in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Robert piling and splitting. Annie at Jas. Walkers at a mat
bee. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing. John in the woods.
23 – Wind N, cold day. John, George and Robert at Wms.
drawing cedar. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert at
Greenbank at English Church. [Champetre ?]. Self sawing
wood.
24 – Wind N, cold day. John and George at Wms. drawing cedar.
Self sawing wood. Robert splitting wood. Afternoon John
drawing logs for Walter Asling. Self sawing wood. Robert
splitting wood. Self and Annie at prayer meeting at Mr. Watsons
in the evening. Mr. McClung here in the afternoon.
25 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John drawing wood to Harry Hall.
Self sawing wood. Robert splitting wood. Afternoon John
drawing logs to Beares mill. George in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Robt. splitting wood. George, Robert and Annie at Wms.
singing. Margaret arrives from Mr. Lukes.
26 - Wind Easterly, rather cold. George in the woods. John
drawing logs. Margaret gone to collect for Home Mission. Self
and Robert doing nought. Afternoon John drawing logs. George
and Robert in the woods. Self fixing sleigh box.
27 – Wind Easterly, very cold. George, Robert and Margaret at
the Sunday School. Self, John, George, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
Genesis VIII:1.
28 – Wind Easterly and snowing some. John gone to mill with
logs. Nothing doing. Afternoon John drawing logs to the mill.
Nothing doing. Still snowing, but not so cold.
29 – Wind N, fine day. John drawing logs. George in the woods.
Self sawing wood. Afternoon George in the woods. John
drawing logs. Margaret washing. Self sawing. Minty here with
books. Margaret, Robert and Annie at Wms. singing.
MAR. 1 – Wind N, fine day. John drawing logs. George gone to
Loves. Barbara, self and Robert doing nought. Margaret
cleaning the upstairs. Afternoon John drawing logs. Self sawing
wood. Robert making box. George goes to Mr. Ross’s.
2 – Wind N, fine day. John drawing logs. Robert making box.
Self doing nought. John Leask here. Afternoon John at logs.
Robert at box. George at Oshawa. Self sawing wood.
3 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. George at Oshawa.
Robert making his box. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self sawing wood. Robert at Greenbank for papers.
Mother at Mr. Boddies.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self, George and
Robert drawing turnips. Afternoon John in the woods. George
drawing out wood. Robert at his box. Self sawing wood. Mr.
Boddie here visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Smith comes from Whitby.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert, George, Annie and Mrs. Smith at
Sunday School. Mr. Smith leaves for home. Self, Mother,
Barbara, John, George and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McClung preaching from Psalms XIX, 7,8,9.
6 – Wind SW, warm day, snow thawing fast. John in the woods.
Robert at his box. Self doing nought. Annie washing. Margaret
sick. Afternoon John in the woods. Self fixing pump. George
making flower box. Lizzie here.
7 – Wind SW, warm day. John in the woods. Robert at the Port.
Self doing nought. Mrs. Love here to dinner. Afternoon George
sawing wood for Mrs. Love. John at Greenbank. Self doing
nought. Raining some.
8 – Wind N and stormy. John tries to go to the Port but turned
again for water. George leaves for Louis Beatons being hired for
8 months. Robert takes him there. Self doing nought. Afternoon
John in the woods. Self sawing wood. Barbara making mat.
9 – Wind Easterly, fine day, thawing some. John at the Port. Self
sawing wood. Robert doing nought. Annie making mat.
Barbara at Mrs. Leasks baking. Self sawing wood. Mrs. Asling
here visiting. Robert and Annie at Wms. at singing in the
evening.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Self asking men to
shovel the snow in the road. Afternoon self and John at the road.
James Smith and Barbara leaves for home. Robert and Annie at
social at Mrs. Leasks. Put in 6 hours road work.
11 – Wind SE, looking like rain. John and Robert in the woods.
Self sawing wood. Annie scrubbing.
12 – Wind Easterly and raining some. Nobody at the Sunday
School. John at Primitive Methodist Meeting. Nobody at
Presbyterian Meeting.
13 – Wind NW, very stormy, snow drifting. Nothing doing. Annie
making mat. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Nothing doing, still
stormy.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John drawing out wood. Robert at the
Port. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John drawing wood. Self
sawing wood. Lizzie here visiting.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John drawing out wood. Robert piling
wood. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John at mill for grist. Self
sawing wood.
16 – Wind Easterly, snowing some. John at Robt. Phairs. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon still stormy, nothing doing.
17 – Wind W and snowing some. John and Annie at Port Perry
for plaster. Self and Robert doing nought. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank. Self doing nought.
18 – Wind N and stormy, nothing doing. Self writing. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John at Greenbank with wood. Self and
Robert doing nought.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Zechariah IV:2.
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20 – Wind Easterly, looks like a thaw. John at Greenbank with
wood. Self making axe handles. Afternoon John at sawmill with
logs for Alex. Witters. Self doing nought. Mother at Mr. Duffs.
21 – Wind N, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon John at mill
with logs for A. Witters. Self and Robert doing nought. Mother
quilting.
22 – Wind NW, snow drifting. John at the Port with wood. Self
doing nought. Robert at the same. Mother quilting. Margaret
washing. Afternoon nothing doing. John mending his boots.
John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at Mrs. A. Leasks practicing
singing.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Self and
Robert fanning wheat. Mother and Annie baking. Afternoon
John at the Port with wheat. Robert at Mrs. Loves sawing wood.
Self doing nought. Mother and Annie baking.
24 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Self
making rake. Afternoon self at Greenbank for papers. Mother,
John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at Greenbank at social for
Jas. Miller. Made $13.00.
25 – Wind Easterly and raining some, nothing doing. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon raining and snowing, nothing doing. Mr.
Pickle going round.
26 – Wind Easterly, foggy day. John, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Ephesians
I:7. Wms. daughter died 1875.
27 – Wind NW, fine day, rather cold. John at Prince Albert with
wood. Self viewing the bridge on sideline. Robert sore cheek.
Afternoon nothing doing. Mother twisting yarn. Annie at Wms.
making mat.
28 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Prince Albert with wood.
Self making rake handles. Afternoon John somewhere. Self
making rake handle. George Boddie Jun. here. Snowing very
heavy from the east. Singing at Wms. tonight.
29 – Wind W, snow drifting and very deep. Nothing doing.
Mother quilting. Afternoon Mother and Margaret quilting. John
fixing [?]. Archibald Miller here in the forenoon.
30 – Wind W, dull day. Nothing doing. Robert and John fixing
clock. Mother quilting. Afternoon John and Margaret at
Greenbank. Self writing to Margaret Mitchell.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank for
papers. Afternoon John in the woods. Self shoveling snow at
the turnip pit.
APR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
doing nought. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self and Robert drawing in turnips.
2 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at
the Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, George, Margaret and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
Hebrews II:3.
3 – Wind SE, some rain. John in the woods. Self making rake.
Afternoon John drawing out wood. Mother at Wms. Self doing
nought.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert gone with
Margaret to the Port to get her teeth fixed. Self doing nought.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self making rake.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the wood. Self at rakes.
Margaret washing. Afternoon John drawing out wood. Self and
Robert doing nought. Snow melting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self cleaning out turnip
cellar. Robert and Annie at sap. Afternoon John drawing wood.
Robert at sap. Self doing nought.
7 – Wind W and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon John in the
woods. Robert in the woods. Self at Greenbank with horses to
get shoed.
8 – Wind NW, fine day, rather cold. John at Greenbank. Self and
Robert doing nought. A. Michie here from Brock. Afternoon
John drawing wood. Self doing nought. Robert boiling sap.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Nobody at any church, bad roads.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at sap.
Mother at Wms. Self sawing wood. Annie washing. Afternoon
John drawing wood. Robert boiling sap. Margaret at Mr.
Perkins. Self sawing wood. Annie at Wms.
11 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at sap. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at sap. Self
doing nought. Robert and Annie at Wms. singing last night.
12 – Wind Easterly and raining some. Self, John and Robert
drawing in turnips. Afternoon raining some, nothing doing.
13 – Wind, if any, Easterly, thick fog. Self, John and Robert
drawing in the last of the turnips. Afternoon raining some. John
making a bickle. Self and Robert doing nought.
14 – Wind Easterly, thick fog, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank for the papers. Nothing doing.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at the creek. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John shoveling snow on the road. Self
doing nothing. Margaret scrubbing.
16 - Wind NW, fine day. Margaret, Annie and Robert at the
Sunday School. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting. John at
Greenbank.
17 - Wind W, some showers. John at Greenbank for buggy.
Self and Robert doing nought. Mrs. Akhurst here visiting.
Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self doing nought.
Lizzie here.
18 – Wind NW, fine day, rather cold. John and Robert in the
woods. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and Robert in the
woods. Margaret at Robt. Phairs. Annie at the Port with Mr.
Akhurst. Self doing nothing. Mother making a smock.
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19 – Wind W, looking like rain. John in the woods. Robert boiling
sap. Self splitting wood. Mother making smock. Afternoon John
drawing posts. Robert boiling sap. Self splitting wood. Mother
making smock.
20 – Wind Easterly looking like rain. John in the woods. Robert
at sap boiling. Self picking potatoes. Margaret at Wms.
Afternoon John in the woods. Robert boiling sap. Self at
potatoes. Mr. Akhurst and Thos. Gascon here.
21 – Wind N, rather cold. John in the woods. Robert at sap. Self
at Mr. Akhursts helping to move his cookhouse. Afternoon John
drawing posts. Robert boiling sap. Self picking potatoes.
Margaret at Greenbank for papers. Annie making mat.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Greenbank. Robert at sap.
Self picking potatoes. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John
began plowing. Self and Robert doing nought. Shower at 4
o’clock.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Only Robert at the Sunday School Self,
John, Margaret, George and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McClung preaching from Luke XII:24.
24 – Wind SW, warm day. John plowing. Robert in the woods.
Self piling wood. Afternoon John plowing. Robert at Port Perry
with Georges watch. Self choring. Mother at Mr. Perkins
visiting.
25 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Robert at sap. Self letting
off water. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John plowing. Self letting
off water. Robert fixing gate. Margaret at Greenbank with her
boots.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Robert fixing clock. Self
pruning apple trees. Afternoon John plowing. Self pruning trees.
Robert at sap boiling.
27 – Wind SW, looking like rain. John plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert setting poles.
Margaret at Wms. in the evening.
28 – Wind W and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon John plowing.
Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self pruning trees.
29 – Wind N, cold day. John plowing. Self pruning apple trees.
Robert at the Port for Georges watch. Afternoon John plowing.
Self clearing door yard. Annie at Greenbank.
30 – Wind NW, rather cold. Margaret, Annie and Robert at the
Sunday School. Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting.
MAY 1 – Wind N, cold day, hard frost through the night. John at
Greenbank with buggy to fix. Self fixing at drain. Robert doing
nought. Afternoon John plowing. Self draining. Robert boiling
sap. Mother at Wms.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert digging
out apple trees. Afternoon John plowing. Self draining. Robert
at sap. Margaret washing. Mother at Mr. Perkins with Mrs.
Boddie. Annie at Mr. Duffs.
3 – Wind W, fine day, looking like rain. John plowing. Self and
Robert setting poles. Afternoon John plowing. Self draining.
Robert at sap. Margaret at Greenbank. Mother making breeks.
4 – Wind S and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon John
plowing. Robert letting off water. Self draining. Self at prayer
meeting at Mr. Ross’s in the evening.
5 – Wind SE and raining some. John gone to Robt. Phairs.
Robert plowing. Self draining. Mother and Annie gone to A.
Michies. Afternoon Robert plowing, self draining.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John at R. Phairs. Self at Saintfield for
apple trees. Robert plowing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
planting apple trees. Margaret scrubbing.
7 – Wind Easterly, some rain. Only Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Numbers XXI and John
III:13,14.
8 – Wind SW, dull day with showers. John at R. Phairs. Robert
plowing. Self planting trees. Mrs. Walker here. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self planting trees. Margaret leaves for
Brooklin.
9 – Wind N, dull day. John sowing oats. Self carrying seed.
Robert harrowing. Afternoon John at R. Phairs. Self draining.
Robert harrowing.
10 – Wind SW, rather rainy, nothing doing. Self and Robert
fanning wheat. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self digging
garden. Robert harrowing.
11 – Wind Easterly, some rain. John plowing to Wms. Robert
planting potatoes in orchard. Self in the garden. Afternoon
Robert in the orchard. Self in garden.
12 – Wind N, bleak watery day. John plowing to Wms. Self
letting off water. Robert fixing the ground about the kitchen.
Afternoon self at water. Robert in garden.
13 – Wind NW, cold day. John sowing wheat. Self carrying
seed. Robert harrowing. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John at R.
Phairs. Robert harrowing. Self doing nothing. John at
Greenbank in the evening.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from John XIV:8,9,10.
15 – Wind Easterly, rainy day, nothing doing. Self cutting
potatoes. John at Wms. Robert in the shop. Afternoon John
plowing for potatoes. Self and Robert cutting potatoes.
16 – Wind SE and thundering. Robert plowing. John at R. Phairs.
Self cutting potatoes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting
potatoes. Annie at Greenbank.
17 – Wind E and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon John sowing
wheat. Self carrying seed. Robert harrowing. John leaves for
Mr. Turners for a few days.
18 – Wind NW, thunder through the night, fine day. Self sowing
grass seed and letting off water. Robert harrowing. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. with horses. Self in garden. Annie at Wms.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self in garden. Margaret
arrives from Whitby. Afternoon self fencing. Annie at Greenbank
for the papers.
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20 – Wind S. Robert at Wms. Some rain through the forenoon.
Self cutting potatoes. Afternoon self planting trees. John arrives
from Mr. Turners.
21 – Wind W, much thunder and rain through the night. Robert,
Margaret and Annie at the Sunday School. Mother, John,
Margaret, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
22 – Wind N, fine day, but cold. Self, John, Robert and Annie at
potatoe planting. Margaret washing. Afternoon John at Robert
Phairs. Self fencing. Robert at Wms. plowing. John gone to Mr.
Turners.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Self at the mill. Margaret whitewashing.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Self mending boots. Margaret at
Greenbank.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie fishing on the 12th
conc.
Self at mill for grist. Afternoon self mending harness. Marg
Boddie & Mary Bow here a little while.
25 – Wind N, fine day. John at Robert Phairs. Robert rolling.
Self sowing plaster. Margaret leaves for Mr. McTaggarts,
Whitby. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self fencing. Annie at Wms.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Phairs. John plowing.
Self sowing plaster. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self and John
fixing pump at barn and helping Akhurst and Perkins with colts.
27 – Wind W, very droughty day. John at Mr. Leasks. Robert
gone to Brooklin. Self making pump handle. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon self underbrushing in the swamp. Annie at
Greenbank.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Hebrews X:22.
29 – Wind SW, fine day with some rain. Self and John making
buggie house. Afternoon John making door. Self at Greenbank
for door hanging.
30 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John leaves for
Mrs. Leasks. Self underbrushing in the swamp.
31 – Wind S, fine day. Self at Port Perry for harness black.
Robert arrives from Whitby. James Smith and Barbara here
visiting. Afternoon Robert cleaning the buggie.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert oiling harness.
Lizzie Chalmers and her son James here. Afternoon self and
Robert shearing sheep. Jane Atkin here visiting. Prayer meeting
at John Watsons.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Self fixing harness. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon self and Mother at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Douglas
from Port Perry preaching.
3 – Wind SE, very warm, some rain at 11 o’clock. Robert at
Wms. Mother churning. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Some rain.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Annie at communion.
Mr. McClung preaching from Ezekiel XVIII:38. Robert at
Primitive Methodist Meeting.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self making whipletree. Robert picking
potatoes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at potatoes.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking potatoes.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at potatoes.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking potatoes.
Annie and Mother washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at
potatoes. Annie at Mrs. Leasks practicing for Sunday School
picnic.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking potatoes.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self plowing. Mother and Annie
washing wool. Self at Mr. Ross’s at prayer meeting.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self burning rubbish.
Mary Michie arrives from Brock. Afternoon shower of hail.
Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank.
10 – Wind W, warm day. Robert plowing. Self at Wms. logging.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self logging. Potatoe bugs flying.
11 – Wind S, warm day. Self, Robert, Mary Michie and Annie at
Sunday School. Robert, George and Annie gone with Mary
Michie with the buggy. Mother gone to see Mrs. Wm. Love.
12 – Wind W, warm day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing potatoes.
Annie washing. Mother churning. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self hoeing potatoes. Mr. Duff gets the black mare.
13 – Wind SE, warm day. Self and Robert fanning wheat.
Afternoon thundering to the north. All picking bugs.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert picking bugs.
Afternoon heavy shower after dinner. Robert clearing out the
hen house. Self digging cabbage ground.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert picking bugs. Self at Port Perry
with wheat. Annie at Greenbank.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self picking
potatoes. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self and Mother picking
potatoes.
17 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at bugs. Self at Port Perry with
potatoes. Rain at noon and at night.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from 1st
Samuel 14:28.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Mother churning. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self hilling
potatoes. Robert and Annie at Greenbank practicing for concert.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Began to sow turnips.
21 – Wind SW, slight showers. Robert drilling. Self hoeing
potatoes. Anne at Wms. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing
potatoes and sowing turnips.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Annie at
Wms. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Lizzie here.
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23 – Wind S, warm day. Robert finishes drilling. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon self sowing turnips and finishes the turnip
seed.
24 – Wind NW, great drought. Self and Robert hoeing potatoes.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self cutting
thistles. Robert gone to the Port to political meeting. John here
at night.
25 – Wind NW, thunder and rain through the night. Robert and
Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Romans
XII:1.
26 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert doing road work.
27 – Wind SW. Self and Robert at road work. Afternoon self at
road. Robert at Wms.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self cutting
thistles. Afternoon Robert doing nought. Self cutting thistles.
Lizzie here baking for the Sunday School picnic. Robert and
Annie at Greenbank practicing for the concert.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at thistle cutting.
Afternoon self at thistle cutting. Robert at Beares woods
preparing for picnic. Mrs. Jas. Walker, Mrs. Alex. Michie and
Widow Michie here visiting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert, Annie, Barbara and
Blanche Bickle at Sunday School picnic. Robert, Annie, Barbara
and Blanche at concert in the evening.
JULY 1 – Wind SE and sprinkling rain. Robert at Port Perry at
excursion. Self choring. Afternoon Barbara and Blanche Bickle
leave for home. Self doing nought.
2 – Wind Easterly and raining. None at Sunday School.
Afternoon still raining. Nobody at Meeting.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes. Mother and Annie at
Wms. Robert at Greenbank in the evening at Mr. Curries
meeting.
4 – Wind W, dull day. Robert choring. Self banking potatoes.
Mother churning. Afternoon Robert and self dunging out the
sheeps place in barn. Robert at ball in the evening.
5 – Wind S, fine day, looking like rain. Robert choring. Self at
Sonya voting for Mr. Currie. Afternoon raining. Nothing doing.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert putting Paris Green on
potatoes. Afternoon Robert at potatoes. Self mowing in orchard.
Alex. Michie from Brock here for potatoes.
7 – Wind W, much rain through the forenoon. Self at Thomas
Phairs for 2 pigs. Robert doing nought. Afternoon Robert hoeing
some turnips. Self at Greenbank for papers. Mr. Phair here
mowing. Great rain at night.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at turnips. Self at Greenbank with
scuffler. Robert Phair mowing. Afternoon self mowing in
orchard. Robert at turnips. Very warm.
9 – Wind W, very warm day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Matthew XXVII.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert raking hay. Afternoon
self, Mother, Robert and Annie drawing in hay. 7 loads in barn.
11 – Wind S, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at turnips.
Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self and Mother hoeing.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and self hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert at turnips.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self and John
hoeing. Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips and drew in 4
loads of hay.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips.
Afternoon John goes to Mrs. Leasks for 4 months. Self and
Mother hoeing turnips. Robert scuffling turnips.
15 – Wind all round, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Mother hoeing turnips. Robert scuffling.
Annie at Wms.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Luke XIII:3,5.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self hoeing turnips. Robert scuffling.
Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Robt. Phair here
mowing.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self mowing. Robert hoeing. Afternoon
some rain after dinner. Self and Robert finishes hoeing turnips
for first time.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert raking hay. Afternoon
self, Robert and Mother and Annie drawing in hay. Drew 8
loads.
20 – Wind W, some rain through the night. Robert turning hay.
Self mowing in the orchard. Afternoon very high wind. Robert at
Wms. Self mowing. Drew in one load of hay.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry at the show. Self
cutting thistles. Afternoon self at Greenbank for the papers and
getting horses shoed.
22 – Wind S, looking like rain. Robert at Wms. taking in hay. Self
and Mother cocking hay in orchard. Drew in 2 loads which
finishes haying. Afternoon Robert at Alex. Witters barn raising.
Self cutting thistles. Rain through the afternoon.
23 – Wind NW, very cold. Annie and Robert at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Matthew XXIII:27.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie picking berries. Self in
the swamp. Afternoon self and Mother goes to Whitby visiting.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Mother visiting at Mr. Smiths.
Afternoon return home.
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26 – Wind N, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self cutting
thistles. Afternoon Robert at turnips. Self over to see the
railroad. Robert and Annie at Greenbank at a Temperance
lecture in the evening.
27 – Wind S, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Annie at berries.
Rain at 6 o’clock.
28 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert cutting thistles. Self making
whiffletree. Mrs. Somerville and Miss McLaren here to dinner.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Annie picking
berries.
30 – Wind Easterly, warm day. Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching from Matthew XIX:37.
31 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at mill with grist and at
Uxbridge with wool and yarn.
AUG. 1 – Wind NE, fine day. Self hoeing turnips. Robert
scuffling. Annie at berries. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert
scuffling. Annie picking berries.
2 – Wind N, warm day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert finishes hoeing.
Mother spinning.
3 – Wind W, warm day. Robert picking berries. Self at mill for
grist. Afternoon self doing nought. Robert painting the floor.
Annie picking berries. Scott, pedlar, here all night.
4 – Wind S, warm day. Self making fork handles. Annie at
berries. Robert doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank
for papers. Self doing nought.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Nothing doing. Annie at berries. Afternoon
Annie cleaning up. Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Self and Robert
mending fences.
6 – Wind S, very warm day. Robert and Annie at Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Psalms LXXXV:6.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Self fixing trap. Robert doing nought.
Afternoon self and Robert underbrushing in the swamp. Mother
at Mr. Perkins visiting.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert underbrushing in the
swamp. Afternoon self and Robert brushing. Mother at Mr.
Perkins.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert brushing. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert cutting timothy. Self brushing.
Annie at berry picking.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert binding wheat at Mr.
Akhursts. Afternoon Robert reaping timothy. Self cutting round
oats.
11 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert at Robert Phairs
drawing in pease. Afternoon self and Robert raking oats. Robert
Phair reaping.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert Phair finishes reaping. Self,
Robert, Wm., Mr. Akhurst and Robert Akhurst binding oats.
Afternoon bound and shocked all the oats.
13 – Wind S, warm day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Matthew XII:29.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert cutting pease. Afternoon
self and Robert at pease.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self at Duffs to get him to reap. Robert
choring. Afternoon self and Robert cutting round wheat.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in oats.
Afternoon self and Robert drew all the oats. 14 loads. Annie
washing.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Thomas Duff here reaping wheat. Self
and Robert binding. Afternoon Mr. Duff finishes reaping. Self
and Robert binding and shocking.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Annie and Robert drawing in
pease. Afternoon drew in all the pease. Robert and Annie at
Greenbank to get mare shoed.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Mr. Thos. Duff here reaping. Self,
William and Robert binding. Afternoon Mr. Duff finishes reaping.
Self and Robert and Wm. finishes binding and shocking.
20 – Wind N, cool day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Romans XXVIII:28.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in wheat.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing wheat.
22 – Wind W, fine day, rather dull. Self, Robert and Annie
drawing wheat. Afternoon self, Robert and Mother drawing
wheat and finishes for 1876. Hannah Perkins sick. Annie at
Saintfield with Lizzie.
23 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert raking. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and self drew in raking.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self underbrushing in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self weeding the potatoes in
the orchard. All at Wms. fires.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing in his
grain. Afternoon very high wind. Wms. fires active and Thos.
Phairs too. Fires all round.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert mending Mrs. Loves waggon.
Self weeding potatoes. Afternoon Robert at Thos. Phairs fire.
Self mending pump. Hannah Perkins here visiting.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self and Robert at Robert Phairs fighting fire. Mother and Annie
at Wms. fire. John here in the evening.
28 – Wind NW. Robert at Greenbank getting horses shoed. Self
at Robert Phairs putting up fence. Afternoon self at fires. Robert
going round. Mother and Annie washing.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Mother picking [?]. Self
making doubletree. Afternoon self at fires. Robert at Wms.
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30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing cabbages.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self over to see the railroad.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing waggon
wheel. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at waggon wheel.
SEPT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert choring. Self at Greenbank for papers and
getting the waggon tiers set.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self repairing horse rake.
Afternoon self and Robert at Thomas Phairs fires.
3 – Wind W. Robert and Annie at Sunday School. George here.
Self and Robert at fires in the afternoon.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self killing sheep.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at John Watsons threshing.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at John Watsons
threshing.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Afternoon Robert at
Wms. Self at John Watsons threshing and finished at 4 o’clock.
7 – Wind SE, rather dull. Self and Robert drawing dung. Annie at
Wms. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
8 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Annie at Greenbank for
papers.
9 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
10 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from John XI:44.
11 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung.
Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self at the sideline running the
line.
12 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert
plowing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at T. Duffs threshing.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at T. Duffs threshing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Akhursts threshing.
14 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert plowing. Self at Akhursts
threshing. Mother spinning. Afternoon Robert and horses at Mr.
Perkins threshing. Self and Annie digging potatoes.
15 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert and horses at Mr. Perkins
threshing. Self making road for cows to beaver meadow.
Afternoon Robert at railway. Self at mill with grist. Annie at
Greenbank.
16 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading
dung. Annie washing floor. Mother spinning. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self at Wm. Reals fires.
17 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Margaret, Annie and Mr. McTaggart at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. A. Dobson preaching. Rain coming
home.
18 – Wind Easterly and raining, nothing doing. Mr. McTaggart
and Margaret leaves for home. Mother spinning. Afternoon self
and Robert helping Wm. to fix his gate.
19 – Wind Northerly. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
20 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Robert, Annie and Mother at
potatoes. Afternoon self at potatoes. 2 loads put in cellar.
21 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
potatoes. John Michie here from Brock. Afternoon self, Mother,
Annie and Robert at potatoes. 3 loads took in.
22 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Self, Mother, Annie and Robert at
potatoes. 2 loads took in. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for
papers. Self at railway.
23 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self cleaning stove
pipes. Afternoon self fixing watering place in swamp.
24 – Wind Easterly. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School. Self,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung
preaching from Isaiah XXVIII:16.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Annie at Mr. Akhursts. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self mending
Wms. harness. Rain at night.
26 – Wind N, rather cool. Self and Robert in the swamp. Mrs.
McPhail and Christina here to dinner. Afternoon self and Robert
burning stumps. Mrs. Akhurst here visiting.
27 – Wind N, cold and rainy, nothing doing. Afternoon raining,
some nothing doing. Mother spinning. Fair at Port Perry.
28 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Robert and Annie at county Fair at
Port Perry. Some rain in the afternoon.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
self, Mother and Annie at Mr. Aslings funeral.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Self and Robert sawing
in the swamp. Afternoon self and Robert in the swamp.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching from Hebrews VI:12.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing cedar out of the
swamp. Afternoon self and Robert at cedars.
3 – Wind W, looking like rain. Robert plowing. Self underbrushing.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self underbrushing in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self in the swamp.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self burning brush. Jas.
Smith and Barbara here. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing
nought. Mr. Markham and Mr. Isaac Truax here. Mrs. and Mr.
Smith leave for home.
6 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert at Wms. fencing. Self letting
water out of barnyard. Afternoon self took Annie to Saintfield on
the road to A. Michies.
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7 – Wind W, rather showery. Robert at Wms. Self making fence
for straw stack. Afternoon self fencing.
8 – Wind W, some showers of snow. Robert at Sunday School.
Self and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung
preaching from Malachi I:2. John here.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self in swamp. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self in swamp. Very high wind.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing the scaffold for
taking in straw. Afternoon Robert choring. Self at George
Boddies threshing.
11 – Wind NW, some snow through the night, fine day. Self at
George Boddies threshing. Robert choring. Machine comes here
at night.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Mr. Boddie, Mr. Akhurst, Mr.
Watson, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Walker, Mr. Thos. Phair, [?], Wm.
Watson, Wm. Boddie at threshing machine. Afternoon threshes
til 4 o’clock, which finishes it all.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert cleaning up after the
machine. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry. Self at Timothy Craggs
and at Greenbank.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Robert at Greenbank.
Self choring. Afternoon self in the swamp. Annie at Wms.
15 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung
preaching from Jeremiah VIII:20.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Robert Phairs threshing. Self in
the swamp. Afternoon self in the swamp.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon self in the swamp.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms.
threshing. Afternoon self and Robert fanning wheat.
19 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert at Greenbank lathing. Self and
Annie at Port Perry with wheat.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Greenbank. Self piling potatoes.
Afternoon self at potatoes. Scott, pedlar, here.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self at Port Perry with 22
½ bushels of potatoes to James Thompson at 50 cents per
bushel.
22 – Wind S, some rain. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Matthew XVI:20.
23 – Wind SE, rainy day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon
pairing apples.
24 – Wind W, some rain through the day. Self at Port Perry with
oats. Robert at Mr. Stones with sheep.
25 – Wind W, rather cold. Self at Uxbridge for cloth. Robert
topping turnips.
26 – Wind NW, showery day. Self and Robert digging turnip pits.
Afternoon Robert topping turnips. Self at mill with pease and oats
for chopping.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Robert, Mother and Annie at
turnips. Afternoon self, Robert, Mother and Annie at turnips.
Drew 13 loads in pit.
28 – Wind easterly, fine day. Self and Robert topping turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Mother at turnips. Drew 6 loads into
pit and 1 into cellar.
29 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Mark X:13.
30 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self at mill. Robert digging pit.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew 12
loads in pit and 1 in cellar.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert topping turnips.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew 9
loads in cellar.
NOV. 1 – Wind Easterly, foggy day. Self, Mother, Robert and
Annie at turnips. Afternoon self, Robert, Mother and Annie at
turnips. Drew 7 loads in cellar.
2 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert, Mother and Annie at turnips.
Afternoon all at turnips. Drew 2 loads in cellar and 11 in pit. Rain
at 4 o’clock.
3 – Wind W, rather rough. Self, Mother and Robert drew 2 loads
of turnips in pit and 1 in cellar which finishes the turnips.
Afternoon Robert at Port Perry. Self at Samuel Belfords sale.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self plastering the pigs house. Robert
reading the papers. Annie scrubbing. Mother churning. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self fixing the turnip cellar.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McClung preaching from Mark X:13.
6 – Wind SE, rainy day. Self at Greenbank. Robert doing nought.
Annie at Wms. Mother at Wms. all night, Lizzie being sick.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
7 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self fixing clock. Mrs.
Love here to dinner. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Wms.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self begging for Mrs. Love.
9 – Wind S. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at
Wms. Self working at sideline.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self at sideline. Afternoon
self at sideline. Robert at Wms.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self making turnip trough.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at trough. George and Margaret
comes home.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Margaret, Robert and Annie at Greenbank at the
English and Primitive Methodist Churches. George leaves for
home.
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13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. and horses plowing. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self fixing
door to turnip cellar. Afternoon self choring. John comes home.
15 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self killing
calf. John gone somewhere. Afternoon self mending umbrella.
John at Greenbank.
16 – Wind Easterly. Robert and horses at Wms. Self and
Margaret at Manchester and Port Perry. Afternoon John at Wm.
Lees oats.
17 – Wind Easterly. Robert and horses at Wms. John at Wms.
Self fixing turnips in the cellar. Afternoon self at turnips.
18 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert and horses at Wms. John at
Wms. Self at R. Phairs to pay for reaping. Afternoon self fixing
turnip pit. John at the Port. Robert at Wms. Mr. Clemens here in
the evening.
19 – Wind SE and raining some. Robert at the Sunday School.
John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
20 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John plowing. Self and Robert
cutting logs. Afternoon John plowing. Self digging stumps.
Robert at Wms. Margaret at Mr. Walkers.
21 – Wind Easterly, looking like rain. John plowing. Self ditching.
Robert at Wms. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
22 – Wind W , rough day. John plowing. Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
23 – Wind SW, rather cold. John plowing. Self in garden. Robert
at Wms. Afternoon John plowing. Self in garden. Margaret at
Thos. Phairs.
24 – Wind W, some snow. John plowing. Robert fixing goose
house. Afternoon John plowing. Robert at Port. Margaret at
Greenbank. Self mending boots.
25 – Wind Easterly and snowing some. John plowing. Self and
Robert threshing timothy seeds. Afternoon John plowing. Self
and Robert at timothy seeds. Still snowing.
26 – Wind NE, snowing some. Robert at the Sunday School.
Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Self on the sick list with bowels.
27 – Wind NE, snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
mill with grist. Self rather sickly. Robert choring.
28 – Wind W, snowing some. Wm., John and Robert killing pigs.
Self sick with bowel complaint. Afternoon John at mill for grist.
Robert at John Lees sale.
29 - Wind NW, fine day. John at Greenbank. Robert at Wms.
Self sick of bowel complaint. Afternoon John gone to Mr. Ross’s
to threshing. Robert choring.
30 – Wind N, cold day. John did not come home. Robert choring.
Self still sick. Afternoon Robert choring. Self in house.
DEC. 1 – Wind N, cold day. Robert choring. Self sickly. Afternoon
Robert choring. Margaret at Greenbank. Self in bed.
2 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert choring. Self sick.
Afternoon John at Mr. Clemens. Robert at chores. Thos. Phairs
girl here in the evening.
3 – Wind N, fine day. John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Sunday School. Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. John at a sale of bricks at Clemens.
Robert choring. Self doing nought. Mother baking. Margaret
washing. Afternoon John at Port. Robert at chores. Margaret at
Wms.
5 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank to get horses shoed. Lizzie here.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self doing nought. John and Robert
grinding axe. Afternoon John and Robert cutting wood.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John and Annie gone to Whitby. Robert
and self doing nought. Afternoon self and Robert cutting up pig.
John comes home from Whitby. Annie remains.
8 – Wind W, fine day, some snow through the night. John and
Robert cutting wood. Self doing nought. Afternoon self, John and
Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cockburn preaching.
9 – Wind N, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy.
10 – Wind Easterly, fine day but frosty. Self, John, & Margaret at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Matthew
XVII:4. This was communion day.
11 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at bridge on sideline. Self and
Robert doing nought. Afternoon John at bridge. Robert at the
Port. Self choring.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John at bridge. Self and Robert doing
nought. Afternoon John at bridge. Robert gone to creek. Self
fixing sewing machine.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. John at bridge. Self over at railway.
Robert doing nought. Afternoon self, Mother, John and Margaret
at Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Campbell preaching.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John at bridge. Self and Robert drawing
in turnips. George comes home from L. Beatons. Afternoon John
at bridge. George at Mr. R. Phairs. Self and Robert doing nought.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John at bridge. Self and Robert doing
nought. Afternoon John at bridge. George at the Port. Robert at
Greenbank for papers. Self doing nought. Mrs. Akhurst here
visiting. Very stormy.
16 – Wind NW, stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy,
nothing doing.
17 – Wind N, fine day. John, Margaret and Robert at the Sunday
School. John, George, Margaret and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Psalms CXIX:19.
18 – Wind NE, fine day. George gone for his box. Rest doing
nought. Afternoon John at bridge. George chopping some wood
for Mr. Perkins.
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19 – Wind Easterly and snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon
George goes to John Watsons. John at bridge. Self and Robert
doing nought.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John at bridge. Self and Robert doing
nought. Afternoon John at bridge. Robert drawing wood.
21 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at bridge. Robert drawing
wood. Self doing nought. Mother and Margaret picking geese.
Mrs. Love here. Afternoon John at bridge. Robert drawing wood.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John at bridge. Robert drawing wood. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John and Robert drawing brick.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John at bridge. Robert drawing wood. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John and Robert drawing brick. Wm.
Leask, Darlington, died.
24 – Wind N, very frosty. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Mother, John, George at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McFadden preaching. Margaret at English Church.
25 – Wind rather easterly, fine day, nothing doing. Christmas.
Wm. and Lizzie here. Afternoon John and Margaret at Brock.
Mary Michie and Elizabeth Michie here. Isabella Michie comes
with John and Margaret.
26 – Wind SW. John in the woods. George at Mr. Watsons. Robt.
making whippletree. M. Michie & L. Michie leaves for home.
Afternoon John and Robert at Port. Mary and I. Michie at Wms.
27 - Wind SW, fine day. John at Port. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon John at Port. Self and Robert in the woods.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John at Port. Robert at bridge. Self
mending road. Afternoon John at Port. Robert at bridge.
Margaret Walker, B. Walker and Mary Duff here visiting.
29 – Wind Easterly, rather rough. John at Port. Robert at bridge.
Margaret at Wms. Afternoon John at mill. Robert making
sawhorse. Margaret at Wms.
30 – Wind NW, stormy day, nothing doing. John and Robert
sawing paving blocks. Afternoon John and Robert sawing blocks.
31 – Wind N, stormy. Nobody at the Sunday School. Mother,
John and Margaret at Primitive Methodist Church.
And thus ends the year 1876.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1877
JAN. 1 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs. A. Michie
here to dinner. Wm. had a spree in the evening.
2 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John at the Port with wood. Robert
at bridge. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John at Port. Robert at
bridge. Self doing nought.
3 – Wind N, rather cold. John gone to Sunderland for shingles.
Robert in the swamp cutting cedar. Afternoon Robert in the
swamp. Self sawing wood.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Sunderland for lumber.
Robert in swamp. Self sawing wood. Afternoon Robert in the
swamp. Self at wood.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing in turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert in swamp. John drawing cedar.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John drawing cedar. Self and Robert in
swamp. Afternoon John drawing cedar. Self and Robert in the
swamp.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, John and George at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, George and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Proverbs III:1,2,3,4 to the
young.
8 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John at Port with wood. Self and
Robert sawing paving blocks. Afternoon John at the Port. Self
and Robert at blocks. Margaret comes from Barbaras.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John at Sunderland for lumber. Self and
Robert sawing blocks. Afternoon self and Robert at blocks.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Port with wood. Self and Robert
at blocks. Afternoon John at Port with wood. Self and Robert
sawing blocks.
11 – Wind W, snowing some. John at the Port with wood. Self
and Robert sawing blocks. Afternoon nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs.
McClung here. George comes home from Leasks.
12 – Wind Easterly and very frosty. John at Mr. Lawrences bee.
Self and Robert sawing blocks. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank
for papers. Self writing a letter. George in the swamp.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John at Sunderland for lumber. Robert
and George in the woods. Self choring. Afternoon George and
Robert in the woods. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Annie come from
Whitby.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. John,
George, Jas. Smith, Barbara, Margaret and Annie and Maggie
Love at Presbyterian Meeting. Wm. and Lizzie here.
15 – Wind Easterly. George and Robert in the woods. John
drawing stone from Wms. Self splitting wood. Jas. Smith leaves
for home. Barbara remains. Afternoon John drawing stones.
George and Robert in the woods. Margaret washing.
16 – Wind N, much snow through the night. George and Robert in
the woods. John at Robt. Phairs. Margaret spinning. Afternoon
John drawing stones from R. Phairs. Robert and George in the
woods. Barbara at Wms. all night.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and George in the woods. Self
and John drawing stones from Mr. Phairs. Afternoon Margaret
and Barbara at R. Phairs. Self, John and Robert drawing in
turnips. George at Greenbank.
18 – Wind SW, looking like a thaw. George at Perkins chopping
wood. John drawing wood to schoolhouse. Self and Robert
sawing paving blocks. Margaret spinning. Meeting at
Presbyterian Church. Self, John and Margaret at it.
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19 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing stones.
George gone with Barbara to Whitby. Afternoon John drawing
wood to school. Self and Robert sawing blocks.
20 –Wind SW, thawing some. John at Port with wood. Robert at
Port with 2 steers. Afternoon John at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Self and Robert sawing blocks.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at Sunday
School. Mother, John George, Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing stones. Self
choring. George arrives from Whitby. Afternoon George in the
woods. John and Robert drawing stones. Margaret & George at
Mrs. Leasks in the evening.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing stones.
Margaret spinning. Self sawing wood. Annie and Eva Perkins
collecting for Bible Society. Afternoon John and Robert at
stones. Self writing a letter.
24 – Wind N, stormy day. Margaret spinning. John and Robert
cutting paving blocks. Afternoon John and Robert at paving
blocks.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John & Robert drawing timber. Afternoon
John & Robert at Port Perry races. Annie at Wms.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and John drawing timber. Robert
cuts his foot. Afternoon John and self at timber.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John at Greenbank getting harness
mended. Self and Robert sawing paving blocks. Afternoon John
at Greenbank with wood. Self and Robert sawing blocks.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, George, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Hebrews
V:7.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John drawing out timber. George
at Mrs. Leasks. Afternoon self, John and Robert taking in turnips.
30 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at Port
with wood. Self and Robert sawing blocks. John, George,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at Greenbank to hear the priest
lecture on temperance.
31 – Wind Southerly and some soft. John and George at R.
Phairs digging sand. Self and Robert sawing blocks. Afternoon
John and George drawing sand. Self and Robert at blocks. John,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at Mrs. Gantons social.
FEB. 1 – Wind S and thawing some. John and George drawing
sand. Self and Robert at blocks. Afternoon John and George at
sand. Self and Robert at blocks.
2 – Wind S and some soft. John, George and Robert in the
woods taking out sawlogs. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John,
George and Robert at logs. Self splitting wood. Margaret
spinning.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. John at mill with grist. Annie at
Greenbank with Bible Society money. George in the swamp.
Afternoon John and George drawing cedar. Self and Robert
sawing blocks.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, George, Robert, Margaret and Annie
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Mark
IV:38.
5 – Wind W, fine day. John and George drawing cedar. Self and
Robert sawing at blocks.; Afternoon John at the Port. George at
mill for grist. Self and Robert sawing blocks.
6 – Wind W, rather dull. John and Robert gone to [Archibald?]
Millers. Self sawing wood. Afternoon self, Mother, George and
Annie at Presbyterian Missionary Meeting. Mr. McClung, Mr.
Currie and Mr. Gibson at it.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. George fixing clock. Self at sideline. John
and Robert not come home. Afternoon self and George sawing
blocks. John and Robert arrives. Mrs. Duff and Mrs. Chalmers
here visiting.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John gone again to A. Millers. George and
Robert sawing blocks. Self asking hands to work on the road.
Afternoon Mother at Wms. Self and George at sideline. Robert
fixing clock.
9 – Wind W, fine day. George at Joseph Williams sale. Self, John
and Robert working on sideline. Afternoon self, John and Robert
at sideline.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John, George, Robert and horses
doing statute labour on sideline. Afternoon self, George, John
and Robert on sideline. George, Margaret and Robert at
Greenbank at Temperance Meeting.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Margaret and Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, George, Margaret and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
Isaiah II:3 on Foreign Missions.
12 – Wind NW, rough cold day. George and Robert hewing
sleepers22
. Self and John cutting paving blocks. Afternoon
George and Robert at sleepers. John at Greenbank getting
horses shoed.
13 – Wind NW, rather cold, nothing doing. John gone to the other
side of the creek after money. Afternoon nothing doing. Margaret
at Greenbank. Annie at Mr. Akhursts matting.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John, George, Margaret and Annie at
Hannah [Calls?] wedding. Nothing doing here. Self sawing wood.
15 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Mother spinning. Afternoon
George and Robert sawing blocks. John at sawmill with logs.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John drawing logs to mill. Robert and
George sawing blocks. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John at
logs. Robert at Greenbank for papers. George and Mother at
Mrs. Leasks.
22
‘Sleepers’ are floor joists.
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17 – Wind NW, cold day, nothing doing. Robert and George at
blocks. Self doing nought. Afternoon John at sawmill. Robert and
George at blocks.
18 – Wind SE, snowing some. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, George, Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Isaiah
LVII:14.
19 – Wind NW, rather cold, nothing doing. John at mill with log.
George gone to Mrs. Leasks. Self fixing clock. Afternoon John at
mill with log. Self and Robert sawing blocks.
20 – Wind NW, rather cold. John in the woods. Self and Robert
sawing blocks. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Alex. Leask here all night.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert mending A.
Leasks sleigh. Self sawing wood. Afternoon Robert and John in
the woods. Self sawing wood. Margaret at Mrs. Leasks.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Margaret comes home from Mrs. Leasks.
23 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing.
24 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
at Greenbank for papers. Afternoon self, John and Robert
drawing in turnips.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. John, Margaret and Annie at Greenbank. Mother
at Wms. Self and Robert at home.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to John Gilbraiths and
brought Jane Atkin here. Self and Robert at wood. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing wood. Jas. Miller
here for ministers salary. Margaret quilting.
27 –Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Margaret, Annie and Jean Atkins at Wms.
MAR. 1 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Margaret quilting. Afternoon John at Greenbank.
Robert fixing stable. Self sawing wood.
2 – Wind SE and raining. John and Robert sawing blocks. Self
doing nought. Margaret, Jean Atkins at quilt. Annie ironing.
Afternoon John and Robert sawing blocks. Annie and Jean
Atkins at mat.
3 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Annie and Jean Atkins at mat. Afternoon John and Robert
in the woods. Self splitting wood. Annie and Jane Atkins at mat.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at Sunday School.
Self, Mother and Margaret at Primitive Methodist Meeting.
Robert at English Meeting. John, Annie and Jane Atkins at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Pattison preaching on Temperance
from Isaiah LVIII:14.
5 – Wind NW, fine day, some snow falling. John and Robert in the
woods. Self and Wm. at Manchester voting for Dunkin Act23
.
Dunkin Act carried.
6 – Wind W, snowing some. John and Robert in the woods. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John and Robert drawing out wood.
John and Robert at Port in the evening.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self doing
nought up at Mr. John Watsons.
8 – Wind Easterly and snowing some. John at mill with grist. Self
at Brock at meeting about the minister. John at Brock. Robert at
Port.
9 – Wind N and stormy. John and Robert sawing blocks. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John and Robert sawing blocks. Self
doing nought.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John at the Port. Robert at Greenbank
for papers.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Margaret , John, Robert and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Acts
XIII:38.
12 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert gone to Scott for
screw jacks. Margaret and Barbara Walker gone to collect for
missions of the Presbyterian Church.
13 – Wind Easterly. John and Robert at the Port. Self splitting
wood. James Smith here. Afternoon Jas. Smith and Robert in the
swamp cutting poles. John at the mill for grist. Annie at
Greenbank. Self splitting wood.
14 – Wind SW, snowing some. Jas. Smith starts for home. John
and Robert drawing wood. Self splitting wood. Annie gone to Jas.
Hornes to matting bee.
Afternoon very stormy. John and Robert sawing blocks. Self
doing nought. A fire at 7 o’clock in the direction of Epsom.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Annie comes home, was at Mr. Akhursts all night.
Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing wood.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self doing
nought. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood. Self at
Greenbank for papers.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert sawing blocks. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John at Wms. Robert doing nought. Self
sawing wood. George comes home. Mrs. Akhurst here visiting.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Robert and Margaret at Sunday
School. Self, John, George, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Titus II:14.
23
The ‘Dunkin Act’ was introduced to the legislature by
Christopher Dunkin (1812-1881) in 1864. The Act
provided a local municipal option to prohibit the sale of
liquor according to majority vote.
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19 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. George at the Port. Afternoon John and Robert
drawing logs. Self sawing wood. George gone to L. Beatons.
Annie gone to A. Michies, Brock.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Robert piling wood. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John at Wms. Robert and self at wood.
Annie and Isabella Michie arrive from Brock.
21 – Wind NE and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing. Isabella Michie making dress for Annie.
22 – Wind SW, fine day, snow very deep, nothing doing.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Annie at the Port. Self, Mother,
Margaret, Annie, Isabella Michie and John at prayer meeting at
John Watsons in the evening.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Self doing
nought. Afternoon John at Port. Robert at Greenbank for the
papers. Mrs. Somerville and sister here visiting.
24 – Wind N, fine day. John at Port with wood. Robert making
window frame. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self and Robert
reading the papers. Margaret scrubbing.
25 – Wind Easterly and raining some. John, Robert, Margaret,
Annie and Isabella Michie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John, Margaret, Isabella Michie, Annie and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Genesis
II:24.
26 – Wind Easterly and raining. John gone to John Gilbraiths.
Nothing doing. Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
27 – Wind N, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at the
creek. Self and Robert doing nought.
28 – Wind N, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon very stormy,
nothing doing.
29 – Wind N, cold day. John at Wms. Self and Robert doing
nought. Afternoon self and John at Brock at Presbytry. Mr.
McClungs resignation accepted. Isabella Michie goes home with
us.
30 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Robert making posts. Self
sleighing firewood. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for papers.
Self sleighing wood. Annie gone to Mr. Duffs.
31 – Wind S, snow melting. John drawing out wood. Self drawing
wood. Robert making spiles. Afternoon John drawing out wood.
Self and Robert topping trees. Wesley Luke here to dinner.
APR. 1 – Wind S, fine day, snow melting fast. Robert at the
Sunday School. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting. Roads not
passable.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John looking for stones. Robert in the
woods. Self drawing wood. Afternoons elf and John drawing
stones off Mr. Perkins place. Robert boiling sap.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and John drawing stones.
Afternoon Robert boiling sap. John at Greenbank. Self splitting
wood.
4 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing in turnips.
Afternoon Robert boiling sap. Self and John drawing in turnips.
John McPhail here all night.
5 – Wind S and snowing. Robert in the woods. John making
ladder. Self doing nought. George comes from Lewis Beatons.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert making ladder. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert in the woods. John digging
snow. Self splitting wood.
7 – Wind Easterly. John, George, Robert and self working at the
barn. Afternoon Robert boiling sap. John on the road shoveling
snow. George working at barn. Self mending Annies boots.
8 – Wind E, fine day. John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, George and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Matthew
XI:29.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. John drawing stones.
Self choring. Afternoon choring.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at sap. George and John making
ready to raise the barn. Self choring. Afternoon self, John and
George raised barn 1 foot.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert sick. Self, John and Wm. at barn.
Afternoon self, Wm., John and George at barn.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert sick. Self, John, George and Wm.
raising barn and finishes at noon. Afternoon John, George and
self choring.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. John and George framing barn sleepers.
Self choring. Robert sick. Afternoon John and George at barn
sleeper. Self fixing round.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. drawing rails. Self and
George at barn sleepers. Afternoon John at Wms. Self and
George at barn rafters.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John, George and Annie at the Sunday
School. Mother, John, George and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. George and Robert sowing wheat. John
harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon John harrowing. George and
Robert making rafters. Self burning some stones. George leaves
for Lewis Beatons.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. John harrowing. Robert at sap. Afternoon
John plowing. Robert at sap. Self at R. Phairs filling the hole that
the [?] for the barn was took out of.
18 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert
sawing posts. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert taking
dirt from below the barn.
19 – Wind Easterly, looking like rain. John plowing. Self and
Robert taking dirt from below the barn. Afternoon raining. All at
the dirt.
20 – Wind N, rather cold. John plowing. Self at the Port for clover
seed. Robert at dirt. Afternoon John at plow. Robert at
Greenbank for papers.
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21 – Wind N, cold day. John plowing. Self and Robert fanning
oats. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John at Beares sawmill. Self
and Robert at dirt.
22 – Wind NW, fine day and very warm. Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from Luke XIV:22.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John sowing. Self carrying seed. Robert
harrowing. Afternoon Robert rolling. John at sap. Self fixing
grass seeds. Annie at Greenbank. Mother at Wms. Margaret
arrives from Whitby.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John at the sawmill piling lumber. Self
sowing grass seeds. Robert harrowing. Margaret washing.
Afternoon Robert rolling. John taking dirt from below the barn.
Self planting potatoes in the orchard.
25 – Wind N, fine day. John sowing. Self carrying seed. Robert
harrowing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. John gathering chips.
Self planting potatoes in the orchard.
26 – Wind NE, fine day. John harrowing. Self and Robert taking
dirt from below the barn. Afternoon John rolling. Self and Robert
at dirt. Margaret leaves for Mr. Andersons near Myrtle. Self and
John at prayer meeting at Mrs. Watsons.
27 - Wind SE, fine day. John rolling. Self and Robert at dirt.
Afternoon John at Wms. harrowing. Self and Robert fanning
oats.
28 – Wind Easterly, looking like rain. John at Wms. harrowing.
Robert in the woods. Self choring. Afternoon raining some. Self,
John and Robert picking potatoes. George comes from Mr. Lewis
Beatons.
29 – Wind SW, rather dull. Robert, George and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, George, Robert and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClung preaching from
Revelation XX:11,12,13,14,15. Mr. McClung preached his
farewell sermon.
30 - Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port with oats. Self fixing
clock. Robert cutting potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert cutting
potatoes. Mother visiting at Mr. Aslings. Self and Annie at Jas.
McMillans at meeting. Mr. McClung baptizes J. McMillans
daughter and leaves forever.
MAY 1 – Wind W, fine day, rather cold. John at the Port with
potatoes and oats. Self and Robert cutting potatoes. Annie
washing. John loses his money, 18 dollars.
2- Wind NW, very high wind. John gone to Port on foot but
cannot find his money. Robert at Wms. harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self in the garden. Miss Jane
Akhurst and Miss Duff here.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. plowing. Robert taking
siding off stable. Self moving fence from straw stack. Mrs.
Gordon and Mrs. Walker here. Afternoon Robert at stable. Self
wheeling dung. Mother and Mrs. G. and Mrs. W. at Wms. visiting.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. Self cleaning barn yard.
Robert fitting window sashes. Afternoon John plowing potatoe
land. Robert cleaning barn yard. Self at Greenbank.
5 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Sunderland for lime. Self and
Robert making place for lime and washing buggie. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Port. Self choring.
6 – Wind easterly, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cockburn preaching from 2nd
Peter I:17. Church
declared vacant.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie planting
potatoes. Afternoon finishes planting potatoes.
8 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Sunderland for lime. Self and
Robert leveling the barn. Afternoon self and Robert digging
foundation. Robert at Mrs. Leasks in the evening.
9 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Sunderland for lime. Self
sowing plaster. Robert digging foundation. Annie at Wms.
10 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John greasing the harness. Self and
Robert mixing mortar. Afternoon Annie whitewashing. Mother
cleaning the woodwork. Robert at Wms. Self and John at lime.
11 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John gone to Leaskdale with the
screw jacks. Self at Port. Robert at lime. Afternoon Mother
sewing. Annie gone to Greenbank. Self and Robert mixing lime.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing logs. Self mixing
lime. Annie whitewashing. Afternoon John and Robert drawing
stones. Self mixing lime. George comes from L. Beatons.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Mother, John, George, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Rodgers preaching.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John, George and Robert taking
down the stable. Afternoon all at stable.
15 – Wind W, fine day. George and Robert framing. Self and
John drawing stones. Afternoon John at Port for Mr. Minty and
Mr. Clarke. Annie at the Port. George and Robert framing. Self
cleaning up. Masons come to barn.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John, George, Robert, Mr. Minty and
Mr. Clarke at barn. Afternoon self, John, George, Robert, Mr.
Minty and John Clarke at barn.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self making mortar for Minty and Clarke.
John drawing stones. George and Robert framing. Afternoon
some rain. Self at mortar. John, George and Robert framing.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self making mortar for Minty and Clarke.
John drawing stones. Robert and George framing. Afternoon self
at mortar. John and Robert mixing mortar. George framing.
19 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert drawing stones. Self
making mortar. George framing. Minty and Clarke building.
Afternoon raising the leanto of barn.
20 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, George and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McFadden preaching.
21 – Wind W, showery day. All working at leanto getting up the
rafters. Afternoon very warm and heavy showers. Mr. Minty and
Clarke gets all the shower in the swamp. John at mill. Self at
mortar. George and Robert at leanto.
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22 – Wind Easterly, rather rainy in the forenoon, nothing doing
much. Afternoon George and Robert siding up the leanto. John
drawing stones. Self at mortar. Minty and Clarke building. J.
Smith and Barbara here all night.
23 – Wind N, rather cold. George and Robert shingling. John
drawing stones. Self at mortar. Afternoon some showers of hail.
John mixing mortar. Robert and George shingling. Self at mortar.
J. Smith and Barbara leaves for home.
24 – Wind N, cold day. George and Robert shingling. Self and
John at stones. Afternoon John at stones. Robert and George
shingling. Self at mortar. Mr. Minty and Clarke doing building.
25 – Wind N, rather cool. Mr. Minty and Clarke building. John
drawing stones. Robert and George shingling. Self making
mortar. Afternoon at the letting of jobs on the sideline. Self at
mortar. George and Robert shingling. John goes for grist after
supper.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. John drawing stones. Self at mortar.
Minty and Clarke building. George and Robert shingling.
Afternoon John mixing mortar. Self at mortar. George and Robert
shingling. Messrs. Minty and Clarke leaves for home at 5 o’clock.
Richard [Moon?] died today.
27 – Wind S, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, George and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McFadden preaching from John I:47.
28 – Wind S, fine day. George and Robert shingling. John
drawing stones. Self mixing mortar. Minty and Clarke building.
Afternoon self and John at mortar. George and Robert shingling.
George leaves for Duncan McMillans.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. John drawing stones. Self at mortar.
Robert fixing round. Minty and Clarke building. Afternoon John
and Robert mixing mortar. Self at mortar.
30 – Wind S, warm day. John drawing stones. Robert at
carpenter work. Self at mortar. Minty and Clarke building.
Afternoon self at mortar. John at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Robert choring.
31 – Wind S, fine day. John drawing stones. Self at mortar.
Robert choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self at mortar. Robert
away fishing. Minty and Clarke building. Mother and Annie
picking potatoe bugs. Minty and Clarke finishes building and
goes to pointing.
JUNE 1 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self at mortar. Robert
at bugs. Afternoon John plowing. Robert at bugs. Self at mortar.
Minty and Clarke pointing. Richard Brock, Insurance agent, here
all night.
2 – Wind SW, very warm. John plowing. Self and Robert fixing
stable. Heavy shower before dinner. Annie scrubbing. Minty and
Clarke finishes and leaves for home with Mr. Perkins. Afternoon
another heavy shower. John plowing. Self and Robert at bugs.
3 – Wind S, looking like rain. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Stevenson preaching.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert boarding up
the stable. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert at potatoe
bugs. Annie washing.
5 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert at the stable.
Afternoon John harrowing. Robert and self paving the stable.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and John drawing blocks from barn.
Robert paving. Afternoon self, John and Robert putting up horse
stalls.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John at sawmill. Self and Robert at stable.
Afternoon all at stable and picking bugs.
8 – Wind S, fine day. John hoeing corn. Self and Robert putting
up partition between turnip house and cowhouse. Afternoon
John gone with Mr. David Perkins hunting a strayed horse. Self
and Robert at partition wall.
9 – Wind SW, rather dull day. John and Robert laying barn floor.
Self clearing the chips away. Afternoon John plowing. Self
cleaning up a little. Robert making door.
10 – Wind SW, rather cold. John, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Stevenson preaching from the first General Epistle
of John IV:7.
11 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert hoeing
potatoes. Mrs. Michie and Isabella here from Brock. Afternoon
John at road work. Self and Robert at potatoes. Mrs. Michie
leaves for home. Annie and Isabella Michie at Greenbank in the
evening for some trimmings.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Self and Robert laying
floor on the top of stable. Afternoon John and Robert scraping
dirt behind barn. Self at Port Perry for turnip seed.
13 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert scraping. Self wheeling in
dirt under barn. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John and Robert
scraping. Self shoveling dirt. Mr. Watson here in the evening.
14 – Wind S, warm day. John and Robert scraping. Self
shoveling. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John and Robert scraping.
Self hilling potatoes. Mother at Wms. visiting.
15 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert scraping. Self shoveling.
Afternoon John and Robert scraping and cutting thistles. Self
hilling potatoes. John, Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the
evening about the Sunday School Anniversary.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. John rolling turnip land. Robert cutting
thistles. Self hilling potatoes. Afternoon Robert cutting thistles.
John drilling. Self hilling potatoes.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Niven preaching from 2nd
Kings:11.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. John drilling. Self and Robert making
cattle stalls. Afternoon John drilling. Self and Robert at stalls.
Annie washing. John, Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the
evening about anniversary.
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19 – Wind NW, fine day. John cutting thistles. Self and Robert at
cow stalls. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John at bugs. Self and
Robert at cow stalls. Robert and John away in the evening.
20 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John drilling. Self and Robert
paving. Afternoon John drilling. Self and Robert paving. Finishes
sowing turnips. Robert and Annie at Greenbank practicing for the
anniversary. Anthony Wells here for turnip drill.
21 – Wind SW, showery warm day. John and horses at Wms.
Self and Robert at paving. Afternoon self and Robert paving.
Mother at Mr. Akhursts visiting. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
prayer meeting at Mr. Watsons in the evening.
22 – Wind NW, cool day. John and horses at Wms. Self and
Robert paving. Afternoon self and Robert making stairway. Annie
and Lizzie at Greenbank.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John whitewashing the kitchen. Self and
Robert making cattle stalls. Afternoon self and Robert at stalls.
Annie and Mother scrubbing. John gone to Barbaras.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Atchison preaching from Zechariah XIII:1.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert making cattle stalls.
John arrives from Whitby. Afternoon John and horses at Wms.
Self and Robert at stalls. John at Greenbank at committee
meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind Easterly, dull day, some rain in the forenoon. John and
horses at Wms. Self and Robert hoeing potatoes and laying floor
in the barn. Afternoon self and Robert at barn. Some rain through
the afternoon.
27 – Wind S, very warm. John gone to Mr. Turners well. Self and
Robert hoeing potatoes. Annie baking for the anniversary. Calf
died last night. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing potatoes. Annie
and Robert at Greenbank in the evening singing.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Turners. Robert at the Port.
Self cleaning the yard. Afternoon John burning rubbish at the
barn. Self picking bugs.
29 – Wind S, fine day. John hilling the potatoes. Self and Robert
at barn floor. Mother and Annie baking for the anniversary.
Afternoon self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Atchison preaching from 1st
Peter:7.
30 – Wind SW, some showery. John and Robert working at barn.
Self choring. Afternoon John fixing anniversary ground. Self and
Robt. at barn.
JULY 1 – Wind W, rough day. Self, Mother and Margaret to Brock
to the Sacrament. Mr. Atchison preaching from 1st
Corinthians:30.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Self at Brock at the session. John, George,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at the anniversary. Afternoon Mother
and self at the anniversary. Robert Minty here all night.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at barn. Self hoeing
corn. Afternoon John gone with Margaret and Robert Minty to the
Port. Self hoeing corn. Robert at barn.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert making the henhouse.
Self hoeing corn. Afternoon John at Jas. McMillans. Self putting
Paris Green on potatoes. Robert at henhouse. John, Robert and
Annie at Greenbank at social of the Union S. School.
5 – Wind S, some showers in the forenoon. John gone to Brock.
Self and Robert putting on doors. Afternoon Annie at the Port
with Lizzie. Self at Greenbank getting horses shoed. Robert at
barn. Mrs. P. Leask Sen. died.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Brock. Robert gone with
him. Self putting Paris Green on potatoes. Afternoon self and
Robert hilling corn.
7 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert gone to Barbaras. Self at
Greenbank getting pump rod fixed. Afternoon self and Wm. fixing
pump. Annie scrubbing. Mother at Wms.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott preaching from
John I:29.
9 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Self at Brock at meeting
about minister. Railway meeting at Greenbank in the evening.
10 –Wind W, fine day. Self mowing in orchard. Robert comes
home from Whitby. Afternoon self at Primitive Anniversary.
Robert & Annie at concert in the evening.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self mowing.
Annie and Lizzie gone to Whitby. Afternoon Robert at turnips.
Self mowing.
12 – Wind NW and very strong. Self mowing in orchard. Robert
raking hay. Afternoon self and Robert drew loads out of orchard.
Mr. Duff and Geo. Boddie mowing in the field.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self mowing fence corners. Robert raking.
Afternoon self and Robert drew one load of hay from orchard and
raked some in the field. Self at Greenbank and voting for bonus
for Toronto and Ottawa railroad. Carried by a majority of 273.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drew 4 loads hay.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. drawing hay. Self mowing fence
corners. Annie scrubbing.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching
from Psalms LXIX:4.
16 – Wind S, warm day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in hay.
Afternoon self, Robert, Wm. and Annie finished haying. 16 loads
altogether.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie at
Wms. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Lizzie here picking
cherries.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self plastering some
cracks in the barn. Got Bible from man, payable 4 months after
date.
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19 – Wind SW, some rain through the night. Self and Robert
fixing byre door. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Annie at Greenbank for the
papers. Robert at cricket in the evening.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
Robert drawing in hay for Wm. Self hoeing turnips. Annie
scrubbing. Rain at 6 o’clock.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. A.
Dobson preaching from Isaiah XXXVIII:1. “Set thine house in
order for those shalt die and not live”.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert at turnips.
24 – Wind W, very drying day. Self & Robert at turnips and
finishes hoeing the first time. Afternoon self and Robert fixing
barn. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Toronto for books. Self cutting
thistles. Afternoon self fixing latch of the barn. John arrives.
26 – Wind SW, very warm day. Self and Robert working at
granary. John at the Port. Afternoon self and Robert at barn. Self
at meeting in the Presbyterian Church.
27 – Wind S, very warm, rain in the morning. John at Wms.
Robert gone to the Port to get labels printed. Self putting glass in
windows. Annie picking berries. Afternoon self at windows.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
28 – Wind SW, very warm. Robert painting. Self pulling weeds
among the potatoes. Afternoon Annie scrubbing. Robert fixing
doors on the horse chutes. Self doing nought. John at
Greenbank.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. A. Dobson preaching from Hebrews XII:1,2.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John gone to John Watsons for a month.
Robert at Mr. Duffs binding. Self fixing stable windows. Afternoon
Robert fixing horse chutes. Mr. Duff having broke his reaper. Self
at windows. Mother and Annie at Wms.
31 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Mr. Duffs but did not work
any. Self weeding potatoes. Afternoon Robert cradling oats. Self
at potatoes. Annie and Lizzie at Port Perry.
AUG. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self binding
oats. Annie picking berries. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips.
Self binding oats. Annie picking berries.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Mr. Duffs. Self scuffling turnips.
Annie washing. Afternoon rain, nothing doing. Prayer meeting at
John Watsons.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert cutting and binding
wheat. Annie at berries. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Duffs. Self cutting pease and
oats. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Annie at berries. Self at pease.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Mother,
John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
6 – Wind W, dull day. Robert at Mr. Duffs. Self cutting oats. Annie
at berries. Afternoon self cutting oats. Mother at Wms. Rain in
the afternoon.
7 – Wind W, very warm. Self and Robert cutting wheat. Annie
washing, looking like rain. Afternoon self and Robert binding
oats. Mr. Duff reaping them.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert cutting and binding wheat.
Annie at berries. Afternoon self and Robert binding oats. Annie at
berries.
9 – Wind W, dull day. Self and Robert at wheat. Annie picking
berries. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Akhursts binding. Self binding
oats. Great shower of hail in the afternoon.
10 –Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts binding wheat.
Self cutting swath round wheat. Afternoon Wm. cradling. Self and
Robert binding. Annie at Greenbank.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Wm., Robert and Annie at wheat.
Afternoon self, Wm., Robert and Annie at wheat.
12 – Wind S and raining some. None at Sunday School. Still rain.
Nobody at any meeting.
13 – Wind SE, dull day. Wm. here cradling wheat. Self and
Robert binding. Afternoon Wm., self and Robert at wheat. Annie
at berries. Finishes cutting.
14 – Wind Easterly, rain in the morning. Robert at Wms. Self at
Port Perry. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring. Annie at
berries.
15 – Wind Easterly, looking like rain. Self and Robert at Wms.
binding. Heavy rain at noon. Afternoon self and Robert at Wms.
binding.
16 –Wind Easterly if anywhere. Self and Robert fixing shocks, the
wheat growing. Afternoon very dull and threatening rain. Self and
Robert at shocks and hoeing turnips. Mother at Wms. visiting.
Much thunder through the afternoon.
17 – Wind N, dull day. Self and Robert working at barn. Afternoon
Robert at turnips. Self at Greenbank getting horses shoed. Annie
at Greenbank. Some rain at night.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert turning over shocks and
unloosing some sheaves. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in
wheat, 6 loads. Pease and oats 3 loads. Mother and Annie out
binding and gathering pease and oats.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
George here. Self, Mother, John, George and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Marple preaching from Philippians
II:12,13.
20 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in wheat.
Mother and Annie loosing out oats. Afternoon self, Robert and
Wm. drawing wheat. Annie at the doctors with Lizzie.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. drawing in oats.
Afternoon self, Robert drawing in for Wm. Mother at Wms. and
Mrs. Akhurst there too, visiting.
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22 – Wind S, rather dull. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing wheat.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. drawing in oats and finishes
harvest for 1877.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert raking the wheat stubble. Self and
Annie at Port Perry. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in
rakings. Scott, pedlar, here all night.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
Robert hoeing turnips. Self hunting for the white heifer.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. fencing. Self hunting for
heifer. Afternoon Robert at turnips. Self hunting for heifer and
found her in the beaver meadow.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. A. Dobson preaching from Ecclesiastes XII:1.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert finishes hoeing turnips.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port seeing the
circus. Self choring. Afternoon some rain. Self choring. Barbara
here on a visit. John comes home.
29 – Wind W, warm day. John gone to the Port. Barbara and
Annie gone to James Hornes. Self and Robert clearing up the
barnyard. Afternoon self and Robert at barnyard. Barbara leaves
for home.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. John [?] from
home. Afternoon John at first concession of Brock. Robert
plowing. Self burning brush.
31 – Wind SW, fine day, some rain through the forenoon. John
plowing. Robert bad with sore gums. Self choring. Afternoon
John at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Robert plowing. Self in the
swamp.
SEPT. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Akhursts threshing.
Robert plowing. Self in the swamp. Afternoon John, Robert and
horses at Mr. Perkins threshing. Self in the swamp.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. A
stranger preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:14,15.
3 – Wind NW, rough day. John, Robert and horses at Perkins
threshing. Self in swamp. Afternoon John at James Walkers
threshing. Robert harrowing.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and John drawing out dung.
Afternoon John and Annie at Port Perry. Self and Robert in the
swamp.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Robert at dung. Afternoon
self, John and Robert at dung.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, John and Robert at dung. Afternoon
self, John and Robert at dung.
7 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, John and Robert finishes the
dung. Afternoon John at Greenbank getting Mr. Boddies waggon
mended. Self at fires. Robert making box.
8 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self and Robert spreading
dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Robert making road into
the shop. Mrs. Burton here and Joseph and Wm.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert & Annie at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert & Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Currie preaching from Acts IV:12.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. John plowing. Robert spreading dung.
Self chopping a tree out of the road. Afternoon John plowing.
Robert at dung. Self taking in fallen apples. Mother at C. Aslings.
11 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert scraping dirt at
barn. Self digging stump. Afternoon John goes to Little Britain.
Self and Robert scraping.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert scraping. Afternoon self
and Robert scraping. Mother at Wms. all night, his child sick.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert scraping. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
14 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Annie at Wms. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Wood of Mr. John [McReat?] being lost.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring.
16 – Wind W, rain in the morning. Nobody at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Fraser preaching from Isaiah IV:7.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self paving. Annie
washing. Afternoon some rain, not much doing. Mr. Asling here
visiting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Annie at
Wms. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self taking in apples. Annie at
Greenbank.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self, fencing. Afternoon
self and Mother goes to Mr. Jas. Smiths, Whitby.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Jas. Smith and Barbara at
Whitby Phair.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Mother comes home from Whitby.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Thos. Phairs
threshing. Afternoon self at threshing. Robert plowing.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott
preaching from Matthew XXVIII:12. Mrs. Craig buried at Presby.
Church.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Robert Phairs
threshing. Annie washing. Self fixing for machine and at Robert
Phairs part of the time.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Robert Phairs
threshing. Afternoon all at threshing.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Robert Phairs
threshing for a little while, then Robert plowing. Self away after
the machine. Mother at Wms.
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27 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Threshing machine here. Self,
Robert, Wm., Mr. Perkins and horses, Pat Calt and horses, Mr.
Jas. Walker, Mr. John Watson, Mr. W. Akhurst, George Boddie
Jun., Mr. Thos. Phair and Jas. Walker Jun., Messrs Horne, A
Leary and M. Neil threshers.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert taking in some straw.
Afternoon Robert at G. Boddies threshing. Self and Annie at
Greenbank. Mrs. Akhurst and Mrs. Rice here visiting.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Boddies
threshing. Afternoon self, Robert and horses at Wms. threshing.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Mother, Annie, George and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
OCT. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie taking up
potatoes. Afternoon Robert and horses drawing stones for Mr.
Somervilles house. Self and Annie at potatoes. Took in 1 load.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at potatoes.
Afternoon self, Robert and Mother at potatoes. Took in 3 loads.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Lindsay Phair. Self fixing pump.
Annie washing. Afternoon self at pump. Mrs. Robert Phair and
Mrs. Thos. Phair here visiting.
4 – Wind N and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self digging potatoes in the orchard. Rev. Achison inducted.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at potatoes.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie at potatoes. Took in 3
loads.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sick. Self choring. Afternoons self,
Mother and Annie finishes potatoe digging in the field. 1 load.
7 – Wind Easterly, very thick smoke. Robert sick. Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Annie, Emma Perkins at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from John IV:23.
8 – Wind S, rainy day, nothing doing. John away from home. Self
choring. Robert sick. John arrives.
9 – Wind S, fine day. John at Greenbank. Self fixing round.
Robert sick.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John away from home. Self choring.
Afternoon John goes to J. Smiths. Robert takes him to Port
Perry.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self at Greenbank with harrows.
Afternoon self choring. Robert still sick.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Self fixing the turnip house. Afternoon
fixing round. Robert still sick.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert on sick list.
Afternoons elf, Robert and Mother fanning wheat..
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 2nd
Peter III:12.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Self at Port Perry with wheat.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing the cattle
bindings. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Duffs sale. Annie
at Mr. Duffs.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self fixing. Mr. Akhurst here visiting.
18 – Wind SE, damp day. Robert plowing. Mother gone to James
Hornes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing the cows house.
19 – Wind SE, rather wet, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank. Self choring.
20 – Wind Easterly. Robert plowing. Self at Wms. logging.
Afternoon Robert plowing. John arrives from Whitby. Margaret
here on a visit.
21 – Wind Easterly. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew I:21.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. John and self at Wms.
logging. Afternoon Robert plowing. Mother visiting at Robt.
Phairs.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self making door. Robert plowing. John
taking in apples. Afternoon John plowing to Wm. Robert at the
Port to hear the trial between Mr. D. Perkins and Mr. Wm.
Ledingham. Mother at Mr. Perkins. Self fixing door.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing at Wms. Robert sawing
wood. Self making a chute for turnips. Afternoon Annie at the
Port. Self and Robert cleaning out the cowhouse.
25 – Wind Easterly and raining some. John at Wms. plowing. Self
going round paying debts. Robert pairing apples. Afternoon
raining, nothing doing.
[There is no entry recorded in the original diary for Oct. 26.]
27 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Self, John and Robert at turnips.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips.
Drew 12 loads.
28 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips.
Afternoon self, John, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew 16 loads.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips. Drew 13
loads. Annie asking hands to pairing bee.
31 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. Self, John and Robert at
turnips. Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips. Drew 14
loads.
NOV. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips. Drew 15 loads.
Prayer meeting at John Watsons. Self, Robert and Annie at it.
2 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at the
Port. Robert at Greenbank. Self choring. Pairing bee in the
evening and some dancing after. Henry Buel here all night.
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3 – Wind W and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Robert doing nought. Self choring. Cattle all in
tonight.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Cockburn preaching from Jeremiah VIII:20.
5 – Wind N and snowing some, nothing doing. Annie washing.
Robert at Wms. Afternoon still snowing, nothing doing. Mother
and Annie quilting.
6 – Wind N, fine day, but frosty, more snow through the night.
Mother and Annie quilting. Rest doing nought. Afternoon John at
the mill with grist. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
7 –Wind S, fine day, hard frost through the night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips drawing 4 loads which
finishes the turnips. 74 loads.
8 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. John and Robert at Wms.
turnips. Self choring. Afternoon heavy rain, nothing doing.
9 – Wind N, rather stormy. John and Robert at Wms. turnips. Self
doing nought. Annie making dress. Afternoon self at Greenbank
for the papers. Wm. finishes his turnips.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. John at the mill for grist. Self churning.
Robert choring. Afternoon John choring. Robert at the Port. Self
doing nought. Annie scrubbing.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Hebrews XIII:8.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert fixing pump. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert making a pigs house. Mr.
Walker here visiting.
13 – Wind S, hard frost, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert draining. Afternoon
self, John and Robert at drain.
15 – Wind S and looking like rain. John plowing at Wms. Self and
Robert choring. Afternoon self and Robert choring. John plowing.
Robert at prayer meeting.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing at Wms. Self and Robert
digging the garden. Afternoon self at garden. Robert at
Greenbank for papers. George comes home.
17 – Wind S, some slight showers. John plowing at Wms. Self
and George at Port Perry. Robert fixing bars.
18 – Wind N, cold rough day. Robert at the Sunday School. John,
George, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
19 – Wind N, rather cold. Self choring. Robert fixing clock. John
and George at the Port. Afternoon George at Greenbank to get
his boots mended. Robert making sleigh. Self and John doing
nought. John, Robert and Annie at a spree at Mr. Akhursts in the
evening. Self and George at Bible Society meeting at
Greenbank.
20 – Wind N, fine day. George gone to Mr. Beatons. John gone to
Mara. Robert gone to take them back apiece. Afternoon Robert
making sleigh. Self doing nought.
21 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Annie gone to Brock.
Afternoon Robert at sleigh. Self choring. Mr. Akhurst, John
Acksay and Thomas Scott here in the evening.
22 – Wind S, rainy sort of day. General fast through the
Dominion. Self, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Psalms LXVIII:19.
23 – Wind S, rather dull, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert making
sleigh. Self choring. John arrives from Mara. Spree at Wms.
24 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing but reading papers.
Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
25 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Sunday School. John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Annie at the English Meeting. Robert at
Primitive Meeting.
26 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John plowing to Wm. Self and
Robert ditching. Afternoon very heavy rain, nothing doing. Annie
washing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing to Wm. Self and Robert
choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms. ditching. Self choring.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Robert plastering chimney.
Self cleaning barnyard. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
Robert at the Port. Spree at Mr. Akhursts.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Brock. Self and Robt.
doing nought. Annie gone collecting for Bible Society.
30 – Wind NW, fine day, but cold. John at Jas. Walkers. Self and
Robert doing nought. Rev. Mr. Achison here. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank for the papers. Annie at Messrs. Phair collecting for
Bible Society.
DEC. 1 – Wind NE, fine day, nothing doing. Mr. I. Clemens here.
Afternoon John at Jas. Walkers. Annie scrubbing. James Smith
and Barbara comes from Whitby.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Barbara, Annie and Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Jas. Smith, Barbara and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Psalms
LXXXVIII:5.
3- Wind W, fine day. John At Jas. Walkers. Self and Robert
doing nought. Afternoon Jas. Smith and Barbara leave for home.
Nothing doing.
4 – Wind S and thawing, nothing doing. Robert making sleigh.
John gone to Lateen. Afternoon nothing doing.
5 – Wind SE and raining some. Robert making sleigh, nothing
doing. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Mary Michie comes from
Brock. Mother at Wms.
6 – Wind NW, rough day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self doing nought. Annie and Mary Michie
at Wms.
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7 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self piling
wood. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Mr. Ledingham here.
8 – Wind NW, fine day, nothing doing. Annie and Mary scrubbing.
Afternoon John at Port Perry. Self and Robert doing nought.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Annie and Mary at the Sunday
School. Mother, John, Robert, Annie and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
10 – Wind SW, snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon John at Brock
with Mary Michie.
11 – Wind S and thawing. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert sawing wood. Self
piling wood.
12 – Wind S, soft day. Self, John and Robert killing pigs.
Afternoon John and Robert sawing wood. Self splitting wood.
13 – Wind W with some showers. Self and John cutting up pigs.
Afternoon John and Robert sawing wood. Self fixing [?].
14 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert sawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon Annie at Greenbank for papers. Self splitting
wood. John and Robert sawing wood.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert splitting rails. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert at rails. Self splitting
wood.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew XI:28.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp splitting
rails. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert at rails. Self
splitting wood. Meeting at Presbyterian Church in the evening.
Nobody from here at it.
18 – Wind SE, cold day. John and Annie gone to the Port.
Afternoon Robert in the swamp. George here for a little while.
Self cleaning the door yard.
19 – Wind S, rainy day. Robert whitewashing. John helping. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John from home. Robert over at the
railroad. Annie cleaning up.
20 – Wind W, dull day. Annie cleaning up. John and Robert
splitting rails. Annie at Wms. in the afternoon. John and Robert at
rails.
21 – Wind SE, dull day. John and Robert at rails. Self choring.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert making box for Annie.
22 – Wind S, fine day, but soft and foggy. John gone to the Port
for Margaret. Robert making box. Afternoon Robert at box. Self
choring. Annie at Wms.
23 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting. John and Robert at English
Meeting.
24 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at Annies box. John doing
nought. Afternoon nothing doing. John, Robert, Annie and
Margaret at Greenbank at exhibition in the evening.
25 – Wind Easterly, nothing doing. Christmas day. Self and
Mother at Wms. to dinner. Afternoon nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs.
Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Akhurst and Mr. Edwards here to supper.
John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at Wms. at a spree. Mr.
Edwards and son here all night.
26 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Nothing doing. Annie at Wms.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Mother at James Walkers. Self
and Robert doing nothing.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. John helping Mr. Akhurst to take in
turnips. Robert hunting with Edwards. Self doing nought.
Afternoon nothing doing. Margaret at Wms.
28 – Wind E, fine day. John and Margaret at the Port. Self and
Robert choring. Afternoon John at Greenbank for papers. Self
and Robert at Wms. helping him to kill a pig.
29 – Wind NE, rather cold. John at Greenbank. Self and Robert
doing nought. Margaret scrubbing. Annie baking. Mother at
Wms. Afternoon Margaret at Robert Phairs.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Colossians
III:4.
31 – Wind N, cold day. John gone to Kirkfield. Robert gone to
Port Perry. Self doing nought. Margaret and Annie baking.
Afternoon nothing doing. Isabella Michie comes here at 9
o’clock.
And thus ends the year 1877. Not one particle of snow.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1878
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon self and
Mother at Mr. Akhursts to dinner. Barbara, Marg Smith and
Ebenezer arrives from Whitby. Spree in the evening. Some thirty
at it. Broke up at 2 o’clock.
2 – Wind N, snowing some, fine day. Nothing doing. Barbara,
Margaret and Isabella Michie at Wms. Afternoon Ebenezer Smith
and sister leaves for home. Nothing doing.
3 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon Annie at the Port
on foot. Self and Mother at Mr. Perkins at dinner. Barbara,
Margaret, Isabella Michie, John, Robert and Annie there in the
evening.
4 – Wind S and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank for papers. Isabella Michie making dress.
5 – Wind W, stormy day. John gone with Barbara and Isabella
Michie to Brock. Self and Robert doing nought. Afternoon Annie
scrubbing. Margaret ironing. Self and Robert doing nought.
Mother pairing apples.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. John,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mother
some sick. Lizzie here in the afternoon.
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7 – Wind all round, fine day. John gone to Whitby with Barbara
and Annie. Self at Greenbank voting for councilors. Robert
choring. Afternoon Margaret at Wms. Self and Robert doing
nought.
8 – Wind SE, snowing some, nothing doing. Robert gone to
school. Self choring. Afternoon John arrives home.
9 –Wind S, fine day. John at Greenbank with wood. Self at school
meeting. Afternoon John at wood. Nothing doing. Margaret
washing. John gets horses shoed.
10 – Wind SE and raining. Robert at school. Nothing doing.
Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
11 – Wind N and raining, nothing doing. Robert at school. John in
the woods. Margaret spinning. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
choring. Margaret spinning.
12 – Wind N, soft day. John in the woods. Robert at Greenbank
getting his boot mended. Self choring. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert at the Port. Margaret spinning. George
Wadingham here in the evening.
13 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Philippians II:16.
14 – Wind Easterly fine day. John in the wood. Robert at school.
Self at Mr. Blairs visiting. Margaret washing. Afternoon Margaret
spinning. Self choring.
15 – Wind N, snowing some. John in the woods. Robert at the
school. Self writing to Miss Mitchell. Margaret spinning.
Afternoon nothing doing. Self choring.
16 – Wind N, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at school.
Margaret spinning. Self doing some chores and writing to
George Tough. Afternoon Mother at Wms. Margaret spinning.
Self writing.
17 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at school.
Margaret spinning. Self choring. Afternoon John at Thos. Phairs
threshing. Margaret spinning. Self choring. Self, Margaret and
Robert at the prayer meeting at Mr. John Watsons in the
evening.
18 – Wind Easterly, dull foggy day. Robert at school. John at
Thos. Phairs threshing. Margaret spinning. Self choring. Mother
going round. Afternoon Margaret at Greenbank. John in the
woods. Self choring.
19 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Self mending boots.
Margaret scrubbing. Robert doing nought. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self mending boots. Robert choring. No sleighing this
winter yet.
20 – Wind SW, rather dull day. John, Margaret and Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Acts XXI:17.
21 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at school.
Margaret washing. Self sawing wood. Afternoon self sawing
wood.
22 – Wind W, and snowing some. John in the woods. Robert at
school. Self sawing wood. Margaret gone to Whitby. Afternoon
self at mill with grist. Investigation into the P.O. affairs at
Greenbank.
23 – Wind NW, cold stormy day. John and horses at Greenbank
digging the foundation of Presbyterian Church. Robert at school.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Mother spinning. Self doing nought.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at school. Self and John fanning
wheat. Afternoon self and John at wheat. Margaret and Annie
arrive from Whitby. Self, John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Mrs. Leasks at the prayer meeting.
25 – Wind Easterly, rather dull day, nothing doing. Margaret
spinning. Self, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cockburn preaching from 1st
Timothy
II:5.
26 – Wind Easterly. John and Robert in the woods. Self doing
nought. Annie scrubbing. Margaret spinning. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Self and Robert doing nought.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
1st
Corinthians V:7,8. Communion today and one hundred and
twelve at the table. Collection between 7 and 8 dollars.
28 – Wind N, fine day but cold. Robert at the school. John doing
nought. Self doing nought. Margaret spinning. Annie washing.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self doing nought. Margaret
spinning. Mother baking.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at school. Self and John sawing
wood. Margaret spinning. Wm. and wife gone to Whitby. James
here. Afternoon self choring. Mother spinning. Mary Duff here
and Emma Perkins & Annie Perkins, Margaret, Annie and Robert
at Mr. Duffs in the evening.
30 – Wind Easterly, fine day but frosty. John in the woods. Self
choring. Robert at school. Margaret spinning. Annie at Wms.
doing chores. Afternoon Margaret spinning. Self choring.
31 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at the school. Self and John
in the woods. Margaret spinning. Afternoon John, Margaret,
Annie, Annie Perkins and Emma Perkins at Port Perry. Self
choring. And so ends January without any sleighing.
FEB. 1 – Wind NE, some stormy. John in the woods. Robert at
the school. Self mending the spinning wheel. Afternoon John in
the woods. Self choring. Margaret spinning. Mother sewing.
David Byers and Mary Byers and James Leask here in the
evening. Jean Leask and Susie Real here all night.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert doing
nought. Margaret spinning. Annie scrubbing. Mother choring.
Jean Leask and Susan Real leaves for Mr. Perkins. Afternoon
John away somewhere. Self choring.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from John XII:26.
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4 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Self choring. Annie washing. Margaret spinning. Afternoon John
drawing wood to the schoolhouse. Mother visiting at Mrs. Byers.
Margaret at Wms. Self doing nought.
5 – Wind W, fine day. John drawing out wood. Robert at the
school. Self choring. Margaret spinning. Afternoon John drawing
wood to school. Margaret spinning. Self choring. John, Margaret,
Robert and Annie at [?] meeting in the evening at Greenbank.
Lizzie and family here in the afternoon.
6- Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Margaret spinning. Annie ironing. Mother baking. Self choring.
Afternoon John drawing wood to school. Self choring. Mr. Wm.
Jacques, cattle dealer, here.
7 – Wind S, fine day. John drawing wood to the school. Robert at
school. Afternoon John drawing wood. Self choring. Margaret
spinning. Annie at Wms. Robert at Mr. Somervilles at the prayer
meeting in the evening. Heard of Pope Pius IX, his death.
8 – Wind N, fine day. John drawing wood. Robert at the school.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon John drawing wood. Margaret and
Annie visiting at Mr. John Watsons. Self choring.
9 – Wind NE, rather stormy. John and Robert grinding axe. Self
choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John at Mr. Davidsons wood
bee. Robert at the Port. Annie at Wms. Self fixing turnips.
10 – Wind Easterly and snowing. Nobody at the Sunday School.
John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
11 – Wind N, fine day. John drawing wood. Robert at school.
Margaret at Port Perry on foot. Annie washing. Self choring.
Afternoon John drawing wood. Self choring. Annie scrubbing.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John drawing wood. Robert at the
school. Self at Greenbank with cattle. Afternoon John at Walter
Aslings wood bee. Annie at Mr. Akers. Mr. Davidson from
Pickering here wanting Margaret.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the school. Self and John
drawing rails. Margaret washing. Afternoon John drawing out
wood. Self choring. Margaret and Annie at Protracted Meeting at
Greenbank. Robert at Mr. Akhursts. John at Wms., all in the
evening.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. John gone to the Port with wheat. Robert
at the school. Mother, Margaret and Annie dressmaking. Self
choring. Afternoon self and John fanning wheat. Mother,
Margaret and Annie at dressmaking. Self, Mother, John,
Margaret, Annie and Robert at John Watsons in the evening at
prayer meeting.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the school. John at the Port
with wheat. Margaret at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon self
choring. Margaret dressmaking. Mrs. Walker here visiting.
16 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood. Self
splitting wood. Miss Annie Perkins here dressmaking. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert at wood. Self doing
nought. Margaret and Annie Perkins dressmaking.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Isaiah IV:67.
18 – Wind N, fine day. John at James Walkers at sawing
machine. Robert at the school. Self choring. Annie at the Port.
Afternoon Margaret and Annie Perkins dressmaking. Self
choring. Georgina Luke here.
19 –Wind S, fine day. John drawing out wood. Robert at school.
Self choring. Afternoon self, John and Annie at the Missionary
Meeting at Presbyterian Church. Georgina and Margaret
dressmaking.
20 – Wind S, dull day, some snow through night. John drawing
wood. Robert at the school. Annie washing. Self choring.
Afternoon John drawing wood. Margaret at Wms. Annie and
Georgina at Thos. Phairs. Self choring.
21 – Wind NE and raining some. John gone to Port with wood.
Robert at the school. Self choring. Afternoon Annie at Wms. Self
choring. Margaret sewing.
22 – Wind Easterly, rain all night, nothing doing. Robert at the
school. Annie at Wms. Self and John doing nought. Afternoon
still raining, nothing doing.
23 – Wind W and snowing some. John at the Port with wood.
Robert at the Port with Margaret, she going to Whitby. Self
choring. Afternoon self at James Walkers. Annie scrubbing.
24 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Campbell preaching from Romans VIII:1.
25 – Wind N, rather cold. John at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Robert at school. Annie washing. Self choring. Afternoon
John in the woods. Annie at Mrs. Aslings. Self choring. Alex.
Michie and Mrs. Michie here all night. Robert and Annie at Mr.
Duffs at a spree in the evening.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the school. John tries to go to
Port but turns. Self choring. Mother baking. Afternoon John in the
woods. Mother at Mr. Perkins. Alex. Michie and Mrs. Michie gone
to Wms. Annie ironing. Self choring. George Boddie here in the
evening. Mary Real married.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Robert at the
school. Annie at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John drawing wood. Robert at the school.
Self splitting wood. Annie at Wms. Afternoon Alex. Gordon and
Mrs. Gordon here visiting. Self doing nought. Annie at Wms.
MAR. 1 – Wind Easterly, rather cold. John at Port Perry with
wood. Robert at the school. Self making potatoe chopper. Annie
comes home from Wms. Afternoon Robert at John Watsons
wood bee. Annie at Mrs. Watsons quilting bee. John at Mr.
Watsons in the evening, there being a great spree.
2 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Robert doing nought. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon raining,
nothing doing.
3 – Wind Easterly, very dull foggy day. Robert at the Sunday
School. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. No
preacher. Robert at the Methodist Meeting. Very muddy road.
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4 – Wind N, cold rough day. John in the woods. Robert at school.
Annie washing. Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
doing nought. Annie scrubbing. Still very cold. Robert at Mrs.
Leasks in the evening at Missionary meeting.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Self at Pat [Calts?] for the pick. Afternoon John at the Port with
wood. Self choring. Annie at Wms.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John at well digging for the new church.
Robert at the school. Annie at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon self
turning turnips. Annie at Wms.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John at church well. Robert at the school.
Self doing chores. Afternoon self choring. Mrs. Robert Phair here
for some yarn.
8 – Wind S, fine day. John at well. Robert at the school. Self
making stand table. Afternoon Mother at Mrs. Byers, she being
sick. Self choring.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. John at well. Robert boiling sap. Self and
Annie at Port Perry. John at the Division meeting.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
John, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
11 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John at well. Robert at the school.
Annie washing. Self choring. Afternoon Annie at Wms. Mother
baking. Self wheeling firewood. John at John Leasks in the
evening at managers meeting.
12 – Wind Easterly, foggy damp day. John at well. Robert at the
school. Annie at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Lizzie, Barbara Walker and Mrs. Newman here visiting. Still very
foggy and dull. Mr. Earchman, the assessor, here.
13 – Wind NE, rainy day. John gone to Greenbank. Robert at the
school. Self choring. Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
14 – Wind N and snowing. John at well. Robert at the school. Self
choring. Afternoon John at the Port on horseback. Self choring.
15 – Wind N, fine day. John at the well. Robert at the school. Self
choring. Afternoon Mother spinning. Self choring.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the well. Robert boiling sap. Self
at Manchester Station with Margarets box. Bad roads.
17 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 2nd Peter III and last verse.
18 - Wind N, fine day. John at well. Robert at the school. Self
choring. Annie washing. Afternoon Annie at sap boiling. Mother
spinning.
19 – Wind N, fine day. John at well. Robert at the school. Self at
the mill for grist. Afternoon Mother at Wms. Annie at Mr. Thos.
Phairs visiting.
20 – Wind N, fine day. John at Mr. Perkins. Robert at the school.
Self splitting wood. Annie at Wms. Mother sewing. Self splitting
wood. Mother at Wms. all night, George being sick.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the school. John at Mrs. Leasks.
Self at Saintfield at Doctor for Wms. George. Mother at Wms.
Afternoon self drawing wood. John at Mr. Perkins.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John, Annie and Isabella Michie at the
Port. Robert at the school. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John at
Mr. Perkins. Self splitting wood. Annie and Isabella Michie at
Wms. John gathering sap.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at sap. Self drawing
wood. Afternoon self and Annie at Mrs. Markhams funeral. John
gone with Isabella Michie to Saintfield.
24 – Wind N, very stormy day. Robert at the Sunday School.
Afternoon very stormy. Nobody at any church. Annie at Mrs.
Byers.
25 – Wind N and very stormy. John at Wms. Robert at the school.
Afternoon still stormy, nothing doing. John at Greenbank.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mrs. Leasks. Robert at the
school. Self drawing wood. Annie at Wms. Afternoon self boiling
sap. Wms. daughter died 1875. [That would be Alice Maude
Michie b. 12 Apr. 1874].
27 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the school. John not come
home. Self at Perkins. Afternoon self, John and Robert at Mr.
Perkins sale. Annie at Mr. Perkins. Mrs. John Leask here visiting.
28 – Wind NE and snowing. Robert at the school. Nothing doing.
Annie washing. Afternoon John at Port Perry. Self mending
boots. Self, Robert and Annie at Mr. Watsons prayer meeting.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the school. Nothing doing.
Afternoon John gone to Brock. Self mending boots.
30 – Wind NE, fine day. John arrives from Brock. George comes
from Saintfield. Robert boiling sap. Afternoon John and Mother
packing. George gone to Barbaras, nothing doing. Robert at the
Division in the evening.
31 – Wind Easterly. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Titus III:5.
APR. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert taking John to the Port, he
going to Iowa. Annie at sap. Self turning turnips. Afternoon
Robert brings George from Port Perry. Mother twisting yarn. Self
splitting wood. Robert at sap.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the school. Self at Greenbank
for clavis to gangplow. Afternoon self mending harness. Robert
and Annie at Greenbank in the evening at Mr. Brandons lecture
on the Crimean War.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at sap. Self mending harness.
Afternoon Robert at sap. Self at the Port for asafetida24
for
horses. Lizzie and children here.
4 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self mending harness. Self, Robert
and Annie at Mr. Ross’s at prayer meeting. Annie goes to Brock.
24
Asafetida is used to aid digestion and in cases of
asthma and bronchitis.
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5 – Wind SE, fine day. Self mending harness. Robert at the Port
for blacking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self oiling harness.
6 – Wind N, rather showery. Robert plowing. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self carrying seed to Wms. sowing.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Matthew XVIII:18,19,20. Annie comes home from Brock.
8 - Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self sowing grass
seed. Annie at sap. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self piling
wood. Annie at Greenbank. Mother gets 2 pigs from Mrs. Phair.
9 – Wind E, looking like rain. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing bars.
10 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing apple
trees. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing apple trees. Some
rain at night.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert moving Mr. Perkins. Self and
Annie helping Mr. Perkins. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring. Mrs. Horne died after being in bed 25 years.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self mending Wms.
harness. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Wm. sowing wheat. Self
carrying seeds.
13 – Wind N, cold day. Robert choring. Self and Annie at Mrs.
Hornes funeral, the corpse brought from Uxbridge to the
Presbyterian gravery at 12th
concession Reach.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Mark XI:22.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert rolling. Self choring in the garden.
16 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert rolling. Self fixing the
garden. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self carrying seed to Wm.
sowing oats. Annie at Mr. George Buels visiting. Robert at
Greenbank at Mr. Brandons lecture on the Crimean War.
17 – Wind Easterly, fine day, very warm. Robert harrowing. Self
sowing grass seeds. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self choring. Mrs.
Akhurst, Mrs. Davidson and Lizzie here visiting.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Mother in the
garden. Afternoon self repairing fences.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self fencing. Afternoon
Annie at Greenbank for the papers. Self fixing braces in the barn.
James [Rennies?] barn burned.
20 – Wind S and raining some. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Rain
before dinner. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self and Annie at Port
Perry. Robert at the Sons of Temperance Division in the evening.
George here in the evening.
21 – Wind NW, cold bleak day. Robert at the Sunday School.
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching.
22 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self planting apple trees.
Annie washing. Afternoon raining. Self turning turnips. Robert
doing nought.
23 – Wind E, dull foggy day. Robert at Wms. Self digging in the
orchard. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self fencing. Robert at Mr. J.
Watsons in the evening.
24 – Wind S, dull day. Self and Robert drawing dung into the
orchard. Afternoon heavy shower at 3 o’clock. Self cutting
potatoes. Robert choring.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port on foot, horses sick.
Self at James Walkers. Afternoon self cutting potatoes. Robert
brings a new suit from the Port. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie
at John Watsons at prayer meeting. Mr. Achison did not come.
Mrs. Real died.
26 – Wind Easterly, looking like rain. Self and Robert working in
the orchard. Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Mrs.
Reals funeral.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Horses sick, nothing doing. Self cutting
potatoes. Robert in the shop. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self
and Robert cutting potatoes. Robert at Greenbank in the evening
at Temperance meeting.
28 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Joshua XXIV:15. Showers
in the afternoon.
29 – Wind Easterly and raining some. Robert making watering
trough. Self doing nought. Annie washing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing. Some people come to Lukes place.
30 – Wind S, fine day, nothing to do, horse sick. Put out the
young cattle to the swamp. Afternoon Annie at Greenbank.
MAY 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Self at Greenbank with Lizzie. Annie
at Wms. Robert at the Port. Afternoon self at Wms. fixing stoves.
Mrs. Davidson here. James Smith and Barbara come.
2 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Jas. Smith
and Barbara goes to Brock to see A. Michie. Self repairing
fences. Robert fixing Wms. gate. Annie at Wms. Mr. Scott,
pedlar, here. Thunder storm in the evening.
3 – Wind N, frequent showers, nothing doing. Afternoon James
Smith and Barbara leaves for home. Robert at Greenbank for the
papers. Much rain through the afternoon.
4 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing, ground very wet. Afternoon
Robert dunging out the henhouse. Self fencing. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Acts IV:12.
6 – Wind SE, fine day but some rain. Horse still sick, nought
doing. Annie washing. Mother at Mr. George Buels in the
afternoon.
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7 – Wind Easterly, sometimes looking like rain. Self and Robert
oiling harness. Afternoon self and Robert planting trees. Annie
visiting at Mr. Phairs.
8 – Wind N, some foggy and very hot. Self and Robert choring.
Mother boiling soap. Afternoon Mother at John Watsons visiting.
Self and Robert filling up potatoes. Annie and Jean Akhurst at
Mr. Williams visiting for the first time.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert bagging potatoes and
taking them to the barn. Mother boiling soap. Afternoon self and
Robert at potatoes.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing out dung for
potatoes. Afternoon Robert plowing in the orchard. Self
spreading dung. Miss Mellison Williams here visiting.
11 – Wind NW, rough cold day. Self, Robert and Annie planting
potatoes. Mr. Dan Rose here to dinner. Afternoon self, Robert
and Annie planting potatoes. Robert at the Temperance Meeting
at Greenbank in the evening.
12 – Wind NW, some snow through the night. Robert at the
Sunday School. Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Annie at the English Meeting.
13 – Wind NW, cold day, nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon Robert painting. Self choring.
14 – Wind W, rather cold. Robert harrowing. Self digging in the
orchard. Afternoon self and Robert planting corn. Annie at Mrs.
Davidsons visiting. Mother at Wms.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing bricks to new church.
Self putting up bills for road work. Afternoon self and Robert
planting corn. Mother at Robert Phairs. Mrs. [Coleraine?] sick.
Annie goes there to stop a few days.
16 – Wind S, frost through the night, fine day. Robert drawing
brick, went twice. Self clearing out the pigpen. Afternoon self
fixing pigpen. Annie over from Robt. Phairs.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Bob at the mill with grist and once at
Uxbridge for brick. Self doing nought. Mother churning.
Afternoon self asking Thos. Phair, C. Asling, D. Byers and Mr.
Akhurst to draw bricks. John arrives at 9 o’clock.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. harrowing.
John at Wms. Self cutting thistles. Mother scrubbing. Afternoon
John at Greenbank. Self at thistles. Robert at division meeting in
the evening.
19 – Wind SE, threatening rain. Robert at the Sunday School.
Nobody at meeting. Annie over from Mr. Phairs.
20 – Wind S, fine day. John and Annie at the Port. Self and
Robert doing nought. Afternoon John at the new Church. Robert
doing nought. Self cutting thistles. Rain through the afternoon.
21 – Wind SW, dull looking day. John at church. Robert fixing
box. Annie washing. Afternoon self at Greenbank getting mare
shoed. Robert at Greenbank about church. Mother at Mr. Phairs
visiting.
22 – Wind N, fine day. John at church. Robert gone for bricks.
Self at Manchester making declaration. Afternoon nothing doing.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Uxbridge for brick. John at the
new church. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
at James Walkers. Robert at Mrs. Leasks at prayer meeting.
Mother at Robert Phairs all night.
24 – Wind W, dull day, some rain through the night. Nothing
doing. Queen’s birthday. John plowing. Self and Robert doing
nought. Afternoon John plowing. Robert at Mr. Akhursts playing
cricket. Annie at Mr. Akhursts. Self at Greenbank for papers.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self on the 11 concession
finding the line. John doing nought. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self and John at 11th
concession at job letting.
Robert at division meeting in Greenbank.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew V:6.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John working at the 11th
concession.
Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles. Annie washing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank. Mother at Mrs. Akhursts
picking bee.
28 – Wind S, fine day. John at the 11th
concession. Robert
plowing. Self cutting thistles. Annie sick. Afternoon Robert at the
Port attending Grand Division Sons of Temperance.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Annie still sick. Self cutting thistles. John going round.
Afternoon John at the job on concession. Robert harrowing. Self
cutting thistles. Annie getting better.
30 –Wind Easterly, fine day. John at the concession. Robert
harrowing. Self turning potatoes. Afternoon Robert gone for
brick. Self at the thistles. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
the prayer meeting at Mrs. Watsons in the evening.
31 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at the concession. Robert
harrowing. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self
cutting thistles. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
JUNE 1 – Wind S, fine day. John at the concession. Self and
Robert fanning oats. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self at Port
Perry with oats. Robert choring. Robert at the Temperance
Division meeting at Greenbank in the evening.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Acheson preaching from Psalms LXIII:8.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Annie washing. Self and Robert filling up
potatoes. Afternoon self at Port Perry with potatoes. Robert
cutting thistles. John sick.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Annie at Port Perry with
potatoes. John and Robert spudding thistles. Afternoon John at
thistles. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self at the concession looking
at the jobs.
5 – Wind N, very cold day. John plowing for Wm. Robert doing
nought. Self and John Watson at concession passing the jobs.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self cutting thistles. Robert at Mr.
McWilliams at prayer meeting.
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6 – Wind NE, rather cold. Robert at Wms. plowing. John cutting
thistles. Self at thistles. Afternoon John at thistles. Self digging
cabbage ground.
7 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self and
John cutting thistles. Afternoon self, Mother, John, Robert and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Brown preaching from
Philippians I:21. Tokens given for the sacrament on Sabbath.
8 – Wind SE, dull day. Self planting cabbages. Annie scrubbing.
John cutting thistles. Robert doing nought. Afternoon John and
Robert at the sideline, some jobs being let there. Self hoeing
corn. Mother at Wms. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Brock at
the Communion. Mr. Achison preaching from Revelation I:5,6.
10 – Wind S, fine day. John drilling. Self hoeing corn. Robert
cutting thistles. Afternoon John drilling. Self hoeing. Robert at
thistles. Miss Mellison Williams here visiting. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
11 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Manchester. Robert at
Wms. drawing out dung. Self hoeing. Miss Eva Perkins here
visiting. Annie gone to Greenbank with her.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John and Robert at statute labour.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at road work.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert and horses at the
road work. Afternoon self, John, Robert and horses at the road
work which finishes the statute 25
labour. Man and horses and
waggon reckon 3 ½ days.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. with horses. Self writing.
Robert doing nought. George Michie and his wife here visiting.
Afternoon John at Wms. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self
going round with George Michie.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Annie fixing at
window blinds. Self writing. Robert reading the papers. Afternoon
John at Wms. Self and Robert picking bugs. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Genesis XLIX:18.
17 – Wind NW, rather cold. John drilling. Robert choring. Self at
the Port with turnip boxes. Afternoon John drilling. Self and
Robert picking bugs. John, Robert and Annie at Greenbank in
the evening.
18 – Wind W, fine day. John drilling. Self and Robert hoeing corn.
Annie washing. Afternoon John drilling. Self sowing turnips.
Robert hoeing. Alex. Michie Jun. and his mother here visiting.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Annie at the Port. Self
mending harness. Robert choring. Afternoon John and horses at
Wms. Self and Robert picking bugs. Annie at Mrs. Aslings.
Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the evening practicing for the
anniversary.
25
Statute labour was done in lieu of paying as much in
taxes.
[There is no entry in the diary for June 20th
].
21 – Wind S, fine day. John and horses working on the sideline.
Robert at Wms. Self writing to George Tough. Afternoon Robert
at Wms. Self at Greenbank for the papers.
22 – Wind SE. rather rainy. John and horses at Wms. Self and
Robert reading the papers. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John at
the Port with hay. Self and Robert doing nought. Annie papering
the cupboard.
23 – Wind N, rather dull day. Robert and Annie at Greenbank
practicing singing for the anniversary. Much rain through the
forenoon. Nobody at Presbyterian Church.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at the road. Self at the
Port to hear the case between Luke and Perkins. Annie washing.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at the road. Self
mowing in the wood. Afternoon self mowing. Annie at
Greenbank.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John at the sideline. Robert gone to
Temperance procession to Saintfield. Self mowing some.
Afternoon John gone with hay to Prince Albert for Wm. Self
picking bugs. Mother, Mrs. Walker and Annie baking for
anniversary. Mrs. Davidson helping. Annie at Mr. Watsons in the
evening.
27- Wind W, fine day. John gone to Greenbank with horses to
shoe. Robert, John and Annie gone to the Port to see the boat
races and [?]. Self hoeing potatoes. Mother baking bread for the
anniversary. Afternoon self hoeing potatoes.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at the sideline. Self
hoeing potatoes. Afternoon self at Greenbank for papers.
29 – Wind S, fine day, very warm. Robert away fixing the grounds
for the anniversary. John doing nought. Self at Port Perry for
Margaret and Miss McTaggart. Afternoon John and Robert at the
sideline. Self making hay. Robert at Division in the evening.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. John, Robert, Margaret, Annie and Miss
McTaggart at the Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Isaiah
XI:11.
JULY 1 – Wind SW, fine day. All at the Anniversary all day. Mr.
Joseph Real, Mr. Achison, Mr. Patison and others speakers.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Port with Margaret and Miss
McTaggart to go home with the train. John going round hunting
work. Robert hoeing potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing
potatoes.
3 – Wind W, fine rainy day, nothing doing. John churning. Annie
washing. Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
4 – Wind Easterly, raining heavy. Nothing doing. Afternoon John
and Annie gone to Whitby. Self hoeing corn. Robert at turnips.
5 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
corn. Mrs. A. Michie and Mrs. Foster here visiting. Afternoon self
and Robert hoeing turnips.
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6 – Wind S, very warm day. Self putting Paris Green on the
potatoes. Robert hoeing turnips. John and Annie arrive from
Whitby. Afternoon John at the Port with hay. Self at potatoes.
Robert at turnips. Robert at Division Meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind S, very warm. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 2nd
Timothy III:15.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon John at Port with hay. Self and Robert at
turnips. Annie at School anniversary at Shaws. Robert at
Greenbank.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips. Afternoon
Robert gone with John to Raglan. Annie at the Port. Self at
turnips.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self
and Robert at turnips. Mother visiting at Mr. Walkers.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self
and Robert at turnips.
12 – Wind S, rather dull day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon
Robert at turnips. Self at Greenbank for papers.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Self hoeing the
potatoes. Robert and George Boddie gone to Toronto for books
to Sunday School. Afternoon self at potatoes and at the Port at
night for Robert and G. Boddie.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Eva Perkins here to dinner. Self, Mother, Robert, Annie and Eva
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Jeremiah
IV:14.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self potatoe
hoeing. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at turnips. Self cutting
hay in the orchard.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at turnips. Self mowing the fence
corners. Robert Phair mowing. Afternoon Robert hilling up the
potatoes. Self mowing. Mr. Phair finishes at 5 o’clock.
17 – Wind W, very warm day. Self and Robert raking and cocking
hay. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert drew in 5 loads of hay.
18 – Wind W, rather gloomy. Self and Robert, Wm., Mother and
Annie at hay raking and cocking and drew in one load. Afternoon
rain. Robert at the Port.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self, Wm., and Robert drew in 9 loads of hay. Annie at
Greenbank for papers.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drew 2 loads of hay
out of orchard. Afternoon self, Robert and horses drawing in hay
for Wm.
21 – Wind NW and very high. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Brown preaching.
22 – Wind strong from the NW. Robert at mill with grist. Self
mowing. Afternoon self mowing. Robert hoeing.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at mill for grist. Self mowing. Annie
picking berries. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Self mowing.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
picking berries. Mother putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Afternoon self, Robert and horses at Wms. drawing hay.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips and rowing
hay. Afternoon self, Robert, Mother and Annie stacking hay. 5
loads which finishes haying. Commences to rain at 5 o’clock.
26 – Wind SW, rainy day. Self and Robert fixing in the barn.
Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at turnips. Self at the Port for a
cradle. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Exodus IV:2.
29 – Wind SE, dull day. Self cradling oats. Robert at turnips.
Annie washing. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert mowing wheat
and binding it. Annie picking berries. Rain at night.
30 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self, Mother and Robert mowing wheat.
31 – Wind W, rather dull. Self and Robert hoeing turnips and
finishes them. Afternoon Wm., Mother and Robert at wheat. Self
cradling pease.
AUG. 1 – Wind W, looking like rain. Wm., Mother and Robert at
wheat. Self cutting round the other wheat field. Afternoon George
Boddie Jun. here reaping. Self, Wm. and Robert binding. Rain at
2 o’clock. Annie at berries picking. Mr. Markham here paying his
note to John of $18. Self, Robert and Annie at the prayer
meeting at John Watsons. Jas. Moons barn burnt by lightning.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Wm., Robert and Mother cutting and
binding wheat. Self cutting pease. George Boddie at Port for
repairs to reaper. Afternoon George Boddie reaping. Wm., self
and Robert at wheat. Annie at Greenbank for papers.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at George Boddies. Self binding
oats. Annie scrubbing. Mother churning. Afternoon self cutting
pease. Mother at Wms. Annie washing buggie.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Afternoon thunder showers. Nobody at any meeting.
5 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at wheat.
Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at wheat. Annie picking
berries.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at wheat, and
finishes cutting wheat. Afternoon self and Robert cut some oats
and turn the pease.
7 – Wind N. Self, Mother and Robert at oats. Afternoon drew 3
little loads of loose wheat but had to leave it for wind and go to
cutting oats.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Annie at wheat drawing.
Afternoon all drawing in wheat.
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9 – Wind W, some rain in the morning and thunder all night. Self
and Robert cutting oats. Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and
Annie drawing in wheat.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in wheat.
Mother cutting timothy. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie finishes
wheat drawing. Mother at timothy.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Severe
drought.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert mowing oats. Mother
binding. Annie churning. Afternoon self and Robert finishes
cutting. Mother raking. Annie cutting timothy. Finished cutting.
13 – Wind S. Self, Robert and Mother binding oats. Afternoon
self, Robert and Annie drew in one load of pease, then thunder
and rain.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert begins to plow. Self doing nought.
Some showers in the afternoon.
15 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
showery. Robert plowing. Self doing nought. Mother goes to
Wms. at 11 o’clock night.
16 – Wind SW, fine morning. Robert and Albert Akhurst gone to
Greenbank with 3 cattle. Mother at Wms. all night. Lizzie got a
son about 2 o’clock. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drew in all
the pease. Heavy rain at night and much thunder. Wms. son
John born.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Mother at Wms. Self at Saintfield to the
doctor with my sore knee. Robert choring. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing shocks. Robert at
Greenbank.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew VI:12.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing shocks.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self raking oats, drew in 3 loads
before night. Some rain at night. Mother died 1873. [Agnes
Malcolm Michie m. John Michie, b. 29 Apr 1793, d. 19 Aug
1873].
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self
turning shocks. Afternoon Robert at John Watsons threshing.
Self doing nought.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. drawing in oats.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. finishes drawing in.
22 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and horses at Mr. Atkins
threshing. Self fencing oat stack. Mother churning. Afternoon self
choring by pulling foxtail among potatoes.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert and horses at Wms.
drawing in his crops. Annie at Wms. Afternoon finishes Wms.
drawing in.
24 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Boddies
threshing. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Isaiah LVIII:13,14.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Annie at Wms. Self
digging logs. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank for
gang plow points.
27 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
28 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing turnips.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at the Port for
landside to plow. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at prayer meeting at Mr. Watsons
in the evening.
30 – Wind Easterly, very hot day. Robert plowing. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Self and Annie
at Greenbank in the evening for papers.
31 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self painting the kitchen.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in oats for
Wm. Rain at 4 o’clock.
SEPT. 1 – Wind Easterly, dull day, rained all night. Robert at the
Sunday School. Rain after dinner. Nobody at any meeting.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting logs in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting some trees. Rain
at 4 o’clock. Mr. Robert Phair here with petition for the Grange
Incorporation.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing the pump.
Afternoon Robert at John Watsons threshing. Self and Mother at
Greenbank visiting Mr. Perkins.
4 – Wind Easterly, thunder and rain in the morning. Robert
plowing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing at
pump.
5 – Wind NE, warm day. Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank for
leather to pump. Afternoon Robert at plow. Self fixing the floor of
the stoup. Robert at plow. Self fixing.
6 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at John Watsons threshing.
Self and Annie at the Port. Afternoon self painting.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at John Watsons threshing 2 hours.
Self painting. Afternoon Robert drawing in Wms. oats. Self
painting. Robert at Greenbank in the evening at Sons meeting.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Matthew VI:33.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Greenbank getting horses shoed.
Self painting. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self painting. Self and
Robert at congregational meeting at the Presbyterian Church.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self leveling some
knolls. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Rain at 4
o’clock.
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11 – Wind Easterly, dull day and sprinkling rain. Self and Robert
drawing dung. Annie washing. Mother churning. Afternoon self
and Robert drawing out dung.
12 – Wind Easterly, rain all day. Nothing doing.
13 – Wind Easterly, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon wind to
SW, not much rain. Robert at Greenbank for papers.
14 – Wind W, rough day. Self and Robert threshing timothy seed.
Afternoon self and Robert at political meeting at Greenbank.
Addresses by Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Gibbs. John arrives from
Whitby.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Brown preaching from Matthew XVI:26.
16 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert gone for a load of gravel.
Self doing nought. Afternoon John gone to George Buels. Self
cutting corn. Robert fixing for threshing machine.
17 – Wind S, fine day, some thunder through the night. Robert
sick. John at George Bowels threshing. Self at Greenbank voting
for Mr. Wheeler. Afternoon Robert sick. Self doing nought.
18 – Wind S, fine day. John at George Buels threshing. Self and
Robert cutting and binding corn. Annie washing. Afternoon John
at Greenbank. Self and Robert at corn.
19 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert drawing sand. Self
making door frame. Afternoon self, John and Robert at cellar
wall.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Port Perry for lime. Self and
Robert at wall. Afternoon self, John and Robert at wall.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert at cellar wall.
Afternoon John at sideline. Self and Robert at wall and finishes
it. Annie scrubbing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Galatians XI:15.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp with horses
pulling roots. Self fixing table in the cellar. Afternoon John and
Robert in the swamp. Self fixing shelves in the cellar.
24 – Wind SE and raining. Self and Robert fixing potatoe bins in
the cellar. Afternoon self cleaning up the dooryard. Mr. Achison
here for dinner. Robert at Greenbank for [bolt?] to apple tree.
John plowing to Wm. Annie sick.
25 – Wind S, fine day. John gone with Robert and Wm. to the
Port to meet the train to Toronto, they going to see the
Exhibition. Self making door for cellar. Afternoon John plowing
for Wm. Self fixing cellar.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing for Wm. Self mending
Roberts boots. Afternoon John plowing for Wm. Self taking in
apples.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing for Wm. Self cutting corn in
the garden. Afternoon John plowing. Self at Greenbank with
horse collar to fix. Robert arrives from the Exhibition in Toronto.
28 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing to Wm. Self and Robert
fixing dooryard. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self
and Robert taking up potatoes. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
29 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Dobson preaching from Hebrews XI:24,25,26.
30 – Wind S, dull day. John at sideline putting dirt on the
crossway. Self and Robert at potatoes. Afternoon John at the
sideline. Self and Robert at potatoes. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
OCT. 1 – Wind S, fine day. John at sideline. Self and Robert at
the potatoes. Annie washing. Afternoon self and Robert at
potatoes. Mrs. Akhurst here on a visit.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John sick. Robert at sideline. Self at
potatoes. Afternoon Robert at the sideline. Self at potatoes.
3 – Wind W. Self, John and Robert taking in the potatoes.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at potatoes. Takes them all in, 2
waggon loads.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing out dung.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at dung and finishes. Miss Jane
Akhurst and Marie Akhurst here visiting.
5 – Wind W, dull day. John in the woods. Self spreading dung.
Robert plowing. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert plowing.
Self spreading dung. Annie scrubbing. Some rain at night.
6 – Wind N, some showers. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Hebrews XV:16.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. John in the woods. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self taking in apples.
John in the woods.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. John in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring. Robert
plowing. [?] and Mary Gordon here in the evening.
9 – Wind W, fine day, slight showers and very high wind. Robert
plowing. Self taking in apples. Afternoon wind blowing a
hurricane. Robert plowing. John in the woods. Self taking in
apples. Miss Mary Ross and Miss Jane Atkins here visiting.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert plowing. Self
fixing cellar windows. Afternoon Annie at Mrs. Leasks. John in
the woods. Robert at the mill with grist. Self at cellar.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. John in the woods. Self
in the garden. Afternoon Robert at the mill for grist. Self in the
garden. John in the woods. Annie scrubbing.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Afternoon self, John, Robert and Annie at the county
Phair, Port Perry. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Acts V:31.
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14 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert plowing. Self in
the garden. Annie washing. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert
plowing. Self choring.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert plowing. Self
in the garden. Afternoon Robert plowing. John at Moons raising.
Self at Greenbank for boots. Pairing bee at Mr. Williams.
16 – Wind S, dull day. John in the woods. Robert harrowing in the
garden. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert harrowing. Self
spreading dung. George here at night.
17 – Wind W, dull day. John at the Port. Robert plowing. Self
chopping. Mother spinning. Annie dressmaking. Afternoon John
at bee for taking out timber for shade. Robert plowing. Self taking
in apples. Rain in the afternoon.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. John at timber. Self choring. Robert
plowing. Afternoon Robert and Annie at Greenbank. Self taking
in apples.
19 – Wind N, very cold day and high winds. John gone from
home. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self digging. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Smith preaching from Galatians V:24.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self digging. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self digging. Annie at Wms.
John gone to John Leasks for 1 month. Robert and Annie at
Greenbank in the evening to David Hills.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self digging. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self fixing turnip house.
23 – Wind N, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self at Robert Fairs
threshing. Afternoon Robert choring.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. R. Fairs threshing. Self
round asking hands to thresh. Afternoon self taking in apples.
Machine comes at night.
26 – Wind N and raining. Threshed all the forenoon. Mr. Boddie
and horses, Pat [Galt?] and horses, Wm. Watson, Robert
Akhurst, James Walker, Thos. Phair, Wm. Michie. Afternoon
raining, nothing doing.
27 – Wind NE, rain all night. Robert at the Sunday School. John
here from Mr. Leasks. Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
28 – Wind N, some snow through the night. Threshing all the
forenoon. Afternoon finishes threshing at 4 o’clock. Self, Robert
and horses at Wms. threshing.
29 – Wind S, raw day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms.
threshing, Finishes by 10 o’clock. Robert and horses at Mr.
Akhursts threshing. Self cleaning up about the barn. Afternoon
Robert, Annie and Lizzie at the Port. Self topping turnips.
30 – Wind SW and raining. Self and Robert at Wms. fanning his
wheat. Afternoon Robert harrowing up turnips. Self topping
turnips.
31 – Wind W and raining. Self and Robert taking in apples.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew in 12 loads.
Robert and Annie at the Bible Society meeting at Greenbank in
the evening.
NOV. 1 – Wind W, hard frost through the night. Self and Robert at
turnips. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drew in 9 loads.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie topping turnips.
Afternoon rain. Drew 2 loads of turnips. Robert at Greenbank for
carpet. Robert at Temperance Meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew XIII:4,5,6,7,8.
4 – Wind N and very cold. Self, Robert and Annie at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at turnips. Drew in 16 loads.
5 – Wind N, hard frost. Robert gone to the Port for shingles to
shade at new Church. Self topping turnips. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank at laying the foundation of shade26
. Self choring.
George here in the evening.
6 – Wind N, fall of snow through the night, nothing doing. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon Robert at raising of shade. Self sawing
wood. Mother fixing geese for Church opening.
7 – Wind N, cold day. John at the shade fixing. Robert drawing
wood. Self sawing wood. Afternoon Robert at shade. Self
splitting wood. Very cold and frosty.
8 – Wind N, cold day. John at the shade. Self and Robert doing
nought. Mother and Annie making ready for the Church opening.
Afternoon Robert at shade. Self doing nought.
9 – Wind W, not so cold. John at the shade. Robert at the Port for
Margaret. Self choring. Mother and Annie cooking. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith Sen. and Mr. and Mrs. Smith Jun. arrive from Whitby.
10 – Wind W, soft day. Self, Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and
Annie at the new Church and all the Smiths. Service at half past
10. Afternoon John, Robert, Margaret and Annie and Mrs. and
Mrs. Smith Sen. and Mr. Smith Jun. at the Church service at half
past 2. Church opening.
11 – Wind W, dull day and raining some. Self, John, Robert,
Margaret, Mother, Annie, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Sen., Mr. and Mrs.
Smith Jun. at dinner at the new church. Mr. Smith Sen. and Mr.
Smith Jun. leave for home. Lecture in the evening by Mr. Smith
from Toronto. Drew in 3 loads of turnips.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips. Mrs.
Smith Sen. and Mrs. Smith Jun. leaves for home. Afternoon self
and Mother in the turnip cellar. John, Robert, Robert Fair and Pat
Galt drawing in turnips. Drew 29 loads. Annie at Greenbank
washing dishes.
26
‘Shade’ is in reference to a sort of covered area where
horses could be sheltered.
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13 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Self and Robert choring. Afternoon John at Port Perry.
Self, Robert and Mother and Annie at turnips. Draw in 10 loads.
Mrs. Thos. Phair here visiting.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips.
Afternoon self, John, Robert and Wm. at turnips. Drew in 6 loads.
Pat Galt taking 3 loads to Robert Fairs, in all 9 loads. Evening
Mother at Wms. Self, John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at social
in the new Church. Received on Sunday, Monday and Thursday
270 dollars for Church.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at shade shingling. John at mill.
Margaret at the Church washing dishes. Annie washing.
Afternoon John plowing in the swamp. Self digging in the
swamp.
16 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John at mill for chop. Robert doing
nought. Self splitting wood. Annie scrubbing. Margaret churning.
Mother baking. Afternoon John and Robert plowing the swamp.
Self choring. Robert at Division Meeting in the evening.
17 – Wind SW and raining some. Nobody at the Sunday School.
Afternoon John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
18 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John and Robert plowing in the
swamp. Self plastering pigs house. Afternoon John and Robert
plowing in the swamp. Self choring.
19 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John and Robert plowing in the
swamp. Self letting off water. Afternoon John and Robert plowing
in the swamp. Self letting off water. Mother visiting at Mr.
Akhursts.
20 – Wind Easterly, foggy day. John and horses working at the
new Church. Robert doing nought. Self letting off water in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert working at new Church. Self choring.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert plowing in the swamp.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert plowing in the
swamp. Self working at new Church. All at John Watsons at
prayer meeting in the evening. John Michie of Tillery died
1869.[John Michie, b 12 Nov. 1791, d. 21 Nov, 1869].
22 – Wind NE and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Still raining, nothing doing.
23 – Wind N and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening at Division meeting.
24 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Numbers XIV:28. Margaret
goes to Brock with the minister.
25 – Wind Easterly and snowing. John and Robert in the woods.
Self letting off water in the swamp. Annie at Wms. Afternoon
John and Robert at the woods. Self in the swamp.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self in
the swamp. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Annie at John Watsons in the evening.
27 – Wind SE, dull day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
28 – Wind NW, rather cold, everything crusted with ice. John and
Robert in the woods. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self doing nought. Annie at Robert Fairs
visiting.
29- Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self at
Greenbank for papers.
30 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self letting
off water. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Annie
scrubbing. Self letting off water. Robert at Greenbank.
DEC. 1 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at
the Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret, Annie and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Romans VIII:13.
2- Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self choring. Robert doing nought. Robert and Annie at
singing class in the schoolhouse in the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self at Mr.
John Watsons to see Mrs. Henery. Afternoon John and Robert in
the woods. Self choring.
4 – Wind NE. General Fast Day. Afternoon self, John, Robert and
Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Psalms XIV:13.
5 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert in the woods. Self,
Margaret and Annie going to the Port and got some distance on
the sideline and had to turn back for water. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self choring.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self at
Greenbank to get horses shoed and for papers.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self,
Margaret and Annie at Port Perry going by the centre roads.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. John Leask preaching. Margaret, Robert and Annie at
Primitive Methodist Meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind Easterly, snowing some. John and Robert in the woods.
Self drawing wood. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Margaret at
Wms. Robert and Annie at the singing.
10 – Wind Easterly. John sick. Robert doing nought. Self choring.
Afternoon John at Mr. Clemens. Robert doing nought. Self
choring, heavy rain at night.
11 – Wind N, stormy day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Mother spinning.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
13 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self cutting up the pigs. John and
Robert in the woods. Afternoon John and Robert at Greenbank
working at shade. Self choring.
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14 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Port Perry for shingles to
shade. Robert in the woods. Afternoon Robert at Thos. Fairs
threshing. John in the woods.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Matthew VII:21,22,23.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at T. Fairs
threshing. Self at the mill for grist. Afternoon John in the woods.
Self drawing wood.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at T. Fairs threshing. Self sawing
wood. John drawing out wood. Afternoon Robert at George
Boddies threshing. John at Port Perry with wood. A. Michie here
asking us to Isabella’s wedding. Robert and Annie at singing
class.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self splitting wood. John and Robert at the
Port. Mother spinning. Afternoon Robert in the woods. John at
Greenbank with lumber from Port Perry. Margaret, Robert and
Annie at Saintfield in the evening at singing class.
19 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Robert in the
woods. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John at the Port. Robert at
shade at Greenbank. Self sawing wood.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Robert in the woods.
Self sawing wood. Afternoon John at Port. Mother at Wms. Self
sawing wood.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert in the woods. John at the Port
with wood. Self sawing wood. Afternoon snowing from the east,
nothing doing.
22 – Wind NW, fine day, some stormy. Robert at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 2 Corinthians
V:17. John, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Primitive Meeting
in the evening. Mr. Joseph Lee preaching.
23 – Wind SW, stormy cold day. John at the Port. Robert in the
woods. Self doing nought. Afternoon Margaret washing. Self
sawing wood. Robert in the woods. John at the Port. Robert and
Annie at singing class in the evening.
24 – Wind SW, very cold. Robert drawing wood for Wm. John
rather sick. Nothing doing. Afternoon stormy. John and Robert
drawing turnips for Wm.
25 – Wind W, some stormy. Christmas day, nothing doing.
Afternoon John, Margaret, Robert, Annie and Wm. and Lizzie
goes to Isabella Michies wedding at Brock.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Margaret, Robert, Annie and Wm.
and Lizzie arrive at noon. Afternoon nothing doing. Self sawing
wood. Robert at concert at Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Clemens. Robert fixing wood
rack. Self doing nought. Afternoon John and Margaret at Port
Perry. Annie at Wms. Self reading the papers.
28 – Wind S, fine day. John, Margaret and Annie at Uxbridge.
Self sawing wood. Robert doing nought. Afternoon nothing
doing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians III:11.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Robert
choring. Afternoon John at the Port. Robert in the woods. Self
choring.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at R. Fairs. Self
choring. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing in hay and
corn. Self, John and Robert at Church meeting in the evening.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1879
JAN. 1 – Wind S, fine day. John drawing out wood. Self sawing
wood. Robert choring. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self
splitting wood. Robert choring. Annie gone with R. Monroe. A
great spree in the evening. Jas. Smith and Barbara here. All
leave at 4 o’clock.
2 – Wind SW, rather stormy. John at the Port. Robert at school.
Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Self doing nought.
Barbara here and James gone home. Maggie Love here. Snow
drifting.
3 – Wind NW, very stormy, nothing doing. Mr. [?] buys Wms. cow
and ours. Afternoon cows leave for Port Perry.
4 – Wind N, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert at Greenbank. Self splitting wood.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Robert,
Barbara and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
6 – Wind N, fine day. John drawing wood. Robert at school. Self
at Greenbank voting for councilors. Afternoon John drawing
wood. Self splitting wood.
7 – Wind W, rather stormy. John gone to Whitby with Barbara and
Annie and to get oatmeal. Robert at school. Self choring.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at the Port. Self at school
meeting. Afternoon John at Port with wood. Robert in the woods.
Self choring.
9 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at school. John at the Port. Self
mending Maggie Loves boots. Afternoon John at Port. Self
choring. Self, John & Robert at prayer meeting.
10 – Wind N, fine day. John at the Port. Self choring. Robert at
the school. Afternoon John at the Port. Self splitting wood.
Robert at singing in the evening.
11 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert in the woods. John at the
Port. Self fixing turnip slicer. Afternoon John at Port. Robert
doing nought. Self splitting wood. Robert at the Temperance
Meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
reading a pastoral address from the Assembly.
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13 – Wind W, fine day. John at Port. Robert at school. Self
choring. Afternoon John at the Port. Self doing nought. Spree at
Mr. Akhursts. Robert and John at it.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at the school.
Self talking to Isaac Truax. Afternoon John at the Port. Mr. and
Mrs. Joyce, Wm. and Lizzie here visiting. Robert at Saintfield at
singing in the evening.
15 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John drawing out wood. Robert at
the school. Self at John Watsons. Margaret at the Port.
Afternoon John at the Port. Self choring.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at the school.
Self at George Boddies. Afternoon John drawing out wood. Self
choring. Self, John, Robert and Margaret at Mrs. Leasks at
prayer meeting.
17 – Wind SE, chilly damp day. John at the Port. Robert at
school. Self making whippletree. Afternoon John and Margaret
gone to the Port. Self choring. Maggie Love arrives. Robert at
Saintfield at singing.
18 – Wind N, fine day. John at the Port. Robert doing nought. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at the Port. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening at the Temperance Meeting.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Romans XIV:17,18.
20 – Wind N, fine day but very frosty. John gone to the Port with
wood. Robert at the school. Afternoon John at the Port. Self
doing nought. Robert at singing in the evening.
21 – Wind S, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Robert at the
school. Self choring. Afternoon John at the Port. Self choring.
Robert at Saintfield at concert.
22 – Wind S, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at school. Self
choring. Afternoon John at Port. Self in the woods.
23 – Wind N, rather cold. John in the woods. Self in the woods.
Robert at school. Afternoon James Smith brings Annie home.
John drawing out wood. Self choring. All at prayer meeting at
Mrs. Leasks.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at the school.
Self choring. Afternoon John and Annie at the Port. Maggie Love
leaves for home. Self choring. Johns wood all drawed.
25 – Wind S and some like a thaw. Annie scrubbing. John doing
nought. Robert at driving shade with Wm. Self reading the
papers. Afternoon very high wind from the NW and very cold.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew XVI:26. What shall it profit a
man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall
a man give in exchange for his soul.
27 – Wind S and thawing. Robert at the school. John drawing
wood home. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John helping Wm. with
the shade. Self sawing wood. Robert & Annie at the singing in
the evening.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. John at shade. Robert at the school. Self
making doubletree. Afternoon self choring.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at the school.
Self sawing wood. Afternoon John at the shade. Self sawing
wood. Miss Jane Akhurst here visiting.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the shade. Robert at the school.
Self at Greenbank with Annie to scrub the Church. Afternoon self
fixing sleigh box. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the
prayer meeting in the evening at the Church.
31 – Wind N, rather stormy. John at the shade. Robert at the
school. Self choring. Afternoon self, Mother, John, Robert and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching from Jonah
II:4.
FEB. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John at the Port. Robert
choring. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self choring. Towards
night very cold.
2 – Wind N, very cold. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting, this being Communion Sabbath. Mr.
Achison preaching from John I:29.
3 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port with his boots. Robt. at the
school. Self mending Wms. harness. Afternoon John drawing
wood. Self at harness. Self, John, Robert and Annie at
Temperance meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the school. Self and John fanning
wheat. Afternoon John at the Port. Self splitting wood. Annie at
Mr. Purdys in the evening.
5 – Wind NE, snowing some. Robert at the school. Self and John
fanning wheat. Afternoon John at the Port. Mother at Wms. Self
choring.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. John in the woods. Self at Akhursts with
some bags. Afternoon snowing some. John in the woods. Self
choring. Miss Eva Perkins here. Self, John, Robt., Annie and Eva
Perkins at prayer meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self splitting wood.
Robert at the school. Afternoon John in woods. Self drawing
wood. Annie at party at Mr. Ruddys.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Miss Boe and Miss Rennie here visiting. Mrs. Akhurst here
visiting.
9 – Wind NW, very stormy. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from the first Psalm.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring. Robert
and Annie at singing in the evening.
11 – Wind S and thawing some. John in the woods. Robert at the
school. Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Mrs. Walker
here visiting.
12 – Wind N, stormy day, nothing doing. Robert at the school.
Afternoon John drawing wood to Wm. Annie at Wms.
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13 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at the school. John doing
nought. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John and Annie at the Port.
Self mending Annies boots.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the school. John at the mill. A.
Michie and Mrs., Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Walker here. Afternoon
John gone with Annie to Mr. Bois. Mr. A. Gordon and James
Walker here.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self gone to
Saintfield with Annie on the way to Brock..
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Mark XVI:15.
17 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the school. John at home.
Self and Mother at Alex. Michies, Brock, for seed wheat. Spree
here in the evening.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the school. John at the mill for
grist. Annie washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon John in the
woods. Self choring.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the school. John at Ashburn
with a load of turnips for George Boddie. Annie and Mary Byers
collecting for the Bible Society. Self choring.
20 – Wind N, cold day. John drawing wood. Robert at the school.
Annie collecting. Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods.
21 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Self choring. Afternoon John at the Port with wood.
22 – Wind N, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and Robert
in the woods. Self splitting wood. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
23 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Isaiah XXIV:15.
24 – Wind N, some stormy. Robert at the school. John in the
woods. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Mrs.
Boddie here visiting.
25 – Wind E and stormy. Robert at the school. John at Ashburn
with goods for George Boddie. Self choring. Afternoon very
stormy, nothing doing.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods, nothing doing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the woods.
Self sawing wood. Miss Mary Boe here visiting. Afternoon John
in the woods. Self splitting wood. Self, Mother, John, Robert and
Annie at the prayer meeting at the church.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring. Annie
gone to the Port with Mr. Akhurst. Afternoon John at blacksmiths
with sleigh to get shoes on.
MAR. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John in the woods.
Robert doing nought. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
2 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Titus III:11,12.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the school. Annie washing. Self
doing nought. John at Wms. Afternoon nothing doing.
4 – Wind SW, some snow and thawing. Robert at the school. Self
and John doing nought. Afternoon John in the woods. Self at
Greenbank for sleigh.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Robert at the school. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the woods.
Self sawing wood. Afternoon John drawing wood. Self splitting
wood. Annie at Mr. Lees visiting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the woods.
Self choring. Afternoon John at the Port with wood. Annie and
Robert at a spree at Mr. Leasks, Bouls Hill.
8 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Robert drawing wood.
Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Thunder in the
afternoon, nothing doing. Robert at the Division meeting.
9 – Wind S, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. [Down?] preaching from St. John IV:3.
10 – Wind S, fine day, thunder through the night. John in the
woods. Robert at school. Afternoon nothing doing.
11 – Wind NW, fine day but cold, thunder at night. John gone to
Mr. Achisons wood bee. Robert at the school..
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. John in the woods.
Self choring. Afternoon John at John Leasks. Self doing nought.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the school. John drawing
turnips to Wm. Self moving turnips in roothouse. Afternoon self
and John at the annual meeting at the Church.
14 – Wind NW. Robert at school. John in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon self splitting wood.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Robert doing nought. Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Robert at the Division meeting.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke XIII:6,7,8,9.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the school. John and Annie at
Port Perry. Self doing nought. Afternoon self and John at Pat
Galts raising.
18 – Wind NW, showery day. Self and John at Pats raising.
Robert at the school. Afternoon John in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Robert and Annie at Mr. Byers in the evening.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the school.
Self sawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting
wood.
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20 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring. Robert
at the school. Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring.
21 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the school. John drawing
out wood. Self splitting wood. Afternoon self and John at meeting
in the Church to organize a Presbyterian Sunday School. 15 for it
and 9 against it.
22 – Wind S, fine day. John drawing out wood. Self splitting
wood. Robert at the school. Afternoon John drawing out wood.
Self splitting wood. Quilting bee here in the afternoon and a
small spree in the evening.
23 – Wind E, commenced to snow at 10 o’clock. John drawing
wood for Wm. Self splitting wood. Afternoon nothing doing, still
snowing.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Colossians II:4.
25 – Wind S and snowing. John drawing straw to Wm. Robert at
the school. Annie washing. Afternoon John drawing wood. Self
choring.
26 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the school. John drawing
wood for Wm. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John drawing
turnips to Wm. Self splitting wood. Annie at Wms. at a rag bee.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the school. Self and John
drawing out wood. Afternoon John at Robert Fairs for seed
barley. Self writing letter to Elizabeth Fowlie. Mother and Annie
quilting.
28 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at the school. Nothing doing.
Afternoon self, John and Annie at the prayer meeting in the
church. After prayer meeting some wrangling about the Sunday
School.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port on foot. Robert at
school. Self sawing wood. Afternoon nothing doing.
30 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Romans VIII:22.
31 – Wind N, cold day. John gone to Whitby. Robert at the
school. Annie washing. Self at Greenbank getting buckle
mended. Afternoon nothing doing.
APR. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at school. Self at Wms.
Afternoon self strolling round.
2 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at the school. Mother at Wms. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John arrives from Whitby. Annie gone to
visit at Mr. John Watsons. Self sawing wood. Self at Robert Fairs
in the evening appointing a P. Master.
3 – Wind N, stormy day. John at Wms. Robert at the school. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon nothing doing. Mrs. Lee and Mrs.
Akhurst here visiting.
4 – Wind N, rather stormy. John at Wms. Self sawing wood.
Robert at the school. Afternoon self sawing wood.
5 – Wind N, rather cold. John at Wms. Self sawing wood. Robert
doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self sawing
wood. John doing nought.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Hebrews IV:1.
7 – Wind N, fine day, rather cold. John gone to Mr. Matthesons,
Whitby, for the summer. Robert gone with him to the Port. Self
sawing wood. Annie washing. Afternoon self and Robert killing a
calf.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the school. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon self in the sugar bush. Afternoon self sawing wood.
Annie at Mr. Lees visiting. Robert at Lees in the evening.
9 – Wind S. Robert at the school. Self in the sugar bush.
Afternoon self splitting wood.
10 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Self splitting wood. Afternoon self at
wood. Robert leaves the school.
11 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert in the sugar bush. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Robert in the bush. Self at wood.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Robert at sugar bush.
Self making pump valve. Afternoon Robert in the bush. Self at
pump. Robert at Greenbank in the evening at the Division
meeting.
13 – Wind S, dull day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 1st
John III:10.
14 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert in the sugar bush. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon Robert in the sugar bush. Self digging
snow in the road. Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Wm. Boddie here all
night.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Robert in the sugar bush. Self at the mill
with a grist. Afternoon Robert in the sugar bush. Self sawing
wood. Mother at Thomas Fairs visiting.
16 – Wind N. fine day. Robert in the sugar bush. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon Robert in the sugar bush. Self splitting wood.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the sugar bush. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon self and Robert at the Church at the prayer
meeting.
18 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert in the woods. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self at wood piling.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Robert playing the fiddle. Annie scrubbing.
Mother at Wms., he having cut his leg. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting at Greenbank in the evening.
20 – Wind NE, rather cold. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians VI:19,20.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung into
orchard. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Annie at Wms.
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22 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert laying up fences.
Afternoon Robert plowing in furrows. Self choring. Lizzie here.
23 – Wind W. Robert plowing. Self washing buggy. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self spreading dung in the orchard. Annie at
Greenbank sweeping out the Church.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self letting off water.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self down at the creek. Mother visiting
at Mr. Robert Fairs.
25 – Wind W, dull day. Self sowing wheat. Annie carrying seed.
Robert harrowing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self taking out
the roller. Rain at 5 o’clock.
26 - Wind N, dull damp day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self gone for the papers.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind S, rather dull day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Thessalonians V:19.
28 – Wind NW, rain in the morning. Self and Robert pruning apple
trees. Afternoon Robert in the sugar bush. Self pruning apple
trees. Mother visiting at James Walkers. George here in the
evening.
29 – Wind W, dull day. Robert planting apple trees. Self choring.
Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at the woods for the sugar
things. Self cleaning the door yard.
30 – Wind N, dull day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert harrowing
in the swamp. Self sowing oats in the swamp. Annie carrying
seed.
MAY 1 – Wind N, cold day. Robert harrowing in the swamp. Self
some sick, doing nought. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
letting off water. Mother at Mr. R. Fairs visiting.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert sawing rails in the swamp.
Afternoon self and Robert sawing logs in the swamp.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at Greenbank with eggs.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Self in the garden. Annie scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Isaiah XXVI:3.
5 – Wind W, showery day, nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon self mending boots. Robert doing nought. Lizzie and
Mrs. Davidson here visiting. Frequent showers through the
afternoon.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing in the orchard. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert digging in the orchard. Self at the Port with
oats.
7 – Wind N, cool day. Robert harrowing. Self and Annie sowing
oats and wheat. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self mixing grass
seeds. Annie at Thomas Fairs in the evening.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self letting off water.
Afternoon Robert sowing barley. Self choring. Mrs. Love here
from the Port. Self, Robert and Annie at the prayer meeting at
Mr. Watsons.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert sowing barley. Self fixing cellar
drain. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self sowing grass seeds.
Finishes sowing.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self making hoe handle.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Townsend from Sunderland preaching from 1st
Corinthians IX:16.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sick. Annie washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert sick. Self choring, Put out the cattle for
the first time.
13 – Wind SW, very drying day. Robert sick. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon self cutting potatoes. Mothers cow calfs. Robert and
Annie at Greenbank at Division meeting.
14 – Wind SW, thunder in the morning at 3 o’clock. Robert sick.
Self cutting potatoes. Afternoon self cutting potatoes. Great
shower to the north.
15 – Wind W, dull day and raining some. Robert still sick. Self at
the Port for turnip seed. Afternoon nothing doing.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sick. Self pruning apple trees.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self pruning trees.
17 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert drawing out dung. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Miss Lena Boe
here visiting. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind S, warm day. Robert, Annie and Miss Boe at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Hosea
VIII:12. Robert and Annie at evening meeting at Methodist
Church. Mr. Young preaching.
19 – Wind W, warm day. Self, Robert and Annie and Albert
Akhurst planting potatoes. Afternoon self, Robert, Annie, & Albert
at potatoes and finished. Robert and Albert fishing. James Smith
and Barbara comes from Whitby.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Self doing nought. Robert gone to
Seagrave with Jas. Smith on his way to Eagle Lake. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self planting corn. Robert at
cricket in the evening.
21 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert rolling. Self planting corn.
Afternoon self and Robert planting trees. Mother and Barbara at
Mr. James Hornes visiting. Annie at Mr. Lees in the evening.
22 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert sore back. Self planting corn.
Afternoon Robert, Annie and Barbara gone to Uxbridge. Self in
the swamp.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Robert playing the fiddle.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees raising. Self at Greenbank for
papers. Mother and Barbara at Mr. Robert Fairs visiting.
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24 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Queen’s birthday. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone with Barbara to the Port.
Nothing doing.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Acts V:31.
26 – Wind N, cool day. Annie washing. Self and Robert drawing
dung. Afternoon self and Robert at dung.
27 – Wind S, looking like rain, frost through the night. Self and
Robert at dung. Afternoon raining some. Self and Robert at
dung.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self fencing. Annie gone to Mrs. Davidsons.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Annie arrives from Mrs. Davidsons. Afternoon Robert and Annie
at the Port. Self burning stones. Self, Robert and Annie at prayer
meeting at Greenbank.
30 – Wind W, fine day but very high wind and very dusty. Robert
plowing. Self spreading dung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at
Greenbank for papers.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert gone to Greenbank to move the hall back.
Annie scrubbing. Self choring.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Luke XXII:19.
2 – Wind N, rather cloudy day. Robert plowing. Self spreading
dung. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Annie at Greenbank in the evening for dress.
3 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie
gone to Dan Boes wedding. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
4 – Wind SW, rather dull. Robert at Wms. dung drawing. Self
making hoe handle. Afternoon Robert at James Moons raising.
Self mending chair. Annie at Mr. Moons in the evening at spree.
5 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Much rain through the night.
Self at Greenbank voting for Paxton. Annie washing. Afternoon
Robert and horses at Wms. drawing dung. Self cutting thistles.
Paxton, majority 198.
6 – Wind W, heavy rain, nothing doing. Self, Mother, Robert and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Townsend preaching from
Matthew XXII:11,12,13.
7 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Wms. drawing dung. Self choring.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at Thos. Phairs
raising. Annie at Thos. Phairs. Robert at Division meeting.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert, Mother and Annie at Brock at
the Sacrament. Robert and Annie at meeting at Greenbank in the
evening.
9 – Wind S, dull day and thundering. Robert at Wms. dung. Self
making beetle. Afternoon Robert plowing for Wm. Self cutting
thistles.
10 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing for Wm. Self cutting
thistles. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self picking
bugs. Mrs. Walker here visiting.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing at Wms. Self hoeing
corn. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self picking bugs.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for some shingles to the
shade at Church. Self picking bugs. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank getting horses shoed. Self at bugs.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at road work.
Afternoon self, Robert and horses at road. 4 days work.
14 – Wind W, rather dull. Robert and Annie at the Port. Self at
bugs. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Annie scrubbing. Self at
bugs. Rain at night.
15 – Wind Easterly, rain through the forenoon. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Townsend
preaching from Psalms XXIX:15.
16 – Wind N, rather cool. Robert plowing. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Self picking bugs. Annie at Anniversary
at Salem Church.
17 – Wind N, cool day. Robert drilling. Self splitting rails. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self at bugs. Began to sow
turnips.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drilling. Self in swamp. Afternoon
Robert drilling. Self in swamp.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drilling. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self at bugs.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sowing turnips. Self at bull with
cow. Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. Self at Greenbank
for papers.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert hoeing corn. Self and Mother at
Jas. Smiths, Whitby, and brings home Margaret. George Boddie
Jun. here all night.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Annie and George Boddie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from Psalms I:3.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing
potatoes. Annie at Greenbank. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at
potatoes.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self hoeing potatoes.
25 – Wind W, warm day. Self hoeing potatoes. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self mowing.
26 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at Wms. Self at Port Perry. Mrs.
White and Emma Perkins here visiting. Afternoon Robert at mill
with grist. Self mowing. Self, Robert and Annie at prayer meeting
at Mr. Watsons.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at a bee at the Church.
28 – Wind N, some showers. Robert at mill. Annie at Greenbank.
Self and Robert at bee at Church.
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29 – Wind N, fine day. Self at Primitive Meeting. Mr. Reuben
Stillwell preaching from Matthew XIII:3. Self, Mother, Robert and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Isaiah LV:6,7.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Mother at Whitby. Robert picking
bugs. Robert at Greenbank in the evening to see the
Presbyterian S. School organized.
JULY 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon Robert and Annie at the Anniversary. Self hoeing corn.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with hay. Self mowing in
the orchard. Afternoon self mowing. Annie at induction of Rev.
Mr. Crozier at Port Perry in the evening.
3 – Wind W, dull day. Robert scuffling potatoes. Self mowing.
Afternoon Robert at R. Fairs. Self mowing. Self, Mother and
Annie at the prayer meeting at Church.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self mowing. Robert at Mr. Phairs.
Afternoon self furring27
up potatoes. Robert comes home from R.
Phairs.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert furring potatoes. Self mowing fence
corners. Robert Phair here mowing. Afternoon self and Robert
cocking hay in the orchard. Robert at Greenbank in the evening
at Lodge meeting.
6 – Wind W, shower in the forenoon. Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Stewart Achison preaching from Luke XIX:42.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self,
Mother and Robert and Annie at hay. Robert and Annie at
Greenbank in the evening at annual meeting of the Union
School.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Mother drawing in hay.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie at hay. Drew in 6
loads. Rain at 4 o’clock.
10 – Wind W, fine forenoon. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Robert at Mrs. Leasks at prayer
meeting.
11 – Wind W. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Rain in the
afternoon.
12 –Wind SW, warm day. Self and Robert at turnips. Annie at
Sunderland with the Orangemen. Afternoon self and Robert at
turnips.
13 – Wind W, warm day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Carmen preaching from John III:16.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Mother at
potatoe bugs. Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie at hay.
Drew 5 loads in barn and 2 in stack.
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‘Furring’ is another term for ‘hilling’ up potatoes.
15 – Wind W, warm day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at hay.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie at hay. Drew 4 loads in
stack and 2 in barn. Rain in the afternoon. Mother visiting at Mr.
Lees.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Self making ladder. Robert painting.
Afternoon self in barn. Robert painting.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Self fixing fences in the swamp. Robert
choring. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at [Grange?] picnic at
Port Perry.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert painting. Self fixing in barn.
Afternoon self at Greenbank for papers. Robert gone to Port
Perry with Margaret.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wms. drawing in hay. Self
cutting thistles. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self at thistles.
Margaret arrives from Whitby. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Stewart Achison preaching from 2nd
Corinthians IV:10.
21- Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips, second
time. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert scuffling.
22 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert scuffling. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert scuffling. Self hoeing. Rain at 5 o’clock.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert at turnips and finishes the second time. Mother
at potatoe bugs.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert choring. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. drawing hay. Self at Greenbank.
Mother at bugs.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry for pickets to fence
the Church ground. Self choring. Afternoon self and Robert
logging in the swamp.
26 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Wms. drawing hay. Self fixing
barley fork. Afternoon self and Robert logging. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Stewart Achison preaching from Matthew XIII:18. Robert and
Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert mowing barley.
Margaret washing. Annie picking berries. Afternoon self and
Robert at barley. Rain at night.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert fixing barn. Afternoon self
and Robert logging in the swamp. George here in the evening.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert cutting barley. Annie at
the Port. Afternoon self and Robert at barley. Drew in 3 loads.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at barley. Afternoon self,
Robert and Wm. at barley. Robert and Annie at the prayer
meeting.
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AUG. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. at barley.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. drew in 6 loads.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at barley, finishes cutting.
Afternoon self and Robert choring round. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at Meeting. John Leask preaching.
4 – Wind S, rather dull. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie drawing in
barley. Afternoon all at barley and finishes.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert for load of sand to Church. Self
choring. Afternoon self picking bugs. Robert cradling oats.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert cutting oats and pease. Self pulling
weeds among the potatoes.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Wm., Robert and self at wheat. Afternoon
Wm., self and Robert at wheat.
8 – Wind N, rather cool. Robert cradling oats. Self mowing.
Afternoon Robert mowing pease and oats. Self at the P.O. for
papers.
9 - Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
self and Robert at wheat. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Dunn preaching from John XV:14.
11 – Wind W, fine day, some rain through the night. Self & Robert
at wheat. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert at wheat. Afternoon self
and Robert at wheat.
13 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert at wheat. Afternoon self
and Robert at wheat. Rain at 4 o’clock. Robert and Annie goes to
Whitby.
14 – Wind NW, dull day. Self [?] shocks and choring. Robert and
Annie arrives from Whitby. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat.
15 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert cutting pease and
oats. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drawing in wheat. Annie
at Greenbank after supper for papers.
16 – Wind E, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
whitewashing. Self at mill with grist. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
17 – Wind N, dull day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Hebrews XII:14.
18- Wind NE, fine day. Annie washing. Self and Robert cutting
oats. Afternoon self and Robert at oats.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert cutting oats. Afternoon
self, Robert, Mother and Annie drawing in wheat.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Annie drawing in pease
and oats. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert raking. Self at wheat. Afternoon
self and Robert at wheat. Annie at G. Buels.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at mill for grist. Self at wheat.
Afternoon self and Robert cutting oats and pease and finishes
cutting for 1879.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for boots. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert binding oats. Robert at Greenbank at
Division meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Luke XVIII:9,10,11,12,13.14.
25 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert at oats raking. Afternoon
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie drawing in oats.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
self, Mother, Robert and Annie drawing in oats. Robert & Annie
at the camp meeting at Uxbridge.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Mr. [?] threshing.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at threshing till 5 o’clock. Drew in
3 loads of wheat. George here in the evening.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drew in one load
of rakings which finishes harvest. Afternoon self fencing. Robert
plowing. Thunder and rain in the afternoon.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie at Miss Williamsons quilting
bee.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at blacksmiths.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at the Division
meeting. Annie at the Port on foot.
31 – Wind S, very warm day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Leviticus XXV:10 on the jubilee.
SEPT. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
2 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self fixing the granary.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mrs. Thos. Phair here.
Annie at Mr. Lees.
3 – Wind SE, looking like rain. Robert plowing. Self fixing cellar.
Rain at noon. Afternoon nothing doing.
4 – Wind high from the NW. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Mr. Akhursts
threshing all day.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing the cistern
pump. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Nehemiah IX:17.
8 – Wind N, showery day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at James Walkers threshing.
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9 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring.
10 – Wind N. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self fixing for
threshing. Afternoon threshing. Luther Williams and horses, Mr.
Lee and horses.
11 – Wind S, fine day, threshing finished at noon. Afternoon self
fixing round barn. Robert plowing. Self, Mother, Robert and
Annie at the prayer meeting at Mr. Watsons.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at sideline. Self mending boots.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at the sideline.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the sideline. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Rain at night.
14 – Wind NE, rainy day. None at Sunday School. None at
Meeting.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self making waggon
hounds28
. Afternoon self at blacksmiths. Robert plowing. Wm.
working at waggon.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Port with George and
Annie to the Industrial Exhibition at Toronto. Self fixing waggon.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self burning log heaps in the swamp.
Rain through the night.
17 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert gone to the Exhibition. Self
at fires. Afternoon self drawing sand for cellar. Miss Lizzie Michie
and Miss Agnes Hadden here visiting.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self at fires in the swamp. Afternoon self
fixing cellar. Mother at Wms. quilting.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self at fires. Afternoon self at fires.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self at fires. Robert gets horses at noon.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at fires. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
21 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Genesis XVII:1. “I am the Almighty God”.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert & horses at the sideline. Self at
fires in the swamp. Afternoon self at fires.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Robert Phairs
threshing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at threshing.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at R. Phairs
threshing till 10 o’clock. Afternoon self, Robert and horses at
Wms. threshing.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Wms. helping to fix
his straw stack. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self at fires.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self at fires.
28
‘Hound’ is the end of an axle that the wheel fits onto,
usually made of metal.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self at Mr. McTaggarts,
Whitby.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
& Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott from Cambray
preaching from Jeremiah XI:16.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert moving fence. Afternoon
self and Robert at fences. George here in the evening.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with buggy tongue
to mend. Self choring. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring.
OCT. 1 - Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing out dung.
Afternoon self and Robert at dung.
2– Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing door. Margarets son
Stewart born. [out of wedlock].
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking potatoes.
Afternoon self at potatoes. Robert plowing. Margaret confined.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and Wm. at
potatoes. Afternoon self and Wm. at potatoes. Robert plowing.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
5 – Wind W, warm day. Robert at Sunday School. Self and
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Romans III:21,22,23.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self taking in apples.
Afternoon self and Robert fanning barley.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon self
and Robert at the Port with 30 bushels barley. Got 52 cents per
bushel.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Self at Greenbank in the morning for Doctor
to Margaret. Robert gone to Whitby for Annie. Afternoon self
taking in apples.
9 – Wind S, dull foggy day. Robert plowing. Self threshing barley.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at barley. Self & Robert at prayer
meeting at Mr. Watsons.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning barley.
Afternoon self at Mr. Williams threshing. Robert at the Port with
38 bushels barley to Mr. Curie at 52 cents.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at A. Williams threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert comes home at half past four. Self
choring. Robert at Division in the evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Malachi III:8.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at potatoes.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. at potatoes. Drew in 3 little
loads.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing in potatoes. Self at the
Port. Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert moving fence in the
swamp. Afternoon self and Robert logging in the swamp.
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16 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning wheat. Afternoon
Robert at Port with wheat. Self spreading dung.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert plowing in the swamp.
Afternoon self and Robert in the swamp.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert plowing in the swamp.
Afternoon self and Robert at Mr. Andersons sale of wood. Robert
at Greenbank at Division meeting.
19 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew VIII:12.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and Wm. pumping
the well. Afternoon self at Greenbank. Robert plowing.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at well.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at well. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self fixing pump.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing potatoe ground. Self and
Annie picking potatoes. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie topping
turnips.
24 – Wind N, cold day. Robert harrowing turnips. Self rowing
them. Afternoon Robert, Wm. and Annie drawing in turnips. Drew
18 loads. Self rowing.
25 – Wind W, fine day, hard frost through the night. Self and
Robert taking in apples. Afternoon self, Wm., Robert and Annie
at turnips, drew in 13 loads.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Annie at
the Sunday School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching from Matthew
XXV:27.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon
self, Robert, Annie, and Wm. at turnips, drew in 13 loads.
28 – Wind N, rough day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self
and Robert at turnips. Robert and Annie at Utica at Open
Division in the evening.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert, Annie at turnips. Drew in 23 loads.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert topping turnips.
Afternoon self rowing turnips. Robert harrowing them up.
31 – Wind NW, snow through the night, nothing doing. Afternoon
nothing doing. Self and Robert at John Watsons sale. Mr.
McTaggart and Robert Burton here in the evening.
NOV. 1 – Wind W, more snow through the night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon nought doing. Got 2 pigs from Mr. Robert Phair.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
2 – Wind SW and snowing some. Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Luke XIII:24.
3 – Wind N, snowing and very stormy. Robert paring apples. Self
doing nought. Afternoon still stormy, nothing doing.
4 – Wind W, fine day, snow deep, nothing doing. Margaret
washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert pairing apples. Afternoon nothing
doing.
6 – Wind Easterly, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Psalms LXVIII:19. Fast day.
7 – Wind S, fine day, snow melting, nothing doing. Self at Thos.
Phairs. Afternoon nothing doing. Mother at Thos. Phairs all night.
Mrs. Phair sick.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert rowing turnips. Afternoon
self, Robert, Mr. Lee and Alex. Lee at turnips, drew 24 loads.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Self at Thos. Phairs and Chancey Aslings,
he being sick. Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms. turnips.
Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self, Mother and horses at Wms.
11 – Wind S, much rain through night. Self and Robert rowing
turnips. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
12 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Robert and Mother at turnips, drew
in 14 loads in pit and 1 in cellar. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
Robert at Emma Perkins wedding.
13 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Robert at turnip, drew 6 loads in
pit and one to Mellison Ross, which finishes turnips. In all 112
loads.
14 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self visiting the sick – that
is George Byers, Chancey Asling, Mrs. Thos. Fair. Afternoon self
raking mud. Robert plowing. Rain mostly all afternoon and some
thunder.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self raking mud.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self working among turnips in the
cellar. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Robert
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Romans X:1.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self ditching in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self ditching. Self at Thos.
Fairs in the evening.
18 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
self ditching. Robert plowing.
19 – Wind SW, fine day, ground frozen, nothing doing. Self at
Chancey Aslings. Afternoon snowing some, nothing doing, looks
like winter.
20 – Wind NW, very stormy day, nothing doing. Self at Thos.
Phairs. Afternoon still stormy, nothing doing.
21- Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon snowing some.
Nothing doing. Mrs. Thos. Phair died. Mrs. Thos. Phair died,
aged 37 years, 10 mos., 7 days.
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22 – Wind SW, snowing some. Robert choring. Self at
Manchester getting Margarets boy registered. Afternoon nothing
doing. John Michie, Burnside, Tillery, died 21st
Nov. 1869.
23 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at Mrs. Phairs funeral. Mr. Achison
preaching from 2 Corinthians V:1.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
26 – Wind Easterly, dull day, nothing doing. Self and Robert
fanning grist and chop for the mill. Afternoon nothing doing,
looking like a thaw.
27 – Wind S, dull day and thawing. Self and Robert fanning grist
for Wm. Afternoon Robert at mill with grist. Self choring.
28 – Wind S and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon self
ditching some. Robert doing nought.
29 – Wind NW, stormy day. Self fixing turnip pit. Robert doing
nought. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing. Margaret comes home.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Deuteronomy XXXII:4.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the mill for grist. Self
choring. Afternoon nought doing.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing but choring. Afternoon nothing
doing, snowing some.
3 – Wind NE and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon still snowing,
nothing doing.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert doing nought.
Afternoon Robert at bee on the 10th
concession. Self and Robert
at prayer meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert choring. Self and Annie at Port
Perry. Afternoon commences to thaw.
6 – Wind S and raining, nought doing. Afternoon still raining,
nought doing.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Dr. Bingham
at Annie. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 2nd
Corinthians XIII:14, the love of God.
Chancey Asling died.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Mother at Wms. Robert at Thos. Phairs
for Margaret. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening at Lodge meeting
about Mr. Aslings funeral. Wms. son born. [Thomas Victor
Michie].
9 – Wind SE, rather cold. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert at Chancey Aslings funeral. Mr. Young
preaching from Psalms XXXIX:13.
10 – Wind S, rainy day, nothing doing. Margaret at Wms.
Afternoon nothing doing.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. John comes home.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. John at the Port for
his box. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Mr.
Achison here.
13 – Wind W, rather cold. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John going round. Robert in the woods.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John
and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. John Leask and myself
preaching.
15 – Wind SW and snowing some. John and Robert in the woods.
Margaret washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self choring.
17 – Wind W, rather cold. John in the woods. Robert at Mr.
Williams clover threshing. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
choring.
18 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon self, John and Robert killing pigs. George
Boddie and Mr. Achison here. Self, John and Robert at the
prayer meeting.
19 – Wind N, rather cold. John at James Walkers sawing
machine. Robert in the woods. Self cutting up the pigs. Afternoon
Robert in the woods. Self choring.
20 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert in the woods. Self
salting meat. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening. Mary Boe here.
21 – Wind NE, very cold. Robert at the Sunday School. John,
Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Isaiah IX:6.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self choring.
23 – Wind SW, looking like a thaw. John and Robert in the
woods. Self sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the
woods. Self sawing wood. Misses Mary Lee, Mary Byers and
Helen Byers and David Byers here at night.
24 – Wind S, dull day and raining some. John at the Port. Self
and Robert choring. Mother, Margaret and Annie busy baking for
entertainment. Afternoon John and Robert at a bee at the Church
making ready for the entertainment tomorrow.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Christmas, nothing doing. Afternoon self,
Mother, John, Robert, James Smith and Barbara at
entertainment at Church. Professor McLaren lectured in the
evening on man and his dwelling place. Proceeds 130 dollars.
26 – Wind W, rather cold, nothing doing. Self and Annie at
Greenbank. Afternoon James Smith and Barbara goes home.
John and Robert in the woods.
27 – Wind SW and stormy. John at Thos. Phairs threshing.
George Boddie here, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
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28 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Ecclesiastes III:15.
29 – Wind SW, fine day and thawing some. John at Thos. Phairs
threshing. Robert in the woods. Margaret washing. Self choring.
Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self choring.
30 – Wind NW, cold day. John at Robert Phairs. Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at social in the Presbyterian
Church in the evening.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Robert Phairs. Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Robert and
Annie at a spree at Mr. Lees in the evening.
And so ends the year 1879.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1880
JAN. 1 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert at the entertainment of the Methodists of Greenbank.
2 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at sawing machine. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
3 – Wind SE, dull day. John at sawing machine for Mr. Warren.
Robert in the woods. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the
woods. Robert at Division meeting. Rain at night.
4 – Wind W and thawing fast. Robert at the Sunday School. John
at Presbyterian Meeting.
5 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self at
Greenbank voting for councilors. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank
voting. John in the woods. Self choring.
6 – Wind S, damp day. John at John Hornes sawing. Robert in
the woods. Self at Greenbank getting horses shoed. Afternoon
Robert in the woods.
7 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John & Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
8 – Wind S, fine day. John & Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon John & Robert in the woods. Self, John, Robert and
Annie at the prayer meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind Easterly, soft day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert and Margaret at
the Port. Self at Greenbank for the papers. Robert and Annie at
Mr. Watsons at spree.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening at Division meeting.
11 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from John XXI:17.
12 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self choring.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Margaret washing. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
fixing cradle. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert and Annie at
the Port at races. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the
prayer meeting in the evening. Mother stops all night at Mr.
Warrens.
16 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self at
Greenbank for the papers.
17 – Wind SW and raining some. John and Robert in the woods.
Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind W, dull day. Self, John, Margaret and Robert and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke
XXII:19, last clause.
19 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert in the woods. John on sick list.
Self choring. Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods.
20 –Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Annie at Thos.
Phairs visiting.
21 – Wind SW, snowing some. John and Robert in the woods.
Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert and Annie
gone to Whitby.
22 – Wind S and raining some. John in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self making axe handles.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
John at Wms. Robert arrives from Whitby.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert at Wms. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from John XV:17.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self sawing
wood. Margaret washing. Afternoon self sawing wood.
27 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Margaret at Wms.
28 – Wind NW, rather cold. John and Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Mother at Mr. Lees.
Mssrs. John and Levi Stone here looking for cattle.
29 –Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
30 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Cockburn preaching from Psalms CXXXIX.
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31 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self and
Margaret at Port Perry. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
FEB. 1 – Wind NW, cold day and very high wind. Self, John,
Robert and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Sacrament
Sunday. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians VI:19,20.
2 – Wind Easterly, rather cold. John & Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John & Robert in the woods. Mrs. Walker &
Miss Mary Gordon here visiting.
3 – Wind E, snowing some. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
5 – Wind SW, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
drawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
drawing wood. Mother at Wms.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
drawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self at
Greenbank for papers.
7 – Wind NW, stormy day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
cleaning grist. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Robert
at the Division meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John, Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Exodus II:2.
9 –Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self at the
mill with grist. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
10 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
turning turnips. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self at
turnips. Self, John, Robert and Margaret at Greenbank in the
evening.
11 – Wind S, fine day. John at Wms. Robert drawing wood. Self
at turnips. Afternoon Robert at the mill for grist. Self at turnips.
Robert at George Buels in the evening.
12 – Wind SW, rain through the night. John at Wms. Robert
drawing wood. Self choring. Afternoon John at Wms. Robert at
Greenbank getting horses shoed.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self at Greenbank for
papers.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon John at the Port. Robert at Wms. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
15 – Wind SW, snowing some. Robert at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Crozier preaching from Luke X:4. Mr. and Mrs. Watson here in
the evening.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Mara. Self and Robert
fanning barley. Afternoon self and Robert at barley.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert choring. Afternoon self,
Robert and Margaret at the Missionary meeting at Church. Mr.
Crozier, Mr. Smyth and Mr. Achison present.
18 – Wind W, rainy morning, nothing doing. Afternoon self,
Robert and Margaret at Port Perry. Wind N, very stormy. Horse
races at the Port.
19 – Wind NW, very stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing. Still stormy.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at the Port to get his likeness took. Self at
Greenbank for papers. John arrives from Mara.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert at wood. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from John XXI:15. Robert at evening meeting
at Greenbank.
23 – Wind NW, rough day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at Greenbank with steers to
Mr. Marquis’s. Self choring.
24 – Wind S, cold damp day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
at John Watsons and James Walkers. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self at Robert Phairs. John and Robert at a
coffee social at Greenbank. Margaret at John Watsons.
25 - Wind S, some rainy. John at Wms. Robert doing nought.
Self choring. Mother at Wm. Ross’s, his wife sick. Margaret at
Mr. Watsons. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Jas. Millers house. Robert at
Port Perry moving John Watson. Self choring. Annie comes
home.
27 – Wind SW, very fine day. John and Robert drawing some old
stuff from John Watsons. Afternoon John at Wms. Robert doing
nought. Self choring.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind W, cold day. Robert at Sunday School. Robert at
English Church. John and Margaret at the Presbyterian Church.
John Leask preaching. Mr. Achison sick.
MAR. 1 – Wind N, cold day. John at the Port. Robert in the
woods. Margaret at Greenbank. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
in the woods.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood. Self
choring. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing in turnips. John
McLaren died.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing in turnips.
Annie collecting for Bible Society. Afternoon John and Robert in
the woods.
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4 – Wind S, dull day. John at Wms. Robert doing nought. Self
choring. Afternoon John at Wms. Robert dunging out the
henhouse. John, Robert and Annie at the prayer meeting.
5 – Wind SW, rather soft. John at Wms. Self and Robert at home.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. Robert and self at home.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self splitting
wood. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John,
Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Matthew XIII:33. Robert at Greenbank at the
evening meeting of the Methodist Church.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Sandford. Robert at Wms.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self sawing wood.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert sawing wood. Afternoon
Robert and Annie at the Port. Self choring. Robert and Annie at
spree at Mr. Lees.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self sawing wood. Robert choring.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert drawing posts for graveyard. Jane Atkins here
visiting. Annie gone to Edward Bois.
12 – Wind N, very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Margaret at Mr. Wm. Ross’s. Annie arrives from Mr. Bois. Mrs.
McLaren died.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. John doing nought. Robert drawing straw
to Wm. Self choring. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert at
Wms. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
14 – Wind W, snowing some. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Robert and Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew
XII:21.
15 – Wind S, fine day. John, Robert, Margaret and Annie gone to
Mrs. McLarens funeral to Uxbridge. Self choring.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood.
17 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert drawing dung.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing dung. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon self, John, Robert and Annie at the
annual Church meeting and prayer meeting.
19 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Annie
sweeping the Church. Small spree in the evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Mother at
Wms. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing. Robert not at Division.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Achison preaching from Galatians III:24.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing in turnips to
Wm. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self splitting
wood.
23 – Wind S. Robert in the woods. John away from home. Annie
at the Port. Margaret at Greenbank. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood. Robert at Division
meeting.
24 – Wind N, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert gone to young Brandons funeral, nothing doing.
25 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self threshing
timothy seed. Annie on the sick list.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
cleaning timothy seed. Mother spinning. Afternoon John in the
woods. Robert at Greenbank for papers.
27 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John sick. Robert at the Port. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon rather stormy, nothing doing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind NE, rather cold. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self,
Robert, Margaret & Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Acts IX:10,11.
29 – Wind N, fine day. John in the woods. Robert in the woods.
Self at the Port.
30 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port. Self and Robert drawing
dung. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. John doing nought. Self and Robert
drawing dung. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
APR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to George Buels. Self and
Robert drawing dung. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert drawing rails. Afternoons
self and Robert drawing in a hay stack. Rain at 4 o’clock.
3 – Wind S, rain through the night. Robert at a bee to fence the
graveyard. Self choring.
4 - Wind W, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Annie at Mr.
Williams. Self at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Philippians II:12,13.
5 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon self splitting wood. Margaret washing. Annie at Mr.
Lees quilting.
6 – Wind N, cold day. Self splitting wood. Robert doing nought.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood. Mrs. Lee here
visiting.
7 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon self splitting wood.
8 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert at Wms. drawing turnips. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon self at wood. Self, Robert and Annie at
prayer meeting in the evening at Mr. Ross’s.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at graveyard boring posts. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon self cleaning the door yard.
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10 –Wind E, dull day. Robert and Annie at the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing, very stormy and snowing.
11 – Wind N, stormy day. Noone at School. Snow drifting. Robert,
Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
12 – Wind W, fine day, snow melting. Self mending boots. Robert
at Wms. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at Greenbank.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self turning turnips. Robert choring.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at James Walkers raising.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert gathering stones.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing a pail. Jane Williams here
all night. Organ put in Church.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing cistern pump.
Annie gone to Mrs. Davidsons visiting. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self fixing pump. David Urquhart here selling reapers. Bought
No. 3B Kirby.
16 – Wind E, looking like rain. Robert plowing. Self fixing pump.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing. John here in the evening.
17 – Wind N, rough cold day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Annie arrives from Mrs. Davidsons. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self letting off water. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind W, looking like rain. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from John I:42.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self and Annie fanning grist. Margaret washing.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port with grist.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fencing. Margaret at
Greenbank with her dress.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at John Reals after
seed wheat. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fencing. Mother
visiting at Mr. Ackhursts.
23 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self turning
potatoes. Miss Pamela Burton and Miss Agnes Asling here
visiting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fencing. Margaret gone
to Mr. McTaggarts, Whitby.
24 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing cistern pump.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
25 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Rain after
dinner. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing at Wms. Self digging
garden. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at garden. Thunder
shower in the afternoon. Planted some potatoes in garden.
27 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Self digging garden.
Afternoon self and Robert at Manchester for reaper.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Margaret
and Annie cleaning up. Afternoon Robert drawing turnips for
Wm. Self pruning apple trees. Luther Williams here sowing
wheat. Robert at the prayer meeting at Wm. McWilliams.
29 –Wind S, very dull day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon rain, nought doing. Miss Margaret Matthews here
visiting.
30 – Wind N, very cold. Robert rolling. Self choring. Afternoon
nothing doing. Wm. Ledingham here insuring property – 1000
dollars insurance for 9 dollars.
MAY 1 – Wind W, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self at Greenbank for
papers. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self sowing pease and
oats. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
2 – Wind S, fine day, rain through the night. Robert and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke XIII:3.
Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self digging garden.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Mother at Mr.
Burtons visiting.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert rolling. Self digging garden. Mother
planting onions. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self pruning apple
trees. Mrs. Burton here visiting.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port with barley.
Self fencing. Afternoon self fencing. Robert sowing barley. Self,
Robert and Annie at prayer meeting at the Church.
6 – Wind N, cold day. Robert sowing barley. Self in garden.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self pruning apple trees.
7 – Wind S, rain through the night. Self and Robert at the woods
for maple trees. Afternoon more rain. Robert planting maple
trees. Self at Greenbank for papers.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert choring. Self pruning trees.
Afternoon Robert sowing wheat in the swamp. Self pruning trees.
Robert at Division meeting in evening.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew 19:21.
10 – Wind SW, heavy rain at 6 o’clock, nothing doing. Rain
through the forenoon. Afternoon showery, not much doing.
Robert & Annie at Sunday School meeting in the evening.
Posted letter to R. Michie, Utah.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert oiling harness. Afternoon
self and Robert at harness. Mother at Wms.
12 – Wind NW, very high wind. Robert harrowing. Self sowing
oats. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self shoveling dung. Mrs. Daniel
Boe here visiting. Self, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the prayer
meeting. Finished seeding.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self repairing
fences. Afternoon self at fences.
14 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self at fences.
Afternoon self at Greenbank for papers.
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15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon
Robert cutting potatoes. Self and Margaret at the Port with oats.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind NW, very droughty day. Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Robert and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke XVI:19
to end.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Margaret
washing. Afternoon self and Robert cutting potatoes. Robert and
Annie at meeting of Union School in the evening.
18 – Wind W, fine day, some rain in the morning. Self, Robert,
Margaret and Annie planting potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert
planting corn.
19 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert planting corn. Margaret
and Annie washing blankets. Afternoon showery. Self, Robert,
Margaret and Annie at Mrs. Rooks funeral.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Annie gone to Brock. Self fixing
gate. Thunder and rain through the afternoon. Annie gone to
Kirkfield.
21 – Wind N, dull damp day. Robert and horses at Wms. plowing.
Self fixing water trough in the swamp. Afternoon self at
Greenbank for papers. Margaret at Mr. Lees. Mother at Wms.
Rain in the evening.
22 – Wind SE, rainy morning, nothing doing. Self cleaning stove
pipes. Afternoon wind W, nothing doing. Robert at the Division
meeting in the evening.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Annie
Perkins here to dinner. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Proverbs
XII:17 for the young.
24 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Queen’s birthday. Afternoon
self and Robert at Presbyterian Sunday School anniversary.
Annie arrives from Kirkfield. Margaret at concert in the evening.
25 – Wind SW, warm day. Anne gone to Mr. [Gullies?].
Greenbank. Self and Robert drawing out dung. Afternoons self
and Robert drawing dung. Margaret washing.
26 – Wind SW, hot day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon
self and Robert drawing dung. Robert at the social in the
Presbyterian Church in the evening.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Mother at James Smiths,
Whitby. Robert choring. Barbara and her 2 children comes home
with us. Arrives at 9 o’clock pm.
[There is no entry in the diary for May 28].
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing out dung.
Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
30 – Wind SE, rainy morning. Self, Robert and Barbara at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians XVI:22.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing stones.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Mother and
Barbara visiting at Mr. Akhursts and Mr. Walkers.
JUNE 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading
dung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port with grist. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon self hoeing corn. Self, Robert &
Margaret at prayer meeting in the Church.
3- Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at blacksmiths.
Afternoon Robert at the Port for grist. Self hoeing corn. James
Smith and Barbara leaves for home.
4 – Wind S, rather dull day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McKay preaching from Romans II:28 and James II:14.
5 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon raining some, nothing doing.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Brock
at Sacrament. Mr. McKay preaching from Romans VIII:38,39.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon self
and Robert fencing.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Mother at the Michies, Scott.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Mother at Mr. Fosters, Scott.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self at Port Perry.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self fencing.
11 – Wind W, warm day. Self and Robert fencing. Afternoon self
picking bugs. Robert at Greenbank for papers. Rain at 10
o’clock.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert killing calf. Afternoon self
and Robert picking bugs.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from 1st
Peter I:15.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at anniversary at Mrs. Shaws. Self
fencing. Afternoon self at sideline to see jobs let.
15 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert scuffling potatoes. Self
hoeing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing potatoes. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening at school meeting.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing to Wm. Self at Mr. Leasks.
Mr. Wm. McMillans, Mr. Ross and Mr. Geo. Buels asking for the
Church to hold the Union S.S. Anniversary in. Afternoon self
hoeing potatoes.
17 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self
picking bugs. Afternoon self picking bugs. Annie comes home.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at Port Perry.
Self hoeing corn. Afternoon self hoeing corn. Robert gone round
by Manchester, Utica and Epsom to stick up bills of the Union
School anniversary.
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19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon self hoeing. Robert drilling. Began to sow turnips.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Stewart Achison preaching from 2nd
Peter I:10.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self hoeing corn. Robert drilling.
Afternoon self and Robert at Robert Phairs raising.
22 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drilling. Self at Leonard Burnetts
to get Roberts name on the assessment roll. Margaret and Annie
whitewashing.
23 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at Wms. Self hoeing. Afternoon
self hoeing.
24 – Wind W, warm day. Self, Robert and horses at road work.
Afternoon all at road work. 4 days and one half in.
25 – Wind S, some rain in the morning. Self and Robert at road
work. Afternoon self at road work for self, Robert for Wm.,
altogether 6 days.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self and Mother picking bugs.
27- Wind S, warm day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Galatians V:22,23. Funeral of Wm.
McGee’s daughter.
28 – Wind W, warm showery day. Robert at Wms. Self cutting
thistles. Annie and Margaret baking for anniversary. Afternoon
showery, nothing doing.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Lizzie here,
all baking for anniversary. Afternoon Robert hilling potatoes. Self
choring. Rec’d letter from R. Michie, Utah.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses fixing the ground for
the anniversary. Self at the Port for Paris Green. Miss Mary Boe
and Miss Mary Gordon here in the afternoon.
JULY 1 – Wind W, fine day, rather dull. Self, Mother, Robert and
Annie at the Union anniversary. Afternoon Margaret at
anniversary. Made by anniversary $200.13.
2 – Wind N, fine day, everybody dull, nothing doing. Afternoon
nothing doing. Mother and Robert at Greenbank at the Union
social in the evening. Annie gone to Thomas Phairs. Some hail in
the afternoon.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Greenbank to bring James Walker
lumber from the anniversary ground. Self putting Paris Green on
the potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert at the Port.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self at the
Canada Methodist Church. Mr. Bishop preaching. Self and
Margaret at Primitive Methodist Church in the afternoon. Mr. Lee
preaching for a revival. Robert at Presbyterian Meeting in the
evening. Mr. Kay preaching.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at James Walkers with horses.
Self putting Paris Green on the potatoes. Afternoon self mending
fence in the swamp.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing lumber from the Port to
Wm. Self at bugs. Afternoons self mowing in the orchard. Robert
at Greenbank in the evening at the U.S.S. meeting.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Robert Phairs. Self mowing in
orchard. Afternoon self mowing. Blistered horse leg.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self turning hay.
Afternoon self, Mother and Robert drawing in hay from orchard.
Began to hoe turnips.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self at turnips.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Robert Phairs. Self at the Port
with grist. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Matthew I:21.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry to Orange Meeting. Self
hoeing.
13 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing. Robert at Greenbank at school meeting.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Self hoeing. Robert scuffling. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips and
finishes for the first time at noon. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self
at Greenbank at blacksmiths. Some rain at night.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
showery. Robert at Wms. Self making a spoon. Wms. kitchen
raised.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self writing to
Robert Michie, Utah. Afternoon self and Robert at hay. Drew in 5
loads. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
18 - Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
19 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self choring. Mr.
Alex. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. McCorquadale here for visit.
Margaret picking berries. Robert Phair here mowing. Afternoon
self and Robert drew in 3 loads of hay. Some rain at night.
20 – Wind W, very high, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self
hoeing. Margaret picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert
cocking hay.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert stacking hay. Afternoon
self and Robert finishes hay. 5 loads in stack and 1 in the barn,
16 loads altogether. Robert and Margaret at the Port after 4
o’clock. Robert at the prayer meeting in the evening at the
Church.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self putting Paris Green on the potatoes.
Robert scuffling turnips. Afternoons self and Robert hoeing
turnips. Margaret picking berries.
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23 – Wind SW, rather dull. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Showers through the
afternoon.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoes out the turnips the
second time. David Urquharts man here fixing reaper.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from 2nd
Corinthians XII:9.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Robert reaping barley. Self mowing
lodged29
barley. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self mending rake.
Margaret picking berries.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert at barley. Afternoon self
and Robert at barley. Drew in 7 loads.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self turning barley.
Afternoon self and Robert at barley, drew in 6 loads. Margaret at
berries.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Robert raking barley. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert drew in the barley rakings, 1 load,
which finishes barley harvest.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and self choring. Afternoon Robert
at Wms. Self choring. Margaret picking berries.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing Wms. hay. Self fixing
gates. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self hoeing turnips. Margaret
scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
AUG. 1 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Acts XI:23.
2 – Wind SW, some showers through the day. Robert reaping
oats. Self fixing cradle. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Williams
threshing. Self at cradle. Mrs. Coleran died.
3 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Williams threshing and
reaped some oats in the evening. Self cradling oats. Afternoon
self cradling oats. Mother at Robert Phairs in the evening.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Margaret washing. Self and Robert at Mrs.
Colerans funeral to St. James cemetery, 4th
concession of Brock.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Margaret
picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert binding oats.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self cradling oats.
Afternoon self at Greenbank for the papers. John here in the
evening.
Drawing of a cradle.
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‘Lodged’ meant fallen, perhaps after a storm.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with Annie to get her
teeth drawn. Self cradling oats. Afternoon Robert reaping oats.
Self fixing fence. Drew in 4 loads of oats. Robert at the Division
Meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McKay preaching
from 1st
Corinthians XV:54.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Marg’t
washing. Afternoon much thunder, no rain. Self, Robert and Wm.
at wheat.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at wheat. Afternoons self
and Robert at wheat.
11 – Wind Easterly, rain in the morning. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self mowing oats.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self mowing oats. Robert reaping oats.
Afternoon Robert reaping oats. Self binding wheat.
13 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self binding oats.
Afternoon Robert, Margaret and self drawing in oats, 4 loads.
Self and Robert at Mr. Aslings after 5 o’clock to see the steam
thresher.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
self and Robert at oats. Robert at the Division meeting in the
evening.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Robert
and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from John X:10. Robert at evening meeting at
Greenbank.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret drawing in
wheat. Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at wheat.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self binding oats.
Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret drawing in oats.
18 – Wind S, rain in the morning. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self draining.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Port with grist. Self draining.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self draining. Mrs. Akhurst here.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert cutting oats in swamp.
Afternoon Robert reaping for Wm. Self binding.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert cutting wheat in the
swamp. Afternoon self and Robert at wheat. Robert at political
meeting in the evening at Greenbank.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Margaret at the Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Luke XVIII:35 to the end. Robert at the evening meeting at
Methodist Church.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert binding wheat. Self at Port Perry
for Mr. Bateman to the horse who is bad of scours. Afternoons
self and Robert binding oats and finishes binding for 1880.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret drawing in
oats and finishes oats. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing the
barn door. Robert at the Port in the evening to hear Mr. Blake.
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25 – Wind NE, some rain through the night. Robert plowing. Self
fixing barn door. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self draining. Robert
at George Buels to see the steam thresher.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at George Buels threshing. Self at
Thomas Phairs threshing. Afternoon self ditching, the threshing
machine broken. Great ‘Tory’ meeting at the Port. Mr. Tilley and
Tom White to address the meeting on the N.P. and the Pacific
R.R. [railroad] and the Land Policy.
27 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
self, Margaret and Robert drawing in wheat and finishes the
harvest for 1880.
28 – Wind NW, much thunder and rain through the night. Robert
at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self at Greenbank voting for Wheeler.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank voting. Self doing nought.
Election between Gibbs and Wheeler. Wheeler majority 158.
29 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School.
Raining in the afternoon, none at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Annie and Florence here in the afternoon. Robert at evening
meeting.
30 – Wind S, some rain through the night. Robert plowing. Self
ditching. Afternoon self ditching. Robert plowing.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Toronto for books to the
Sunday School. Self and Margaret at the Port. Afternoon self
drawing in to Wm.
SEPT. 1 – Wind S, dull day. Self and Robert drawing in to Wm.
Afternoon rain at noon, nothing doing. Robert at Temperance
lecture at Greenbank in the evening. Mr. McMurray lecturing.
2 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert drawing in to Wm.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self ditching. Miss B. Walker and Miss
P. Burton here visiting. George here in the evening.
3 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank for papers.
4 – Wind W, very warm. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self ditching. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Acts XVI:30,31.
6 - Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Port with barley. Self
ditching. Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
ditching. Annie and [Finote?] here in the evening.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Mr. Akhursts
threshing all day. Margaret at the Port.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing granary.
Afternoon Robert gone to Whitby Fair. Self fixing granary.
9 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Fair. Self at Mr. Williams
warning him to threshing. Afternoon self fixing round. Margaret at
Mr. Andrew Ross’s.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Lees
threshing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lee’s threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon threshing. Mr. Thos. Scott - Boss, Mr. R.
Phair, Egbert Horne, Jas. Walker, Mr. Akhurst and Bob and
horses here. Alex. Lee, Mr. Williams and horses here. Wm. here,
with ourselves making 10 hands, besides the threshers.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Galloway preaching
from Matthew VIII:3,4.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Threshing. Mr. Thos. Scott - boss, Mr.
Robt. Phair, Egbert Horne, Jas. Walker, Mr. Akhurst and Bob
and horses here. Mr. Lee and Alex.Lee, Mr. Williams and horses.
Wm. here with ourselves makes 11 hands. Finished at noon.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing straw.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert away asking subscriptions for
Temperance Hall. Self ditching. Afternoon self ditching. Robert
and Margaret at blind boys concert in the school house in the
evening.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self ditching. Robert at husking bee at Mr. Wells
in the evening. Spree after it.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self ditching. Robert at Thos. Phairs in the
evening.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self filling drain.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self filling drain.
18 – Wind E, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
self ditching. Robert harrowing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
19 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Ephesians IV:30.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self and Margaret
fanning barley. Afternoon Robert at the Port with barley. Self
choring.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self and Margaret
fanning barley. Afternoon Robert at the Port with barley. Self
choring. Margaret at Greenbank.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning barley. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with barley. Self choring.
Mr. Thos. Phair married to Agnes Asling.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing to Wm. Self at Robert
Phairs threshing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at threshing.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Robt. Phairs
threshing 2 hours and at Wms. threshing till 3 o’clock which
finishes threshing. Robert plowing after the threshing.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing to Wm. Self at the Port.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Margaret and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Galatians III:9.
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27 – Wind SW, some rain through the night. Robert at Wms.
plowing. Self taking in apples. Afternoon self at apples. Annie
comes from Mr. Thos. Phairs.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring and mending harness. Robert plowing to
Wm.
29 – Wind NW, fine day, but cold. Robert plowing at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at James Hornes sale.
Self at prayer meeting in the evening. Robert and Annie at a
spree at Jas. Hornes.
30 - Wind NW, showery and cold. Robert plowing at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self writing letter to James
Tough.
OCT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at Neil McCurchers.
Annie leaves for Port.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with harrows to fix.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at the Port for boiler and plow
buckle. Self choring. Robert at the Division meeting in the
evening.
3 – Wind SW, thunder and rain. Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Zechariah VIII:21. Robert at evening
meeting in Primitive Methodist Church.
4 – Wind NE, rainy day, nothing doing. Margaret at Wms. Self
writing letter to Robert Marshall. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
writing.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self ditching. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self ditching. Rain at night.
6 – Wind NW, rather rough day. Robert plowing. Self shoveling
mud. Afternoon high wind and showers. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Mother spinning.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and Margaret picking
potatoes. Mother at Wms. all night. Afternoon self and Margaret
at potatoes. Robert plowing.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and Margaret at
potatoes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and Margaret at
potatoes.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in potatoes.
Afternoon self, Margaret and Robert at potatoes. Altogether 3
loads. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Ephesians II:8,9,10.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Margaret at
Wms. washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self taking in apples.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self sore hand.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at James Walkers. Margaret
washing.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at the County
Fair at Port Perry.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking apples and
potatoes. Mr. Lee having traded 10 bushels of potatoes for 10
bushels of apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self taking in
apples.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and Mother choring.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self doing nought. Mother at Wms.
16 – Wind SW, rather dull and some rain. Robert at Port Perry
with grist. Self doing nought. Afternoon self fixing gates.
Margaret scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
17 – Wind W, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Robert
and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from
1st
Thessalonians V:17.
18 – Wind SW, rather cold. Robert plowing. Self taking in apples.
Margaret at Wms. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and Mother at
apples.
19 – Wind SW, cold fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert sick. Wm. drawing sand with horses. Self and
Mother and Margaret taking in apples.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sick. Self at Port Perry with chop.
Afternoon self and Mother taking in apples.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sick. Self plowing. Afternoon self at
Port Perry for chop to pigs.
22 – Wind NE, rather dull. Self plowing. Robert sick. Afternoon
self, Mother and Margaret taking in apples.
23 – Wind NE and snowing heavily, nothing doing. Afternoon
wind N, still snowing.
24 – Wind NW, cold day and snow drifting. Nobody at School or
Meeting.
25 – Wind N and stormy. Nothing doing. Self at Wms. helping to
kill a pig. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for the papers. Self
fixing turnip house.
26 – Wind S, raining all day, nothing doing. Self making door for
cows house. Afternoon nothing doing.
27 – Wind N, frost through the night, nothing doing. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Robert topping turnips. Self choring.
28 – Wind E, frost through the night, nothing doing. Afternoon
self, Robert and Margaret at turnips, drew 4 loads.
29 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at
turnips. Afternoon at turnips. Drew 18 loads.
30 – Wind E, thick fog all day. Self and Robert rowing turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew 12 loads.
31 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Romans XIII:11.
NOV. 1 – Wind N, dull day. Self and Margaret drew 3 loads
turnips. Afternoon Robert harrowing turnips. Self rowing them.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at turnips.
Afternoon self, Margaret and Robert drew in 21 loads.
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3 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Margaret and Robert at turnips, drew
in 8 loads. Afternoon self, Margaret and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Bishop preaching from Deuteronomy VIII:10,11.
Annie comes home from Mr. Smiths. Robert and Annie at
Greenbank at meeting in the evening. General Fast Day.
4 – Wind S, dull day. Self, Margaret and Robert at turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon all at turnips, drew in 15 loads.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert at turnips. Afternoon self,
Margaret and Robert at turnips, drew in 8 loads.
6 – Wind NE, raining most all day. Drew 1 load of turnips.
Afternoon raining heavy, nothing doing.
7 – Wind W, snowing some. Nobody at School. Self, Robert,
Annie and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Galatians IV:6.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at turnips.
Annie washing. Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at turnips.
Drew 16 loads in pit and 4 in barn.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Margaret and Robert at turnips.
Drew 4 loads in pit and 2 in barn, which finishes the turnips.
Afternoon Robert plowing, self covering pit.
10 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self bad with cold.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Rain at 4 o’clock. Mrs.
Byers and Lena Boe here all night.
11 – Wind W, dull day. Robert plowing. Self on sick list. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert and Annie at revival
meeting.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Port.
Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Port Perry pedlar here all
night.
13 – Wind S, fine day, frost through the night, nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from 2nd
Kings II:11.
15 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self digging water furrows. Annie and Margaret washing.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Uxbridge for brick to Wm. Self
choring. Margaret at Greenbank.
17 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Annie gone to Mr. Andrew
Ross’s visiting. Afternoon nothing doing.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert whitewashing. Self drawing
wood. Afternoon Robert gone to Whitby with Alex. Lee. Self
choring.
19 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Margaret scrubbing. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert and Annie at Division meeting.
21 – Wind W, cold day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Nobody at the Presbyterian Meeting. Robert, Margaret and
Annie at evening meeting in the P. M. Church.
22 – Wind W, cold day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Margaret washing. Annie at Wms. Afternoon Robert and horses
at Mr. [?] threshing.
23 – Wind NE, cold day. Self, Wm., and Robert killing pigs. Annie
at Wms. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self cutting pork.
Robert and Annie at Greenbank in evening.
24 – Wind S and snowing some. Robert at Greenbank getting
horses shoed. Self cutting pork. Afternoon Robert gone to Myrtle
with Ed Buel. Self choring. Margaret and Annie at Wms.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at Wms. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon self sawing wood.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert choring. Afternoon Robert
at Greenbank for papers.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self sawing wood. Robert choring.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood to Wm. Self
sawing wood. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the
evening.
28 – Wind S, looking like a thaw. Robert and Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Annie and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Judges I:6,7. Robert, Margaret and
Annie at evening meeting in the P. M. Church.
29 – Wind NW, rather cold. Margaret at Wms. Self sawing wood.
Afternoons self sawing wood. Robert at Wms. Annie at Thos.
Phairs in the evening.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
John comes home from George Buels.
DEC. 1 – Wind E and snowing, nothing doing, all in the house.
Afternoon John gone from home. Robert bad with cold. Self
choring. Mrs. Ross and Lena Boe here. Self, Mother, John and
Annie at the prayer meeting at the Church.
2 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Mother
spinning. Annie at Wms.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self splitting
wood.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
reading the papers. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
Self choring. Robert and Annie at the Division meeting in the
evening.
5 – Wind SE and raining some. John, Robert and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Achison preaching from Isaiah XIV:22.
Robert and John at evening meeting in the C. M. Church.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John at Sonya. Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
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7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone to Oshawa to Grand
Division. John doing nought. Self choring. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Self choring.
8 - Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring. Afternoon
self and John fanning grist. Very stormy.
9 – Wind NW, cold and stormy day. John at the Port with grist.
Annie at the Port. Afternoon self and John fanning oats. Robert
arrives from Oshawa.
10 – Wind NW, very cold and frosty. John gone to Port with oats.
Robert churning. Self choring. Annie at Wms. Afternoon John
and Robert in the woods. Self choring. Mr. Boe here. Mrs. Boe,
Annie, Margaret, John and Robert at Wms. in the evening at a
spree.
11 – Wind SW, rather stormy. John at James Walkers. Robert in
the woods. Self choring. Margaret at Wms. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind SW, rather soft. Robert and Annie at Sunday School.
Susan Horne here to dinner. Self, Mother, Margaret, John and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Ephesians VI:18,19.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John at Jas. Walkers. Robert in the
woods. Self at meeting of session at Mr. Gilroys. Mother at John
Leasks. Miss Jean Akhurst and Mr. Martin here.
14 – Wind SE, rather stormy. John at Jas. Walkers. Robert in the
woods. Margaret washing. Self choring.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Jas. Walkers. Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John at Jas. Walkers. Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Annie at Greenbank
decorating the Temperance hall. Very cold.
17 – Wind N, cold day. John at Jas. Walkers. Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods. John,
Robert, Annie and Margaret at concert in the Temperance hall.
18 – Wind N, cold day. John at James Walkers. Robert doing
nought. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Sons
meeting.
19 – Wind N, cold day. Annie and Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Annie and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Ephesians I:7,8.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Whitby. Robert in the
woods. Annie collecting for the Bible Society. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at the Port with oats for Wm. Spree at James
Bushes in the evening. Robert at it.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port with oats for
Wm. Self choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and Robert
fanning oats.
22 – Wind NW, foggy day. John in the woods. Robert at the Port
with oats. Mother spinning. Self choring. Afternoon John in the
woods. Robert in the woods. Self at Andrew Peets. Self, John,
Robert, Margaret and Annie at prayer meeting at Church.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Women baking for banquet in Presbyterian Church.
Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
24 – Wind S Easterly, dull day. John in the woods. Self and
Robert fixing at the Church. Afternoon self, Mother, Robert,
Margaret and Annie at the entertainment in the Church. John in
woods till 4 o’clock. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
lecture by Mr. Smith from Toronto on prejudice and progress.
The proceeds amounted to $95.
25 – John in the woods. Robert doing nought. Self and Margaret
at Church cleaning up. Afternoon Robert at Port. John in the
woods. Self choring. George here. Robert, George and Annie at
the Division meeting in the evening.
26 - Wind NE and snowing some. Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Psalms XC:12.
27 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Annie,
Margaret and Robert at Mr. Lees in the evening.
28 – Wind SW, very cold. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
29 – Wind SW, very cold, 4 degrees below zero. John and Robert
in the woods. Self at school meeting. Afternoon John and Robert
in the woods.
30 – Wind SW, rather cold. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
31 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. John, Margaret,
Robert and Annie at Canada Methodist tea party in the evening.
And so ends the year 1880.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1881
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert doing
nought. Self sawing wood. Lena Boe here all night. Afternoon
Wm., Lizzie and children here to dinner. John in the woods.
Robert, Annie, Lena, Alex and James Lee and Bob Akhurst at
the Port. Annie and Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. A. Dobson preaching from John XIII:7.
Robert and Annie at evening meeting C. M. Church.
3 – Wind N, snowing some. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Self, Robert and Wm. at Greenbank voting for
councilors.
4 – Wind SE, snowing some. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Margaret washing. Afternoon John and Robert in
the woods. Self splitting wood. Annie at Canada Methodist social
in the evening.
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5 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self taking in
apples. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Annie at Burtons.
6 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Robert at party at W. Williams, Prince Albert.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing
wood.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self doing
nought. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
9 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison reading an address from the Presbyterian Convention of
Philadelphia. Robert and Annie at P. M. Church in the evening.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at Wms.
drawing in turnips. Margaret washing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John helping Wm. to kill a pig. Robert
in the woods. Self cleaning cattle. Annie gone to Whitby.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert gone to Manchester
with cattle. Afternoon nothing doing. Mr. Achison here in the
evening.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self doing
nought.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Port with wood. Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Afternoon John at the Port. Robert in the
woods. Self choring.
15 – Wind NE, rather cold. John at the Port. Robert in the woods.
Self doing nought. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John at the
Port. Robert in the woods. Robert at Division meeting.
16 – Wind SE, rather dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Margaret and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Hosea IV:17.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port. Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John at the Port. Robert in the woods. Self
doing nought. Margaret washing. Robert at Uxbridge in the
evening at Temperance lecture by Vice Chancellor Blake.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert doing nought. Self and John at
the English Church to hear Chancellor Blake and Mr. Howland
address the school children. Afternoon John and Robert in the
woods. Self choring.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon John drawing wood. Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Mrs. Lee here visiting.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John drawing wood. Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Mother at Wm.
Ross’s visiting. Self choring.
21 – Wind NE, rather stormy. Robert at Wms. John drawing
wood. Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self at
Greenbank for papers.
22 – Wind NE, snowing some. Robert at Wms. John drawing
wood. Self choring. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing.
23 – Wind NE, rather cold. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians XI:23,24,25,26.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
mending Bob Akhursts harness. Margaret washing. Afternoon
John and Robert drawing wood. Alex. Lee here in the evening.
25 – Wind SW, rather cold. John and Robert at Wms. drawing in
turnips. Margaret at Wm. Ross’s quilting. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self choring.
26 – Wind W, rather cold. John in the woods. Robert at the Port
with a grist. Self at Mr. Akhursts. Afternoon John and Robert in
the woods. Margaret at Wms. Self doing nought. Self, John,
Robert and Margaret at prayer meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind NW, rather cold. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Mr. Alex. Gordon, James Gordon and Mrs. Beecroft
here for dinner. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at the Port
for grist. Engine broke, no grist.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert in the
woods. Margaret at Wms.
29 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon John and Robert at the Port for grist but did not get it.
James Smith and Barbara comes up. Robert at Division meeting.
30 – Wind E, snowing some. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Margaret, Annie, Robert, Barbara and Jas. Smith at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Achison preaching from Acts
XXVI:17,18. John, Robert, George, Jas. Smith, Annie and
Margaret at evening meeting, C. M. Church.
31 – Wind NE, fine day. Nothing doing. Wesley Luke here all
night. Robert taking him to Greenbank. Jas. Smith at Wms.
Afternoon Jas. Smith gone home. Margaret washing. Annie and
Barbara at Wms. John and Robert drawing wood.
FEB. 1 – Wind NE, cold day. John at Wms. Self doing nought.
Robert doing nought. Afternoon Robert at the Port for grist. Self
doing nought. Got no grist.
2 – Wind NE, very cold, 10 degrees below zero. Nothing doing.
Afternoon John at Wms. Annie at Mrs. Akhursts quilting. Still very
cold.
3 – Wind NW, very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon John at Wms.
Nothing doing. Luther Williams dies suddenly at 5 o’clock. John
at Mr. Williams all night.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Port Perry for coffin to L.
Williams. Robert at Brock. Self choring. Afternoon self, Robert
and Margaret at Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Revelations XXII:14. Mrs. McMillan here visiting. Annie gone to
Mr. Williams at the lake.
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5 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at the Port. Robert and Annie at
Division meeting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Margaret, Annie and Robert at Meeting, being
Sacrament. Mr. Greig preaching from 2nd
Corinthians VIII;9.
7 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon George, Barbara
and Annie leave for Whitby. Robert gone to Kirkfield.
8 – Wind SE and thawing. Self sawing wood. Margaret washing.
Afternoon nothing doing. George arrives from Whitby.
9 – Wind SE, still thawing. Self sawing wood. George gone to
Louis Beatons. Afternoon self sawing wood. John at the mill.
10 – Wind W, fine day, still thawing. Self choring. Afternoon John
at mill. Margaret at Mrs. Byers. Self sawing wood.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John reading the papers.
Afternoon Mother at Wms. Self sawing wood. John doing nought.
12 – Wind SE heavy rain through the night and morning, nothing
doing. Afternoon John gone somewhere. Self doing nought.
Robert arrives from Kirkfield.
13 – Wind NW, stormy day. Nobody at the Sunday School.
Nobody at Meeting, very stormy. Margaret and Robert at evening
meeting in C. Methodist Church.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Margaret washing. Self, John and
Robert sawing wood. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank to get
horses shoed. John at the Port.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John at Port. Robert drawing turnips for
Wm. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
mending harness.
16 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
mending harness. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Mrs.
Akhurst here visiting. John, Robert and Margaret at the prayer
meeting.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to help George Buel to move.
Robert in the woods. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert in the
woods.
18 – Wind S and snowing some. John at the Port. Robert in the
woods. Self reading the papers. Margaret matting. Afternoon
John in the woods. Robert drawing wood. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing wood for Mr. Perkins. John
in the woods. Self in the woods. Afternoon John in the woods.
Robert drawing wood.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 1st
John I:9.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Stone and Dougald Gordon
and James Gordon here to dinner. Afternoon John in the woods.
Robert at the Port with D. Gordon.
22 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self and Robert
drawing wood.
23 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert drawing
wood. Margaret at Mrs. Burtons visiting.
24 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John and Margaret at Port for grist.
Robert in the woods. Self doing nought. 10 degrees below zero
this morning.
25 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. drawing
turnips. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert gone to Whitby.
Self at Greenbank.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon John in the woods. Mrs. Walker here visiting. Robert
and Annie arrive from Whitby. Robert, John and Annie at
Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind SE, fine day and thawing. Robert & Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Margaret, Annie & Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Mark XVI:15.
George Boddie here to tea.
28 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing in turnips.
Robert at Mr. Akhursts in the evening practicing singing.
MAR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
making axe handle. Annie at the moving of Wm. Ross. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods.
2 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert drawing wood. Mr.
Luke and Mrs. Sunley here to dinner and leaves for Mrs. Burtons
in the evening. John and Robert at prayer meeting at Mrs.
Leasks. Annie at Greenbank.
3 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self splitting
wood. Mother at Mr. Lees in the evening, Mrs. Lee sick. Very
stormy.
4 – Wind NE, snowed all day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing, still snowing.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self writing
letters. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at the Port with
Annie to the train. Self writing letter to Utah. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Nobody at School. Self, Mother, John and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Philippians II:16. Holding forth the word of life.
7 – Wind N, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the Port with
wood. Self writing letter. Margaret washing. Afternoon John in
the woods. Robert at the Port.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert drawing wood.
Self making sleigh bench. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. John
in the woods.
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9 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Robert in the woods. Self
putting bench in sleigh. Margaret at Greenbank. Afternoon John
at Greenbank. Robert at Wms. John at prayer meeting at Wm.
McMillans.
10 – Wind N, rather cold. John, Robert and horses at Wms. Self
writing. Afternoon John, Robert and Margaret at Port Perry. Wm.
Ledingham here assessing.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. John, Robert and horses at Wms. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self doing
nought.
12 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self doing
nought. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
Self at Greenbank for papers. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John,
Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Luke VIII:39. Robert at evening meeting in the C.
M. Church.
14 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. Robert at the Port getting
bobsleigh shed. Margaret washing. Self choring. Afternoon John
at Wms. Self doing nought.
15 – Wind S, fine day. John at Wms. Self and Robert drawing in
turnips. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in turnips. John at
Wms.
16 – Wind S, fine day, still thawing. John, Robert and horses at
Wms. Self writing letter to [?] Tough. Afternoon John and Robert
and horses at Wms.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Wm., John and Robert sawing wood.
Mother at Wms., Lizzie sick. [Birth of Albert Ernest Michie]. Philip
Andrew Stone and Georgina Luke here to dinner. Afternoon self,
Wm., John and Robert sawing wood.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing wood.
Mother still at Wms. Afternoon self and John and Robert sawing
wood. Margaret, John and Robert at a honey social in the hall,
Greenbank, in the evening. Made 18 dollars.
19 – Wind E, raining most all day. John at the Port. Self and
Robert doing nought. Margaret scrubbing. Violet Cragg here.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self digging snow on the road. Still
raining.
20 – Wind SW, snowing some. Nobody at Sunday School. John
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Violet Cragg leaves for
Greenbank.
21 – Wind NW, fine day, nothing doing. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self splitting wood. Mr. Bradley here
from Whitby. Margaret washing.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self splitting wood. Mr. Bradley leaves
for Whitby.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Margaret at Wms. Robert
splitting wood. Afternoon John at Wms. Self sawing wood.
Robert splitting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Robert splitting wood. Self
making axe handle. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self at
wood.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. John at Wms. Self and Robert splitting
wood. Afternoon John at Wms. Self and Robert at wood.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. John at Wms. Self and Robert at wood.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self, Margaret and Robert at the Port.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind N, cold high wind. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 1st
Thessalonians V:21. George here
from Church.
28 – Wind NW, cold windy day. John at Wms. George at Prince
Albert. Self making axe handles. Robert splitting wood. Margaret
at Wms. Afternoon John at Wms. George gone to Mr. Beatons.
Self and Robert splitting wood.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. Self and Robert splitting
wood. Afternoon John at Wms. Self and Robert at wood.
Margaret at Mr. Lees quilting.
30 – Wind NE, fine day. John doing nought. Self and Robert
splitting wood. Afternoon self, John, Robert and Margaret at
Greenbank at the annual meeting of the Church.
31 – Wind NE, some snow through the night. John at the Port.
Robert at Wms. drawing turnips. Self doing nought. Afternoon
John doing nought. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood.
APR. 1 – Wind N, cold day. Robert gone with John and his box to
Mrs. Leasks and to Mr. Buels for clover seed. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. drawing wood. Self splitting wood.
2 – Wind N, very cold. Nothing doing. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at the Division meeting in the
evening.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Robert and
Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting.
4 – Wind NW, cold day and the dust flying. Robert at Wms.
drawing wood. Margaret washing to Lizzie. Self doing nought.
Afternoon wind higher and dust thicker.
5 – Wind W, high wind and clouds of dust. Robert at Wms. Self
doing nought. Afternoon very cold and commenced to snow. Mr.
Robert Allens funeral. Nobody from here at it, the day so cold.
6 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Wms. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at Robert Phairs. Mother at Mr.
Lees. Robert at the prayer meeting at Mr. Ross’s in the evening.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Mother at Wms. quilting.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at wood.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert and Margaret at the Port getting horses shoed.
Self doing nought. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Michie here from Sandford.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self doing nought. A.
Michie and wife leave for home. Afternoon Robert at Wm. Loves
barn raising. Self turning turnips. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
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10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Luke X:25 – 37. Robert and Margaret at the evening
meeting at C. M. Church.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self turning turnips.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self sharping saw.
Mother at Mr. Akhursts, Mr. Akhurst sick.
12 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert threshing timothy seed. Self
piling wood. Annie and Eva Perkins and Susie Real here visiting.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self piling wood. Self, Robert and
Margaret at Temperance lecture in the evening by Mr. Cockburn
and Mr. Weeks. Mr. Munro here taking census and here all night.
Eva Perkins here all night.
13 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert gone to get subscribers to
petition against James Thompson getting a license. Self
choring. Margaret at Wms. washing. Afternoon self and Robert
drawing in hay stack.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing hay and rails.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing rails. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning grist. Afternoon
Robert at Tom Beares mill with grist and got it home with him.
Self at Thomas Phairs raising wood house. George Boddie here
in the evening.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self choring.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Margaret gone to Mr. McTaggarts, Whitby. Robert at the Division
meeting in the evening.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Matthew XXV:30.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self piling
wood. Margaret at Wms. washing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self piling wood. Robert at Mrs. Leasks in the evening to
practice.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self piling wood.
20 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self filling furrow.
Margaret at Mr. Lees. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self piling
wood.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Wm. sowing wheat for us. Robert
harrowing. Self fencing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
fencing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self sowing wheat and oats. Margaret at Mr.
Lees cleaning up.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Greenbank for
papers. Afternoon Robert and Margaret at the Port. Self doing
nought. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from John XIV:6. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self sowing pease.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self digging
stones. Margaret at Mr. Lees.
26 – Wind W, some thunder and rain through the forenoon.
Robert plowing. Self cleaning door yard. Afternoon self and
Robert at the Manchester Fair.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self digging garden.
Afternoon Margaret and Robert at Mary Lees wedding. Self
choring.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self in garden. Afternoon
self in garden. Robert plowing.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing to Wm. Self in garden.
Afternoon self in garden. Robert at Wms. Mrs. Akhurst very sick.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self fixing timothy
seed. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening. Mary Lee and Maggie Masson
here.
MAY 1 – Wind S, dull day. Robert gone to Mr. Edwards, Whitby,
to tell them that Mrs. Akhurst is near dying. Self and Margaret at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Peter
II:21.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert arrives from Whitby. Self pruning
apple trees. Margaret at Mr. Akhursts washing. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self pruning trees.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing at Wms. Self pruning trees.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Wm. here sowing barley. Robert
plowing. Self at trees. Mother planting onions.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self sowing grass seed.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self fixing orchard. Robert and
Margaret at the prayer meeting.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self at apple trees.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self fencing. Mrs. Aslings house
burned.
6 – Wind Easterly, dull and foggy, some rain through the night.
Robert at Wms. Self setting up the [?] and pruning. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self for papers.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone with heifer to Thos. Bryants on
7th
concession. Self rolling. Afternoon self rolling. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind S, warm day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Luke XVI:20 to 31.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self fencing the swamp.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Self choring. Thunder and rain in the
evening.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self cutting potatoes.
Margaret at Mr. Akhursts washing. Afternoon Robert drawing out
dung. Self cutting potatoes.
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11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self cutting
potatoes. Afternoon Robert choring. Self at the Port. Margaret
washing. Self, Robert and Margaret at prayer meeting in the
evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Margaret and Robert planting
potatoes. Afternoon finished potatoes and plowed orchard.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank getting coulter laid30
.
Self digging in orchard. Afternoon Robert drawing stones to Mrs.
Aslings house. Self digging. George comes home at night.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and George at the Port. Self
planting corn. Afternoon Robert choring. Self planting corn.
Robert and George at Division meeting.
15 – Wind NW, some showery. Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, George, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Luke XIX:11-27.
16 – Wind NE, showery, nothing doing. Margaret washing.
Afternoon George leaves for Wm. Inness’s to work for Duncan
McMillan. Robert plowing for Wm. Self fixing barley fork. Mother
at Mr. Lees.
17 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self choring.
Margaret at Wms. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at James
Walkers. Robert rather sick. Margaret packing up.
18 – Wind E, dull day. Robert sick. Self at Whitby with Margaret
to Mr. McTaggarts and brought home Annie from Empires Mills.
19 – Wind Easterly, fine dull day. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self
fixing bars. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring.
20 – Wind W, dull day with some rain. Self and Robert drawing
out dung. Afternoon self and Robert drawing out dung. Some
rain through the afternoon.
21 – Wind W, raining most of the time, nothing doing. Afternoon
self and Robert drawing dung. Robert and Annie at Division
meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, George and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew X:32.
23 – Wind S, hot day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Annie sick.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Annie
washing. Afternoon self and Robert at the entertainment at
Presbyterian Church. Annie at Shaws anniversary. Self and
Robert at Greenbank.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at dung. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith arrives from Whitby. Afternoon Robert at the Port
with Wms. oats. James Smith goes home.
30
‘Coulter laid’ – a coulter is a sharp bar on the front of
a plow. ‘Laid’ meant he was getting it sharpened.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Robert takes self, Mother and Barbara to
Wick Station. We arrive at A. Gordons, Kirkfield, at 2 o’clock.
28 – Wind E, rainy day. Stopped at A. Gordons. Afternoon at
John Gordons; all night.
29 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Mother at Mr. Toughs in the
morning and at Kirkfield Church at 11 o’clock. Mr. Cuthbertson
preaching on election. At Mr. McCorkadales to dinner. Afternoon
at James McPhails and at A. Gordons all night.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. All at A. Gordons. Afternoon left the
Portage Road at half past 2, arrived home at 6.
31 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self planting corn.
JUNE 1 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert and Annie gone to Port with Barbara to the
train. Self planting corn.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self planting corn.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self planting corn.
3 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Self, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Bickell preaching from 1st
Timothy
VI:12. Lay hold on eternal life.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Much rain through the night, ground very
wet. Self and Robert at Greenbank voting for Bigelow. Madill
running on the Tory side. Annie scrubbing. Madill majority 25.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie and George
at Brock at communion. Mr. Achison preaching from John
XIX:31. Robert, George and Annie at the meeting in the evening
at Greenbank.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at the road work.
Mrs. James Horne and Mrs. Walker here visiting. Afternoon self,
Robert and horses at road, put in 4 days and ½.
7 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Robert and horses at road work and
finished at noon. 6 days for self and the rest for Wm. Afternoon
Robert and horses at Wms. Self at Greenbank.
8 – Wind E, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self hoeing corn. Mother
making soap. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self hoeing.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self picking bugs.
10 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self at bugs. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self at bugs.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert scuffling potatoes. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self hoeing potatoes. Mrs. Akhurst
and Lizzie here visiting. Robert and Annie at the Division
meeting.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, George and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. John
Leask preaching one of Rowland Hills sermons. George Boddie
here. Robert at Salem Church in the evening.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self at bugs.
Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at bugs. Wind
storm in the evening.
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14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self putting
up fence. Afternoon Robert whitewashing. Annie scrubbing. Self
at sideline to see jobs let. Mother churning.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing and rolling. Self and
Wm. cutting trees out of the road. Afternoon Robert and Annie at
the Port. Self cutting trees out of barley.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing and sowing turnips.
17 – Wind W, some rain through the night, fine day. Robert
painting. Self hoeing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with grist. Self
at Greenbank for papers.
18 – Wind NW, rain through the night. Robert drilling. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing and sowing turnips. Robert
at Division meeting. Mother sick of ague.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
George and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Ephesians II:22.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self painting
and churning. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self
choring. Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the evening at school
meeting.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drilling. Self choring. Mother sick.
Afternoon Robert painting. Self sowing turnips and finished the
turnip seed. Mother shaking with ague.
22 – Wind N, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self ditching. Afternoon
Robert and horses at Wms. Self ditching. Scott, pedlar, here all
night.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self at the Port
for medicine to Mother. Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms.
Self filling ditch.
24 – Wind W. Robert sowing Wms. turnips. Self churning.
Afternoon Robert at Port for brick to Mrs. Asling. Self hoeing
potatoes. Mother shaking with ague. George Leask died.
25 – Wind S, looking like rain. Robert at Port for brick to James
Walker and broke waggon wheel coming home. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank with waggon wheel. Self doing
nought. Mr. McTaggart brings home Margaret sick.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Annie and Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, George, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from II Psalm.
27 – Wind S, dull day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self cutting
thistles. Annie washing. Afternoon raining. Annie baking. Self
picking potatoes. Robert painting.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert furring up the potatoes. Self
churning. Annie and Mrs. Williams baking. Afternoon self and
Robert fanning oats. Neil McDougald killed at Mr. Wm. Innes’s
barn raising.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at the Port with oats and
brought James Walkers brick. Afternoon self mowing some.
Robert choring. Self, Robert and Annie at prayer meeting at Mr.
Lees. Wms. boy baptized.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and horses at the anniversary
grounds all day. Self mowing. Annie and Mrs. Williams baking.
Afternoon self mowing. Annie and Mrs. Williams baking.
JULY 1 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the Union
Sunday School anniversary. Amount took in $163.00.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at the anniversary
ground, drawing lumber. Afternoon Robert and Annie at the Port
with Margaret to the Doctor. Self cocking hay in the orchard.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening. President Garfield
shot.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self, George,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dobson
preaching from Matthew XXVIII:22. Dr. Anderson at Margaret.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert raking in the orchard. Self at
Greenbank with scuffler. Self cutting thistles. Mrs. Warren and
Eva Perkins here. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in hay out
of the orchard. Dr. Anderson at Margaret.
5 - Wind W, warm day. Self going round hunting for a 1/23 inch
auger and did not find it. Afternoon Robert at the Port for an
auger. Self hoeing corn.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Whitby for Margarets box. Self
making rake. Afternoon self at rake. Mr. Achison here. Self,
Robert and Annie at James Walkers at prayer meeting. Dr.
Anderson at Margaret.
7 – Wind S, dull day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing turnips.
Rain at noon. Afternoon nothing doing. Dr. Anderson at
Margaret.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
Robert hoeing turnips. Self at the Port and Annie there too.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self putting Paris
Green on potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
George and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Matthew XIII:45,46. Robert and Annie at evening
meeting.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert at turnips. Mrs. Walker and Miss Jane Akhurst
here in the evening.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing. Annie at Mrs.
Ross’s.
13 – Wind NW, droughty day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Robert at prayer meeting in
the evening at Mr. Ross’s.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Robert Phair
here mowing. Afternoon self and Robert finish hoeing turnips for
first time.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self turning hay. Afternoon
self and Robert at hay, drew into barn 4 loads. Annie and Robert
at Greenbank in the evening. Mother has a shaky ague.
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16 – Wind NW, shower in the morning. Self and Robert choring.
Robert Phair here mowing. Afternoon very high wind, nothing
doing. Mr. Phair finishes mowing. Self at Greenbank with the red
cow to Mr. Bryant.
17 – Wind N, fine day, very high wind. Robert and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, George and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Bickel preaching from Jonah I:6.
18 – Wind N, and very high. Self, Robert and Wm. drew 4 loads
of hay into stack and 2 loads into Wm. Afternoon Robert raking
hay. Self doing nought. Wind still high.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. drew 2 loads of
hay into stack and 5 into barn which finishes. Afternoon drew in
hay to Wm.
20 – Wind W, fine day, thunder and rain all night. Robert at the
road with horses. Self churning. Afternoon self fixing in barn.
Annie picking berries.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert putting reaper together. Self and
Annie at the Port. Afternoon self and Robert taking up some hay
rakings. Annie picking berries.
22 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert painting kitchen floor. Self
putting Paris Green on potatoes. Afternoon Robert and horses at
Wms. drawing hay. Self cutting thistles. Mrs. Thos. Phairs son
born.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self mowing
barley. Afternoon Robert reaping barley. Self choring. Robert
and Annie at the Division meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Annie and Margaret at the Sunday
School. George, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching.
25 – Wind S, some rain in the morning. Robert and horses at
road job. Self hoeing turnips. Annie washing. Afternoon self
hoeing turnips. Much thunder to the south in the afternoon.
26 – Wind NW, dull cloudy day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips
and drew in 1 load of barley. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips
and drew in 2 loads of barley after supper.
27 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Annie picking berries. Mother at Wms. Afternoon Robert scuffling
turnips. Self hoeing. Annie at the prayer meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind N, rather showery. Self, Robert and Wm. took in 2
loads of barley before dinner. Afternoon self, Robert and William
drew in 1 load of barley. Showery through the afternoon. Annie
picking berries.
29 – Wind E, fine day. Robert and horses at road job. Self at
James Walkers. Afternoon self turning barley.
30 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Wm., and Robert drawing in
barley. Afternoon all at barley, took in 7 loads. Robert and Annie
at Greenbank at Division meeting.
31 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Sunday School. Self, Mother, Margaret, George and Robert at
the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Achison preaching from Exodus
XII:14.
AUG. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at road job. Self at
the Port for trace chains and did not get any. Afternoon self
hoeing turnips. Robert at road.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at road job. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon Robert raking barley. Self at turnips. Finished
barley, 1 load rakings. Robert takes George’s box to Saintfield
after supper.
3 – Wind W, warm day. Robert at the road job with horses. Self
hoeing turnips. Afternoon Annie picking berries. Margaret at Mrs.
Burtons. Self hoeing. Mr. Williams gets 3 cattle killed.
4 – Wind W, fine day, very warm. Robert and horses at the road
job. Self hoeing turnips. Annie at berries. Afternoon Mother at Mr.
Lees. Self mending harness, hoeing done.
5 – Wind W, fine warm day. Robert and horses at the road job.
Self cutting timothy around the fences. Afternoon self mending
harness. Annie Perkins here all night. Thunder all night and
some rain.
6 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert gone with Miss Annie Perkins
and Annie to the train. Self cradling oats. Afternoon rain, nothing
doing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Robert
and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Psalms I:3.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping oats. Self cutting pease.
Afternoon Robert reaping wheat. Self binding. Robert at Port in
the evening for Annie and Miss Perkins.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert cutting swath round wheat
field. Afternoon Robert reaping wheat. Self binding.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Robert reaping wheat. Self and Wm.
binding. Afternoon Robert reaping for Wm. Self binding at home.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping wheat. Self binding.
Afternoon self binding. Robert shocking.
12 – Wind S, shower through the night. Self and Margaret at the
Port for medicine to Robert. Afternoon self binding oats.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self cutting pease. Robert in bed sick.
Afternoon self binding oats and at the Port in the evening for Dr.
Anderson to Robert. He came at 10 o’clock. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
and Miss Smith here.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert sick in bed. Annie at the Sunday
School. Self, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Miss Smith and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Bickle preaching from Galatians I:4.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Robert sick. Self pulling pease. Afternoon
self reaping.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self reaping. Robert sick. Afternoon self
and Annie drew in 4 loads of wheat, 1 of oats.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self pulling pease. Robert sick. Afternoon
self, Wm., and Annie drew in 7 loads of wheat.
5 days had not time to keep any diary. Robert sick and harvest
pressing.
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24 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Wm. and Annie drawing in oats into
stack. Afternoon self, Wm. and Annie drawing in oats and
finishes harvest.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Self and horses at Wms. drawing pease.
Afternoon self drawing rails and fencing stacks.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Self at the Port with grist. Afternoon self
choring and oiling harness.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self mending harness and putting in
reaper. Afternoon self fixing stacks.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. George and
John here. Self at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Exodus XX:3.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert sick in bed. Self at the Port for
brandy to him. Afternoon self and horses at Mr. Akhursts
threshing.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in bed. Self and horses at Mr.
Akhursts threshing. Afternoon machine at Mr. Lees and broke
down. Nothing doing.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in bed. Self at Mr. Lees threshing.
SEPT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Self at Mr. Lees threshing, done at
10 o’clock. Afternoon self and Jas. Walker at Brock to see
George Michie, he being sick and his wife too.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Robert in bed sick. Self plowing. Afternoon
self plowing. Rev. Mr. Achison and Dr. Anderson here in the
evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in bed sick. Self plowing. Afternoon
self plowing.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Margaret at
the Presbyterian Meeting.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Annie washing. Afternoon self
plowing. Took Annies cow to bull – 4th
time. Strange looking
evening.
6 – Wind SW, very smokey. Self harrowing. Afternoon self and
Annie at the Port at Dr.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon plowing.
8 – Wind E, smokey day. Self plowing. Afternoon plowing. Annie
gone to Mr. Boes. George here all night.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self plowing. Mother at Mr. Lees and Mr.
Akhursts. Afternoon self plowing. Robert has his clothes on for
the first time since the 13th
of August.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Self plowing. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon
self plowing. Annie at Greenbank in the evening. George Boddie
here.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching
from Matthew XI:17.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Annie washing. Self plowing. Afternoon
self plowing. Mother at Robert Phairs.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon plowing.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self plowing. Robert not able to work.
Afternoon self and Annie at the Port. Self and Margaret at prayer
meeting at James Walkers.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon still plowing.
16 – Wind SE, very high. Annie papering. Self plowing. Afternoon
self plowing.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self plowing. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon
some rain. Self choring.
18 – Wind N, raining some. Margaret at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Psalms XXXIV:1,2.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Self making ready for threshing, the
machine at Thomas Phairs. Afternoon choring. Machine broke.
President Garfield died 10:15 p.m.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon choring. Machine
starts again at Toms at 4 o’clock.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Self at Robert Phairs threshing. Afternoon
at threshing.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Shower in the forenoon. Self at threshing.
Afternoon self fixing round. Started to thresh at 4 o’clock. 2
hands from R. Phair; 1 hand and horses from T. Phair; 2 hands
from J. Lee; 2 hands and horses from Mr. Akhurst; and Wm.
23 – Wind NW, heavy shower at 9 o’clock. Threshing with same
hands and James Walker more. Afternoon threshing till night and
finishes.
24 – Wind W, rain through the night. Self fixing round the barn.
Afternoon self fencing straw stack.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother and Annie at the P. Methodist
Church. Mr. Hodson preaching from Luke XVI:31.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Annie fanning barley. James
Smith and Barbara here. Afternoon self at the Port with barley.
James Smith, Barbara and Robert leave for home.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Annie fanning barley. Afternoon
self at the Port with barley.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Annie fanning barley. Afternoon
self at the Port with barley. Mother at Wms. Margaret at
Greenbank.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Self harrowing. Mother at Wms. Afternoon
self at the Port with Annie to go to the Empire Mills.
30 – Wind W and very high. Self harrowing. Afternoon self at
George Allens sale. Bought nothing.
OCT. 1 – Wind N, rain through the night and forenoon. Self
choring. Afternoon self harrowing. Margaret gone to Whitby.
2 – Wind S, dull day. Self at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from James V:20.
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3 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon self plowing.
Robert comes from Whitby.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. Self plowing. Afternoon self at Mr. Marks
sale. Bought nothing.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Self takes Robert, Alex. and James Lee to
the Port to go to Lindsay Fair. Afternoon self at Andrew Peats
sale. Bought a waggon $30.79.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self at Andrew Peats for waggon.
Afternoon self plowing. Margaret comes home from Whitby.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon plowing.
8 – Wind SW, rain through the forenoon, nothing doing. Afternoon
self and Robert at the Port at the Reach & Scugog fair. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Margaret at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from James V:7.
10 - Wind W, fine day. Margaret washing. Self plowing. Robert at
the plow 2 hours. Afternoon self plowing.
11 – Wind S, frost through the night. Self, Margaret, Robert and
Wm. taking up potatoes. Afternoon all at potatoes. Took in two
loads.
12 – Wind S and raining. Self mending harness. Afternoon self
plowing. County fair at Uxbridge.
13 – Wind N, fine day, rather cold. Self, Margaret and Robert at
potatoes. Afternoon at potatoes. Took in 2 loads.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at potatoes.
Afternoon Robert and Margaret at the Port. Self taking in apples.
15 – Wind SW, rain through the forenoon, nothing doing.
Afternoon self plowing.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching.
17 – Wind S, rather rainy, nothing doing. Afternoon self, Wm.,
Margaret and Robert taking in apples.
18 – Wind W, cold day. Self and Robert fanning wheat. Afternoon
self at the Port with grist.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert taking up apples.
Afternoon self at the Port with wheat. Walter Fowlie arrives from
Chatham [Utah].
20 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Fast day. Self, Margaret,
Robert and Walter Fowlie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching. Walter Fowlie hires to G. Buel.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Walter Fowlie drawing in
the pease stack. Afternoon Robert at the Port with Walter Fowlie,
going to Whitby. Self choring.
22 – Wind W, dull day. Robert fixing cattle stalls. Self draining.
Afternoon self draining. Robert topping turnips.
23 – Wind SE, wet day. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Ephesians II:4.
24 – Wind Easterly, wet day. Self and Robert husking corn.
Margaret washing. Afternoon self at Greenbank. Robert paring
apples.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert topping turnips. Afternoon
self rowing turnips. Robert harrowing turnips. Drew in 2 loads.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert rowing turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew in 13 loads.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert topping turnips. Afternoon
Robert harrowing turnips. Self rowing turnips.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew in 15 loads.
29 – Wind Easterly and raining, nothing doing. Self and
Robt.rowing back turnips. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon self
and Robert at turnips. Drew in 4 loads. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Galatians I:15.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert rowing turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew in 15 loads.
NOV. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert topping turnips.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing turnips. Self
rowing.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Margaret and Robert at turnips.
Afternoon all at turnips, drew in 17 loads.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert rowing turnips. Afternoon
self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew in 12 loads which
finishes turnips.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Some snow in the afternoon.
5 – Wind SE, snowing some. Robert plowing. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Robert at the
Division in the evening.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Luke I:6.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie Perkins
here. Afternoon self choring. Robert plowing.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Self, Robert
and Margaret at prayer meeting in Church.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self logging in the swamp. Robert plowing.
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11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self logging. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self logging.
12 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert at Division meeting in evening.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Leviticus XXV:9.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at
singing class in the evening.
15 – Wind W, fine day, rather cold. Robert plowing. Self threshing
pease. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing pig house.
16 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing spout to evetroughs. Self,
Margaret and Robert at the [?] meeting in the Church in the
evening.
17 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self threshing pease.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self threshing pease.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert doing nought. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at the Port and Margaret. Self choring.
19 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon self and Robert
choring. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Acts XVII:25.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert choring. Margaret
washing. Afternoon self and Robert threshing pease.
22 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Wms. drawing wood. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert at the creek. Self choring.
23 – Wind SE, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon self and Robert
choring. Robert and Margaret at prayer meeting.
24 – Wind NW. Self, Robert and horses at Wms. threshing.
Afternoon self and Robert choring.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert reading the papers.
Afternoon self and Robert threshing pease.
26 – Wind SW, cold day. Self writing to Helen Tough. Robert
doing nought. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self writing. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind NW, some snow through the forenoon. Margaret at the
Sunday School. Self, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Timothy I:8.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Self making sleigh tongue. Robert doing
nought. Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert reading. Self at
tongue.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Port getting horses shoed.
Self choring. Afternoon self in the swamp. Robert doing nought.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with sleigh tongue.
Self in the swamp. Afternoon self in the swamp. Robert doing
nought. Self, Mother and Robert at prayer meeting in the Church.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW, rough day. Nothing doing. Afternoon self and
Robert threshing pease.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert reading the papers.
Afternoon nothing doing.
3 – Wind Easterly and snowing some. Robert at Greenbank for
the papers and sleigh tongue. Self choring. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Achison
preaching from Numbers XXIII:10.
5 – Wind W, dull day, nothing doing. Margaret washing. Self
writing. Afternoon self writing. Robert goes to J. Watsons to be
ready to go to Toronto on Tuesday morning to Temperance
convention.
6 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Self choring. Afternoon self
at Seagrave with Walter Fowlie.
7 – Wind S, fine morning. Self choring. Afternoon very stormy and
cold. Wind NW.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self choring. Robert arrives at home.
Afternoon nothing doing, reading the papers.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Margaret choring. Nothing doing.
Afternoon nothing doing. George here in the afternoon. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening. Mr. Purdy here wanting John.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Robert and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Psalm LXXIII.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Margaret washing. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert fixing to kill pigs. John here in the
evening.
13 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and John Walker killing
pigs. Afternoon self and Robert choring. Self, Robert and
Margaret at the prayer meeting.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Mother at George Boddies at
Ashburn on a visit.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Port. Self at
Wms. Afternoon self cutting up pigs.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Margaret scrubbing. Self and Robt.
reading the papers. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Division
meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison did not come. Mrs. Achison sick.
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19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with oats for Wm. Self choring. Margaret
washing.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with oats. Self choring.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Robert choring. Self doing nought. Mrs.
Miller here baking. Annie arrives from Whitby. Afternoon Robert
at Wms. Self choring.
22 – Wind SE and raining, nothing doing. Lizzie here baking.
Afternoon self cutting up pigs. Robert choring. Robert at James
Allans in the evening practicing for the entertainment.
23 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at the Port for Barbara. Self
reading the papers. Afternoon nothing doing. The women busy
baking.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Margaret and Annie scrubbing. Self and
Robert choring. Afternoon self and Robert choring. Robert and
Annie at the Division meeting in the evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Robert, Barbara, Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Isaiah IX:6. Frank Bratley
here from Whitby.
26 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon self, Mother,
Barbara, Margaret and Annie at the entertainment at
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Milligan lecturing on the contented man
and who is he.
27 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert choring. Afternoon
Annie washing. Margaret at Greenbank. Robert at the Port with
grist and Frank Bratley to the train. Self, Barbara, Robert and
Annie at tea in the evening at the Presbyterian Church.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self at school meeting. Robert choring.
Afternoon Robert at the Port for grist. Self choring.
29 – Wind N, dull day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Whitby with Barbara. Self
choring. Afternoon self choring.
31 – Wind SW and snowing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
arrives from Whitby.
And so ends the year 1881.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1882
JAN. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Margaret and Annie and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Isaiah IV:5,6. Miss Lena Boe here.
2 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Walker Fowlie, Mr. [?], Wm.
and family, John and George at dinner. Afternoon Robert,
Walter, horses, John, Margaret and [?] at the Methodist
entertainment in the Presbyterian Church. George at the Port
with Annie to the train.
3 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert gone to the Port. Margaret
washing. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Port with a grist. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing.
5 – Wind E, fine day. Self doing nought. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon nothing doing.
6 – Wind SE, some snow, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Wms. Self choring.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert churning. Margaret scrubbing. Self
choring. Afternoon fixing sleigh. Robert at Division meeting.
8 – Wind S, dull day and thawing. Robert and Margaret at the
Sunday School. Self, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Psalms XXXVIII:18.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert choring. Afternoon self
writing. Robert at Mr. Williams to tell him that dogs was tearing
his sheep. Robert at John Leasks at spree in the evening.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Self writing. Robert at Wms. Self writing.
Robert at Wms. and at singing class in the evening.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self writing. Robert writing. Afternoon
self writing. Robert at Wms.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Mother at George Michies,
Brock. Him and his mistress not any better.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self writing. Robert writing. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self choring. Mother at Wms.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert choring. Self and Margaret at the
Port. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self doing nought.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 1st
Samuel II:1, last clause.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Margaret
washing. Afternoon John leaves Mrs. Leasks and goes for his
box. Self choring. Margaret scrubbing.
17 – Wind N, fine day but cold. John gone to George Michies.
Robert at Wms. Self choring. Margaret at Mr. Ackhursts and Mrs.
Byers’ses. Jean Akhurst here to dinner. Afternoon self choring.
Margaret and Jean Akhurst sewing.
18 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert at Wms. Self at Byers to settle
for cows. Afternoon self at Robert Phairs settling for mowing.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self at Mr. Akhursts and
Mr. Lees. Afternoon self choring. John arrives from Brock. Mr.
John Watson here all night.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self threshing
pease. John Watson leaves. Afternoon self threshing pease.
Robert at James McMillans practicing singing.
21 – Wind S, fine day and snowing. John and Robert and horse
at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind NW, very stormy day, nobody at School. John at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
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23 – Wind N, very cold, nought doing. Afternoon John and Robert
at Wms. Self choring.
24 – Wind SW, fine day, very cold. John and Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon self choring. Robert at singing class in the
evening.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at Lukes in the evening.
26 – Wind SW, dull day and thawing. Robert at Wms. John at the
Port. Self choring.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. John
at Wms. Self choring. Margaret washing. Afternoon self choring.
Margaret at James Walkers visiting. Robert Marshall died.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind NW, rough cold day. Nobody at the Sunday School.
Self, John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Luke XIV:15-24. Margaret at Salem Church.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self reading
papers. Afternoon self threshing oats. Sally Akhurst here visiting.
Mother at Mr. Akhursts. John, Robert and Margaret at
Greenbank to Mr. Bishops lecture to children.
31 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self threshing
oats. Afternoon self choring. John goes to Mariposa with George
Buel.
FEB. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry. Self mending
boots. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring. Mother at Mrs.
Burtons. Robert at singing class in the evening.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
self threshing oats. John arrives from Mariposa.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self threshing
oats. Afternoon self fanning oats.
4 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self shoveling
snow on the road. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke XI:1. Margaret and
Robert at evening meeting in C. M. Church.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Margaret
collecting for Bible Society. Self threshing oats. Afternoon self
threshing oats. George Michie and Mrs. Joyce here all night.
7 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. John at Wms. George Michie
and Mrs. Joyce leave for Wms. and then going home. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self choring. Mr. & Mrs. Michie here and Mrs.
Walker. Self at George Michies, Brock, with Mr. and Mrs. Michie
on their way home.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self threshing
oats. Afternoon self doing nought.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self doing nought. Margaret
and Walter Fowlie gone to Whitby. Afternoon Robert at Wms.
Self choring.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John and George doing nought. Self and
Robert choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Walter Fowlie,
Margaret and Annie arrive from Whitby.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Walter Fowlie gone to Pleasant
Point for Walters box. John at Wms. Self choring. Margaret and
Annie scrubbing. George at the Port getting his teeth fixed.
Afternoon nothing doing. John at Greenbank. Self choring.
Robert at Division meeting with Annie and George in the
evening.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John, George, Robert, Walter Fowlie, Margaret and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
1st
Corinth. XI:28.
13 – Wind SW and raining. Walter Fowlie leaves at 6 o’clock for
Whitby. Nothing doing. Annie and Margaret washing. Afternoon
John at Wms. Robert at Jas. Watsons. Self choring. Georgina
Luke and Grace Cromar here visiting.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John at Greenbank. Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Margaret and Annie quilting. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self mending
Annies boot. Afternoon self fencing. Annie ironing. Self, John
and Robert at the prayer meeting in the evening at the Church.
16 – Wind SW, dull day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Alex. Gordon and Mrs. Gordon here to dinner. Afternoon Annie
at Greenbank cleaning the hall. Alex. Gordon and Mrs. leaves for
Edward Boes. Raining at 4 o’clock.
17 – Wind N, cold day. John at Wms. Self at Robert Phairs.
George Boddie here all night. Afternoon self, Mother, John and
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Elliot preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:14.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self and
Margaret at the Port. Brought back Walter Fowlie. Robert at
Division meeting. Lena Boe here all night.
19 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Proverbs VIII:32 and dispensed the
Ordnance of the Lords Supper. Sacrament at Greenbank
Presbyterian Church.
20 – Wind N, fine day. John, Robert and Walter at Wms. Self
choring. Margaret and Annie quilting. Afternoon Robert gone to
the Port with Walter and Annie to the train. Self choring. Mother
at Mrs. Akhursts quilting.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self writing
letter. Afternoon self choring. Margaret collecting for Bible
Society.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at Prince Albert with
heifer. John at Uxbridge. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
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23 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. John and Robert at Wms.
Afternoon self choring. Robert gone to Brooklin to singing
convention.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Margaret gone to A. Michies
sale. Self threshing oats. Afternoon self reading the papers.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Margaret arrive from Sandford.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert arrives from Brooklin. John at
Wm. McMillans to see the saw mill. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Margaret at
Mr. Akhursts to see Jeannie, she being sick. Self, Mother, John
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Mark XVI:15.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to John Leasks for a week.
Robert at Wms. Self choring. Margaret washing. Afternoon self
choring. Robert at Mrs. Leasks practicing in the evening.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
self choring. Robert at singing class in the evening.
MAR. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Raining some.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self salting meat.
Afternoon self choring and at Mr. Akhursts.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
Margaret at Greenbank. Self mending bags. Robert at Mrs.
Leasks in the evening.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self and Margaret at the
Port. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
5 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew VIII:23,24,25,26.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Margaret
quilting. Afternoon self choring.
7 – Wind N, cold day. John gone to Port Perry. Robert at Wms.
Self choring. Afternoon self, Robert and John at Mr. Purdys sale.
Robert at singing class in the evening.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. John at John Leasks. Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon Mother at Wms. Self choring. Robert at Mrs.
Leasks in the evening at the prayer meeting.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert at the Port for seeder.
Afternoon snowing, nothing doing.
10 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
choring. Margaret washing. Afternoon self choring.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Margaret
scrubbing. Self choring. Mother churning. Afternoon Margaret
ironing. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
John arrives from J. Leasks.
12 – Wind SW, snowing a little. Robert and Margaret at the
Sunday School. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Mark IV:24 &
Luke 8 and 18.
13 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert and horses at Wms.
Self choring. Annie Perkins here. Afternoon self choring. John at
Greenbank in the evening. Robert at Mr. James McMillans
practicing.
14 –Wind SW, cold day. John and Robert and horses at Wms.
Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Robert at singing class in
the evening.
15 – Wind SE, cold day. John at Uxbridge. Robert and horses at
Wms. Self threshing corn. Afternoon Mother at Wms. Self
making a pig pen.
16 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Robert drawing dung. Self
choring. Margaret washing. Afternoon John at Greenbank.
Robert and Margaret at the Port. Self choring.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and John drawing dung. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at mill with a grist. Self choring.
Robert at E. Boes in the evening.
18 – Wind SE, dull windy day. John and Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at the Port getting mare shoed, being
lame. Self turning turnips. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John,
Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Matthew XI:23.
20 – Wind N, fine day. John gone to George Michies, Brock.
Robert at the mill for grist. Self choring. Margaret washing.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing in haystack. John arrives from
Brock.
21 – Wind E, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon self, Robert
and John taking in hay. John goes to John Leasks in the
evening.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Margaret
quilting. Afternoon self and Robert at the annual meeting of the
Church. John not come home.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon
self and Robert drawing dung.
24 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone to bee at Wm. McMillans.
Self choring. Afternoon self and Margaret at the Port.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
John arrives from Mr. McMillans. Mrs. George Michie Jr. died 20
March. George Michie Jr. died 21 March, 1882.
26 – Wind S, dull day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians XV:55,56,57. John
Fowlie and Annie arrived.
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27 – Wind S, rainy day, nothing doing. Robert gone to Greenbank
for Ann Fowlie and baggage. John doing nought. Self choring.
Afternoon John, Robert and John Fowlie and James [Lee?] at
Port Perry.
28 – Wind N, cold day. Self and Mother at Widow Michies, Brock.
Robert choring. Robert at singing class in the evening.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Walter and
John Fowlie here to dinner. Afternoon Walter and John leaves for
Whitby. Self choring. Thunder in the evening.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at the Port with John Fowlies box.
Self choring. James Walker here. Mr. John Minty here after
James Yule to hire. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring.
31 – Wind N, fine day, but cold. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Margaret and Annie Fowlie at Mr. Ross’s. Afternoon Robert at
Wms. Self choring. Robert at singing class in the evening.
APR. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
making axe handle. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Margaret and
Annie Fowlie at Wms. Robert at Wm. McMillans for a load of
lumber for the Greenbank sidewalk. Robert at the Division
meeting in the evening.
2 – Wind W, fine day, thunder through the night. Robert at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie Fowlie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMurray preaching from Mark
XI:22. Have faith in God.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Margaret
washing. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening practicing for concert.
4 – Wind N, raining some. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
fencing. Afternoon self, Margaret and Annie Fowlie at the Port.
Margaret, Robert and Annie Fowlie at Temperance lecture at
Greenbank in the evening.
5 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self picking potatoes.
Afternoon self choring.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self writing. Afternoon self
writing. Annie Fowlie leaves for Mr. Blairs for one month.
7 – Wind Easterly, thunder through the night. Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Mr. Parker here. Afternoon self at James Walkers.
Robert at concert at Greenbank in the evening by Professor
Salter.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Port with James Yules box.
Self choring. Margaret scrubbing. Annie arrives from Whitby.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at the Division meeting in the
evening.
9 – Wind NE, fine day. Annie and Margaret at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians XV:58.
10 – Wind NE, cold day. Self and Robert fanning oats. John sore
back. Afternoon Robert at Port with oats. John at Greenbank.
Margaret and Annie at Greenbank. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
11 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone to the Port with Annie to
the train. Self choring. Afternoon John gone to Wm. McMillans.
Self choring.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self writing
letter to Mary Marshall. Afternoon self and Robert drawing wood.
Robert at prayer meeting in the evening.
13 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self and Robert drawing wood.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Mother at Wms.
Self writing.
14 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon self fixing half bushel. Margaret at Mr. Lees. John
comes from Wm. McMillans.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. John at the
Port. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind NW, fine day but cold. Robert and Margaret at the
Sunday School. Self, John, Margaret and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Proverbs
XXIII:26. My son give Me thy heart.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert cutting wood. Self at
Greenbank. Afternoon John and Robert cutting wood. Self
fencing. Robert at Mrs. Leasks practicing.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Mother at Wms. Robert harrowing. Self
and John fanning wheat. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. John
and self splitting wood. Wms. daughter Mary Ellen born.
19 – Wind SE, dull morning. Rain at 9 o’clock. Robert sowing
wheat. John pruning trees. Self splitting wood. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. John pruning trees. Self fencing.
20 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. John at trees. Self
fencing. Afternoon Robert plowing in the orchard. John and self
burning brush.
21 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Self and John at brush.
Afternoon Robert plowing. John digging round the trees. Self
choring. Mother at Wms.
22 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and John digging in the orchard.
Self at the Port with eggs. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon John
sowing pease. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
23 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Isaiah XIX:20. John, Robert and
Margaret at C. Methodist Church in the evening.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at L. Beatons for Georges
clothes. Self and John fanning oats and barley. Margaret at
Wms. Afternoon John at Wms. Robert sowing oats. Self digging
in garden.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Robert
sowing oats. Margaret washing. Afternoon John at Manchester
fair. Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Margaret at Greenbank.
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26 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Robert harrowing. Self in
the garden. Afternoon self and John cleaning the cistern. Robert
and horses at Wms. John, Margaret and Robert at prayer
meeting.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self in
garden. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self and John choring.
28 – Wind SW, raining some. Robert sowing barley. John and self
doing nought. Afternoon John at the Port for apple trees. Robert
sowing barley and oats. Self at Jas. Walkers for papers.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self planting trees.
John doing nought. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and
horses at Wms. John from home. Self choring. Margaret gone to
Whitby. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Matthew XIII:33. John and Robert at evening meeting.
MAY 1 – Wind SW, rough windy day. Robert rolling. Self choring.
John gone to brick making. Afternoon Robert at the Port getting
horses shoed. Self choring. Rain towards night.
2 – Wind NW, cold day, hail in the morning. John gone to the
brick work. Self and Robert fanning wheat. Afternoon Robert
rolling. Self at Byers with Mothers cow to bull. Margaret arrives
from Whitby.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with wheat. Self at
Greenbank getting harrows repaired. Margaret washing.
Afternoon Mother at Wms. quilting. Self and Robert drawing
dung. Robert at prayer meeting at Mr. McMillans.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self turning
dung. Afternoon self at dung. Mother visiting at Wesley Lukes.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self in garden.
Afternoon self and Mother in garden.
6 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung.
Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Lizzie
here and her daughter. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening. George arrives from Brock.
7 – Wind E, fine day. Margaret and Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, George and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew
XV:21,22,23,24,25,27,28.
8 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Greenbank with plow to be fixed.
Self spreading dung. Margaret at Wms. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self spreading dung. Rain at 5 o’clock. Robert at Mrs. A.
Leasks practicing in the evening.
9 – Wind E mostly, warm day. Robert plowing. Self fencing.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
10 – Wind E, dull day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self making
watering place in the swamp. Afternoon Robert drawing rails.
Rain at 3 o’clock. Margaret at Greenbank.
11 – Wind E, rainy day. Self and Robert cutting potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes.
12 – Wind E, rainy morning, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing. George comes home.
13 – Wind E, looking like rain. John and Robert at the Port with
grist. Self fixing dunghill. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self doing
nought. Robert and George at the Division meeting in the
evening.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. John,
George, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Robert and Margaret at the evening meeting in C. M. Church.
15 – Wind NE, fine day, but cold. Robert and George at the Port.
John gone to brick making. Self shelling corn. Afternoon Robert
drilling. Self fencing. Miss McMillan here in the afternoon.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port with George and his
box. Self choring. Afternoon self and Robert fencing. Robert and
Margaret at open Division in the evening. George leaves for
Manitoba.
17 - Wind E, fine day. Self, Margaret and Robert planting
potatoes. Afternoon all planting potatoes. Robert at prayer
meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Robert planting corn. Afternoon
self and Robert planting maple trees.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Mother at
Wms. Afternoon self and Robert at dung.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Mother at Mr.
Lukes. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Bickle preaching from Luke XVIII:9-14. Robert at
evening meeting at C. M. Church.
22 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert at dung. Margaret at
Wms. Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Rain at 4 o’clock.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at dung. Margaret
washing. Afternoon Robert drawing stones to James Walker.
Self choring. Margaret scrubbing.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Queens birthday. Nothing doing. Self,
John, Margaret and Robert at the anniversary of the Presbyterian
Sunday School.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing stones to James Walker.
Self choring. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self at Port Perry to get something for
the horse cough. Robert choring. Afternoon self and Robert at
dung and finishes it. Margaret at Mr. Andrew Williams visiting.
James Smith and Barbara here.
27 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Wm. Ross’s logging bee. Self
choring. Afternoon self doing nought. Mr. & Mrs. Smith leave for
home at 4 o’clock when it began to rain.
28 – Wind W, dull day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Acts XVII:31. Robert at
evening meeting in C. M. Church.
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29 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self planting corn.
Mother at Wms. Robert at Sunday School meeting about an
anniversary.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self planting corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Robert at
panorama at Greenbank of 10 nights in a barroom. Mrs. A.
Gordon here all night.
31 - Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Mrs.
Gordon leaves. Rain at 11 o’clock. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self spreading dung. Robert and Margaret leaves for prayer
meeting but does not go very far for rain.
JUNE 1 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self spudding
thistles. Margaret at the Port. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
spreading dung. Mrs. Butt here on a visit.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Mother at Wms. Afternoon some rain, nothing doing. Robert at
meeting of Temperance men to consider the Scott Act 31
in the
evening.
3 – Wind E, dull day. Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles. Rain at
11 o’clock. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon still raining, nothing
doing.
4 – Wind SW, dull day. Margaret at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Psalms LXXXVII:3. Robert at the
evening meeting of C.M. Church.
5 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Misses Pamela Burton and Jeanie Akhurst here visiting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring. James Smith here all
night, came for firewood. Mother at Wms. in the evening.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes at the barn raising.
James Smith leaves for home. Self at Lukes looking at them
moving barn. Afternoon self fencing. Self and Margaret at prayer
meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting thistles.
Mother at Mr. Parkers, his wife being confined. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self cutting thistles. Mother arrives from Parkers, a
son born.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert rolling. Self putting feathers among
the corn to scare the crows. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Bickle preaching from Isaiah LIII:5.
10 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Robert writing. Self
choring. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Robert making
playthings. Self doing nought.
31
The Scott Act was drafted by Sir Richard William Scott
(1825-1913) which allowed any county or municipality
in Canada to prohibit the sale of liquor by majority vote.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Margaret and Robert at
Wick at the Sacrament. Mr. Achison preaching from St. John
XXI:17. John, Robert and Margaret at the evening meeting in the
Presbyterian Church.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self at Greenbank at
blacksmiths. Margaret washing. Afternoon self and Robert at
John Phoenix’s funeral. Wms. children very ill.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self fixing the
turnip drill. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening at political meeting.
14 – Wind S, dull day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self ditching
some. Mother churning. Margaret at Wms. all night. Afternoon
raining, nothing doing.
15 – Wind SW, rather showery. Robert and horses at Wms.
Mother boiling soap. Self at Byers with the heifer. Afternoons self
hoeing corn.
16 – Wind SW. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn. Afternoon Robert
drilling. Self hoeing corn. Began to sow turnips.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon self hoeing corn. Robert drilling. Heavy thunder
shower at 4 o’clock. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind S, dull day. Margaret at the Sunday School. Self, John,
Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cockburn
preaching from 2nd
Corinthians III:18.
19 – Wind NW, cold day, much thunder through the night. Robert
drilling. Self choring. Wms. child dies at 7 o’clock a.m. Afternoon
self and Robert digging grave for it. Margaret at the Port. Wms.
Albert died. [Albert Ernest Michie, b. 17 Mar. 1881].
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sowing turnips. Self making
rough box for Wms. child. John at Wms. Margaret at Wms.
Afternoon self, John, Robert and Margaret at Albert Michie’s
funeral. Mother at Wms. John and Robert gone to the Port in the
evening to hear how the election had gone. Election for
Dominion. Mr. Glen Grit elected, majority 50.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Margaret at
Wms. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self picking bugs. Finished
sowing turnips.
22 – Wind Easterly, warm day. Robert sowing oats. Self picking
bugs. Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port getting
horses shoed. Self at bugs. Thos. Phair altered 2 boars and 1
bull.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self and
Mother at bugs. Afternoon Margaret at Greenbank. Self at bugs.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self at bugs.
Afternoon self hoeing. Margaret scrubbing. Robert at the Division
meeting in the evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. No meeting in Presbyterian Church. John, Robert and
Margaret at Greenbank P. M. Church. Self at Salem Church.
Mrs. Kenner preaching from John XIX:6.
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26 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at statute
labour. Afternoon self, Robert and horses at road work. 4 ½ days
in.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at statute labour,
finishing it at noon. Afternoon self hoeing potatoes. Robert and
horses at Wms.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self talking
to John Belford. Margaret at the Port. Annie arrives from Whitby.
Afternoon self hoeing potatoes.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling potatoes. Self hoeing.
Margaret and Annie baking. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing
potatoes.
30 –Wind Easterly, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing corn.
Margaret and Annie baking. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank
fixing for the anniversary. Self hoeing corn.
JULY 1 – Wind Easterly. Self, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the
Union S. S. Anniversary in the Canada Methodist shades as the
day was cold and wet. Concert in the Presbyterian Church in the
evening. Mr. & Mrs. Weeks choir giving music. Made at
anniversary $112.00; at social $13.00.
2 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert at the Sunday School. Mr.
Bratley, John and Walter Fowlie and James Yule here. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Luke XXIV:45,46,47.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port with Mr. Bratley and
Annie for the morning train. Self picking bugs. Afternoon Robert
at mill with grist. Margaret at Wms. Self and Mother at bugs.
Received sewing machine from Mr. Tupper. 46 dollars. Gave
note for 36 dollars payable 17th
December 1882.
4 – Wind E, fine day. Robert shingling Mr. Lukes barn. Self at
bugs. Afternoon self at bugs. Margaret at the Union S. S. social
in the evening.
5 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert shingling. Self hoeing
potatoes. James Smith here for a few minutes. Afternoon self
plowing up potatoes. Rain in the evening.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Lukes. Self plowing up potatoes.
Afternoon self mowing.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self mowing fence
corners. Robert and Thomas Phair here mowing. Afternoon
Robert hoeing turnips. Self at Joseph Lees for wool.
8 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert at hay. Margaret
scrubbing. Self and Robert at hay. Robert at Division Meeting in
the evening.
9 – Wind S, dull day. Margaret and Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, John, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Hebrews IV:16. Robert and Margaret at
C. Methodist Meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind SW, dull and showery. Margaret washing. Self, Wm.
and Robert at hay, drew one load. Afternoon Robert scuffling
turnips. Self hoeing turnips.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. at hay. Afternoon
self, Robert and Wm. at hay. Drew in barn 7 loads and 5 in stack.
Margaret gone to A. Gordons, Beaverton.
12 – Wind W, fine day, some dull. Self and Robert finishes
haying, drew in one load. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing
turnips.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Robert drawing
brick to R. Harrington. Self at turnips.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self
and Robert at turnips. John comes home sick. Margaret comes
from Beaverton.
15 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert at turnips. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Self at the Port
after 5 o’clock. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Urquhart preaching
from Luke XV:8,9,10. John Leask Jun. and Annie Fowlie here at
supper. Robert and Margaret at meeting.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Margaret
washing. John still sick. Afternoons self and Robert at turnips.
Mrs. Robert Phair here visiting.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self
and Robert finish hoeing turnips first time.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes hoeing turnips. Self
choring. Afternoon self choring. Mother at Wms. Margaret at
Greenbank.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Lukes. Self choring. Afternoon
self and Mother goes to James Smiths, Whitby.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self and Mother at J.
Smiths all night. Goes to Mr. Smiths, Sen. and comes home in
the afternoon.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing corn.
Mother at Wms. Margaret scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self at corn. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
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23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Margaret and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians IX:24.
Robert and Margaret at the evening meeting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon self at
the Port with oats. Robert hoeing. Horses shoed.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Mother and Robert at Wms. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self hoeing.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert scuffling, self hoeing. Self, Mother and Robert
at prayer meeting at Mr. Lees. Wms. daughter baptized.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self hoeing.
Margaret washing. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert at
Lukes. Heavy shower at 4 o’clock. Very heavy rain.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Margaret at Wms. Mrs. Cross here for dinner. Afternoon Robert
scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
29 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon self
and Robert finishes hoeing turnips second time. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
30 – Wind E, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Acts VIII:39. Robert and Margaret at the evening
meeting.
31 – Wind E, fine day. Robert putting reaper together. Self and
Mother at Uxbridge to see Mrs. Joyce. Bad news from Manitoba.
AUG. 1 – Wind S, dull day, looking like rain. Self and Robert in
the barn pitching straw. Margaret washing. Afternoon nothing
doing, sprinkling rain.
2 – Wind SE, rain all night, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
reaping barley. Self choring. John home sick.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. John gone to the doctor. Self and Robert
cocking hay. Margaret picking berries. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys raising. Self cocking barley.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert reaping. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert cocking barley. Self putting Paris Green on potatoes. Mrs.
James Allan and Mrs. Walker here visiting.
5 – Wind SE, dull day. Self putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Robert spreading out barley cocks. Afternoon self, John and
Robert drawing barley, took in 6 loads. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
6 – Wind S, warm day. Margaret at the Sunday School. Rain in
the afternoon. Nobody at Church.
7 – Wind SW, very warm. Robert shaking out barley cocks. Self
choring. Rain before noon. Barley cocked again. Afternoon
Robert, Margaret and Annie Fowlie at Port Perry. Self doing
nought. Annie Fowlie goes to Wm. Reals.
8 – Wind W, rain all forenoon. Margaret washing. Robert at Mr.
Lukes. Self mending boots. Afternoon nothing doing.
9 – Wind W, dull day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self choring.
Afternoon self shaking out barley, some of it growing. Margaret
picking berries. Rain at night.
10 – Wind W, showery day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self at
Greenbank getting mop mended. Margaret picking berries.
Afternoon heavy showers, nothing doing.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self shaking out
barley. Afternoon self pulling pease. Drew in one load of barley
at night.
12 – Wind SW, rather dull. Self and Robert drew in 2 ½ loads
barley. Afternoon Robert raking barley. Drew one load which
finishes the barley. Rain at 4 o’clock. Robert goes to Whitby.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Margaret at the Sunday School. Jean
Akhurst at dinner. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Atchison preaching from Isaiah LVIII:13,14.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wesley Lukes reaping. Self
cutting pease. Margaret washing. Afternoon self cutting pease.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self cutting pease. Robert at Wesley
Lukes reaping. Afternoon Robert at Lukes. Self cradling wheat.
Self, Wm., and Wesley Luke binding. Rain at six o’clock.
16 – Wind SW, very dull day. Robert reaping. Self binding.
Afternoon Robert reaping. Self, Wm., and Wesley Luke binding.
Rain at six o’clock.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self, Wm., and Wesley binding wheat. Robert reaping. Margaret
picking berries.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert reaping oats. Self binding wheat.
Margaret picking berries. Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret
stacking pease. Jessie Fowlie died.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert binding oats. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew XXII:4.
21 – Wind SW. Self and Robert drawing in wheat. Afternoon self,
Robert and Margaret drawing in wheat. Rain at 5 o’clock.
22 – Wind SE, raining some. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self writing.
23 – Wind N, fine day, thunder and rain through the night. Robert
plowing. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert at Wms. reaping.
Self binding.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wms. reaping. Self binding oats.
Afternoon Robert reaping at Mr. Lukes. Self binding oats.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping in the swamp. Self writing
letter. Afternoon self, Margaret and Robert drawing in oats.
26 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret drawing
in oats. Afternoon Robert and Margaret at Wms. drawing in his
wheat. Self binding oats. Robert at the Temperance meeting in
the evening.
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27- Wind Easterly and raining. Nobody at Sunday School.
Mother, John, Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching. John and Robert at the C. Methodist
evening meeting.
28 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing. Self mending
harness. Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
binding oats and finished binding.
29 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and horses taking me to
Seagrave to the train. Self at Lindsay at the meeting of
Presbytery. Robert drawing in oats for Wm.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret drawing in oats
and finishes harvest. Afternoon Robert reaping for Wesley Luke.
Self choring.
31 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring.
SEPT. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. drawing in pease. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self doing nought.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind W, dull. Margaret at the Sunday School. Self, John,
Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Hebrews VIII:25. Robert and Margaret at the
evening meeting in P. Methodist Church.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Port with grist.
Self choring. Mother churning. Afternoon self mowing oats.
5 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Margaret washing. Self
mowing oats. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self turning oats.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Port for grist. Self choring.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self writing to Helen Tough.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self burning heaps in the swamp.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self burning heaps in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Blairs for seed
wheat.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self in the swamp. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Psalms V:3. Robert and Margaret at
evening meeting.
11 – Wind NE, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert to go to the
Industrial Exhibition in Toronto. Afternoon self at Thomas Phairs
to see about threshing. Horses shoed.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self fixing grainary. Afternoon self
choring. Robert arrives from Toronto.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Robert sowing fall wheat. Self and
Margaret picking hops. Afternoon self choring. Robert harrowing.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Toronto. Self, Robert and
horses at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Margaret at Akhursts.
Afternoon Wind NW and a hurricane. No threshing. Self in Mr.
Lees fallow fighting fire. Robert doing nought.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Mr. Akhursts
threshing, finished at noon. Afternoon self at Mr. Lees threshing.
Robert at the Port getting his teeth fixed.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Lees
threshing. Afternoon self at Mr. Lees threshing, finished at 3
o’clock. Robert plowing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Margaret at the Sunday School. Self,
John and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Psalms XIX:1-7. Robert ill with toothache.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Thos. Phairs for a
lamb. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self at
the Port with Lizzie to the train. Afternoon self killing lamb and
other chores. James Smith here all night. Very heavy shower in
the afternoon with high wind.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Carnegies threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon self choring.
21 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at Carnegies threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon started to thresh at 3 o’clock. Carnegies and
team; Albert Akhurst; J. Walker; Wm. Michie; A. Lee; W. Luke
and team; 1 hand from Thos. Phair; 1 from Robert Phair.
22 – Wind East, rain, much of it through the night and morning.
Began to thresh at 10 o’clock, finished at 3 o’clock.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Robert Phairs
threshing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John
and Mother at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Amos IV:12. John, Robert and Margaret at the Methodist
evening meeting.
25 – Wind W, frosty morning. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn.
Afternoon self at corn. Robert plowing. Margaret washing.
26 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at corn. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at James Walkers threshing. Margaret
leaves for Whitby Fair.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at corn. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self binding corn. Robert at prayer meeting in
the evening.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring.
29 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self, Robert and Wm. drawing in a haystack. Robert at
Greenbank to see Queen Esther acted.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. drawing in pease
stack. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing the waggon box.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
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OCT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self,
John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Malachi III:17.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
3 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
4 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Self and Robert and
Margaret at Port Perry fair.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self, Mother and
Margaret at potatoes. Afternoon all at potatoes.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and
Margaret at potatoes. Afternoon all at potatoes.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at the Division meeting in the
evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 2nd
Peter I:4.
Robert, John and Margaret at the evening meeting.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Mother and Margaret at potatoes.
Self hunting a lost heifer. Afternoon all at potatoes.
10 – Wind N, fine day, but cold. Self, Margaret and Mother at
potatoes. Robert and horses at Wms. Afternoon all at potatoes.
11 – Wind E, cold day. Self and Robert drawing in corn. Margaret
washing. Afternoon self and Mother at potatoes. Robert at Wms.
plowing. James Smith and Barbara comes from Whitby.
12 – Wind E, looking like rain. Robert at Wms. plowing. Self and
Barbara at Uxbridge.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. plowing. Margaret at
Robert Phairs. Self doing nought. Afternoon James Smith and
Barbara goes home. Self choring. Rain at night.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Margaret
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with oats. Self cleaning
the cellar. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, John, Margaret, Robert and Annie Fowlie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 2nd
Corinthians VII:1. Robert and Margaret and Annie Fowlie at the
evening meeting. Annie Perkins here to tea.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning barley. Margaret
at Robert Phairs. Afternoon Robert at the Port with barley. Self
choring. David Urquhart here all night.
17 – Wind S and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon all at
Robert Phairs sale. Robert and Margaret at spree in the evening.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes. Self, Robert and Margaret
at prayer meeting.
19 – Wind N, cold day. Margaret washing. Self and Robert at
potatoes.
20 – Wind Easterly, fine day, frost at night. Self and Robert at
potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert finishes potatoes. 8 loads.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self, John and Mother
taking in apples. Afternoon self, John and Mother at apples.
Robert plowing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Margaret at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Hebrews XI:24,25,26.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Margaret at Port Perry. Self
topping turnips. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at turnips. Mother
at Robert Phairs visiting. Robert at James McMillans practicing.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Mother at
Burtons. Margaret washing. Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret
at turnips. Drew in 14 loads.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips, drew in 7 loads.
Afternoon self and Robert topping turnips.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self,
Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew in 14 loads. Gave note to
Mr. Gorman for cloth, 30 dollars payable 10 months.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon
self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew in 15 loads.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at turnips, drew in 14 loads.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind W, fine day but cold. Self, John, Robert and Margaret
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Psalms
XLVI:4.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret drawing
turnips. Afternoon self and Robert topping turnips. Drew in 13
loads.
31 – Wind W, thunder and rain through the night. Self, John,
Robert and Margaret at turnips. Afternoon self, John, Robert and
Margaret at turnips, drew in 24 loads.
NOV. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Margaret at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at turnips. Drew 15 loads.
2 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother
boiling soap. Margaret washing. Robert and horses and Mother
at Wms. turnips. Self choring.
3 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon self
at Greenbank at blacksmiths. Robert and Mother at Wms.
turnips.
4 – Wind E, fine day, hard frost, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self husking corn. Mr. Bratley here from Whitby. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind E, frosty morning. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Robert and Margaret and F. Bratley at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Psalms CXXVI:6. Robert at
evening meeting.
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6 – Wind SE, fine day. Self making axe handle. Robert plowing.
Mr. Bratley still here. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self splitting
wood.
7 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing round.
Afternoon Robert plowing.
9 – Wind E, nothing doing. General Fast day. Robert and
Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind S, looking like rain. Robert plowing. Self threshing
pease. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at pease.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind W, dull day and raining. Self, Mother and John and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching.
Robert at evening meeting.
13 – Wind W and raining some. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
14 – Wind NW, some snow. Self choring. Afternoon self threshing
pease. Robert and Margaret at Port Perry all day.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn. Robert at prayer meeting
in the evening.
16 – Wind W, dull day. John at the Port. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
17 – Wind NE, snow 2 inches deep. Nothing doing but reading
papers. Afternoon self husking corn. Robert choring.
18 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert choring. Self at corn. Afternoon
self at corn. Robert choring. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self, John,
Robert and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Matthew XXVII:23. Robert and Margaret at the
evening meeting of C. M.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert choring.
Afternoon self at wood. Robert at chores. James Smith comes
from Whitby. John at James Walkers all day.
21 – Wind W, fine day. James Smith leaves for home with wood.
John at Jas. Walkers. Robert at Wms. Self at wood. Margaret at
Greenbank. Afternoon nothing doing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wm. McMillans for lumber for
Wm. Self husking corn. Afternoon nothing doing. Self and Robert
at the bible class in the evening.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert fixing grindstone. Self threshing
pease. Afternoon choring.
24 – Wind NW, snowing some. Self threshing pease. Robert
doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Phair here visiting.
25 – Wind N, snowing some, nothing doing. Margaret scrubbing.
Afternoon self choring. Robert doing nought. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening. John arrives from Whitby.
26 – Wind SE, snowing some. John, Margaret and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
27 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
threshing pease. Margaret washing. Afternoon Robert at Port
with grist. Margaret goes to attend Margaret Johnston.
28 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. moving his barn.
Self doing nought.
29 – Wind N, cold day. John at Wms. Robert at Port for grist. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John at Mr. Haywoods wood bee. Self
choring. Robert at Miss Wallaces wedding. Horses shoed.
30 – Wind W, rather cold. John at Wms. Robert doing nought.
Self reading papers. Afternoon Robert somewhere. Self doing
nought. Miss and Mr. McTaggart comes here at 12 o’clock at
night.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, snowing some, nothing doing. Miss and Mr.
McTaggart leaves for home. Afternoon John and Robert drawing
wood.
2 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon choring. Robert at
the Division meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching
from 2nd
Peter I:10 on assurances.
4 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John, Robert,
Margaret at Wms. threshing. Self choring.
5 – Wind S, fine day. John, Robert and horses at Wms. threshing.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert and horses at Mr. Lukes
threshing. John at Port. Self choring.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Mr. Lukes threshing.
Self choring. Afternoon Lukes threshing done at 3 o’clock. Robert
and Margaret at Greenbank in the evening. Jas. Smith and Annie
comes from Whitby. George comes from Manitoba.
7 – Wind W, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy,
nothing doing.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert killing pigs. George
and Margaret at the Port. Afternoon nothing doing.
9 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon the same.
10 – Wind S and snowing, nobody at the Sunday School. Self,
John, George, Robert, Margaret and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Ephesians IV:2.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood for Wm. Self choring.
12 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. John at Greenbank.
Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring. Robert and Annie at
Widow Leasks in the evening at a party. Margaret at Mr. Holtbys
to see Annie Fowlie.
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13 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon the same.
Robert, John, George, Margaret and Annie at prayer meeting.
14 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Self choring. Afternoon self
splitting wood. George gone to Saintfield.
15 – Wind N, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon the same.
Self, John, Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the evening to see
Ten Nights In a Barroom acted.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert sore jaw.
Afternoon nothing doing.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John, George, Mother and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Zachariah
IV:2,3.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Annie at the Port. Self splitting
wood. Margaret washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
19 – Wind S, dull day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with oats. Self choring. Mr. Frank Bratley
arrives from Whitby.
20 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Nothing doing but preparing for
Margarets wedding. Afternoon Margaret married to F. Bratley.
21 – Wind S, fine day, thawing, nothing doing. Afternoon the
same.
22 – Wind S, fine day, thawing. Self, John, George and Robert
drawing in turnips. Afternoon all at turnips.
23 – Wind SW, fine day, thawing. Robert, John & Annie and
Annie Fowlie at the Port. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John, George, Robert, Mr. and Mr.
Bratley, Annie Fowlie, Annie and Miss Agnes Williamson at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Corinthians VIII:7. Robert, George, Mr. and Mrs.
Bratley, Annie Fowlie, Agnes Williamson and Annie at evening
meeting.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John at Greenbank. Nothing doing.
Preparing for entertainment at Presbyterian Church. Self, John,
George, Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Bratley, Annie, Miss Williamson
and Annie Fowlie at entertainment in the evening.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Annie and Miss Williamson and Annie
Fowlie at Mr. Akhursts. Afternoon Mr. Bratley, Annie Fowlie, Miss
Williamson and Annie leave for Whitby. John, George, Robert,
Mother and Margaret at social in the evening.
27 – Wind E, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
George gone to Louis Beatons.
28 – Wind N, fine day. John at the moving of Robert Phair. Robert
and horses there and goes to Uxbridge. Afternoon nothing doing.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon John at Greenbank with wood to the Church. Robert at
Wesleys paving.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes paving. Self and
John doing nought. Afternoon self choring.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Margaret, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Psalms LXXXIX:47. Robert at the
evening meeting.
And so ends the year 1882.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1883
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Self at Greenbank
voting for Tim Cragg. Afternoon John and Robert at Greenbank
to vote and to social in the Methodist Church and concert.
2 – Wind N, fine day. John at James Walkers. Robert at Wesley
Lukes. Self at George Byers settling for cows. Afternoon self and
John fanning barley.
3- Wind NW, fine day. James Smith here all night. John and
Robert at Port with barley to chop. Afternoon nothing doing. Miss
Elsie Gordon from Kirkfield here. Robert and Margaret at
Greenbank with her in the evening.
4 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert and horses at Mr.
Akhursts stone bee. Self making axe handle. Afternoon nothing
doing. Spree at Mr. Akhursts in the evening.
5 – Wind E, cold day. John at the Port for chop. Self and Robert
doing nought. Margaret at Wms. Afternoon Robert gone to Wm.
Buels with sleigh. Self and John doing nought.
6 – Wind NE, snowing some. James Smith here all night.
Margaret scrubbing. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Lukes. John at Greenbank.
7 – Wind W, stormy day. Self, John, Robert and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Philippians
III:8.
8 - Wind W, fine day. Margaret washing. Robert at Mr. Lukes.
Self and John doing nought. Afternoon John at James Walkers.
Self choring.
9 – Wind NE, chilly day. John and Margaret at the Port. Robert at
Wesley Lukes. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
10 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self and John doing
nought. Afternoon John at the Port. Self choring.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Self doing nought. John and Robert at
Prince Albert with 2 steers. Afternoon nothing doing.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Robert at Wms. Robert at Greenbank in the evening
to hear the Jubilee Singers.
13 – Wind SE, thawing some, nothing doing. George and Alex
Michie Jun. here. Afternoon nothing doing. George and Sandy
leaves for L. Beatons. Mr. Frank Bratley and Miss Lizzie
[Stirving?] arrive from Whitby. Robert at Division meeting.
14 – Wind W, rather stormy. Self, John, Robert, Mr. and Mrs.
Bratley and Miss Stirving at the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew 5:3
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15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self and John
husking corn. Afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Bratley and Miss Stirving at
the Port. Robert drawing dung.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and John drawing dung. Mr. and
Mrs. Bratley at Uxbridge. Afternoon Robert at the Port with Miss
Stirving to the train. John at J. Clemens.
17 – Wind E, snowing some. John and Robert drawing dung. Mrs.
Bratley washing. Afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Bratley visiting at Mr.
Ross’s. John and Robert drawing dung.
18 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert at dung. Afternoon Mr.
and Mrs. Bratley leaves for Whitby. John gone to Mr. Beecrofts.
Robert at Mr. Lukes. Margaret leaves for Whitby.
19 – Wind E, dull day. Robert leaves with Margarets things for
Whitby. Afternoon self choring.
20 – Wind SE, soft day. Mother scrubbing. Self writing letter to
James Tough. Afternoon raining some. Self choring. John comes
home and Robert comes from Whitby.
21 – Wind W, stormy. Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching.
22 – Wind W, cold day, nothing doing. John at the Port. Afternoon
very cold, nothing doing. Mr. Lee here taking subscriptions for
the payment of the Church debt.
23 – Wind W, fine day, but very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon
John at Greenbank. Nothing doing.
24 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and Robert
somewhere. Self, John and Robert at Temperance Meeting in
the evening.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert at dung. Self doing
nought. Afternoon John and Robert at dung.
26 – Wind NE, still cold. John at George Byers threshing. Self
and Robert doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self
doing nought.
27 – Wind S, thawing some. John at Thos. Phairs threshing.
Robert playing the fiddle. Self writing letter to Mary {Mar…..?].
Afternoon John at threshing. Robert at the Port. Mother
scrubbing. Robert at Temperance meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Galatians II:4. John and
Robert at evening meeting.
29 – Wind SW, fine day, thawing some. Nothing doing. John at
Brock. Afternoons self in the swamp.
30 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, John and Robert at the Port.
Afternoon nothing doing.
31 – Wind W, rather rough. John gone to Whitby. Robert at Wms.
Self doing nought. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Wms.
FEB. 1 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert at the Port for grist but did
not get it. John comes home from Whitby. Afternoon John gone
somewhere. Nothing doing.
2 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Self choring. Robert at David Leasks in the evening
at a spree. James Smith here all night.
3 – Wind SE, snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Robert at Greenbank at Division meeting in the
evening.
4 – Wind NW, stormy day. Self, John and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from Ecclesiastes XII:1. Robert at
evening meeting.
5 – Wind W, fine day, but cold, nothing doing. Afternoon John at
James Walkers. Mother at Wms. Lizzie sick.
6 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and Robert
at the Port to see the horse races.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. John gone to Port for doctor to Lizzie.
Mrs. Alex Gordon and Mrs. Dusty here. Afternoon Robert at Port
with Jas. Walker and James Gordon.
8 – Wind SW, fine day, but cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon John at
Mr. Leasks. Robert at Mr. Lukes and at Greenbank in the
evening.
9 – Wind SW, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert at Port Perry. Robert somewhere in the evening.
10 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon John at the Port. Nothing doing. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind E, dull day. Self, John and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew XII:18. John and
Robert at evening meeting of the Methodists.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John at Greenbank. Afternoon Robert
gone to Whitby. John and George gone to Port Perry.
13 – Wind E, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John somewhere.
Robert and Annie arrive from Whitby.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Nothing doing.
Afternoon nothing doing. Annie washing. Self and John at Bible
class in the evening.
15 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. John doing nought.
Afternoon John gone to Greenbank. Robert gone to Mariposa
with Mr. and Mrs. Luke. Mrs. Carnegie here visiting.
16 – Wind E, dull day and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon still
wet, nothing doing.
17 – Wind W, stormy day. Self and John drawing wood. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon still stormy, nothing doing. John at
Greenbank in the evening at political meeting held by J. Gould.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 2nd
Corinthians XI:20.
19 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Self, John and Robert
throwing back turnips. Annie washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
20 – Wind S, snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon John,
Robert and Annie at the Port. Stormy evening.
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21 – Wind NW, cold, fine day. John at James Walkers. Robert at
Wms. Self splitting wood. Afternoon nothing doing. George Bodie
here visiting. Self, John, Robert, Annie and George Bodie at
Bible class. Mr. and Mrs. Bratley and Jno. Bratley arrive from
Whitby.
22 –Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John, Robert,
Mssrs. Bratley, G. Bodie and self at Mr. Ross’s sale.
23 – Wind N, cold day. John, Robert, Annie, Mr. & Mrs. Bratley
and John Bratley at the Port. Afternoon self, Mother, John,
Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Crozier preaching
from Isaiah III:4,5,6.
24 – Wind E, cold day. Self and Robert at the Port. Afternoon
nothing doing. John at Mr. Lees. Mr. Bacon from Sunderland
here, him and Annie at the Port. Thawing at night.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Margaret
at Church at Sacrament. Mr. Achison preaching from John III:16.
Robert and John at evening meeting.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. John gone to Mara. George Bodie gone
to Port. Annie at Wms. Afternoon Robert at Wms. drawing wood.
George at Wms.
27 – Wind NW, cold day. George gone to Greenbank to vote. Self
and Robert at Greenbank voting for Mr. Gould. Afternoon nothing
doing. George and Margaret at the Port. Robert at Port in the
evening to hear of elections. Gould to be elected and Dryden and
McIntyre for S. Victoria. Gould elected, 24 majority.
28 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. George at the Port for
clothes. Afternoon Robert and Annie gone to Annie Perkins
wedding. Self, John, Mother, Robert and Annie, Mr. & Mrs.
Bratley, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, John Walker and Annie Fowlie and
George Bodie at George’s wedding to Mary Ross. The wedding
at her fathers, Mr.Ross’s.
MAR. 1 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. George Bodie
leaves at 5:25 a.m. for morning train. John and Annie Fowlie
leave for home. James Smith, Mrs. Smith and John leave for
Whitby. Walter and Annie leaves for George Buels. Mr. & Mrs.
Bratley and Stewart leave for Whitby. Robert at Port Perry with
Mr. Luke. None left but the old woman and me.
2 – Wind W, fine day, nothing. Robert and horses at Wms.
Afternoon self choring.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self splitting wood. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon nothing doing. George and wife here.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Church and at the Methodist Church in the evening.
5 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Annie washing. Robert bad
with cold. Self nearly deaf with cold.
6 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert and Annie at Uxbridge in the evening. John comes from
Whitby.
7 – Wind W, very stormy day, nothing doing. Annie ironing.
Afternoon very cold, nothing doing. Robert sick of cold.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self shoveling snow
between the house and the barn. Afternoon self shoveling.
Robert bad cold.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Self splitting wood. Robert
doing nought. Mrs. George Michie here last night. Afternoon
nothing doing. Robert and Annie at Widow Leasks at a party.
10 – Wind S, fine day. John at Wms. Robert doing nought.
Afternoon nothing doing. Walter Fowlie arrives from Chatham.
Robert and Walter at Greenbank in the evening.
11 – Wind NW, stormy day. Nobody at Sunday School. Stormy
afternoon, nobody at Church, nor yet in the evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Walter leaves for Wm. Ross’s. Robert and
John at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self splitting
wood. Annie washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self splitting wood. John and Annie at the Port.
16 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Afternoon Annie
at Mrs. Lees matting bee. Robert at Mr. Lees in the evening.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Robert drawing wood.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
18 – Wind N, rather stormy. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Romans XII:11.
19 – Wind NE, snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert at Wms. Still snowing.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. Self turning turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Nothing doing. George
Michie Sen. died 1868.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Lukes. Self and Robert fanning
a grist. Afternoon Robert at Port with grist. Self choring. John at
Wms. Robert at Mr. Akhursts in the evening. Mrs. George Michie
Jun. died 20 March 1882.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wesleys. Self and Robert doing
nought. Afternoon self at James Walkers. Annie at Mr. Akhursts.
23 – Wind E, dull day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self at Thos. Phairs and Mr. Grose’s.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self and
Mother at Brock visiting Margaret Johnston, Widow Michie and
Mr. Achison. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
25- Wind W, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Matthew XXIV:34. George Michie Jun. died
1882.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Annie washing. Afternoon nothing doing. Annie at Thoms Phairs
visiting. Robert there in the evening. Wms. daughter died 1875.
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27 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Annie at the Port for grist. Robert at John
Leasks in the evening auditing the Church accounts.
28 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Annual Meeting of the Church. Self,
John and Robert at meeting in the evening. James Smith and his
brother here all night.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon John gone to Whitby.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing.
31 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert and Annie at
the Division meeting in the evening.
APR. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self,
John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Isaiah XIII:4. Robert at evening meeting.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Annie washing. Afternoon self splitting wood.
3 – Wind S, dull day. John and Robert at Wms. Self splitting
wood. Got red cow from Wm. at 40 dollars. Afternoon self sawing
wood. Mother visiting at Mr. Burtons.
4 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self at wood.
Afternoon self at wood. Annie at Wms. quilting.
5 – Wind S and raining some. John doing nought. Self choring.
Robert and Annie at the Port getting horses shoed. Afternoon
nothing doing. Still raining some.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Self husking corn. John Miller, weaver,
arrives from Ottawa.
7 – Wind NE, some snow through the night. John Miller leaves by
morning train for Preston. John and Robert at Wms. drawing
stones. Self doing nought. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Numbers XXXV:15.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self splitting
wood. Annie washing. Mother churning. Afternoon self choring.
John, Robert and horses at Wms.
10 – Wind SE, fine day, raining some. John and Robert and
horses at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon self turning turnips.
Assessor here in the afternoon.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert and horses at Wms. Self
turning turnips. Afternoon self sawing and splitting wood.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Self mending harness. Annie ironing.
John sore back. Robert playing fiddle. Afternoon Robert at Wms.
John at Greenbank. Self sawing wood.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. John doing nought. Self sawing wood.
Robert at Wms. Afternoon self sawing wood. John away on the
12th
concession.
14 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self sawing
wood. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert at Wm.
Loves raising. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. John and
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting, going on foot. Roads very bad.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wms. John at James Walkers
wood. Self piling wood. Afternoon John at James Walkers. Self
piling wood.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at James Walkers. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at James Walkers wood.
Self choring.
18 – Wind N, dull day. John and Robert at Jas. Walkers wood.
Self mending fences. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
Self choring. Mother at Mr. Lees to see Mrs. Lee.
19 – Wind SE and raining, nothing doing. Self and Robert fanning
wheat. John whitewashing. Afternoon self and Robert fanning
barley for seed. John at Mr. Byers raising.
20 – Wind N, fine day. John piling wood to James Walker. Robert
at Greenbank with some blacksmith work. Self choring. Annie
whitewashing upstairs. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
Self letting off water.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert
plowing. Self doing nought. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
22 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Some stranger preaching from Matthew V:14,15,16.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert and Annie at the Port with John going
to Whitby to the brick work.
24 – Wind SW, showery like day. Robert plowing. Annie cleaning
up the pantry. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self choring.
25 – Wind NW, hard frost through the night, nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self choring. Self & Robert at
prayer meeting in the evening & broke the buggy tongue coming
home. Annie at Ed Boes.
26 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Greenbank with buggy tongue.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self pruning cherry
trees.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self sowing pease. Robert harrowing.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung to the
orchard. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self taking sow to boar. Robert
and Annie at meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Genesis V:24.
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30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing in the orchard. Self
spreading dung. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat.
Self in garden. Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening practicing for party on the 24th
.
MAY 1 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self in the
garden. Annie gone to Mr. James Leasks visiting. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self in garden.
2 – Wind E, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Afternoon
Robert sowing. Self digging garden.
3 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
raining. Self turning potatoes in cellar. Robert plowing some
when not raining.
4 – Wind E, dull day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self turning
potatoes. Afternoon Robert sowing barley. Self choring. Annie
visiting at Mr. Carnegies. Robert at Mrs. Leasks practicing for
party on the 24 of May.
5 – Wind SW, dull day. Thunder through the night. Robert at
Wms. Self planting potatoes. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self
digging in garden. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
Mrs. Aslings house burned 1881.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 2nd
Thessalonians II:16. Robert and Annie at
evening meeting.
7 – Wind SW and raining, nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon Robert sowing barley. Self pruning apple trees. Robert
at Greenbank practicing for party.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self at James Walkers. Annie at Mr. Grose’s
visiting.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self fixing bars. Annie
cleaning up. Afternoon self cleaning door yard.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sowing barley. Self at the Port.
Annie matting. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring.
11 – Wind NW, cold day. Much rain through the night. Robert and
horses at Wms. Self choring. Annie matting. Afternoon self
pruning apple trees.
12 – Wind NW, fine day, but rather cold. Robert and horses at
Wms. Self at trees. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self at trees.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
13 – Wind N, fine day, hard frost. Annie at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians XVI:22. George and his
wife here to tea. Robert at evening meeting.
14 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert rolling. Self pruning trees. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. Mother at Mr.
Akhursts. Self pruning. Rain at 4 o’clock. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening practicing for party on 24th
.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Self pruning trees. Robert at Wms. Annie
at Wms. Afternoon Annie gone to Mrs. Lane to get dress fixed.
Self in orchard. Mr. Bungard here and bought a steer.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self and Wm. at Prince
Albert with cow and steer for Mr. Bungard. Steer comes home on
us after getting as far as Borilia.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self burning brush.
Afternoon Robert at Wm. McMillans barn raising. Self and Annie
at the Port.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self planting trees in
orchard. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening practicing for party.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self threshing corn. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self burning brush. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
20 –Wind W, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Genesis I;26.
21 – Wind NE, rainy day, nothing doing. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon still raining.
22 – Wind NE and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing.
23 – Wind NE, raining some. Robert and self drawing dung.
Afternoon self and Robert at dung.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at dung. Annie gone to
Whitby. Afternoon self and Robert at party in the Presbyterian
Church. Tea and concert.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at dung. Afternoon self
and Robert at dung.
26 – Wind W, dull day. Self and Robert at dung. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Genesis XII:1,2,3,4.
28- Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at dung. Annie washing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Some rain at
night.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Presbytery
meeting at Woodville.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at dung. Rain at night. Annie
Fowlie comes from Mr. Holtbys.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
Annie Fowlie here. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at dung.
JUNE 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Annie and Annie Fowlie
planting potatoes. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at potatoes.
Mr. Walker and Mrs. Samuel Dusty here visiting.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Self choring. Robert planting corn. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert draining. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
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3 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Genesis XII:7. Robert at the evening meeting in
Methodist Church.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Annie washing. Annie Fowlie at mill of
[Fochel?]. Robert plowing. Self fixing drain. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self planting corn.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Self planting corn. Robert and Annie at the
Port. Afternoon self planting corn. Robert harrowing.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self planting corn.
Afternoon self choring. Robert and Annie at Reuben Welsh’s
wedding at Utica. Heavy shower at night.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms. all day.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. Afternoon self,
Mother and Annie Fowlie at Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger
preaching. Robert at Wms.
9 – Wind SW, dull day and raining some. Robert at Wms. Self
hoeing. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self making mosquito
frames. Annie and Annie Fowlie at Mr. Lees quilting. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert, Anne and Annie
Fowlie at Wick at the Sacrament. Robert, Annie and Annie
Fowlie at evening meeting in the Presbyterian Church.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Annie
washing. Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Rather rainy.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self planting corn. Heavy rain at 4 o’clock.
13 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
planting corn. Afternoon Mother at Wms. Self at Wm. Reals
raising. Annie Fowlie leaves for Mr. R. Sunleys for 4 months.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms.
drawing sand. Afternoon Robert at the Port for lime. Self mowing
turnips in the barley.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self mowing
turnips. Afternoon self cutting thistles.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self choring and sowed
some turnips. Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching
from Romans I:16.
18 – Wind SW, raining all forenoon, nothing doing. Annie
washing. Afternoon self at the Port. Robert drilling. Heavy
shower at 5 o’clock.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port. Self
making hoe handle. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self choring. Rain
at night.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Annie painting. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes. Mr. and
Mrs. Achison here til 8 o’clock at night. Mother visiting at T.
Phairs & Mr. Grose’s.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sowing turnips. Self hoeing
potatoes. Annie painting floor. Afternoon Robert piling wood. Self
hoeing corn. Mother at Wms.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert piling wood. Self at Port to get the
mare fixed. Afternoon self hoeing corn.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Self hoeing corn. Robert spudding thistles.
Annie cleaning up. Afternoon Robert gone to Whitby. Self turning
potatoes. Annie at Greenbank.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke XII:35,36,37. Annie at
evening meeting. George Leask died 1881.
25 – Wind E, fine showery day. Annie washing. Self at
Greenbank with mare to horse. Afternoon Robert and Annie at
the Port for Margaret. Self doing nought. Raining most all the
afternoon. Alex. Leask died 1872.
26 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Robert and horses at statute labour.
Afternoon at statute labour.
27 – Wind SE, dull warm day. At road work, finishes statute
labour at noon. 6 days. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Annie at
Edward Boes’s barn raising.
28 – Wind SE, dull day, rain all night, nothing doing. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing. Margaret at
Mr. Lees visiting.
29 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert taking potatoes to barn.
Afternoon self and Robert fanning wheat.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Self hoeing corn. Robert at the Port with
wheat. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Port with potatoes.
Self hoeing corn. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
JULY 1 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from
Matthew XIII:24 to 43. Robert at the evening meeting.
2 – Wind W, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing corn. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert and Annie at the Port. Self at the
Primitive Anniversary. George and wife and Barbara Bodie here
for dinner.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing
corn. Afternoon self hoeing corn. Severe thunderstorm through
the night with much rain.
4 – Wind SW, very warm day. Self cutting thistles. Robert and
horses at Wms. Afternoon self repairing the stoop. Some
showers.
5 – Wind SW, dull warm day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
hoeing. Afternoon showery, nothing doing. Margaret comes
home from Brock. Mr. Peter Leask Sen. died 1877.
6 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert fixing chimneys. Self ditching.
Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. Self ditching. Margaret
gone to Greenbank. Rain at night.
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7 – Wind SW, soft day. Nothing doing, ground wet. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon still wet, nothing doing. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Nobody at Sunday School. Self, Robert,
Margaret and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Hebrews IV:16. Walter Fowlie and J. Burnett
here for tea. Robert, Annie, Burnett and Walter Fowlie at evening
meeting.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Annie and Margaret at the Port.
Margaret going to Whitby. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and
horses at Wms. Self hoeing potatoes.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert hilling up potatoes. Self hoeing.
Annie washing. Afternoon self hilling potatoes. Robert at Port for
grist.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self mowing
thistles. Afternoon self mowing. Mother picking bugs. Annie gone
to Barbaras with Walter Fowlie intending to go to Barnisons show
at Oshawa tomorrow.
12 –Wind SW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self cutting
thistles. Mother churning. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self
cutting thistles. Some rain at night.
13 – Wind N, dull day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self mowing the
fence corners. Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. Self
helping away with a steer to [?], Prince Albert.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Mother cocking some hay.
Robert and horses at Wms. Robert and Annie at Division
meeting in the evening.
15 – Wind SE, raining. Self, Robert and Annie at the Primitive
Church. Stranger preaching from Proverbs I:20,21,22,23. No
service in the Presbyterian Church. Robert at evening meeting.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Annie washing. Mrs. Cragg
here in the afternoon visiting.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing
turnips. Mother putting Paris Green on the potatoes. Afternoon
self hoeing. Mrs. Grose here visiting.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Self at bull with cow, 2nd
time.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self and Mother at
Uxbridge. Mrs. Joyce comes home with us.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Mother
and Mrs. Joyce at James Walkers. Afternoon self and Robert
hoeing turnips.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing hay for Wm. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon Robert, Annie and Mrs. Joyce gone to
Uxbridge. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Proverbs
XIV:34. Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Self mowing. Robert hoeing. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert mowing with Wesleys mower. Self
mowing.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert finishes mowing. Self mowing
fence corners. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self turning
hay. Mother at Mr. Lees. Miss Mary Byers and sister and cousin
here visiting.
25 – Wind E, fine day. Robert raking hay. Self cocking hay.
Afternoon self and Robert drew in 6 loads hay in barn. Annie at
the meeting of the Union School in the evening.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at hay. Afternoon
self, Robert and Annie at hay. Drew into barn 9 loads.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert raking hay and drew in 1
load which finishes haying. 16 loads.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Annie and Robert at the Port. Self mending
horse rake. Robert at Division meeting in the evening. Horses
shoed.
29 – Wind N, fine cool day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Matthew VII:13,14.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Bells with mare to horse.
Self at brickyard. Annie picking berries. Afternoon Robert
painting house. Self mending rake. Annie washing.
31 – Wind W, dull day. Robert painting. Self hoeing turnips. Annie
picking berries. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert at Port for
paint. Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
AUG. 1 – Wind S, showery day. Robert painting. Self at John
Reals with heifer to bull. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert
painting the house.
2 – Wind N, warm day. Robert painting. Self at bull with Annies
cow. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert painting. Annie
picking berries.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon self and
Robert at turnips.
4 – Wind N, cold day. Self and Robert at turnips and finishes
hoeing. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert putting the
reaper together. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Zechariah VII:12,13. Robert and Annie at the
evening meeting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing brick. Self cutting wheat.
Annie picking berries. Afternoon Robert at bricks. Self at wheat.
Annie washing.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping wheat. Self binding wheat.
Afternoon self and Robert binding wheat. Mrs. Jas. Leask and
Mrs. Perkins here visiting.
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8 – Wind W, fine day. Self at Greenbank with pump rod. Robert
fixing leak rod. Annie and Miss Eva Perkins picking berries.
Afternoon self and Robert fixing cellar. Self, Mother and Robert
at prayer meeting. No meeting.
9 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert at cellar. Annie at berries.
Afternoon self and Robert at cellar.
10 – Wind S, warm day. Self at cellar. Robert cutting barley.
Afternoon Robert at barley. Self choring.
11 – Wind S, very warm. Robert hoeing. Self fixing barn door.
Afternoon self and Robert cocking barley. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from St. John XII:26.
13 – Wind N, cold cloudy day. Self and Robert drawing in wheat.
Annie picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert drew in all the
fall wheat and 2 loads of barley. Annie washing.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert reaping Wesleys barley. Self
hoeing. Annie picking berries. Afternoon Robert reaping to
Wesley. Self at John Reals with heifer to bull. Annie gone with
Alec Lee to Pinedale.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert reaping barley. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing in barley til 6 o’clock. Robert
at John Reals raising in the evening. Annie picking berries in the
forenoon. Mother spinning.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Robert reaping barley. Self hoeing turnips.
Annie picking berries. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert finishes
barley reaping.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert at barley. Rain at five
o’clock. John Minty here all night.
18 – Wind W, dull and showers with thunder. Nothing doing.
Afternoon showery. Self writing letter. Annie scrubbing. Rain in
the evening.
19 – Wind W, much rain through the night. Self, Mother, Robert
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Paterson preaching
from Romans I:16. Robert at the Methodist evening meeting.
John Minty here all night.
20 – Wind SW, rain in the morning, nothing doing. Mr. Minty
leaves for the Port. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at Thos.
Phairs threshing. Self turning barley.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Annie picking berries. Self and Robert
raking barley. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drawing in
barley. Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
22 – Wind W, rain in the forenoon, nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert and Annie at the Port. Self choring. Mrs. Welsh and sister
here visiting. Great storm of thunder and lightning in the evening
and high wind.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses reaping to Wesley. Self
pulling pease. Afternoon self pulling pease. Robert reaping
wheat to Wesley.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Annie at berry picking. Self and Robert
finishes barley. Afternoon self pulling pease. Robert sick of
toothache.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys reaping oats. Self
cutting wheat. Annie at Greenbank. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew
XI:28. Robert at the evening meeting.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Annie washing. Self, Robert and Wm.
cutting and binding wheat. Afternoon self, Wm., and Robert at
wheat.
28 – Wind S, dull day. Self, Robert and Wm. at wheat. Afternoon
raining, nothing doing.
29 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Robert and Wm. at wheat. Afternoon
self, Robert and Wm. at oats.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Port for repairs for reaper.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. at oats.
31 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
self and Robert binding oats.
SEPT. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Port for repairs to reaper.
Self mowing oats. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self, Robert and
Annie drawing in pease and wheat. Annie and Robert at Division
meeting in the evening. Walter Fowlie here all night.
2 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Stuart
Achison preaching from 1st
Timothy IV:7,8.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Annie washing. Self setting up shocks.
Robert choring. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drawing in
wheat.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert raking wheat stubble. Self choring.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drew in 3 loads wheat and
Wesley one load, which finishes wheat. Some rain. Robert
begins to plow.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert reaping at W. Lukes. Self choring and over to
see James Leasks self binder.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping at Wms. Self binding.
Afternoon Robert reaping. Self binding. Annie gone to Whitby.
7 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self digging potatoes.
Afternoon Robert at Wesleys reaping oats. Self choring. Rain at
night. Annie arrives from Whitby.
8 – Wind NW, dull day. Annie scrubbing. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Afternoon self and Robert at Wms. catching a heifer that
was rather wild. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind N, cold day. Annie at the Sabbath School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hastie
preaching from 2nd
Chronicles XXXIII.
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10 – Wind SE, fine day, but frost through the night. Self choring.
Robert reaping for Wesley. Afternoon self, Robert and Annie
drawing in oats. Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
11 – Wind Easterly, frosty morning. Self and Robert fencing.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drawing in oats and finishes
harvest.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing in wheat.
Mother at Mr. Parkers and Mr. Ross’s. Afternoon self and Robert
at Wms.
13 – Wind E, dull day. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing oats.
Afternoon rainy, nothing doing.
14 – Wind N, raining some. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert reaping to Wm. Self choring. Jean Akhurst
here visiting.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert and Annie at the Port with grist. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John Fowlie and a stranger here a short
time. Robert gone to Raglan with Mr. Thos. Black. Self, Mother
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Deuteronomy XXXII:11,12.
17 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Annie
washing. Afternoon self at Greenbank. Robert plowing. Walter
Fowlie here about 9 o’clock.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. Afternoon
drawing in to Wm.
19 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring.
Afternoon self and horses at Wms. Wm. and wife leaves for
Toronto.
20 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert plowing. Self binding corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cocking oats at Wms.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self at the Port getting
bills for Temperance entertainment.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self binding corn.
Afternoon self and Robert at Wms. drawing in oats. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. John Leask
preaching from 1st
Samuel III:1-19. Sabbath School lesson for
the day.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
25 – Wind N, cold day. Robert drawing bricks to Wm. Self fixing
granary. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Carnegies threshing. Self and
Annie at the Port with Wms. grist. Afternoon self fencing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. George
here. Self doing nought. Afternoon self at the Port for grist.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self fixing
pig pen. Annie at Mr. Lees. Afternoon self fencing.
29 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self
plowing. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self plowing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
30 – Wind E, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Romans X:4.
OCT. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn.
Annie washing. Afternoon self at corn. Robert plowing.
2 – Wind NE, raining. Mother at Mr. Lees. Mrs. Cragg confined
through the night. Nothing doing. Clear at 9 o’clock. Self at
Prince Albert with heifer to Mr. Bungard. Robert at the Port with
Annie and Annie Fowlie to go to Whitby. Afternoon self killing
sheep. Robert plowing. Mrs. Craggs son born. Margarets son
Stewart born 1879.
3 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone to Whitby Fair. Self making
ready for threshing. Afternoon self choring. Machine comes at
night.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Threshing with Wm., Jas. Walker, Mr.
Carnegie, A. Akhurst, J. Lee, W. Luke and horses, T. Phair, T.
Black and horses. Afternoon threshing.
5 – Wind W. Threshing with the same hands and Mr. Parker till 9
o’clock. Afternoon Robert and horses at Mr. Gross’s threshing.
Self choring.
6 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert and horses at Mr. Gross’s
threshing. Self at Prince Albert with heifer. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys threshing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind E, dull day. Nobody at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Titus III:8. Robert gone to Pinedale with Annie Fowlie.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Wesleys threshing.
Self digging potatoes. Afternoon self at threshing.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms. threshing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at potatoes.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self digging potatoes.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at potatoes.
11 – Wind N, dull day. Robert plowing. Self setting up corn.
Afternoon self at corn. Robert plowing.
12 – Wind N, dull rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon rainy.
13 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Annie at Greenbank. Robert
plowing. Self at potatoes. Afternoon Annie scrubbing. Robert
plowing. Self at potatoes. Annie goes to Mr. Gullies for short
time. Robert at Division meeting.
14 – Wind N, damp day, heavy rain through the night. Self,
Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Proverbs XXII:6.
15 – Wind N, rather cold with some frost. Self and Robert at
potatoes. Afternoon self, Robert and Mother at potatoes.
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16 – Wind E, frost at night. Self, Robert and John at potatoes.
Afternoon Robert and horses at James Walkers threshing. John
at Greenbank. Self and Mother at potatoes.
17 – Wind SE, frost and cold. Self, Robert and John at the Fair at
Uxbridge.
18 – Wind S, dull day. John at Wms. Self and Robert taking in
pease stack. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and Mother taking in
apples.
19 – Wind W, dull day. Self, John and Robert taking in potatoes.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and Mother taking in apples. Rain
at 5 o’clock.
20 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self, Mother and Lizzie taking in apples. Annie
comes from Mr. Gullies. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
21 – Wind NE, very cold. Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. John and Robert at evening meeting.
22 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self fixing in turnip cellar.
Annie at Mr. Gullies. John doing nought. Afternoon John gone to
Georges. Robert plowing orchard. Self gathering potatoes. Annie
comes from Greenbank.
23 – Wind NE, dull day. Annie washing. Self and Robert drawing
in corn. Afternoon Robert at Wms. plowing. Self plastering.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Self plastering root cellar. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring. Mary Boe here making
Mothers coat.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert at plowing match on Scugog Island. Self
topping turnips. Alec Lee 2nd
Prize $8.00.
26 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Robert at turnips. Afternoon self
and Robert at turnips. Drew in 5 loads.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at turnips. Drew in
6 loads. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind SE, rather cold. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke
XIX:13. John, Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
29 – Wind S and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon raining,
nothing doing.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert at turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at turnips. Drew 10
loads. Robert and Annie at Mr. Wrights in evening.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Frank Bratley
comes from Whitby. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Drew
12 loads which finishes. Frank Bratley and Annie leave at night
for Whitby.
NOV. 1 – Wind NW, sleet falling most all day. Robert plowing.
Self clearing up the barn floor. Afternoon very slushie.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. drawing in his turnips. Self choring. George and
his wife here all night. Put cattle in at night.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. George
leaves for home. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self threshing
pease. Rain at night. John comes home from Mrs. Leasks.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 2nd
Corinthians IV:5. Robert at evening meeting.
5 – Wind S, fine day. John gone to Port. Robert plowing. Self
draining. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self draining.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self draining. Robert plowing. Very high
wind and some showers.
7 - Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self threshing pease.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self ditching.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Psalms CVII:8. General Fast Day.
9 – Wind S, fine day. John gone to Port. Robert plowing. Self
fixing turnips. Afternoon Robert plowing at Wms. Self at turnips.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. John at Wms. Self at
turnips. Mother churning. Afternoon self threshing pease. Mother
scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Jude:3 on
Luther the reformer. John and Robert at evening meeting.
12 – Wind NW, very stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon very
stormy. High wind and snow drifting.
13 – Wind SW, snowing some. Robert at Wms. drawing wood.
Self threshing pease. John gone to the Port. Afternoon self
threshing pease. John at James Walkers.
14 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John and Robert cutting wood. Self
doing nought. Walter Fowlie comes from Mr. Ross’s. Afternoon
John gone to Mr. Josh. Hornes to lath. Robert in the woods. Self
doing nought. Walter here all night.
15 – Wind S, snowing. Robert gone with Walter to the train at the
Port. Self doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing. Horses shoed.
16 – Wind NW, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert fixing
goose house. Self at Greenbank for boots. John comes home
from Mr. Hornes.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
threshing pease. Afternoon self choring. John in the woods.
Robert at Wms. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Hebrews
XI:16.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert in the woods.
Afternoon Robert plowing to Wm. John at Neils sale. Self in the
woods.
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20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and John in the woods. Robert
plowing to Wm. Afternoon John at Bagshaws sale. Self in the
woods.
21 – Wind S, rainy morning, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Wms. Self and John in the woods.
22 – Wind W, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self, John and Wm. killing
pigs. Afternoon self choring. John at cistern.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John at cistern. Self choring. Robert gets
a new plough from Wesley and ploughing with it. Afternoon self
cutting up pigs. John in the swamp looking at Majors land.
Robert ploughing.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. John somewhere. Self
salting meat. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening. Annie at
Mr. Lees.
25 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 2nd
Samuel
XII:9,10,11,12,13. John, Robert and Annie at the evening
meeting.
26 – Wind S and raining, nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self ditching. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening. Port Perry burnt.32
27 – Wind N, fine day. John in the woods. Robert gone to the Port
to see the burnt buildings. Afternoon John gone to the Port.
Robert in the woods.
28 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert in the woods. Self at
Port with Wesley. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Mrs.
Walter Fowlie died aged 93 years.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing.
John in the woods. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. John in
the woods. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods.
DEC. 1 – Wind S and snowing some. John in the woods. Self at
the Port with Robert going to Whitby. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon
nothing doing.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Acts III:26.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie here for spinning
wheel. Mr. and Mrs. Grose here in the evening.
4 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. John in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert arrives from Whitby.
6 – Wind S and thawing. John in the woods. Robert at Mr. Lukes
killing pigs. Afternoon self choring.
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According to historical notes, the fire began in the
blacksmith shop which was on the north side of what is
the main street now.
7 – Wind SW, raining some. John and Robert in the woods. Self
and Mother at Georges visiting.
8 – Wind SW, dull day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
sawing wood. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Mother at Mr. Lees.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening. John at Wm. Ross’s to
inquire for his health.
9 – Wind NW, dull day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from XX Psalms,
2nd
verse. John and Robert at evening meeting.
10 – Wind NW, rather showery. John and Robert in the woods.
Self choring. Annie washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Self at Wm. Ross’s.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert and Annie at
Temperance lecture in the evening.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self at
Port Perry with Wms. George to the Doctor. Afternoon nothing
doing.
14 – Wind N, stormy day. John in the woods. Robert and Annie at
Port Perry with grist. Self choring. Afternoon stormy, nothing
doing.
15 – Wind NE, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
reading the papers. Annie scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting
in the evening.
16 – Wind NE, cold day. Annie at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Acts XVI:13,14,15. John, Robert and Annie at
evening meeting.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Annie washing. Afternoon nothing doing. Wm. Ross
leaves for parts unknown.
18 – Wind NW, stormy day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John at bee on the concession. Self drawing
wood. Robert in the woods.
19 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert and horses in the woods.
Self and Annie cleaning the stove. Afternoon self choring.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at Mr. Gross’s pea
threshing. Self choring. Afternoon self and John fanning barley.
Robert and horses in the woods. Barbara and children arrive
from Whitby.
21 – Wind NW, rather cold. John in the woods. Robert and Annie
at the Port with barley. Self splitting wood. Afternoon stormy,
nothing doing. John and Annie Fowlie here for a short time.
22 – Wind N, cold day. John in the woods. Robert and Barbara at
Georges visiting. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Annie at
Port to meet Margaret. Very stormy.
23 – Wind E, very cold. John, Robert, Barbara, Margaret and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting.
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24 – Wind S, dull day. John and Robert and horses in the woods.
Self sawing wood. Annie washing. Afternoon self at Greenbank
paying debts.
25 – Wind SE, fine day, nothing doing. Christmas. Wm. and
family here and George and his wife; Jas. Smith and family; Mrs.
Bratley and family; and Annie Fowlie. Robert, Miss Fowlie and
Annie at the Port in the evening.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John at Greenbank. James Smith leaves
for home. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Margaret
and children at Wms.
27 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon snowing. Robert and Annie leave at 6 o’clock
for Clifford.
28 – Wind N, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring. Afternoon
self at Port Perry getting horses shoed.
29 – Wind NE, fine day. John in the woods. Self splitting wood.
Mr. Frank Bratley arrives from Whitby. Afternoon John at
Greenbank. Self choring.
30 –Wind NE, snowing some. Self, John, Mr. & Mrs. Bratley at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cockburn preaching from 2nd
Peter
III:18.
31 – Wind NE, fine day. John sick. Mr. and Mrs. Bratley at
Georges. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
Thus ends the year 1883.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1884
JAN. 1 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Margaret washing.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Frank at Mr. Akhursts. Social in
the Methodist Church at Greenbank.
2 - Wind E and snowing some, nothing doing. Mr. Bratley at
Wms. Afternoon nothing doing.
3 – Wind W, rather stormy. John gone to Port with Mr. and Mrs.
Bratley to the train. Self choring. Afternoon very stormy.
4 – Wind W, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy,
nothing doing.
5 – Wind N, cold day. John at Wms. Self sawing wood. Afternoon
John at Greenbank.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Mother at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Matthew XVI:33.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John fanning grist for Wm.
Afternoon self and John at Greenbank. Self voted for Dobson,
Reeve; Burnett and McFarlane, D. Reeves; T. Cragg and T.
Allan. John goes to Port to meet Robert and Annie but they did
not come.
8 – Wind SW and snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon John
gone to Wm. Ross’s sale. Annie and Robert arrive from Clifford.
9 – Wind N, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John, Robert
and horses breaking roads.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood.
Afternoon stormy. John and Robert in the woods.
11 – Wind S, snowing some, nothing doing. Robert at the Port for
Wms. grist. Afternoon John at James Walkers. Self splitting
wood.
12 – Wind SW. John leaves for Whitby. Robert drawing wood.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Robert at Division in the evening.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Achison preaching from Proverbs III:9,10.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing out wood. Self sawing
wood. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
choring.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses in the woods. John
doing nought. Afternoon self and Robert at Missionary meeting.
Mr. McClachlan addressed the meeting. John goes to Georges.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses in the woods. Annie at
Wms. Self sawing wood. Afternoon self sawing wood. Mr.
Beecroft comes in the evening.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses in the woods. Mother
at Lizzies rag bee. Mr. Beecroft here all night and takes the
organ away in the morning. Afternoon self choring. Annie and
Robert at Wms. spree.
19 – Wind NE, snowing some. Nothing doing. Afternoon Annie
scrubbing. Self splitting wood. Robert in the woods. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Service at Joseph Hornes, K. Hornes
funeral today. None at it from here. Robert and Annie at evening
meeting.
21 – Wind SW, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon self and Annie
at the Port.
22 – Wind SW, very cold, nothing. Afternoon Robert in the woods.
Annie washing.
23 – Wind NE, snowing, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon still snowing. Nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
24 – Wind W, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at Wms.
Self choring. No papers, roads all full of snow.
25 – Wind W, cold day. Robert at Mr. Grosses sawing bee. Self
choring. Afternoon Annie away with Mr. Grosse asking hands to
a spree in the evening. John arrives from Georges. Thermometer
40 degrees below zero at the Port in the morning.
26 – Wind W, rather cold, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon John and Robert at a sale of wood by Mr. O’Neil.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Romans
XVI:12. Robert at the evening meeting.
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28 – Wind E and snowing some. Self, John and Robert fanning
wheat. Annie washing. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self
choring.
29 – Wind S, dull day. Self choring. Robert gone to Port with
wheat. John writing. Annie and Mother quilting. Afternoon self,
John and Robert fixing the barn pump. Mrs. Gully here from
Greenbank visiting.
30 – Wind S, thawing some, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon nothing doing.
31 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Afternoon
Robert at Greenbank with some wood for the Church. John at
Greenbank in the evening at the Methodist Missionary meeting.
Annie and Robert at Mr. Akhursts in the evening.
FEB. 1 – Wind NW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert drawing wood. Self writing to Helen Tough. Annie at
Wms. rag bee. Robert at Division meeting and Annie too.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon John at the Port. Nothing doing. Robert at Professor
Hunts show in the evening.
3 – Wind NE, dull day and snowing some. Self, Mother, John,
Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 2nd
Thessalonians I:2. John, Robert and Annie at
evening meeting.
4 – Wind NE, fine day, nothing doing. Annie washing. Afternoon
John and Robert drawing wood. Very cold.
5 – Wind SE and thawing. John and Robert cutting wood in the
swamp. Mother and Annie quilting. Afternoon John and Robert
cutting wood.
6 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert and John drawing wood. James
Gordon and Dougald Gordon here. Afternoon Robert and Annie
at the Port to races. Self choring.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing doing. John lame with rheumatism.
Annie baking. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Small spree in
the evening consisting of Alec and James Lee, Miss [?] Rennie,
Robert and Albert and Jean and Sarah Akhurst, Thomas Black
and Elora Phair.
8 – Wind NE, dull day, nothing doing. Mother and Annie quilting.
Afternoon Robert threshing oats. Mrs. Luke here on a visit.
Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind E and snowing some. Robert threshing oats. Self
choring. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Psalms XC:1.
John, Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
11 – Wind E, cold day. Robert at Mr. Beares mill with grist. Self at
John Reals. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. drawing
wood. Self choring.
12 – Wind E, dull day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at the Port.
Robert and Annie gone to Whitby. Rain at 5 o’clock.
13 – Wind E and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing. John in the swamp.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John in the swamp. Self choring.
Afternoon John in swamp. Robert and Annie arrive from Whitby.
Robert at Bible Society meeting in the evening.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John sick. Robert drawing wood from
swamp. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Annie at Division
meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. John sick. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at mill for grist. Mother visiting at Mr.
Samuel Dustys.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Psalms
XXII:27. Robert and Annie at evening meeting. Very rainy
evening. Lena Boes here all night.
18 – Wind SE, soft day. Robert in the swamp. Self choring. John
bad with rheumatism in his leg. Afternoon Robert in the swamp.
Annie and Lena at Wms.
19 – Wind S, dull day. Robert drawing wood. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon Robert at Carnegies wood bee. Mother visiting at Mr.
Lukes. John ill with rheumatism.
20 – Wind NW, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy.
Very high wind. Nothing doing.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the Port.
Afternoon Annie at Mr. Akhursts quilting. Robert somewhere.
Spree at Mr. Akhursts in the evening.
22 – Wind SE, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon self, Mother,
John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Currie preaching
from Psalms CXIX:23. Alec Rennie here all night.
23 – Wind NW, rather stormy, nothing doing. Robert gone to Tom
Rundles sale. Afternoon Annie scrubbing.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Achison preaching from Luke I:32.
Sacrament dispensed. Robert and Annie at the evening meeting.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing poles. Annie washing.
Mother at Wms. Afternoon John and Robert drawing poles. Self
at Mr. Lees. Annie at Mr. Lees in the evening.
26 – Wind SE, snowing some. John and Robert cutting poles.
Afternoon Robert drawing poles. Self choring.
27 – Wind NW, rather stormy. John and Robert cutting poles.
Mother and Annie quilting. Afternoon self, John and Robert
sawing tamarac poles.
28 – Wind NW, stormy. John and Robert cutting poles. Self
choring. Afternoon very stormy. Nothing doing.
29 – Wind NW, very stormy, nothing doing. Self writing a letter to
Utah. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing.
MAR. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert drawing poles.
Annie scrubbing. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert
drawing poles. Mother at Wms.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Romans
I:20,21. Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
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3 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert drawing poles. Annie
gone to collect for Bible Society. Afternoon John and Robert in
the woods.
4 – Wind NW, rather cold. John and Robert at bridge on 10th
concession. Annie washing. Self choring. Afternoon John and
Robert at bridge. Mother at Mr. Grosses.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at bridge. Afternoon
John and Robert at bridge. Self and George at Mr. George
Whites sale. Annie at Greenbank.
6 – Wind N, rather stormy. John and Robert at bridge. Afternoon
John and Robert at bridge. Self at James Walkers.
7 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Robert at bridge. Annie ironing.
Afternoon John and Robert at bridge. Self choring. Robert and
Annie at Division meeting in evening.
8 – Wind NE, rather stormy. John and Robert at bridge. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert at bridge.
9 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Ecclesiastes IX:10.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at the bridge.
Mother and Annie quilting. Afternoon John and Robert at the
bridge. James Smith here all night. Robert and Annie at Uxbridge
in the evening.
11 – Wind S, raining, nothing doing. Afternoon John and Robert
at bridge. Annie and Mother quilting.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie washing. John and Robert at the
bridge. Afternoon John and Robert at bridge. Self sawing wood.
Still thawing some. John at Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at the bridge. Self
making pins to bridge. Afternoon John and Robert at bridge. Self
making pins.
14 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at bridge. Self choring.
Afternoon John and Robert at bridge. Mother at Wms. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at bridge. John at the Port. Self
at bee on the 10th
concession. Afternoon self and Robert at bee.
Annie at Greenbank in the evening with Bible Society money.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from John XII:32.
Robert at the evening meeting.
17 – Wind NW, some rain in the morning. John and Robert at
bridge. Annie washing. Afternoon John and Robert at bridge.
Self at Greenbank at blacksmiths.
18 - Wind S, fine day. Robert at bridge. John and Annie at Henry
Buels sale. Afternoon Robert at bridge. Robert at Henry Buels in
the evening.
19 – Wind E and raining some. Robert at bridge. Self at Wm.
Parkers. Annie ironing. Afternoon Robert at bridge. Self choring.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at bridge. Self threshing pease.
Afternoon Robert at bridge. Self threshing pease. John arrives.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at bridge. Self choring.
Afternoon John and Robert at bridge.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at bridge. Self choring.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert at bridge. Self
splitting wood.
23 – Wind S and raining some. John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at bridge. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert at bridge. Self splitting
wood.
25 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at bridge. John cuts his
foot. Annie gone to Edward Boes. Afternoon Robert at bridge.
John in the house. Self splitting wood.
26 – Wind SE, looking like rain. John in the house. Robert at the
bridge. Self choring. Rain at 10 o’clock. Afternoon Robert at
bridge. John making broom. Self splitting wood. Annie arrives
from Mr. Boes. Still raining. Annual meeting of the Church.
Noone from here at it.
27 – Wind SE, dull day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing,
everything wet. Robert at Greenbank.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert shoveling snow
on the road. Afternoon self piling wood. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Mrs. Leasks. Robert splitting
wood. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self, John and Robert sawing
wood.
30 – Wind NW, rather cold. John and Robert at the Presbyterian
Church. Mother at Mr. Lees. Robert at evening meeting.
31 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at bridge. Annie
washing. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John at Greenbank.
Robert at bridge. Self splitting wood.
APR. 1 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at bridge. John and Annie at
Port Perry. Self splitting wood. Afternoon Robert at bridge. Self
splitting wood. Horses shoed.
2 – Wind NE and snowing some. Robert at bridge. John at
Wesleys. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at the bridge. Self
splitting wood. Bridge finished. Bridge on 10th
concession
finished.
3 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert drawing wood to Wm.
Afternoon John and Robert sawing poles at Wms.
4 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert at Wms. Self doing
nought. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self choring. Robert
at the Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert sawing poles. Annie
scrubbing. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert at
poles. Self splitting wood. Annie at Greenbank.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Hebrews
VII:25.
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7 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing poles. Annie
washing. Afternoon self, John and Robert at poles. Annie
scrubbing.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert piling wood. John at the
Port. Afternoon Robert at the mill. Self piling wood. Robert and
Annie at sugar social at Wms.
9 – Wind E, fine day, 4 inches snow fell through the night. Robert
and John at Wms. drawing hay. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood for Wm. John at home. Self splitting wood.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at the Port. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John in the woods. Self splitting wood.
Robert dunging out the geese house. Miss Elora Phair and Miss
Black here on a visit. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at the mill for
grist. Annie scrubbing. Self piling wood. Mr. James Scott here for
dinner. Afternoon Mother at Mr. Grosses. John and Robert at
Mr. Timothy Craggs barn raising. Self piling wood.
13 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Annie at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Romans XII:1. Robert at evening
meeting.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. John at Mrs. Leasks. Robert in the
woods. Annie washing. Self cleaning the door yard. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods. Self choring. Mother at James
Walkers and Mr. Joseph Burtons for goose eggs.
15 – Wind SE and raining some. Robert in the woods. John and
Annie at the Port. Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Miss Bella Black here all night. George
Buels sale.
16 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. John pruning trees. Self
letting off water. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self letting off water.
John at trees.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at water. John at
trees. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Self, Mother,
John, Robert and Annie at prayer meeting at Mr. Lees. Wm.
Scotts sale.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at the woods for trees
to plant. Self choring. Annie quilting. Afternoon John planting
trees. Self pruning currant bushes. Robert at something. Robert
and Annie at Mr. Lees in the evening.
19 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert plowing in the orchard.
Annie scrubbing. John gone to Mr. Turners to see John Fowlie.
Self draining. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self draining. Mother at
Mr. Grosses visiting. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the
evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Leviticus I:45.
21 – Wind W, cold day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
fanning wheat, pease and oats for seed. Annie washing.
Afternoon John in the woods. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Christine Rennie here all night.
22 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John in the woods. Robert
harrowing. Self sowing grass seed. Afternoon John in the woods.
Robert at Manchester Fair. Self choring.
23 – Wind NE, fine day. John in the woods. Robert plowing. Self
in the garden. Afternoon Robert plowing. John in the woods. Self
in the garden.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. John in the woods. Self in
garden. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self in garden. John in
the woods.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self burning brush.
Robert sowing wheat. Afternoon self at brush. Robert sowing
oats. John in the woods.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. John in the woods.
Self in garden. Annie whitewashing in cellar. Afternoon Robert
harrowing for Wm. John in the woods. Self and Mother in garden.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. ? from Sunderland preaching from
John V:24,25. Robert and John at evening meeting.
28 – Wind NW, cold day. John in the woods. Self in the garden.
Robert at Wms. drawing dung. Afternoon Robert harrowing.
Annie washing. Self in garden. Mr. Ianson died.
29 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert harrowing. John
whitewashing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self in
garden.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. John whitewashing. Robert rolling. Self in
garden. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and John at Mr. Ianson’s
funeral. Robert sowing barley. Mary Boe here. John, Annie and
Mary Boe at prayer meeting in the Church in the evening.
MAY 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert sowing barley. Self in the
garden. John in the woods. Annie and Mary Boe sewing.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self and Mother in the garden.
2 – Wind W, rather rough. Robert at the Port with wood. John
whitewashing. Annie scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
at Wms. Self in the garden. John whitewashing.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. John at Wms.
whitewashing. Annie scrubbing. Self pruning cherry trees.
Afternoon Annie scrubbing. Mother in the garden. Self burning
brush. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind S, dull day. Robert and Annie at Sunday School. John
and Annie Fowlie here and Miss Byers for dinner. Self, John,
Robert, Annie and John and Annie Fowlie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians XIII:1-8.
Robert at the evening meeting.
5 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at the Port all day. Robert at
Wms. Self planting potatoes. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert
and horses at Wms. Self choring.
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6 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self at the Port.
Afternoon self fixing fences. John and Robert and Annie at the
Port.
7 – Wind E, raining some. John and Robert at Wms. Self fencing.
Afternoon John and Robert at Wms. Self at fencing.
8 – Wind East and raining. Robert and horses at Wms. John
making ready to go to Whitby to brick making. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Mr. Ross brings Annie home from the Port and takes
Mother back to Georges. Raining, nothing doing.
9 – Wind SW, raining. Nothing doing. John gone to Whitby.
Afternoon nothing doing, raining.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self at the Port to see Wm. Fowlie and his folks
arrive. Robert at Division meeting in the evening. Wm. Fowlie
and family arrive from Scotland.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Annie and Robert gone to see Wm.
Fowlies family. Self at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Philippians IV:6.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Annie washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self fencing. Put cattle in the
swamp.
13 – Wind E, dull day, sprinkling rain. Robert rolling the new
grass. Self choring. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
14 – Wind NW, very high wind. Self and Robert drawing dung.
Mr. and Mrs. Fowlie and Annie Fowlie here. Afternoon Robert
drawing dung. Self going round with Wm. Fowlie. Robert takes
them home in the evening.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon some rain. Robert plowing. Self at John Leasks at
meeting of Session and goes to Brock after 5 o’clock, gets home
at 1 o’clock.
16 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Annie at the Port to Temperance
convention. Self turning dung.
17 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self and Robert drawing dung. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening and Annie too.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Annie at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 1st
Corinthians III:16,17. Robert at evening
meeting.
19 – Wind S, dull day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Annie
washing. Afternoon self and Robert at dung.
20 – Wind NW, some rain. Self and Robert at dung. Afternoon
Robert drilling. Self at John Reals with Annies cow to bull.
Mother at Mr. Carnegies visiting.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert cutting potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert cutting potatoes. Jno. Leask married
to Eva Perkins.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Self planting potatoes. Robert at the Port
for Barbara. Afternoon self and Robert planting potatoes. Some
rain at night.
23 – Wind W, warm day. Self planting potatoes. Robert covering
them. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Mother
and Barbara at Wms. visiting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert, Alex Lee and
Annie to go to Lindsay and Barbara to go home. Afternoon self at
Presbyterian Sunday School party consisting of tea and concert.
25 – Wind NE, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians VI:14. Robert at evening meeting.
26 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Annie washing. Afternoon self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
Mother, Robert and Annie at tea in the Presbyterian Church in
the evening.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert gone to Uxbridge to Temperance convention.
Self plowing.
28 - Wind N, rather cold. Robert at Uxbridge. Self plowing.
Afternoon self plowing. Wesley Luke takes our mare and his
buggie to Uxbridge to bring home Robert. Self and Annie at
prayer meeting in the evening in the Church.
29 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles.
30 – Wind W, fine day, but cold. Robert and Annie at the Port.
Self at Mr. Haywoods. Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Annie
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Patterson preaching from the
Epistle James I:27.
31 – Wind S, fine day. Robert rolling the barley. Self planting
corn. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. plowing. Annie
at Wms. scrubbing. Self planting corn. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Wick at the Sacrament. Mr. Achison preaching from 1st
Corinthians XV:3,4. Robert and Annie at the evening meeting at
the Presbyterian Church.
2 – Wind S, warm day. Robert harrowing. Self hoeing. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self at Greenbank to get
the plow handle mended. Heavy thunder shower at 4 o’clock.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing dung and plowing. Self
choring. Annie washing bags. Afternoon Robert rolling turnip
land. Self ditching. Mother visiting at James Walkers.
4 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
draining. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self draining. Annie at
Greenbank. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
5 – Wind W, warm day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self planting
corn. Afternoon self cutting thistles.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon self cutting thistles. Robert at Wms.
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7 – Wind SW, warm day. Self planting corn. Robert and horses at
Wms. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self cutting
thistles. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Joseph Real preaching from John
XVII:17 and Psalms XIII:3. Robert at evening meeting.
9 – Wind SW, very warm. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Thunder and rain at noon. Afternoon self mending
boots. Robert at Wms.
10 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at the Port with Mother going to
Whitby. Self writing letter to Mary Michie. Afternoon Robert going
round with Wm. Fowlie Jun. Self cutting thistles. Robert, Wm.
Fowlie and Annie at Mr. Boes at a party at night.
11 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
cutting thistles. Mr. Fowlie leaves for home. Afternoon Robert at
Wms. Self choring. Robert at Sunday School meeting in the
evening.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at road work. Afternoon
self, Robert and horses at road work. 3 ¼ days.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at road work,
finishes at noon. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert drilling. Annie scrubbing. Self at Port Perry for Mother.
Lizzie sick. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
Barbara Fowlie and Stewart Barry here. Lizzie took sick
suddenly.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Mother at Wms. all night. Self, Robert,
Annie and Barbara Fowlie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from Hebrews VII:27. Robert, Annie and
Barbara Fowlie at evening meeting.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes.
Annie washing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self choring. Mother at
Wms.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port with barley to chop.
Self hoeing corn. Annie at Wms. Barbara Fowlie gone home with
Robert. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self hoeing corn. James
Smith here all night.
18 – Wind S, very warm day. Robert at Wms. Annie at Wms.
James Smith goes home with wood. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert and Annie at Wms. Self doing nought. Thunder and some
rain through the afternoon.
19 – Wind W, warm day. Robert at Wms. Self hoeing corn. Annie
at Wms. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self hoeing corn.
20 – Wind S, warm day. Robert drilling. Self picking bugs. Mr.
Achison here in the forenoon. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self
making skunk trap. Robert sowing turnips in the evening. Self at
Thos. Phairs with Wms. cow to bull.
21 – Wind N, warm day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Finished
sowing turnips. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind E, warm day. Robert and Annie at Sunday School.
Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Stephens
preaching from Psalms XXXII:1,2,3,4,5. Robert and Annie at
evening meeting.
23 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
picking bugs. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self
hoeing potatoes. Some rain through the afternoon.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at work on the road at
Wms. jobs. Self hoeing potatoes. Annie at Wms. Afternoon
thunder and rain.
25 – Wind NE and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert and
horses at Wms. Self at blacksmiths in Greenbank.
26 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert scuffling potatoes. Self
hoeing potatoes. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Akhursts moving
cookhouse. Self hoeing potatoes.
27 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self doing nought. Annie
at the Port. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self hoeing corn. Miss
Jeannie Leask and Miss Mary McMillan here begging money to
make a present for James Allan.
28 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert and horses at road job. Self
hoeing corn. Annie scrubbing. Robert and Annie at Division
meeting. Self at the Port for Margaret.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Methodist Meeting. Self, Mother,
Robert and Margaret at Presbyterian Meeting in Methodist
Church. Mr. Achison preaching from Hebrews XI:24,25,26.
Robert and Annie at evening meeting at Methodist Church.
30 – Wind S, warm day. Robert and horses at the road job. Self
picking bugs. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at road. Self
hoeing corn.
JULY 1 – Wind S, warm day. Self at the Port getting horses
shoed. Afternoon Annie at the Port. Robert at Methodist
Anniversary. Self at Anniversary. Robert at Anniversary.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and horses at road job. Self fixing
horse rake. Annie at Wms. washing. Marg’t at Mrs. Dustys.
Afternoon Robert at road work. Robert gone to Myrtle with Helen
Ann Butt.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon Robert scuffling
turnips. Self cutting thistles. Robert at the Methodist social in the
evening.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and horses at road. Self cutting
thistles. Rain at noon. Afternoon nothing doing, raining til 5
o’clock. Robert goes to Port Perry to see the ruins, most all burnt
last night. Port Perry burnt.33
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing potatoes. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert banking potatoes. Self hoeing.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
33
Fire began in the stables behind the hotel and,
because of a strong wind and an extended period of dry
weather, it rapidly spread throughout the downtown
area. Newspaper reports from that time say that within
an hour the entire downtown was an inferno.
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6 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Robert, Annie and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Romans
XVI:21.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert choring. Self and Mother at the
Port with Margaret. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self
putting Paris Green on potatoes.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and horses mowing. Self putting
Paris Green on potatoes. Annie at Wms. Afternoon Robert
mowing. Self at potatoes.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Port for grist. Self at potatoes.
Annie gone to Georges. Afternoon self raking hay. Robert
cocking.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert cocking hay.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Wm. and Robert drawing in hay.
Afternoon self, Wm. and Robert at hay, drew into barn 13 loads.
12 – Wind W, showery day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon showery. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
13 – Wind NW. Robert gone to the other side. Self, Mother and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Acts
XXIV:25. Annie at evening meeting.
14 – Wind NW, cold day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self hoeing. Annie picking
berries.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing hay.
Afternoon self hoeing. Robert at Wms. Annie picking berries.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert hoeing. Self and Annie at the
Port. Afternoon Robert raking hay. Self cocking hay. Annie
picking berries.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. stacking hay. Annie
picking berries. Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. at hay. Drew 13
loads in stack. Annie at berries.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert raking hay. Self at Greenbank for
boots. Robert & Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Romans I:17. Robert at
evening meeting.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Annie at berries.
Annie Fowlie here. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing and fixing
pump. Finished hoeing first time.
23 – Wind W, and showery, heavy rain and thunder through the
night. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self choring.
Mrs. A. Cragg here visiting.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert mowing. Self choring. Afternoon
nothing doing.
25 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Robert turning hay. Annie picking
berries. Afternoon Robert raking hay. Self cocking hay. Annie
and Annie Fowlie at berries.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert takes home Annie Fowlie. Self,
Wm., and Robert stacking hay. 8 loads in stack and one in barn.
Annie scrubbing.
27 – Wind SW, cloudy day with some rain. Self, Mother, Robert
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
John VI:8-13. Robert at the Saved Army meeting in Port Perry in
the evening.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self fencing hay
stack. Annie washing. Finished haying. Afternoon Robert
scuffling. Self fencing.
29 – Wind Easterly, warm day. Self and Robert drawing hay to
Wm. Afternoon Robert at the Port with barley to chop. Self
hoeing turnips.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing hay.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self hoeing turnips. Rain at night.
31 – Wind SW, dull day and raining some. Robert sick. Nothing
doing. Afternoon self hoeing some.
AUG. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Annie at
berries. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting round the barley.
George and his wife here a short time.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert cutting barley. Self hoeing. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert cutting barley. Self hoeing. Robert
and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Revelation
II:10. Robert at the evening Methodist meeting.
4 – Wind SW, looking like rain and rain through the night. Robert
plowing. Self putting straw out of the barn. Annie washing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie at berries. Rain at
6 o’clock.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Mrs. Thos. Phair here visiting.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert raking barley. Self cocking barley.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Annie at Mr. R. Welshs.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. drawing barley.
Afternoon all drawing barley.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert raking barley. Self finishes hoeing
turnips second time. Drew in 1 load of barley which finishes it.
Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from John XVII:17.
Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
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11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Annie washing. Self
visiting Mr. Walker and Mr. Lee. Afternoon Robert and Annie at
the Port. Self weeding potatoes. Horses shoed.
12 - Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting pease.
Annie at Greenbank. Afternoon Robert fixing reaper. Self hoeing.
13 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing.
Self hoeing. Afternoon self hoeing some. Self, Mother, Robert
and Annie at prayer meeting at Mr. Lees.
14 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert grinding scythe and
reaper knife. Annie at berries. Afternoon Robert cutting round the
oats. Self choring. Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
15 – Wind Easterly, warm day. Robert reaping oats. Self pulling
pease. Afternoon self and Robert pulling pease.
16 – Wind SW, warm day. Self and Robert binding oats.
Afternoon self and Robert at oats. Robert at Division meeting.
17 – Wind S, very warm. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 1st
Peter IV:18. Robert at the evening meeting.
18 – Wind S, warm day. Robert reaping to Wesley. Self cutting
round wheat. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self
binding wheat.
19 – Wind W, warm day. Robert reaping. Self binding wheat.
Afternoon Robert reaping. Self and Wm. binding. Carnegie Jun.
struck and died.
20 – Wind W, cloudy, some rain through the night. Robert at the
Port. Self and Wm. binding wheat. Afternoon Robert reaping for
Wesley. Self and Wm. binding wheat.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping for Wm. Self binding for
Wm. Afternoon heavy shower, nothing doing. Annie at the Port
with Mrs. Luke.
22 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert cutting oats for Wm. Self cutting
round wheat. Afternoon Robert cutting oats. Self binding wheat.
23 – Wind W, dull day, shower in the morning. Robert mowing
wheat in the orchard. Self pulling pease. Afternoon shower after
dinner. Robert mowing wheat. Annie scrubbing. Self doing
nought. Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from 1st
John IV:18. Robert and Annie at evening
meeting.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Joseph Burtons threshing.
Afternoon self and Wesley drawing in wheat. Robert reaping for
Wesley. Some rain in the afternoon. Mrs. Ackhurst here visiting.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in wheat.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie drawing in oats. Self, Mother,
Robert and Annie at prayer meeting at James Walkers.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in oats.
Afternoon drawing in oats and pease. Looking like rain.
28 – Wind NE, much rain through the night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert raking. Self writing letter to Miss Mary
Marshall.
29 – Wind W, rather dull. Robert plowing. Self choring round.
Afternoon self and Robert binding wheat in the orchard. Robert
and Annie leaves for Barbaras.
30 – Wind W, rather showery. Self at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Achison preaching from Revelations III:21.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Miss
Mary Boe here. Afternoon self, Robert and horses drawing in to
Wesley till nearly 5 o’clock, then at Wms. drawing in oats for him.
SEPT. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys binding oats.
Self choring. Annie washing. Afternoon self at Wesleys. Robert
and horses at Wms.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in wheat
and finishes harvest. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Mother visiting at James Walkers.
3 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie at Mrs. Akhursts at mat bee.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self logging. Annie at Mr. James Leasks.
5 – Wind W, warm day. Robert plowing. Self in the swamp. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at the Port to get mares foot fixed.
Self in the swamp. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the
evening.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from
Matthew XXIII:37. Robert at evening meeting.
7 – Wind NE, rain through the night, nothing doing. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
8 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at games at Greenbank. Self and Annie at the Port with
grist.
9 – Wind S, fine day but warm. Robert plowing. Self fixing the
granary. Afternoon thunder and rain. Nothing doing. Scott Act
carried in Halton, 2nd
time, 124 maj.
10 – Wind W, dull day. Robert plowing. Self fixing the granary.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self underbrushing
in the swamp.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
choring. Mrs. [Sephery?] here visiting.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Annie
scrubbing. Self fencing for straw stack. Afternoon self plowing.
Robert and Annie at Division meeting.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Matthew V:20. Annie and Robert at evening
meeting.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Annie washing. Robert at Mr. Carnegies
threshing. Self and Mother at Georges.
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15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Carnegies threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Mr. Lee, Mr. Ackhurst and myself fighting fire.
Terrible smoke.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert and horses at Mr. Grosses threshing. Self mending barley
fork.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and horses at Mr. Grosses
threshing. Self doing nought. Afternoon self choring.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wesleys
threshing. Annie at Wesleys.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms.
threshing. Afternoon threshing machine here, not threshing.
Robert at Prince Albert. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching from Hebrews XII:1,2. George
Boddie Jun. here.
21 – Wind W, showery day. J. Leary; J. Harman and Ted Disman
here threshing and Wesley and John McKinnon and horses; Mr.
Grosses man and horse; Thos; Phairs man; Alec. and James
Lee; Albert Akhurst; Mr. Carnegie and Wm. threshing.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Annie washing. Self
cleaning up the barn. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self at Wms.
pitching straw.
[ There is no entry for Sept. 23 in the diary ]
24 – Wind S, some showers in the morning. Robert at Jos.
Burtons threshing. Self at the Port with Lizzie to go to Whitby.
Afternoon self and Annie at Greenbank. Rain at night.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie
preparing for painting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Annie painting.
Self choring.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Annie painting. Robert plowing. Self
cutting corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn.
27 – Wind S, rainy, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
at James Walkers and took Annie to Port in the evening. Robert
at Division meeting.
28 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Sunday School and Meeting.
Rain in the afternoon.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and Mother taking in apples.
Robert gone to Whitby Fair in the evening.
30 – Wind S, some showers. Self plowing. Afternoon self at the
Port with barley and to bring them home from the Whitby Fair.
OCT. 1 –Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Mother at Mr. Lees. Mrs. Lee sick. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self shocking corn.
2 – Wind S, some rain. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self dunging out pigs.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing for Wm. Self taking in apples.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hunting for cattle. John
comes from Whitby. Afternoon raining. Robert painting. John at
the Port for his box. Robert at the Division meeting. Alex. Michie
comes from Brock.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John, Annie and Alex. Michie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Stephenson preaching from 1st
Corinthians V:7. John, Robert
and Annie at evening meeting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing at Wms. Self ditching.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self and Mother taking in apples.
Annie painting.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing to Wm. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring.
8 – Wind S. Self, John and Robert digging potatoes. Rain
forenoon. Afternoon self, John and Robert at potatoes.
9 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing to Wm. Self and John at
potatoes. Afternoon self, John and Annie at potatoes.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self and John at
potatoes. Afternoon self, John and Annie at potatoes.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert taking in potatoes.
Annie cleaning up. Afternoon self, John and Robert at potatoes.
Took in 8 loads. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the
evening.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from 1st
Peter VI:7. Robert and Annie at the evening meeting.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and John taking in
apples. Annie washing. Afternoon John and Robert at Burtons
sale. Self at the Port getting horses shoed.
14 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing to Wm. John taking in
apples. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self husking corn. John at
apples.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self, John, Robert and Annie at the Port Perry Fair.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with barley. Self choring. John sick.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. John sick.
Afternoon Robert at the Port with barley. Self choring. Mr. Wm.
Fowlie and Wm. Fowlie Jun. here a short time. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
19 – Wind W, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Achison preaching from John III:30. Robert at the evening
meeting.
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Illustration showing a plow that would have been used during
that time.34
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. John and self taking in
apples. Annie at E. Boes. Afternoon self choring. Robert plowing.
John at the letting of some jobs on the road.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Annie washing. Self and
John at apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and John at
apples.
22 – Wind S. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie painting.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self & John killing pig. Robert & John
at meeting in Presbyterian Church.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing turnip cellar.
Afternoon John and Robert topping turnips. Self at the Port with
half of a pig, 155 lbs. Some snow at night.
24 – Cold day. Wind SW. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert harrowing turnips. Self and John rowing. Snow at night.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self, John and Robert drawing turnips. Drew 13 loads. Robert
and Annie at Division meeting.
26 – Wind S, cold day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
from Exodus XX:8. Robert at evening meeting.
27 – Wind N, cold day. Self, John and Robert drawing turnips.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips.
28 – Wind SW, dull day. John and Robert topping turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert rowing turnips. John at the Iansons
sale.
29 – Wind S, dull day. Self, John and Robert drawing turnips.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. John and Robert topping
turnips. Afternoon John gone to George Reals. Self and Robert
rowing turnips.
31 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Annie at turnips and finishes.
NOV. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon raining. Nothing doing.
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2 – Wind W, some showers. Robert at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison
preaching from Galatians VI:14. John, Robert and Annie at
evening meeting.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. John at George Reals. Robert at Wms.
drawing turnips. Self digging a pit for Wm. Afternoon Robert at
Wms. Self choring. Mrs. Grosse here visiting.
4 – Wind E and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon raining,
nothing doing. Robert and John McKinnon at Port Perry in the
evening to hear the Jubilee Singers.
5 – Wind NW and very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon Annie at
Mr. Akhursts at mat bee. Robert takes some wood to Widow
Carnegie.
6 – Wind W, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self doing nought. John in the garden.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with grist. Annie at
Port. Self and John choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
8 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. John at George Reals. Self
choring. Afternoon Annie scrubbing. Robert plowing. Robert and
Annie at Division meeting in evening.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Achison preaching
his farewell sermon from 2nd
Corinthians XII:9. John, Robert and
Annie at evening meeting. Edward Buel here all night.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. G. Reals. Robert plowing.
Annie washing. Self ditching. Afternoon Robert and horses at
Wesleys drawing turnips. Self ditching.
11 – Wind W, dull day. John gone to Georges. Robert and horses
at Wesleys. Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. John
McKinnon here practicing for plowing match.
12 – Wind W, dull day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert at plowing match in Saintfield. Self
choring.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and John McKinnon plowing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and John McKinnon plowing. Mrs. S.
Dusty and Mrs. Whiteford here visiting.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing and finishes for the season.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at the Port for grist. Annie cleaning
up. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neals raising. Self drawing wood.
Annie at Division meeting. Robert gone to Georges. Dalay, the
tea man, here for dinner.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John, Mother and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Stevenson from Sunderland preaching
from 1st
Corinthians II:1-5. John at the evening meeting. Robert
comes from Georges.
17 – Wind N, raw cold day. Robert plowing at Wms. John at Port.
Annie washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing at
Wesleys. Self choring.
18 – Wind E, cold day, nothing doing. Robert and John in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert and John in the swamp.
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19 – Wind E, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Mother
and Annie killing roosters. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self and
Annie at the Port. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring.
21 – Wind SW, dull day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self at
Mr. Haywoods. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring.
22 – Wind SE, cold day. John at O’Neals house. Self threshing
pease. Robert choring. Afternoon self and Mother at William
Fowlies. Robert at Division meeting.
23 – Wind SE, raining heavy. Self, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meting. Mr. Wilson from the Presbetry of Saugine
preaching from Romans VIII:1. Robert and Annie at evening
meeting.
24 – Wind NW, cold stormy day. John and Robert in the swamp.
Self threshing pease. Miss Barbara Fowlie here all night.
Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Mother at James
Walkers. Barbara Fowlie gone home.
25 – Wind SW and snowing. Annie washing. Nothing doing.
Afternoon John at the Port, nothing doing.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. John and
Robert at prayer meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self at
Greenbank. Afternoon John and Robert at James Walkers. Self
choring. Annie at Mrs. Lukes mat bee.
28 – Wind E, fine day. John gone somewhere. Robert making a
door. Self choring. Afternoon self threshing pease.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Robert and John gone
somewhere. Self threshing pease. Afternoon John at James
Walkers. Robert at door. Self at Mr. Haywoods. Robert at
Division meeting in evening.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Robert sick. Self, Mother, John and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching from Luke
XIII:5.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, fine day. John at James Walkers. Self choring.
Robert sick. Annie washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
2 – Wind N, fine day. John at James Walkers. Self threshing
pease. Afternoon John at the Port for Dr. Clemens to Robert.
Self threshing pease. Dr. Clemens comes to Robert.
3 – Wind W, dull day. John at Thomas Phairs threshing. Self
drawing wood. Afternoon self and Annie at the Port. Self, John
and Annie at Jas. Walkers at prayer meeting. Mr. Alex. Tipp here
all night.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Thomas Phairs. Self choring.
Afternoon John at James Walkers. Self choring. Dr. Clemens
here.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. O’Neals. Self doing nought.
Afternoon John at Greenbank with wood to Church. Self choring
and threshing pease.
6 – Wind W, soft day. John at the Port. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
7 – Wind W, rough day. Self, John and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Anderson preaching from John III:5,6,7,8.
8 – Wind NW, some snow. Annie Fowlie here all night. John in
the woods. Self doing nought. Annie washing. Afternoon nothing
doing. Annie Fowlie goes home.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to someplace. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Wm. killing pigs.
Afternoon self choring. John at Wms. drawing in pease.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John cutting up pigs. Afternoon
self salting pork. John at O’Neals.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John choring. Self at Mr. Haywoods.
Afternoon self fencing the straw stack. John Hyslop here.
13 – Wind E, rather cold. John gone to Whitby. Self reading the
papers. Afternoon Annie gone to Georges. Self choring.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Clellan preaching from Psalms
LXXVII:13.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon George comes
with Annie. Self choring. Spree at Wms. Robert and Annie at it.
16 – Wind W, stormy day. Annie washing. Self choring. Afternoon
self choring.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Annie at Port Perry. John
comes from Whitby.
18 – Wind N, cold day. John whitewashing. Annie scrubbing. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Cold.
19 – Wind N, very cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon self choring.
John away somewhere.
20 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self choring. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon John drawing wood. Self choring. Annie scrubbing.
21 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and
Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Patterson preaching from
Mark XVI:15,16.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon Annie washing.
John and Robert at Mr. Tripps sale.
23 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at the Port with Wesley.
John at O’Neals. Afternoon John and horses moving Mr. O’Neal.
Self at Greenbank.
24 – Wind E, stormy cold day, nothing doing. Annie preparing for
Christmas. Afternoon stormy nothing doing. John goes to Port for
Margaret.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Manilla. Wm. Fowlie, wife and
son Wm. and Wms. wife and children here to dinner and supper,
and Miss Lizzie [Starbank?].
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26 – Wind E, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Very fine day.
27 – Wind E, fine day. John choring. Self, Mother and Margaret at
Georges. Misses Jane and Sally Akhurst here visiting.
28 – Wind S, thawing some. Self, Mother, John, Robert, Annie
and Lizzie Stervant at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Paterson
preaching from Luke V:8,10,11. Robert and Annie at evening
meeting.
29 – Wind SE and thawing. John gone to Port with Margaret and
Lizzie Stervant to go home. Robert at nomination at Manchester.
Self choring.
30 – Wind S, dull day. Snow near gone, nothing doing. Afternoon
John at Greenbank. Nothing doing.
31 – Wind SW and raining sometimes. John at school meeting.
Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. John at prayer meeting in
the evening.
Thus ends the year 1884.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1885
JAN. 1 – Wind N, rather cold. John piling wood. Nothing doing.
Afternoon John, Robert and Annie at Greenbank at Methodist tea
party.
2 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Self choring. John from home. Spree at Wms. in the evening.
3 – Wind SW, nothing doing. Afternoon John and Robert in the
swamp. Self at Joseph Lees to see Mr. Markham. John at the
Methodist social. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Paterson preaching
from Daniel V:27. John and Robert at evening meeting.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self at Mr.
Haywoods. Annie washing. Afternoon John and Robert in the
swamp. Annie gone to Bob Munroes. Mr. Gentle here in the
evening.
6 – Wind SE, raining, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. John at prayer
meeting in the evening at James Leasks.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Self at Mr.
Wm. [?]. Mother at Mrs. Carnegies, the widow.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Self choring.
Stormy towards night.
10 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Robert and
Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching
from John VIII:12. Robert at evening meeting.
12 – Wind NW, rough day, much rain through the night. John and
Robert in the swamp. Annie washing. Afternoon John and Robert
in the swamp. Hard frost.
13 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie
making mat. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Spree at
Wms. in the evening. Robert and Annie at it.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert on the road working with
Mr. Major. Annie matting. Afternoon John and Robert at road.
Annie at Greenbank at the Womens Society Meeting.
15 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self [?].
Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
16 – Wind E, rather stormy. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
17 – Wind NW, very cold and stormy. John and Robert in the
swamp. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind W, cold day. Robert at Sunday School. Self and Annie
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Gordon preaching from Luke IV:12.
19 – Wind SW, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon Robert in the swamp. John and Annie at the Port with
wheat.
20 – Wind SW, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood.
21 – Wind W, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
mending Annies boot. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
Self choring. James Smith here.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon John and Robert in swamp.
24 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Annie at
Greenbank. Self at Thomas Phairs. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
25 – Wind W, snowing some. Robert at Sunday School. Self,
John, Mother and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Goodwill preaching from Romans XII:1. Robert at evening
meeting.
26 – Wind W, cold day. John at the Port with Mothers cow.
Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Annie washing. Afternoon
John and Robert in the swamp.
27 – Wind E, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Annie at the
Port.
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28 – Wind E, cold day. John and Robert drawing cedar. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Lena Boe and
Maggie Leask and Nellie Leask here. All at prayer meeting at
Mr. Akhursts in the evening.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Lena Boe
here all night. Afternoon John drawing wood for Wm. Robert at
the Port at Temperance Meeting.
30 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
31 – Wind NW, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert in the swamp sawing. Self at Mr. Grosses to see the
sawmill. Annie scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
FEB. 1 – Wind NW, very stormy. Self, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hardie preaching from John III:3,5.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie gone to Uxbridge to
Church opening. John at Greenbank. Afternoon nothing doing.
Self choring.
3 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Annie
melting snow. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood. Self
choring.
4 – Wind SE, snowing sometimes. John and Robert sawing
wood. Annie washing. Afternoon John and Robert sawing wood.
5 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. John at the Port to see the
races. Very cold night.
6 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood and finishes
their acre in the swamp. Afternoon John at Greenbank with wood
to the Church. Robert gone to Beaverton. Annie at Raglan.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. John at the Port with grist. Annie gone to
Whitby. Afternoon John at sawmill. Self choring. Mother
scrubbing.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John and Mother at Presbyterian
Meeting. [?] preaching from John XV:11.
9 – Wind E, snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon John taking
some wood to Widow Carnegie. Self choring.
10 – Wind NW, cold day. John gone to Georges. Self choring.
Afternoon self at the Port for Wms. grist and some chop.
11 – Wind W, very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon Mrs. Alex
Gordon and Mr. Charles Gordon and his wife here visiting.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at sawmill for lumber.
Afternoon Robert drawing in pease for Wm.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert drawing wood.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Afternoon Mother
scrubbing. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Goodwill preaching.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Sacrament at the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Goodwill preaching
from Hebrews IV:14.
16 – Wind E and snowing some. Nothing doing. Afternoon John
and Robert at Mr. Parkers to buy his colt. Robert from home.
17 – Wind W, cold day. Parker brings the colt. John and Robert
drawing wood. Afternoon Robert and John drawing wood.
George comes for John. Spree at Mr. Akhursts. Robert at it.
18 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Self and Robert at prayer meeting at Mr. Akhursts. 9 at it besides
this house.
19 – Wind W, fine day, cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing.
20 – Wind NW, very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
drawing wood. James Smith and Annie comes from Whitby.
21 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
John arrives from Georges. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Goodwill preaching from Malachi
IIV:17. Annie and Robert at Port Perry in the evening to hear the
Salvation Army.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert drawing in hay.
Afternoon all at hay.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing hay. Afternoon
John gone somewhere. Robert drawing wood for Wm. James
Smith and Martha Lytle comes from Whitby.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Georges. Robert making
bunk. Annie cleaning up. Afternoon rather stormy.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at bunk. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Mr. Fowlies drawing wheat to the Port. Annie gone to
Fowlies.
27 – Wind SW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert and Martha Lytle at Mr. Fowlies at a spree.
28 – Wind SE and thawing some, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon Mother at Mr. Wesley Lukes visiting. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
MAR. 1 – Wind S, thawing some. Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie and Martha Lytle at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hardie preaching from 1st
Peter II:7.
Robert at evening meeting.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John, Robert and self sawing wood.
Annie washing. Afternoon sawing wood.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Wm., John and Robert sawing wood. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon sawing poles. Annie and Bob
[Robert??] at Mr. James Leasks in the evening.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John and Robert at the poles. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon at poles. Annie comes from Mr. Boes.
John at the prayer meeting at Mrs. Leasks.
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5 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Wm., and Robert at poles. Self
piling wood. Afternoon sawing poles.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Wm., John and Robert sawing poles. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John and Annie at the Port with grist.
Wm., Robert and self at poles. Robert and Annie at Division in
the evening. Horses shoed.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Wm., John and Robert at
poles. Self splitting wood. Afternoon at poles; sawing.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. No minister came.
John, Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Wm., John and Robert at poles. Annie
washing. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing. Mrs. E. Boe and Mrs.
Hall here visiting.
10 – Wind NW, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at the
Port. Nothing doing.
11 – Wind NE, fine day. John at Amos Stones sale. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Annie at Wms. quilting.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. John splitting wood. Self piling wood.
Annie and Jean Akhurst collecting for Bible Society. Afternoon
John splitting wood.
13 – Wind E, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Spree at Mr. Lees in the evening. John, Robert and Annie at it.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Robert gone to Manilla.
Wm. Boddie here. Afternoon Wm. Boddie leaves for Greenbank.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Drumm preaching from Romans I:16.
16 – Wind NW, rather cold. John, Robert and Wm. sawing poles.
Afternoon John, Robert and Wm. at poles.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Robert doing nought.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing wood.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. John, Robert and Wm. at poles.
Afternoon John, Robert and Wm. at poles. Mr. Gibson and Helen
Ann here. John, Robert and Annie at prayer meeting in the
Church.
19 – Wind NW, cold day. John at Wms. Robert at the Port with fat
steer to Mr. Hugh Jacque. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing.
20 – Wind NW, very cold and stormy. Nothing doing.
21 – Wind NW, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon Wm., John
and Robert at poles. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Annie, Edward Buel
and John Minty at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Macintyre
preaching from Jeremiah VIII:20. Robert, E. Buel, and J. Minty at
evening meeting.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Mr. Minty and Mr. Buel leaves for the Port.
John, Robert and horses at Wms. drawing turnips. Afternoon
John, Robert and horses at Wms. Mother at James Walkers.
24 – Wind SW, snowing some, nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self and Robert choring.
Afternoon self, John, Robert and Annie at annual meeting of the
Church. Majority for organ.
26 – Wind S, fine day. John at Carnegies. Robert at Wms. Annie
ironing. Afternoon Robert at Wms.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Annie at the Port with Wesley.
Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Wms.
28 – Wind W, thawing some. John in the woods. Robert at Wms.
Afternoon John in the woods. Robert choring. Robert at the
Division meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. No minister came.
30 – Wind S, cloudy day. John in the woods. Robert at Mr.
Akhursts drawing rails. Self to see Mr. Haywood. Annie comes
from Mr. Boes. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing.
31 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at Port Perry
about organ for the Church. Afternoon self choring. Annie
washing.
APR. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert fixing
lung. Afternoon Robert gone to Port with grist.
2 – Wind SE and cold day, nothing doing. John sore ankle.
Afternoon Robert at the Port for grist.
3 – Wind NE and snowing, nothing doing. Annie making mat.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert gone to Whitby.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. John at Wms. Self choring. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Mother at Wm. Fowlies.
5 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McClellan preaching from Hebrews
XIII:8. John, Annie and Maggie Boe at the evening meeting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Afternoon John and
horses at Wms. fixing for sugar making. Annie washing. Mr.
Akhurst and [?] here.
7 – Wind S, soft day. John gone to Uxbridge. Self choring and at
Mr. Haywoods. Afternoon self splitting wood. Robert and Frank
Bratley and Mr. Stirving arrive from Whitby.
8 – Wind NW, rough day, nothing doing. Afternoon stormy. Mrs.
Sommerville and Maggie here for the ladies meeting. No more
ladies came. No meeting.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Frank and Mr. Stirving gone to
Walter Fowlies. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Annie at the
Port with Frank and Mr. Stirving to the train.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert making stoneboat.
Afternoon Robert at stoneboat. John arrives from Beaverton.
11 – Wind SE, dull day. Annie scrubbing. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon John in the woods. Robert at Division meeting.
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12 – Wind N and snowing. John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McLennan preaching.
13 – Wind N, stormy day. Nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert threshing pease.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert threshing pease. John gone
somewhere. Mother and Annie quilting. Afternoon nothing doing.
Self at Mr. Haywoods. Robert at Greenbank. Organ put in
Church.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood to
sawmill for Wm. Annie and Mother quilting. Afternoon John and
Robert drawing lumber for Wm.
16 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Afternoon
nothing doing. Self choring.
17 – Wind NE, fine day. John and Robert skidding logs for Mr.
O’Neil. Self splitting wood. Afternoon Robert doing something in
shop. Robert at Greenbank [?].
18 – Wind NE, fine day. John gone to the Port. Robert piling
wood. Annie scrubbing. Self splitting wood. Afternoon Robert at
wood. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting.
19 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John at Methodist forenoon
meeting. No meeting in the Presbyterian Church. Minister at Mrs.
W. Jacques funeral. Robert at Methodist Sunday School.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert fixing the stable floor.
Self turning turnips. Annie washing. Afternoon John splitting
wood. Robert choring. George here in the afternoon.
21 – Wind SE, raining some. John and Robert splitting rails. Self
fixing waggon. Afternoon John and Robert at Manchester Fair.
Annie at the Port.
22 – Wind S, warm day. John and Robert putting in sleighs. Self
making beetle. Afternoon Robert plowing to Wm. John splitting
rails.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. John at O’Neils. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. John splitting wood.
24 – Wind N, fine day. John at the Port. Robert at Greenbank with
horse collars. Self fixing gate post. Afternoon John and Robert
splitting rails. Self splitting wood.
25 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing to Wm. Self and John
fanning seed wheat. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and John at
Mr. O’Neils sale. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the
evening.
26 – Wind SE, dull day, rain through the night. Self, Mother, John,
Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Monteath
preaching from John XXI:17. Robert at evening meeting.
27 – Wind NW, cold day. John gone to Georges. Self and Robert
piling wood. Annie washing. Afternoon self and Robert piling
wood.
28 – Wind E, snowing some. Robert at Wms. Self piling wood.
Afternoon snowing, nothing doing. Snow one foot deep.
29 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Snow melting fast.
Afternoon nothing doing. John comes from Georges.
30 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert harrowing. Self piling wood. John
at O’Neils. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self cleaning the
door yard.
MAY 1 – Wind NE, cold day. John splitting rails for Thos. Phair.
Robert harrowing. Self piling wood. Afternoon Robert harrowing.
Self pilling wood.
2 – Wind E, cold day. Robert harrowing. John at rails. Annie
scrubbing. Self piling wood. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self piling
wood. Barbara Fowlie and Jeannie here. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind NW, hard frost, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School.
Self, Mother, John, Annie and Barbara Fowlie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Mills preaching from Mark V:36. John and Robert at
the evening meeting.
4 – Wind W, some snow through the night. John splitting rails for
Thos. Phair. Annie washing. Self and Robert piling wood.
Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. John goes to Georges.
5 – Wind SE and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
sowing oats. Self piling wood.
6 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing. Wm. Fowlie and George
Fowlie here. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self piling wood.
Robert at Sunday School meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
James Yulle and Alex Ledingham here begging for Sunday
School.
8 – Wind SW, snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert rolling.
Self digging garden.
9 – Wind SW, showery day. Robert piling wood. Self digging
garden. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon snow showers. Robert
splitting wood. Self digging garden. Mother at Wms. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind NW, snowed all forenoon. Robert at Sunday School.
Self, Mother and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. No minister.
Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
11 – Wind NW, rather cold. Annie washing. Robert piling wood.
Self in garden. Afternoon Robert at wood. Self in garden.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert piling wood. Self in garden.
Afternoon Robert and Annie at the Port.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self in garden. Afternoon
Womens Missionary Meeting. Self fencing. Prayer meeting in the
evening. 18 at it.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self fanning pease.
Afternoon Robert sowing barley. Self choring. Annie at
Greenbank.
15 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert sowing barley. Self ditching.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self, Mother and Annie in garden.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self planting potatoes.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self planting potatoes.
Annie gone to Georges. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
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17 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Clarke
preaching from 1st
Timothy I:24. Robert at the evening meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port getting horses shoed.
Self spreading dung. Annie arrives from Georges. Afternoon
Robert plowing potato land. Self spreading dung. Let cattle out.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting potatoes.
Annie washing. Afternoon self cutting potatoes. Robert plowing.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert rolling. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self at potatoes.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert planting potatoes.
Afternoon self finishes potatoe and corn planting.
22 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self at James Walkers. Rain in the evening.
23 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening. Annie goes to Whitby.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Clarke preaching
from 2nd
Corinthians VIII:9. Rain at night. Annie comes from
Whitby.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert gone to Whitby. Self choring. Mother
at Wms.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert not home. Self at Sonya at
Presbytery Meeting. Afternoon Robert plowing for Mr. [Gripps?].
Robert at Sunday School meeting. James Millar, Superintendant.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon
self and Robert at dung. Mrs. John Leask Jun. and Mrs. Warren
here.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert at dung. Afternoon self
and Robert at dung. Mrs. Park here all night.
29 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert finishes dung.
Afternoon self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at turnip land. Some
rain. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
31 – Wind SW, some rain in the morning. Robert at the Sunday
School. Self, Mother and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Hurd preaching from Kings XVIII:24. Robert and Annie at
evening meeting.
JUNE 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Annie washing. Afternoon self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
Annie and Lizzie papering. Mother at Mr. Thos. Phairs, Mrs.
Phair sick. Mrs. Thos. Phair gets a daughter.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing. Annie
and Lizzie papering. Afternoon Annie and Lizzie papering. Self
turning potatoes. Robert plowing.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Wm. Fowlies.
Afternoon Robert and Annie at Port Perry to meet Margaret from
Whitby.
4 – Wind NE and raining, nothing doing. James Smith and family
come from Whitby. Afternoon Robert harrowing. James Smith
goes home.
5 – Wind E and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert, Annie,
Barbara and Margaret and children at Wm. Fowlies. Self choring.
Open Division in the evening.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self planting
corn. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self planting corn. Barbara at
Wms. Margaret at Mr. Lukes.
7 – Wind W, warm day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Annie,
Barbara and Margaret at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hurd
preaching from Luke XXII:54. Robert and Annie at the evening
meeting. Thunder and rain at night.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Barbara gone to Georges.
Annie washing. Self choring. Afternoon self burying stone. Annie
at brick yard.
9 – Wind N, rough day. Robert choring. Self at the Port with
Barbara to train. Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. Annie at
Wms. papering. Self cutting thistles.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
mending harness. Annie gone to Mrs. A. Leasks. Margaret at
James Walkers. Afternoon self mending harness.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self oiling
harness. Afternoon self at harness.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self mending harness.
Afternoon Robert harrowing turnip land. Self and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews
X:21.22.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at George Reals raising. Self oiling
harness. Annie washing buggy.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Margaret and Robert at the
Sacrament at Brock. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians
X:17. Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting in the evening
and at Salvation Army meeting.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self with
cow to bull and mending gate. Afternoon shower after dinner.
Annie washing. Self fixing turnip sower.
16 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn. Began turnip sowing.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port with
Margaret. Self hoeing corn. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self picking
bugs. Robert at the Prayer meeting at James McMillans in the
evening.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self picking bugs. Robert at Salvation Army meeting.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self picking bugs. Robert and horses at
Wms. Afternoon self hilling potatoes.
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20 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert drilling. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Annie scrubbing. Self at bugs. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening. Some rain at night.
21 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan
preaching from Revelation III:21.22. Robert, Annie and Maggie
Boe at evening meeting.
22 – Wind NW, windy day, rain through the night. Robert choring.
Self sowing turnips. Afternoon Robert and horses at Wms. Self at
Mr. Haywoods.
23 – Wind NW and very high. Robert and horses at Wms. Self
picking bugs. Afternoon self at bugs. Widow Michie comes from
Brock.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at road work.
Afternoon at road work. Mrs. Michie leaves for Jas. Walkers.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at road work. Afternoon
Robert and horses at Wms. Self at road work and finishes.
26 – Wind S, like rain. Robert scuffling. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon Robert fishing. Self hoeing.
27 – Wind W, warm day. Robert from home somewhere. Self
choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at John Leasks
raising. Self hoeing corn. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
28 – Wind SW, very warm. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Causewell
preaching from Jeremiah VIII:22.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert choring. Self cutting thistles on
the road. Annie washing. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert and
Annie at the Port. Took Annies cow to bull.
30 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert picking bugs. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert in swamp burning rubbage. Self at Mr. Byers
with heifer to bull.
JULY 1 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert and Annie at the Port.
Self picking bugs. Afternoon self at Methodist Sabbath School
anniversary. Sandy Michie here all night.
2 – Wind NW, raining some. Sandy Michie leaves for home.
Robert choring some. Annie at Mr. Boes. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert fishing. Self writing.
3 – Wind NW, raining some. Robert fishing. Self hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon Robert drawing brick for Mr. O’Neil. Self picking bugs.
Mother at Mrs. Lukes quilting bee.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert picking bugs. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert cutting brush on the sideline. Self at
bugs. Robert and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Causewell preaching
from Isaiah IV:6. Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hauling potatoes to the
barn. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert and self fanning wheat.
Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the evening to
hear Mr. A. Dobson lecture on the [?].
7 – Wind W, fine day, thunder and rain through the night. Robert
at the Port with wheat. Self sickly. Afternoon self hoeing corn.
Robert scuffling turnips. Annie at Mrs. Davidsons.
8 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
corn. Afternoon Robert scuffling. Self hoeing. Annie gone to
Womans Missionary Meeting at Mr. Charles Rennies.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon self
and Robert hoeing.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon self hoeing. Robert and Annie at the Port for grist.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert banking potatoes. Self fixing
watering place for cattle. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and
Robert hoeing. Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the evening to
hear Mrs. Pecke lecture.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McGinnes preaching
from Romans X:17. Robert at evening meeting.
13 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Annie
washing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing. Rain at 4 o’clock.
14 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self at the Port
with Lizzie to Doctor. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at strawberry festival in Presbyterian
Church in the evening.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing. Robert at Prince Albert with 2 steers for
Mr. Bungard.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert voting for the Scott Act.
Afternoon self hoeing. Self, Annie and Robert at the meeting in
Church about organ. Scott Act, majority 1357.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon Robert
hoeing. Self at Greenbank with buggie tongue to fix. Miss Jane
Akhurst here visiting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert mowing hay. Self cutting about the
fences. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at hay.
Robert at Division meeting in evening.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McGinnes preaching from
Galatians II:3:4. Robert at evening meeting.
20 – Wind SW, warm day. Self and Robert turning hay. Annie
gone to get money and subscriptions for paying the organ.
Afternoon self and Robert cocking hay. Robert at meeting at
Presbyterian Church settling where the organ is to stand.
21 – Wind NW, rain at 6 o’clock. Robert picking cherries. Self
choring. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert sickly. Self at
Greenbank for scythe.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. drawing in hay.
Afternoon self, Wm., and Robert at hay. Drew 8 loads from field
and 4 from orchard into the barn.
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23 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert mowing hay. Self cutting the
fence corners. Afternoon self putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Robert at Greenbank for buggie tongue. Lewis O’Neil died.
24 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert hoeing. Self mowing in woods.
Afternoon self and Robert at Lewis O’Neils funeral. Mrs. James
Leask and her mother here on a visit. Rain and thunder in the
evening.
25 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing white turnips.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert cocking hay. Barbara
Fowlie here visiting. Robert, Annie and Barbara Fowlie at
Division meeting in evening.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
Annie and Barbara Fowlie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hannah
preaching from John XII:21.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. stacking hay, put 7
loads in stack. Annie washing.
28 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert and horses at Wms.
stacking his hay. Annie picking berries. Afternoon self and
Robert at Wms. hay. Rain at 6 o’clock.
29 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert scuffling. Self hoeing. Annie away collecting for
organ. Self, Robert and Annie at prayer meeting at the Church in
the evening.
30 – Wind E, very warm day. Robert and Annie at the Port. Self
hoeing. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert scuffling.
31 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Annie picking
berries. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing.
AUG. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at Wms. hay.
Afternoon finished Wms. hay. Annie gone to Mrs. Halls, Port
Perry. Robert at Division meeting in the evening. Jas. Moons
barn burnt by lightning.
2 – Wind E and raining in the morning. Robert at the Sunday
School. Self and Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Malcom preaching from John IV:13,14. Robert at the evening
meeting.
3 – Wind SE, raining, nothing doing. Annie washing. Afternoon
still raining. Nothing doing.
4 – Wind SW, raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon self at
meeting at Brock about minister. Robert choring.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert reaping barley. Self fencing in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert finishes barley. Self hoeing. Annie
picking berries.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Annie picking
berries. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert plowing.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Self hoeing. Robert plowing. Afternoon
self and Robert cocking barley.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Self, Wm. and Robert
drawing barley. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
9 – Wind SE and raining. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Malcom preaching from
1st
John V:13. Rain in the evening.
10 – Wind N, dull and foggy. Robert plowing. Self cutting round
oats. Annie at berries. Afternoon Robert reaping oats. Self
binding oats. Annie at berries. Mrs. A. Cragg here visiting.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Self binding oats. Robert plowing.
Afternoon Robert cutting oats. Self and Wm. binding.
12 – Wind W. Self, Robert and Wm. at oats and finishes.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. plowing. Self choring.
13 – Wind SW, dull warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Annie at berries. Afternoon thundering. Robert at Wesleys
pease. Self at Greenbank for boots. Rain at night.
14 – Wind N, cold day. Self choring. Robert harrowing. Annie at
berries. Afternoon self in the swamp. Robert reaping for Wesley.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping for Wesley. Self brushing
in the swamp. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self in the swamp.
Annie at berries. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Alex Leask preaching
from 2nd
Kings V:1-16.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping wheat. Self, Wm., and
John McKinnon binding. Afternoon all at wheat and Wesley. After
supper shocking up.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping for Wm. Self binding
wheat. Afternoon self binding wheat. Robert finishes our reaping
after supper.
19 – Wind NW and very high. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in
oats. Afternoon drew in all the oats. Robert and Annie at the Port
in the evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert cutting pease. Afternoon
self and Robert at pease till supper. Mrs. W. Fowlie and Mrs.
Park here. Self took them home. Robert reaping at Wesleys.
21 – Wind S, dull day. Self cutting pease. Robert at Wesleys.
Rain at 10 o’clock. Afternoon self and Robert at pease.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert reaping for Wm. Self binding for
Wm. Afternoon Robert reaping for Wesley. Self at Wms. Robert
goes to Georges in the evening. Annie at Division meeting.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McColl preaching from 1st
Timothy
I:12-15. Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
24 – Wind E, rainy day. Nothing doing. Annie washing. Afternoon
still raining, nothing doing. Robert goes to Port and to J. Smiths.
25 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Self at Mr. Haywoods.
Afternoon self choring. Mrs. Grose here visiting. Mother at
Thomas Phairs visiting. Robert arrives from Whitby.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie drawing in wheat.
Afternoon drawing wheat.
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27 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. drawing wheat.
Afternoon drawing wheat til 5 o’clock, then drawing oats to Wm.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and horses drawing in to Wm.
Afternoon drew in all Wms. oats and wheat. Some rain at 5
o’clock. Mrs. James McMillan and Mrs. Akhurst here visiting.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in Wms. pease.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. drawing in our pease. Robert
and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McColl preaching from
Hebrews XII:1,2,3. George and wife here and Mr. and Mrs.
Parker to tea. Robert at evening meeting.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Port. Self at Mr.
Haywoods. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self in swamp.
SEPT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert raking wheat. Self in
swamp. Afternoon self in swamp. Robert plowing. Rain at night.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon self and Robert drew in rakings which
finishes harvest.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone to Scotland.
Self choring round in the afternoon.
4 – Wind SW, dull day. Self at Wesleys threshing. Afternoon at
threshing till 3 o’clock. Annie and Mother quilting.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Self plowing. Annie scrubbing. Mother
quilting. Afternoon self plowing. Mother, Annie and Barbara
Walker quilting.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Burns preaching from Psalms
XXXIV:1,2.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Annie washing. Self in the swamp drawing
rails. Afternoon self in the swamp.
8 – Wind SE, dull day. Self plowing. Mother and Annie quilting.
Afternoon raining. Nothing doing.
9 – Wind Easterly and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon raining,
nothing doing. Self fixing at granary. Annie quilting.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon plowing.
11 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Annie at Port Perry. Afternoon
self choring.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Self plowing. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon
self plowing.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnston preaching from 2nd
Corinthians IV:6. Rain
at night.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Annie washing. Self drawing wood.
Afternoon self mending harness.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon Annie at Mrs.
James Leasks. Self fencing for straw stack. John comes home at
night.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. John at the Port for Wms. grist. Self at
Mr. Haywoods. Afternoon John plowing for Wm. Self splitting
rails. Horses shoed.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing for Wm. Self splitting rails.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self fixing gate at the road. Mother
visiting at Mr. Carnegies.
18 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing to Wm. Self fencing in the
swamp. Afternoon John at Wms. Self in the swamp.
19 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self fencing. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John at Wms. Self at swamp.
20 –Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McFee preaching from Psalms
XVIII:30. John and Annie at evening meeting.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self at
the Port for beef to threshing. Afternoon self choring. Annie
washing.
22 – Wind NW, fine day, some thunder. John at Mr. Lees
threshing. Self preparing for threshing. Afternoon self choring.
Machine comes at 4 o’clock. Very high wind, no threshing done.
23 – Wind N and very high wind. Threshing done by R. Watson &
R. Dobson, assisted by Mr. Grose; Mr. T. Phair; Mr. J. Walker;
Mr. Carnegie; A. Akhurst; J. Lee; Wm; J. McKinnon; W. Luke.
Finished between 3 and 4 o’clock. Miss Smith and Barbara here.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John at Mr. Groses threshing. Self choring. Maggie Smith and
Barbara leaves for home.
25 – Wind S, fine day. John harrowing. Self and Annie at the Port.
Afternoon John at Carnegies threshing. Self choring.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Carnegies threshing. Self
choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self digging
out stumps.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. No minister.
28 – Wind SE, warm day. John gone to Whitby. Self and Mother
at Brock. Mother at Georges. Self at meeting in Wick
Presbyterian Church to call a minister. Mr. Johnson of Ancaster
receives the call.
29 – Wind SW, warm day. Annie gone to Whitby. Self at Widow
Leasks to see her as she is very sick. Afternoon self burning
rubbish in the swamp.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Georges. Self plowing.
Afternoon self plowing.
OCT. 1 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon self
plowing. Annie at James McMillans at prayer meeting.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Annie at the opening of the
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, Port Perry. Mrs. Walker here visiting.
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a public market situated on Perry Street, which was to
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3 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Self plowing. Afternoon
self plowing. John comes home. Some rain at night.
4 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Stevenson preaching from Ezekiel
XXXVI:25. Call signed for Mr. Johnson.
5 – Wind N, cold day. John plowing. Self taking up potatoes.
Annie washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self at potatoes.
6 – Wind N, cold day. John plowing. Self and Annie at potatoes.
Afternoon John plowing. Self and Annie at potatoes.
7 – Wind NE, dull day. John plowing. Self and Annie at potatoes.
Afternoon John plowing. Self at potatoes. Annie at Greenbank at
Womens meeting.
8 – Wind SE, raining some. John plowing. Self doing nought.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self cutting corn. John plowing.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self and Annie at potatoes.
Afternoon John plowing. Self at potatoes.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self and Annie at
potatoes. Afternoon John plowing. Self at potatoes. Annie
scrubbing. Annie at Mr. Lees in the evening.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Wall preaching from 2nd
Corinthians
V:10.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone to Georges. Self picking
potatoes. Afternoon self at corn. Mother at Mrs. Widow Leasks
visiting.
13 – Wind E and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon self at James
Walkers visiting.
14 – Wind S, dull day and raining some. Annie washing. Self
choring. Afternoon self cutting corn.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self at corn. Afternoon self at corn.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self at Greenbank for papers. Mr. Holman
here for taxes. Afternoon self digging stumps.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self at corn. Sally Akhurst here visiting. Annie at
Division meeting in the evening. John comes from Georges.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Wall preaching from Isaiah
VI:1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Self, John and Annie at evening meeting. Mr.
Burns preaching from 1st
John II:1. Mr. Burns here all night.
19 – Wind E, dull day. John choring. Self driving round Mr. Burns
to get subscriptions for the endowment of Knox College. Annie
washing.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Mother taking in apples. Self
going round with Mr. Burns.
be open for business on Tuesday and Fridays. People
could sell produce, meats, etc. [Information from the
Scugog Heritage web site).
21 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self and Mother at apples. John plowing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Annie at apples. John
plowing. Afternoon self husking corn. John plowing. Wm. here
picking apples.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. John at corn. Self and Annie at Port
Perry. Afternoon John plowing. Self at corn.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self binding corn. Afternoon
self and John drawing in corn.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Stevenson preaching from 1st
John
V:2,3,4,5.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon self, Mother and John took in one load of
potatoes. John and self topping turnips.
27 – Wind E, dull day. John harrowing turnips. Self fixing cellar.
Afternoon self, John and Annie drawing in turnips. 12 loads.
Some rain at night.
28 – Wind East and looking like rain. John plowing. Self throwing
back turnips. Afternoon self and Annie drawing turnips, 5 loads.
John topping.
29 – Wind E, raining. John at Port for Robert. Self throwing back
turnips. Afternoon still raining. Nothing doing. Robert arrives from
Scotland.
30 – Wind NE and cold. John harrowing turnips. Self and Robert
rowing. Afternoon self, John and Robert drawing turnips. 16
loads.
31 – Wind SE, cold day. Self, John and Robert taking in potatoes.
Annie at Uxbridge. Afternoon self, John and Robert at turnips.
Drew 5 loads. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
NOV. 1 – Wind SE, cold dull day. Self, John and Robert and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Stevenson preaching from
Psalms XXIII:1,2,3.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at turnips. Annie washing.
Afternoon all at turnips. Drew 9 loads.
3 – Wind NE, snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self choring.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Prince Albert with heifer. Self
and Mother taking in potatoes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at
turnips.
5 – Wind E. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon self and
Robert drew 2 loads turnips. Rain in the afternoon.
6 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self topping turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert, Wm. and boys at turnips. Drew 5 loads.
Rain at 4 o’clock.
7 – Wind S, dull day. Self, Robert, Wm. and boys at turnips. Drew
7 loads. Afternoon self, Robert, Wm. and boys drew 2 loads
which finishes. Robert and horses gone to draw turnips for Wm.
John comes from Georges.
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8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching
from Mark VI:3. Is not this the Carpenter. Annie Fowlie here for
tea.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Annie washing. Robert at Wms. Self fixing
the cows stable. Afternoon self at stable.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mr. Johnson inducted
minister of Wick & Greenbank.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Annie at the Womens meeting at Mrs. Lees. Robert
plowing. Self husking corn. Killed one pig.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at corn. Afternoon
self, Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Johnson preaching from Psalms LXVII:6.7. Fast day.
13 – Wind S, raining some. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fixing for cattle.
14 – Wind SW and snowing. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon still snowing. Robert plowing. Self choring. Annie
scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening. John
comes from Georges.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Snow melting some. Robert at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Johnson preaching from John XI:5.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Riel to be hung today.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and John at
Greenbank. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self in swamp.
18 – Wind Easterly and raining some. Robert plowing. Self
husking corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Rain at 4 o’clock.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. John splitting rails. Self
making water furrows. Afternoon Robert plowing. John splitting
rails. Self choring.
20 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. John at rails. Self
ditching. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. John at rails.
Annie at Thomas Phairs.
21 – Wind W, frost through the night. Robert plowing. Self
choring. John at rails. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert finishes
plowing and goes to Wm. Fowlies. Barbara Fowlie here all night.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 2nd
Samuel XIV. Robert at evening meeting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and John gone somewhere. Self
choring. Annie washing. Afternoon John plowing his lot at
Greenbank. Self ditching.
24 – Wind NE, dull day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
25 – Wind NE, dull cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
26 – Wind N, dull day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John at the Port. Self and Robert fanning
grist.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring. Robert
and Annie at the Port. Afternoon John in the woods. Mr. and Mrs.
Park here visiting. Spree at Wms. in the evening. Horses shoed.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Annie
scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind W and snowing some. Robert at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson
preaching from Philippians II:5.
30 – Wind E, dull day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
DEC. 1 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert in the woods.
Self at the Port for chop. Afternoon John and Robert in the
woods.
2 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
husking corn. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring.
3 – Wind Easterly, dull day. John in the woods. Robert making
door. Self banking turnip house. Afternoon John and Robert in
the woods. Self choring. Robert and Ned Buel at Greenbank.
Rev. Mr. Johnson here visiting.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
husking corn. Afternoon rather stormy. John and Robert in the
woods. Robert and Annie at open Division.
5 – Wind N and snowing. Nothing doing.
6 - Self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 2nd
Kings V:27. Robert and
Annie at evening meeting.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Annie
washing. Self choring. Afternoon John at Port. Robert
whitewashing and at Greenbank in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood at
O’Neils. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
9 – Wind E and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert in the woods. Self choring.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing out wood. Self
husking corn. Afternoon John and Robert at wood. Self choring.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Robert and Annie at
the Port. Afternoon John in the woods.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Annie
scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the
woods. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
13 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson
preaching from Acts XXIV:16.
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14 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert drawing bark. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert and horses moving the
threshing machine. Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert at
Mr. O’Neils sale.
17 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self at Mr.
Haywoods. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert gone to
Georges. Self, John and Annie at prayer meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. John drawing out wood. Self choring.
Afternoon John at Greenbank.
19 – Wind NW, stormy day, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon still stormy, nothing doing.
20 – Wind W, rather cold. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching
from Isaiah IV:1. Robert at evening meeting.
21 – Wind W and thawing some. Mother, John and Annie
dressing turkeys. Robert fixing sleigh. Afternoon John gone
somewhere. Robert at Wms. Annie washing.
22 – Wind S, dull day. Nothing doing. John gone to Port with grist
and turkeys. Afternoon nothing doing.
23 – Wind W and thawing. John at Haywoods bee. Robert at Mr.
Thos. Phairs at threshing. Afternoon Robert at threshing.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and John at Mr. Phairs threshing.
Afternoon Robert at threshing. John gone to Port for Margaret
and children and John Bratley.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Christmas day. John, Robert and J.
Bratley at the Church with victuals for the party and making
tables. Afternoon all at party in the Church and lecture by Mr.
Cockburn on what he saw in Ireland and Scotland.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Annie at the Church. Afternoon
Margaret at Wms. Edward Buel and Robert at Division meeting
in the evening.
27 – Wind W, fine day. E. Buel, John Bratley, Violet Cragg here
all night. Self, John, Robert and Annie, Ed. Buel and Violet Cragg
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Jeremiah
XVIII:2-6. Robert and Annie at evening meeting. Joseph Watson
here.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John and self choring. Robert gone to the
Port with Margaret and John Bratley. Afternoon nothing doing.
Mother, John, Robert, Annie and Violet at the social in
Presbyterian Church in the evening.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Greenbank. Robert and
Annie at the Port. Self at Mr. Haywoods. Afternoon nothing
doing. Mother at Thos. Phairs.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon self, John, Robert and Wesley killing pigs.
31 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. Been
thawing since 23rd
. No sleighing.
And thus ends the year 1885.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1886
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert cutting up pigs.
John gone to Wm. Fowlies. Annie gone to Raglan. Afternoon
nothing doing. John and Robert at the Methodist tea party at
Greenbank.
2 – Wind SE, dull day. John gone to Port. Self choring. Afternoon
nothing doing. Robert at Division Meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind SE and thawing. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson
preaching from Ezra VII:9,10.
4 – Wind SE and raining, nothing doing. Annie washing. Self and
Robert at Greenbank voting for councilors. Afternoon still raining.
Nothing doing.
5 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert mending harrows.
Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
6 – Wind N, very cold and high wind. Nothing doing. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods.
7 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Afternoon
John and Robert in the swamp. Self choring.
8 – Wind Easterly, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Robert gets kicked on
the knee.
9 – Wind N, very stormy. John in the woods. Robert at Wesleys
threshing. Afternoon John in the woods.
10 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Sunday School. John at
Presbyterian Meeting.
11 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Afternoon
John in the woods. Robert and Mother at Wms, drawing wood for
him.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in swamp. Self choring.
Alec Rennie here to dinner. Afternoon John and Robert in the
swamp. Jas. Watson here all night.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in swamp. Afternoon
John and Robert in swamp. George and wife here visiting.
16 – Wind SE and snowing some. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon rain and snow. John and Robert in the swamp.
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17 – Wind NW and stormy. Robert at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Johnson preaching from Acts XXVII:29.
18 – Wind E, fine day. John gone to Georges. Robert in the
swamp. Afternoon Robert and Annie gone to Port.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Alec Ledingham comes
here.
20 – Wind SE and snowing. Alec Ledingham leaves for Mr.
Leasks. Afternoon Robert drawing cedar from the swamp. James
Smith and Barbara here and goes home. Wm. Fowlie Sen. here.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing cedar. Annie and Annie
Fowlie baking. Afternoon Robert drawing cedar. John comes
from Georges. Annie married to Thomas Black in the evening by
Mr. Johnson.
22 – Wind SE, dull day. John and Robert drawing cedar.
Afternoon John and Robert drawing cedar.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Afternoon
John and Robert drawing cedar.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacLaren
preaching from Psalms CXIX:18. Robert at evening meeting.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Annie
washing. Afternoon John gone to Mara. Robert at job letting on
11th
concession.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the swamp. Self at Haywoods
& O’Neils. Afternoon Robert drawing cedar. Self choring. Robert
at the Port with grist.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert fanning barley. Afternoon
Robert gone to the Port with barley.
28 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Self and Robert fanning wheat.
Afternoon Robert at the Port with wheat. Robert at Akhursts
spree in the evening.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing cedar. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and John drawing cedar. Afternoon
Annie scrubbing. Robert and John at cedar. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
31 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching
from John IV:24.
FEB. 1 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert at cedar. Lena Boe
here all night. Afternoon John leaves for Georges. Robert
drawing wood for Wm. Lena leaves for home.
2 – Wind W, rather stormy. Robert drawing poles. Annie washing.
Afternoon stormy, nothing doing. Self writing letter.
3 – Wind N, cold day. Robert writing letters. Afternoon Annie
visiting at Mr. Akhursts. Nothing doing, very cold. Thermometer
20 degrees below zero.
4 – Wind S, cold day. Robert in the woods. Self writing letter.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
5 – Wind N, cold day. Robert in the woods. Self writing. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood. John arrives from Georges.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John gone to the Port. Mr. Gibson here.
Robert at Division meeting. Mr. Gray died.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson
preaching from Psalms XIX:17. Robert at evening meeting.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone somewhere. Robert making
wood rack. Afternoon self and John at Mr. Grays funeral. Robert
at party at Georges in the evening.
9 – Wind SW, fine day, snow melting some. John somewhere.
Robert at Mr. Gibsons bee drawing wood from James McMillans
to Uxbridge. Self at Mr. Haywoods. Afternoon John cutting wood
to Widow Carnegie. Mother at Mr. Lees.
10 – Wind E, fine day. John in the woods. Self and Robert
fanning barley. Afternoon John in the woods. Robert and Annie
at Port Perry with barley. Robert at Port, Black lecture in the
evening.
11 – Wind S and thawing. John and Robert in the woods. Annie
gone to Mr. Boes. Self hanging up meat. Afternoon Robert and
John in the woods.
12 – Wind SE, dull day. John and Robert in the woods. Annie
arrives home. Afternoon self, John and Robert at Mr. O’Neils
sale. Horse harness and sleigh sold for taxes.
13 – Wind all round and raining, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon still raining, nothing doing.
14 – Wind SW and snowing heavy. Robert at the Sunday School.
Nobody at Meeting. Still snowing, no wind. Mr. Haywood died.
15 – Wind E and snowing. John and Robert in the woods. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
16 – Wind W, rough day, snow drifting, nothing doing. Afternoon
nothing doing. Self at Mr. Haywoods funeral. Miss Black here.
17 – Wind SW, snow drifting. Annie and Miss Black making mat.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Nothing doing. Miss Black leaves
at night.
18 – Wind S, fine day, nothing doing. Robert and John drawing
wood. John McKinnon here all night. Afternoon Robert and John
McKinnon gone to races36
at the Port.
19 – Wind S and thawing. John and Robert drawing wood.
Afternoon self and Mother at Wm. Fowlies.
20 – Wind N, very stormy day, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon nothing doing.
21 – Wind E and snowing. Robert at Sunday School. Nobody
from here at Meeting. Only 23 at it, 28 cents collection.
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22 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert drawing dung. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert drawing dung.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at dung. Afternoon
John and Robert at dung.
24 – Wind S, dull day. John and Robert at dung all day.
25 – Wind SE, dull day and thawing some. Self, John and Robert
at Port. Robert goes to Whitby. Afternoon nothing doing.
26 – Wind NW, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon self, John
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from
Luke XV:1,2.
27 – Wind NW, bright cold day. John at the Port for chop.
Afternoon John gone somewhere. Mother at Wms.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, John, Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Matthew XXII:42.
Sacrament dispensed in the forenoon. Soiree at the Church.
MAR. 1 – Wind NW, very cold. 18 degrees below here in shade.
John gone to Mara. Annie washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
2 – Wind N, cold stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon very cold,
nothing doing.
3 – Wind N, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert drawing
wood for Mr. O’Neil to school house.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing wood to school. Self making
ladder. Afternoon Robert drawing wood to school.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self at ladder.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Port with 2 steers to Bungard.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood to school.
Robert at Division meeting in evening.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching. Mr. and
Mrs. Watt here to tea.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Annie
washing. Afternoon self and Robert at annual meeting. John
arrives from Mara.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Afternoon
John at Greenbank. Self and Robert drawing wood.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John gone to Whitby, nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert at Wm. Fowlies changing oats. Mother at Jas.
Walkers.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Afternoon Robert
at the Port getting horses shoed. Self choring.
12 – Wind SW and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing, still snowing.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood for Wm. Mother at
Wms., Lizzie sick. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
Wms. daughter born. [Jessie Rowena Michie, b. 13 Mar 1886, d.
20 Nov 1970].
14 – Wind NW, fine day. James Yule here all night. Mr. & Mrs.
Fisher from Ashburn and George Boddie here. Self and Robert
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Genesis
V:24. Robert takes George Boddie to Uxbridge in the evening.
15 – Wind E, dull day, nothing doing. Self picking potatoes. Mrs.
Watt here for dinner. Afternoon nothing doing. Self at potatoes.
16 – Wind NW, fine day, some snow through the night. John at
the Port. Annie washing. Mother at Wms. Afternoon nothing
doing.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert drawing in a
haystack. Afternoon John and Robert at Missionary meeting in
Presbyterian Church. 12 dollars collected.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert drawing rails. Afternoon
John and Robert at rails. Mr. and Mrs. Ross visiting.
19 – Wind E, dull day. Robert drawing dung. Rain at 11 o’clock.
Afternoon Robert gone to Georges. Mrs. Lee here awhile.
20 – Wind Easterly and raining. Thunder through the night. John
at Wms. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John gone somewhere,
nothing doing. Everything covered with ice. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening. Very rainy night.
21 – Wind E, raining. Robert at Sunday School. John at Meeting.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and John at the Port with grist.
Annie washing. Afternoon snowing some. Get grist home with
them.
23 – Wind N, cold day. John in the woods. Nothing doing. Mother
and Annie quilting. Afternoon very cold, nothing doing. Self, John
and Robert at coffee social by Womens F.M. Society and lecture
on the southern States by Mr. Johnson in the evening at
Presbyterian Church. Proceeds 19$.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Mother and
Annie quilting. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert at Wms.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Afternoon John
cutting some trees in our own woods. Robert at Wms.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the woods.
Afternoon John and Robert at Mr. Grosses wood bee. Self
shoveling snow.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Annie scrubbing. Self, John and Robert at Mr.
Grosses sale.
28 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self and John at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from James II:19,
the devils believe and tremble.
29 – Wind E, fine day. John at O’Neils. Robert in shop. Annie
washing. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert in shop.
30 – Wind E, raining some. John and Robert at the Port. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
31 – Wind Easterly and raining some, thick fog. Robert in shop.
John away somewhere. Annie making mat. Afternoon Robert in
shop.
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APR. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert helping Mr. Parker to move.
John gone somewhere. Annie matting. Afternoon John down at
creek. Water very high, like to take the bridge away.
2 – Wind W, fine day, some snow through the night. The mud
deep. John gone somewhere. Robert doing nought. Annie
matting. Afternoon John splitting wood for Mrs. Carnegie. Robert
choring. Self doing nought.
3 – Wind N, rather cold. John in the woods. Nothing doing.
George here. Afternoon John in the woods. Annie scrubbing.
Nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother and
John at Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 1st
John II:11. Robert at the evening meeting.
5 – Wind N, fine day. John at Port Perry. Annie washing. Robert
doing nought. Afternoon Robert helping Mr. Parker to move. Self
and John at Church meeting about elders and anniversary of
school.
6 – Wind Easterly and much dust flying. Robert at Greenbank.
John gone somewhere. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing.
7 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. Robert at the Port. Self
choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Self at Mrs. Haywoods.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert choring.
Afternoon John in the woods. Robert choring. Self at Mr.
Akhursts for papers.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert helping to move
Mr. Grosse to Port Perry. Afternoon John and Robert at Mr.
ONeils bee.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing wood. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon self, John and Robert sawing wood. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, Mother
and John at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from
Revelation XX:10. Robert at evening meeting. Arch. Black here
all night.
12 – Wind S, dull day. Self, John and Robert sawing wood.
Afternoon some rain, sawing wood. Lizzie here visiting.
13 – Wind W, dull day. Annie washing. John whitewashing the
cellar. Robert choring. Afternoon nothing doing much.
14 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert mending gate. John in
orchard. Afternoon John in orchard. Self piling wood.
15 – Wind NE, fine day. John, Robert and Annie at the Port. Self
piling wood. Afternoon self at wood.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John pruning trees. Robert choring. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon John pruning trees. Robert and Wm.
fanning wheat. Self piling wood.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John pruning trees. Robert drawing the
prunings into a pile. Self clearing door yard. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon John plowing. Robert at the Port for his clothes.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Mother and
John at Presbyterian Meeting. Robert at evening meeting.
19 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port with harrows to sharp.
Robert leaves for Georges. Annie washing. Self choring.
Afternoon self and John fanning wheat.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John sowing wheat. Self choring.
Afternoon John sowing oats and pease. Self piling brush.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. John sowing barley. Self choring.
Afternoon John harrowing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
John harrowing. Self mending fences.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John rolling. Self digging in garden.
Afternoon John sowing oats. Self choring. Wind and rain at night.
24 – Wind Easterly and raining, nothing doing. John in the woods
digging maple trees. Self at Port with some butter and eggs.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and John planting maple trees.
Annie scrubbing.
25 – Wind E, cold morning. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Hebrews
IX:28.
26 – Wind E and raining. Self and John fanning wheat. Annie
washing. Afternoon John harrowing. Self in the garden.
27 – Wind SE and raining. John splitting rails. Self choring.
Afternoon John splitting rails. Self in garden.
28 – Wind N, fine day. John splitting rails. Self in garden. Mother
and Annie quilting. Afternoon John at rails. Self in garden.
George and wife here to tea.
29 – Wind E, fine day. Self and John at the Port. Afternoon John
sowing oats. Heavy showers and some hail. Horses shoed.
30 – Wind E, rather cold. John drawing dung. Self at James
Walkers. Afternoon John and horses at Wms. Self fencing.
MAY 1 – Wind E, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Annie
scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Revelation XXI:27.
3 – Wind N, fine day. John sowing oats. Annie washing. Self
choring. Afternoon John sowing wheat. Mr. [McGeough?] died.
4 – Wind SE and raining a little sometimes. John finishes sowing.
Self fencing. Afternoon John and horses at Wms. Self planting
potatoes in orchard.
5 – Wind Easterly, some showers. John and horses at Wms. Self
choring. Afternoon John harrowing. Self planting apple trees.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self fencing. Afternoon John
at Wms. Self at Anton McGeoughs funeral.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing potatoe land. Self spreading dung. Put cattle to
swamp and cows to pasture.
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8 – Wind NW, fine day. John at the Port. Self in swamp. Horses at
Wms. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John rolling. Self piling brush
in woods. Mr. Lee at fishing.
9 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 1st
Corinthians
XV:51,52,53 on the Resurrection.
10 – Wind SE, dull cold day. John and horses at Wms. Self
burning brush heap. Annie washing. Afternoon raining, nothing
doing.
11 – Wind NW, cold day. John drawing dung. Self cutting
potatoes. Afternoon John drawing dung. Self at potatoes. Self
and John at Mr. Johnsons lecture on the Tabernacle in the
evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon John at the Port with grist. Self choring. Miss Cragg
here all night.
13 – Wind E, dull day. John and horses at Wms. Self sowing salt
on barley. Miss Cragg here. Afternoon John at the Port for grist.
Self in the swamp.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self, John and Wm. planting corn. Thunder at night.
15 – Wind W, rain all night, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing.
Afternoon John plowing in orchard. Self in the swamp. Annie
gone to Uxbridge. Mother at Wms. Miss Cragg gone to
Greenbank.
16 – Wind NW, cold day. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Revelation
XX:12.
17 – Wind W, fine day, frost through the night. John and horses at
Wms. Self at Greenbank for harrow teeth. Annie washing.
Afternoon self, Wm. and John planting potatoes. 3 ½ barrels and
1 ½ bags. Miss Cragg arrives at night.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Self and John drawing dung. Afternoon
self and John at dung. John at Mr. Johnsons lecture in evening.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and John at dung. Afternoon self
and John drawing dung. Miss Cragg visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
Andrew Williams funeral.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John drawing dung. Afternoon
John plowing at Wms. Self spreading dung. Put out calves.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John drawing dung and finished.
John goes to Port. Afternoon John rolling oats. Self spreading
dung.
22 – Wind NW, fine day, thunder and rain through the night. John
plowing. Self spreading dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self
choring. Took [Vinet?] Cragg to Mr. H. Loves.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 1st
Timothy III:1. James
Allan, James Miller, Edward Boe and William McMillan ordained
elders.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian Sunday School
anniversary.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. John plowing. Self spreading dung.
Annie washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self at dung.
26 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self spreading dung.
27 – Wind NW, rain through the night. Self and John drawing
rails. Afternoon John harrowing. Self choring.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. drawing dung. Self
fencing. Afternoon John at the Port. Self fencing.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Self fencing.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John at Wms. Self setting up strings
in corn.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Luke IX:62. John at
evening meeting. Mr. Clark lecturing on Christian Temperance.
31 – Wind NE, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Self at Port
Perry. Annie washing. Jane Atkins here. Afternoon John at Wms.
Self spudding thistles. Wm. Ledingham here renewing insurance.
JUNE 1 – Wind S, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Self cutting
thistles. Afternoon John at Wms. Self cutting thistles. Self and
John at Mr. Johnsons lecture in the evening.
2 – Wind SW, dull and raining some. John at Wms. Self choring.
Annie sick. Afternoon John at Wms. Self doing nought. Annie
gets a son. [Allan Meridith Black b. 2 June 1886].
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John hewing timber. Self taking down pig
house. Afternoon John at timber. Self choring.
4 – Wind N, fine day. John framing pig house. Self choring.
Afternoon self and John at meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. John framing. Self at the Port. Afternoon
John at Tom Iansons raising. Self choring.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John at Wick Sacrament. Mr.
Johnson preaching from 2nd
Corinthians VIII:9. John at evening
meeting in the Presbyterian Church.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John laying foundation of pig
house. Afternoon heavy shower, nothing doing.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John gone for lumber. Self planting corn.
Afternoon self and John at pig house.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John gone for lumber. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self and John at pig house.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self planting corn. John at pig house.
Afternoon John at pig house. Self at corn. Mrs. Boe and Mrs.
Rennie here.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John at pig house. Self choring.
Afternoon John rolling. Self fencing.
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12 – Wind SW, fine day. John at pig house. Self picking potatoe
bugs. Afternoon John at pig house. Self at bugs. Bella Black
scrubbing. Thos. Black here.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Miss Barbara Fowlie here. No meeting.
Mr. [Manning?], Mr. and Mrs. Watt here in the afternoon.
14 – Wind S, warm day. Self and John fencing in swamp.
Afternoon self and John fencing.
15 – Wind S, warm day. John at pig house. Self hoeing potatoes
in orchard. Afternoon self picking bugs. John at pig house. Mrs.
Fowlie and Mrs. Park here. Mrs. George Michie and Miss Jane
Atkins here.
16 – Wind S, some rain in the morning. John drilling. Self picking
bugs. Afternoon John drilling. Self at bugs.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John drilling at Wms. Afternoon self at
bugs. John at Wms.
18 – Wind N, rather cold. John drilling. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon John scuffling potatoes. Self at Brock with Mrs.
Haywood.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. John drilling. Self hoeing corn. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self hoeing.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Bella Black at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Perry preaching from John X:14.
21 – Wind S, dull day. John at Wms. drilling. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon John at Wms. Self at potatoes.
22 – Wind S, dull day and some rain through the night. John
drilling. Self choring. Lizzie washing. Afternoon John sowing
turnips. Self hoeing potatoes.
23 – Wind S and dull. John at pig house. Self choring. Afternoon
John shingling. Self hoeing.
24 – Wind Easterly and raining some. John shingling. Self
choring. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self cutting thistles.
Maggie Boe here visiting.
25 – Wind W and very warm. Self, John and horses at road work.
Rain at 11 o’clock. Afternoon went to work at 1 o’clock and rain
at 2 o’clock.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and horses at statute labour
and finishes at noon. Afternoon John fixing the barn roof. Self
and Annie at the Port. Bella Black leaves for home. Mrs. Duncan
McMillan died. Mrs. Patterson died.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert here all night. Self, Mother and
John at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from
Genesis I:26.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Self hoeing. John at pig house. Annie
washing. Afternoon John scuffling. Self hoeing.
29 – Wind E, fine day. Self hoeing. John fixing grindstone.
Afternoon self hoeing. John choring. Mrs. A. Gordon and Mrs.
Walker here visiting.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon John
sowing white turnips. Self hoeing.
JULY 1 – Wind W, warm day. John gone to Port. Self hoeing
potatoes. James Smith and wife and family here. Afternoon self
at Methodist School anniversary. James Smith goes home.
2 – Wind S, warm day. John at Wms. Self hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon John banking potatoes. Self hoeing.
3 – Wind N, warm day. John mowing in the woods. Self, putting
Paris Green on potatoes. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John
mowing with machine. Self cutting fence corners.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John, Barbara and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Genesis II:3.
Prayer meeting at Mrs. Leasks on Friday.
5 – Wind none nowhere, warm day. Self at hay. John at the Port
with Barbara to the train. Annie washing. Afternoon self, John
and George at hay. Drew in 3 loads.
6 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, John and Jamie at hay. Drew in 7
loads. [Jamie was possibly Wms. son James Andrew?].
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John and Jamie at hay. Drew 5
loads into stack and one into barn.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self turning hay in orchard. Afternoon
self, John and Jamie drew in 3 loads which finishes haying.
9 – Wind W, fine dull day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Mrs.
James Leask here visiting. Afternoon self and John at turnips.
Mother and Annie at Wm. Fowlies.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Annie scrubbing Afternoon John at court at Manchester. Self
hoeing turnips.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Romans V:18.
12 – Wind N, warm day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
John sick. Self hoeing turnips. Annie at Mr. Lees.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Annie at Port. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon self hoeing turnips.
14 – Wind E and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining.
Nothing doing. Annie washing.
15 – Wind E, dull day. John and self hoeing. Annie washing.
Afternoon self and John hoeing.
16 – Wind W, dull day. John scuffling. Self hoeing. Afternoon self
and John hoeing turnips. Very hot at times. Mr. Parker gets 3
bags wheat.
17 – Wind W, thunder and rain through the night. Self and John
hoeing. Thunder all forenoon to the south. Afternoon John
scuffling turnips. Self hoeing. Very hot.
18 – Wind N, dull day. Thunder and rain through the night. Self,
John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching
from Genesis IV:1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
19 – Wind W, dull day. John and self hoeing. Annie washing.
Afternoon self and John finishes turnips first time. John at Mr.
Akhursts hay.
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20 – Wind W, dull day. Self choring. John at potato bugs.
Afternoon John at bugs. Self hoeing corn.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon self and Annie at the Port.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self fencing. Afternoon
self at Greenbank for papers. Self and John at prayer meeting at
Mr. Walkers.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John fixing reaper. Afternoon
John and Self at Wms. hay. Took in one stack. Mrs. John Ianson
died, aged 76.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. John mowing at Wms. Self fixing reaper.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Genesis IV:8-
13.
26 – Wind W, dull warm day. John plowing. Annie washing. Self
choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
27 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self fixing gangway to barn.
Afternoon John reaping barley. Self picking bugs.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John reaping barley. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon self and John cocking barley. Looking like rain.
29 – Wind W, thunder and rain in the morning. John plowing. Self
hoeing. Afternoon self and John shaking out barley.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John turning over barley.
Afternoon self, John and Wm. drawing in barley.
31 – Wind W, fine day. John scuffling. Self hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self, John and Wm. finishes barley. Annie and son
gone to Raglan.
AUG. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Genesis
IV:19-26.
2 – Wind NW and very high. Self and John hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and John hoeing. Mrs. Alex Watt here visiting.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Annie washing. John at the Port with grist.
Self hoeing. Afternoon self hoeing. John plowing. Annie washing.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon self
and John hoeing. Mother and Annie at Georges.
5 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon self
hoeing and John plowing.
6 – Wind Easterly, fine day. John reaping barley for Wesley. Self
hoeing. Afternoon John reaping for Wesley. Self hoeing
potatoes.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self hoeing.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert here all night. Self, John and Annie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from
Genesis V:1 to the end of the chapter.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John fixing pump. Annie washing.
Afternoon John reaping oats for Wesley. Self fixing grain cradle.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John reaping wheat for Wesley. Self
binding oats. Afternoon John reaping oats. Self binding.
11 –Wind SW, warm smoky day. John reaping wheat. Self and
Wm. binding. Afternoon thunder and rain, nothing doing.
12 –Wind Easterly, warm day. John choring. Self at the Port with
butter and eggs. Afternoon John reaping pease and oats. Self
binding wheat.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John reaping for Wesley at Parkers. Self
choring. Afternoon John at the Port for repairs for reaper. Self at
Greenbank for papers. Reaper broke main frame.
14 – Wind N, fine day. John reaping for Wesley. Self turning
pease. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self, John and Wm. drawing
in pease and oats. Barbara Fowlie here.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother and John at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Isaiah IX:3.
16 – Wind E, dull day. Self and John drawing in wheat and oats.
Annie washing. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
17 – Wind NE, dull day. John plowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
John harrowing. Self at Greenbank with a letter.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Wm. cutting and binding
wheat. Afternoon John and Wm. cutting oats and pease. Self
shocking wheat and oats.
19 – Wind W, fine day. John reaping oats. Self binding wheat.
Afternoon self, John and Wm. drawing oats & pease.
20 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon self
and John binding oats. Drew in 3 loads after supper.
21 – Wind S, dull day. John cradling oats, self binding. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John at the Port with the mare to get a stick
out of her jaw. Self choring.
22 – Wind S, dull day. Some rain through the night. Self, John
and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching
from Genesis VI:1-8.
23 – Wind SE and raining some. John harrowing. Self choring.
Annie washing. Afternoon John harrowing. Self at mill for
oatmeal.
24 – Wind E, dull day. Self and John working at pig house.
Afternoon John binding. Self pulling pease. Mother and Annie at
Mr. Watts.
25 – Wind E, rather dull. Self, John and Wm. cutting and binding
wheat. Afternoon Wm. and John at Wms. wheat. Self binding
and shocking wheat.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John and horses at Wms. reaping. Self
binding at home. Afternoon John and self at Wms. Prayer
meeting here in the evening. Annies son baptized.
27 – Wind SW, warm day. John reaping wheat. Self binding.
Afternoon John reaping oats. Self binding wheat.
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28 – Wind SW, warm day. John reaping at Wms. Self binding
wheat. Afternoon John and self drew in 3 loads of oats when rain
came. Annie scrubbing.
29 – Wind E, warm day. Lena Boe here all night. Self, Mother and
John at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from
Hebrews IX:7.
30 – Wind SW and raining. John plowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon heavy shower, nothing doing.
31 – Wind NW, dull day. John plowing with colt for the first time.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
SEPT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Wm. drawing in oats
and wheat. Afternoon self, John and Annie drawing in wheat.
2 – Wind SW. John at Wesleys threshing. Self choring. Afternoon
drawing in wheat and oats and pease.
3 – Wind E, fine day. Self, John and horses drawing in for Wm.
Afternoon drawing in for Wm.
4 – Wind S, fine day. John raking wheat stubble. Self binding flax.
Afternoon John and Annie at the Port. Self choring. Horses
shoed.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 1st
Peter III:21 on baptism.
John at evening meeting.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self at Greenbank for tie
ropes. Annie washing. Afternoon John plowing.
7 – Wind SW, warm day. John plowing. Self fixing pig pen.
Afternoon self, John, Annie and horses at Wms.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self fixing the granary.
Afternoon John, Mother and horses at Wms. Self fighting fire in
the swamp.
9 – Wind E, dull day and raining some. John plowing. Self in the
swamp at fires. Afternoon more rain. John plowing. Self fixing
granary.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self fixing clock. Afternoon
John plowing. Self in the swamp.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon John plowing. Self in swamp. John at Greenbank in
the evening.
12 – Wind S and raining. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 2nd
Timothy
III:16.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon John at the Port. Self fixing granary.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self and John at Congregational Meeting in the Church.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. John harrowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
John harrowing. Self choring.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
self and John taking up potatoes.
17 – Wind W, some rain through the forenoon. Nothing doing.
Afternoon self and John at potatoes.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John at potatoes. Afternoon self
and John finishes potatoes.
19 – Wind SE and raining some. Self, John and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Wm. McMillan preaching from Mark
XVI:16. Rain keeps Mr. Johnson from coming.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self cutting corn. Annie
washing. Afternoon John at O’Neils threshing. Self at corn.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Mr. Carnegies threshing. Self at
Mr. Fowlies visiting.
22 – Wind S, dull day. John at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self at Port
Perry. Afternoon self drawing wood for threshing. John plowing
near night. Annie at James Leasks.
23 – Wind E, rain through the night. John plowing. Self at corn.
Afternoon John plowing. Self at corn.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing. Self at corn.
25 – Wind S, rain in the morning. Self and John at Wms.
threshing. Afternoon J. Bush here threshing. T. Phair; W. Parker;
J. Lee; R. & A. Akhurst; Wm; W. Luke; Mr. O’Neil; at it. [Thesher]
came at 3 o’clock.
26 – Wind W, rainy morning. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Matthew
XI:29,30.
27 – Wind E, fine day. James Bush threshing. A. Lee; J. Lee;
Robert Akhurst; Wm. Carnegie; I. O’Neil; Wm; Wm. Luke; W.
Parker; T. Phair finished threshing at 4 o’clock.
28 – Wind NW, showery. John plowing. Annie washing. Self
choring. Afternoon John plowing at Wms. Self cutting corn.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing at Wms. Self banking the
pig house. Afternoon self choring.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing at Wms. Self making pig
trough. Afternoon self choring.
OCT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. John at John Hornes sale. Wm.
plowing with horses. Self at pig house.
2 – Wind NW, showery. John at Wms. Self choring. Tramp leaves
after staying 1 day and 2 nights. Afternoon John at the Port for
Margaret. Self choring. Margaret arrives with her 3 boys.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Matthew XII:31,32 on the
sin against the Holy Ghost.
4 – Wind SW and raining some. John plowing. Annie washing.
Self digging stones. Afternoon self digging stones. John plowing.
5 – Wind NE, dull day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing to Wm. Self setting up corn.
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6 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self at Beares mill for
oatmeal. Afternoon self in the swamp. Mother and Annie at the
Central Fair at Port Perry.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John fanning grist. Afternoon self,
John and Margaret at Central Fair.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John and Annie at Port with Margaret and
children going home and 2 grists. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self burning stones.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self breaking stones. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self picking corn.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from Proverbs XII:26.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self picking corn. Annie
washing. Afternoon John at the Port for grist. Self at corn.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing. Self choring.
13 – Wind SW, dull day. John plowing. Self fixing corn. Afternoon
John plowing. Self choring.
14 – Wind E, looking like rain. John ill with the rheumatism.
Robert Akhurst plowing. Self fixing the windows of pig house.
Afternoon rain, nothing doing.
15 – Wind W and very high. Straw stack blows down last evening.
Wm. plowing. Self choring. Afternoon Wm. plowing. Self husking
corn.
16 – Wind N and a heavy frost. John at the Port with barley. Self
husking corn. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self, Wm. and John
fixing straw stack.
17 – Wind SW and snowing. Robert here. Annie gone to
Oakwood. Self, John and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Johnson preaching from Matthew XXIII:10.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Robert Akhurst plowing. John sick. Self
choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self taking in apples. Annie
arrives from Oakwood.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert Akhurst plowing. Self husking corn.
Annie washing. Afternoon self and John taking in the potatoes. 4
loads altogether.
20 –Wind S, fine day. Robert Akhurst plowing. Self picking corn.
John choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self and Annie taking in
apples.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert Akhurst plowing. Self and John
picking corn. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port with barley. Self choring.
Afternoon self and John topping turnips.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and John drawing in corn stalks.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon self and John drawing in turnips.
Drew 11 loads.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Romans V:10.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John at turnips. Annie washing.
Afternoon self, John and Jamie and George at turnips. Drew in
15 loads.
26 – Wind NE, cold day. Self, John and the boys at turnips.
Afternoon all at turnips. Drew in 7 loads.
27 – Wind E, cold day. All at turnips. Afternoon self, John and
boys at turnips. Drew in 10 loads. Some rain in afternoon.
28 – Wind E and raining some. John plowing. Self throwing back
turnips. Afternoon John plowing. Still raining.
29 – Wind E, dull day. John plowing. Self at the Port. Afternoon
John drawing turnips for Wm. Self husking corn.
30 – Wind N, dull foggy day. John plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon self, John and boys at turnips. Drew 7 loads.
31 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from 1st
Corinthians X:15.
NOV. 1 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, John and boys at turnips. Drew
in 8 loads. Afternoon self at Brock at the Presbetry meeting. John
and boys at turnips. Mother at Wm. Fowlies.
2 – Wind S, fine day. All at turnips. Afternoon self, John and boys
at turnips. Drew in 20 loads.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and boys at turnips. Afternoon
self, John and boys at turnips. Finished turnips.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self husking corn.
6 – Wind E and snowing. Self husking corn. John doing nought.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
7 – Wind N, hard frost and cold. Self, John and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnson preaching from Acts XX:32,
being his last sermon here.
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8 – Wind NW, cold day, snow deep. Self at Greenbank for boots.
John at Saintfield. Annie washing. Afternoon John at the Port.
Self choring.
9 – Wind W and thawing some. Self and John drawing dung into
orchard. Afternoon self and John at dung.
10 – Wind Easterly and raining some. John plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
11 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self and Wm. pulling white turnips.
12 – Wind NE, cold day. John plowing. Self ditching. Afternoon
John plowing. Self banking the cellar.
13 – Wind N, cold day. John at the Port. Self choring. Afternoon
self choring. John doing nought.
14 - Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Danby preaching from 1st
Corinthians XV:10.
15 – Wind W, fine day. John fixing the cattle house. Self doing
nought. Annie washing. Afternoon John gone somewhere.
Nothing doing.
16 – Wind S, fine day. John whitewashing. Self choring.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self choring.
17 – Wind E and raining some. Afternoon still raining. Nothing
doing. Very heavy rain at night.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing. Self at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Danby preaching
from Psalm XIII:2. Annie and Tom at the Port. General Fast.
19 – Wind W, very cold. John ditching. Self choring. Afternoon
very high wind and cold. Nothing doing. J. Tripp falls from a
building at Myrtle.
20 – Wind S, fine day. John mending wheelbarrow. Self choring.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John threshing flax seed. Self
choring. J. Tripp died. J. Watson died.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Danby preaching from Romans X:10. Annie and
Tom at evening meeting.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John threshing flax. Annie washing. Self
choring. Afternoon self and John at John Watsons funeral.
23 – Wind SE and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining.
Nothing doing.
24 – Wind SE, dull day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John drawing dung to garden. Self choring.
25 – Wind S, dull day. John gone to the Port. Self doing nought.
Afternoon John doing nought. Self choring.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John making cupboard. Self choring.
Afternoon John at cupboard. Robert comes home from Georges.
27 –Wind W, fine day. John making a door. Robert at the Port.
Self doing nought. Afternoon John at door. Self choring. Robert
at Division Meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott preaching from 2nd
Corinthians
X:20. Robert at the Port in the evening hearing Mr. Grant.
Church preached vacant.
29 – Wind S and raining. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Annie washing. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert
paring apples. Self choring.
30 – Wind E, fine day. John choring. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self
going to Presbyterian Meeting at Uxbridge but had to turn back
as the mare got lame. Afternoon nothing doing.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon John at Mr.
T. Phairs. Self choring. Mrs. Watt here visiting. Robert leaves for
Whitby.
2 – Wind NW, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John in the
swamp. Self choring. Nobody at prayer meeting.
3 – Wind NW, cold day. John in the swamp. Self choring.
Afternoon John and Annie at the Port. Self choring. Horses
shoed.
4 – Wind N, cold day. 10 degrees below zero. John in the swamp.
Self choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John in the swamp.
5 –Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Fairbairn preaching from 2nd
Corinthians
V:19,20,21.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Annie washing. John gone somewhere. Self
choring. Afternoon John in the swamp. Robert comes home from
Whitby. Fannie Boddie here all night.
7 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Fanny leaves for Mr. Lees. Afternoon John and Robert
in the swamp. Self choring.
8 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self doing
nought. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Tom and
Annie at Raglan to Bella Blacks wedding.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John in the swamp. Robert whitewashing.
Mrs. Sommerville and Mrs. James Allan here. Afternoon John
and Robert in swamp. Annie scrubbing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert in swamp.
Self cleaning stove pipes. John and Robert at the Port in the
evening to hear political address by Mr. Ross.
11 – Wind W and thawing. John in the swamp. Robert gone with
Fanny Boddie to Georges. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John in
the swamp. Self choring. John at Greenbank at committee
meeting.
12 – Wind E, dull day. Self, John, Annie and Fannie Boddie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching.
13 – Wind E and raining. Robert at the Port with Fanny Boddie.
Annie washing. Afternoon self and John at the funeral of John
Parks child.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Wesley killing pigs.
Afternoon John and Robert fanning grain.
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15 – Wind NW, cold day. John gone to the Port with grist. Robert
gone to Prince Albert with heifer. Afternoon nothing doing. John
and Robert at political meeting at Greenbank in the evening.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Robert at
prayer meeting in the evening at W. McMillans.
17 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert in the swamp. John and Annie at
the Port. Afternoon Robert in the swamp. John at Wms. Lizzie
here visiting.
18 – Wind E and snowing some. John and Robert in the swamp.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
Annie scrubbing. John and Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Emes preaching from 1st
Timothy
6:12. Robert at evening meeting.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at the Port to see Sir
John Macdonald. Annie washing.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at the mill. Self choring.
Afternoon John at the Port. Robert making sleigh box. Self
choring.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Thomas Phairs
threshing. Annie baking. Self choring. John and Robert at prayer
meeting in the Church in evening.
24 – Wind NE and snowing. Robert fixing sleigh box. Annie
baking. Self choring. Afternoon John at mill for chop. Robert
cleaning out the hen house.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing. Annie baking for the party.
Afternoon self, Mother, John, Robert and Annie at the
entertainment at Presbyterian Church.
26 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Whitefield preaching from Revelation I:5.
27 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing in hay stack.
Afternoon John at Manchester at nomination. Robert at
Saintfield.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John at Greenbank as scrutineer for Mr.
Dryden. Self and Robert at Seagrave voting for Mr. Dryden.
Afternoon nothing doing. Self, Mother and Annie at the social for
Presbyterian Church. Robert at Port Perry.
29 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert gone to the school
meeting. Self churning. Afternoon nothing doing.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon talking of
elections.
31 – Wind E, cold day. 14 degrees below zero. John and Robert
at the Port. Self choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon very cold,
nothing doing. Spree at Wms.
And thus ends the year 1886.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1887
JAN. 1 – Wind N, cold day, nothing doing. John thawing the pump
at the barn. Annie baking.
2 – Wind N, very cold. 20 degrees below zero. Robert at Sunday
School. Nobody at Church.
3 – Wind SW. 10 degrees above zero. Nothing doing. George
here changing oats37
. Afternoon John and Annie gone to Mr.
Watts. Robert gone with George.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John drawing wood for Wm. Self writing
letter to Helen Tough. Afternoon John at the Port with wood. Self
choring. Annie washing.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port with wood. Self writing.
Afternoon John at the Port. Self choring.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and John fanning wheat. Afternoon
John at the Port with 41 bushels wheat.
7 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and John fanning wheat. Afternoon
John at the Port with wheat. 52 bushels.
8 – Wind E, fine day. John at Greenbank and bought a cutter and
harness from John Linton. Afternoon John gone to Port. Annie
scrubbing. Self choring.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Kelso preaching from 2nd
Corinthians VIII:9.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and John fanning wheat. Annie
washing. Afternoon self and John at wheat. James Smith here all
night.
11 – Wind SW, rather stormy. Self and John fanning barley.
Afternoon John at Greenbank with wood to Church. Self choring.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
13 – Wind Easterly, cold day. George and Robert here changing
grain. Afternoon John and Annie at the Port.
14 – Wind E, stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon stormy,
nothing doing.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie at
baking. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Kelso preaching from Psalms
XXIX:11.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert in swamp.
18 – Wind W, fine day, but stormy. Nothing doing. Afternoon John
at the Port.
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Farmers would exchange seed for different crops in
order to keep disease down.
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19 – Wind SW, fine day. Nothing doing. Snow very deep.
Afternoon John at Greenbank.
20 – Wind S, dull day. John and Robert in the swamp. Afternoon
John and Robert in the swamp. Self picking corn.
21 – Wind S and thawing. Nothing doing. Afternoon John at the
Port. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank.
22 – Wind SW and raining some. Annie scrubbing. Robert bad
with toothache. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self picking corn.
23 – Wind SW and raining some. Roads very bad. Nobody at any
meeting. Close fog.
24 – Wind N and stormy. Nothing doing. John at O’Neils. Annie
washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
25 – Wind SW and thawing some. Self and Robert husking corn.
Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Self at corn. John and
Robert at the Port to hear Mr. Blake speaking in the evening.
26 – Wind N, fine day. John in the swamp. Robert at Wesleys
threshing. Afternoon John in swamp.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. John in the
swamp. Afternoon John, Wm. and Robert in swamp.
28 – Wind S, fine day. John, Wm. and Robert in the swamp. Self
at Mr. Byers. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Annie at
Mr. Akhursts visiting. John and Robert at Greenbank in the
evening at a political meeting.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Atkin preaching from Proverbs
XXIV:31.
31 – Wind NE, rather cold. John and T. Black at the Port. Annie
washing. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
FEB. 1 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Mother and Annie at
William Fowlies.
2 – Wind E and snowing some. Nothing doing. Afternoon still
snowing, nothing doing.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Afternoon
John and Robert in the swamp. Self choring. Self, John, Robert
and Annie at prayer meeting at Jas. Walkers.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. John at the Port. Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Robert at the Port with wood.
Annie at Wms. visiting. John and Robert at political meeting in
the evening.
5 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp. Robert at
Sons of Temperance meeting in the evening.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother, John and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Beckie
preaching from John XIV:6.
7 – Wind E and snowing some. Annie washing. Robert at the Port
with potatoes to Wm. Afternoon still snowing, nothing doing.
8 – Wind SW, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John and Annie gone to Whitby. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
10 – Wind E and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
drawing turnips for Wm.
11 – Wind Easterly and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon still
snowing and drifting. Nothing doing.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Wm. drawing wood. Self
choring. Mother scrubbing. Afternoon self, Robert and Wm.
sawing wood. John and Annie comes from Whitby. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and John at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McFadden
preaching from John I:47. Robert and John at evening meeting.
14 – Wind S, fine day. John at Greenbank. Robert drawing hay
for Wm. Self mending boots. Afternoon John at sawmill with logs
for Mr. O’Neil. Self, Wm. and Robert sawing poles.
15 – Wind S, like a thaw. James Smith here all night. John and
Annie gone to Port Perry with grist. Afternoon John, Robert and
Wm. sawing poles. Nomination of members to Dominion
Parliament.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John at Port for grist. Self, Mother and
Annie Smith at Sandy Watts and Georges. John at the Port with
wood. Robert and Wm. sawing wood.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Port with wood. Robert at Wms.
killing pigs. Afternoon John at Port with wood. Robert and Wm.
sawing wood.
18 – Wind E and threatening a thaw. Nothing doing. John at Port
with wood. Afternoon John at Port. Self, Robert and Wm. sawing
wood. John and Robert at political meeting in the evening.
19 – Wind W and snowing, nothing doing. Hanging up the pork.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert gone to
Georges.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Danby preaching from Luke XIX:10.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. John drawing wood out of the swamp.
Robert at Mr. James Leasks working for Tom. Annie and Tom
gone to Whitby. Afternoon John at the Port with wood. Mother
visiting at Mr. Lees.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Greenbank to vote. Self and
Robert at Greenbank voting. Robert gone to [?]. Afternoon John
at Mara voting. Annie washing.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at the Port with wood.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at spree at Mr. Carnegies.
24 – Wind NW, stormy day. John gone to Toronto. Nothing doing.
Afternoon still stormy. Nothing doing. Robert at the Port for John
but he did not come.
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25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert choring. Afternoon self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Church. Mr. Danby
preaching.
26 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert drawing wood.. Self at the Port for
wine to Sacrament. Afternoon Robert drawing wood to Wm. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind NW, very stormy. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the
Sacrament in Presbyterian Church. Mr. Danby preaching from
Hebrews XII:2.
28 – Wind NW, very cold. Nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon Wm., John and Robert sawing poles.
MAR. 1 – Wind E, dull day and snowing some. Nothing doing.
John gone to Port. Afternoon John, Robert and Wm. sawing
poles. John at O’Neils in the evening. Mother and Annie at Mrs.
Akhursts quilting.
2 – Wind S, fine day. John helping Mr. Carnegie to move. Self at
James Walkers. Robert threshing pease. Afternoon self, Wm.
and Robert sawing poles.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Mother and Annie Smith goes to
Whitby. Self at Columbus Fair in the afternoon.
4 – Wind N. Self and Mother comes from Whitby and pays a visit
to Mr. A. Ross as we come home.
5 – Wind Easterly, cold day. John and Robert at Wms. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon John at Saintfield. Robert at Wms. Rain at
night.
6 – Wind SE, rainy day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Anderson preaching from Johns
Gospel III:1,2,3.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert at wood.
8 – Wind SW. Self at Presbretry meeting at Lindsay.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon John, Robert and Wm. sawing poles.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Greenbank. Self, Robert and
Wm. sawing poles. Afternoon John, Robert and Wm. sawing
poles. Spree here in the evening.
[There is no entry in the diary for Mar. 11].
12 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp. Afternoon
Robert in the swamp. John at the Port with a grist. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Anderson preaching from Malachi
III:17. Robert at evening meeting.
14 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Annie
washing. Afternoon John and Robert in the swamp.
15 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the swamp. Afternoon
self, Mother, John and Annie at Port Perry to get our photos
taken. John and Robert at parlour social at Wm. McMillans.
16 – Wind SW, rather cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon Annie gone
to Sandy Gordons. Received calf from Mr. Akhurst.
17 – Wind N, very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at Wms.
John at Thos. Phairs.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert in the swamp.
Afternoon John at Port Perry. Robert in the swamp. [Ria?]
Akhurst here visiting.
19 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert at Wms. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and John in the swamp. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Colossians
III:11. Robert at evening meeting.
21 – Wind E, dull day. John and Robert at Wms. Self at Uxbridge
to see Mrs. Joyce about signing off her share of her fathers
property.
22 – Wind N, rather cold. John and Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon John in the swamp. Robert gone to Ashburn.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. Annie washing. Afternoon
John at Moons sale. Robert at Dick Craggs [?]. Florence Phair
here visiting.
24 – Wind S, fine day. John somewhere. Afternoon John &
Robert at Wms. Self choring. James Leask died, age 61.
25 – Wind N, rather cold, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert at Wms. Self choring. George here.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John at Greenbank. Self choring. Annie
scrubbing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
27 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, John
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. [?] preaching from
Romans I:16. Snow storm at night.
28 – Wind N, rather stormy. Annie washing. John and Robert at
the Port with 2 steers. Afternoon John at Wms. Robert at
Greenbank with wood. John and Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
29 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert at Wms. Barbara
Fowlie here visiting. Afternoon John and Robert at Wms.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self at James
Walkers. Afternoon Robert gone to Whitby. John somewhere.
31 – Wind S, fine day. John at sawmill with logs for Mr. O’Neil.
Self choring. Afternoon John at sawmill. Annie visiting at Mr.
Parkers and Mr. Phairs.
APR. 1 – Wind S, warm day. John and Annie at the Port. Self
choring. Afternoon John gone somewhere.
2 – Wind W, fine day. John gone to Fowlies. Self choring. Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert making stool. Self turning turnips.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind SW, dull cloudy day. John and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching.
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4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing poles.
Annie washing. Afternoon John and Robert making gates.
5 – Wind NW, very stormy. John and Robert oiling the harness.
Afternoon nothing doing.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert at Wms. Self mending
harness. Afternoon John and Robert somewhere.
7 – Wind E, fine day. John, Robert and self sawing poles.
Afternoon John, Robert and Wm. at poles. Mr. & Mrs. Watt here
visiting. Vinet Cragg leaves for Cartwright.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert digging snow on the
road. Afternoon John and Robert at snow and gets waggon
through.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Robert, Tom and Annie at the Port for some
furniture and stove and taking it to Burnetts. John nursing.
Afternoon John in the swamp.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self,
Mother and John and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Francis preaching from John XV:16.
11 – Wind E, fine day. Robert making a lounge. John splitting
wood. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at lounge. John at wood.
Robert somewhere at night.
12 – Wind E, dull day and raining some. John gone somewhere.
Robert at lounge. Annie washing blankets. Afternoon John at the
Port at Mr. O’Neils sale. Robert at lounge.
13 – Wind E, dull day. John whitewashing. Robert at Greenbank.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert in shop. John gone
somewhere. Thomas Black leaves for Leasks.
14 – Wind E, dull day, nothing doing. Robert, Thos. Black and
Annie at Port Perry. John in the woods. Afternoon John in the
woods.
15 – Wind E, dull day. Robert and Thos. Black gone to Burnetts
with some wood. John in the woods. Afternoon nothing doing.
Thunder storm in the evening.
16 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Thos. Black at Burnetts with
furniture. John in the woods. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon John in
the woods. Robert and Thos. Black at Burnetts with load.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self, John
and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
Romans I:16. Robert at the evening meeting. Jean Aikin comes
here in evening. Margarets boy died.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Self and John drawing wood. Robert fixing
Annies lounge. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert leaves for
Georges. Self and John drawing wood. Annie and Jean Aikins at
Wms. quilting bee.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone somewhere. Annie and Jean
Aikin at the Port. Afternoon nothing doing.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John begins to plow. Self at Widow
Michies and Georges and took Jean Aikins home.
21 – Wind SW and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon John gone
with a load of articles and Annie to her house at Mr. Burnetts.
She leaving us altogether.
22 – Wind SE, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John sowing oats and pease. Self fencing.
23 – Wind E, raining some. John harrowing. Afternoon John
sowing some wheat. Self choring.
24 – Wind NW, cold day. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from Acts XXVI:28,
last clause of the verse.
25 – Wind SW, some showers. John sowing wheat. Self at Jas.
Walkers and Mr. Akhursts. Afternoon still showery. John sowing
and harrowing wheat.
26 – Wind N, rather cold. John harrowing. Self at the Port.
Afternoon John sowing oats. Self filling ditches.
27 – Wind SW, fine day, hard frost. John gathering stones. Self
getting out the roller. Afternoon John rolling. Self cleaning the
door yard. Mother at Wms.
28 – Wind E, dull day. John gathering stones. Self choring.
Afternoon John sowing wheat. Rain at 1 o’clock.
29 - Wind N, rainy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon still raining,
nothing doing.
30 – Wind N and cold. Self and John choring. Afternoon self and
John drawing dung.
MAY 1 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Nixon preaching from Luke
XXIII:42,43.
2 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and John drawing dung. Afternoon
John rolling. Self fencing. Self and John at meeting in the
Presbyterian Church in the evening.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John sowing oats. Self digging garden.
Afternoon John harrowing. Self in garden.
4 – Wind N, fine day. John sowing to Wm. Self digging garden.
Bella Gordon washing. Afternoon John sowing barley. Self in
garden. Mother at Parkers.
5 – Wind N, fine day. John rolling. Self in garden. Afternoon John
harrowing. Self planting potatoes in orchard. Mother at Mr. Lees.
Self and John at prayer meeting at Mr. Akhursts. Finished
sowing.
6 – Wind E, rain through the night. John plowing. Self spreading
dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self spreading dung.
7 – Wind E, fine day. John harrowing at Wms. Self pruning trees.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self at Akhursts.
8 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Nixon preaching from John I:29, behold the Lamb of
God which takes away the sin of the world.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Self shelling corn. Afternoon
John at Manchester with petition. Self shelling corn. Mr. Conner
here visiting.
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10 – Wind E, fine day. John at Wms. Self at James Walkers with
papers. Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring.
11 – Wind E, fine day. John sowing plaster. Self in the garden.
Afternoon John sowing plaster. Self choring. Put cattle to swamp.
12 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self at potatoes.
13 – Wind E, fine day. John at Wms. Self at potatoes. Afternoon
John at Wms. Self at Mr. Byers with cow to bull. Miss Helen
Shepherd here visiting.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John, Wm. and Jamie planting corn.
Mother scrubbing. Afternoon self and John at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cockburn preaching from Mark VI:36,37.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Mother at Wick to the Sacrament.
Mr. Cockburn preaching from John XV:5. John at evening
meeting in Presbyterian Church.
16 – Wind N, fine day. John at the Port for salt for barley. Self
cutting potatoes. Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring. John
takes Fly to horse Braehead at Greenbank.
17 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon John
at Wms. Self at chores.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Wm. planting potatoes.
Afternoon self and John drawing dung.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Wm. drawing dung. Self
choring. Bella Gordon washing.
20 – Wind S, warm day. Self, John and Wm. at dung. Mrs. Park
here. Afternoon self, John and Wm. finishes dung. Bella Gordon
comes to stop.
21 – Wind S, warm day. John plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. Bella scrubbing.
22 – Wind S, warm day. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from Matthew
XXVI:74, I know not the Man.
23 – Wind S, warm day. John at the Port with oats and wheat.
Self spreading dung. Afternoon John plowing. Self going round
getting names for call to Mr. McMillan. Mother gone to Annies.
Thunder and rain at 5 o’clock.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon self and John putting tin 38
among the corn. Rain at 4
o’clock.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon John plowing. Self spreading dung.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon John rolling. Self hoeing potatoes.
27 – Wind NE and raining. John at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
John at Wms. Still raining.
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Tin, in this case, was used to scare birds away from
the crop.
28 – Wind S, fine day. John at Wms. Self making cradle. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John at Wms. Self taking Annie home.
29 - Wind N, very cold. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from Romans XIV:12.
30 - Wind E, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Bella washing.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self cutting thistles.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self piling wood.
JUNE 1 – Wind E and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon
John at the Port. Self piling wood.
2 – Wind SE, and raining some. John choring. Self piling wood.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
3 – Wind SW, warm day. John choring. Self and Bella cleaning
cellar. Afternoon John at Port. Self piling wood. Bella
whitewashing cellar.
4 – Wind S, warm day. John weeding corn. Self piling wood.
Afternoon Bella scrubbing. Self and John at a meeting at
Greenbank to consider commercial union with the United States.
5 – Wind W, sprinkling rain. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from Psalms
CXIX:4, for the Lord taketh pleasure in his people.
6 – Wind E and raining some. Self and John at Wick to the
ordination of Mr. McMillan to be minister of Wick and Greenbank.
Colt to horse Braehead.
7 – Wind E, dull day. John painting buggy. Self hilling potatoes.
Afternoon self and John hoeing corn.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John painting. Self hoeing corn. Mother and
Lizzie gone to Georges. Afternoon self hilling potatoes. John
picking bugs.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and horses at road work. Bella
painting. Afternoon at road. Self, Mother and John at prayer
meeting at Mr. Lees. George & wife here.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. John varnishing buggy. Self at road work.
Afternoon John harrowing. Self doing nought.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and John picking bugs. Afternoon
John hoeing corn. Self at Mr. Walkers.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians II:1,2.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John harrowing. Self at Manchester with
Thos. Phair. Bella washing. Afternoon John rolling. Self piling
wood.
14 – Wind E, fine day. John drilling. Self picking bugs. Afternoon
John at Mr. Franklins barn raising. Self piling wood.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John picking bugs. Self cutting thistles.
Annie comes. Afternoon self and John at wood. Bella and Annie
at Georges.
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16 – Wind W, dull day. John drilling. Self piling wood. Afternoon
self and John at moving A. Gordons barn. Mother sick with sore
shoulder.
17 – Wind S, some rain. John at Wms. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon John at Port for Doctor to Mother. Self choring. Doctor
comes.
18 – Wind S, fine day. John drilling. Self picking bugs. Afternoon
John sowing turnips. Self at bugs.
19 – Wind W, heavy shower in the morning. John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Dr. Clemens here. Barbara Fowlie here.
20 – Wind W, fine day. John drilling. Self at bugs. Bella washing.
Afternoon John sowing turnips. Self at bugs.
21 – Wind SW, shower in the morning. Nothing doing. James
Smith and family here. Afternoon John goes away to the Jubilee
at the Port. Heavy rain in the afternoon. James Smith leaves for
home. Queen’s Jubilee.
22 – Wind S, warm day. John gone to Mr. Fowlies for 2 pigs. Mrs.
Fowlie here. Self at bugs. Afternoon John at Wms. Self at James
Walkers.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon John cutting thistles. Self picking bugs. Rain at 4
o’clock.
24 – Wind W, fine day. John hoeing corn. Self mowing thistles.
Afternoon John hoeing. Self cutting thistles. Saw Mr. Butt.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John hoeing corn. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self picking bugs.
Robert here in the evening.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John VIII:12. John at
evening meeting.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John mowing in the woods. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon John at Mr. Beares raising. Self hoeing.
George here a short time. Excursion to model farm, Guelph.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John scuffling potatoes. Self hoeing.
Afternoon John at Port with grist. Bella at the Port. Self choring.
Very warm.
29 – Wind SW, very warm day. John plowing and harrowing white
turnips. Self picking bugs. Afternoon John at Mr. Munros with colt
to horse. Self at J. Walkers.
30 – Wind SW, very warm day. John at the Port for grist. Self
picking bugs. Afternoon self and John drew in some hay out of
the woods. John fishing in the evening.
JULY 1 – Wind W, very warm. Nothing doing. Afternoon self at
the Methodist Sunday School anniversary.
2 – Wind W, fine warm day. John hoeing corn. Self cutting
thistles. Afternoon John hoeing turnips. Self doing nought.
3 – Wind E, fine day. John and Mother at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews XII:5,6.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. John scuffling turnips. Self putting Paris
Green on potatoes. Bella washing. Afternoon John mowing. Self
cutting fence corners.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. John mowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John raking. Self cocking up hay.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John and self at turnips. Afternoon self and
John mowing the orchard.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John and Wm. drawing in hay.
Afternoon self, John and Wm. at hay. Drew 9 loads.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John mowing. Self choring. Afternoon self,
John and Wm. drawing hay. 4 loads in stack and 2 in barn.
9 – Wind S, rather dull. Self, John and Wm. drew in 2 loads of
hay which finishes haying. Afternoon self and John hoeing
turnips.
10 – Wind NW and cold. Bella gone to Sunderland. Self, Mother
& John at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
First Epistle General of John I:9.
11 – Wind NW and very high. John scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Bella washing. Annie picking berries. Afternoon John hoeing.
Self and Annie at the Port to get mare shoed.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Bella
picking berries. Annie picking cherries.
13 – Wind W and high. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
John scuffling. Self hoeing.
14 – Wind E, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and John hoeing turnips.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. John scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self and John hoeing.
16 – Wind NW, warm day. John mowing for Wm. Self hoeing.
Bella scrubbing. Afternoon very hot. John and self putting reaper
together. Thunder and some rain.
17 – Wind W, fine day, thunder and rain through the night. Self,
John and Bella at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan
preaching from Matthew XXVII:42.
18 – Wind E, fine day. John plowing. Self hoeing turnips. Bella
washing. Afternoon John drawing hay to Wm. Self finishes
hoeing turnips first time.
19 – Wind S, fine day. John mowing at Wms. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. John cutting barley. Self choring. Bella
picking berries. Afternoon John drawing in hay for Wm. Self
cutting thistles on the road.
21 – Wind E, dull day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and John at turnips. Heavy shower at 3 o’clock.
22 – Wind S, dull day. John plowing. Self hoeing. Rain at 10
o’clock. Afternoon John plowing. Self hoeing. Rain at 5 o’clock.
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23 – Wind NE, fine day. John cutting barley. Self shaking out the
cocks. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon self, John and Wm. at barley.
Drew in 4 loads.
24 – Wind E, fine day. John and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching.
25 – Wind N, fine day. John scuffling. Self choring. Afternoon self,
John and Wm. drawing barley. 6 loads which finishes barley.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
John reaping oats. Self hoeing turnips.
27 – Wind S, fine day. John and Jamie cutting pease & oats. Self
binding oats. Afternoon John reaping pease & oats. Self and
Wm. binding oats. Mr. & Mrs. Ross here visiting.
28 – Wind W, fine day. John at Port. Self hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self, John and Wm. drawing in pease and oats.
29 – Wind S, fine day. John reaping oats. Self hoeing turnips.
Afternoon John reaping. Self hoeing. Mrs. Burton here visiting.
30 – Wind SW. John binding oats. Self hoeing and finishes.
Afternoon John, Wm. and self drawing in oats. Heavy shower at
5 o’clock.
31 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Deuteronomy XVIII:15.
AUG. 1 – Wind E, fine day. John reaping wheat. Self and Wm.
binding. Bella washing. Afternoon John cradling round field. Self
and Wm. binding.
2 – Wind W, very warm day. John reaping wheat. Self and Wm.
binding. Afternoon John reaping. Self and Wm. binding and
shocking.
3 – Wind W, warm day. Self, John and Wm. binding wheat.
Afternoon John at Wms. cutting wheat. Self shocking wheat.
Drew in oats after 5 o’clock.
4 – Wind W, warm day. John and self binding at Wms. Afternoon
self, John and Wm. drawing in wheat.
5 – Wind S, very warm day. John reaping oats. Self and Wm.
binding oats. Afternoon John finishes reaping. Self and Wm. and
John drawing in wheat. Shower at 7 o’clock.
6 – Wind N, fine cool day. John plowing. Self choring. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self binding oats. Bella at
Port Perry after 5 o’clock.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians IV:14.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Wm. drawing in wheat.
Bella washing. Afternoon John at Wms. drawing in his wheat.
Self binding oats.
9 – Wind S, fine day. John at Wms. reaping. Self stoking oats.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Wm. drawing in oats. Annie
here. Afternoon drew in 2 loads of oats which finishes.
11 – Wind SW and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon John
plowing. Self doing nought.
12 – Wind N, smoky day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John at Wms. Self choring.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon self
and John at Wms. drawing in oats.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Joshua III:4.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Bella Gordon washing. Self and John
drawing oats to Wm. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. Fire
west, fire south.
16 – Wind N, very dry day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John at Wms. pease. Self doing nought. Fire at the north.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self and John drawing pease to Wm.
Afternoon self and John at Wms.
18 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self choring.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John at the Port. Self doing nought.
20 – Wind W, dull day. John plowing. Self hoeing. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. Bella and Lizzie
gone to Annies.
21 – Wind E, dull day, some rain. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McLennan preaching from Malachi
III:3. John at evening meeting.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self at Greenbank. Bella
washing. Afternoon John harrowing. Self fencing.
23 – Wind NE, fine day. John harrowing. Self at Prince Albert with
a cow. Afternoon John harrowing. Self doing nought.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. John harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing. Self doing nought. Mother visiting at Alex.
Gordons. Self, Mother and John at the prayer meeting at Mr.
Akhursts.
25 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. Self piling brush. Afternoon
John at Wms. Self at brush.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wms. Self at Wm. Fowlies.
Afternoon John at Wms.
27 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self burning brush. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self in the swamp.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Bella at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:14. Mrs.
Walker died.
29 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Bella washing.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. Thunder and rain at 5
o’clock.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self cutting corn. Afternoon
John plowing. Self at Mrs. Walkers funeral.
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31 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self cutting corn.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. John at prayer meeting in
Church.
SEPT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self doing nought. Rain at night.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing. Self choring.
3 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self fencing. Afternoon John
harrowing. Self hoeing. Bella scrubbing.
4 – Wind S, warm day. Self, John and Bella at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:15.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Bella washing. John harrowing. Self
choring. Afternoon John harrowing.
6 – Wind SW and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon John at Wms.
Self cutting corn.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon John
at Wms. Self in the swamp.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John at Uxbridge for flour. Self cutting corn.
Afternoon self in the swamp. Annie here.
9 – Wind SW, dull day. John and Bella at Port Perry. Self in the
swamp. Afternoon John at Wms. Self taking in apples.
10 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self in swamp. Bella scrubbing.
11 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts II:37.
12 – Wind E, fine day. John at Wms. Self at swamp. Bella
washing. Afternoon John at Wms. Self in swamp. James Smith
here all night.
13 – Wind E, thunder and rain in the morning. John at Wms. Self
at Jas. Walkers. Afternoon John at Wms. Self in the swamp. Mr.
& Mrs. Black here all night.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John and Thos. Black gone to the
Exhibition at Toronto. Afternoon Annie and Bella at the Port. Self
choring. Sarah Akhurst here visiting.
15 – Wind W, fine day, sprinkling rain. Annie at Mr. Akhursts. Self
choring. Afternoon Annie at Wms. Self choring and went to Port
for John in the evening.
16 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self in the swamp.
17 – Wind S, fine day and frost. John at Wms. Self fixing granary.
Afternoon John plowing. Bella scrubbing. Self choring.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts II:38, on repentance.
19 – Wind W and very high. John plowing. Self choring. Bella
washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self going round about
threshing machine.
20 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self at James Walkers threshing.
21 – Wind SW, dull day. John at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
mending horse bridles. Afternoon self cutting corn.
22 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Lees threshing. Self cutting
corn. Afternoon self taking in apples.
23 – Wind N, fine day. John at Alex. Gordons threshing. Self at
Port Perry. Afternoon self fixing clock.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Wesleys threshing. Self choring.
Bella scrubbing. Afternoon self choring.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews II:3.
26 – Wind NE, smoky day. Self and John at Wms. threshing.
Afternoon threshed with Jas. Lee; P. Akhurst; Alex Gordon; W.
Luke; Thos. Phair; Mr. Parker; Jas. Walker; Wm. and ourselves.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Threshed all out at 11 o’clock. Afternoon
John at Mr. Parkers threshing. Self at the Port for Margaret.
28 – Wind Easterly, very smoky. John plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
29 – Wind S, dull day. Self, John, Margaret and Bella at Port
Perry Fair.
30 – Wind E, dull day. John plowing. Self picking corn. Afternoon
John plowing. Self at corn.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self binding corn.
Afternoon John plowing. Self at corn.
2 – Wind N, dull day. Self, John and Margaret at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Timothy VI:12.
3 – Wind W and showery. John and Robert at Myrtle. Self
husking corn. Bella washing. Afternoon self choring. Fire at night
near George Whites. Jas. Williams burnt out.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self choring. Some rain.
5 – Wind N, rather cold. John plowing. Self and Margaret at Mr.
Watts and Georges. Self, John and Bella at prayer meeting at
James Walkers.
6 – Wind SE, rain all forenoon. Self at the Port with Margaret to
the train. Mother at Mrs. Parkers. Afternoon John plowing. Self
reading papers.
7 – Wind SW, some showers. John plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
8 – Wind W, shower in the morning. John plowing. Self ditching.
Mother at Mr. Parkers. Afternoon John plowing. Bella scrubbing.
Self choring.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother and John at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
John I:7.
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10 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self hunting for the cattle.
Bella washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self hunting for cattle.
Found them at Hard Scrabble.
11 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self cleaning barn floor.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
12 – Wind N, some snow. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John at the Port with barley. Self choring.
13 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
at Port with barley. Self choring.
14 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self at Mr. Griffins, got no
money. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
15 – Wind SW, fine. John plowing. Self and Jamie and Johnie
taking up potatoes. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon Self, John, boys
and Bella at potatoes.
16 – Wind SW, white frost. John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and boys at potatoes. Bella
washing. Afternoon finished potatoe digging.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. John and self drawing out dung.
Afternoon John plowing. Self husking corn. Annie here picking
apples.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, John and boys taking in potatoes.
Afternoon taking in potatoes and finished. Annie leaves for
home.
20 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self and Bella picking
apples. Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring.
21 – Wind S, fine day. John at Wms. Self picking corn. Afternoon
self and John topping turnips.
22 – Wind NW, ground white with snow. John plowing. Self
husking corn. Afternoon self and John at Mr. Parkers sale.
23 – Wind S, dull day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John IV:28,29,30.
24 – Wind W, cold day. Self, John and Jamie at turnips. Bella
washing. Afternoon at turnips. Drew in 17 loads.
25 – Wind N, cold day. Self, John and Jamie at turnips. Afternoon
self, John, Bella and Jamie at turnips. Drew 16 loads.
26 – Wind S, hard frost. Self, John, Bella and Jamie at turnips.
Afternoon self, John, Bella and Jamie drew 10 loads.
27 – Wind W, very hard frost. Self and John at turnips. Afternoon
self, John, Bella and Jamie at turnips. Drew 10 loads.
28 – Wind S, fine day. John topping turnips. Self choring.
Afternoon self, John, Bella and Jamie at turnips. Drew 12 loads.
Wm. Reals barn burnt.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Jamie at turnips. Afternoon
self, John and Jamie at turnips. Drew 7 loads.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans IX:17,18.
31 – Wind W, hard frost. Self, John and Jamie at the turnips.
Afternoon self, John and Bella and Jamie drew 11 loads.
NOV. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Jamie at turnips. Drew
5 loads which finishes. Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. John at prayer meeting at
Church.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. John plowing. Self at corn. Afternoon John
plowing. Self choring.
4 – Wind NW. John plowing. Self husking corn. Bella at the Port.
Afternoon John plowing. Self at corn.
5 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self picking corn. Afternoon
John finishes plowing. Bella scrubbing. Self choring.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Philippians III:13,14.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self choring. Bella washing.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring. Mother and Annie gone to
Whitby.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. Self making water furrow. John at
Saintfield plowing match. Afternoon self choring.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Self cleaning hen house. John at the bridge,
it on fire. Afternoon John at Wms. Self choring.
10 – Wind SE and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon stormy,
nothing doing. Mother and Annie arrive from Whitby.
11 – Wind N and snowing. Nothing doing. John gone home with
Annie. Afternoon John chopping down elm trees back of the
orchard. Self husking corn.
12 – Wind N, cold day. John at the Port. Bella scrubbing. Self
choring. Afternoon John at Wms. Self at corn.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Bella at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Isaiah XI:10.
14 – Wind E and raining. Bella washing. Self at corn. Afternoon
John pruning apple trees. Self banking barn.
15 – Wind N and snowing. John whitewashing. Bella cleaning.
Self at corn. Afternoon self choring. Bella cleaning. John pruning
apple trees.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. John pruning apple trees. Self husking
corn. Bella house cleaning. Afternoon John pruning trees. Self
choring.
17 – Wind W, fine day. John pruning. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self, John and Bella at meeting of Thanksgiving in
Methodist Church. Thanksgiving for good harvest.
18 – Wind N, fine day. John at the Port. Self picking corn.
Afternoon John pruning. Self at corn.
19 – Wind SE, dull day. John pruning. Self picking corn. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John pruning. Self choring.
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20 – Wind SW and snowing. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts
XVII:11,12.
21 – Wind W, snowing some. John gone somewhere. Self
banking cellar windows. Bella washing. Afternoon John gone
somewhere. Self choring.
22 – Wind S, fine day. John and Mother gone to Mr. Watts. Self
husking corn. Afternoon self choring.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John pruning trees. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. John at meeting in Presbyterian Church
in the evening.
24 – Wind E, dull day, nothing doing. Afternoon self at James
Walkers.
25 – Wind N, dull day, nothing doing. Afternoon Bella at Mrs.
Lees quilting bee. Nothing doing. Mrs. George Michie here all
night. Robert comes home.
26 – Wind S, snow melting. John in the woods. Self choring.
Robert gone to take Mrs. Michie home. Afternoon John in the
woods. Bella at Mr. Lees.
27 – Wind SW, raining some. Self, John and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalm I:3.
28 – Wind NW, stormy day. Bella washing. Mother doing.
Afternoon John and Robert at Greenbank for boots.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port. Robert making sleigh.
Self at James Walkers. Afternoon John in the woods. Self
choring. Robert at sleigh.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self doing
nought. Afternoon John and Robert in woods. John at prayer
meeting in the evening at Church.
DEC. 1 – Wind E, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in woods.
2 – Wind SE, dull day. John and Robert in woods. Bella at Mr.
Lees dressmaking. Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert in
the woods.
3 – Wind SE and snow melting. John and Robert in woods. Self
at James Walkers. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert
in the woods.
4 – Wind SE, rain all night. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. [?] from Cannington preaching from
Psalms CII:13,14.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Bella washing. Self
choring. Afternoon John in the woods. Bella at Mr. Lees.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Wesley killing pigs.
Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring. John at prayer
meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind S, fine day. John in the woods. Self cutting pork. Bella
at Mr. Lees. Afternoon John in the woods. Self choring.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Robert at the Port. Self at
Greenbank. Afternoon John and Robert fixing pump. Mother
visiting at Mrs. Burtons.
10 – Wind E and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon still raining.
Bella at Mr. Lees.
11 – Wind E and raining. Self, John and Bella at Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from XXIII Psalm.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Bella washing. John and Robert in the
woods. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Widow Carnegies wood bee.
Robert at Thomas Blacks.
15 – Wind NW, snowing some. John at Port Perry with heifer.
Afternoon nothing doing.
16 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon John at ONeils.
Self at Mrs. Burtons.
17 – Wind N, fine day. All reading papers. Afternoon Bella
scrubbing. Nothing doing. Bella goes to Wm. McMillans.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Revelations
III;20.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Bella washing. John and Robert cutting
wood. Self at George Byers. Afternoon John and Robert cutting
wood.
20 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self and John sifting oats.
Afternoon John at the Port. Mother at Mrs. Burtons. Wm. Real
died.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John cutting hay. Afternoon John
at the Port. Self choring. Self, John and Bella at prayer meeting
in the evening.
22 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert someplace. Afternoon
John at Wm. Reals funeral. Robert gone for Annie. Mr. & Mrs.
Gordon here in the evening.
23 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert cutting wood. Annie and
Bella baking. Afternoon John, Robert and self drawing in turnips
and hay.
24 – Wind E, fine day. Bella and Annie baking. Nothing doing. Mr.
Moir here selling newspapers. Robert gone to Georges.
25 – Wind E, fine day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Js. Real preaching from John IV:24.
26 – Wind E, snowing some. John at the Church making ready
for the social in the evening. Afternoon nothing doing. Self, John
and Bella at social in the evening.
27 – Wind E, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon Bella washing.
Self, John and Bella at the tea in the Presbyterian Church in the
evening.
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28 – Wind S and raining. John gone to put up bills. Self at school
meeting. Afternoon nothing doing.
29 – Wind N, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy,
nothing doing.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John putting dung around the turnip cellar.
Afternoon John gone with a load of wood to Mrs. Black. Self
choring.
31 – Wind Easterly and snowing some. Bella scrubbing. Nothing
doing. Robert arrives from Whitby with Annie Smith. Afternoon
John and Mother at Wm. Fowlies.
And thus ends the year 1887.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1888
JAN. 1 – Wind N, raining some. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dobson preaching from Matthew
XXVIII:23. Queen made Empress of India 1877.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Bella washing. Self and John at Seagrave
voting. Afternoon Robert at Seagrave. John at Greenbank.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. John and Bella at the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. John at prayer meeting.
4 – Wind SW and snowing. John at Wesleys helping to kill pigs.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert takes Annie Smith and Nellie to
Thomas Blacks.
5 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Self at Mr. Akhursts and Mr.
Lees. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood. Self, John,
Robert and Bella at prayer meeting.
6 – Wind E, snowing some. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon John gone with wood to Thomas Black.
7 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Joshua
XXIV:14.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Bella washing. John and Robert drawing
wood. Self choring. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood
and at Port in the evening.
10 – Wind W, snow drifting some. John and Robert drawing
wood. Afternoon drawing wood. John at Greenbank in the
evening.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at wood. Afternoon
John and Robert at wood. Self and John at the annual Church
meeting.
12 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert at wood. Bella goes to Mr.
Turners.
13 – Wind SW, rather stormy. John and Robert at wood.
Afternoon John and Robert sawing wood.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods. Self making sleigh road.
15 – Wind N, stormy day. Self, John, Robert and Annie Smith at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians XIII:5.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John in the woods. Robert at James
Walkers. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Lizzie here
visiting.
17 – Wind E and stormy. Robert at Jas. Walkers. Afternoon John
somewhere. Nothing doing.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone with wood to Annies. Robert
in the woods. Afternoon John and Robert in woods.
19 – Wind N, cold day. John and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon John and Robert in the woods.
20 –Wind N, cold day, nothing doing. Robert and Annie Smith
comes from Georges. Bella comes home. Afternoon self, John,
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Ross preaching from 1st
Peter V:7.
21 – Wind N, cold day. John at the Port with Annie Smith.
Afternoon very cold, nothing doing.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Bella at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians VII:17.
Communion.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John gone somewhere. Bella washing.
Afternoon John and Robert in the woods. John at managers
meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Afternoon
John and Robert in the woods. Robert goes to Georges at night.
25 – Wind E, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon John gone
somewhere. John at prayer meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind NW, cold stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Bella
goes to Mr. Lees. Robert comes from Georges. Nothing doing.
27 – Wind NW, cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon very cold,
nothing doing.
28 – Wind N, very cold. Nothing doing. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon
nothing doing. Very cold.
29 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert in the woods. Bella
washing. Afternoon self, John, Robert at Nonquon bridge.
31 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and John fanning grist. Afternoon
John at Beares Mill with 1 bag of wheat.
FEB. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. John in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon John drawing wood and at prayer meeting in the
evening.
2 – Wind W, fine day. John at Mr. Akhursts stone bee. Afternoon
Bella goes to Sunderland on a visit. George and wife here on a
visit.
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3 – Wind E, fine day. Nothing doing. Robert comes from Georges.
Afternoon John at Greenbank. Mother at Mr. Lees visiting.
4 – Wind E, fine day. John at Wms. Afternoon Robert goes to T.
Blacks. Mother at Mr. Lukes.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Corinthians
XVI:2.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Uxbridge with grist. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Robert gone to Port.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John gone for Annie. Robert drawing
wood. Afternoon John and Robert drawing wood.
8 – Wind NW, cold day. John and Robert drawing wood. Annie
scrubbing. Self splitting wood.
9 – Wind N, cold day. Bella comes home. Nothing doing.
Afternoon John collecting Ministers salary.
10 – Wind E, cold day. John and Robert drawing wood. Self at
Jas. Walkers. Afternoon John and Robert at wood. Wm. Fowlie
Jun. here.
11 – Wind E, fine day. John and Robert drawing wood. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John and Robert at the Port.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Exodus
XIV:15.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with cow to Mr. Jacque.
John drawing wood. Self splitting wood. Afternoon John and
Robert drawing wood.
14 – Wind SW, fine day and thawing some. John and Robert
drawing wood. Self dunging out pigs. Afternoon John gone with
Mother to James Smiths.
15 – Wind N, very stormy and cold, Nothing doing. Afternoon very
cold, nothing doing.
16 – Wind SW, cold day, nothing doing. Miss Real and Miss Blair
here to get subscriptions for the Schemes of the Church.
Subscribed. 50 cents to each of 4 Schemes: Home Missions;
Foreign Missions; French Evangelination; and Augmentations.
20 cents to each of 3 Schemes: Widows and Orphans; College;
and Aged and Infirm Ministers. Afternoon nothing doing.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing wood.
Afternoon self, John, Robert and Wm. sawing wood. John and
Robert at prayer meeting.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing wood.
Afternoon nothing doing.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, John and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McLaughlan preaching from Hebrews VII:25.
20 – Wind SW and thawing. Nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert splitting rails.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing wood.
Afternoon sawing wood. Bella washing.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Wm. sawing
wood. Afternoon self, John, Robert and Wm. at wood.
23 – Wind SW and snowing. John and Robert oiling harness.
Afternoon John and Robert at harness.
24 – Wind E, fine day. Self, John and Robert sawing wood.
Afternoon self, John and Robert at wood.
25 – Wind E and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon John at the
Port for Mother. Nothing doing.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Numbers
X:29. Collection for Home Mission.
27 – Wind NW, rather cold. John and Robert splitting rails. Bella
washing. Afternoon John and Robert at rails.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert at rails. Self choring.
Afternoon John and Robert at rails. Self and Mother at Mr.
Parkers in the evening.
29 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Parkers to help him to
move. Afternoon nothing doing.
MAR. 1 – Wind NE, fine day. John at the Port with chop and got
none. Mill not working. Bella at Mr. Lees. Afternoon snowing,
nothing doing. John at Beare Mills.
2 – Wind E, snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon looking like
a thaw, nothing doing.
3 - Wind N and stormy. Nothing doing. Afternoon very stormy.
Nothing doing.
4 – Wind N, cold day. John at Presbyterian Meeting.
5 – Wind N, cold day. Bella washing. John and Robert splitting
rails. Afternoon John and Robert at Beares Mill for chop.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at bridge. Nothing doing. Afternoon
nothing doing. John takes Annie home.
7 – Wind N, fine day. John and Robert at rails. Afternoon John
and Robert at rails. Robert takes Bella to Georges at night.
8 – Wind NW, fine day, nothing doing. Frank Bratley and John
Fowlie here. Robert comes home from Georges. Afternoon
nothing doing. John and Frank goes to T. Blacks.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Nothing doing. John gone to Brock to Mr.
McDonalds sale. Afternoon nothing doing. Mother at Mrs. Lukes.
Self mending boots.
10 – Wind SE and snowing some and melting. John and Robert
at rails. Afternoon John and Robert at rails.
11 – Wind S and snowing. Hurricane from NW at 10 o’clock. No-
one at meeting.
12 – Wind N, very stormy. Nothing doing. Afternoon very stormy,
nothing doing.
13 – Wind N, stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon still stormy,
nothing doing.
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14 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon
shoveling snow. John gone somewhere. Bella comes home.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Port with oats. Bella washing.
Afternoon John gone somewhere. Nothing doing.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John and Robert splitting rails. Afternoon
John and Robert at George O’Learys and bought a cow from
him. Colour black.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Robert splitting rails.
Afternoon John and Robert at rails. Bella scrubbing.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
VIII:14. Robert at evening meeting.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Bella washing. John and Robert splitting
rails. John Clarke here for dinner. Afternoon John and Robert
gone somewhere.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. John somewhere. Nothing doing.
Afternoon John and Robert at J. Rattenburys sale.
21 – Wind NE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon John and
Robert at Mr. Rattenburys for cow and calf.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert mending barrow. John at Port. Self
at James Walkers. Afternoon John at George O’Learys paying
for cow. Bella at Greenbank. Nothing doing.
23 – Wind W, stormy cold day. Nothing doing. Bella at Mr. Lees.
Afternoon very cold. John somewhere. Nothing doing.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Port Perry. Nothing doing.
Afternoon John gone with wood for Widow Carnegie. Bella
scrubbing.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Self, John, Robert and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
VIII:14.
26 – Wind SE, dull day. John at the Port with Annie. Bella sewing.
Robert making flour box for Annie. Afternoon raining, nothing
doing. John at managers meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind SW and thawing. John at Wms. Robert making flour
box. Afternoon John and Robert shoveling snow on the road.
John goes to Thomas Blacks with horses.
28 – Wind NE and raining. John helping T. Black to move to Mr.
Drydens. Bella washing. Robert gone with cow to Mr. Drydens
for T. Black. Afternoon freezing. Nothing doing. John comes
home from T. Blacks.
29 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. drawing dung. Self choring.
Afternoon John at Wms. Nothing doing. John at prayer meeting
in the evening.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. Bella at Mr. Lees. John dunging out
henhouse. Afternoon John gone somewhere. Snowing.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self doing nought. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John at Wesleys. Self choring. John and
Bella at Greenbank in the evening.
APR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John XV:7.
Collection for Augmentation.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. John at Port Perry on bank business but
this being Easter Monday the banks was closed. Bella washing.
Afternoon John at Wesleys.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. John and Bella at Port Perry. Afternoon
John at Wesley Lukes.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. John splitting wood. Self at Greenbank for
boots. Afternoon John at Wesleys. Robert comes home from
Whitby.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone to Georges. John at Wesleys.
Rain at 9 o’clock. Nothing doing. Afternoon John at Wesleys.
Robert comes from Georges and goes to Port Perry.
6 – Wind NW and very high. John at Wesleys. Self choring.
Afternoon self and John drawing brush out of orchard.
7 – Wind NW, very high. John and Robert at Thos. Phairs sawing
wood. Bella scrubbing. John at Greenbank in the evening.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. John, Robert and Bella at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert at evening meeting.
9 – Wind S, fine day. John and Robert at Thos. Phairs. Bella
washing. Afternoon self putting up gaps in fence.
10 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank.
Bella at Mr. Lees. Afternoon nothing doing.
11 – Wind NW, cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Self at James Walkers with papers. John at prayer meeting in the
evening.
12 – Wind NW, cold day. John at the Port with Robert, he going
to Mr. Drydens for 8 months. Afternoon John at Greenbank and
bought a buggie from Mr. Linton.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wesleys. Self choring. Afternoon
John at Wesleys pruning trees.
14 – Wind N and showery. Nothing doing. Bella scrubbing.
Afternoon showery. John gone somewhere. Nothing doing.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians I:18.
16 – Wind W, fine day. John gone somewhere. Self choring. Bella
washing. Afternoon self and John drawing brush.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Greenbank. Self choring. Bella at
Mr. Lees. Afternoon John cultivating. Mother at Mr. Butts visiting.
Self doing nought.
18 – Wind N, fine day. John at the mill with chop to grind.
Afternoon John somewhere. Self choring. John and Bella at
prayer meeting in the evening.
19 – Wind W, fine day. John sowing oats and pease. Self choring.
John sowing oats. John Michie and wife and child arrives from
Scotland.
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20 – Wind NW, fine day. John at the Port for J. Michies boxes.
Bella at the Port. Afternoon John sowing oats.
21 – Wind N, cold day. John at Greenbank in the morning. Self
and John fanning wheat. Afternoon John harrowing. Self choring.
Bella scrubbing.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John, Bella and Mrs. John Michie
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Isaiah
XXXII:20.
23 – Wind NW, cold day. John sowing wheat. Bella and Mrs. J.
Michie washing. John Michie leaves for Toronto. Afternoon John
sowing wheat. Self choring.
24 – Wind N, cold day. John gathering stones. Self at James
Walkers. Afternoon John gone to Fair at Manchester. Paid Bella
$5.
25 – Wind NW, cold day and hard frost. Nothing doing. Afternoon
John at Wms. harrowing. Barbara Fowlie here.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John sowing barley. Self piling wood.
Afternoon John harrowing. Self choring. Bella and Mrs. Michie at
Mrs. Gordons.
27 – Wind S, warm day. John harrowing. Self piling wood.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self piling wood. Dr. Clemens at John
Michies daughter in the evening.
28 – Wind S, very warm. John sowing oats and at the Port for
some timothy seed. Afternoon John harrowing. Self choring.
Bella scrubbing. John takes Barbara Fowlie home at night.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms XXXII:1,2.
30 – Wind E, cold, cloudy day. John at the Port with John Michie
to go to Toronto. Bella at Port. Self piling wood. Afternoon John
at Greenbank for buggie.
MAY 1 – Wind W, fine day. John rolling. Self digging garden.
Afternoon Jamie rolling. Self digging garden. John and Mrs. J.
Michie at Georges.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. John rolling. Self in garden. Bella
washing. Afternoon John finishes rolling. Self choring.
3 – Wind E and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing.
4 – Wind NE. Self and John drawing dung for potatoes. Afternoon
self and John at dung. Bella and Mrs. Michie at Mr. Lees.
5 – Wind W, rather cold. Self and John at dung. Bella scrubbing.
Afternoon John plowing. Self in garden.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John, Bella and Mrs. Michie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XI:33.
7 – Wind NE, rather cold. Self spreading dung. John plowing.
Bella at the Port with Mrs. Michie to go to Toronto. Afternoon
John plowing. Self choring.
8 – Wind SE, raining some. John plowing for Mr.
[Monboy?]. Self at James Walkers. Bella washing. Afternoon
John gone a fishing. Raining, sometimes heavy.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. John harrowing. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon John drawing dung. Self at potatoes.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self at potatoes. Mother at Thos.
Phairs. Put cattle to swamp.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self in garden. Afternoon
John away fishing. Self at the Port.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and John planting corn. Afternoon
self and John at corn. Bella scrubbing. Took 3 steers to Wms.
13 – Wind W, rather cold. Self, Mother and John at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
III:20,24. Collection for Foreign Mission.
14 – Wind W, fine day. John at the Port with a steer to Bunyard.
Self choring. Afternoon self and John fanning wheat. Bella
washing.
15 – Wind N and snowing some. John and Bella at the Port with
wheat. Self piling wood. Afternoon John at Mr. Ross’s raising.
Self and Mother at Wm. Fowlies.
16 – Wind NW, cold day. Self and John drawing dung. Afternoon
self and John at dung. Very cold.
17 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self and John drawing dung. Bella
house cleaning. Afternoon self, John and Bella planting potatoes.
18 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and John at dung. Afternoon some
rain. Self and John at dung.
19 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self and John drawing out dung. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon finished dung.
20 – Wind N, rather cold. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Isaiah LV:6,7.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Greenbank with mare to horse.
Self spreading dung. Bella washing. Afternoon John at the plow.
Self fixing gate. Mare took the horse.
22 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon John plowing. Self spreading dung.
23 – Wind S, fine day. John plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon John plowing. Self at dung.
24 – Wind E, fine day. Self and John piling wood. Afternoon John
plowing. Self spreading dung. Queen’s birthday.
25 – Wind E, fine day. Self and John piling wood. Afternoon John
plowing. Self spreading dung.
26 – Wind SE, showery. Self piling wood. John planting corn.
Afternoon John choring. Self hanging tin among corn.
27 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Mother, John and Bella at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XI:28,29,30.
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28 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self fencing. Bella
washing. Afternoon self fencing. John at Wms.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Wms. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self at thistles.
30 – Wind N, fine day. John at Wms. Self at thistles. Bella at Mr.
Lees. Afternoon John at Wms. Self at thistles.
31 – Wind S and raining some. Self and John bagging potatoes.
Bella at Mr. Lees. Afternoon self and John cutting thistles.
JUNE 1 – Wind NW, cold day. John at the Port with potatoes. Self
doing nought. Afternoon John at Greenbank. Self at James
Walkers.
2 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing for James Walker. Self
washing buggie. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon John at James
Walkers. Bella at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Bella at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XXVIII:22.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and horses at the road work.
Bella washing. Afternoon self and John and horses at road work.
5 – Wind W, fine day. John at Uxbridge. Self begging money for
the Sunday School. Afternoon self hoeing. John and Bella at
prayer meeting in the evening.
6 – Wind W, fine day. John whitewashing. Self hoeing. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John harrowing potatoes. Self doing
nought.
7 – Wind N, fine day. John and horses on the road. Self at the
raising of Mr. Akhursts barn. Afternoon John at the road. Self
choring.
8 – Wind W, fine day. John and horses at the road. Self choring.
Afternoon self, John and Mother at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan preaching from Romans VIII:1.
9 – Wind W, fine day. John and horses at the road work. Self
choring. Bella at Mr. Lees. Afternoon John at Reach.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at Wick at
Sacrament. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Peter II:24.
Communion at Wick.
11 – Wind N, fine day. John and horses at road work. Self
choring. Bella washing. Afternoon John plowing and planting
corn.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. John harrowing. Self at chores.
Afternoon John scuffling corn. Self choring. Bella away fishing.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. John and Mother gone to Whitby. Self
hoeing corn. Afternoon self at James Leasks with Rattenberry
cow the second time.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. John drilling. Self hoeing corn. Afternoon
John drilling and sowing turnips. Self hoeing corn. John and
Bella at prayer meeting.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. John harrowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
John at Wms. Self picking bugs.
16 – Wind N, fine day. John rolling. Self hoeing. Bella at Mr. Lees.
Afternoon John drilling. Self and Mother picking bugs.
17 – Wind W, warm day. Self, John and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Mark IV:28.
18 – Wind NE, warm day. John drilling. Self picking bugs. Bella
washing. Afternoon John drilling. Self picking potatoe bugs.
19 – Wind S, warm day. John and horses at Wms. Self hilling
potatoes. Afternoon self picking bugs.
20 – Wind N, warm day. John choring. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon John drilling. Self hoeing.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John and horses at Wms. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self choring.
22 – Wind S, very warm. John and Bella at the Port. Self hoeing.
Afternoon John finishing turnips. Self writing letter to Mary
Michie. Some rain and thunder.
23 – Wind W, fine day. John hoeing. Self hoeing. Bella scrubbing.
Afternoon some rain. Self at James Walkers.
24 – Wind W, dull day. Shower at 12 o’clock. Self, Mother and
John at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
Genesis III:13.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. John hoeing. Self doing nought. Bella
washing. Afternoon John choring. Self picking bugs. Bella gone
to Georges. Wesley kills calf in the evening.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. John hoeing. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon John at Mr. Fowlies. Self hoeing potatoes. Bella and
John at prayer meeting in the evening. Mrs. J. Watson visits in
the evening.
27 - Wind SE, dull day. John at the Port. Self hoeing at potatoes.
Afternoon self and John hoeing. Mrs. Walter Fowlie here.
28 – Wind SE, and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon
raining, nothing doing.
29 – Wind E, fine day. Self cutting thistles. John choring.
Afternoon John mowing. Self at Mr. David Craggs.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. John mowing orchard. Bella scrubbing.
Afternoon John at Port Perry for Mrs. Bratley and children. Self
doing nought.
JULY 1 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, John, Margaret and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Ross preaching from 2nd
Corinthians
V:20. Robert comes here.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. John mowing. Self raking hay in orchard.
Afternoon John drawing hay. Self at Methodist Sunday School
anniversary. Willie Smith comes from Whitby.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John mowing. Self raking. Bella washing.
Margaret visiting. Afternoon self and John at hay.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John and Wm. drew in 3 loads of hay.
Afternoon self, John and Wm. drew 2 loads hay. John and Bella
at prayer meeting. Port Perry burnt 1884.
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5 – Wind SW. John mowing. Self putting Paris Green on
potatoes. Afternoon self, John and Wm. fixing up potatoes.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Self, John and Wm. at hay. Afternoon self,
John and Wm. at hay, drew 3 loads which finishes.
7 – Wind NW and very high. John hoeing turnips. Self hoeing
corn. Bella washing. Afternoon John at turnips. Self at corn.
8 – Wind NE, dull day. Self, Mother, John and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McTavish preaching from Acts X:1,2.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. John hoeing. Self at the Port with
Margaret. Bella washing. Afternoon John cutting grass for Wm.
Self choring.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John hoeing turnips. Self putting Paris
Green on potatoes. Afternoon John drawing in hay for Wm. Self
hoeing turnips.
11 – Wind W, fine day. John scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Afternoon John at Wms. Self and Bella hoeing. Shower at 2
o’clock. Heavy hail at some places.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and John at turnips.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and John at turnips. Bella at the
Port. Afternoon self and John at turnips. Mother gone to Mr. John
Leask Jun. visiting.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon self and John at turnips.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John XIV:6.
16 – Wind E, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Bella
washing. Afternoon self and John at turnips.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and John at turnips.
18 – Wind S and raining. Self writing letter. John fixing reaper.
Afternoon John at reaper. Self cutting thistles. Mr. McMillan here
and baptizes Bella’s boy. John at prayer meeting. Mrs. Wm.
Fowlie here.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
finished hoeing turnips first time. Mother and Lizzie at Georges.
20 – Wind N, fine day. John hoeing. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon John hoeing. Self cutting thistles. Mrs. Walker here
visiting.
21 – Wind W, fine day. John hoeing. Self choring. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon John and self hoeing corn.
22 – Wind W, raining some. Self, Mother and John at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke
XVII:32. Remember Lots wife.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. John hoeing. Self cutting thistles. Bella
washing. Afternoon self choring. John hoeing. Thunder and rain
at night.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. John hoeing. Self choring. Afternoon
John cutting barley. Self choring.
25 – Wind W, fine day. John hoeing. Self choring. Afternoon self,
John and Wms. boys drawing barley.
26 – Wind W, dull day. Self picking bugs. John hoeing. Afternoon
self, John and boys finished drawing barley.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and John hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self hoeing. John scuffling. Mother at Mr. Akhursts.
28 – Wind E, fine day. Self and John hoeing. Bella scrubbing.
Afternoon self and John hoeing. John goes to the Port to meet
Annie and Barbara.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self, John, Barbara and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:20,21.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Barbara at Brock. John choring.
Annie picking berries.
31 – Wind SW, dull day. Self choring. John picking berries. Bella
washing. Annie picking berries. Barbara at Mr. Gordons.
Afternoon some rain.
AUG. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self picking bugs. John at the Port
with 3 steers for Mr. Bungard. Bella picking berries. Afternoon
nothing doing. Bella and Mrs. Watt at berries in Mr. Lees patch.
2 – Wind S, some thunder and rain. John hoeing. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon self choring. John gone somewhere. Steers
return again.
3 – Wind S, showery. John hoeing. Self choring. Afternoon
nothing doing. Mother at Mrs. Walkers. Heavy rain and thunder
in the evening.
4 – Wind NW, fine day, nothing doing. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon
John at Greenbank. Self choring. Very warm.
5 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Bella at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Scott from Cambray preaching from
Matthew XI:26.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Bella picking
berries. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. Began to harvest
oats after supper.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. John cutting oats. Self and Wm. binding.
Bella washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self at T. Phairs to see
his reaper started. Mother and Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Gordon at
W. Lukes.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Wm. binding wheat. John
reaping. Afternoon self, John and Wm. at oats. Rain at 4 o’clock.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Wm. binding oats. John reaping
oats. Afternoon all at oats.
10 – Wind Easterly. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
reaping at Wms. and Wesleys. Self binding oats.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Wm., and John cutting and binding
wheat. Afternoon John reaping at Wesleys. Self and Wm. at
wheat. Drew in some oats and pease at night.
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12 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother, John and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians IX:22.
13 – Wind N and showery. John plowing. Self choring. Bella
washing. Afternoon self and Wm. binding oats. John reaping
oats.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Wm. and John cutting and binding
wheat. Afternoon self, Wm. and John drawing in wheat and oats.
15 – Wind W and raining. John plowing. Self choring. Mother
gone to Greenbank. Afternoon John cutting wheat here and at
Wms. Self binding wheat. Jamie raking oat stubble. John Taylor
killed by machine at Mr. Hoopers.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John reaping for Wm. Self binding. Thunder and rain at night.
17 – Wind S, foggy morning, much rain through the night. Nothing
doing. John takes Stewart to the Port to go home. Afternoon self
at Greenbank for papers.
18 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wms. reaping oats. Self cutting
flax seed. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon John at Wms. Self binding
oats.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalm LXVI:5.
20 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Wm. and boys drawing in wheat.
Bella washing. Afternoon drawing in wheat and oats.
21 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Wm. and boys draw in all the
oats. Afternoon self, Wm. and boys drawing in oats for Wm.
Some rain at night.
22 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Wm., and boys drawing in wheat for
Wm. Afternoon self raking wheat.
23 – Wind W, dull day. Self and Bella finishes harvest. Afternoon
self hoeing.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Bella at the Port. Dr. Clemens
comes to see Johns boil. Afternoon self gang plowing.39
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon
horses at Wms. reaping oats. Self doing nought. John and Bella
at Port after 5 o’clock.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis III:9.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Bella washing. Afternoon
self plowing. John at the Port in the evening.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Self and horses at Wms. Drew in all his
grain.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon John plowing. Self
choring. Mr. & Mrs. Fowlie here visiting.
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‘Gang’ plowing means plowing using more than one
furrow.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. John harrowing. Self fixing granary.
Afternoon John harrowing. Self digging stones.
31 – Wind NW, showery day. John harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon John plowing. Self choring. Self and Mother at
Wesleys in the evening at childrens baptism.
SEPT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self digging stones.
Bella scrubbing. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Walters preaching from Acts I: 7,8 on
Foreign Missions.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. John at the Port. Self choring. Bella
washing. Afternoon self and John pulling stones. John at job
letting on the sideline in the evening.
4 – Wind S, fine day. John harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing at Wms. Self choring. Bella at Mr. Lees.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. John plowing to Wm. Self hoeing. Bella
making pants. Afternoon self washing buggy.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. John at Wms. Self and Mother at Whitby
at James Smiths all night.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Mother at Margarets in Whitby
and at James Smiths all night.
8 – Wind SW and raining. Self and Mother left J. Smiths at noon
for home and arrived at 7 o’clock.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and John at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Scott preaching from Ezekiel XXXIII:11.
10 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self cutting corn. Bella
washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self at corn.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Bella at the
Port. Afternoon self and John at O’Neils threshing.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Self and John at Wms. threshing.
Afternoon John at Wesleys threshing. Self choring. Bella at Mr.
Lees.
13 – Wind W, fine day. John at Wesleys threshing. Self plowing.
Afternoon John at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self plowing. Mrs.
John Gordon Sen. and Mrs. Alex Gordon here visiting.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Self choring. John at Mr. Akhursts
threshing. Afternoon John at Mr. Lees threshing. Bella at Mr.
Lees. Self choring.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Threshed all out. Jas. Walker; Mr. Akhurst;
A. Gordon; A. Lee; J. O’Neil; W. Luke; S. Butt; T. Phair; Wm. at
threshing. R. Dobsons machine.
16 – Wind E, raining heavy. Self, John and Bella at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
V:10.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. John at Mr. Butts threshing. Self at
Greenbank with harness to mend. Bella washing. Afternoon self
choring.
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18 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing. Self cutting corn.
19 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John plowing. Self at corn. Rain at night.
20 – Wind SW. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon John
plowing. Self binding corn.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. John plowing. Self binding corn.
Afternoon John plowing. Self setting up corn.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Bella scrubbing. John plowing. Self
choring. Afternoon John plowing. Self husking corn. Bella at Mr.
Lees.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, John and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Numbers
XXXV:6.
24 – Wind N, fine day. John plowing. Self at corn. Bella at Mr.
Lees. Afternoon John plowing. Self choring.
25 – Wind SE, dull day. John plowing. Self cutting corn. Bella
washing. Afternoon John plowing. Self binding corn. John and
Bella at prayer meeting in evening.
26 – Wind W, fine day. John plowing. Self setting up corn.
Afternoon self and Bella at Port Perry Fair.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. John plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
John at the Fair at the Port. Self at Greenbank for the papers.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John, Bella and boys at potatoes
taking up. Afternoon all at potatoes.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, John, Bella and boys at potatoes.
Afternoon self, John and boys finishes potatoes. John and Bella
gone to visit at Georges.
30 – Wind SW, some snow in the morning. Self, Mother, John
and Bella at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching
from 2nd
Corinthians III:18.
OCT. 1 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Bella washing.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
2 – Wind S, dull day. Nothing doing. John sickly. Afternoon self
choring.
3 – Wind SW, some snow. John sick. Self choring. Afternoon
Wm. plowing with horses. Self choring.
4 – Wind W, fine day. John sick. Self at Mr. Watts with Bella to
stop there a few days. Took Miss Fowlie home.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. Self at the Port for the doctor to John.
Afternoon Doctor Clemens here. Self choring.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. John in typhoid fever. Self choring. Dr.
Clemens here. Afternoon self choring. Doctor here at 11 o’clock.
7 – Wind W, cloudy day. John not any better. Self at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke
XIII:24,25,26,27. Doctor here this afternoon.
8 – Wind N, cold day. John still sick. Self choring. Bella washing.
Mr. Walker in. Afternoon Doctor here. Mr. McMillan here in the
evening.
9 – Wind N, cold day. Self plowing. Doctor here, says John is a
little better. Afternoon self plowing.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Bella drawing in corn. Afternoon
self and Wm. drawing corn. Doctor at John.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Wm. fanning barley. Afternoon
self at the Port with barley.
12 – Wind E and raining some. Self and Wm. fanning barley.
Afternoon self at the Port with barley.
13 – Wind SE and raining some. Self fixing the granary.
Afternoon self choring. Doctor did not come.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms XXXVII:4.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon self and Bella at
Alex Watts sale.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Self plowing. Bella washing. John worse.
Afternoon self plowing. Lizzie and Bella picking apples.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Bella and Lizzie picking apples.
Afternoon self, Lizzie and Bella at apples. Doctor Clemens and
Dr. Langster here at John.
18 – Wind N, cold day. John worse. Wm. and Lizzie here.
Afternoon John worse. Mr. & Mrs. Bratley and Mr. & Mrs. Black
and Robert and Lizzie here.
19 – Wind E and raining some. John died at half to 2 o’clock in
the morning. Mr. Akhurst, Mr. Bratley and Mr. Silas Butt laid him
out. Robert and Wesley at the Port for coffin. Afternoon Robert,
Annie and Lizzie at the Port. Bella sick. John died at half past 1
o’clock in morning.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Johns funeral at
1 o’clock. All the family at funeral except Barbara. Frank Bratley
and Margaret leave for Whitby.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert leaves for Whitby. Bella washing.
Self taking in potatoes. Afternoon self at potatoes.
23 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Wm., and boys at turnips. Bella and
Lizzie washing. Afternoon all at turnips. Drew in 13 loads.
24 – Wind NW, showery. Self and Wm. topping turnips. Afternoon
self, Wm.& boys at turnips. Drew in 8 loads.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Wm. and boys at turnips. Drew 9
loads. Afternoon self, Wm., and boys at turnips.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. All at turnips. Afternoon all at turnips.
27 – Wind SE and raining. Self at the Port with Margaret.
Afternoon showery, nothing doing.
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28 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from John VII:37.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Wm. and boys at turnips. Bella
washing. Afternoon all at turnips.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Jamie and Tomie finishes turnips.
Afternoon self covering turnip pit.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Horses at Wms. drawing turnips. Self
choring. Afternoon self at Wms.
NOV. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Horses at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self at the Port to pay the Doctor for attendance on
John.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Mother gone to Georges. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self plowing. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon
self at Port with Bella with Jamie to Doctor. Jamie ill with
inflammation of the lungs. Bella and him goes to Mr. Ross’s.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan preaching from Isaiah XXX:18.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Afternoon plowing. Lizzie at
the Port. Jamie down with the typhoid fever.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self plowing. Lizzie at Port. Jamie worse.
Afternoon self plowing.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Wm. plowing. Self picking corn. Lizzie
washing. Afternoon Wm. plowing. Self taking in apples.
8 – Wind E and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon Wm. plowing.
Self picking corn.
9 – Wind NE, rain all night. Wm. plowing. Self at corn. Afternoon
Wm. plowing. Self at corn.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Wm. plowing. Afternoon Wm.
plowing. Self choring. John Real died.
11 – Wind N, some snow. Self at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan preaching from John VII:12.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Wm. plowing. Afternoon self
at John Reals funeral.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Self at the Port. Mr. and Mrs. Fowlie here
visiting. Mrs. O’Neil and father here for apples.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self picking corn. Afternoon self washing
buggy. Mr. Akhurst here visiting.
15 – Wind W, dull day. Fast day for good harvest. Self at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms
XLVII:8.
16 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self walks to Port Perry with eggs to
Bella. Afternoon self and Lizzie at the Port for Jamie.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Jeremiah VIII:20.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring all the time.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring.
21 – Wind NE, rather cold. Nothing doing. Choring.
22 – Wind E and snowing. Self choring.
23 – Wind E. Self choring.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. Self at the Port. Afternoon self choring.
Robert and Annie comes from Brooklin.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John XV:8.
26 – Wind N, rather stormy. Self, Robert and Annie at the Port to
Lawyer [Ebbits?] about Johns affairs. Annie and Robert goes
home. Afternoon self choring.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Self picking corn. Afternoon self mending
boots.
28 – Wind N and thawing some. Self and Wm. at Port about
Johns affairs. Afternoon self choring.
29 – Wind N and thawing some. Self paring apples. Afternoon
self choring.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Self picking corn. Afternoon self husking
corn. Snow nearly gone.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self at the Port for Barbara.
Afternoon self choring.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Barbara at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Dobson preaching from 1st
Corinthians III:8.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Self paring apples. Afternoon self dunging
out pigs and hens. Barbara at Lukes.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Barbara washing. Afternoon
self choring. Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Walker here visiting. James
Smith comes from Whitby.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Mr. and Mrs. Smith gone to
Georges. Afternoon self husking corn.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon Mr. and Mrs.
Smith leaves for home. Self at chores.
7 – Wind SW. Self choring. Afternoon choring.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Habakkuk II:2.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Wm., and Wesley killing a pig.
Afternoon self choring.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self cutting up the pig. Afternoon self
salting pork.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Self choring. Afternoon self banking cellar
windows.
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13 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Self choring. Afternoon self
choring some.
14 – Wind N, very cold. Nothing doing but choring.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon self and Lizzie at
Port Perry.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Rain at noon. Not at Church.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Mother paring apples.
Afternoon self picking corn.
18 – Wind N, rather cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon Mother
washing. George Fowlie here on a visit.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing doing. George Fowlie leaves for
home.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Self paring apples. Afternoon self
choring.
21 – Wind W and very high. Much dust flying. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self at the Port for Robert. Afternoon
Mother scrubbing. Self choring. Robert leaves with George.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke II:7.
24 – Wind SW and thawing. George Fowlie and Barbara here. Ed
Buel here for dinner. Afternoon Robert and Ed Buel goes to Port.
Nothing doing.
25 – Wind SW and thawing. No snow to be seen. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing.
26 – Wind E, fine day. Self at school meeting. Afternoon self and
Robert sawing wood.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert sawing wood. Robert at
Mr. Harringtons sale. Self picking corn.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert paring apples. Afternoon
nothing doing. Bella comes home.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Saintfield. John Park and Mrs.
here. Afternoon Robert at the Port with Lizzie to Doctor with
Jessie. Robert at Lodge meeting in evening.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Bella at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John IX:4.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Bella at the Port. Self husking
corn. Afternoon self choring. Robert in Mr. Lees woods.
And thus ends the year 1888.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1889
JAN. 1 – Wind S and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert at the Methodist party at Greenbank.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self drawing firewood.
Afternoon Robert in the woods.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Bella leaves with George.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
5 – Wind E, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self at Mr. Walkers.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
6 – Wind E and raining. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts III:19.
7 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert in the woods.
8 – Wind E, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self at corn.
9 – Wind S, fine day, raining. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon stormy. Robert in the woods.
10 – Wind SW, stormy. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self paring apples. Self and
Robert at annual meeting at night.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert gone to Brooklin. Self husking corn.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Mother scrubbing. Afternoon
self picking corn.
13 – Wind E and snowing some. Nobody at Presbyterian
Meeting.
14 – Wind W, fine summer day. Self picking corn. Afternoon self
at corn. Lizzie takes sick.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Robert and Thomas Black
comes from Whitby. Self and Robert at evening meeting. Mr.
McClaren preaching.
16 – Wind S, dull day. Robert boil on his neck. Self choring.
Afternoon self at the Port. Rain at 4 o’clock.
17 – Wind SW and thawing fast. Robert doing nought. Self
picking corn. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self at corn. Robert
at evening meeting.
18 – Wind N, snowing some. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert in woods. Self at corn. Self and Robert at the
evening meeting. Mr. Walker preaching from 1st
Corinthians
III:11.
19 - Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at the Port getting mares shoes sharped. Self
choring. Robert at Division Meeting.
20 – Wind SE, cold, snowing some. Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting.
21 – Wind NW, very cold and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon
very stormy. Nothing doing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing out wood. Self, Mother and Robert at
meeting. Mr. Mills preaching.
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23 – Wind W, fine day, thawing some. Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Georges.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port getting his teeth
pulled. Self choring. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self
husking corn. Self and Robert at evening meeting. Mr. McLaren
preaching. Fly shoed.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert at meeting. Mr. Ross preaching from
John III:13,14,15,16.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon self at the Port for wine. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
27 – Wind NE and snowing. Self, Mother and Robert at
Sacrament. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians V:7.
28 – Wind E, rather stormy. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at wood. Self choring.
29 – Wind N, very cold, nothing doing. Mother washing.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at T. Phairs timber. Self choring.
Afternoon self husking corn. Bella here from Georges.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Fairs. Self choring.
Afternoon Bella leaves for home.
FEB. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood for Wm. Self doing nought.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:14,15.
4 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Mother at Scotland40
. Self choring.
5 – Wind NE, cold, nothing doing. Afternoon very cold, nothing
doing.
6 – Wind NW, very cold, nothing doing. Afternoon stormy.
Nothing doing.
7 – Wind NW, rather cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
somewhere. Self choring.
8 – Wind SW and snowing some. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert at the Port. Self choring.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Mother
scrubbing. Nothing doing.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts XX:35.
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‘Scotland’ was a local name for Mrs. Leasks farm
(concession 11, lot 15), according to the memory of
Robert Gordon Michie.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert writing
letters. Self dunging out the pigs.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon stormy. Self
choring. Robert doing nought.
13 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert and Wesley at Port in evening.
14 – Wind NW, cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Georges. Self choring.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Wesley killing pig.
Afternoon Robert and Wm. collecting some of Johns money.
16 – Wind SE, like to thaw. Self cutting pig. Afternoon Mother
scrubbing. Nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
17 – Wind W, fine day, thawing. Self, Mother and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
XI:5.
18 – Wind E and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at the
letting of the bridge but not let. Robert goes to Georges.
19 – Wind NW, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon self choring. At
Mr. Lees with papers.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self at Greenbank for boots. Afternoon
self choring. Robert and Bella comes.
21 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Self choring. Robert gone with
Bella to Georges. Afternoon nothing doing.
22 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at the
Port. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke XIX:1-10.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self shoveling snow. Robert gone to put
up Georges sale bills. Self and Robert at Temperance lecture in
the evening.
25 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Mrs. Hornes sale. Self choring.
Afternoon self writing letter to Helen Tough.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Afternoon nothing doing.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone to Port for Barbara,
Margaret and Annie. Self choring. Johns property distributed in
the evening.
MAR. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Settling Johns affairs. Afternoon all
at Wms. Self choring.
2 – Wind E, warm day. Robert takes George Michie to Greenbank
and Barbara and Margaret to Port Perry.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:17. Tom
comes for Annie.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in turnips.
Afternoon at turnips.
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5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Joseph Burtons stone bee. Self
choring. Afternoon self at Mr. O’Neils.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert helping Alex Lee to cut sawlogs.
Self fanning grist. Afternoon Robert at the Port with grist. Self
choring.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Wm., Lizzie and James Smith at
Georges sale. Self doing nought. Afternoon stormy.
8 – Wind NW, stormy day. James Smith leaves for home. Robert
at Port for grist. Self reading papers. Afternoon stormy, nothing
doing.
9 – Wind NW, stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Lees. Nothing doing.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Roads all blocked with snow. Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Ross preaching.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert shoveling snow on road. Mother
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone to Georges. Self
choring. Lizzie here scrubbing.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon Mr. Purday and
Mr. Matthewson here to sell monument. Robert goes to Georges
to move them tomorrow.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self writing letter. Mother ironing.
Afternoon nothing doing.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone to Georges for cutting box.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Robert
at parlour social at Wm. McMillans.
15 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert cutting corn stalks.
Afternoon Robert writing to [Tinie?] Tough. Self choring.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
17 – Wind E, fine day. Roads very soft. Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon reading papers.
Nothing doing.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Mr. Lees. Afternoon
nothing doing.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Afternoon Robert at Robert Akhurst wedding. Self choring.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Self choring. Robert somewhere. Mr. and
Mrs. Watt here. Bella and Mrs. Parker here. Afternoon nothing
doing. Mrs. Parker leaves for the Port. Mr. and Mrs. Watt goes
home. Bella comes home. At Georges 11 weeks.
22 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Robert cutting corn stalks. Bella
cleaning up. Afternoon nothing doing.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Bella scrubbing. Robert gone somewhere.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Bella at Port. George here.
Robert at Port in the evening to lecture on Temperance by Mr.
Hughes and Mr. Spence.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Bella at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Habakkuk II:15,16 on
temperance.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Wm. cutting wood. Bella
washing. Afternoon Robert and Wm. at wood. Self choring.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
26 – Wind W, rather cold. Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert cutting corn stalks.
James Ironside falls and breaks his neck. Afternoon Robert
somewhere. Self choring. Mother visiting at Mr. Lees.
28 – Wind NW, stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Self choring. Akhurst gets a load of straw.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at Mr. Ironsides funeral.
Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Bella scrubbing. Robert gone to Whitby.
Afternoon Bella baking. Self choring.
31 – Wind SE and snowing. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts XIV:27. Collection for
Foreign Missions.
APR. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Bella house cleaning. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Bella whitewashing.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Bella washing. Self and Robert fanning
wheat. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self at Mr. Akhursts.
Robert and Bella at prayer meeting.
3 – Wind E and snowing. Bella house cleaning. Afternoon still
snowing. Bella goes to Port at night for Thomas Black. Robert at
meeting at Greenbank.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Thos. Black at Greenbank voting
for Scott Act. Robert, scrutineer. Took Thos. Black to Port to go
home with noon train. Afternoon Wm. gets Willies cow and calf.
Self choring.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Self at the Port with Lizzie and molasses.
Robert and Bella whitewashing the kitchen. Afternoon Mother at
Mrs. Walkers quilting bee. Robert and Bella cleaning kitchen.
6 – Wind E, fine day. Robert gone to see the sawmill at Wm.
Reals. Self choring. Bella scrubbing. Afternoon Mother visiting at
Mr. Lees. Nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Bella at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians VI:7,8.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert somewhere. Self choring. Bella
washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with grist for Wm. Self
choring. Horses shoed.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Bella gone to Whitby. Self in
the woods. Afternoon self in the woods. Bella goes to Thos.
Blacks.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert begins to plow. Self cleaning up in
orchard. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at
prayer meeting.
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world that were already reported in the first section of the diary.
The transcriber will use discretion as to which ones to repeat as
not all are important to the diary itself.]
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cleaning up around
barn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cleaning the door yard.
Looking like rain.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self choring.
13 – Wind N, cold and frost. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
sowing wheat. Self choring.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew XXVIII:19,20 on baptism.
15 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Robert at Port for Bella.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sowing wheat. Self fanning
barley. Bella washing. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self
fanning oats. Mother visiting at Mrs. Thomas Phairs.
17- Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self fencing. Bella at the Port. Wm. Beare
died.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Robert planting potatoes. Self fencing.
Afternoon self and Robert in garden. Bella at quilting bee at
Wms.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert in garden. Afternoon Jean
Fowlie here. Robert rolling. Self at Wm. Beares funeral. Mother
at quilting bee at Mrs. Byers.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Robert sowing barley. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Robert at Division
meeting in evening.
21 – Wind NW and dust flying. Self, Robert and Bella at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XXVIII:19,20 on baptism.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Manchester Fair. Self burning rubbish.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self burning stumps.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Thunder and rain at 4 o’clock.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing doing. Robert and Bella at prayer
meeting in the evening.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Scugog for Mrs. George Michie.
Self fencing. Afternoon Robert hanging a gate. Self fencing.
26 – Wind N rather dull day. Robert chopping some trees. Self
fencing. Afternoon Robert choring. Self doing nought. Bella and
Mrs. Michie at Mr. Lees.
27 – Wind N, dull day. Bella baking. Self choring. Robert gone
somewhere. Afternoon self and Robert at Wms. woods for trees.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
28 – Wind N and raining some. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Henderson preaching from Luke
XIV:22.
29 – Wind NW, fine day but cold. Robert rolling. Self cutting corn
stalks. Bella washing. Afternoon Robert planting trees. Self
mending gate. Bella and Mary at Wm. MacMillans.
30 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert planting trees. Self fencing.
Afternoon self and Robert fencing. Robert and Bella at prayer
meeting in the evening.
MAY 1 – Wind NW, cold day, nothing doing. Mare got a colt last
night. Afternoon nothing doing.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self in garden.
Afternoon Robert at Mrs. Carnegies. Self choring. Robert at a
lecture at Greenbank in the evening.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Robert choring. Self in the swamp.
Afternoon Robert choring. Self in swamp.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self in the swamp. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert, Bella and Mary at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew XXVIII:19,20 on
baptism. Colt died.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert washing the buggies. Self choring.
Bella washing. Afternoon Robert away fishing. Self doing nought.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Robert choring. Self threshing flax seed.
Bella ironing. Afternoon Robert choring. Self at James Walkers.
Bella at prayer meeting. Robert at the Port in the evening.
8 – Wind S, warm day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert takes Mrs. George Michie home to Scugog. Self choring.
9 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Robert, Wm. and Jamie drawing
dung. Bella at Mr. Lees. Afternoon all at dung.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self planting potatoes in the orchard.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with grist. Self choring. Bella scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Bella at the Methodist
quarterly meeting. Self, Mother, Robert and Bella at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ezekiel
XXXII:11.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting potatoes.
Bella washing. Afternoon self and Robert cutting potatoes.
14 – Wind NE and raining. Self and Robert cutting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert plowing for Mr. Montroy. Self at Greenbank for
corn, got none.
15 – Wind S, dull day. Self planting corn. Robert drilling.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self planting corn.
16 – Wind E, dull day. Self and Robert planting potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung.
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17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Uxbridge with Mrs. Joyce. Self
choring. Afternoon self choring.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Bella
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Bella at the Port.
Robert at Division meeting.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Bella at
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans X:9.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert finish dung drawing.
Bella washing. Afternoon Robert away fishing but caught none.
Self and Mother at Wm. Fowlies.
21 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert plowing. Self spreading
dung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
22 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert spreading dung. Self at Port
Perry. Afternoon Robert at Wm. Reals barn raising. Self choring.
Lizzie here baking for anniversary. Robert at Port Perry in the
evening to hear Chinuguy. He did not come.
23 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert at the Port with his coat to get
fixed. Self choring. Bella at Mr. Lees. Afternoon Lizzie here fixing
for the social. Bella and Robert at prayer meeting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs. Black here.
Self, Robert, Bella, and Mr. and Mrs. Black at social in the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Johnston and Mr. Dryden speakers.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Mr. and Mrs. Black leave for home. Robert
plowing. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon Bella at the Church fixing
for the tea in the evening. Robert plowing. Self with cow to bull.
Robert at Division meeting in evening.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Bella at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians V:8. Robert at evening meeting.
27 – Wind E, dull day. Robert plowing. Self putting tin among the
corn. Rain at 11 o’clock. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Bella
leaves forever.
28 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mary Innes comes to
stay.
29 – Dull day, hard frost through the night. Robert plowing. Self
planting corn. Mary washing.
30 – Wind E, rainy day. Nothing doing. Rain all day.
31 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon self and
Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Johnston from Beaverton
preaching from Matthew XI:28.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, dull day. Nothing doing. Mary scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert plowing to Wm. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Sacrament at
Wick. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians VIII:9. Robert
and Mary at evening meeting.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self fencing. Mary
washing. Afternoon Robert at James Allans. Self cutting thistles.
4 – Wind W, thunder and rain through the night. Robert at Joseph
Burtons barn raising. Self choring.
5 – Wind W, showery day. Self at Mr. Montroys. Afternoon Robert
at the Port Perry races. Self at Mr. O’Neils.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self at Alex Gordons. Afternoon self and
Robert at Port Perry tournament.
7 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self at James
Walkers. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
8 – Wind E, raining some, nothing doing. Mary scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert and Wm. at graveyard preparing for Johns
monument. Self doing nought. Robert at Division meeting.
9 – Wind E, rain through the night. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Peter
III:18.
10 – Wind SW, some rain. Mary washing. Self choring. Robert
gone somewhere. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at prayer
meeting in the evening.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Orillia excursion. Mary
gone to excursion to Orillia. Self choring.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self picking bugs. Afternoon self at bugs.
Robert comes home from Orillia.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self doing nought.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self at bugs. Began to sow turnips.
Robert at Greenbank with mare to horse. Mare took horse.
15 – Wind SW, raining some. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Very
heavy shower at noon. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert and
Mary at Division meeting. Union of Presbyterian Church 1875.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Armstrong preaching from 1st
Thessalonians V:17.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Port getting the horses
shoed. Self sowing turnips. Mary washing. Afternoon Robert
drilling. Self picking bugs.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drilling. Self sowing turnips.
Afternoon Robert finishes drilling. Self picking bugs. Robert and
Mary at prayer meeting.
19 – Wind S and raining. Robert working for Jas. Miller. Self
doing nought. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert with Jas. Miller. Self at Port for
Wms. grist. Afternoon self picking bugs.
21 – Wind S, rain at 8 o’clock. Robert gone to Greenwood to
Temperance meeting. Self finishes sowing turnips. Afternoon
raining, nothing doing.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self cutting thistles. Mary scrubbing.
Afternoon self at Thos. Phairs raising.
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23 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Mary at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from James I:27. Robert comes
from Whitby.
24 – Wind E, gloomy day. Mary washing. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon self and Mother at Wm. Fowlies. Robert with James
Miller. Paid Mary months wages.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Robert with Mr. Miller. Mary goes to
Scotland. Self at Wick to see Mrs. Barbara Michie.
26 – Wind S and raining some. Robert gone to Mr. Millers. Self
doing nought. Afternoon self scuffling potatoes and corn. Robert
at the prayer meeting.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert with James Miller. Self hoeing
corn. Afternoon thunder and rain. Nothing doing.
28 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at Mr. Millers. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Mrs. W. Fowlie, Mrs. Park and Lizzie here visiting. Self
hoeing.
29 – Wind E, foggy day. Robert at Mr. Millers. Self at Greenbank
with mare. Afternoon Mary comes home. Self hoeing. Robert at
Uxbridge. Barbara and Willie comes from Whitby about 11
o’clock.
30 – Wind S, warm day. Self, Mother, Robert and Willie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts
X:4,33,47.
JULY 1 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert at Mr. Millers. Self hoeing.
Mary gone to the island. Afternoon self and Robert at Methodist
anniversary. Barbara leaves for home.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Millers. Mary washing. Self
mowing. Afternoon self mowing.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Millers. Self choring.
Afternoon self at the new bridge to see it. Mr. McMillan here
visiting.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Millers. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon self mowing.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Port getting oil and the mare
to farrier. Self choring. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self cutting
fence corners. Mrs. James and Lizzie here visiting.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert mowing. Self choring. Mary
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self cocking some hay.
Robert and Mary at Division meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from the 1st
Epistle of John I:4. Robert and Mary at evening meeting.
8 – Wind W, warm day. Robert raking hay. Self cocking. Mary
washing. Afternoon Robert and self cocking hay.
9 – Wind SW, very warm. Self, Robert and Wm. stacking hay.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing hay out of orchard. Robert
and Mary at prayer meeting. Mary goes to Wm. Fowlies.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert banking up potatoes. Self putting
Paris Green on potatoes. James raking. Afternoon Robert at
John Leasks barn raising. Much thunder and rain. Nothing doing.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self cutting thistles.
Mary comes home from Mr. Fowlies. Afternoon Robert hoeing.
Self putting Paris Green on potatoes.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
Robert at Mr. Beares raising. Self hoeing. Mary scrubbing.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew V:3.
15 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Mary washing.
Afternoon self and Robert hoeing.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self hoeing. Robert scuffling. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon Robert
at Wms. Self hoeing. Self and Lizzie at Port.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert mowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert mowing. Self hoeing.
19 – Wind N, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing. Mary at berries.
Rain at noon. Afternoon finished turnip hoeing first time.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self putting Paris
Green on potatoes. Afternoon self turning hay. Mother and Mary
putting Green on potatoes. Robert and Mary at Division meeting
in the evening.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McLaren preaching from John III:13.
Mary and Robert at evening meeting.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert raking hay. Self cocking. Mary
picking berries. Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. stacking hay.
Rain at 5 o’clock.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self at hay. Mary
picking berries. Afternoon self at hay. Mr. and Mrs. Fowlie here
visiting.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Mary washing. Self, Robert and Wm. at
hay. Afternoon all at hay. Mary at prayer meeting.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring. Finished haying.
26 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Wesleys. Self at the Port.
Afternoon self hoeing. Old mare shoed.
27 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert fixing the reaper. Self mowing.
Afternoon Robert reaping barley. Self mowing. Mary scrubbing.
Robert and Mary at Division meeting.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
V:24. Robert at the Port in the evening.
29 – Wind SW, raining some. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mary
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self turning barley. Mary
picking berries.
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30 – Wind SW, dull day. Self turning barley and putting Paris
Green on potatoes. Robert plowing. Mary at berries. Afternoon
drew in 1 load of barley and then rain. Robert plowing.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self turning barley.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. drawing in barley.
AUG. 1 – Wind everywhere, fine day. Robert plowing. Self
hoeing. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert plowing.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with heifers. Self
hoeing. Afternoon Robert reaping at Wesleys. Self hoeing. Mary
picking berries.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self hoeing. Robert and Mary at the Division
meeting. Stewart arrives from Whitby.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Mary at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians VI:14. Robert
and Mary at evening meeting.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for repairs to reaper. Self
hoeing. Mary at berries. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self
hoeing.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert reaping for Jas. Buel. Self hoeing and finishes the second
hoeing.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning wheat. Mary
washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with wheat. Self choring.
Robert at prayer meeting in evening.
8 – Wind S, dull day. Self and Robert at Port. Afternoon self and
Robert cutting round the wheat.
9 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Alexander Gordons threshing.
Self hoeing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self
choring. Shower in the afternoon.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cutting round the oats. Self
choring. Mary scrubbing. Afternoon Robert cutting wheat. Self
binding. Robert and Mary at the Division meeting. Mr. and Mrs.
Black here from Whitby.
11 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert gone to Whitby. Self, Mother and
Mr. and Mrs. Black at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan
preaching from Zechariah IV:6.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cutting wheat. Self and Wm.
binding. Afternoon Robert reaping for Wesley. Self and Wm.
binding.
13 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Mr. Lees binding wheat. Self
choring. Afternoon self cutting round the wheat.
14 – Wind E, dull day. Self and Wm. binding wheat. Robert
reaping. Afternoon heavy shower at 12 o’clock. Self, Wm., and
Robert cut and bound some towards night.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cutting oats. Self and Wm.
binding wheat. Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. binding.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Self shocking oats. Robert at Wms.
reaping. Afternoon Robert cutting oats. Self binding.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert takes Stewart to the Port. Self and
Robert binding oats. Mary scrubbing. Afternoon self binding oats.
Robert reaping. Robert and Mary at Division meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John
III:14,15. Robert at evening meeting.
19 – Wind N, dull day, rain through the night. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon Robert reaping. Self binding. Mary washing. Self and
Mother at Sally Akhursts wedding to Henry Monke in the
evening.
20 – Wind S, dull day. Robert reaping for Wesley. Self choring.
Afternoon self binding oats. Robert and Mary at a party at Wms.
at night.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
Robert reaping for Wm. Self binding oats.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self binding oats. Robert finishes reaping.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing in wheat.
23 – Wind SW. Self, Robert and Jamie drawing in wheat.
Afternoon all drawing oats.
24 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Robert and Georgie drawing wheat.
Mary scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wms. drawing in his wheat.
Self doing nought. Mother visiting at Wms. Robert and Mary at
Division meeting in evening. Paid Mary months wages.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Luke XV:18.
Mary at evening meeting.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and George at oats. Afternoon
finished drawing in all but rakings.
27 – Wind S, warm day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at James Walkers threshing. Self
doing nought.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self raking. Afternoon
self raking.
29 – Wind S, warm day. Self choring. Robert at Thomas Phairs
threshing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self at the Port with
Lizzie.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self, Mary and Georgie
drawing in rakings. Afternoon self, Mary and Jamie finish
drawing in rakings. Mrs. Monke and Lizzie here visiting.
31 – Wind Easterly, warm day. Robert at Wesleys. Self travelling
around. Afternoon Mary scrubbing. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Robert
and Mary at Division meeting.
SEPT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Heron preaching from John XIV:27.
2 – Wind S, warm day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self oiling harness.
Mary washing. Afternoon self taking reaper apart. Mrs. Park here
visiting.
3 – Wind S, warm day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Mother
gone to Whitby. Afternoon self choring.
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4 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the Port for points to gang plow. Self choring. Robert at
prayer meeting.
5 – Wind SW, showery. Self, Robert and horses at road work.
Afternoon at road. Put in 4 ½ days.
6 – Wind SW and raining some. Self, Robert and horses at road
work and finishes at 11 o’clock. Afternoon Robert at the Port.
Self choring.
7 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles. Mary scrubbing. Robert and
Mary at Division meeting at night.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Mary gone to the island. Robert at
Methodist meeting. Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ecclesiastes XII:1 to the
young. Robert at evening meeting.
9 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Mary washing. Self choring.
10 – Wind E, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self cutting corn.
11 – Wind E, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self hoeing. Robert at the prayer meeting.
12 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Port with grist. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self binding corn.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self binding corn.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self shocking corn.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Port for grist. Self choring.
Mary scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats. Robert
and Mary at Division meeting.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Exodus
XX:8. Robert at evening meeting.
16 – Wind N, cold rain through the night. Self and Robert at the
Port with oats. Robert goes to Toronto Fair. Mary gone to Fair.
Afternoon self choring.
17 – Wind S, dull day. Self at Mr. Fowlies. Afternoon come home
with Barbara Fowlie and child.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Barbara Fowlie at Wms.
Afternoon took Barbara Fowlie home. Robert comes home from
the Exhibition, Toronto.
19 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mary comes
home. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self taking in some apples.
Rain at night.
20 – Wind SW, showery. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother
and Mary quilting. Afternoon self writing letter to Wm. Michie,
Grayshill. Robert plowing.
21 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert plowing. Self writing letter to
Helen Tough. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at James Walkers.
Mary scrubbing. Robert and Mary at Division meeting in evening.
22 – Wind N, frost through the night. Self, Mother, Robert and
Mary at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacLachlan preaching from
Psalms XXII:8. Robert at Port. Mary at evening meeting.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mary
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self burning rubbish.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self burning stumps.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self burning stumps.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self burning stumps.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at stumps. Paid Mary months
wages.
26 – Wind W, rain through the night. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Mary gone home. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
27 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Wm. Fowlies with Mary. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self in the swamp.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing the granary.
Afternoon Mother scrubbing. Robert at the mill with oats to chop.
Self fixing granary. Mrs. Smith died.
29 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms
XXXII:3,4,5. Robert at the evening meeting.
30 – Wind SW, drizzly day. Robert plowing. Self at Whitby to Mrs.
Smiths funeral. At James Smiths at night.
OCT. 1 – Wind SW, showery. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing.
Self comes from Whitby.
2 – Wind N, fine cold day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon self cutting corn. Mary comes after being at
Mr. Fowlies 5 days.
3 – Wind SE, rainy day, nothing doing. Afternoon looking like rain,
nothing doing.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self at the
Port Perry Fair. Afternoon Robert and Mary at the Fair to see the
fireworks.
5 – Wind SE, raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert at Mr. Butts threshing. Robert and Mary at Division
meeting.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Snow through the night. Self, Mother,
Robert and Mary at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan
preaching from Romans VIII:28.
7 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Mr. Butts threshing. Self cutting
corn. Mary washing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self
at corn.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self making
ready for threshing. Afternoon Mr. R. Dobson threshing. L. Butt;
T. Phair; A. Lee; A. Gordon; A. Akhurst; I. O’Neil; Wesley and
Wm. at threshing.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Threshing. Finished at noon. Afternoon self
and Robert at Wms. threshing.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at Wms. threshing.
Afternoon Robert at O’Neils threshing. Self choring.
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11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn.
12 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert at A. Gordons threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon self, Mother and Mary taking in apples.
Robert at Division meeting.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke XIV:17.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self taking up potatoes.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at potatoes.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert at the Fowlies sale. Bought a set of
harrows.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Port with Frank Bratley. Robert
plowing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and Mary at potatoes.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and Mary and Johnie
at potatoes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self, Mary and Johnie at
potatoes.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert finishes plowing second time. Self,
Mary and Johnie at potatoes. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self and
Johnie finishes potatoes.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self picking corn.
Afternoon self at corn. Mother, Mary and Jamie taking in apples.
Robert at Division meeting. Walter Fowlie here on a visit.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Peter
I:18,19.
21 – Wind NW, hard frost. Self picking corn. Robert topping
turnips. Mary washing. Afternoon self at corn. Robert at turnips.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing turnips. Self rowing
turnips. Afternoon self, Robert, John and Tom at turnips. Drew
11 loads.
23 – Wind SW, hard frost. Self and Robert rowing turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert, Johnie and Tomie at turnips. Drew 11
loads.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert, Johnie and Tomie at
turnips. Afternoon at turnips. 16 loads.
25 – Wind E, dull day. All at turnips. Afternoon all at turnips. Drew
12 loads.
26 – Wind NE, dull day. All at turnips. Drew 6 loads and finishes.
Afternoon self, Robert, Johnie and Tomie drawing in corn. Robert
and Mary at Division meeting.
27 – Wind N, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians
VI:2. Robert at the evening meeting.
28 – Wind N, raining some. Robert at Wms. Mary washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
29 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Wms. Self choring. Robert at the Port in the evening.
Andrew Peat hangs himself.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert taking in potatoes, 4
loads. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring.
31 – Wind Easterly and raining. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Afternoon self at Greenbank. Mary at Wms.
NOV. 1 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Mary
housecleaning. Afternoon self choring.
2 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self fixing cattle house.
Mary scrubbing. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind W, cloudy day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from St. John
VI:68. Robert at the island in the evening.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self husking corn. Mary
washing. Afternoon self choring.
5 – Wind W, some snow falling. Robert at Wms. Self picking corn.
Afternoon self husking corn.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self at corn. Robert at Wms.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
self and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching
from the hundred and seventh Psalm. Thanks giving for good
harvest.
8 – Wind E, dull day. Robert washing buggie. Self doing nought.
Afternoon self and Robert at plowing match, Saintfield.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self choring. Mary scrubbing. Mary and Robert at
Division meeting.
10 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert gone to Brooklin. Self and Mother
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
XXXII:21.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn. Mary
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
12 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at Bible Society meeting in
the evening.
13 – Wind SE, raining some. Robert at the Port with Lizzie and
Albert to the train. Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert plowing.
15 – Wind NW, hard frost. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self choring.
16 – Wind W, hard frost, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at Neil
MacCartheys sale. Self choring. Robert and Mary at Division
meeting.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms
CXXXIX:17.
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18 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. killing a pig. Mary
washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
19 – Wind E, raining some. Robert plowing. Self cutting up the
pig. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
20 – Wind E, raining. George here. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert gone with George to Fowlies. Self choring.
21 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Mud everywhere.
Afternoon raining some. Nothing doing.
22 – Wind E, raining. Nothing doing. Mary at Wms. Afternoon self
choring. Robert gone somewhere.
23 – Wind NW, showery. Nothing doing. Afternoon Mary
scrubbing. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
24 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians
VI:9. Robert and Mary at evening meeting.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at J. Burtons. Self choring. Mary
washing. Afternoon self choring.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Burtons. Self doing nought.
Mary ironing.
27 – Wind SE and snowing. Robert at Burtons. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing.
28 – Wind Easterly and snowing. Robert at Burtons. Self choring.
Afternoon snowing, nothing doing. Roads closed up with snow.
29 – Wind N, nothing doing. Snowing some. Afternoon Robert
gone to break the road. Self choring.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to break the road. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert gone to Mr. Moons sale. Self choring.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
VIII:1,2.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Mary washing. Self and Robert at Port
Perry. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats.
3 – Wind N, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at the mill
with oats to chop. Self choring. Mr. McMillan here at night.
4 – Wind NE, fine day. Mother and Mary quilting. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert making a hand sleigh.
5 – Wind E and thawing. Nothing doing. Mother and Mary
quilting. Afternoon nothing doing.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the mill for chop. Self choring.
Mary at home to see her Mother. Afternoon self choring. Mrs.
Innes and Mrs. Walker here visiting.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert working at hand sleigh. Self choring.
Afternoon Mary scrubbing. Robert at sleigh. Self choring. Robert
and Mary at Division meeting.
8 – Wind SE and raining. Robert and Mary at Port to hear Mr.
Parsons. Self, Robert and Mary at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan preaching from Acts XIV:27.
9 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Mary washing. Afternoon
Robert making sleigh. Self choring.
10 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at Port Perry. Self doing
nought. Afternoon nothing doing.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert painting. Self choring. Barbara
Fowlie here visiting. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Mary and Barbara gone to Mrs. Innes’s visiting.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert doing nought. Self reading the
papers. Afternoon Robert in the barn. Self doing nought. Mother
and Barbara Fowlie visiting at Mrs. Akhursts.
13 – Wind NW, rather rough. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nought. Afternoon nothing doing. Mary and Barbara Fowlie at
Wms.
14 – Wind E, snowing some. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
takes home Barbara. Self choring. Robert and Mary at Division
meeting.
15 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Sunday School. Self, Mother,
and Mary at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching
from Isaiah LIII:6. Robert at evening meeting.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone to move Mrs. Carnegie. Mary
washing. Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
17 – Wind E, dull day. Robert and Mary making ornaments for the
Temperance Hall. Self doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing.
Mary at Temperance Hall in the evening.
18 – Wind E, dull foggy day. Robert gone to Ashburn for Fanny
Boddie. Self choring. Fannie arrives. Mary goes to Port.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Fannie leaves
for Mr. Ackhursts. Robert at Wesleys.
20 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Thomas Phairs threshing. Self choring. Robert and Mary at
Greenbank in the evening.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Phairs threshing. Self
doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing. Mary scrubbing. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening.
22- Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. A Jew preaching from Mark V:25 to end of
chapter.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Mary washing. Self choring. Afternoon
nothing doing.
24 – Wind S, raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon still raining.
Robert goes to Port for Margaret and children. Very heavy rain.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Christmas. Nothing doing. Afternoon Wm.,
Lizzie, Nellie and Jessie here. Robert at Christmas Tree at
Seagrave. Mary gone somewhere.
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26 – Wind NW, rough and showery. Robert at school meeting.
Self choring. Afternoon very high wind. Nothing doing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Tommie gets kicked in the mouth. T. Black and Annie comes.
Taffy social at Mr. Akhursts.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Tom and Annie
gone to the Port to get their likeness took. Robert at the Port
getting mare shoed. Fannie Boddie here. Robert and Mary at
Division meeting in the evening. Mother at Wms. all night.
29 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert, Annie and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke
XIII:6,7,8,9.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with Margaret and
children. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Port with Annie and
children. Self cleaning out the pigs house. Afternoon Robert at
the Port to hear Marcam Reals trial. Mary at a lecture by a
Macedonian in the evening in the Presbyterian Church.
And thus ends the year 1889.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1890
JAN. 1 – Wind S, dull day. Nothing doing. Mary gone somewhere.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at the Methodist tea party in the
evening.
2 – Wind SW and raining. Robert gone to Mr. Turners with Fannie
Boddie. Afternoon nothing doing.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. George and family here visiting.
Afternoon George leaves for Wms. Nothing doing. Robert at
Methodist party in the evening.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Robert fanning grist. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with grist. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind S, dull foggy day. Robert at Sunday School. Raining,
none of us at Meeting.
6 – Wind E and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon still raining.
Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing. Afternoon Robert at the Port for
grist. Self at Mr. Innesses. Mary comes home.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and George cutting wood. Self
choring. Afternoon George and Robert in the woods.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. George and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon all in the woods.
10 – Wind E, cold day. George and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and George at woods. Self at chores.
Robert and Mary at the Temperance social in the evening. Made
20 dollars.
11 – Wind E and snowing, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert gone
home with George. Mary scrubbing. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Mark
V:25,26,27.
13 – Wind W and thawing. Mary washing. Robert gone
somewhere. Self choring. Afternoon George and Robert sawing
wood. Self choring.
14 – Wind E and snowing. George and Robert in the woods.
Afternoon very high wind. George and Robert in the woods. Self
choring.
15 – Wind S, fine day. George and Robert sawing wood. Self
turning turnips. Afternoon George and Robert in the woods.
16 – Wind NW, stormy day. George and Robert in the woods.
Self at the Port. Afternoon George and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Robert at annual Church meeting in the evening.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. George, Robert and self in the woods.
Mary sick. Afternoon George and Robert in the woods. Self
drawing wood.
18 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, George and Robert in the woods.
Mary better. Afternoon George and Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Mary scrubbing. Robert takes George home and goes to
the Division meeting.
19 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians XI:27,28,29. Robert at evening meeting.
20 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert in the woods. Mary washing.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Robert at Silver
social at Wm. McMillans.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Wm. and Wesley killing pigs.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Self cutting pigs. Robert doing nought.
Afternoon Robert in the woods.
23 – Wind E, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self doing nought.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Revelation III:20.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at the Port. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mary at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John
VI:53,54,55, and dispensed the Sacrament.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank with wood to Church. Self
sawing wood.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self sawing wood.
Mother and Mary quilting. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Mother and Mary quilting.
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29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the shop. Self doing nought.
Afternoon self and Robert at Mrs. Bairds funeral. The Church full
of people. She was at the Sacrament on Sunday.
31 – Wind S and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Self choring.
FEB. 1 – Wind E, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at the
Port. Self at Mr. Akhursts. Mary scrubbing. Robert at the Division
meeting. Mary gone somewhere.
2 – Wind E and snowing. Robert gone to Whitby. No one at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Whitby. Mary gone
to prepare for her marriage. Afternoon self at Mr. Montroys.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Self at James Walkers. Mother choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Nobody at home but Mother and me.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Whitby. Self choring. Afternoon
nothing doing. Mother choring. Very high wind.
6 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert at Whitby. Self choring. Afternoon
self choring. Robert and Barbara comes from Whitby.
7 – Wind SE and very high. Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone
to the Port with Lizzie and Tomie to Doctor. Very stormy.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Barbara scrubbing. Robert gone north to
get subscribers to a petition the council for money to gravel the
sideline. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Division.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Barbara at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Timothy
IV:7,8. Robert at evening meeting.
10 – Wind E, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing logs to the Port for George. Self
choring.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing Georges logs. Self at the
Port with Barbara to the train. Afternoon Robert at logs. Ann
Innes washing. Self choring. Ordered Christian Herald by Mr.
Minty. Ann Innes comes.
12 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Robert at logs. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at logs. Self doing nought.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Robert at woods. Self choring.
14 – Wind E, dull day, thawing. Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Raining.
15 – Wind NW, very high. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon very rough, nothing doing. Annie scrubbing. Robert at
the Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans III:20,21,22.
Robert at evening meeting.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Annie
washing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self doing nought.
Ann gone home.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon Robert oiling harness and washing buggy. Self sawing
wood.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert fixing for Marys wedding. Self piling
wood. Afternoon Robert gone to the wedding at Seagrave. Self
doing nought. Mary Innes married to Charles Love.
20 – Stormy, snow drifting and very cold.
21 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
22 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing wood for Wm. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Ann scrubbing. Self
choring. Robert at Division meeting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Malachi
III:20,21,22.
24 – Wind S, dull day and thawing. Robert drawing wood to
Greenbank. Self choring. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at
wood. Annie at her fathers. Self doing nought.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie washing. Self writing letter. Robert
doing nought. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self at wood.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self writing
letters. Afternoon Robert and Mother at John Parks visiting. Self
writing.
27 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
28 – Wind SE, thawing, dull day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
at the Port. Self at James Walkers.
MAR. 1 – Wind NW, cold day and high wind. Nothing doing. Ann
scrubbing. Afternoon very cold, nothing doing. Robert and Annie
at Division meeting.
2 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews
X:22.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Ann washing. Self
choring. George here. Afternoon nothing doing.
4 – Wind SE and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon very stormy.
Nothing doing.
5 – Wind NW, very cold. Robert drawing wood to Greenbank. Self
choring. Afternoon self and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Ross preaching from 1st
Timothy I:15. Mr. Ross questions the
Minister and Elders and Managers. Answers very satisfactory.
6 – Wind N, very cold. Nothing doing. Lizzie sick. Ann gone to
Wms. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Phoenixs after money. Lent
James Love 20 dollars for 4 months.
7 – Wind N, very cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Self at Alex Gordons. Robert at Methodist S. School social.
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8 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Ann scrubbing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in evening.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from James I:22.
Robert at evening meeting.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Nothing doing. Ann at Wms. Afternoon
Robert at the Port. Self choring. Robert at Mr. Boes in evening.
11 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Mother, Mary
and Ann quilting. Nothing doing. Very thick fog. Paid Ann months
wages.
12 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert gone somewhere.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert doing nought. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon nothing doing. Ann leaves for good.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Alex Gordon Sen. and Mrs. A. Gordon here visiting. Afternoon
nothing doing. George and wife and family here.
15 – Wind SW, sometimes snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon
George and family leaves for home. Nothing doing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
XII:1,2,3.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs. Self choring.
Sally comes. Afternoon self at O’Neils. James Smith and Annie
comes from Whitby. Sally Akhurst comes to stop.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Thomas Phairs. James Smith
at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon self choring and at Jas. Walkers.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Thomas Phairs. Self
choring. James Smith leaves for home. Afternoon Mother at
Wms. Self fencing.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in hay stack.
Afternoon self and Robert at hay. Mother at Mr. Walkers.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at hay. Afternoon
nothing doing. Robert loading some lumber of Georges on the
waggon. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
22 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert at the Port with Georges lumber.
Self turning turnips. Afternoon self choring. Sally scrubbing.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
23 – Wind NW, fine day, but cold. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Mark
VIII:36,37. Robert somewhere in the evening.
24 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at the Port helping George to load
his car. Self choring. Sally washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
25 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert doing nought. Self at James
Walkers. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert not at home.
Afternoon Robert and Mother at Mr. Fowlies visiting. Self
choring.
27 – Wind NW, rough day, nothing doing. Wesley Luke and Abe
Cragg here. Afternoon Robert at Uxbridge at trial of Harrington
and others for disturbing the meeting in the hall on Friday. Mr.
Harrington fined.
28 – Wind E, snowing heavy. Worst day of the winter. Nothing
doing. Afternoon stormy. Nothing doing.
29 – Wind N, stormy day. Nothing doing. Sally baking. Afternoon
Robert gone somewhere. Sally scrubbing. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis XXII:1 to 19.
Robert at evening meeting.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at James
Walkers. Sally washing. Afternoon nothing doing.
APR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Sally at Wms.
Afternoon self and Robert at the Port getting money for John
Fowlie. Mrs. Fowlie and George here in the forenoon.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert cutting wood. Afternoon
self choring. Robert doing nought. Robert at prayer meeting in
the evening.
3 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at John Walkers wood bee. Self doing nought.
4 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert cutting wood for John Walker.
Self choring. Afternoon raining. Nothing doing.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert takes Sally home, she being sick.
Self choring. Afternoon self at Wms. Robert doing nought. He at
Division meeting.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts
IV:13,14. Nobody at evening meeting.
7 – Wind NE, fine day. Self at James Walkers. Robert doing
nought. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self choring.
8 – Wind E and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon self at Mr.
Akhursts. Robert doing nought.
9 – Wind E, foggy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert at the prayer meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind NW, cold stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon
nothing doing. Robert gone somewhere.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon
self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self putting in sleigh.
Mother scrubbing. Afternoon Robert fixing harrows. Self choring.
Robert at Division meeting.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians
IV:20.
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14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port about trace chains.
Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Sally comes again.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and self drawing straw to put in a
washout. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert filling washout. Self
letting off water.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert filling washout. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self choring. Robert at prayer meeting in the
evening.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert letting off water. Self at James
Walkers. Afternoon Robert plowing in the swamp. Self helping to
plow. Mother visiting at Thomas Phairs.
18 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother at
Fowlies. Afternoon self and Robert at Barbara Fowlies son
Johnies funeral at Methodist graveyard, Greenbank.
19 – Wind N, fine day, hard frost. Robert at the Port. Self at
James Walkers. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self fencing.
Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind W, fine day, hard frost. Self, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching from Luke
XXIII:39,40,41,42. Robert at meeting somewhere.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring. Mother at
Mr. Lees.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self at Greenbank for
pocket knife. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self making rake.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sowing barley. Self cutting corn
stalks. Sally cleaning out the cellar. Afternoon Robert harrowing.
Self choring. Mr. McMillan here. Robert at prayer meeting.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing in the swamp. Self
fencing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self fixing garden. Sally at Mrs. Fishleys funeral.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert sowing wheat to Wm. Self choring. Rain at
night.
27 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
VI:3. Robert at the evening meeting.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert at Port with grist and to get some pease. Self fencing.
Robert gone somewhere at night.
29 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self sowing pease.
Rain at 9 o’clock. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self sowing pease
and ditching. Sally washing. Finishes sowing.
30 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert choring. Self digging in garden.
Afternoon Sally at James Walkers. Robert digging garden. Rain
at night. Mothers birthday.
MAY 1 – Wind N, cold day. Self doing nought. Robert digging in
garden. Afternoon self in garden. Robert somewhere.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung and plowing for early
potatoes. Self cutting potatoes. Afternoon Robert planting trees.
Self planting potatoes.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert rolling. Self fencing. Showery at night. Robert at Division
meeting at night.
4 – Wind NE, raining some. Self, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ezekiel
XXXVII:1-10.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for grist. Self fencing.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert and self drawing rails. Rain at 4
o’clock.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fencing. Afternoon Robert
pruning apple trees. Self at Alex Gordons. Mother visiting at A.
Lees, A. Akhursts, James Walkers and Edgar Hornes.
7 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert pruning apple trees. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at trees. Self in garden. Robert at
prayer meeting.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert pruning trees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert pruning apple trees. Self choring.
9 – Wind W, dull day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Mother
churning. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Self and Sally
at prayer meeting at James Walkers.
10 – Wind NE, sprinkling rain. Self and Robert drawing out dung.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Sally scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert gone to Saintfield to see Wm.
Fowlie, sick of typhoid fever. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms
CXIXX:9 to the young people. Robert at the evening meeting.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone to Saintfield to see Mr.
Fowlie who is rather better. Self spreading dung. Sally washing.
Mrs. James Leask here on a visit. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring. George Fowlie calls in the evening.
13 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self shelling corn.
Afternoon self planting corn. Robert drilling.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Port Perry. Self cutting
potatoes. Afternoon Robert gone to fishing. Self cutting potatoes.
Wm. Fowlie died last night. Wm. Fowlie died aged 24 years and
6 months.
15 - Wind W, fine day. Robert drilling. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon self and Robert planting potatoes.
16 - Wind W, fine day. Self fencing. Robert hauling brush.
Afternoon self and Robert at Wm. Fowlies funeral. Thomas Black
at funeral.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing brush.
Afternoon self choring. Robert drawing dung. Sally scrubbing.
Mare foals after supper. Mr. and Mrs. [Mornin?] here all night.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Mr. and Mr. Mornin leaves for Mr.
Akhursts. Rain at 1 o’clock. Robert at the Presbyterian Sabbath
School. Self and Mother at home.
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19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert whitewashing. Self choring.
Afternoon self fixing stovepipes. Robert choring. Sally cleaning
woodwork.
20 – Wind N. Robert drawing out dung. Self choring. Sally
washing. Jamie piling dung. Afternoon Robert and Jamie at
dung. Self choring.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon
self and Robert at dung. Robert and Sally at the prayer meeting.
22 – Wind E, dull day. Self and Robert finishes dung. Rattenburg
cow to T. Phairs bull. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading
dung.
23 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self spreading dung.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert fishing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Greenbank with the victuals for Anniversary. Self
choring. Self and Robert at the tea and concert in the
Presbyterian Church.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Rain in afternoon. Self and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke XIV:17.
Robert at evening meeting.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
Sally whitewashing. Afternoon self spreading dung. Robert
plowing. Rain at 4 o’clock. Robert goes to the Port to meet Annie
and children.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Sally washing. Afternoon self at James Walkers. Robert plowing.
Annie visiting.
28 - Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port with Annie. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles.
29 – Wind N, dull day. Robert at Wesleys. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon self and Mother at Mrs. Michies, Brock.
30 – Wind NE and raining, nothing doing. Afternoon self, Mother
and Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hanna preaching
from the Song of Solomon II:4. Miss Jacque; Mrs. Mackay; Mrs.
Akhurst; Mrs. Wilson; and Robt. Clarke admitted to the Church.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sally scrubbing.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
JUNE 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother at Wick Sacrament.
Robert gone somewhere. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews
IX:24.
2 – Wind NE, warm day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Sally washing. Robert at Wesleys. Self at
James Walkers. Robert at Seagrave in the evening.
3 – Wind E, dull day. Robert plowing. Self planting corn.
Afternoon Robert oiling harness. Self choring.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Sally at the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon showery, nothing doing. Robert and Sally at prayer
meeting. Great storm of wind, rain and thunder at 8 o’clock.
5 – Wind SW, warm day. Self and Robert at Seagrave voting for
Mr. Dryden. Robert acting as scrutineer. Afternoon thunder and
rain all afternoon. Nothing doing. Election for Province of
Ontario.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert fixing harness. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert painting floor. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert painting. Self choring. Barbara Fowlie here
visiting. Robert at Division meeting.
8 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Colossians
II:6. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert working on the road. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert on road. Self picking bugs.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Sally washing. Robert and Mother gone
to Whitby. Self at James Walkers. Afternoon self hoeing
potatoes.
11 – Wind SW, dull day. Self hoeing. Sally washing. Afternoon
showery, nothing doing. Sally at prayer meeting.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon self hoeing
potatoes. Mother and Robert arrive from Whitby.
13 – Wind NE, raining some. Robert harrowing some. Self
choring. Afternoon self hoeing in the garden. Robert choring.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Self fixing stoop floor. Robert drilling.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self choring. Mother at Mr. Lees.
Robert and Sally at Greenbank in the evening.
15 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke
XXIV:32. Robert at evening meeting. Jamie leaves, comes home
on the 21st
.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drilling. Self choring. Afternoon
self cutting thistles. Robert drilling and sowing turnips. Mother
making soap.
17 – Wind SW, showery. Robert at the Port about Jamie. Self
doing nought. Sally washing. Barbara Fowlie here. Afternoon
heavy rain and thunder. Nothing doing. Barbara Fowlie leaves
for home.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert at roadwork. Afternoon at
road. Robert gone somewhere in the evening.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and horses at road work.
Afternoon self, Robert and horses at road work and finishes it.
20 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert drilling. Self at James Walkers.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert sowing turnips. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening. Sally at her fathers visiting.
22 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching from Luke
XXVII:34.
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23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wms. Self scuffling potatoes.
Sally washing. Afternoon self burning brush.
24 – Wind S, warm day. Robert gone to the graveling of the road.
Self choring. Afternoon self hoeing corn.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone to the graveling of the road.
Self hoeing corn. Afternoon self hoeing potatoes.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the road graveling. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon self hoeing corn.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Sally at the Port. Self at Alex
Gordons. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self cutting thistles.
28 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert washing buggy. Self cutting
thistles. Mother at Wms. Afternoon self choring. Robert fixing
buggy. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind W, warm day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McLauchlan preaching from Galatians II:20. Robert
at the evening meeting.
30 – Wind SE, warm day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with oats. Self hoeing
corn.
JULY 1 – Wind S, thunder and rain. Self and Robert fanning oats.
Sally gone to her fathers. Self at Methodist anniversary. Robert
gone somewhere.
2 – Wind S, warm day. Robert at the Port with oats. Self picking
bugs. Afternoon shower. Self and Robert fanning wheat.
3 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Robert at Port with wheat. Self putting
Paris Green on potatoes. Afternoon Robert at Beares mill with
barley to chop. Self putting Paris Green on potatoes.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Self at the Port. Robert choring. Afternoon
Robert mowing in orchard. Self cutting round trees.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert putting out straw. Self hoeing.
Afternoon self hoeing. Robert at mill for chop. Robert and Sally at
Greenbank in the evening.
6 – Wind W, rather dull. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John
X:27,28. Robert at evening meeting.
7 – Wind S, some rain through the night. Robert scuffling turnips.
Self hoeing potatoes. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert banking
up the potatoes. Self mowing. Mrs. Innes and Ann visiting here.
8 – Wind SW, warm day. John scuffling. Self mowing. Afternoon
severe thunder and hail. Nothing doing. Joseph Walkers building
struck with lightning and burned. Norman Davidson burned to
death. Robert at Greenbank in the evening. Norman Davidson
struck by lightning.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert at Norman Davidsons funeral. Robert at prayer
meeting.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert hoeing. Self at John Fowlies for 2
pigs. Afternoon self and Robert drawing hay out of orchard.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port for Stewart Bratley. Self
mowing. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self cocking hay in woods.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
Robert raking hay. Self cocking. Sally scrubbing. Robert at
Division.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Stewart at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians IX:24. Robert gone somewhere in the evening.
14 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert drawing in hay. Drew 4
loads. Afternoon self and Robert at hay. Drew 4 loads.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. [William John,
grandson] at hay. Drew 3 loads. Afternoon self and Robert
hoeing turnips. Mother visiting Mrs. Gordon.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon Robert
mowing. Self hoeing turnips.
17 - Wind W, some showers. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing. Sally at matting bee at her fathers.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert raking and cocking hay. Wm. Fowlie
and wife here. Mrs. Edgar Horne and Mrs. Charles Love here
visiting.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and William stacking hay.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. finishes hay drawing at 4
o’clock. Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
20 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Stewart at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Isaiah
XLIII:20. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert mowing. Self hoeing. Sally
picking berries. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Self putting Paris
Green on potatoes. Sally at berries.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing. Afternoon Robert
raking and cocking hay. Self hoeing. Robert at Port for Jeanie
Fowlie in the evening.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Wm. at hay stacking.
Sally washing. Barbara Fowlie and Jeanie berry picking.
Afternoon self, Robert and Wm. finishes haying.
24 – Wind S, some showers. Self and Robert hoeing. Stewart
scuffling. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing. Some rain.
25 – Wind S, thunder and rain through the night. Self at James
Walkers. Robert choring. Afternoon Robert fixing reaper. Self
fencing hay stacks. Heavy showers of rain with thunder at night.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self putting up fences that was blowed
down by storm last night. Robert begins to plow in the orchard.
Afternoon Robert at the Port. Sally scrubbing. Self choring.
Robert at Division meeting.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert, Sally and Stewart at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Kings
XVIII:21. Robert at evening meeting.
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28 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert plowing in orchard. Self hoeing.
Sally picking berries. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self hoeing.
Sally berrying.
29 – Wind SW, very warm. Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Sally at
berries. Afternoon Robert reaping for Wesley. Self hoeing. Sally
at berries.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cutting Wesleys barley. Self
hoeing. Sally washing. Afternoon raining some. Robert at the
Port for repairs to reaper and for farrier to old mare. Self doing
nought.
31 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Rain at
10 o’clock. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
AUG. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert reaping barley. Self hoeing turnips. Sally berry
picking.
2 – Wind SW, warm day. Self hoeing. Robert plowing and takes
Stewart to Port to go home. Sally berry picking. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self turning barley. Robert at Division meeting in
evening.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Romans I:14,15.
4 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing.
Sally at berries. Afternoon self, Robert, Wm., and Jamie at
barley. Rain and thunder at 4 o’clock.
5 – Wind S, dull day. Showers. Robert plowing. Self at James
Walkers. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self hoeing
turnips.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self hoeing. Robert plowing. Sally
berrying. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert plowing. Sally at berries.
Robert at prayer meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind SE, warm day. Self hoeing. Robert plowing. Afternoon
self and Robert drawing in barley and finished.
8 - Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self finishes hoeing second time. Sally at the
Port.
9 – Wind SW, rain through the night. Robert gone to Mrs. Joshua
Watsons raising. Self at Port Perry. Afternoon self cutting
thistles.
10 – Wind NW, cold day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Currie preaching from Proverbs
XII:26.
11 – Wind NW, cool day. Robert at the Port with a grist. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring.
12 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Port for grist. Sally washing. Self
putting Paris Green on potatoes. Afternoon self and Robert
pulling pease.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert reaping oats. Self binding oats.
14 – Wind S, rather dull day. Self and Robert binding oats. Sally
gone visiting at Shaws. Afternoon Robert reaping at Wesleys.
Self shocking oats. Reaper breaks coming home from Wesleys.
Robert goes to Port for repairs.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
Robert reaping wheat. Self binding. Sally at berries. John Taylor
killed by machine.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert binding wheat.
Afternoon Robert reaping. Self binding wheat. Sally scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting.
17 – Wind S, dull day and raining. Self and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching from Matthew
VII:13,14. Robert at the evening meeting.
18 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert reaping oats. Self binding oats.
Sally washing. Afternoon self and Robert binding wheat. Sally at
berries.
19 – Wind E and raining some. Self and Robert binding oats.
Afternoon self at James Walkers. Robert cutting pease. Mother
visiting at Mr. Butts.
20 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert pulling pease. Self cutting round
wheat. Afternoon Robert pulling pease. Self choring. Sally at a
wedding at Greenbank. Robert at it in the evening.
21 – Wind E, heavy rain, nothing doing. Robert gone to Alex
Gordons to thresh. Self doing nought. Afternoon self choring.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Burtons threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert reaping wheat. Self binding. Sally
picking berries. Finished reaping.
23 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert binding wheat. Afternoon
Robert at the Port. Self digging potatoes. Sally scrubbing. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Psalms XXIII:1,2.
Robert at evening meeting.
25 – Wind W, dull day. Self and Robert drawing in wheat. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert and self drawing in wheat. Sally
picking berries.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommie drawing oats.
Afternoon self, Robert and Tommie at oats and finishes them.
Mrs. Charles Love here visiting.
27 – Wind W, slight showers. Robert raking oats. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Wesley Lukes. Self choring. Sally making
mats.
28 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Sally
picking berries. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self at Mr.
Walkers.
29 – Wind S and raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self doing nought. Sally hooking a mat.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert reaping. Self turning pease. Sally scrubbing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening. Sally at Greenbank in the
evening.
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31 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians I:6,7. Robert at
the evening meeting.
SEPT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommie drawing in
wheat. Sally washing. Afternoon self, Robert and Tommie
drawing in pease.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommie drawing in pease.
Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Tommie raking. Self choring. Sally
matting.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Finished harvest. Robert at Wesleys. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self and Mother at Wm.
Fowlies.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at O’Neils threshing. Self sawing
wood. Afternoon self sawing wood. Robert at Wesleys. Sally at
Wms.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring some.
Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self at the Port for money to John
Park.
6 – Wind SE, raining some, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Prince Albert with heifer. Self and Mother at James Walkers.
Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms 4:15.
Robert at evening meeting.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Robert at Harvest Chorus at
Saintfield in evening. James Walker died.
10 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon all at James Walkers funeral.
11 – Wind E and raining. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
raining. Nothing doing.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with buggie wheels
to mend. Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at
Montroys.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self sickly, doing
nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Wm. Smith and
Annie visiting here. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert, Wm. Smith and
Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
Isaiah I:18. Robert at the evening meeting.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. William Smith
and Annie leaves for home.
16 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Alex Gordons threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at threshing. Self choring.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
fixing the granary. Afternoon Robert threshing. Self at Port Perry.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Brooklin in the evening to
meet Mr. Dryden, new Minister of Agriculture.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert and Sally at Wms.
threshing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self digging
potatoes. Rain at 4 o’clock.
20 – Wind NW, fine cold day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Mr. and Mrs. Black here a
short time. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Robert at Division
meeting.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John 18:17.
Robert at evening meeting.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Jason Stone here threshing. A. Lee; A.
Gordon; Albert Akhurst; Mr. O’Neil; W. Luke; S. Butt; E. Horne;
and ourselves finished at 2 o’clock. Machine goes to Mr. Butts.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Butts threshing. Self at
Greenbank getting horses shoed. Sally washing. Afternoon self
choring. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert to Whitby
Fair. Afternoon self cutting corn. Sally at Jas. McMillans.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self and Jamie at
potatoes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self and Jamie at potatoes.
26 – Wind NE, rainy day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
27 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self, Johnnie and Sally
at potatoes. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self and Johnnie at
potatoes. Sally scrubbing. Robert at the Division meeting in the
evening.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
Deuteronomy XXII:8 for the Sons of Temperance.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self, Sally and Johnnie at
potatoes. Afternoon self and Johnnie at potatoes. Robert
plowing.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self at corn. Robert plowing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Ned Phoenix’s sale. Self and Sally at Port.
3 – Wind S, raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank for plow. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in
evening.
4 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting.
5 – Wind NW, dull cloudy day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John
IV:13,14. Robert at the Port in the evening.
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6 – Wind E, dull day. Self and Robert drawing out dung.
Afternoon self and Robert at dung. Rain at 4 o’clock. Thos. Black
here.
7 – Wind NE, dull and raining some. Self and Robert at dung.
Sally washing. Afternoon self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Joseph Burtons threshing. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon Sally at Mary Charleys quilting bee.
Self choring.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
10 – Wind SW, raining some. Self choring. Robert plowing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert takes Mother to Port to go to Whitby. Self at
corn. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ruth I:15.
13 – Wind Easterly, cold day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon self and Robert at the Port for money to John Fowlie.
14 – Wind SW, some rain through the night. Robert plowing. Self
at corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self, Sally and Johnnie taking
in apples.
15 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self, Sally and Johnnie at apples.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon showery. Robert plowing. Self at corn.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self, Johnnie and Tommie taking in
apples. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
19 – Wind E and raining. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews X:25. Robert at
Mr. Fowlies in the evening.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self and Robert taking in potatoes. Mother comes home from T.
Blacks.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self and Robert taking in potatoes and corn. Sally and Johnnie at
apples.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self topping turnips. Sally and
Johnnie finishes apples.
23 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self picking apples.
Afternoon self topping turnips. Robert plowing.
24 – Wind NE, raining some. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert at plowing match at Manchester. Self at corn.
25 – Wind N, dull day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Drew in 5 loads. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind N, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts
XXIV:25. Robert at the evening meeting.
27 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Robert and Tommie topping turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Tom drew 5 loads.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Tom drew 6 loads.
Afternoon self, Robert and Tom at turnips. Drew 9 loads.
29 – Wind NE, dull day. Self, Robert and Tom at turnips. Drew 6
loads. Afternoon self, Robert and Tom topping turnips.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Tom at turnips. Drew 7
loads. Afternoon self, Robert and Tom at turnips. Drew 9 loads.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Tom finish turnips. Drew
4 loads. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring.
NOV. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Snow in the afternoon.
All Saints Day.
2 – Wind W, dull day. Rain and snow in the afternoon. No one
from here at Presbyterian Meeting.
3 – Wind N, snow on ground. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank. Self ditching.
4 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self ditching. George Fowlie and Barbara here in the evening.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert plowing. Afternoon
Mother at Wms. Self choring. Robert plowing.
6 – Wind SE, fine day, nothing doing. Fast Day. Afternoon Robert
gone with Mother to Whitby. Self choring.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert arrives from Whitby.
8 – Wind W, dull day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting.
9 – Wind SW, rainy day. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew XXII:42.
10 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert and Sally at the Port. Self doing nought.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally washing.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
housecleaning. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self banking the barn.
Afternoon Robert finishes plowing and goes to Fowlies. Self
banking barn. Sally at Wms. in the evening.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fixing twin plough. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing, only choring.
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15 – Wind SW and raining some. Self choring. Robert digging
around apple trees. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert at apple trees. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians II:7,8. Robert
goes to Thos. Blacks.
17 – Wind E and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon raining,
nothing doing.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Sally
washing. Mother and Robert arrives from Brooklin.
19 – Wind NW, some showers. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
at Edward Buels plowing bee. Self choring.
20 – Wind NW, fine day but cold. All choring and fixing for winter.
Afternoon Robert and Mother at Mr. Fowlies. Self choring.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in orchard. Self reading papers.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Snow deep. Nothing doing. Afternoon
nothing doing. Very cold and stormy.
23 – Wind W, cold day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacLachlin preaching from Hebrews
II:3,4. Robert at the evening meeting.
24 – Wind N, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank. Self banking the cellar.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sally at the Port. Self at Mr.
Lees with papers. Afternoon nothing doing. Barbara Fowlie
brings Jane here.
26 – Wind N and cold. Sally washing. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert and Sally at prayer
meeting.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Afternoon nothing doing, only chores.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon self at Mr. Fowlies with Jane. Robert making window
frame.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at window frame. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans VIII:3,4.
DEC. 1 – Wind NE, cold and snowing some. Robert at Wms. Self
choring. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert skating. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Afternoon self at A. Gordons. Robert at Wms.
3 – Wind E and snowing, very cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert gone somewhere. Self reading papers.
4 - Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Sally at Wms. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self choring.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Sally at Wms. Self mending shoes.
Robert gone somewhere. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self
choring. Party at Wms. in the evening.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert fixing twin plow. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at the Port with wood. Sally scrubbing. Self
choring. Robert at Division meeting in the evening. English Bible
issued 1611.
7 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Robert
at Port Perry in the evening to hear Mr. Hunter preach.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with wood. Self choring.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sally at the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Jean Fowlie here. Sally and her at
prayer meeting.
11 – Wind S, thawing some. Self, Wm., Wesley and Robert killing
pigs. Afternoon nothing doing. Self choring.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Self and Robert cutting up pigs. Afternoon
Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert and Sally at
O’Neils party.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank. Self cutting pork.
Afternoon Robert at Port with a grist. Sally scrubbing. Self
choring. Robert at Division meeting.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms XXV:14.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Sally washing.
Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert and Sally at
Greenbank in the evening.
16 – Wind NE, cloudy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
sawing wood. Self choring. Mrs. Alex. Gordon here visiting.
17 – Wind E, dull day. Robert splitting wood. Self dunging out the
pigs. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Self choring. Robert at
prayer meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert splitting wood. Self doing
nought. Afternoon nothing doing.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self splitting wood. Robert
and Sally at Sons of Temperance social in the evening.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Sally at the Port. Robert at Fowlies to see
Jane who is sick. Robert at Division meeting.
21 – Wind SW, dull and thawing. Self and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert choring.
Afternoon Robert and Sally gone to Brooklin. Self splitting wood.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self splitting wood. Afternoon stormy. Self
splitting wood.
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24 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Sally washing. Afternoon
Sally at Wms. Snowing, nothing doing.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Nothing doing but reading papers.
Afternoon Sally at her fathers. Robert doing nought. Self choring.
26 – Wind E, cold day. Robert at the Port for grist. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing but the chores. Robert and Sally at a
party at John Parks.
27 – Wind E, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Akhursts clover threshing. Sally scrubbing. James Smith and
child comes from Whitby. Robert at Division meeting.
28 –Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally and Mr. and Mrs.
Smith at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
Proverbs VIII:17 for the young people.
29 – Wind NW, rather rough day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts
threshing. James Smith, wife and child leaves for home. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing but the chores. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening. Sally at Mr. Akhursts.
30 – Wind SE, snowing some. Sally washing. Robert gone
somewhere. Self doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert
and James A. Miller gone to Seagrave in the evening.
31 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at school meeting. Self choring.
Sally baking. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank
practicing for the Methodist party on New Years day.
And thus ends the year 1890.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1891
JAN. 1 – Wind E, dull day, thawing some. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Wm. and Mrs. and family here at dinner. M. Real and
Stanley Hewet here offering house for sale. Robert at Methodist
tea meeting. Heavy rain at night.
2 – Wind W, dull day. Nothing doing. Afternoon stormy, nothing
doing.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Sally baking. Self choring. Robert at papers.
Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Self splitting wood. Robert gone
somewhere. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind E, dull day, snowing some. Only Robert at Meeting.
Sally and Robert at evening meeting.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Sally washing. Robert at the Port. Self
choring. Afternoon self and Robert at Seagrave voting for the
Township councilors. Voted for Burnett, Allen and Munroe.
6 – Wind N, fine day, but cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert and Sally at the prayer
meeting.
7 – Wind W, fine day, but cold. Self choring. Robert choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at the Bible Society meeting.
8 – Wind W, fine day, nothing doing. Afternoon Sally ironing.
Robert gone somewhere. Self splitting wood. Ann Innes here on
a visit.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert gone
somewhere. Afternoon nothing doing. Trees all white. Self at
Montroys.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Sally scrubbing. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert gone skating. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting.
11 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Turner preaching from 1st
John III:1.
12 – Wind N, stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Sally at Wms.
Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
13 –Wind SE, dull day, nothing doing. Robert gone to the Port to
Temperance meeting. Afternoon Sally at Wms. Self choring.
14 – Wind NW, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon very stormy.
Nothing doing. Sally at the Port.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at M. Reals auditing the Church accounts. Self
choring.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Self splitting wood. Afternoon self
splitting wood. Robert at Greenbank. Annual meeting at the
Church.
17 – Wind E, dull day, nothing doing. Sally baking. Afternoon self
choring. Robert gone to the Port. Sally scrubbing. Robert at
Division meeting. Sally at Sandy Gordons.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms
XXVI:6,7. Robert at the Port in the evening. Sally at Greenbank.
19 – Wind SW, dull day. Nothing doing. Sally washing. Afternoon
self choring, nothing doing. Robert gone to Greenbank.
20 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring. Sally at Wms. matting.
21 – Wind SW, fine day and thawing. Self choring. Robert in the
shop. Afternoon Robert gone with Sally to Whitby. Self doing
nought.
22 – Wind SW and thawing. Nothing doing. Afternoon self
choring. Sold Bungard 2 steers for $100 to go away at Easter.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Afternoon self and Mother
at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacLeod preaching from Romans
XIV:17. Robert comes from Whitby.
24 – Wind W, dull day. Self writing letter to Bella Gordon,
Hamilton. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening. Sally arrives from Toronto.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Sacrament in
the Presbyterian Church. Mr. McMillan preaching from John
III:16. Robert at the Port in the evening. Sally at Greenbank.
26 – Wind E, dull day. Self and Robert fanning oats and pease for
chop. Afternoon Robert at the Port with oats to chop. Self doing
nought.
27 – Wind E and snowing some. Sally washing. Robert at
Greenbank with wood to the Church. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
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28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Robert and Sally
at the prayer meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert splitting wood. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self splitting wood. Rain at
night.
30 – Wind NW, rough day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Sally at her fathers. Self doing nought.
31 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Robert at Mr. Hoods son’s funeral.
Self choring. Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
FEB. 1 – Wind SW and thawing some. Self, Mother and Robert at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Timothy II:3. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Sally washing. Robert gone somewhere.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils wood bee. Self
choring.
3 – Wind NW, rather stormy. Robert dunging out the hen house.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon self splitting wood. Robert at Mr.
Carnegies wood bee.
4 – Wind NW, cold stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing. Robert and Sally at prayer meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind SW, rather cold and stormy. Nothing doing. Afternoon
self choring. Robert splitting wood.
6 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert gone to Brooklin to a meeting of
Reformers. Self splitting wood. Afternoon self splitting wood.
Sally at Methodist meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind SE, dull day, nothing doing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert splitting wood. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
Mary Michie died.
8 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts XIV:27. Robert at the
Port. Sally at Greenbank.
9 – Wind SE and thawing. Sally washing. Self splitting wood.
Robert gone somewhere. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self
splitting wood.
10 - Wind NW, very stormy, nothing doing. Afternoon cold and
showery. Nothing doing. Robert and Sally at John Parks at a
spree in the evening.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Self splitting wood. Robert gone
somewhere. Afternoon self splitting wood. Robert at Greenbank.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone to Brooklin to political
meeting. Self splitting wood. Afternoon self splitting wood.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Self splitting wood. Afternoon Robert
comes from Brooklin. Self splitting wood. Sally at Wms. Robert at
Seagrave at Temperance meeting in the evening. Sally at a party
at her fathers in the evening.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert writing to George. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Robert writing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XV:22-28. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
16 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert at the Port with Lizzie to the
doctor. Sally washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone with
Wesley to Seagrave. Self choring. Sally at Wms.
17 – Wind E and snowing some. Nothing doing. Robert gone
somewhere. Sally at Wms. Self choring. Afternoon nothing
doing. Robert at Greenbank meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nought. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert and Sally at Greenbank
in the evening at political meeting held by Mr. Smith, Tory.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert somewhere. Self at Greenbank
for boots. Sally at Wms. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert
somewhere in evening.
20 – Wind E, stormy day, nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing.
21 – Wind W, fine day and thawing. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert and Sally at Fowlies. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting.
22 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Sally at Wms. Robert at the skinning of Mr.
Lees steer. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at the
Port. Self choring.
24 – Wind SE and raining some. Nothing doing. Sally washing.
Afternoon self choring. Robert gone somewhere. Raining all
night.
25 – Wind SW, rainy day. Sally at Wms. Robert gone
somewhere. Self doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert
at prayer meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Mother at John
Walkers. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
27 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon Sally at Wms. Self doing nought. Robert at John Parks
wood bee.
28 – Wind NW, rather rough day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Sally
at Wms. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere. Robert sick.
MAR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans VIII:6,7,8. Sally at
evening meeting. Robert sickly.
2 – Wind E, fine day. Sally washing. Self choring. Robert sickly.
Afternoon Sally making mat. Self choring.
3 – Wind E, cold day. Nothing doing. Self choring. Sally ironing.
Robert sickly. Afternoon self choring. Sally making mat.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Nothing doing. Robert still sick. Afternoon
nothing doing. Self choring. Sally making mat.
5 – Wind NW, cold day. Self choring. Sally at mat. Robert sickly.
Afternoon self and Robert at Greenbank voting for Mr. Davidson.
Sally at mat. Election for the Dominion of Canada.
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6 – Wind SE, dull day. Sally at mat. Self choring. Robert sick.
Afternoon Sally at Mrs. O’Neils bee. Self choring. Mother at Mr.
Lees.
7 – Wind E, fine day. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Robert in bed.
Afternoon self and Sally at Greenbank.
8 – Wind E, dull day. Self at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert
Leask preaching from Luke XVIII:13.
9 – Wind SE and thawing, nothing doing. Sally making mats.
Afternoon nothing doing. Mrs. O’Neil and Lizzie here.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sick. Self at the Port for Dr.
Clemens. Sally washing. Afternoon Dr. comes to Robert. Self
choring.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Barbara Fowlie here on a
visit. Afternoon self choring. Sally at Wms.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Thawing. Self choring. Robert somewhere.
Afternoon raining some. Nothing doing. Self choring.
13 – Wind E and raining. Self at the Port. Nothing doing.
Afternoon very stormy. Self choring.
14 – Wind W, stormy. Nothing doing but choring. Afternoon Sally
scrubbing. Self choring. Robert doing nought.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Roads full of snow. Nobody at any
meeting.
16 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert and boys at the Port with the
2 steers. Self choring. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommie drawing in hay.
Afternoon self choring. Sally at Mr. Lees quilting bee.
18 – Wind N and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon Sally at
Wms. Mr. McMillan here on a short visit. Robert and Sally at the
prayer meeting in the evening.
19 – Wind E, fine day, nothing doing. Robert at the Port.
Afternoon self turning turnips.
20 – Wind E and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon self
choring. Nothing doing. Robert at party at Seagrave.
21 – Wind SE and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon self
choring. Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Black and family arrive from Brooklin.
22 – Wind E, dull day and thawing. Self, Mother, Robert, Thomas
Black and Annie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan
preaching from Genesis XXV:30-34. Robert and Thomas Black
at Port Perry.
23 – Wind NE and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert gone somewhere. Thomas Black at Greenbank. Mr. and
Mrs. Black leaves for home.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Sally washing.
Self writing letter to Helen Tough. Afternoon Robert somewhere.
Sally at her fathers. Self choring.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in hay.
Afternoon self and Robert at hay. Sally at the Port. Robert and
Sally at prayer meeting.
26 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Robert finishes drawing hay.
Afternoon self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
27 – Wind E, fine day but cold. Robert at James Gordons wood
bee. Self choring. Afternoon Sally at Wesley Lukes. Self splitting
wood.
28 – Wind E, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Self and Robert at Mr. Lintons
sale. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Willie Smith and Georgia here. Self,
Robert, Willie Smith and Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan preaching from Romans III:22,23.
30 – Wind E, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self splitting
wood. Sally washing. Afternoon self splitting wood. Robert
choring.
31 – Wind SE, stormy day. Robert at the Port for seeds. Gets
clover and timothy. Self doing nought. Afternoon Sally at her
fathers quilting for Maria. Nothing doing.
APR. 1 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert gone somewhere. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing. Self and
Robert fanning oats.
2 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing. Reading papers.
Afternoon self choring. Robert reading papers.
3 – Wind NE, dull day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Afternoon Sally at Wms. Self choring. Robert reading papers.
4 – Wind NW, very cold day. Nothing doing. Sally scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting.
5 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Mark XIV:8.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for plank. Self choring.
Sally washing. Afternoon R. Munro here taking the census.
Robert working at stable floor. Self choring.
7 – Wind NW, cold day. Mr. Munro here all night. Robert at stable
floor. Self choring. Afternoon Mother visiting at Mr. Butts. Self
doing nought. Robert at Greenbank getting mare shod.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at stable floor. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Robert choring. Robert at prayer meeting
in evening.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Sally at
Wms. Afternoon Robert at wood bee for L. Butts. Self choring.
10 – Wind SE and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Self choring. Sally baking.
11 – Wind SE, rainy kind of day. Self cleaning door yard. Robert
somewhere. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self cutting corn stalks.
Robert doing nought. Robert at Division meeting.
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12 – Wind NW and raining. Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Sally at Wms.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert choring. Afternoon
Sally washing. Self at Greenbank for boots.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Sally and Robert at Port Perry. Self fixing
boots. Robert and Sally at Wms. in evening.
15 – Wind E and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon still
raining, nothing doing.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Afternoon Robert at the sale of Phoenix and Salters land at
Greenbank. Self at Wms. and Mr. O’Neils.
17 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert in garden. Afternoon at
garden. Rain at 4 o’clock.
18 – Wind SE, dull day, nothing doing. Malcom McTaggart here
all night. Robert at Division meeting. Sally at Greenbank.
19 – Wind NW, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians IV:3,4.
20 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert sowing oats in the orchard. Self
shelling corn. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
letting off water.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self planting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert at the spring fair at the Port. Self planting
potatoes.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sowing wheat. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert sowing and harrowing wheat. Self choring.
Robert at prayer meeting in evening.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self in garden.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self in garden.
24 - Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon
Robert sowing wheat and oats. Self in garden.
25 – Wind E, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self fixing roller. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Sally at
Wms. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke VIII:46.
Robert at evening meeting.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sowing oats and pease. Self in
garden. Sally gone to the other side. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self in garden.
28 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert harrowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self sowing oats. Sally
washing. Mrs. Charles Love here and Barbara Fowlie on a visit.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sally and Robert at
prayer meeting. Finished sowing.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert rolling. Self choring.
MAY 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self choring. Mrs.
Walker Sen. here. Afternoon Robert rolling. Mother and Mrs.
Walker visiting at Mr. Lukes.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert planting trees. Self fencing. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon raining. Self and Robert fanning oats.
Robert at the Division meeting.
3 – Wind N, fine cold day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts I:8.
Robert at Port in the evening. Sally at Greenbank.
4 – Wind NW and very cold. Robert and Sally whitewashing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Sally cleaning up. Self choring.
5 – Wind NW, cold day, some snow on ground. Self and Robert
fanning barley. Sally housecleaning. Afternoon Robert fencing.
6 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert at [?] Bagshaws funeral. Self
choring. Sally housecleaning. Afternoon Sally cleaning. Robert
fencing. Self choring. Mrs. Carnegie here. Robert and Sally at
the prayer meeting.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert fencing. Self and Sally cleaning the
rooms. Afternoon Robert at the Port with barley. Self fencing.
Sally housecleaning.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert planting apple trees. Self fixing
gates. Sally housecleaning. Afternoon Mother at Wms. Self
cutting corn stalks. Robert drawing out dung.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon
self and Robert at the Port. Robert at Division meeting.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
X:32,33. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Sally washing. Robert plowing. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting potatoes.
Sally cleaning upstairs. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at
potatoes.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self planting corn. Sally at Mrs. Lees
quilting bee.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert planting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert away fishing. Self choring. Sally at Mr. Lees
quilting.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self choring. Afternoon
self and Robert drawing out dung. Robert at the Port in the
evening for bills to the Sunday School party on the 24th
May.
16 – Wind N, cold day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
17 – Wind N, fine day, frost through the night. Self, Robert and
Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Campbell preaching from
James V:7,11. Robert at the evening Methodist meeting.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Sally
washing. Afternoon self and Robert at dung.
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19 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert finishes dung drawing.
Afternoon self spreading dung. Robert plowing.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Self spreading dung. Robert plowing. Sally
baking for anniversary. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading
dung. Robert and Sally at prayer meeting.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Self finishes the dung spreading. Robert
plowing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self burning brush. Sally
baking.
22 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert plowing. Self burning brush.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally at Wms. baking.
23 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self sowing plaster. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at the Port with oats to chop. Self
sowing plaster. Margaret comes from Whitby. Robert at Division
meeting.
24 – Wind E, frost through the night. Self, Robert, Margaret and
Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hannah preaching from
Revelations XXII:17. Robert, Sally and Margaret at the evening
meeting. Mr. Hannah preaching.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self and
Margaret at Fowlies. Afternoon self, Margaret, Robert and Sally
at Presbyterian Sunday School anniversary. Receipts 72 dollars.
26 – Wind NE, cold. Rain through the night. Robert at Wesleys.
Self at the Port with Margaret to the train. Afternoon nothing
doing. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self hoeing. Sally
washing. Afternoon self takes Sally to Greenbank to wash dishes
and prepare for the social at 7 o’clock. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at the Port for chop. Self hoeing.
Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert fishing. Self choring.
29 – Wind S, dull day. Self choring. Robert oiling harness.
Afternoon self at Mr. Montroys. Robert oiling the harness.
30 – Wind W, dull day. Robert fixing harness. Self hoeing
potatoes. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self putting up tins among
the corn. Robert choring. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XXII:11,12,13. Robert at the evening meeting.
JUNE 1 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert choring. Self hoeing. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert choring. Self doing nought. Mother
visiting at Thomas Phairs.
2 – Wind SE. Shower at 6 o’clock, dull day. Self, Robert and
horses at the road work. Afternoon self, Robert and horses at
road work. Sally at Fowlies visiting.
3 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Robert and horses at road work and
finishes at noon. 6 days. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Robert at prayer meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind E, fine day. Robert choring. Self putting handle on
spider. Mother at Wms. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self choring.
Sally at Lizzies quilting.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Greenbank. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self and Mother at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Campbell preaching. Robert at the hall
all day. Sally at the meeting in the hall.
6 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the Port getting the horses shoed. Self cutting thistles.
Sally scrubbing.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Wick Church at
Sacrament. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians V:13. Robert
and Sally at evening meeting.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self fencing. Very warm.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Sally ironing.
Afternoon self hilling potatoes. Robert hoeing. Sally at Wms.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at road graveling. Self and Mother
at Robert Phairs, Uxbridge. Robert at the prayer meeting in
evening.
11 – Wind W, and raining. Sally churning. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert fencing. Self hilling potatoes. Some showers in
the afternoon.
12 – Wind W, warm day. Robert drilling to Wm. Self hunting for
young pigs. Afternoon Robert at Wms. Self at the Port for turnip
seeds.
13 – Wind S, very warm. Self hilling potatoes. Robert drilling.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self fencing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
14 - Wind SW, fine warm day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John XV:8.
15 – Wind NW, warm day. Self and Robert fencing. Sally
washing. Afternoon self at Montroys to get pigs. Robert choring.
Rain at night.
16 – Wind W, warm day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Thunder but no rain.
17 – Wind E, dull day, heavy rain in the night. Nothing doing.
Robert at the Port. Self shelling corn. Afternoon Robert shingling
the barn. Self choring. Rain at night.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Afternoon self
hoeing. Robert drilling. Finished turnip sowing. Sally at
Greenbank in the evening.
19- Wind E, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon self hoeing. Mother at Mrs. Lees quilting.
20 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Wms. Self fencing. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone to Lake Scugog to fish. Self
doing nought. Sally at Mr. Akhursts, her mother being sick.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
21 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Joshua
VII:20,21. Robert at evening meeting.
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22 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert, self and Jamie take 2 heifers
to Prince Albert to Mr. Bungard. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self
choring.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Lake Scugog fishing and at
Greenbank to get his boots mended. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert making paddles. Self hoeing.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Took Robert to train for Brooklin to
James Smiths. Afternoon self picking bugs. Sally at prayer
meeting.
25 – Wind NW, warm day. Self picking bugs. Afternoon self
picking bugs. Sally gone to visit at Mr. Moons.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Self at Sandy Gordons. Afternoon hoeing.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Self scuffling corn and potatoes. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Self mowing grass in the
woods.
28 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians I:21.
George Fowlie and Barbara here to tea.
29 – Wind S, warm day. Self mowing. Sally washing. Afternoon
self mowing. Sally at Mrs. Lukes. Mother at Mr. Lees. Robert
comes home from Whitby. Sandy Gordon here altering calf.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self cocking hay. Robert hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon self cocking hay. Robert hoeing potatoes. Robert and
Sally at the prayer meeting in the evening.
JULY 1 – Wind N and raining, nothing doing. Robert goes a
fishing. Afternoon self at Methodist Sunday School anniversary
in Mr. Beares woods. Robert at the concert in the evening.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert scuffling. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon Robert and self hoeing turnips. Rain and thunder at
night.
3 – Wind SW and raining. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon raining. Self at Montroys for 2 pigs. Robert hoeing
some. Sally at Wesley Lukes.
4 – Wind NW, showery day. Nothing doing. Sally scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert at James Leasks barn raising. Self hoeing.
Very high winds. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
5 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Nixon preaching from 1st
Corinthians
IX:24. Robert at evening meeting.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert to go to
Sturgeon Point with the Temperance excursion. Afternoon self
hoeing turnips.
7 – Wind NE and raining. Sally washing. Nothing doing.
Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Some rain at night.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
Wm. Fowlie and Mrs. here to dinner. Self and Robert hoeing.
Sally at prayer meeting.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Robert hoeing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing. Mrs. Burton,
Mrs. Fred Love and Miss Melinda Butt here visiting.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Self hoeing. Robert scuffling. Afternoon
Robert fixing up potatoes. Self hoeing turnips.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians IV:30. Robert
at evening meeting. Sally at her fathers.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sally
washing. Afternoon self and Robert finished hoeing turnips first
time.
14 – Wind SW, thunder and rain, nothing doing. Afternoon
raining. Nothing doing. Robert gone somewhere at night.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon self and Robert hoeing.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert mowing. Self cutting fence
corners. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Lizzie &
Tommie picking cherries.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self hoeing. Robert turning hay.
Afternoon self and Robert raking and cocking hay. Lizzie &
Tommie picking cherries.
18 – Wind S, dull day. Self and Robert drawing in hay. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon drew some rakings. Altogether 4 loads.
Rain at 4 o’clock. Sally berry picking. Robert at Division meeting
in the evening.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
X:1,2,3. Robert at evening meeting at Port. Sally at Greenbank.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert mowing. Self cutting fence
corners. Afternoon Robert finishes mowing and goes to help
Wesley. Self choring. Mary [Charlie?] here picking cherries.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sally
washing. Afternoon self and Robert raking and cocking hay. Mrs.
Haywood here visiting.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing hay. Afternoon
self and Robert finishes hay. 10 loads altogether. Robert & Sally
at prayer meeting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry. Self hoeing turnips.
Sally picking berries. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self hoeing
turnips.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Self hoeing turnips. Robert at James
Leasks working for James Millar. Afternoon self hoeing.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at James Leasks. Sally at Port
for Paris Green. Afternoon self putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Sally scrubbing.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms II:12.
Robert at evening meeting.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at Port to get money to go
with him to Manitoba. Sally washing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert putting reaper together.
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28 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert to go to
Manitoba. Sally picking berries. Afternoon self hoeing turnips.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self at James Leasks for Roberts
hammer. Afternoon Stewart arrives from Whitby. Self hoeing
turnips. Stewart scuffling.
30 – Wind W, some rain forenoon. Self and Stewart at Greenbank
getting old mare shoed. Afternoon self hoeing. Stewart scuffling.
Sally at berries.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Stewart at Uxbridge with grist.
AUG. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self picking potatoe bugs.
Afternoon self at bugs. Sally scrubbing.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John IV:24. Sally at
evening meeting.
3 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Sally at the Port with Stewart to
go home. Weston Phoenix comes to stop. Afternoon self fencing.
Sally picking berries. Weston plowing.
4 – Wind SE, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Weston plowing. Self at bugs. Barbara
Fowlie here.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Weston plowing. Afternoon
Weston plowing. Self hoeing. Mary Charlie here. Sally and
Weston at Greenbank in the evening.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self fixing gate. Afternoon
self hoeing. Weston plowing.
7 – Wind NW, hot day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Sally
picking berries. Afternoon self cutting thistles.
8 – Wind SW, warm day. Weston harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Weston scuffling. Self at Greenbank for gloves. Sally
scrubbing. Rain at night.
9 – Wind SW, dull day and showery. Mr. & Mrs. Black and family
here. Self and Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Nixon
preaching from Romans I:16.
10 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Wm. and Weston cutting and
binding oats. Sally washing. Afternoon all at oats. Got 3 acres
bound and shocked.
11 – Wind W, warm day. Self, Weston, Wm. and Silas Butts with
his binder cutting wheat. Afternoon all at wheat. Shower at 5
o’clock.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Silas Butts cutting wheat. Wm. and
Weston shocking wheat. Afternoon all at wheat.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Wm. binding oats. Weston
reaping. Afternoon self, Wm. and Weston binding and shocking
oats.
14 – Wind S, dull day. Wm. and Weston cutting oats in the
orchard. Self choring. Afternoon Wm. at Wesleys. Self and
Weston drew in 2 loads of wheat. Rain at 4 o’clock.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Weston gone home. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Sally berry picking.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Titus
III:3,4,5.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Weston and Wm. drawing in wheat.
Sally washing. Afternoon all drawing wheat.
18 – Wind NW, warm day. Self, Weston and Johnnie drawing in
oats. Afternoon finished oats at 4 o’clock. Johnnie goes home.
Weston raking. Self choring. Sally at Mr. Akhursts, this being
Marias birthday.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Weston binding oats in the
orchard. Sally gone somewhere. Afternoon self, Weston and
Johnnie drawing in oats.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self pulling pease. Weston at threshing
at Sandy Gordons. Afternoon self at pease. Weston at Mr. Lees
threshing. Mother visiting at Alexander Davidsons.
21 – Wind SW and raining. Weston choring. Self at Greenbank
for plow points. Afternoon self cutting round oats. Weston
plowing.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self binding oats. Weston cutting oats.
Afternoon self and Weston binding oats. Sally scrubbing.
23 – Wind N & raining. Self & Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching from Isaiah III:1.
24 – Wind NE and raining some. Self doing nought. Weston
plowing. Sally churning. Afternoon Weston plowing. Self choring.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Sally at the Port. Weston cutting
oats. Afternoon Weston reaping oats. Self binding.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Weston plowing. Self cutting pease.
Afternoon self and Weston binding oats. Barbara Fowlie here.
Sally at the prayer meeting.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Weston pulling pease. Self doing
nought, very dizzy in the head. Weston at pease. Mrs. Akhurst
here.
28 – Wind NW and very high. Weston plowing. Self turning
pease. Afternoon Weston harrowing. Self taking reaper apart.
Very high wind and showers.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Weston harrowing.
Afternoon self, Wm., Weston and Johnnie drawing in pease.
Sally scrubbing.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke
XII:16,17,18,19,20,21.
31 – Wind E, dull warm day. Self, Weston, Wm. and Johnnie
drawing in oats. Afternoon finished harvest but some rakings.
Very heavy rain with thunder at 6 o’clock.
SEPT. 1 – Wind E, dull day. Weston gone somewhere. Self
digging potatoes. Sally washing. Afternoon nothing doing, very
warm.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Weston at Wms. drawing in oats. Self choring.
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3 – Wind SW, fine day. Weston at Mr. O’Neils threshing. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Weston at Wms. Self choring.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Weston at Wms. Self and Sally at Whitby.
5 – Wind NE, dull day. Self and Sally at Whitby and leaves for
home at 3 o’clock. Raining some most all the way home.
6 – Wind NW, dull day, heavy rain through the night. Self and
Mother at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
the first Epistle of John V:4.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Weston plowing. Self sawing wood. Jean
Akhurst here.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Weston plowing. Self at Mr. Butts about
threshing. Afternoon Weston harrowing. Self fixing granary.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Weston plowing. Self choring. Sally at the prayer meeting.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon Weston plowing. Self choring. Mother at Wesleys.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Weston at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self choring. Sally
at Mr. Akhursts.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Weston at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
doing nought. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Weston at Mr. Lees
threshing. Self and Mother at Fowlies visiting.
13 – Wind N, rain through the night. Self, Mother at the
Presbyterian Meeting. A stranger preaching from John I:29.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Weston at Mr. Lees threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Weston plowing. Self at Ed Buels to see the
thresher.
15 – Wind SE, dull day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Weston plowing. Self ditching.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self cutting corn.
Afternoon Weston plowing. Self at corn. Mother at Mrs. Gordons.
17 – Wind W, warm day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Weston at Mr. Butts threshing. Self and Sally at Port Perry.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Weston at Butts threshing. Self choring.
Afternoon Weston at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self doing nought.
19 – Wind E, fine day. Weston at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Weston at Thos. Phairs threshing till 4
o’clock. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Weston gone to the Port
for his sister.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. MacLaughlan preaching from 1st
John IV:10.
This picture shows a threshing machine similar to the ones that
would have been used during this time in history.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Weston at Wms. threshing. Self choring.
Sally washing. Afternoon Walter Ward here at 4 o’clock and
threshed til night. Hands: Wm. Luke; S. Butts; T. Phair; A. Lee;
A. Akhurst; David Cragg; I. O’Neil; Wm.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Threshing. Same hands with A. Gordon
and Wesley Luke. Finished threshing at 3 o’clock. Weston at W.
Lukes threshing.
23 – Wind W, fine day, very warm. Weston at Wesleys threshing
and finishes at 9 o’clock. Self choring. Afternoon Weston
plowing. Self choring. Sally washing.
24 – Wind W, warm day. Weston at David Craggs threshing. Self
at Port Perry with Wm., Lizzie, Sally and Jamie to Lindsay Fair.
Afternoon self doing nought. Mrs. Jas. Leask here and Elizabeth
Burton visiting.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Weston plowing. Self doing nought.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Weston shingling the Church sheds. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Mother at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching on Christ being the
substitute for sinners. Sally at the evening meeting.
28- Wind SW, fine day. Weston plowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
washing. Afternoon Weston plowing. Self at corn.
29 – Wind W, rough day. Self and Weston fanning wheat.
Afternoon Weston at Greenbank shingling shades. Self at Port.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Weston plowing. Self cutting corn.
Afternoon Weston plowing. Self at corn.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Weston plowing. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Weston, Johnnie and Tommie taking
up potatoes. Afternoon all at potatoes.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Weston, Johnnie and Tommie at
potatoes. Afternoon all at potatoes. Miss Jane Ann Watson here
visiting. Finished taking up potatoes.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from John IX:1-7.
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5 – Wind NW, rough cold day. Weston plowing. Self choring.
Sally washing. Afternoon Weston plowing. Self choring.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Weston plowing. Self choring. Lizzie and Tommie here at apples.
7 – Wind E, dull day. Weston at Greenbank shingling shades.
Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
8 – Wind N, cold day. Weston at Greenbank. Self pairing apples.
Afternoon self picking potatoes. Mrs. Charles Love and Miss
Alice Love here.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Port with eggs. Afternoon
nothing doing. Self choring. Weston plowing.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Weston plowing. Self pairing apples.
Afternoon Weston at Greenbank shingling shade. Self choring.
Sally scrubbing.
11 – Wind NE, cold day. Self and Mother at Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from John XVII:17. Sally at meeting
in the evening.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Weston plowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Weston plowing. Self picking corn. Mrs.
Davidson here visiting in the afternoon.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Weston plowing. Self pairing apples.
Afternoon Weston plowing. Self picking corn.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Weston picking and drawing in
corn. Afternoon self at the Port. Weston picking apples.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Weston at Sandy Gordons threshing. Self
pairing apples. Sally at Wms. Afternoon Mrs. Fowlie and George
here. Self picking corn. 2 steers of John Parks brought here all
night.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Weston taking in potatoes.
Afternoon self and Weston taking in corn. Weston leaves.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self pairing apples. Afternoon self
choring. Sally scrubbing. Weston here for his clothes. Robert
returns from Manitoba.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from Genesis XIII:21,22. Robert at
evening meeting.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone to the Port. Self choring.
Afternoon self husking corn. Lizzie and Tommie picking apples.
20 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn. Rain in the afternoon.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert gone to plowing match at Saintfield. Self at
corn.
22 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn. Lizzie and Tommie at
apples.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at corn. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at corn. Lizzie, Tommie and Mrs. Carr at
apples.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self topping turnips. Robert at Wesleys.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from 2nd
Timothy
IV:6,7,8.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie topping turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie drawing turnips. 10 loads.
27 – Wind NW, cold day. Self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips.
Afternoon all at turnips. Drew 10 loads.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips. Drew
5 loads. Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie, Mrs. O’Neil and Mr.
Downie at turnips. Drew 12 loads.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips.
Afternoon all at turnips with Sally helping. Drew 12 loads.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert, Mrs. O’Neil, Mr. Downie,
Johnnie and Sally at turnips. Afternoon all at turnips. Drew 15
loads.
31 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips.
Drew 7 loads which finishes the turnips. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self covering turnip pit. Storm at night.
NOV. 1 – Wind NW, stormy day. Self, Mother and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Colossians III:1-
4. Robert at evening meeting.
2 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Wesleys turnips. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Sally at Port Perry.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self fixing root house.
Sally washing. Afternoon self choring.
4 – Wind SW, dull cold day. Self fixing root house. Robert
choring. Afternoon self doing nought. Robert taking in apples.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. George Fowlie here to dinner.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert choring. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
7 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self burning stumps. Robert at Division
meeting in evening.
8 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Titus II:14.
Robert at the evening meeting.
9 – Wind S, dull day. Robert plowing. Self burning stumps.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at stumps. Mrs. Butt here visiting.
10 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self at stumps. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert at Mrs. Walkers plowing bee. Mrs.
Maguire died, aged 85.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self burning stumps.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at stumps.
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12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone to Brooklin. Self at stumps.
Afternoon Sally at Presbyterian Meeting. Self doing nought.
13 – Wind NW, dull cold day. Self ditching. Afternoon self, Mother
and Sally pairing apples.
14 – Wind W, dull cold day. Self choring. Sally churning.
Afternoon self choring. Robert comes home and Barbara with
him. Mrs. George Wallace died.
15 – Wind SE, rather cold day. Self, Barbara and Sally and
Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
2nd
Timothy I:12. Robert at evening meeting.
16 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon raining. Robert whitewashing. Self doing nought.
17 – Wind NW and snowing some. Robert at Wms. Self choring.
Sally housecleaning. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Sally housecleaning.
18 – Wind N, fine day, deep snow. Robert at Port with grist. Sally
washing. Self banking the house. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees
sawing wood. Self choring.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self doing nought. Sally cleaning
up the windows.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self doing nought. James Smith
comes from Whitby.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Lees. James Smith and wife
leave for home. Self choring. Afternoon raining. Nothing doing.
22 – Wind SE, dull rainy day. Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
23 – Wind E, rainy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon raining, nothing
doing.
24 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Lees. Self choring. Afternoon
Sally washing. Self choring. Robert at Mr. Lees.
25 – Wind SW, snowing some. Self, Robert and Wm. killing pigs.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
26 – Wind W, cold day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self taking in pork.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at Lees.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self cutting up pork. Robert at Lees.
Afternoon self at Wm. Fowlies to hear of the Park case. Robert at
Lees. Lizzie and Barbara Fowlie here.
28 – Wind SW, snow through the night. Robert at Lees. Self
choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in evening.
29 – Wind N, fine cold day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hosea II:10.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Sally washing. Robert at Lees. Self
choring. Afternoon self choring. Sally scrubbing. Robert at Lees.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Sally housecleaning. Self choring.
Robert at Mr. Lees. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert hunting for wood. Self at Mr.
Akhursts. Afternoon Robert and Sally at the Port. Self choring.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Church shed shingling. Self
doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing.
4 – Wind SE and raining. Sally baking. Nothing doing. Afternoon
still raining, nothing doing.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex Lee in woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Alex in the woods. Self choring.
Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Samuel
XV:13,14,15,16.
7 – Wind N, snow through the night. Robert and Alex Lee in
woods. Self doing nought. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert and
Alex in woods.
8 – Wind SW, rather cold day. Robert and Alex in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Alex in the woods. Self pairing
apples.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex at woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Alex at wood. Robert and Sally at prayer
meeting.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Alex in the woods. Self choring.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex in the woods. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert and Alex in the woods. Self and Robert
and Sally at the Division concert in the evening.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alec in the woods. Self
choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and Alec in the
woods. Self at Bella Hornes funeral. Robert at Division meeting.
[Note: John Michie uses both spellings: Alec and Alex].
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Philippians
I:21. Robert at the Port in the evening.
14 – Wind SW and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon snowing.
Self choring. Sally washing.
15 – Wind E, raining some. Self choring. Robert in the woods.
Sally churning. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
16 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert and Alec in the woods. Self
mending Mothers shoes. Afternoon very stormy. Nothing doing.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self doing nothing.
Afternoon Robert and Alec in the woods. Self choring.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Alec in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert gone to Scugog Island to Temperance
meeting.
19 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert in the woods. Self dunging out
pig house. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening.
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20 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Philippians
IV:14.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex in the woods. Self
washing harness. Afternoon Robert and Alec in the woods. Self
oiling harness.
22 – Wind SE, dull day and raining. Nothing. Sally washing.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert at Bethesda
in the evening.
23 – Wind S, dull day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Mother rather sick.
24 – Wind E, dull day. Mother in bed. Self choring. Robert at the
Port. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Sally baking. Robert at
Christmas Tree at Shaws Church.
25 – Wind S, dull day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert and Sally
at Mr. Akhursts. Mother in bed.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Alec in the woods. Self
choring. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert in the wood and at
Division meeting.
27 – Wind W, rather cold. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke X:13,14,15.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone to Seagrave. Mother in
bed. Self sickly. Sally washing. Afternoon Mrs. Gordon here.
29 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Mrs.
Walker here. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Barbara Fowlie
here.
30 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert at school meeting. Self doing
nought. Robert at prayer meeting in the evening. Charles Loves
son dies having got scalded by upsetting a tub.
31 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert and Alec in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at the funeral of Charles Loves boy.
William and Lizzie at it. William falls dead at the supper table
about 6 o’clock and never speaks nor moves. Dies of heart
disease. [William John Michie, b. 27 May 1842.]
MEMORANDUM FOR 1892
JAN. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Manchester reporting Wms.
death. Self at Wms. Sally choring. Afternoon Mother at Wms.
Self choring.
2 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert at the Port. Self choring.
James Smith and Thos. Black comes from Whitby. Afternoon
Williams funeral leaves at 1 o’clock. Mr. McMillan [?] in the
Church and then proceeds to the Presbyterian graveyard where
Wm. is laid beside John to rest till the Judgment.
3 – Wind N, stormy and cold day. Robert and Margaret at the
Presbyterian Meeting.
4 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert at the Port with Margaret to the
train. Self choring. Afternoon self and Robert at Seagrave voting
for councilors. Voted for Burnett, Reeve; Allen, McColough and
M. Real, councilors. All elected.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self splitting wood.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert and Alec in the woods.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Barbara leaves for
home. Miss Jane Akhurst and Miss Buckle here visiting.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Alec in the woods. Self choring. George
Fowlie here and Mr. and Mrs. John Park in the evening.
[At this point in the diary, the pages become quite brittle and
have disintegrated in many places. I will do my best to decipher
them and keep to the original writings as much as possible.]
8 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Alec in the woods. Self splitting wood.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert and
Sally at the Port. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching from Mark XI:22.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing out wood. Self choring. Mrs. Innes and
Lizzie here visiting.
12 –Wind SW, dull day and thawing. Robert drawing wood. Self
doing nought. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Robert at wood. Self doing nought. Prayer meeting at Mr.
Akhursts.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Self at [Fowlies?].
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert at wood. Self choring. Robert at annual
meeting of Church.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Sally scrubbing. Self choring.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening. Sally at Lizzies.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McLachlan preaching from Galatians
VI.
18 – Wind N, fine day but cold. Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Lizzies wood bee.
Self choring.
19 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Wm. Reals with steer to Joseph
Stone. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Robert gone somewhere in the evening.
20 – Wind NE, very cold day. Robert drawing out wood. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self splitting.
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21 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert splitting wood. Self thawing
pump at the barn. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self doing
nought.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone to Sunderland to Temperance
meeting. Self doing nought. Afternoon self at Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Macauly from Woodville preaching. 3 joined by
profession of birth, 1 by [?].
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Sally scrubbing.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Church. Sacrament dispensed by Mr. Macleod of Sonya
preaching from Galatians VI:17. Sally at evening meeting.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank to get sleigh
mended. Sally washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert splitting
wood.
26 – Wind NW, very cold. Nothing doing. Very cold. Robert gone
to Wesleys.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert at Lizzies. Self choring. Mrs. Wright & Mrs.
Phair here.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Lizzies. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert at Mrs. Perkins funeral.
29 – Wind SW, fine day, thawing some. Robert at Lizzies bee
sawing wood. Self doing nought. Afternoon self choring.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Mother at Lizzies.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Sally scrubbing.
Self splitting wood. Robert at Division meeting. Jean Fowlie here.
31 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert & Jean Fowlie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans I.
FEB. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port with Lizzie. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Mrs. Akhurst and Mrs. Hayward here on a visit.
2 – Wind E and snowing some, cold day. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self doing nought.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing out wood. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Sally at
prayer meeting.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert splitting wood. Self mending
boots. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert at wood. Self choring.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Sally scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting.
7 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Sally at evening meeting.
8 – Wind SW and thawing some. Nothing doing. Sally washing.
Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Sally washing.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Self dunging out pigs. Robert gone with
Wesley electioneering. Afternoon self doing nought. Alex Michie
here. Robert at a concert at Sonya in the evening.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Sandy Michie gone to
Whitby. Self choring. Afternoon self at Lizzies. Sally ironing. Self
at prayer meeting in evening.
11 – Wind SE, dull day. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Robert and Sandy Michie arrives from Whitby.
12 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert at Lizzies. Self choring.
Afternoon high cold wind. Nothing doing.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert shoveling snow on the road.
Sally scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Sally gone to
the Port for Mrs. Black and children. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
14 – Wind E, dull day. Mrs. Black and children here. Self, Robert,
Annie and Sally at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching
from Matthew VIII:23,24,25. Lizzie sick.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Snowing some. Robert at Lizzies. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon Robert shoveling snow. Self doing
nought.
16 – Wind W, fine day Robert takes Annie and family to [Port?].
Self splitting wood. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees
helping to draw in hay. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Mr. James
Burns here in the evening electioneering.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie gone to visit at Mr. Boes,
Mr. Johnie Leasks, and Mr. James Leasks. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Self choring.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone with Annie to James
Leasks and Mrs. Walkers. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Sally and Annie at Mr. Akhursts.
19 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert gone with Annie and family
to Fowlies and then to the noon train to go home. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank to get mare shoed. Self choring.
20 – Wind E, dull day. Robert gone to Seagrave to be scrutineer
on Mr. Davidsons side. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. [?]
Chalmers here for a few hours. Afternoon self choring. Election
day – Smith gains.
21 – Wind NE, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts. Robert and Sally at
the evening meeting.
22 –Wind NE and thawing. Robert gone somewhere. Sally
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Beares mill with
oats to chop. Mother visiting at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone to Elijah Beares for chop. Self fanning in
granary. Mother visiting at Mrs. Walkers. Lizzie and Annie Innes
here visiting. Mrs. Luke here.
24 – Wind S, thawing some. Self choring. Robert in swamp.
Afternoon Robert in swamp. Self choring. Sally ironing.
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25 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone to Mr. Turners sale. Self doing nought.
Sally gone somewhere.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self splitting
wood. Afternoon nothing doing. Alex Lee here.
27 – Wind Easterly, cold day. Robert, Alec Lee and George
Michie sawing wood. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert, Alec and George at wood. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting in evening.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Revelations XXII:17.
Robert at Port Perry meeting in the evening. James Rennie and
Alec Michie here in evening.
29 – Wind SE and snowing some. Robert at Lizzies. Sally
washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert, Alex Lee and
George Michie sawing wood. Self doing nought. Robert gone to
Port Perry S. School convention.
MAR. 1 – Wind NE, rather cold day. Robert at Greenbank. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert gone somewhere
at night.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with buggie to be
painted. Self choring. Mrs. Walker here visiting. Afternoon Robert
in the swamp. Self choring. Robert at prayer meeting.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert doing nought.
Afternoon Robert, Alec and Georgie sawing wood. Self choring.
Barbara Fowlie here and Lizzie visiting. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Wesley talking in shop. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert, Alec and Georgie sawing wood.
Self choring. Robert at Sons social, Greenbank, in the evening.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert, Alec and Georgie sawing wood.
Self choring. Mr. Thomas Phairs boys here wanting oats.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, self and Sally and George Fowlie
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Macauley preaching from Isaiah
III:10. Sally at evening meeting. Robert Burton preaching.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert writing. Sally washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert, Alec and Georgie sawing wood. Self
choring.
8 – Wind E, dull day. Robert, Alec and Georgie finishes wood.
Self at Mr. O’Neils. Afternoon raining some, nothing doing. Mrs.
Park here visiting. Mrs. Phair and Mrs. Butt here visiting.
9 – Wind W, dull day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Robert and Sally at
prayer meeting.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert drawing in turnips. Sally gone
somewhere.
11 – Wind NW and blowing high. Nothing doing. Afternoon very
[?]. Robert at Lizzies. Self splitting wood. Robert at Division
meeting.
12 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self choring. Robert doing nought.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone to Mr. Turners. Self
choring.
13 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McMillan preaching.
14 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert at Greenbank getting mare
shoed. Self doing nought. Afternoon nothing doing.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert helping Mrs. Walker to move to
Greenbank. Self choring. Afternoon Mrs. Luke here visiting.
Robert in the swamp. Self doing nought. Sally visiting at Mrs. [?].
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert doing nought. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees sawing wood. Self choring. Lizzie
here. Weston Phoenix here in evening to get a recommend to
railway. Sally Akhurst came to stop 1890.
18 – Wind NE and snowing some. Robert fixing at the boat. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert at boat. Self choring.
19 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert gone somewhere. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees sawing wood. Self
choring. Robert at Division meeting.
20 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert mending the boat. Self splitting
wood. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees sawing wood.
Sally at Lizzies. Self choring. Snow melting
22 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Mr. Lees sawing wood. Self
splitting wood. Sally at Lizzies making quilt. Afternoon James
Smith and Barbara comes from Whitby.
23 – Wind NW and thawing. Some rain through the night. Robert
at Mr. Lees sawing wood. James Smith and Barbara at Lizzies.
Self splitting wood. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Lees. James Smith and Barbara leave for home. Sally ironing.
Self choring.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and self fanning up a grist. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert and Sally at the Port with grist. Self
choring.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self splitting wood. Very warm.
Sally at her fathers in the evening.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert choring. Self splitting wood. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self splitting wood. Robert doing nought.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Sally at
her fathers. Self and Mother at home. Robert at evening meeting.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Sally washing. Robert doing nought. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon Robert doing nought. Self splitting
wood.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Robert gone to James Smiths for some
days. Self splitting wood. Sally ironing. Afternoon self choring.
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30 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Sally at her fathers.
Afternoon self down to Lizzies. Nothing doing.
31 – Wind SE, rather cold day. Sally gone to Greenbank. Self
moving turnips in turnip cellar. Afternoon self making a prison for
clucking hens. Sally away somewhere. Miss Barbara Walker
here all night.
APR. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Sally cleaning
windows. Afternoon self choring. Miss Walker leaves for home.
Robert arrives from Whitby.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Sally scrubbing. Robert launching boat.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John V:5,6,7.
4 – Wind SE, dull and raining some. Self cleaning dooryard.
Robert plowing in orchard. Sally washing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert harrowing in orchard.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning seed wheat.
Afternoon sowing and harrowing in orchard. Self doing nought.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
6 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone to look for boat. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self choring. Robert and Sally
at prayer meeting in evening. Old Lady’s Day.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Mr. Dowson fanning wheat. Self
at Mr. Ewens. Afternoon gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert,
Alex Lee and Sally at the creek.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees filling dung. Self at the
creek sailing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Rain at
night.
9 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert in the swamp. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert in the swamp. Self doing nought.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind NW, cold day. Sally gone to her fathers. Robert and
Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching.
Robert at evening meeting.
11 – Wind NW, fine day, but cold. Robert fencing. Sally washing.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self at Lizzies.
12 – Wind NW, some snow through the night. Robert and Sally at
Port Perry. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert in the swamp.
Sally making a mat. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
13 – Wind N, cold day. Robert splitting wood. Self at Mr. Lees.
Afternoon Robert at Jason Stones sale. Self choring. Sally
choring. Robert and Sally at prayer meeting.
14 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert gone somewhere. Sally
making mat. Self reading papers. Afternoon Robert hauling
stones off the fields. Sally making mat. Self doing nought. Robert
at Mr. Butts to elect Pathmasters41
.
15 – Wind N but cold fine day. Robert and Wesley fanning oats.
Self turning over turnips. Sally at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert
sowing wheat. Self choring. Robert at social in the evening.
16 – Wind N, fine day but cold. Robert at Greenbank with turnips
to Mrs. Carnegie. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Sally
at Lizzies. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews
X:26,27. Robert gone somewhere in evening.
18 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self mending
water barrel. Sally at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring. Goose sitting on eggs. Easter Monday.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self mending carpet
shoes. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
20 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert sowing wheat. Self in garden.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self fixing in garden.
Robert and Sally at prayer meeting in the evening.
21 – Wind E, cold day. Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Sally
matting. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Self and Robert
fanning oats.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self in garden.
Afternoon Robert sowing oats and pease. Self digging garden.
Robert gone to get subscribers to petition council for money to
roads. Wm. Love gets a small load of straw.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self in garden. Robert harrowing. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
24 – Wind NW, cold day. Self, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms
CXIX:59,60. Robert at the evening meeting.
25 – Wind N, hard frost, fine day. Robert at Port Perry. Self in
garden. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self in garden.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self in garden.
Afternoon Robert at Manchester Fair. Sally at Port Perry. Self in
garden. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self fencing.
Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self fencing. Rain at night.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Mother visiting at Mr. Lees. Self
planting potatoes in the garden. Very high wind. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
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responsible for the roads in the area.
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29 – Wind NW, cold day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Afternoon
Robert gone to Beares mill to get chopping done. Self doing
nought. Sally at the school to hear the recitations.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Sally scrubbing.
Self fencing. Afternoon Robert at the mill for chop. Self choring.
MAY 1 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Samuel
XVII:45. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
2 – Wind E and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
somewhere. Self choring. Sally and Lizzie matting.
3 – Wind SE, dull day and raining some. Robert drawing dung.
Self planting potatoes. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert gone to
the Port with the fat steer to Bungard. Self planting potatoes.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Afternoon
self at turnip pit. Robert drawing dung. Robert and Sally at prayer
meeting.
5 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self at turnips. Mrs. O’Neil
gets a load of turnips. Sally matting. Afternoon raining. Nothing
doing. Sally and Lizzie at mat.
6 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Sally matting. Robert plowing. Mother at Lizzies.
Robert gone somewhere at night. Buggie brought home from
Greenbank.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self writing letter to
Helen Tough. Mother visiting families. Robert at Division meeting
in evening.
8 – Wind N, cold but fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John X:9.
Robert at Port Perry in the evening. Windmills invented 1299.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert at Port Perry. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert planting apple trees. Self fencing.
Sally gone to Fowlies. Robert gone somewhere at night.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert fencing. Afternoon
Robert drawing dung. Self cutting potatoes. Mother at Lizzies
quilting. Sally ironing. Robert gone somewhere.
11 - Wind SE, rainy day. Self cutting potatoes. Robert doing
nought. Afternoon still raining. Self cutting potatoes. Robert gone
somewhere.
12 – Wind NE, dull day, raining some. Self cutting potatoes.
Robert choring. Sally housecleaning. Afternoon Robert and Sally
at Port Perry. Self choring. Robert somewhere in the evening.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self cutting
potatoes. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self choring. Sally
housecleaning. Robert at Greenbank in the evening. Annie Smith
here all night.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. James Smith and Annie leaves for home. Afternoon
self shelling corn. Robert and Lizzie at graveyard fixing graves.
Mother visiting at Mr. Lukes. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
15 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Wood preaching from Hosea VI:3.
Rain at night.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Sally washing. Robert drilling. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self choring. Mother at Sandie
Gordons visiting.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally planting potatoes.
Afternoon self planting corn. Robert covering potatoes. Sally
baking. Robert at Greenbank practicing in orchestra.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Sally making
soap. Afternoon Robert gone to Boes creek to fish. Self mending
fences. Robert and Sally at prayer meeting.
19 – Wind SE, great gale, gust like to blind you. Robert drawing
dung. Self, Mother and Sally cleaning fish. Afternoon Robert
drawing dung. Self choring. Sally ironing. Rain at night.
20 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert drawing dung. Self choring. Sally
and Lizzie baking for the 24th
. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self
doing nought. Sally and Lizzie baking. Robert somewhere in the
evening.
21 – Wind E, dull cold day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Sally at Lizzies
baking. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind NE, cloudy day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. [Legoll?] preaching from Daniel VI:10.
Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
23 – Wind NE, dull and cold day. Robert spreading dung. Self
choring. Sally icing cakes for Sunday School anniversary.
Afternoon Robert finishes rolling and goes to plow. Self choring.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert washing buggy. Self choring.
Sally and Mother preparing for anniversary. Afternoon self,
Robert and Sally at anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Black at
anniversary.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Tom and Annie leaves for home. Robert
plowing. Self spreading dung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
spreading dung. Sally at Greenbank preparing for social. Rain at
4 o’clock. Robert at social in the evening.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at the raising of Mr. Munroes
barn. Self spreading dung. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone to Beaverton. Self choring.
Sally at the Port. Spotted cow calved – calf dead.
29 – Wind SE and raining. Self and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew XXV:1st
to 13.
Sally at evening meeting. Mr. Weeks from Uxbridge preaching.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Sally washing. Self hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon self and Mother at Wm. Fowlies visiting. Robert arrives
from Beaverton.
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31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port for stoneboat42
. Self
fencing. Afternoon Robert pruning trees. Self choring.
JUNE 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self planting corn.
Afternoon Robert at Wesleys piling dung. Self choring. Very
warm. Thunder and rain at night.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self planting corn.
Afternoon self planting corn. Afternoon self planting oats.
Thunder and very heavy rain at 4 o’clock.
3 – Wind NE, cloudy cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys. Self and Mother at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Reid
preaching from Psalm 22nd
from beginning to the end.
4 – Wind E, cloudy day with some rain. Self choring. Robert gone
somewhere. Afternoon Sally at Lizzies. Self at Mr. Lees and Mr.
Akhursts. Robert somewhere. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Mother at Wick Sacrament. Mr.
McMillan preaching from 1st
Peter I:18,19. Robert and Sally at
evening meeting. Rain in the afternoon.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at Statute labour.
Afternoon Robert finishes Statute labour. Self choring. Sally
washing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
7 – Wind E, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon Robert at Alexander Jamesons barn raising. Sally at
quilting bee at her mothers. Self hoeing potatoes. Robert
practicing in the evening.
8 – Wind S, dull cloudy day. Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self at the creek getting a sail.
Some rain at night. Robert and Sally at prayer meeting in the
evening.
9 – Wind E, cloudy rainy day. Robert gone to Uxbridge to District
meeting of Sons of Temperance. Self doing nought. Afternoon
still raining, nothing doing. Fine bright evening.
10 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Thomas Phairs shingling
his barn. Self hoeing potatoes. Afternoon self at Greenbank.
Very warm. Mother visiting at Mrs. Ewens. Robert at Manchester
in orchestra in evening.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Tom Phairs. Self hoeing
potatoes. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert at
Division meeting in evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Revelations
II:1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
13 – Wind W, warm day. Robert rolling. Self hoeing. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self potatoe hoeing. Began to
sow turnips. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self picking bugs. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert drilling and sowing turnips. Self
choring.
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A stoneboat is similar to a small trailer, flat to the
ground, and drawn by horses. It was used to move large
stones and other things that were difficult to lift.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert spudding thistles. Self fencing
some. Afternoon Robert spudding thistles. Self picking potatoe
bugs. Robert at Saintfield in evening. Sally at prayer meeting.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Lake Scugog fishing. Got 2
fish. Self hoeing. Afternoon self picking bugs. Robert cutting
thistles. Mother picking bugs. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
17 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert and Sally at Port Perry. Self doing
nought. Afternoon self shelling corn. Robert somewhere. Robert
and Sally at Sons of Temperance concert in evening.
18 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert finishes drilling and sowing
turnips. Self cutting thistles. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
19 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Self, Mother and Robert and Sally at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians VI:10. Rain at night.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank getting horses
shoed. Self doing nought. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert
scuffling potatoes. Mother picking bugs. Self hoeing corn. Robert
gone to Utica.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert painting. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert hoeing. Self hoeing. Mother picking bugs.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert painting floor. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert at John Ewens barn raising his barn. Self
hoeing potatoes.
23 – Wind NW, dull day and raining some. Robert painting. Self
mowing calf pasture. Afternoon self mowing. Robert hoeing
potatoes.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Self mowing in orchard. Robert painting.
Afternoon Robert hoeing. Self choring. Rain at 4 o’clock. Robert
at Prince Albert in the evening with the orchestra.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. Self choring. Robert hoeing. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Self choring. Robert at
Division meeting.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Dryden addressing the Sunday School children of
the Methodist Church. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
27 – Wind E, dull cloudy day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Sally
gone to Mr. Shaws visiting. Afternoon rain after dinner. Nothing
doing.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with oats. Sally
washing. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon self and Robert fanning
oats and Robert shingling some and at Greenbank in the
evening.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port with oats. Self at
Lizzies. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats.
30 – Wind SW and raining nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Port Perry with oats. Self mowing grass. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
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JULY 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats.
Afternoon self and Robert at the Methodist Sunday School
Anniversary in John Beares grove.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with oats. Self
mowing. Afternoon self and Robert fanning wheat. Sally
scrubbing. Rain at night.
3 – Wind E, raining all night and rained all day. Sally at her
fathers. Nobody at any meetings.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self choring.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry with wheat. Self
hoeing turnips. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
5 – Wind NW, looking like rain. Robert scuffling turnips. Self at
Thomas Phairs with spotted cow. Sally churning. Afternoon
Robert and self hoeing turnips.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sally and Robert at prayer
meeting.
7 – Wind W, warm day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing turnips. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sally gone on the excursion to
Sturgeon Point43
. Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon self hoeing.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert at turnips. Robert at Greenbank.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
IV:6,7.
11 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self at Port
Perry. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self cutting fence corners.
Thunder and rain at 4 o’clock.
12 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert hoeing and mowing. Self
putting Paris Green on potatoes. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self
hoeing. Rain at 4 o’clock.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing turnips. Robert and Sally at prayer
meeting.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert finishes hoeing turnips
first time. Afternoon Mother visiting at Mr. Lees. Self, Robert and
George at hay. Cocked and drew in 5 loads.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and George at hay. Drew
one stack in and 2 loads in barn. Rain at 5 o’clock.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert mowing. Self mowing fence
corners. Sally scrubbing. Mrs. Charlie Love here visiting.
Afternoon Robert hoeing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in evening.
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“The Sons of Temperance held the largest excursion
of the season so far. They boarded Capt. Geo. Crandell’s
magnificent steamer Crandella and left here for
Sturgeon Point.” [quote from the Scugog Heritage site at
www.scugogheritage.com]
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Samuel
XXIII:10. Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert raking hay. Self choring. Sally
washing. Georgie here at hay. Afternoon self, Robert and
Georgie stacking hay. Finished haying at night.
19 – Wind SW, dull day. Sally churning. Nothing doing, raining
some. Afternoon self hoeing. Robert scuffling turnips.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing. Self and Mother at Annies
to dinner and goes to James Smiths for supper and bed.
21 – Wind SW. Self and Mother goes to Margarets for dinner and
returns to James Smiths to supper and bed.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Mother leave James Smiths at
9 o’clock for home. Get dinner at Mrs. Andrew Ross’ home at 4
o’clock. Robert at Seagrave concert in the evening.
23 – Wind SW, warm day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Mother visiting at Mrs. Ewens. Self
and Robert hoeing turnips. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
XII:1. Robert at Methodist evening meeting.
25 – Wind SW, warm day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sally
picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips. Sally at
berries. Thunder and rain through the night.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert finishes turnips second
hoeing. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert putting Paris Green on
potatoes. Self cutting thistles. Sally at prayer meeting at Mr.
O’Neils.
27 – Wind S, warm day. Robert and Sally at Port Perry. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Sally picking berries. Robert at Lizzies
hay. Self doing nought. Robert at Victoria Corners at night.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fixing windows.
Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys hay. Self choring.
29 – Wind W, dull warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Sandy Gordons. Mrs. Ewen
here visiting.
30 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fencing hay stacks.
Sally picking berries. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Psalms
LXV:4.
AUG. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking bugs.
Sally churning. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles.
2 – Wind E, dull day and raining some. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Sally at
berries. Self at Mr. MacCorcadales daughters funeral. Robert at
Greenbank in evening.
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3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the fishing early morning, no
fish. Self shelling corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self shelling
corn. Robert gone to party on Scugog Island.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for repairs to reaper.
Sally picking berries. Self choring. Afternoon Robert fixing the
reaper. Sally at berries. Self choring.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert mowing wheat in the orchard. Self
binding wheat. Afternoon Robert mowing and binding wheat. Self
at Port Perry for binding twine. Rain at 5 o’clock.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert reaping and binding wheat.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert reaping. Self binding. Sally at
berries. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
III:19 and Galatians III:24. Robert at the evening meeting.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert reaping wheat. Self binding. Sally
washing. Stewart Bratley and brother Walter comes from Whitby.
Afternoon self and Robert binding and shocking wheat.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Thunder and rain at 2 o’clock. Robert [?]
in field. Self doing nought. Stewart harrowing. Afternoon Robert
reaping barley for Mr. Butt. Self doing nought. Very warm.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Some rain through the night. Robert at
Mr. Lees picking pease. Self choring. Sally ironing. Afternoon
great thunder storm after dinner. Rain most all the afternoon.
11 – Wind W, dull day, rain through the night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert mowing oats. Self binding some wheat. Rain at
7 o’clock.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Port with Stewart and Walter.
Self choring. Afternoon Silas Butt here reaping wheat. Machine
not working very well. Robert at Wesleys reaping wheat. Self
shocking.
13 – Wind N, cloudy day. Silas and Robert fixing binder. Self
choring. Sally churning. Afternoon Silas finishes cutting wheat.
Robert cutting oats. Self binding. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching from Matthew
XV:28. Robert at evening meeting. Printing invented 1437.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert reaping oats. Self binding oats.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert reaping oats. Self binding.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
self and Robert binding oats. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Cragg here
on a visit. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert binding oats. Afternoon
self and Robert drawing in wheat. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self choring.
Mrs. Gordon here visiting. Afternoon Robert and George Michie
drawing in wheat. Self choring.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert cutting round the oats. Self binding
oats. Afternoon Robert reaping oats. Self binding oats. Reaper
breaks down at 6 o’clock. Robert at the Port for reaper repairs
but got none.
20 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and self binding oats. Afternoon
Mr. Abram Cragg here reaping oats. Self and Robert shocking
oats. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Matthew VI:33.
22 – Wind SW, warm day. Abram Cragg reaping oats and
finishes reaping. Self and Robert shocking oats. Sally washing.
Afternoon Robert and self pulling pease. Rain at 4 o’clock.
23 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert choring. Self at Greenbank
to get Fly shoed. Afternoon self and Robert pulling pease. Robert
at Greenbank in evening.
24 – Wind NE, dull day. Self and Robert drawing in wheat and
oats. Afternoon Robert, George and self drawing in wheat and
oats. Heavy rain through the night.
25 – Wind E and raining some. Robert and Sally at Port Perry.
Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Self hunting for 2 pigs to
buy.
26 – Wind NE and raining sometimes. Robert gone somewhere.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon showery, nothing doing.
27 – Wind NE, fine day, nothing doing. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon
self turning pease. Robert and Sally gone to Brooklin.
28 – Wind NE, fine day. Noone at any meeting. Robert and Sally
comes home from Brooklin at 9 o’clock.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Lizzies drawing in wheat. Sally
churning. Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Lizzies. Sally washing. Self
choring. Afternoon self, Robert and George drawing in pease.
Rain at 5 o’clock.
31 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Robert at prayer
meeting.
SEPT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mrs. Burton died.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Georgie and self drawing in oats.
Afternoon Robert, Georgie and self stacking oats.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Georgie stacking oats.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self and Sally at Mrs. Burtons funeral.
Robert at Lizzies stacking oats. Robert at Division meeting in the
evening.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Timothy
I:15.
5 – Wind SW, raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon wind N. Robert
plowing. Self fencing oat stack. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
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6 – Wind NW, fine day, some little showers. Robert plowing. Self
cutting corn. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert raking oats. Self
cutting corn.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Georgie drawing in oats
and finished harvest. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing.
Self binding corn. Sally ironing. Robert and Sally at prayer
meeting.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
binding corn. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self at
corn.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self binding
corn. Afternoon Robert at the Port to see about pump. Self
shocking corn. Barbara Fowlie here on a visit. Robert at
Manchester in evening.
10 – Wind SW, Robert plowing. Self choring. Man from the Port
put in new pump at barn. Thunder and rain. Afternoon showery.
Robert plowing. Self fixing water trough. Robert at Division
meeting.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from John X:9.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self at Mr.
Beards buying 2 young pigs. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
13 – Wind S and raining some. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self
at Mr. Picards for 2 pigs. Sally ironing. Afternoon raining, nothing
doing.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at Lizzies threshing. Sally
there too. Afternoon at threshing, got done at six o’clock.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert to go to
Toronto Exhibition. Afternoon self binding and shocking corn.
16 – Wind NW, rough day. Self digging potatoes. Sally gone to
her fathers. Afternoon self gathering potatoes. Alex Lee at the
Port with Fly to bring Robert home from the Exhibition.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting Indian corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Sally scrubbing.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from John XIV:1.
Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
19 – Wind N, dull day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Cody
and Brown here wanting to sell a binder. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self, Sally and Tommie
taking up potatoes. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self, Sally and
Tommie at potatoes. Robert at prayer meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind SE, dull and raining some. Self and Robert fanning
some wheat. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry with
a grist. Self choring. Mrs. Luke here awhile.
23 – Wind SW, dull cloudy day. Robert, Sally and Tommie at
potatoes. Afternoon all at potatoes. Got over them once.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self finished
potatoe digging. Afternoon self and Robert drawing dung. Robert
at Division meeting in the evening. Sally at her fathers.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. A Mr. Smith preaching from John XIX:10.
Robert at the evening meeting. Thunder and rain in the evening.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Sally picking apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self picking
potatoes. Sally at apples. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother
visiting at Thomas Phairs.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Sally at her
fathers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fencing. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally at her
fathers. Mrs. O’Neil and Mr. Downie here for apples. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally and Robert at the concert in
the evening.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self going around. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert gone to Manchester with the orchestra
to Temperance Meeting about Local Option. Self choring.
OCT. 1 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Sally and self
cleaning stove pipes. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Smith preaching from Genesis
XVIII:19. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
3 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self pumping water. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally picking
apples.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing. Self choring.
Robert at Seagrave Sunday School anniversary in evening.
5 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert at Mr. Phairs threshing. Self doing
nothing. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Phairs threshing.
Self choring. Self and Sally at the prayer meeting at Mr.
Akhursts.
6 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Phairs threshing. Self at
Greenbank getting old mare shoed. Sally picking apples.
Afternoon Robert, Sally, Mr. Downie, Mrs. O’Neil, Lizzie and self
picking apples.
7 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert and Sally picking apples.
Afternoon raining some. Robert at Mr. Butts threshing. Self
choring.
8 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Mr. Butts threshing. Self choring.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert, Sally, Miss Carr and Lizzie
picking apples. Self at Mr. Reals daughters funeral. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
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9 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from 1st
Corinthians
I:23. Robert at evening meeting. Sally at evening meeting.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert, Sally, Lizzie, Downie, Miss Carr and Mrs.
O’Neil at apples. Self at corn. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
11 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon self and Sally at Port Perry. Robert, Lizzie and Mrs.
O’Neil at apples.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally at Fowlies. Mrs.
Thomas Phair here visiting. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
14 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Black
comes from Brooklin.
[There is no entry for Oct. 15th
]
16 – Wind N, dull day. Some rain through the night. Self, Robert
and Sally at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
John V:11. Mr. and Mrs. Black and family leave for home.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self sawing wood. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Sandy Gordons threshing. Self
fixing granary. Afternoon Robert at Gordons threshing. Self
choring. Robert and Sally at the Womans social. Threshing
machine comes in the evening.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Jason Stones machine threshing here
with hands: Mr. Butt; Mr. Phair; A. Lee; Albert Akhurst; Mr. Ewen;
A. Gordon; Georgie and Tommie; W. Luke. Threshed 9 hours.
Mr. Lee at threshing in the afternoon.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Same men at threshing as yesterday.
Threshed one hour. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon self
choring. Robert plowing.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self and Robert taking in corn and corn straw.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
self and Robert taking in potatoes. Sally scrubbing. Lizzie here at
apples. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
23 – Wind W, showery day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians XVI:13,14.
24 - Wind NW, cold day. Sally washing. Robert topping turnips.
Self picking potatoes. Afternoon Robert at Port with 18 barrels of
apples to Mr. Bateman. Self choring. Robert at [Foresters?]
social in the evening.
25 – Wind NW, snowing some. Robert topping turnips. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert topping turnips. Self rowing turnips.
Wm. Fowlie and wife here visiting.
26 – Wind N, dull day. Self and Robert rowing turnips. Afternoon
self, Robert, Sally and Tommie at turnips. Drew in 10 loads.
27 – Wind N, dull day. Self, Robert, Sally and Tommie at turnips.
Afternoon self in turnip cellar. Robert, Sally, Mrs. O’Neil and Mr.
Downie at turnips. Drew in 17 loads.
28 – Wind W, dull day. Robert and Tommie topping turnips. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert harrowing turnips. Self rowing turnips.
29 – Wind N, dull day, heavy rain through the night. Self and
Robert rowing turnips. Afternoon self rowing turnips. Robert,
Sally and Tommie drawing in turnips, 3 loads. Rain at 3 o’clock.
Robert at Division meeting.
30 – Wind N, fine day, but cold. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians IV:6. Robert at the evening meeting.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Self rowing turnips. Robert, Sally and
Tommie drawing turnips. Afternoon all at turnips, drew 22 loads.
NOV. 1 – Wind NE, rain all night, cold day. Self and Robert
choring. Afternoon Robert and Sally at the Port. Self choring.
2 – Wind E, rain all night and rain all forenoon. Nothing doing.
Afternoon still raining. Self husking corn. Self at prayer meeting
in the evening. Robert gone somewhere.
3 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn.
4 – Wind N, dull day. Robert, Tommie, Sally and self at turnips.
Drew 10 loads, which finishes the turnips. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self choring. Robert at Port Perry in the evening getting
pay for apples. Snow falling.
5 – Wind N, cold day, ground white. Robert going round to get
subscribers to petition for Local Option. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert going round for Local Option44
. Self choring.
6 – Wind SW, snow through the night. Self, Mother, Robert and
Sally at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke
X:30 to 37. Robert at Port Perry meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind S, dull cloudy day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at
Pinedale in evening.
8 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
9 – Wind NE, some snow through the night. Robert at Mr. Lees
working. Self at Greenbank getting Fly shoed. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere in evening.
10 – Wind NW, cold day. Thanksgiving for good harvest. Mr.
McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians V:4.
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‘Local Option’ was a term used to indicate that local
jurisdictions could decide by popular vote certain issues
within their area. It usually related to alcohol sales.
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11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank getting cutter
repaired. Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Mrs. Jas. Leask and Mrs. Johnnie Leask here visiting.
12 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert measuring Lizzies woods. Self
husking corn. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert taking in apples.
Self at Lizzies. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
13 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke XVI:2.
14 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert gone to Scugog Island to get
auctioneer to sell Lizzies wood. Sally washing. Self at corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
15 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at corn. Sally
whitewashing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn. Robert at
Greenbank in evening. Sally at Sandy Gordons.
16 – Wind NE, raining some. Robert whitewashing. Self at corn.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Robert at Daniel Tills in the evening.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self finishes corn
husking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
18 – Wind SW and raining. Robert and Wesley at Daniel Tills all
night. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Sally at Lizzies. Lizzie and Miss Marks here in evening.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally baking.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
VI:20. Robert at evening meeting.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Lizzies. Self choring. Sally
washing. George and Jane Fowlie here for apples. Afternoon
Robert at Mr. Lees shingling bee. Sally washing. Self choring.
22 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert pitting apples. Self choring. Sally
at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert at Fred Loves sawing bee. Self
choring. Robert at orchestra in evening. Harry Buel died. Annie
Till died.
23 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone to Annie Tills funeral. Self
choring. Sally cleaning up the rooms. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Henry Buels funeral. Self choring. Sally cleaning up the rooms.
24 – Wind NW, stormy cold day. Robert gone somewhere. Self
doing nought. Sally cleaning upstairs. Afternoon self choring.
Robert at Manchester in the evening. Walter Till dies about
midnight.
25 – Wind N, cold day. Self doing nought. Robert cutting down
apple trees. Afternoon Robert and Mother gone to Greenbank,
Robert to be a bearer at Walter Tills funeral. Self choring.
26 – Wind E, dull day. Robert cutting down apple trees. Self
choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at Lizzies
sale of wood. Walter Fowlie and his wife here and stops all night.
27 – Wind E, dull cold day. Walter Fowlie and wife leaves for Mr.
Lees. Self, Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan preaching from Hebrews XII:11. James Smith and Mrs.
here all night.
28 – Wind E and snowing some, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
chopping apple trees. James Smith and wife and Jamie leaves
for home. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere at night.
29 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats for chop.
30 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert at Beares mill with oats to chop.
Self choring. Sally gone to John Hornes visiting. Afternoon
Robert gone to a sale at Manchester. Self choring.
DEC. 1 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Self and Mother at
Thos. Phairs for dinner. Afternoon Robert at mill for chop. Self at
Mr. Butts.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Tills all night. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Sally at Mr. David Craggs.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self cleaning out the henhouse. Sally
ironing clothes. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Nobody at the evening meeting. Very cold.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Sally washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self dunging out the pigs.
Robert and Sally at Mrs. O’Neils paring bee.
6 – Wind S and thawing some. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Sally cleaning a goose. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank practicing.
7 – Wind Easterly, raining some. Robert with James Smith cutting
wood. Self at Greenbank getting mare shod. Afternoon self
choring. Robert in woods. Barbara Fowlie here. Robert and
James Smith at the Port in evening.
8 – Wind SE and raining. Robert and James Smith in the woods.
Self doing nought. Sally and Barbara Fowlie cleaning geese.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Barbara Fowlie
goes home.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Sally at Port Perry with 5 geese.
[64 lbs.?]. Robert at Mr. Lees. Afternoon nothing doing. Self
choring.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Seagrave about Local Option.
Self choring. Tom Black here a short time. Robert at Division
meeting in evening.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Corinthians
9:25. Robert at Port Perry in evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Sally washing. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self at
Brock to see Mrs. Michie. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Afternoon
self choring. Robert at Mr. Lees and at Greenbank in the
evening.
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14 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Wesley and Alex Lee killing
pigs. Afternoon Robert at Ed Buels bean bee. Mrs. Gordon and
Mrs. Ewen here. Robert at Seagrave in the evening.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Wesley cutting up pigs.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Sally at Mr. Shaws. Self
choring.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at Seagrave voting for
social option. Afternoon self choring. Robert at the school
examination. Sally baking. Local Option lost. 118 majority
against it.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at
Greenbank for boots. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and
Sally at Port Perry. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Galatians
IV:4,5.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Self choring. James Smith comes from
Whitby.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and James Smith in the woods.
Self choring. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert in the woods with James Smith.
Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Robert in the woods. Sally at
Lizzies.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally at Lizzies
baking. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Sally baking. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self doing nought.
Lizzie and Sally baking for anniversary. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
24 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at the Port for Margaret. Self
doing nought. Robert and Margaret somewhere in the evening.
25 – Wind NW and snowing. Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Margaret at Mr. Akhursts. Robert and Sally at evening
meeting. Christmas Day.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. Self doing nought. Robert gone
somewhere. Sally making sandwiches. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert and Sally gone to the anniversary at Presbyterian
Church.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nothing. Sally at her fathers. Afternoon Robert and Margaret at
Brock to see Mrs. Michie. Self choring. Sally gone to Greenbank
to prepare for social. Robert somewhere else.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self at the Port with Margaret to train.
Robert at school meeting. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at
Saintfield Sunday School Anniversary.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sally at Lizzies stone bee. Self
choring. Afternoon self choring.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert washing buggy. Self choring.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
31 – Wind S, dull day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Sally baking. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Downies. Sally at the Port.
Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
And thus ends year 1892.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1893
JAN. 1 – Wind SE, snowing some. Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching. Robert at evening
meeting.
2 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Lizzie and family here for dinner. Self doing nought.
Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at Methodist anniversary.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Sally washing. Self and Robert doing
nought. Afternoon Sally at W. Roses. Robert and Alex Lee and
Abe Cragg training colt. Self choring. Miss Walker here all night.
4 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon self, Robert and Jamie taking in haystack. Sally gone
with Miss Walker. Mr. McMillan here in the evening. Robert at
prayer meeting.
5 – Wind E, dull day. Self choring. Robert at Wesleys. Afternoon
self choring. Robert at Wesleys buying a reaper from Codie and
Brown. Bought a binder and trucks for 135 dollars.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Robert somewhere.
Afternoon Robert and Mother at Greenbank. Self choring.
Evening Robert at the Port. Sally at Mr. Gordons.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Nothing doing. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert training colt. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Romans
VII:22,23. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
9 – Wind SW, rather stormy. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at James McMillans
auditing the books for 1892. Mrs. Geo. Michie Sen. died.
10 – Wind N, very cold. Nothing doing. Heard of Mrs. Michies
death. Afternoon very cold, nothing doing.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Mr. Lees. Sally
baking. Afternoon self choring. Robert playing fiddle. Sally and
Robert at the annual meeting of the Presbyterian Church.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Nothing doing. Sally washing. Afternoon
Sally at her fathers. Nothing doing.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert and Sally
at the Port with Alex Lee. Self choring.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fixing stove. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally ironing.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
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15 – Wind N, fine day but cold. Self, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XII:30. Robert at evening meeting.
16 – Wind W, dull day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nought. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Port Perry races. Self choring. Sally at her
fathers. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
18 – Wind S, dull day. Robert gone to Temperance meeting at
Myrtle. Self choring. Alex Lee here at night.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert upstairs. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring. Robert choring. Afternoon
Robert gone somewhere. Self doing nought.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Self choring. Robert drawing wood. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XI:28,29,30. Robert at the Port in evening.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon self at David Craggs funeral. Robert in the
woods. James Smith here all night.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self choring. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally at the Port
with Alex Lee. Robert at party at Epsom. Sally at prayer meeting
in Presbyterian Church.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wesleys feed cutting. Self
choring. Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Sally baking.
27 – Wind E, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert at Presbyterian meeting.
28 – Wind E, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert
at Division meeting.
29 – Wind SE and thawing. Self and Robert at the Sacrament in
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians XV:3,4. Sally at her fathers. Robert at evening
meeting.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
31 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
FEB. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Wm. Reals sale. Self choring.
Jean Fowlie here.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at the Port for Annie. Self choring.
Mrs. Akhurst and Mrs. Walker here. Thomas Black and family
here. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Port for binder. Self choring.
Annie and family here. Afternoon Robert and Wesley putting
binder in barn. Self choring. Annie at Mr. Akhursts.
4 – Wind NW, very stormy and cold. Robert gone to make a road
through field. Self choring. Annie at Mr. Akhursts all night.
Afternoon Sally scrubbing. Nothing doing. Robert at Division
meeting.
5 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
6 – Wind SE, dull day. Annie and Sally and children at Lizzies
visiting. Self choring. Robert doing nought. Afternoon raining,
nothing doing. Robert from home at night.
7 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert at the Port with Annie and
children. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Alex Lee cutting
wood. Self doing nought. Robert somewhere at night.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank getting mare shoed.
Self choring. Robert somewhere in evening.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Alex Lee in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
10 – Wind S and thawing. Robert mending fiddle. Self doing
nought. Sally baking. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Sally at the Port with Alex Lee.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Sally ironing. Miss Real and
Miss Horne here visiting. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians XII:10. Robert at Port Perry in evening.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self at Port Perry.
Sally washing. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats. Robert
and Sally gone somewhere at night.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone to mill with chop. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at the mill for chop. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening. Sally at prayer meeting.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood from Mr. Downies to pay
for wheat. Self choring.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at John Lintons sale. Self choring.
18 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Robert at Greenbank in evening.
19 – Wind SW and snowing. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Robert at the Port in evening. Very stormy night.
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20 – Wind NW, stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert at
Mr. O’Neils. Self choring.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at the Port with Sally to go to
Maple Shade. Self choring. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Snow drifting.
23 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing poles from Mr. O’Neils woods. Self
choring. Robert at John Lintons in the evening.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port to bring Sally home
but she did not come. Self choring. Afternoon Robert drawing
poles for O’Neils. Self choring. Sally comes home.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing wood from O’Neils. Self
choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self
[?]. Sally baking. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Sally and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Robert and Sally at evening meeting.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Sally washing. Self choring. Robert
drawing wood. Afternoon Robert chopping wood. Self going
round. Robert gone somewhere at night. Sally at Division
meeting.
28 – Wind SE, threatening rain. Nothing doing. Sally ironing. Mr.
Boe and Mr. Blair, Jun. here begging money to get a present for
Wm. Macmillan. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Akhursts. Self choring.
MAR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Mother down cellar
picking apples. Self reading Peoples Journal. Sally scrubbing.
Afternoon self choring. Robert drawing wood. Robert and Sally at
prayer meeting.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing rails. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Alec sawing wood. Self choring. Robert
and Sally at Wm. Macmillans. He received a present of a rocking
chair for being 6 years superintendent of the Sunday School.
3 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert and Alec sawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self choring. Robert at
party at Seagrave.
4 – Wind N, rough cold day. Robert sawing wood. Sally
scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing, very stormy.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Roads blocked with snow. Nobody at
Church.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert digging snow on the road to
Greenbank. Self choring. Jean Akhurst here sewing. Afternoon
Robert at Mrs. Walkers wood bee. Self choring. Barbara Walker
here all night.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with apples and Sally
and Barbara Walker. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Lizzies.
Self splicing tie ropes. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Snow thawing. Robert at Lizzies taking
out timber. Self choring. Sally washing. Afternoon self choring.
Barbara Fowlie here. Robert gone somewhere. Sally at
Greenbank.
9 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Lizzies taking out timber. Self
choring. Barbara Fowlie leaves for home. Afternoon self choring.
10 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Lizzies timber. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Lizzies. Self choring. Sally at
Lizzies. Robert at Manchester in the evening.
11 – Wind SE and thawing some. Robert at Lizzies taking out
timber. Sally scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon Sally at the Port.
Robert at Lizzies. Self choring. Heavy rain at night.
12 – Wind W, rain all night. Robert at Church. Sally at her fathers.
Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
13 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert gone to Port Perry with Alec
Lee. Sally washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Rattenberrys wood bee. Self choring.
14 – Wind SE and raining some. Robert on the Reach digging
snow. Self choring. Sally making ready for marriage. Afternoon
Robert at Greenbank for Barbara Walker. Self and Mother at
wedding at 5 o’clock. Robert and Barbara Walker stayed with
them. Sally married A. Lee.
15 – Wind NW, very cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Self doing nought.
16 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert gone somewhere. Self at
Lizzies. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry. Self choring. Mr. and Mr.
A. Lee and Barbara Walker here all night.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert taking Barbara Walker home.
Self choring. Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert and Alex Lee
sawing wood. Self choring. Alex here all night.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Alex in the woods. Self
choring. Afternoon Jason Stone and son here for oats. Robert in
the woods. Sally scrubbing. Self choring. Robert at Division
meeting.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians
XI:13,14. Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Robert,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee visiting at Mr. O’Neils in the evening.
21 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert in the woods. Sally at Lizzies.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Sally at her fathers.
Self choring. Robert somewhere at night.
22 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self fanning oats to
Philip A. Stone. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Mother visiting at Mr. Lees. Robert and Sally and Alex at O’Neils.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Alex sawing wood. Self
choring. Afternoon Sally at her fathers quilting. Robert in the
woods. Self choring.
24 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon self and Robert fanning a grist. Mrs. O’Neil and sister
here visiting. Thunder shower at 6 o’clock.
25 – Wind NW, rather cold day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
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26 – Wind NE, fine day. Sally and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians VI:13,14,15,16.
Robert at the evening meeting.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self fixing pump.
Sally at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Sally ironing. Self
choring. Robert gone somewhere at night.
30 – Wind SW, some snow falling. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert at Port Perry with a grist. Sally at the Port. Self choring.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex Lee drawing in hay
stack. Self choring. Afternoon Robert drawing brush out of
orchard. Self choring. Sally gone home.
APR. 1 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self at
Lizzies. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Barbara comes from Whitby. Self, Robert
and Sally at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from
Ephesians VI:17. Nobody at evening meeting.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert splitting and piling wood. Self
digging snow. Barbara at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert at wood. Self
choring. Sally at Lizzies.
4 – Wind W, fine day, thunder and rain through night. Robert at
the Port with Barbara to the train. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
sawing wood. Self choring. Sally visiting at John Hornes.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert piling wood. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert piling wood. Self moving turnips.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert piling wood. Self choring. Robert at Mr.
O’Neils party in the evening.
7 – Wind SE, raining and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
8 – Wind W, thunder and rain through the night. Robert at
Charles Gordons wood bee. Self choring. Sally scrubbing.
Afternoon self choring. Sally making mat. Robert at Division
meeting.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Mother at Lizzies. Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert at evening meeting.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats for
chopping. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self sawing
wood. Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
sawing wood. Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gordon here visiting.
12 – Wind SE, raining some. Robert gone somewhere. Self at
Lizzies. Sally matting. Afternoon Robert at Charles Gordons
raising. Self sawing wood. Sally making mat.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Beares mill with oats to chop.
Self sawing wood. Sally at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert at the mill
for chop. Self sawing wood.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sally at Port Perry. Self
sawing wood. Afternoon Robert choring. Self sawing.
15 – Wind Easterly and snowing. Sally scrubbing. Robert and self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Robert at the Division meeting in the evening.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Mark XVIII:3.
Robert at evening meeting.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and self fanning oats. Sally at
Lizzies. Afternoon Robert at the creek. Self choring.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Sally washing. Self choring. Robert gone
somewhere. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self piling wood. Robert
at Greenbank practicing.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cleaning the door
yard. Sally at her fathers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self fencing.
Robert gone somewhere in evening.
20 – Wind E, rough cold day, dust flying. Sally ironing. Nothing
doing. Afternoon Sally at Lizzies. Robert at Greenbank to
telephone Annie about Lizzie. Self at Lizzies. Operation
performed by Dr. Clemens.
21 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Lizzies. Self choring. Sally at
home. Afternoon Robert and Sally at Port Perry fair. Self choring.
22 – Wind NW, rough day. Self at Lizzies. Robert choring.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self working at cellar drain. Sally
scrubbing. Very stormy all the evening.
23 – Wind NW, dull cold day. Sally and Robert at Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert working at cellar drain.
Sally washing. Afternoon self choring. Robert sowing and
harrowing oats in the orchard.
25 – Wind N, cold day. Robert whitewashing. Sally cleaning. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at the Port for pease. Self choring.
Mother at Lizzies. Sally scrubbing. Mrs. Wm. Real died.
26 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert at Lizzies. Sally cleaning up. Self
choring. Barbara Fowlie here. Afternoon Robert sowing oats.
Self doing nought.
27 – Wind SE, raining some. Self and Robert fanning oats. Sally
housecleaning. Afternoon self and Robert at Mrs. Wm. Reals
funeral. Mr. Thornley preaching from James IX:14,15.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sally and
Maria housecleaning upstairs. Afternoon self choring. Robert
plowing. Sally and Maria housecleaning. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self writing letter.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self choring.
Sally papering the cupboard. Robert at the Division meeting in
the evening.
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30 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
XIII:24,25,26. Nobody at any evening meeting.
MAY 1 – Wind E and raining some. Robert sowing wheat. Self
choring. Sally churning. Afternoon Sally making mat. Robert
gone to Whitby to see James Smith. Self choring.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Sally washing. Self sailing on the creek.
Afternoon Mr. Bungard and Mr. H. Jacque here and bought 2
steers. Self at Lizzies. Sally making mat. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port Perry for apple trees. Self
choring. Sally whitewashing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
choring. Sally whitewashing the stoop.
4 – Wind NW, rainy day. Nothing doing. Sally ironing. Afternoon
still raining. Nothing doing.
5 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert, George and Tommie at the Port
with 2 steers for Hugh Jacque. Sally at the Port with Alec. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
6 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert sowing pease. Self choring. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self choring. Sally at Lizzies.
Robert at Greenbank Division meeting in the evening.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Leaskdale minister preaching from Luke
XVI:8. Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self digging in the
garden. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Manchester at
council meeting. Self in garden. Mother planting onions.
9 – Wind W, warm day. Robert plowing. Self digging garden.
Mother planting seeds. Afternoon Robert sowing wheat. Self in
garden. Sally ironing. Alec Lee sick. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self in garden. Man
from the Port grafting apple trees. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert fencing. Self planting potatoes. Sally at Mr. Lees all night.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self planting
potatoes. Sally cleaning out the cellar. Mother at Lizzies.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self making water place for cattle in
swamp.
12 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert sowing oats. Self fixing fences.
Afternoon thunder and rain. Nothing doing. Robert at Greenbank
in evening.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert fencing. Sally scrubbing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert pruning apple trees. Self mending
fences. Sally at Mr. Lees. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
14 – Wind N, dull day and raining some. Self, Mother and Robert
at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Luke
XV:1,2. Robert at Port Perry evening meeting.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Sally washing. Self
cleaning out the turnip cellar. Afternoon heavy rain. Robert
pruning apple trees. Self choring. Sally at Mr. Lees to see Alec.
16 – Wind N and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon still raining.
Sally at her fathers. Self mending harness.
17 – Wind N and raining. Rained all night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon still raining. Robert and Sally at the Dairy meeting at
Greenbank.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert pruning apple trees. Sally ironing.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self visiting at
Lizzies and Mr. O’Neils. Sally ironing. Alec here a little while.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert pruning trees. Self choring. Sally
housecleaning. Afternoon Robert pruning. Self at Greenbank
getting Fly shoed. Sally housecleaning. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert hauling brush out of the orchard.
Self cutting potatoes. Sally cleaning up. Afternoon Robert
drawing brush. Self cutting potatoes. Sally scrubbing. Robert at
Division meeting in evening.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew V.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing brush. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self cutting potatoes.
Sally and Alec at Port Perry to Dairy meeting.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self spreading dung.
Sally ironing. Mother making soap. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self spreading dung. Sally scrubbing. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shelling corn.
Afternoon Robert at Shaws Sunday School anniversary. Self at
Montroys.
25 – Wind W, showery day. Robert harrowing. Self shelling corn.
Sally at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self at the Port.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self planting corn.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Self, Georgie and Tommie planting
potatoes. Robert gone to Layton Sunday School anniversary.
27 – Wind SE, looking like rain. Robert covering potatoes. Self
planting potatoes. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert planting in
orchard. Self shelling corn. Rain at night.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Thornley preaching from 1st
Chronicles XXIX:5. Robert at evening meeting in Port Perry.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self digging cellar
drain. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self at drain. Mrs.
Charles Love here on a visit. Sally and Robert at prayer meeting.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self planting corn.
Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self planting corn.
Mother visiting at Alex Gordons. Robert at Pinedale in evening.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self planting corn.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self at drain in
garden. Sally visiting at Charles Gordons.
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JUNE 1 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert drawing dung. Self in
garden. Mother planting seeds in garden. Afternoon Robert
drawing dung. Self choring. Robert fishing in the evening. Sally
at Wesleys in evening.
2 – Wind SE, rain at ten o’clock. Robert drawing dung and
finishes. Self cutting thistles. Sally gone to Saintfield. Afternoon
Robert spreading dung. Self cutting thistles.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Lizzie here on a visit. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading
dung. Sally scrubbing. Some rain at six o’clock.. Robert at
Division meeting in evening.
4 – Wind SW, dull day, rain through the night. Self, Mother,
Robert and Sally at the Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger
preaching from Isaiah XXVIII:16. Robert at the evening meeting.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
6 – Wind NW, dull day, heavy rain through the night. Robert
plowing. Self doing nought. Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self shelling corn. Mr. O’Neil gets 7 bushels of oats.
Robert at Greenbank in evening.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Lees for some
corn. Afternoon Mother weeding in garden. Robert drilling. Self
planting corn second time. Robert and Sally at prayer meeting.
First assembly of Canada Presbyterian Church 1870.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert planting corn. Afternoon
self at Greenbank to get pump sucker repaired. Robert fixing
pump.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fencing. Self hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Sally at Presbyterian Meeting
and communion. Mr. Ross preaching from Revelations I:5,6.
10 –Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self hoeing potatoes.
Sally baking. Afternoon self and Robert fencing. Sally scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting. Sally and Alec at Port Perry.
11 – Wind E, rainy day. Sacrament at Wick. Robert and Sally at
Presbyterian Meeting at 7 o’clock. Mr. McMillan preaching.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and horses at statute labour. Self
cutting thistles. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert and the horses
at road work. Self hoeing. Self fixing pump spout. Mother at Mr.
Lees.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at statute labour. Self hoeing.
Afternoon Robert finishes statute labour. Self and Mother at Wm.
Fowlies visiting. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
14 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert rolling. Self hoeing. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self choring. Robert gone
somewhere at night. Mrs. J. Horne and Mrs. Akhurst here
visiting.
15 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes.
Afternoon Robert sowing turnips. Self hilling potatoes. Sally at
party at Mr. Akhursts.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Scugog Island at the District
meeting of Sons of Temperance. Self doing nothing. Afternoon
nothing doing. Very warm.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert fencing. Self planting corn and
picking bugs. Mother picking bugs. Afternoon Robert fencing.
Self doing nothing. Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting in
evening.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Edward Boe preaching from Ezekiel
XXXIII:5.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing corn. Sally at
Port Perry. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing potatoes.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sowing turnips and finishes. Self
hoeing potatoes. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Munros
barn raising. Self hoeing corn.
21 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Lizzies barn. Self hoeing
potatoes. Sally ironing. Some rain. Afternoon nothing doing.
22 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at Lizzies barn. Self cutting
thistles. Afternoon Robert at Lizzies barn. Self hoeing potatoes.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Lizzies barn. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert at Lizzies barn.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fencing. Self hoeing turnips. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert fencing. Sally scrubbing. Self hoeing
corn. Thos. Black and wife and family here. Robert at Division
meeting.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Church. The Methodist Sunday School meeting was in it. Mr.
Ross from Port Perry and Mr. Wicks from Uxbridge gave
addresses. Robert and Sally at evening meeting. Mr. and Mrs.
Black leave for home.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Some rain through the night. Self and
Robert drawing old rails. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert
fencing. Self at Sandy Gordons. Mother at [Cephas?] Butts
visiting.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert fencing. Self fencing. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees shingling his barn. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees shingling. Self
mending single harness. Afternoon self at harness.
29 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert scuffling potatoes. Self hilling
corn. Afternoon Robert shingling at Mr. Lees. Self at corn. Sally
away visiting.
30 – Wind E, warm day. Robert hoeing corn. Self choring.
Afternoon self burning rotten rubbish at the fence. Robert hoeing
corn. Very warm.
JULY 1 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert at the Port for Margaret.
Sally scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon self, Margaret, Robert
and Sally at the Methodist Anniversary in Beares woods.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Margaret, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
I:26,27.
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3 – Wind NW, slight showers. Self and Robert hoeing potatoes.
Sally and Margaret gone visiting to Mr. Akhursts and Mr. Lees.
Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self choring. Cold evening.
Margaret leaves for home.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert taking straw out of the barn. Self
hoeing turnips. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert putting Paris
Green on potatoes. Self hoeing turnips. Robert at Greenbank in
the evening.
5 – Wind SE and raining. Clear at 9 o’clock. Nothing doing. Sally
ironing. Afternoon showery. Self hoeing turnips between
showers. Robert putting Paris Green on potatoes. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone to the Temperance
Excursion to Washburn Island. Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self hoeing turnips. Mother visiting at Mr. Ewens. Mr. Wheeler
buys heifer cow.
7 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sally
ironing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sally picking
berries.
8 – Wind W, rough day and some showers. Robert scuffling
turnips. Self hoeing turnips. Sally baking. Afternoon self and
Robert hoeing turnips. Sally scrubbing. Robert at Division
meeting in evening.
9 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Horne preaching from John I:41,42.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port with cow to Mr.
Wheeler. Self at Port to bring Robert home. Sally washing.
Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert and two men from the Port
setting binder up.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing corn. Self hoeing turnips.
Sally ironing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Barbara
here and goes home by evening train.
12 – Wind NW and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon self and
Robert hoeing turnips. Very warm at night.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sally at
the Port. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert scuffling turnips.
Mrs. Fowlie and Barbara Fowlie here on a visit. Robert at
Greenbank in evening.
14 – Wind NE, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self hoeing turnips and finishes first time. Robert setting up
potatoes. Robert at Greenbank in evening getting Fly shoed.
15 – Wind W, thunder and rain before 7 o’clock. Self and Robert
fanning oats. Sally baking. Afternoon Sally gone to Brooklin. Self
cutting thistles. Robert at Lizzies. Robert at Division Meeting.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
VII:1. Took spotted cow to Mr. Phairs bull. Sally comes from
Brooklin.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Sally washing. Robert at Wesleys
hoeing turnips. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon self choring. Sally
picking cherries and berries. Slight shower in the afternoon.
18 – Wind N, dull day. Robert at Wesleys hoeing. Self choring.
Sally picking cherries. Afternoon Robert mowing hay. Self putting
Paris Green on potatoes. Sally picking cherries. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone to the great excursion to
Sturgeon Point. Self mowing fence corners. Afternoon self
turning hay.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert raking hay. Sally churning. Self
cocking hay. Afternoon Sally picking berries. Self, Robert and
Johnnie drawing hay. Drew in 8 loads into barn.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Sally at Mr. Lees picking cherries. Self,
Robert and Johnnie drawing in hay. Drew in 3 loads which is all
that is cut. Afternoon Robert at Lizzies. Self at Greenbank for
papers.
22 – Wind NW, looking some like rain. Robert scuffling turnips.
Self hoeing turnips. Sally picking berries. Afternoon Robert
mowing hay. Self cutting fence corners. Robert at Division
meeting in evening.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
XXVIIII:16 through 22.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Sally picking berries. Robert raking hay.
Self choring. Afternoon self, Robert and George drawing hay into
stack. Put 7 loads in stack. Very warm and dry.
25 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert raking hay. Drew in 1 load and
finished haying and fenced hay stack. Sally washing. Afternoon
Robert at Wesleys stacking hay. Self choring and hoeing. High
wind.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Some rain in the night. Self and Robert
hoeing turnips. Sally picking berries. Afternoon Sally picking
berries. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Robert at prayer meeting
in evening.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Sally picking berries. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing
turnips. Sally at her fathers. Lizzie here visiting and in great
trouble about stories.
28 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Lizzies stacking hay. Self hoeing
turnips. Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert at Lizzies. Self hoeing.
Sally at Port with Alex.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips and
finished hoeing. Sally baking. Afternoon self cutting thistles.
Robert fencing. Mother at Lizzies. Robert at Division meeting in
evening.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Acts
XVII:24,31. Robert somewhere to evening meeting.
31 – Wind SW, rather dull day. Sally picking berries. Robert
fencing. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry for
binding twine. Sally making preserves. Self doing nothing. Some
rain in afternoon.
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AUG. 1 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert at Greenbank with oats for
Rev. Mr. Thornley. Sally washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
at Lizzies raising. Self at Wick to hear Mr. Paton on Erromanga
Missions.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Self pulling weeds among potatoes.
Robert mending road into barn. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank
for repairs to the plow and started plowing. Self picking bugs
from potatoes.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking bugs.
Afternoon self at Mr. O’Neils. Robert plowing. Sally ironing. Alec
and Sally visiting at Mr. Gordons in the evening.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self picking bugs. Robert cutting oats in
orchard. Sally picking berries. Afternoon Robert cutting oats. Self
choring.
5 – Wind around everywhere, warm day. Self and Robert fanning
wheat for grist to Lizzie and cutting round oats. Sally scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally gone to Mrs.
Harringtons sale. Thunder and rain at 4 o’clock. Robert at
Division meeting.
6 – Wind N, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
XXXII:26,27,28.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert cutting oats. Self choring. Wesley
shocking oats. Afternoon Robert cutting wheat. Self and Wesley
shocking wheat. Robert and Wesley at the Port for a whip.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert cutting wheat. Wesley and self
shocking wheat. Afternoon Robert cutting oats. Self and Wesley
shocking oats. Robert at the Port to hear Dr. Paton.
9 – Wind S, warm day. Self at Greenbank getting Fly shoed. Sally
washing. Robert raking oats in orchard. Afternoon self and
Robert drawing in oats of orchard. Robert at prayer meeting.
10 – Wind S, warm day. Self choring. Robert pulling pease for Mr.
Lee. Sally picking berries. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys reaping
oats. Self doing nought.
11 – Wind S, very warm day. Sally ironing. Robert at Wesleys
reaping oats. Self at Lizzies and choring. Afternoon Mrs. Innes
here visiting. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Some rain.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Wesleys. Self reading
newspapers. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self
choring. Robert at open Division meeting in the evening.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Macgilvary preaching from Romans XII:11
for the Foresters. Robert at the evening meeting.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie drawing in
oats. Afternoon Robert reaping at Cephas Butts. Self choring.
Sally washing. Mother visiting at Thomas Phairs.
15 – Wind W, warm day. Robert reaping wheat. Self shocking.
Wesley shocking. Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie drawing in
wheat.
16 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie drawing in wheat
and oats. Afternoon Robert raking. Self doing nought.
17 – Wind NE, dull day, rain through the night. Robert plowing.
Self doing nothing. Sally churning. Afternoon Robert sick. Self at
Greenbank for papers. Mother at Lizzies visiting.
18 – Wind N, warm day. Robert sick. Self choring. Sally baking.
Afternoon self and Johnnie drawing in rakings. Robert sick.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Sally scrubbing. Robert at Wesleys
reaping. Self choring. Heavy shower at noon. Self doing nothing.
Mother died 19 Aug. 1873.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians
II:12.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Sally washing. Self
cutting pease. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self cutting pease.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self cutting pease.
Afternoon Robert reaping oats. Self and Georgie shocking.
George here instead of Wesley.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert, Wesley, Georgie and Johnnie
cutting oats and finishes cutting at 10 o’clock. Self doing nothing.
Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie drawing in
wheat.
24 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Lizzies reaping oats. Self
choring. Sally churning. Afternoon Sally at Mr. Lees. Robert at
Lizzies cutting oats. Self doing nothing. Robert at Mr. Lees
threshing after supper.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self writing
letter to Helen Tough. Sally at Mr. Lees helping Mrs. Lee.
Afternoon Robert comes from Mr. Lees at 4 o’clock. Johnnie,
Robert and self drawing in oats.
26 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie drawing
oats. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Akhursts
threshing. Self choring. Mother visiting at John Ewens. Robert at
Division meeting in the evening.
27 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Genesis
XIII:11. Robert at Port Perry evening meeting. Shower in the
evening.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
choring. Sally baking pies. Afternoon Robert plowing. Sally at the
Port. Self doing nought. Some thunder and rain in afternoon.
29 – Wind E and raining. Rained all night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self visiting at Lizzies and Mrs.
O’Neils.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Sally
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Thomas Phairs
threshing. Self and Mother visiting at William Fowlies. Robert
somewhere at night.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert raking oats. Sally ironing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally gone to
someplace. Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
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SEPT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Finished harvest. Jean
Akhurst here.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Self digging potatoes. Robert harrowing.
Sally baking. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self digging potatoes.
Sally and Jane dressmaking. Robert at Division meeting in
evening.
3 – Wind NW, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Ephesians
V:14. Robert at Port Perry evening meeting.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self making fork handle.
Mrs. Jas. Love, Mrs. Charles Love, Mrs. Cephas Butt and Mrs.
Montroy here visiting.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Akhursts and
Alex Gordons on business. Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert
harrowing. Self at cellar drain. Sally at her fathers.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert sowing fall wheat. Self at cellar
drain. Sally gone to visit Abraham Cragg at Cambray. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at cellar.
7 – Wind NW, heavy shower at 6 o’clock. Robert plowing. Self
cleaning cellar. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing nothing.
Robert gone somewhere at night. Sally comes from Cambray.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
churning. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles. Sally
sewing. Miss Cragg here for crab apples.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Charles Gordons threshing. Self
fixing for threshing. Sally baking for threshers. Afternoon Robert
at Mr. Butts threshing. Self choring. Sally scrubbing.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Matthew
VII:7,8,9,10. Robert at evening meeting in Port Perry.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Threshing
machine comes at 5 o’clock and threshes 2 hours.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Jason Stone here threshing. C. Butts;
Thos. Phair; A. Lee; A. Akhurst; A. Gordon; C. Gordon; W. Luke;
and 3 boys finished threshing at 2 o’clock. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Lizzies threshing. Self doing
nought. Sally washing. Self choring. Sally washing. Afternoon
Robert harrowing. Self cutting corn. Mr. and Mrs. Ross here a
few minutes. Robert at prayer meeting.
14 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self cutting corn. Robert
somewhere at night.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Thunder and rain through the night.
Robert digging stones. Sally churning. Self doing nought.
Afternoon self and Robert fanning a grist. Sally baking. Robert
digging out stones.
16 – Wind NW, rain through the night. Robert digging up stones.
Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone to James
Smiths. Self shocking corn. Showery cold afternoon.
17 – Wind NW, cold day. Nobody at any meeting. Sally at her
fathers.
18 – Wind NE, dull day and foggy. Robert at Whitby. Self doing
nought. Afternoon self cutting corn. Robert arrives from Whitby
and Annie Smith.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
washing. Afternoon self binding corn. Robert plowing. Annie
Smith at Lizzies. Mrs. O’Neil here for some apples. Robert gone
somewhere in the evening.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn.
Sally ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Sally
and Annie at Mr. Akhursts birthday festival in the evening. Robert
gone somewhere.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Sally baking. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting weeds. Sally
making a paper holder. Lizzies wedding at 4 o’clock to Wm.
Mark.
22 – Wind SW, dull day and raining some. Robert plowing. Sally
churning. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
cutting corn. Mother and Annie Smith visiting at Mr. Lees.
23 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Annie
Smith visiting at Mr. Akhursts. Robert at Division meeting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Revelation
II:10. Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
25 – Wind W, some rain in the morning. Robert at the Port with
grist. Annie Smith gone home. Sally washing. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert plowing and picking apples. Self doing nothing.
High wind. Robert somewhere at night. Sally at her fathers at
night.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self shocking corn.
Sally gone to Uxbridge Fair. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self
piling dung. Robert somewhere in evening.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self choring. Sally
at Uxbridge Fair. Afternoon Robert hauling stones. Self walking
round. Sally gets 3 prizes at Uxbridge Fair.
28 – Wind NW, showery. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn. Mrs. R.
Akhurst here.
29 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert at Alex Gordons threshing. Self at Port
Perry for money. Sally helping Mrs. Lee to cook for threshers.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon Robert at the Port with apples. Sally
scrubbing. Self picking corn. Robert at Division meeting.
OCT. 1 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching to Sons of Temperance.
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2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Sally washing. Self
picking corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone to Sunderland Fair. Sally
ironing. Self husking corn. Afternoon self husking corn.
4 – Wind W, dull day, rain through the night. Robert plowing. Self
choring. Sally baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at prayer meeting at Mr. Lees.
Mrs. Butts died.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie taking up
potatoes. Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie at potatoes.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie at potatoes.
Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie at potatoes. Rain at 5 o’clock.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie finishes potatoe
digging. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Robert at the Sons of Temperance Meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sally at the
Presbyterian meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians IX:26,27. Robert at Port in the evening.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Sally washing. Robert plowing. Self
spreading dung. Mother at Lizzies. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self at Thos. Phairs paying for cows to bull. Robert away in
evening.
10 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Sally ironing. Self picking
corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn.
Afternoon self and Robert at Mrs. Whitters funeral. Robert at
prayer meeting.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert drawing in corn and
pumpkins. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self husking
corn.
13 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Sally at Port Perry. Self
husking corn. Afternoon self at Raymond Byers sale.
14 – Wind W and very high. Much rain through the night. Self
husking corn. Robert choring. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self,
Robert, Mother and Sally pairing apples. Still raining.
15 – Wind W, showery cold day. Self and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from 1st
Corinthians XV:58.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing. Self
choring. Sally washing. Afternoon Robert at Thomas Phairs
threshing. Self, Mother and Sally pairing apples.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert topping turnips. Self choring. Sally
ironing. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips. Sally
baking. Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips. Took in 16
loads.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert taking in the potatoes, 4
loads. Afternoon self choring. Robert, Mother and Sally picking
apples. Robert and Sally at Womans meeting.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert going to the
Worlds Fair. Sally baking. Afternoon self, Mother and Sally
pairing apples.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Self at the Port to meet Annie and
children. Sally scrubbing. Afternoon self and Annie at
Greenbank. Sally and Annie at Mr. Lees in the evening.
22 – Wind W, fine day. No service at Presbyterian Church. Annie
and Sally visiting at Mr. Akhursts with all the children.
23 – Wind E, dull day. Nothing doing. Self choring. Sally
dressmaking. Afternoon self choring. Annie and Sally
dressmaking.
24 – Wind SW, dull day. Self at the Port with Annie and children
to the train. Afternoon self choring.
25 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Self throwing back turnips. Sally
washing. Afternoon self fixing cattle stalls. Sally washing.
26 – Wind E, cold day. Self at Greenbank with eggs. Sally ironing.
Afternoon self fixing cattle stalls.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self fixing at the cattle stalls. Afternoon
self topping turnips. Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gordon here visiting.
28 – Wind SW, raining some. Self topping turnips. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self at turnips. Sally at her fathers.
29 – Wind NW, cold day. Self at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan did not come, he being sick.
30 – Wind N, fine day, hard frost through the night. Self choring.
Sally washing. Afternoon Robert comes from Chicago. Self and
Robert topping and harrowing up turnips.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Johnnie at turnips. Drew in 13 loads.
NOV. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and James West at
turnips. Afternoon self, Robert and James West at turnips. Drew
in 10 loads. Self and Robert at prayer meeting at Mr. Akhursts.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and James West rowing
turnips. Afternoon self, Robert and James West at turnips. Drew
10 loads.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and James West at turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and James West at turnips and finished
them. Drew in 11 loads. 60 loads with [shilvens?].
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port to get his picture taken
with the orchestra. Self choring. Afternoon Robert taking in
apples. Mother picking apples. Sally at the Port.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Mother and Sally at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Whitman from Port Perry preaching
from Job XXII:21. Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
6 – Wind E, fine day. Sally washing. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Afternoon self, Robert and Sally at Mrs. Butts funeral to Prince
Albert Cemetery.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
baking. Afternoon self choring. Robert plowing. Sally picking
apples.
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8 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Robert plowing. Mrs. Ewen
and Elizabeth Burton here visiting. Robert at prayer meeting in
the evening.
9 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self, Sally and Mother
pairing apples. Afternoon self draining. Robert plowing.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self draining. Mr. O’Neil here
for apples.
11 – Wind S, foggy day. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and Sally
pairing apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Mother making vinegar. Frank Bratley comes from
Whitby.
12 – Wind SW, dull foggy day. Self and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews XII:2. Robert at
Port Perry with James A. Miller in the evening.
13 – Wind SW and raining some. Sally churning. Robert at the
Port with Frank Bratley. Self choring. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self choring. Robert gone somewhere at night.
14 – Wind SW, dull cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sally
washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees cutting wood. Self
choring. Sally baking. Put in 3 cattle to fat. Looking like winter,
some snow.
15 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self, Mother and
Sally pairing apples. Afternoon Albert Akhurst and Alex Ewen
takes the old mare to the swamp and shoots her. Sally ironing.
Self choring.
16 – Wind N, fine day, snow 6 inches deep. Robert doing nought.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees cutting wood. Self
choring.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees cutting wood. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self, Mother and Sally
pairing apples. Robert at the Methodist pie social in evening.
18 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Sally
scrubbing. Edgar Horne here all night. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Lees. Self choring. Sally scrubbing. Sally leaves after being 3
years 8 months with us.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. McMillan preaching from Hebrews II:24.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone for Ann Innes. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at Mr. Downies.
21 – Wind S, cloudy day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Mother
and Annie dressing a goose. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees
cutting wood. Self choring.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Alex Lee cutting wood.
Afternoon self, Robert and Alex Lee cutting wood.
23 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone to Whitby. Self, Mother and
Ann pairing apples. Afternoon self choring.
24 – Wind W, cold day. Nothing doing. Self choring. Ann sewing.
Afternoon Mr. O’Neil here for oats. Self choring.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at O’Neils. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Mr. Lees. Self at Greenbank for the papers. Ann
scrubbing. Robert and Ann at Greenbank in the evening.
26 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching from John
XVII:17.
27 – Wind E, cloudy day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Ann
washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
28 – Wind W, rough day, rain all night. Robert sick and vomiting.
Self choring. Afternoon self, Mother and Annie paring apples.
29 – Wind SW and snowing. Nothing doing. Robert writing.
Afternoon still snowing. Robert sick. Self choring.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Annie at Greenbank.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Mr. Lees.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at Mr. Lees. Robert at Greenbank
in evening.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Mr. Lees.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees and at Division meeting in evening.
3 – Wind E and snowing. Robert at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
McMillan preaching. Very stormy, snow falling.
4 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self fixing for pig killing.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert, self and Wesley killing pigs.
Afternoon Robert at the Port at Temperance meeting. Self
choring. Sally here helping Mother to clean pigs inside.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Afternoon self choring.
Robert at Port Perry.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port all night. Self choring.
Afternoon self at Greenbank. Robert comes home at night.
8 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert at the Port with pig. Self fixing the
barrow. Afternoon Robert cutting poles. Self choring.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex Lee cutting poles. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at poles. Self, Mother and Annie
paring apples. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
10 – Wind SW, rough day. Robert and Sally at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. McMillan preaching.
11 – Wind E, cold day. Robert and Alex cutting wood. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Alex in the woods. Self choring.
12 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert and Alex Lee cutting wood. Self
reading Peoples Journal. Afternoon Robert and Alec at wood.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alec at wood. Annie
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Alec at wood. Self
choring.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert cutting wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert cutting wood. Self at Mr. O’Neils to see Mr.
Downie.
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15 – Wind NE and snowing. Robert cutting wood. Self at Port
Perry for money. Robert cutting wood.
16 – Wind SE and thawing. Robert at the Port for his clothes. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert writing. Self mending boots. Robert
and Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie gone to Wick to the
Church opening. Self and Mother at home. No meeting at our
Church today.
18 – Wind SE and snowing. Robert cutting wood. Self choring.
Ann washing. Afternoon very stormy, nothing doing.
19 – Wind NW, stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing. Very stormy, high wind, snow drifting.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert on the roads. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Ann ironing. Self choring.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert writing. Self doing nothing. Mr. Lee
here for a goose for Christmas. Afternoon Robert out breaking
the road. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
22 – Wind SE, near thawing. Robert on the roads. Self reading
papers. Ann fixing goose for Christmas. Afternoon all pairing
apples. Thawing at night.
23 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert at Port Perry to meet
Margaret. Ann baking. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Robert gone somewhere. Robert and Ann at Greenbank in
evening.
24 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from Hebrews IV:14,15,16.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Rain through the night. Robert and
Thomas Black at Mr. Lees. Self doing nothing. Afternoon nothing
doing. Mr. & Mrs. Black leave for home.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nought. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank getting
mare shoed. Self choring. Robert takes Margaret to train.
27 – Wind W, dull day. Robert at school meeting. Self doing
nought. Ann sewing. Afternoon self choring. Robert gone
somewhere. Hana, book pedlar, here all night.
28 – Wind SW, dull day. Mr. Hana leaves. Annie churning.
Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self at
Greenbank for papers.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone to the woods. Ann at Mr. Marks. Self
choring.
30 – Wind NE, cold day. Nothing doing. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with Annie get her teeth pulled. Self choring.
Robert and Annie at Greenbank.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Methodist meeting. Self,
Mother, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Currie
preaching from Matthew XXV:13.
And thus ends the year 1893.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1894.
JAN. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert writing. Self doing nought.
Annie at Greenbank. Afternoon self and Robert at Greenbank
voting for councilors and the plebiscite. Ann at Seagrave.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Ann
washing. Afternoon Ann at Mr. Marks. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Robert
at Wm. MacMillans and somewhere else at night.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone to Brooklin. Self choring.
4 – Wind W, fine day and thawing some. Self dunging out the
pigs. Afternoon self choring. Ann patching.
5 – Wind NE and snowing heavy. Self at newspapers. Ann
patching. Afternoon self choring. Robert comes home from
Whitby.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert writing. Self choring. Ann baking.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Ann scrubbing.
Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the evening.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Matthew
X:32,33.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at James Macmillans auditing the Church
accounts. Self choring. Ann patching. Robert gone somewhere
at night.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self at Mr. Lees.
Annie washing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Robert at the annual meeting in the Presbyterian Church.
10 – Wind E, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Mrs. C. Love here
on a visit. Annie at the prayer meeting in the Presbyterian
Church.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Jane
Akhurst and cousin here. Afternoon Miss Akhurst gone to Mr.
Lukes. Robert and Annie gone to the Rev. Mr. McMillans, Brock,
to get Ann baptized. Self choring.
12 – Wind NW, very stormy cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert and Annie at meeting in Presbyterian Church. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann
churning. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Robert
and Ann at Greenbank in evening.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Greig preaching from
Matthew XXV:16.
15 – Wind S and thawing. Self and Robert fanning oats.
Afternoon raining. Robert, Wesley and John Lee disputing in the
shop about liquor drinking. Self choring.
16 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at the mill with oats to chop. Self
mending boot. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert in the woods.
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17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self choring. Mrs.
Gordon and Mrs. Campbell here. Afternoon Robert and Alex Lee
in woods. Self choring. Barbara Fowlie here all night.
18 – Wind SW, rather cold. Robert gone to mill for chop and took
Barbara Fowlie to Greenbank. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
drawing wood. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert gone to Temperance meeting at
Manchester. Self choring. Barbara Fowlie comes. Afternoon self
choring. Barbara Fowlie leaves for home.
20 – Wind S, cold day. Robert drawing poles. Self doing nothing.
Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing poles. Self choring.
Ann gone to Greenbank. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
21 – Wind S and raining. Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Stranger preaching. Robert at evening meeting.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for Mothers dress.
Self choring. Bella Gordon here making dress. Afternoon Robert
drawing poles. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Robert practicing for party.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Bella
Gordon making dress. Ann baking. Miss Akhurst and Miss Phair
here collecting for Bible Society. Afternoon Robert drawing
poles. Self choring. Bella and Annie dressmaking.
24 – Wind SE and thawing. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Annie washing. Afternoon raining. Robert at Greenbank.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port to get bills for the party
at Presbyterian Church. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Robert gone somewhere at night.
26 – Wind SE and snowing. Self choring. Robert sleeping. Ann
churning. Afternoon self choring. Robert somewhere.
27 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. Poland Jew pedlar here selling jewelry. Robert and
Ann at Greenbank at night.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Reid preaching from Psalm 139:23,24. Robert and
Ann at evening meeting.
29 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert drawing poles. Self choring. Ann
washing. Afternoon Robert drawing poles. Self choring.
30 – Wind N, cold day, snow drifting. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Ann baking.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert shoveling snow on road. Self
choring. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Robert and Ann at prayer meeting in the evening.
FEB. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Ann baking. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Mother and Ann dressing hens for Church party. Afternoon
Robert, Alex Lee and Jamie sawing wood. Self choring.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Alex and Jamie sawing wood. Self
cutting turnips. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and Alec and
Jamie sawing wood. Robert at Division meeting.
4 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting in afternoon and evening. Mr. Cameron preaching.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank setting tables for
party at 5 o’clock. Afternoon Robert and Annie at party in
Presbyterian Church. Made 84 dollars.
6 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert gone to Toronto to the
Temperance convention. Self choring. Annie washing. Afternoon
self choring. Annie quilting. Annie at party in evening.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Mother and Annie quilting.
Afternoon Mrs. Innes and Mrs. C. Love here quilting.
8 – Wind SW and thawing. Self choring. Ann at Lizzies. Afternoon
Robert comes home and drawing wood. Self choring.
9 – Wind E and snowing. Robert reading papers. Self doing
nothing. Annie churning. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere.
Self doing nought.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting. Ann joins Division.
11 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Annie at Presbyterian Church.
Stranger preaching. Annie at Methodist evening meeting.
12 – Wind E, cold day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Annie
sewing. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing, very cold.
13 – Wind NE, cold day, nothing doing. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Self choring. Mother and Ann quilting.
14 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert clearing the road of snow. Self
choring. Mother and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert breaking the
roads. Ann at prayer meeting. John Michie and wife here from
Manitoba.
15 – Wind NE and snowing some. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Afternoon John Michie and wife leaves for Scott
Township. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
16 – Wind NW, very cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon Ann gone to
Mrs. Marks mat bee. Nothing doing.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Self and Robert fanning a grist. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry with grist. Self choring.
Ann scrubbing. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
18 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Macay preaching from Luke II:49. Ann at the
evening meeting. Robert gone somewhere.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Ann washing. Self choring. Robert
drawing wood. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Ann quilting. James Smith comes. Robert at Greenbank.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and James Smith in the woods.
Self choring. Mother and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert and
James Smith in the woods. Robert & Annie at the Port in the
evening.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and James Smith in the woods.
Self choring. Afternoon Mr. Brown at dinner. Robert and J. Smith
gone to Whitby with wood. Mother and Annie quilting.
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22 – Wind W, fine day. Ann gone to Greenbank. Self choring.
Robert and James Smith arrive from Whitby. Afternoon Robert at
J. Reals sale. J. Smith drawing wood. Self choring.
23 – Wind NW, very cold day. James Smith and Robert in woods.
Self choring. Afternoon James Smith leaves for home. Robert
gone somewhere. Self choring.
24 – Wind N, very cold day. Robert and Alex Lee began to draw
in hay stack but had to quit for cold. Afternoon Ann scrubbing.
Nothing doing.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Hanna preaching from Genesis XIII:18 to end of
chapter. Robert at evening meeting.
26 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Alex Lee taking in hay stack.
Ann washing. Afternoon Robert shoveling snow. Self choring.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert and
Annie at Mr. Whitfords daughters funeral. Self choring.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats and wheat
for Mrs. O’Neil. Afternoon Robert gone to Mara. Ann gone to
Alex Leasks. Self choring.
MAR. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Ann quilting. Self choring.
Afternoon Ann quilting. Self choring. Stewart Bratley here from
Whitby.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Mother and Ann quilting. Self choring.
Stewart comes from Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert comes from
Mara. Maria Akhurst here. Self choring. Annie quilting.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Alex Lee and Stewart sawing
wood. Self choring. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert, Alex and
Stewart at wood. Robert and Ann at Greenbank in evening.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Stewart at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from Mark VIII:36.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert, Alex Lee and Stewart sawing wood. Self choring.
6 – Wind SW, dull cloudy day. Annie washing. Robert, Alex and
Stewart cutting wood. Self choring. Afternoon Robert, Alex and
Stewart at wood. Self choring. Annie at Mr. Marks.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Alex and Stewart at wood. Self
choring. Annie at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert, Alex and Stewart
at wood. Ann baking. Self choring. Ann and Stewart at prayer
meeting to J. Ewens.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Alex and Stewart at wood. Ann
at Mr. Marks to get teeth pulled. Self choring. Afternoon Robert,
Alex and Stewart at wood. Self choring. Annie at Lizzies at night.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Stewart at Wesleys killing
pigs. Self choring. Annie gone to Port to get teeth pulled.
Afternoon Robert at Pickhards. Self choring. Mrs. Marks worse.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. Stewart leaves for home. Afternoon self choring.
Robert and Annie at Division meeting.
11 – Wind NW, rough day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Anderson preaching from
Thessalonians V:18.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self at Port Perry.
Annie at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert at Cephas Butts buying a
heifer. Self putting up fence gaps.
13 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert among apple trees. Self
dunging out the pigs. Ann washing. Afternoon raining, nothing
doing. Self at Mr. Lees with paper.
14 – Wind NW, very cold day. Nothing doing. Robert sickly.
Afternoon self choring. Ann gone to Greenbank.
15 – Wind SE and snowing some. Ann comes from Charles
Loves. Robert still sickly. Self choring. Ann goes to Mr. Marks.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring. Robert at papers. Ann at
Mr. Marks all night. Afternoon self choring. Jean Fowlie here.
17 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at Marks.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Jean
Fowlie at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Ann baking. Robert and Ann at
Division meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert, Annie and Jean
Fowlie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from
Zechariah IV:6. Robert, Annie and Jean Fowlie at evening
meeting.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert piling wood. Self choring. Ann at
Mr. Marks washing. Afternoon Robert piling wood. Self choring.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self at Mr.
Marks. Afternoon Robert piling wood. Self splitting wood. Robert
at Greenbank in evening. Ann at Mr. Lees.
21 – Wind SE, raining some. Robert pruning apple trees. Ann
washing. Self writing. Afternoon Robert pruning trees. Self
choring.
22 – Wind E and raining some. Nothing doing. Ann gone to
Charles Loves. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
23 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert fanning oats for Mr. O’Neil.
Self splitting wood. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self at
wood. Arthur Barnet here a short time. Ann comes home from
Charles Loves.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Self at Mr. Marks. Robert goes to Whitby
with 11 o’clock train. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon self choring.
25 – Wind W, cold day. Ann at Church. No minister.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. Self choring. Ann washing. Mrs. O’Neil
here for straw. Robert comes from Whitby. Afternoon Robert and
Jamie takes fat cattle to John Stones. Self choring.
27 – Wind N, cold day. Robert drawing rails. Self splitting wood.
Afternoon Robert drawing brush out of orchard. Self choring.
Robert at Greenbank in evening.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Mother at Mr. Lees. Self
choring. Self, Robert and Annie at Mr. Akhursts at prayer
meeting.
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29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self turning
turnips. Afternoon Robert at Melia Monkes funeral. Self choring.
Annie crocheting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self making a hen prison. Robert choring.
Ann gone to Mary Charlies, she being sick. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Self cutting turnips.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert at the mill with oats. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
APR. 1 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Ann at evening meeting.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone to Uxbridge with Barbara Walker. Self
choring. Annie sick with sore throat.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert pruning apple trees. Self dunging
out henhouse. Ann has sore throat. Afternoon Robert at the mill
for chop. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fixing at stable. Self sawing wood.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert at
managers meeting in Presbyterian Church.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port for some bricks to
Church. Self choring. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert pruning
apple trees. Ann scrubbing. Self choring.
6 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert at Wesleys pruning trees. Self at
the Port. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self mending boots.
7 – Wind E, fine day. Robert drawing stones. Ann scrubbing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert
and Annie at Division meeting in the evening.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Campbell from Quaker Hill preaching
from Psalm CXIX:105. Robert and Ann at evening meeting.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Robert washing buggie. Ann washing. Self
choring. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats. Mother visiting
at Mr. Lukes. Robert and Annie at Greenbank in evening.
10 – Wind SE, rough day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Annie
ironing. Afternoon snowing. Robert gone to the Port. Self doing
nothing. Ann sewing.
11 – Wind SW and snow melting. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert
at a parlor social at Seagrave in the evening.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at Mr.
O’Neils. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self moving turnips.
Ann at Mr. Marks.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at the Port with Mr. Lee. Self at
Mr. O’Neils to see Mr. Downie. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Self choring. Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts. Robert
and Annie at concert in Greenbank.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sowing pease. Self choring. Miss
Mair here. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self choring. Mother
visiting. Robert, Annie and Miss Mair at Mr. Lees in the evening.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McLeod of Sonya preaching from 2nd
Timothy IV:6,7,8. Robert takes Maggie Mair home.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self at Mr. O’Neils to
see Mr. Downie. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert cultivating.
Self choring. Annie at Mr. Marks. Robert at managers meeting in
the evening.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann baking.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Self choring. Annie at Mr. Marks.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self at Mr. O’Neils to
see Mr. Downie who is very sick. Afternoon Robert sowing oats.
Self choring. Robert and Ann at prayer meeting in Presbyterian
Church.
19 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert sowing oats. Self
choring. Annie dying an old dress. Afternoon Robert harrowing.
Self choring.
20 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert harrowing. Self fencing. Ann
cleaning out the pantry. Afternoon Robert at the Fair at Port
Perry. Self choring. Self, Annie and Robert at prayer meeting at
Mr. O’Neils.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self cleaning door yard.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self choring.
Robert and Annie at the Division meeting in the evening.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Stranger preaching from Colossians III:17.
Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
23 – Wind NW, rather cold day. Robert harrowing. Self at Mr.
O’Neils. Annie washing. Afternoon Robert plowing in the orchard.
Self choring. Alex Lee here in the evening.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Robert digging in orchard. Self choring.
Ann ironing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self dunging out pigs. Ann
housecleaning. Mother visiting at Mr. Ewens. Robert at
Greenbank.
25 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert digging garden. Self planting
potatoes. Ann housecleaning. Afternoon self and Mother at Wm.
Fowlies. Robert goes to Brooklin. Self and Ann at prayer meeting
at Mr. Akhursts.
26 – Wind SW, warm day. Self choring. Annie housecleaning.
Robert arrives from Brooklin. Afternoon self choring. Robert
planting maple trees. Self, Robert and Ann at Mr. O’Neils prayer
meeting.
27 – Wind W, warm day. Robert harrowing in orchard. Self doing
chores. Ann housecleaning. Afternoon Robert harrowing in
orchard. Self in garden. Ann housecleaning. Robert at
Greenbank in evening.
28 – Wind W, dull day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at Mr.
O’Neils. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
turning the turnips. Robert and Annie at Greenbank in the
evening.
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29 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Ross, Cannington, preaching from
Revelation XIX:12. Robert and Ann at the evening meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for wire. Self choring.
Ann washing. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self choring. Annie and
Mother quilting Barbara Fowlies quilt.
MAY 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fencing. Self choring. Mother
and Ann quilting. Mrs. Walker here on a visit. Afternoon Ann and
Mother quilting. Robert fencing. Self choring.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fencing. Self fencing. Mother and
Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert fencing. Annie ironing. Self writing
letter. Robert at the Port with J. A. Millar. Ann at prayer meeting
at Jas. [?].
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self making watering place
for cattle in the swamp. Ann cleaning cellar. Afternoon Robert
rolling. Self fencing. Ann at Mr. Marks all night.
4 – Wind SW, some rain through the night. Robert and Ann
whitewashing the kitchen. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert
fencing. Self choring. Annie housecleaning. Robert at Uxbridge
in the evening. Ann fishing.
5 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert fencing. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. Rain at 6 o’clock. Nobody at Greenbank.
6 – Wind SW, dull day and raining some. Self, Robert and Ann at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Macauley from Woodville
preaching from Matthew V:4,5,6,7,8. Rain at night.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fencing. Self choring. Annie
washing. Mother in the garden. Afternoon very high wind. Robert
drawing rails. Self choring. Ann ironing. Dust flying.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing old rails. Self choring. Ann
housecleaning. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Raking chips at
new fence. Ann housecleaning. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self burning brush.
Ann cleaning the room. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self
fixing gate bars. Ann cleaning the room. Robert and Annie at
prayer meeting.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self shelling corn. Mother
and Ann quilting Barbara Fowlies quilt. Robert gone to creek
fishing.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shelling corn. Mother
and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting
potatoes. Mother and Ann quilting. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting potatoes.
Mother and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self planting
corn. Ann scrubbing. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacDonald of Glenarm preaching
from Colossians II:10. Robert at the evening meeting.
14 – Wind E, dull day. Robert drilling. Self cutting potatoes. Ann
washing. Afternoon self and Robert planting potatoes. Planted 8
bags. Robert gone somewhere in the evening. Ann gone to
Greenbank.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Robert covering in potatoes. Self putting in
stakes at fence. Barbara Fowlie here. Afternoon Robert sowing a
few turnips. Self hoeing in garden. Ann and Barbara Fowlie
making a dress.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self putting up
fence stakes. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self fencing. Ann
ironing. Self, Robert and Ann at prayer meeting at Mr. Lees.
17 – Wind W, some rain, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self
fencing. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self fencing.
18 – Wind NE, dull day and raining some. Self and Robert at
Wick to Mr. McMillans funeral. Afternoon Robert spreading dung.
Self hoeing potatoes. Robert at Greenbank in the evening
practicing.
19 – Wind N, cold day. Self piling dung. Robert drawing dung.
Ann cleaning house. Afternoon nothing doing. Rained all
afternoon.
20 – Wind SE and raining. Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Raining heavy. Nobody at evening meeting.
21 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Annie washing.
Afternoon still raining, nothing doing. Robert at prayer meeting.
22 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert spreading dung. Self choring. Ann
baking for anniversary. Afternoon Robert spreading dung. Self
visiting at Mr. Marks. Ann baking for party. Robert and Annie at
Greenbank in evening.
23 – Wind SW, dull day. Self and Robert drawing dung. Ann
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone to Uxbridge for the Limelight
men from Hamilton. Self choring. Ann icing cakes for
anniversary. Mrs. Smith, William Smith and Jessie come from
Whitby.
24 – Wind N and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon self,
Robert, Ann, Barbara, Willie and Jessie at the anniversary of the
Presbyterian Sunday School.
25 – Wind N, warm day. Finished drawing dung. Thunder storm
passing to the East. Afternoon thunder and rain, nothing doing.
Robert, Barbara, Willie, Jessie and Ann at social in Presbyterian
Church.
26 – Wind S, fine day. Robert spreading dung. Self choring.
Mother, Barbara and Willie at the Presbyterian Cemetery.
Afternoon Robert fencing. Self choring. Barbara and William
leave for home.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacKinnan preaching from Exodus
X:11,24. Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
28 – Wind NW, dull day. Self and Robert fencing. Ann washing.
Afternoon Robert fencing. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Ann at Mr. O’Neils
in evening.
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29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Ann gone to
Greenbank. Afternoon self and Robert fencing. Robert at the
Marsh Hill Sunday School Anniversary at night.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann at Wesley Lukes.
31 – Wind N, dull day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Ann baking.
Afternoon raining, nothing doing.
JUNE 1 – Wind N, cold day. Robert fencing. Self doing nought.
Ann churning. Afternoon self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Whitman preaching from Mark X:21.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Ann at Port Perry. Self
choring. Afternoon some rain, nothing doing. Ann scrubbing.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Communion at Wick. Mr. MacDonald preaching from Romans
XII:2. Robert and Annie at evening meeting.
4 – Wind N, fine day. Robert fencing. Self mending boots. Ann
washing. Afternoon Robert gone to Brooklin. Self choring. Ann at
Mr. O’Neils.
5 – Wind NW, showery day. Self mending Anns boots. Ann gone
to Greenbank. Afternoon Robert and William Smith comes from
Whitby. William Smith leaves at 3 o’clock for home with our
double buggie. Robert goes to Wick about Church affairs.
6 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother
boiling soap. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
hoeing potatoes. Ann dressmaking. Ann at Greenbank in
evening.
7 – Wind W, dull day. Robert and horses on the road working.
Self choring. Ann making dress. Some rain at noon. Afternoon
Robert and horses at road work. Self choring.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert planting corn. Self cutting
potatoes. Afternoon Robert harrowing corn and potatoes. Self
planting pumpkins and potatoes. Sarah Marks here.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self putting up tin among
the corn. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr.
Ewens. Robert and Annie at Greenbank in evening.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacKay from Sunderland preaching
from Matthew XI:28. Robert at evening meeting.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self picking potatoe
bugs. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self hoeing
potatoes. Wm. Gordon from Udora here.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self planting
potatoes. Ann ironing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self planting
potatoes. Robert and Annie at Greenbank to prayer meeting in
the evening.
13 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert at Port Perry for chairs to put in
basement of Church. Self choring. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes. Ann at Mr. Marks. Robert at
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meeting at Greenbank in the evening.
14 – Wind S, warm day. Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes.
Afternoon Robert drilling and sowing turnips. Self hilling
potatoes. Ann at Fowlies on a visit. Robert gone somewhere in
evening.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self picking potatoe
bugs. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self picking potatoe bugs.
Thundering all the afternoon. Not any rain.
16 – Wind NW, fine warm day. Robert sowing turnips. Self picking
potatoe bugs. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing in the
orchard. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Ann cleaning house. Very warm.
Robert and Ann at Greenbank to Division meeting.
17 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Galloway preaching from Matthew
XI:28,29,30. Robert at evening meeting. Thundering and
threatening rain.
18 – Wind SW, shower in the morning. Robert drilling. Self cutting
thistles. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert sowing turnips. Self
picking potatoe bugs. Robert somewhere in the evening.
19 – Wind SW, shower in the morning. Robert scuffling turnips.
Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Ann choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening. Self and Ann
at Mr. Lees prayer meeting. Rev. Mr. Whiteman baptized 5
children – one for Mrs. and A. Gordon; one to Mrs. Dusty; one to
Mrs. A. Lee; one to Mrs. J. Walker; and one to Mrs. Ewen.
20 – Wind NW and raining. Robert harrowing in orchard. Self
choring. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self picking
potatoe bugs. Robert at a job letting on 10th
conc. in front of Lots
15,16.
21 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert doing some road work. Self
choring. Ann baking. Afternoon self choring. Robert gone to
Brooklin to picnic. Mother visiting at Mr. Marks.
22 – Wind W, fine day, very warm. Self reading newspapers. Ann
dressmaking for Nellie. Afternoon self doing nought. Ann
dressmaking. Russell Luke here all night.
23 – Wind W, warm showery day. Robert at Statute Labour on
road. Self fencing. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert at road work.
Self visiting at Mrs. O’Neils and Mr. Marks. Robert and Annie at
the Division meeting in the evening. Mother at Mr. Lees.
24 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. ? preaching from Zechariah III:8. Thunder
and rain at 5 o’clock. Robert at evening meeting.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and horses at road work. Ann
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert scuffling potatoes. Self
putting Paris Green on potatoes. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
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26 – Wind S, warm day. Self at Greenbank voting for Dryden.
Robert at Greenbank as scrutineer for Dryden. Ann ironing.
Afternoon thunder north. Self burning brush heap in field.
27 – Wind W, dull day. Robert scuffling corn and potatoes. Self
hoeing potatoes. Ann gone to Greenbank dressmaking.
Afternoon Robert at Port Perry to the procession in honour of Mr.
Drydens election.
28 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert hoeing corn. Self hoeing
potatoes. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert hoeing corn. Self hoeing
potatoes. Robert at home practicing for party at Derryville.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone in orchestra to Derryville.
Self cutting thistles and visiting at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Ann at
Greenbank. Self hoeing corn. Mother at Wesleys.
30 – Wind W, warm day. Robert hoeing. Self putting Paris Green
on potatoes. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone to Port Perry
to meet Margaret from Whitby. Self doing nought. Ann and
Robert at the Division meeting.
JULY 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Margaret and Annie at
Sunday School. No service in the Presbyterian Church.
2 – Wind W, warm day. Robert scuffling. Self doing nought. Ann
at Greenbank. Afternoon self, Robert and Margaret at Methodist
Sunday School Anniversary in Beares woods. Robert at concert
in the evening.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Margaret
visiting at Mr. Lees. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Robert takes Margaret to the Port for evening train.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Ann
washing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Robert and
Annie at Mr. Ewens to prayer meeting.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing turnips. Self at Greenbank after supper
for newspapers.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Ann
ironing. Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert scuffling turnips.
Thunder and hail at 3 o’clock. Hail like marbles.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Ann
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Robert and
Ann at Greenbank in the evening to Division meeting.
8 – Wind NW, dull cloudy day. Robert and Annie at Sunday
School. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. MacMechan preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:10.
Robert and Ann at evening meeting, Methodist Church.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing turnips.
Ann washing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing potatoes.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hilling up potatoes. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Ann
scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Ann and
Robert at Presbyterian prayer meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and self hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips and finished first time.
William Fowlie and Mrs. here on a visit. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self cutting thistles.
Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Mother gone to picking bee at Mr.
Gordons. Robert painting. Self cutting thistles.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning wheat. Ann
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Self carrying water. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
15 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert and Annie at Sunday School.
Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Dobson from Esson and Willas, preaching from Philippians II:5.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with a grist. Self
choring. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert painting floor. Self
cutting thistles. Annie picking plums from the tree.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Robert mowing grass. Self cutting fence
corners. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self choring. Ann at
prayer meeting at Mr. James MacMillans. Robert at Greenbank.
18 – Wind S, warm day. Robert repairing roof of barn. Self at
Greenbank for scythe. Afternoon Robert raking hay. Self mowing
and cocking hay.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommie drawing hay.
Drew 5 loads. Afternoon self, Robert and Tommie at hay. Drew
in 4 loads, all that was cut. Ann at Greenbank.
20 – Wind S, warm day. Self at Port Perry with Robert to
excursion to Beaverton. Afternoon nothing doing. Self choring.
21 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert mowing grass. Self mowing
corners. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Ann picking berries. Self
cocking hay. Robert scuffling turnips. Robert and Ann at Division
meeting.
22 – Wind SE, fine day. Thos. Black, wife and family here. Mr.
and Mrs. Black visiting at Mr. Lees. Robert, Mr. Black and Ann at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dowson preaching. Tom and
Annie leave for home.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert raking hay. Self at the Port to
Doctor Clemens who says I have shingles. Self, Robert and
Wesley stacking hay. Robert at Wesleys after supper.
24 – Wind SE and raining some. Robert hoeing. Self doing
nought. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert hoeing turnips. Self
cutting thistles. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
25 – Wind SW, warm day. Self and Robert hoeing and raking
hay. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley cutting fall wheat and
finished it. Robert and Ann at prayer meeting at Mr. Akhursts.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Robert
goes to Wesleys at 11 o’clock. Afternoon self at Greenbank for
papers. Robert and Ann at Greenbank at basket social.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
Afternoon self hoeing turnips. Robert scuffling turnips. Mr. Burns
and George Real here for part of old reaper.
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28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Ann
scrubbing for Mrs. Lee. Afternoon self, Robert and Tommie
drawing in fall wheat. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
29 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert and Ann at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Dowson preaching from John
VIII:37. Robert at evening meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Mrs.
Akhurst and Mrs. Edwards from Toronto here visiting.
31 – Wind NE, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self doing nothing. Robert fixing pump at Greenbank for leather
to sucker. Ann picking berries. Robert at Greenbank at night.
AUG. 1 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert choring. Self at the Port to
see Dr. Clemens. Afternoon Robert plowing fall wheat stubble.
Self repairing fences. Robert and Ann at prayer meeting.
2 – Wind SE, thunder and rain in the morning. Robert plowing.
Self doing nothing. Ann gone to Greenbank. Afternoon self and
Robert fenced the haystack. Robert cutting pease.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert cutting pease. Self doing nothing.
Afternoon Robert cutting pease. Self doing nothing. Ann sewing.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cutting pease. Self doing nothing.
Ann scrubbing. Mrs. [ ink blot over name] from Greenbank here.
Afternoon Robert gone to Brooklin. Self doing nought. Ann at
Division meeting in evening.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Lizzie here a short time in the forenoon.
Ann at the Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting.
6 – Wind SE, warm day. Self, Robert and Wesley reaping wheat.
Ann washing. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley reaping oats.
Finished cutting wheat at noon.
7 – Wind SE, very warm day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self
doing nothing. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees pulling
pease. Self turning pease. Ann ironing. Some thunder in
afternoon.
8 – Wind SW, warm day. Self, Robert and Wesley drew in 5
loads. Afternoon drew in 2 loads and reaped 2 acres oats.
Robert reaping oats for Wesley after supper.
9 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Wesleys harvesting. Self at Port
Perry to Dr. Clemens. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self doing
nothing. Ann gone to Charles Gordons.
10 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert at Wesleys. Ann churning. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Ann
sewing. Mrs. Charles Love here visiting.
11 – Wind NE, warm day. Self at the Port to Doctor. Robert and
James Butt drawing in oats. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert
and Mr. Butt drawing in oats. Self doing nothing. Robert and Ann
at Division meeting, Greenbank.
12 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Ann at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from
Deuteronomy VI:5,6,7. Robert at evening meeting.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Wesley reaping oats.
Ann washing. Mr. Mellis here for dinner. Afternoon self, Robert
and Wesley reaping oats. Mrs. Sandy Gordon here to see me.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert and Wesley finished
reaping at 9 o’clock. Ann churning. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys
reaping. Self fixing gate. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
15 – Wind NW, cloudy day, some rain through the night. Robert
at Wesleys. Self doing nothing. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert at
Mr. Lees. Self choring. Lizzie Michie here visiting. Mother,
Robert and Ann at prayer meeting.
16 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes reaping and finishes.
Robert and Mr. Butt drawing in here. Self doing nothing.
Afternoon Robert, Mr. Butt, and Russell drawing in oats. Self
doing nothing.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wesleys drawing oats. Self and
Ann at the Port. Afternoon self doing nought. Robert at Wesleys
drawing oats. Barbara Fowlie here visiting.
18 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self
doing nothing. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys
drawing in oats. Self doing nought. Robert and Ann at Division
meeting.
19 – Wind Easterly, fine day. James Smith and wife here. Robert
and Ann at the Presbyterian Meeting. James Smith and Mrs.
Smith at the Presbyterian Meeting. Robert at evening meeting.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Barbara at Port Perry to Dr.
Archer with my sore neck. Afternoon Robert, Wesley and Ann
drawing in oats. Barbara making pants. Self doing nothing.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Wesley and Ann drawing in
oats. Barbara sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys. Self doing nothing. Barbara and Ann at Mr. Phairs in
the evening.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Ann washing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self doing nothing.
Ann washing. Mrs. Akhurst here visiting. Ann at prayer meeting.
Robert takes Barbara to Port for the evening train.
23 – Wind W, warm day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Ann
ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self in bed. Ann at Charles
Gordons.
24 – Wind W, fine day but very smokey. Robert ploughing. Ann
churning. Self doing nothing. Mrs. Alex Lee here. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Mrs. Charles Gordon and
Mrs. Luke here visiting.
25 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert choring. Self at the Port to
Doctor. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing
nothing. Robert and Ann at Division meeting in the evening.
26 – Wind E, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Mackay preaching from Luke XV:4,8,10. Robert at
the evening meeting at Port Perry.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self doing nought. Ann
quilting. Mr. Boe here awhile. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
doing nothing. Ann sewing. Robert gone somewhere at night.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self doing nought.
Mother and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing
nothing. Mother and Ann quilting. Mrs. Innes here visiting. Robert
at Greenbank.
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29 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing.
Mother and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing
nothing. Ann scrubbing. Mother at Mrs. Lees quilting bee. Robert
gone to Whitby.
30 – Wind SE, dull day. Self choring. Ann churning. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Marks awhile. Ann quilting.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils wood bee. Self cutting
weeds in the orchard. Ann sewing. Mrs. Cephas Butt here
visiting. George and Barbara Fowlie here on a visit.
SEPT. 1 – Wind SW, smokey day. Robert plowing. Self cutting
weeds in orchard. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring. Mrs. A. Gordon Sen. here. Robert and Ann at Division
Meeting.
2 – Wind W, very smokey day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Coulthard preaching from Romans
III:24,25. Robert at evening meeting somewhere.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self fixing
granary. Ann churning. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Akhursts. Self
fixing granary. Ann and Mother making quilt for Mrs. Black.
4 – Wind NE, warm day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self
mending water barrel. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees
threshing. Self choring. Rain at 5 o’clock.
5 – Wind W, thunder and rain at 6 o’clock. Robert plowing. Self
doing nothing. Ann scrubbing. Mrs. Walker here on a visit.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Ann washing. Self choring. Robert
and Ann at prayer meeting.
6 – Wind SE, very smokey day. Robert plowing. Self doing
nothing. At the Port for beef to threshing. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys threshing. Self doing nothing.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Jason Stone here threshing and finishes at
2 o’clock. Threshed all out in 6 hours and goes to Cephas Butts.
A. Ewen; A. Gordon; A. Akhurst; A. Lee; T. Phair; C. Butts;
Wesley and Mr. Butt here at threshing. Mr. and Barbara Fowlie
here a short time.
8 – Wind S, dull day, rain early in the morning. Robert at C. Butts.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self cleaning the barn
floor. Ann scrubbing. Robert and Annie at the Division meeting.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Anderson preaching from Isaiah
XXXII:2. Robert and Ann at evening meeting.
10 – Wind W and raining. Robert sowing fall wheat. Self fixing pig
house. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring.
Mother and Ann quilting. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank cleaning the
Church well. Self mowing some. Mother and Ann quilting.
Afternoon self cutting grass among potatoes. Mother and Ann
quilting. Robert at the Saintfield Harvest Home Methodist
Sunday School.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self hunting for lost pig.
Mother and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self found
pig at Thos. Phairs. Ann ironing. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie
at prayer meeting at Mr. Akhursts.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting brush around
orchard. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting
brush.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
making catsup. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Mrs.
Alexander Gordon here for apples. Robert somewhere at night.
15 – Wind SW, rain at 6 o’clock. Robert plowing. Self choring.
Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Ann
cleaning. Shower at 5 o’clock. Robert at the Division meeting.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Robert and Annie at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Anderson preaching from 1st
Samuel IV:22. Robert
at evening meeting somewhere.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Ann
washing. Mother picking apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
cutting corn. Mother at Thomas Phairs. Robert at Greenbank.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother and
Ann making Barbara Fowlies quilt. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self cocking some hay. Mother and Annie quilting.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. Self at Port Perry. Robert pulling stumps.
Mother and Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr.
Lees and Mr. Akhursts. Rain at night.
20 – Wind NE and raining. Self and Mother pairing apples. Ann
churning. Robert writing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Mrs. Dusty, Mrs. Gordon Sen., Mrs. Gordon Jun., and Mrs.
Charles Love here visiting.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
baking. Afternoon self, Robert and Ann at the Reach and Scugog
Fair at Port Perry. Great crowd.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self threshing beans. Ann scrubbing. High wind
from southwest. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
23 – Wind W, cloudy day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Yeoman preaching from Acts
XXIV:15,16. Robert and Annie at evening meeting somewhere.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
washing. Afternoon Robert paving stable door. Self digging
potatoes. Ann making jelly.
25 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Sandy Gordons threshing. Self
at Greenbank for boots. Ann ironing. Afternoon Robert pulling
stumps. Self, Mother and Ann picking apples.
26 – Wind N, hard frost, but fine day. Robert pulling stumps. Self
choring. Ann baking and churning. Afternoon Robert pulling
stumps. Self, Mother and Annie pairing apples.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert pulling stumps in the swamp. Self
choring. Ann sewing quilt. Afternoon Robert gone to Brooklin.
Self choring. Ann sewing quilt.
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28 – Wind S, warm day. Self mending wheelbarrow. Ann sewing.
Robert at Brooklin. Afternoon Robert and Ann picking apples for
Mr. Bungard. Ann and Robert at concert in the evening.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie picking apples. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Annie picking apples. Self and
Mother pairing apples. Robert at Division meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. ? preaching from John III:16. Robert
and Ann at evening meeting. Mr. Spence from Toronto
preaching.
OCT. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Ann picking apples. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr. O’Neils and Mr.
Marks. Ann quilting. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
2 – Wind E, dull cloudy day. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and
Ann pairing apples. Afternoon Robert at J. Millers stone bee. Self
burning stumps. Ann ironing. Mother picking apples.
3 – Wind SE, raining. Robert gone to Greenbank. Self choring.
Ann scrubbing. Afternoon self and Robert at Port Perry. Self,
Robert and Ann at prayer meeting at Mr. Ewens.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann baking.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Robert at Ladies Aid
meeting at Rev. Mr. Thornleys, Greenbank.
5 – Wind W, some showers. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn.
Afternoon Robert taking out some stumps. Self picking corn.
Mother at Mr. Lees visiting.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert taking out stumps. Self picking
corn. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at stumps. Self, Mother
and Ann pairing apples. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. McCracken preaching from Matthew
IX:9. Robert at evening meeting.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Ann and Tommie taking up
potatoes. Self picking corn. Afternoon Robert and Tommie at
potatoes. Self at corn. Ann at Greenbank.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Self picking corn. Robert, Tommie and Ann
at potatoes. Afternoon self picking corn. Robert, Tommie and
Ann at potatoes. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
10 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn. Ann
washing. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in corn and corn
stalks. Ann at prayer meeting at Presbyterian Church.
11 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and
Ann pairing apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann ironing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn. Ann at quilting at
Mr. Charles Gordons. Rain at night.
13 – Wind W, raining some. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and
Ann pairing apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Ann scrubbing. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
14 – Wind NW, showers of snow. Self, Robert and Ann at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacNab preaching from John XII:46.
15 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
washing. Afternoon self and Robert at the meeting in the Church
about calling a minister. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
16 - Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn. Robert and Ann at
Greenbank in the evening at Ladies Social.
17 – Wind NW, cold showery day. Robert at Cephas Butts
plowing bee. Self husking corn. Mother, Ann and Mrs. Carnegie
quilting. Afternoon self at corn. Mother, Ann and Mrs. Carnegie at
quilt.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother,
Ann and Mrs. Carr quilting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring. Mrs. Ewen and Mrs. A. Lee here. Robert at Wick in the
evening.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother and Ann
picking apples.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. John and
George Fowlie here for apples. Robert and Ann at Division
meeting in the evening.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Hume preaching from 1st
Corinthians
III:21,22,23. Robert at evening meeting.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert taking in potatoes, 2
loads. Ann washing. Afternoon self and Robert topping turnips.
Robert at Greenbank practicing in the evening.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing up turnips. Self rowing
turnips. Afternoon self rowing turnips. Robert and Ann drawing in
turnips. Drew in 9 loads, with the shilvings one.
24 – Wind NE, dull cloudy day. Robert and Ann at turnips. Drew 3
loads. Self topping turnips. Afternoon self and Robert topping
turnips. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at prayer meeting at Mr.
Lees.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Robert topping turnips. Self pairing apples.
Afternoon Robert harrowing turnips. Self rowing turnips. Ann at
Greenbank.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing in turnips. Self rowing
turnips. Ann at Greenbank all day. Afternoon Robert drawing
turnips, drew 11 loads. Self rowing turnips.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing turnips. Self rowing
turnips. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and Annie drawing
turnips. Drew 13 loads. Self rowing. Robert and Ann at Division
meeting.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Annie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. ? preaching from John IX;25. Robert
and Ann at evening meeting.
29 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Ann drawing in turnips. Self
rowing turnips. Afternoon Robert and Ann drawing turnips. 13
loads and finishes. Self throwing back turnips in cellar.
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30 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Mother at apples. Self at Port
Perry. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert and Mother taking in
apples. Self, Ann and Mrs. Carr pairing apples. Robert at
Greenbank.
31 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing.
NOV. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
housecleaning. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and Ann
paring apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
3 – Wind W, rough day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. 3 apple packers here, packed 3 barrels. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert and Ann at Division
meeting.
4 – Wind W, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. MacKay preaching from Deuteronomy
XXXIII:26,27. Robert at evening meeting. Rain at night.
5 – Wind NE, rather cold. Robert plowing. Self at Joseph Burtons.
Ann comes home. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Mother and Ann coring apples. Mary Charley here for apples.
6 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Ann washing. Afternoon
Mother, Robert and Ann at apples. Self choring.
7 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert plowing in orchard. Self, Mother
and Ann pairing apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
8 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert plowing. Self reading papers.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at work somewhere.
9 – Wind NE and cold. Self and Robert killing a pig. Afternoon self
choring. Robert dunging out henhouse. Self cutting up pig. Cold
night and snowing.
10 – Wind NW, cold morning. Cattle all in. Self choring. Robert
gone somewhere. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Self doing
nought. Ann scrubbing. John and George Fowlie here. Robert
and Ann at Division meeting.
11 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. [?] preaching from [?].
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Ann pairing apples.
Afternoon Robert and Alex Lee sawing wood. Self choring.
Robert and Alex sawing old rails.
13 – Wind S and snowing, nothing doing. Ann washing. Afternoon
Robert at Fowlies sale. Self choring.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Alex Lee sawing old rails. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Alex Lee sawing. Self, Mother and
Ann pairing apples. Robert and Ann at Fowlies party.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Alex Lee sawing rails. Self
choring. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert and Alex at the rails. Self
choring. Nobody at party at Greenbank.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing in orchard. Self, Mother
and Ann pairing apples. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Ann
scrubbing. Self choring. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from Hebrews VIII:43. Robert at
evening meeting. Thomas Black and wife come at 1 o’clock.
19 – Wind N, very stormy day. Nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs. Black
leave for home. Afternoon still cold, nothing doing.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Ann
washing. Afternoon Robert gone with Wesley to political meeting
at Greenbank. Ann baking. Self choring.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Robert and
Ann at prayer meeting in Presbyterian Church.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self, Mother and Ann
pairing apples. Afternoon Robert chopping wood. Self at Mr.
O’Neils visiting. Annie gone to Greenbank.
23 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Phairs threshing. Self choring.
Mrs. J. Lee and Mrs. A. Lee here visiting.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing. Self
choring. Afternoon snowing. Ann scrubbing. Self choring. Robert
and Ann at Division meeting.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching from Numbers XXIII:10.
26 – Wind SE, rather stormy. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self, Mother
and Ann pairing apples. Afternoon Ann at Mrs. O’Neils quilting
bee. Self choring.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Ann washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
28 – Wind NW, stormy day. Nothing doing. Ann churning.
Afternoon self, Mother and Robert and Ann pairing apples.
29 – Wind SE, fine day. Self doing nothing. Robert writing. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring.
30 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Greenbank with apples to S.
Dusty. Self choring. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert reading
papers. Self choring.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self, Mother and
Ann pairing apples. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self at chores.
Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
2 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Rev. Robert Leask preaching from Psalm XIII:1.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Ann washing.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self, Mother
and Ann pairing apples.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert pruning apple trees. Self choring.
Ann quilting. Afternoon Robert pruning apple trees. Self choring.
Ann quilting. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
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5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert pruning trees. Self choring. Ann
gone to Uxbridge. Afternoon Robert pruning trees. Self choring.
Prayer meeting at Mr. Ewens. Robert at it.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert pruning trees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert pruning trees. Self, Mother and Ann pairing
apples.
7 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert pruning apple trees. Ann baking.
Self at Mr. Lees with papers. Afternoon Robert at trees. Self
choring. Ann making preserves.
8 – Wind E and raining some. Nothing doing. Afternoon still
raining some. Nothing doing. Robert and Ann at Division
meeting.
9 – Wind N, dull day. Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from John XXI. Robert at evening
meeting.
10 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert drawing brush out of the orchard.
Self choring. Ann washing. Afternoon Robert drawing apple tree
brush out of orchard. Self choring.
11 – Wind SE, dull day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert drawing
brush out of the orchard. Self choring.
12 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Ann churning.
Afternoon still raining. Ann ironing. Nothing doing.
13 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at Mr.
Lees. Ann sewing. Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats for
chop.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Beares mill with oats to
chop. Self choring. Ann baking. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Self choring. Ann quilting.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert doing nought. Ann
baking. Afternoon self, Mother and Ann pairing apples. Robert
sickly, doing nothing. Robert and Annie at Greenbank.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. No service at Presbyterian Church or
any Sunday School. Great day at Wick. Robert and Ann at
Greenbank in the afternoon.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert doing nothing. Ann
washing. Afternoon Robert at wood bee in Ackseys woods. Self
choring and at Thomas Phairs.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Ann and Mrs. Carr pairing
apples. Robert choring. Afternoon Ann ironing. Self dunging out
pigs. Robert at papers.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie scrubbing. Self at Mr. Lees and
Mr. Akhursts. Robert doing nothing. Afternoon Annie gone to
Greenbank. Nothing doing.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Ann not home.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Ann
baking for Christmas. Self choring.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert reading papers. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon self at Mr. Lees. Robert at school concert.
Ann cleaning pantry. Mother at Mr. Marks.
22 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Ann at the Port. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees sawing. Ann scrubbing.
Self choring. Robert and Annie at Division meeting.
23 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Ann at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Ann at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron
preaching from Colossians I:27.
24 – Wind SE, cloudy day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Ann washing. Self
choring. Margaret and William Smith and Annie Smith here from
Whitby. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry. All of them at Open
Division in the evening.
25 – Wind N and cold. Nothing doing. Afternoon Willie Smith
leaves for home. Margaret and Annie Smith at Mr. Lees. Robert
at Greenbank. Self choring. Christmas.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Robert gone to school meeting. Self doing
nothing. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert takes Margaret to Port
Perry. Self choring. Robert, Ann and Annie Smith at prayer
meeting.
27 – Wind NE, stormy cold day. Nothing doing. Ann churning.
Afternoon very stormy, nothing doing.
28 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert gone to
Whitby taking Annie Smith home. Self choring.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert not come home. Self, Mother and
Ann pairing apples. Afternoon self choring. Ann scrubbing.
Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Snow drifting some. Robert at Methodist
Church to hear Dr. Carman. Self, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from James
IV:14. Robert and Ann at evening meeting.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to nomination at Manchester.
Ann washing. Self and Mother pairing apples. Afternoon self
choring. Ann fixing a goose for New Years dinner.
And thus ends the year 1894.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1895
JAN. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Nothing doing. Afternoon Annie
gone to Greenbank. Robert at Methodist anniversary in the
evening.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert writing. Ann churning. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert writing. Self choring. Mr. Cameron here.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Ann
baking. Afternoon Robert writing. Self choring.
4 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Greenbank at court. Self, Ann
and Mother pairing apples. Afternoon self choring. Alex Lee and
Sally and Barbara Walker here.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing fence posts. Self choring.
Ann scrubbing. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing. Robert at
Greenbank in evening.
6 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching.
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7 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at Greenbank voting for
councilors. Afternoon self choring. Robert doing nothing.
8 – Wind W, showery day. Self, Robert and Wesley killing pigs.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at Wesleys. Robert at Managers
meeting in evening.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self choring. Robert at the Port with a pig.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank with chairs to hall and at prayer
meeting in the evening. Self choring.
10 – Wind E, cold day. Snowing some. Nothing doing. Ann
churning. Afternoon looking like to be a thaw. Nothing doing.
11 – Wind SW and thawing some. Robert cutting up the pork. Self
banking house with snow. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Ann
at Sandy Gordons. Self at Mr. Lees with papers.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Ann scrubbing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self, Mother and Ann
pairing apples. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
13 – Wind N, stormy day. Robert and Ann at the Presbyterian
meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from [blank].
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert mending single harness. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self, Mother and Ann
pairing apples. Robert and Ann at the Bible Society meeting.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert oiling harness. Self choring. Ann
washing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann
gone with Miss Akhurst to visit at Sunny Brae. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sick. Self choring. Ann scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert sick. Self choring. Ann ironing. Ann at prayer
meeting in the Presbyterian Church.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self, Mother and Ann pairing
apples. John Michie and Mr. Foster from Manitoba here and
leave at night for Mrs. Walkers, Greenbank.
18 – Wind E, fine day. Robert gone to Greenbank to Temperance
meeting. Ann baking. Self choring. Afternoon self at Greenbank
with Ann to the meeting. Snow at night.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann scrubbing.
Robert at Greenbank at Division meeting in the evening.
20 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XI:25,26. Robert and Ann at evening meeting.
21 – Wind SE and thawing. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self choring.
Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Ann pairing apples.
22 – Wind SW, rather stormy day. Robert at Greenbank to get
cutter fixed. Ann washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
drawing wood. Self choring. Ann baking. Stormy.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Mother knitting. Afternoon Robert breaking the road. Self
choring. Robert and Ann at prayer meeting.
24 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert writing. Self choring and pairing
apples. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert
at Greenbank in evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood from Mrs. O’Neils.
Self choring. Ann churning. Afternoon self and Robert at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Chronicles
XXIX. Fast day for communion.
26 – Wind SE and snowing. Nothing doing. Ann scrubbing.
Afternoon very stormy. Nothing doing.
27 – Wind W, fine bright day, but high wind and the snow flying.
Robert and Ann at Presbyterian Church but no minister came to
dispense the Sacrament, the centre road not being passable.
Snow drifting all day.
28 – Wind SW, cold day. Nothing doing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Greenbank but no mail since Friday. Self choring.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert shoveling snow. Self choring.
Ann washing. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry to political meeting.
Ann baking. Self choring. Fine evening.
30 – Wind W, fine day but cold. Robert drawing wood from
O’Neils. Self choring. Ann scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing
wood. Self choring. Robert and Ann at prayer meeting.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann
ironing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Ann
dressing a goose.
FEB. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Ann churning. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry horse races. Self
choring. Ann at Greenbank. Robert at Division meeting.
[There is no entry for Feb. 2]
3 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from John
XXI:17,18. Robert and Ann at evening meeting.
4 – Wind SW, rather cold. Self and Robert fanning a grist. Ann
washing. Afternoon nothing doing. Mr. Lee and Mrs. Gordon
here. Butt cow sick. Sandy Gordon took calf from her. Mr. A.
Leask died. Butt cow lost calf.
5 –Wind NW, very cold. Robert at the Port with grist. Self doing
nought. Afternoon very cold, nothing doing.
6 – Wind NW, cold day, nothing doing. Ann baking. Afternoon
Robert at Greenbank. Self choring.
7 – Wind N, cold day. Nothing doing. Ann making pies. Afternoon
nothing doing. Miss Akhurst here visiting. Mr. & Mrs. Leask
married at Wick.
8 – Wind NW, very stormy day, the snow drifting terrible. Nothing
doing. Afternoon very stormy, nothing doing.
9 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone somewhere. Ann dusting.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert gone for mail. Nothing
doing.
10 – Wind W, snowing some. Roads blocked with snow. Nobody
at any meeting.
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11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert shoveling snow on the road. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert gone with the sleigh to break the
road. Self choring.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Alexr. Lee sawing wood. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at the mill with oats to chop. Self
choring and at Mr. Marks about a girl.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Alexr. Lee cutting wood. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at the mill for chop. Self choring.
Robert and Ann at prayer meeting.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Blackwater with 3 cattle.
Self choring. Ann baking. Afternoon self choring. Robert comes
home from Blackwater. Mrs. Charles Love here visiting.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Alexr. Lee sawing wood. Self
choring. Ann churning. Mrs. Carr here to dinner. Afternoon
Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robt. and Ann at the
Port.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and self doing nothing. Afternoon
Robert gone to political meeting at Manchester. Self choring.
Ann scrubbing. Robert and Ann at Division meeting.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Ann at the
Presbyterian Church Sacrament. Mr. Cameron preached from 1st
Peter II:7. Robert and Ann at evening meeting.
18 – Wind SW and snowing some. Nothing doing. Afternoon self
choring. Robert reading newspaper. Cephas Butt wants road
shoveled.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone shoveling snow on the 10th
concession. Ann washing. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Robert at orchestra practice in the evening.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert fixing his fiddle box. Self choring.
Robert and Ann at prayer meeting.
21 – Wind W, snowing some. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
22 – Wind NW, fine day, but cold. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert breaking the road. Self doing nothing.
Ann baking and winding yarn.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Ann churning.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Ann
scrubbing. Robert and Ann at Division meeting in the evening.
Ann leaves us to go to Toronto. Annie Innes leaves after 15
months service.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Robert at the evening meeting.
25 – Wind SW and thawing some. Robert gone to Greenbank
with Anns box and brings Sarah Marks and her box here. Self
choring. Afternoon Sarah sweeping and dusting. Nothing doing.
Stewart Bratley comes from Whitby.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Stewart at Port
Perry with Wesley Luke. Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone to
Wick on Church business. Self choring. James Smith comes for
wood.
27 – Wind W, fine day, thawing a little. James Smith leaves for
home. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
Barbara Fowlie comes from Manchester. All at the prayer
meeting.
28 – Wind W, dull foggy day. Stewart gone to Cephas Butts
moving. Barbara Fowlie here. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing
doing. Robert at Greenbank in evening. Sarah and Barbara at
Mr. O’Neils.
MAR. 1 – Wind W and thawing. Robert and Stewart taking in the
hay stack. Self choring. Sarah and Barbara Fowlie quilting.
Afternoon Robert choring. Stewart at Mr. Dowsons and hired 7 ½
months.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone to the Port with Stewart.
Sarah scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert helping Cephas
Butt to move. Self choring. Robert, Sarah and Barbara at
Greenbank.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Genesis
XVII:1 to 14 verses.
4 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert gone to help Mr. Troup to move.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry. Self choring.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fixing the clock. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening. Sarah gone somewhere.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone to Alexr. Lees. Self choring.
Sarah washing. Afternoon nothing doing. Self choring. Robert
and Sarah at the prayer meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert talking to Alex. Ewen. Self doing
nought. Afternoon self choring. Robert gone to Greenbank for
papers. Bertha Marks here all night.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Sarah churning. Robert and self reading
papers. Afternoon thawing some. Nothing doing. Robert at
Epsom in the evening.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nothing. Sarah baking. Afternoon stormy, nothing doing. Robert
and Sarah at Sons of Temperance meeting.
10 – Wind SW, rather cold day. Robert and Sarah at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Nothing doing. Alexr. Ewen here talking
and laughing. Afternoon Robert gone to the Port with Mr. Troup
for potatoes. Afternoon nothing doing.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone to Uxbridge with apples for
George at Manitoba. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at Mr. Troups wood bee. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Troups. Self choring. Robert
and Sarah at prayer meeting.
14 – Wind N, very cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon very cold.
Robert gone somewhere. Self doing nought.
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15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert doing nought. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils wood bee drawing wood to Port
Perry. Self choring. Mother and Sarah quilting.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert reading papers. Sarah
churning and scrubbing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
doing nought. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sarah at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching. Robert at evening meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine cold day. Nothing doing. Sarah washing.
Afternoon high wind and cold. Nothing doing. Wm. Smith comes
for a load of wood. First eclipse of moon recorded BC721.
19 – Wind W, fine day but cold. Sarah baking. William Smith
leaves for home. Self choring. Robert doing nothing. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood for Thomas Love. Self choring.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank to get a scraper
and fire back for stove. Self choring and at Thos. Phairs.
Afternoon self choring. Robert doing nought. Robert and Sarah
at prayer meeting.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Nothing doing but reading papers.
Afternoon Robert at Edward Buels wood bee sawing and
chopping. Self choring and visiting at Mr. O’Neils and Mr. Marks.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Sarah hooking a mat. Self and Robert
reading papers. Afternoon nothing doing but reading papers.
Sarah at mat. Robert and Sarah at open Division. Made 13$,
admission 10 cents.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert on the road. Self choring. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at the Port for pease. Self choring.
Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Colossians
II:10.
25 – Wind W, fine day, snow melting. Robert gone somewhere.
Self choring. Sarah and her sister Bertha hooking a mat.
Afternoon self choring. Robert at Wesleys. Sarah and Bertha at
mat.
26 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert gone to Port with Mr. Troup.
Self choring. The girls at the quilt. Afternoon self choring. Robert
comes from Port. Wesley here talking. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
27 – Wind W and snowing some. Robert turning over potatoes.
Self reading papers. Sarah baking. Afternoon Robert at potatoes.
Self choring. Sarah and Bertha sewing. Robert, Sarah and
Bertha at prayer meeting.
28 – Wind NW, rough cold day. Self choring. Robert at Alexr.
Lees. Sarah comes home. Afternoon nothing doing but reading
papers.
29 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert and self reading papers. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing rails. Self choring.
30 – Wind NE, cold day. Nothing doing. Self and Robert at
papers. Sarah baking. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert and
Sarah at Division meeting.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Sarah at Sunday School and
Church. George and John Michie here in the evening.
APR.1 – Wind E and snowing. Robert gone somewhere. Self
doing nothing. Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert at Alexr. Lees.
Self reading papers. Sarah making a mat. Robert at Greenbank
in evening.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert writing. Self reading paper. Sarah at
mat. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening. Sarah at Mr. Marks.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing rails. Self at Alex. Lees.
Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank cutting wood for
the Church. Self choring. Sarah at prayer meeting. A. Lees 2nd
cow died.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring. Miss
Annie Bush and Bertha Marks here making dress for Sarah.
Afternoon Robert at Port Perry for oil. Self choring. Girls all at
dressmaking.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Moles. Self choring. Sarah,
Bertha and Annie Bush making dress for Sarah. Afternoon
Robert shoveling snow. Self choring. Dressmaking going on.
6 – Wind E and raining some. Nothing doing. Sarah scrubbing.
Annie Bush dressmaking. Robert, Sarah and Annie Bush go to
Greenbank.
7 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Mother at home. Roads very bad.
Robert and Sarah at the Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Cameron
preaching.
8 – Wind E and raining. Nothing doing. Self at Alexr. Lees with
papers. Robert gone to Brooklin. Sarah at Mr. Marks. Afternoon
nothing doing. Mr. Troup round and bought 6 hens from Mother.
9 – Wind W and raining. Self writing letter. Sarah patching. Nellie
Michie here. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Whitby.
10 – Wind N, rough day. Self choring. Sarah crotcheting.
Afternoon self choring. Sarah crotcheting. Sarah at the
Presbyterian prayer meeting. Robert at Whitby.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Sarah crotcheting. Afternoon
self choring. Robert comes from Brooklin. Sarah at Mrs. Clemens
quilting.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Self choring. Robert at papers. Sarah
crotcheting. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Sarah crotcheting.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self at Mr. Marks. Robert shoveling snow.
Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Sarah baking. Robert
doing nought. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting in evening.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Mother at home. Robert and
Sarah at Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron
preaching.
15 – Wind NW, raining some. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Sarah washing. Afternoon self doing nothing. Robert at
Lees with cow. Meeting here to elect a Pathmaster. Alexr. Lee
elected.
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16 – Wind E, fine day. Self and Robert drawing wood. Sarah
ironing. Afternoon Robert at the Port to hear Dick Flewels case.
Self at Mr. Throops. Sarah at Mr. Marks.
17 – Wind E, fine warm day. Robert piling wood. Self letting off
water. Mother and Sarah quilting. Afternoon self choring. Robert
gone somewhere. Robert and Sarah at prayer meeting.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and John Michie sawing wood. Self
choring. Mother and Sarah quilting. Afternoon Robert fencing.
Self choring. Sarah and Mother quilting. Alexr. Ewen here at
night.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert putting ashes in garden. Self
choring. Mother and Sarah quilting. Afternoon Robert drawing
rails. Self fencing. Mother and Sarah finishes the quilt.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cultivating. Self choring. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self choring. Sarah
baking. Robert and Sarah at the Division meeting.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
1st
:18 to 25. Robert takes George Miller to Port Perry.
22 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert harrowing. Self piling wood.
Sarah gone to Port Perry to get some teeth pulled. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self piling firewood. Sarah gets 3 teeth pulled.
23 – Wind NW, high wind. Robert plowing. Self staking fence.
Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry Fair. Self going
around. Sarah at Mr. Marks.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self in the garden.
Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self cleaning the
garden. Sarah sewing. Robert and Sarah at the prayer meeting.
25 – Wind N, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self cleaning the door
yard. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Sarah at
Maria Akhursts quilting bee.
26 – Wind E, fine day. Self digging garden. Robert sowing oats.
Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sarah baking pies. Mr.
Tipp here. Mother got a bottle of liniment. Self a box of pills.
27 – Wind E, cold day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nothing. Sarah sweeping and scrubbing. Afternoon Robert
cultivating. Self in garden. Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Robt. & Sarah
at Division meeting.
28 – Wind E, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
III:1st
to 14th
verses. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port for fruit trees. Self at
Greenbank for boots. Mother and Sarah in garden. Afternoon Mr.
O’Neil alters 2 pigs. Robert sowing. Self in garden.
30 – Wind E, fine day. Robert sowing and harrowing. Self
choring. Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank. Sarah fishing.
MAY 1 – Wind E, fine day. Self cleaning the henhouse. Robert
harrowing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self staking fence. Rev.
Mr. Cameron here to supper. Robert and Sarah at the prayer
meeting.
2 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert plowing in orchard. Self staking
fence. Afternoon Robert plowing in orchard. Self fencing. Sarah
fishing at the bridge.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Robert gone at fishing at Mr. Boes. Self and
Sarah at Port Perry for seed potatoes. Afternoon self fencing.
Robert working in orchard. Mother & Sarah cleaning fish.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Mr. O’Neil grafting trees. Self at
Mr. Troops. Afternoon self fencing. Robert grafting trees. Sarah
scrubbing. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Amos V.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs for maple trees.
Self fencing in the swamp. Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert
rolling. Mother at Wesleys. Sarah housecleaning.
7 – Wind NW, showery day with thunder. Robert rolling. Self
choring. Sarah baking. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self at Alexr.
Lees with papers. Sarah ironing. Robert at Greenbank.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Self choring. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self at Mr. Marks. Sarah
housecleaning. Robert and Sarah at prayer meeting.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry to get bills for the
anniversary. Self choring. Sarah at Mr. Marks. Afternoon self
fencing some. Robert plowing. Sarah comes home tired.
10 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. George
Lane here buying eggs. Mr. Pierce, insurance agent, here.
Afternoon Robert plowing potatoe land. Self burning rubbish.
11 – Wind W, thunder and rain. Robert drilling. Self cutting
potatoes. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self cutting
potatoes. Showery. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
12 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching. Sarah at evening
meeting. Robert at Mr. Throops.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mrs. Miriams funeral. Self
cutting potatoes. Sarah ill with toothache. Afternoon Robert
drawing dung. Self cutting potatoes. Robert and Sarah at
Greenbank practicing.
14 – Wind E and snowing some. Robert drawing dung. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon Robert at dung. Self choring.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert spreading dung. Self choring.
Sarah washing. Afternoon self and Robert planting corn. Sarah
at Mr. Marks. Robert and Sarah at prayer meeting.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert planting potatoes. Sarah
making mat. Afternoon Robert covering potatoes. Self cutting
potatoes. Robert takes Sarah to the Port to get her teeth pulled.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert planting corn. Self cutting
thistles. Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert planting corn. Self at
Mr. Ewens for Peoples Journal. Sarah making mat.
18 – Wind S, cloudy day. Self and Robert filling a washout in the
field. Sarah baking and scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing
dung. Self piling some dung. Robert and Sarah at Division
meeting.
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19 – Wind N, rain all night. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching to the children
from Isaiah XXV. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
20 – Wind N, frost through the night. Self and Robert drawing out
dung. Sarah washing. Afternoon Sarah at Mr. Akhursts. Self and
Robert drawing dung. Very cold evening.
21 – Wind NW, rather cold day. Self and Robert drawing dung.
Sarah ironing. Afternoon self and Robert finishes the dung.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening practicing.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing for corn. Self planting
corn. Sarah baking. Afternoon Robert spreading dung. Self
choring. Sarah baking. Robert and Sarah at the prayer meeting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah and
Mrs. Mark baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah
and Mrs. Mark baking for anniversary.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Greenbank. Self at the Port for
Annie Smith. Afternoon self, Robert, Sarah and Annie Smith at
the Sunday School anniversary. Anniversary of the Presbyterian
Sunday School. Made altogether $102.
25 – Wind S, fine day. Robert spreading dung and takes Annie
Smith to the Port. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self planting corn in
orchard, 2nd
time. Sarah gone to Greenbank to prepare for the
Tea in the Church. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Isaiah
XVIII:13,14. Robert at evening meeting.
27 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert spreading dung. Self choring.
Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah at
Mr. Marks. Thomas Black and John Whiteford here for dinner.
Thomas Black here all night.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah
washing. Thos. Black leaves for home. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
29 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert gone to Pinedale to inform
them of Mr. Lukes death at 8 o’clock this morning. Self choring.
Afternoon self choring. Robert and Sarah at prayer meeting. Mr.
Luke died 8 o’clock. Mrs. Wm. Beare died at 5 pm.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self making pig trough.
Afternoon Robert fencing. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Sarah at Mr.
Marks. Very warm night.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert fencing. Self choring. Sarah
baking. Afternoon Robert and self at Mr. Lukes funeral from Port
Perry to Bethel cemetery, Greenbank.
JUNE 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert fencing. Self hoeing
potatoes. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self
hoeing. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XII:30. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank to get mare shoed.
Self hoeing corn. Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert fencing. Self
hoeing. Mother at A. Gordons.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drawing gravel for road. Self hoeing.
Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert drawing gravel. Self hoeing
and picking potatoe bugs. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
5 – Wind SW, showery day. Robert harrowing. Self fixing
evetroughs. Sarah baking. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
cutting thistles. Robert and Sarah at the Presbyterian prayer
meeting.
6 – Wind NW and cold. Self and Robert fencing. Afternoon self
and Robert fencing. Sarah at Mr. Marks. Robert at Greenbank for
the buggie.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert rolling. Self cutting sour docks.
Afternoon Robert at the Port with a grist. Self hoeing. Mr. Downie
gets 2 bushels of oats.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drilling for turnips. Self hoeing
potatoes. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Sarah
scrubbing. Began to sow turnips. Robert and Sarah at the
Division meeting.
9 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XII:30. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
10 – Wind S, warm day. Self and Robert fencing. Sarah washing.
Afternoon self and Robert fencing and finishes.
11 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert drawing rails. Self hilling
potatoes. Afternoon Robert drawing rails. Self hoeing. Sarah at
the Port, got 3 teeth pulled. Mrs. Jas. Leask here.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fencing. Self hoeing. Afternoon
Robert fencing. Self hoeing potatoes.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fencing. Self and Mother visiting at
William Fowlies, Manchester. Afternoon Robert choring. Robert
at Greenbank in evening.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Afternoon
self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Cameron preaching from 1st
John III:4 to 12.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Robert drawing old rails. Self hoeing
potatoes. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon Robert hoeing corn. Self
visiting at John Ewens. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
Union of the four Presbyterian Churches, now the Presbyterian
Church in Canada, 1875.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother and Sarah at Wick Church at
Sacrament. Mr. Cameron preaching from Mark XIV:22,23,24,25
and 1st
Corinthians V:7,8. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
17 – Wind S, fine day. Robert drilling. Self cutting weeds. Sarah
washing. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self picking bugs. Robert
finishes sowing turnips. Sarah at Jas. Leasks.
18 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert working on the road. Self at
Port Perry about insurance. Afternoon Robert on the road. Self
picking bugs. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
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19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and horses on road work. Self
hilling potatoes. Afternoon Robert and horses at road. Self at
potatoes.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the road work. Self hoeing corn.
Thos. Black and Mr. Barnet here for dinner. Afternoon Robert at
road. Self hoeing. Thos. Black and man leaves for home.
21 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert gone to the Temperance
meeting at Manchester. Self fixing the leitch to make soap.
Afternoon self choring. Very warm.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert scuffling corn. Self picking bugs.
Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon Robert hoeing corn. Self cutting
weeds. Robert and Sarah at the Division meeting.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from 1st
Chronicles XII:18. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
24 – Wind E, dull day. Robert hoeing corn. Self fixing for soap
making. Afternoon raining some, nothing doing. Robert gone to
Utica Anniversary. Sarah at Greenbank in evening.
25 – Wind Easterly. Robert making spout for pump at the house.
Self cutting weeds in pasture field. Sarah churning. Afternoon
Robert fixing the floor of the stoop. Self doing nought. Thos.
Black and Annie comes from Brooklin. Robert and Thos. Black at
Greenbank.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Thos. Black and Annie gone to Brock to
see the place they think of buying. Robert fixing the floor in barn.
Self hoeing. Afternoon Robert fencing. Mother picking geese.
Self doing nothing. Very drying day. Thunder and rain at 5
o’clock.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert digging post holes. Self filling post
holes. Sarah washing. Thomas Black and Mrs. leaves for home.
Afternoon self and Robert fencing. Mother visiting at Alexr. Lees.
28 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert fencing. Self choring. Sarah
ironing. Afternoon self and Robert fencing.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fencing. Self choring. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Beares woods fixing for
anniversary. Self at Port for Margaret. Sarah at Mr. Clemens
barn raising. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting in the
evening.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Sarah at Sunday School.
Margaret at the meeting in Methodist Church by Mr. Cameron.
Margaret, Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
JULY 1 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert [putting] poison on potatoes.
Self doing nought. Sarah churning. Afternoon self, Robert,
Margaret and Sarah at the Methodist anniversary in Beares
woods.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert putting poison on potatoes. Self
choring. Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert choring. Self at Port
Perry with Margaret to the train. Robert at Managers meeting.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing gravel for sideline. Self
mending buggie harness. Sarah baking. Afternoon Robert at
gravel. Self choring. Mother visiting at Alexr. Gordons. Mrs. C.
Love and Anne Innes here.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert hilling potatoes. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert fixing the barn and shop doors. Self choring.
5 – Wind N, warm day. Robert gone to Uxbridge for oatmeal. Self
choring. L.G. and Sarah picking cherries. Afternoon Sarah at
Greenbank. Self doing nothing.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert oiling harness. Self picking bugs.
Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at harness. Self at potato
bugs. Robert and Sarah at Greenbank at Division meeting.
7 – Wind SW, very warm day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Luke
XXIII:22. Robert and Sarah at the evening meeting. Jason
Stones daughter died, Helen Stone.
8 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert oiling harness. Self choring. Sarah
washing. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Self doing nothing. Sarah at
Mr. Marks. Mr. Mackitrick here selling honey. Shower at night.
9 – Wind NW, cool day. Robert mowing. Self mowing fence
corners. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self hoeing.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert raking hay. Self cocking hay .Robert
and Sarah at prayer meeting.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys hay. Self cocking
hay. Afternoon self at Greenbank for papers. Sarah at the Port in
evening.
12 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert and Wesley drawing in hay.
Drew 7 loads. Afternoon raining. Self and Robert hoeing turnips.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon self, Robert and Tommie at hay. Drew in 4
loads, which finishes. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Sarah at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mother and self at home. Self ill with bowel complaint.
Robert and Sarah at the evening meeting.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert scuffling. Self hoeing turnips.
Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Sarah at Greenbank for some clothing.
16 – Wind W, rain through the night. Robert takes Sarah to Port
Perry to an excursion. Self hoeing turnips. Mother baking.
Afternoon self and Robert fanning oats.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and self hoeing turnips. Sarah
comes home from the Port. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys hay.
Self hoeing turnips.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Port with oats. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon self at Greenbank to get Fly shoed. Robert at
turnips.
19 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert at turnips. Shower at night. Robert at Greenbank
in evening for reaper repairs.
20 – Wind N, fine day. Robert putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Self choring. Sarah churning. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley
reaping wheat. Sarah at Mr. Marks. Barbara, Willie and Jessie
come from Whitby.
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21 – Wind SE, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert, Sarah and Mrs.
Smith and Willie at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron
preaching. Robert goes to Brooklin. Barbara at Alexr. Lees in the
evening.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring. William Smith reading
papers. Barbara making dress for Mother. Afternoon self hoeing
turnips. Mrs. Smith and Willie and Jessie leave for home.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Self hoeing turnips. Sarah washing.
Robert comes home with Allan and Alma. Afternoon self and
Robert at turnips.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert finishes hoeing turnips
first time. Afternoon Robert digging stumps. Self cutting thistles.
Mother at A. Lees. Sarah and Robert at prayer meeting.
25 – Wind NW, cool day. Robert fixing waggon rack. Self choring.
Sarah in the woods picking berries. Self and Robert drawing
wheat. Afternoon self and Robert finishes wheat. Sarah at
Greenbank for mail.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips, second time. Self
going round to Mr. Phairs and Mr. Ewens. Sarah sewing.
Afternoon Robert hoeing turnips. Self hoeing potatoes. Robert at
Greenbank for mail.
27 – Wind W, rainy day. Robert at the Port with Allan and Alma
Black to go home on the train. Self doing nought. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert hoeing turnips. Robert and Sarah at
Division meeting.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XXII:42. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sarah
washing. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing. Rain at night.
30 – Wind NW, heavy rain through the night. Self and Robert
hoeing turnips. Afternoon self and Robert hoeing turnips. Sarah
at Mr. Marks. Miss Carr, Nellie and Jessie here.
31 – Wind NW, rough cold day. Robert comes from Brooklin. Self
hoeing turnips, finished second time. Sarah ironing. Afternoon
Robert hoeing corn and potatoes. Self doing nothing. Robert and
Sarah at the Presbyterian prayer meeting.
AUG. 1 – Wind NW, rough day. Self and Robert reading papers.
Afternoon high wind. Robert in the shop. Self doing nothing.
Robert at Greenbank at Methodist Ice Cream Social.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Self doing nothing. Robert at Mr. Marks
threshing. Sarah at Mr. Marks. Afternoon self pulling weeds
among the potatoes. Robert at Mr. Marks threshing.
3 – Wind SE, dull smoky day and raining some. Nothing doing.
Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon self going round everywhere. Robert
at Wesleys stacking oats. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
4 – Wind W, thunder and rain at 6 o’clock. Self and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Horne preaching from Luke XXIII:43.
Sarah and Robert at evening meeting in Methodist Church.
Sister Anne (Mrs. Peter Robertson) died in Glasgow.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self doing
nothing. Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys reaping
oats. Self choring. Robert and Sarah at choir practice in the
evening.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys cutting oats. Self
choring. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley Luke cutting oats and
finished at 5 o’clock. Mr. Ewen here with papers.
7 – Wind SW, showery day. Robert gone to Niagara Falls with
firemens excursion. Self choring. Afternoon self pulling pease.
Sarah at prayer meeting.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert pulling pease. Afternoon
self at Greenbank for papers. Robert pulling pease. Mother at
Alexr. Lees.
9 – Wind SW, raining some. Robert finishes pease pulling. Self
doing nought. Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert mowing oats in
orchard. Self at A. Lees, W. Marks and Mr. O’Neils.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert hoeing among turnips. Self
choring. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley
cutting oats. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Brooklin. Raining in the
forenoon. Sarah at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask
preaching.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Brooklin. Self, Mother and
Sarah pairing apples. Afternoon self turning pease. Robert
comes home from Brooklin. Sarah goes to see Mrs. MacLean.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys reaping oats. Self
choring. Sarah not come. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self
choring. Mrs. Carr here. Sarah and sister returns.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Sarah washing. Self, Robert and Wesley
reaping oats. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley drawing in
pease, 5 loads. Robert and Sarah at prayer meeting.
15 – Wind NW, heavy showers through the night. Nothing doing.
Self at Sandy Gordons. Robert fixing reaper. Afternoon Robert
and Wesley cutting oats. Sarah at Greenbank for papers.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Wesley finishes reaping.
Sarah ironing. Afternoon Robert at Alexr. Lees threshing. Self
doing nothing. Sarah at Mr. Marks in evening.
17 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at Wesleys reaping and
finishes. Self choring. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys drawing in pease. Self doing nought. Sarah baking.
Thunder and hail at 5 o’clock. Trees broken and fences thrown
down.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:21. Robert at evening meeting.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Throups cutting grain. Self
setting up shocks. Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Throups. Self, Mother and Sarah pairing apples.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys drawing in pease and
oats. Self putting up fence. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self
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choring. Mother visiting at A. Lees, W. Akhursts, and A. Gordons.
Rain at 5 o’clock. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self leveling new ground.
22 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert and David Vout drawing in
oats. Afternoon self, Robert and David Vout at oats. Sarah
leaves for the Port to go with excursion to Lindsay.
23 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Wesleys. Self digging Early
Deluth and Maggie Murphy potatoes. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys drawing in grain. Self doing nought.
24 – Wind SW and raining. Nothing doing. Sarah scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert raking and plowing. Self at Mr. Marks. Sarah
making pies. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting in the
evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Robert Leask preaching from Psalm
LXXXIV:11. Sarah at the Port to Presbyterian Church.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Sarah
washing. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley drawing in oats.
Sarah washing. Afternoon self, Robert and Wesley drawing in
oats and finishes but rakings. Got paper from Aberdeen. Sister
Anne dead.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self pairing apples.
Mother and Sarah coring. Afternoon self and Robert raking,
taking in oats, and finishes harvest. Robert at Greenbank in
evening. Finished harvest.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
choring. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon some rain. Robert at Alexr.
Gordons threshing. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank.
29 – Wind W, fine day, heavy rain through the night. Robert
plowing. Self fixing granary. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
choring.
30 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sarah
baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Ewens to hear
about the threshing machine. Heard nothing.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self mowing grass in the
orchard. Sarah scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting. Sarah at
Port Perry.
SEPT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Hosea
II:8,9. Robert starts for Brooklin after supper.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Sarah washing. Robert
comes home at noon. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Alexr.
Gordons. Robert goes to Wick after supper. Sarah at Port.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing thistles.
Sarah churning. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Mr. Phairs fire
spreading. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Robert sowing wheat. Self, Mother and
Sarah paring apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing
nothing. Raining a little. Heavy rain at night.
5 – Wind N, dull day, raining some. Robert plowing. Self reading
the Witness. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self pulling beans. Mrs.
O’Neil and Mr. Downey here for plums.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self, Mother and Sarah
paring apples. Mrs. Akhurst here. Thunder and rain at 3 o’clock.
Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
[no entry in diary for Sept. 7]
8 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Joshua
XIV:8,9.
9 – Wind N, dull day. Rain at 10 o’clock. Robert plowing. Self
cutting corn. Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
cutting corn.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Alexr. Gordons threshing. Self
at Port Perry for money. Sarah getting her teeth pulled.
Afternoon Robert at O’Neils threshing. Self shocking corn.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and Sarah
pairing apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting corn.
Sarah ironing. Robert at prayer meeting in the evening.
12 – Wind W, dull day, rain in the night. Robert plowing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Sarah at the funeral of
Joseph Watsons son. Self shocking corn.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert paving the stable door. Self
cutting and shocking corn in orchard. Afternoon Robert paving.
Self cutting corn.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing old rails out of orchard.
Self shocking corn. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon self at corn.
Robert drawing brush. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cameron preaching from Revelations
III:20. Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
16 – Wind S, dull day. Robert digging out stumps. Self cutting
corn. Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert digging stones and
stumps.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank getting the colt
shoed. Self mending harness. Sarah washing. Afternoon self,
Mother and Sarah pairing apples. Robert gone to Whitby fair.
18 – Wind E, dull day. Thunder and rain in the night. Self making
axe handle. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon self digging in the
garden. Robert at Whitby fair. Very foggy afternoon. Sarah at
prayer meeting.
19 – Wind SW, rather dull day. Robert and Miss Bell comes home
at noon. Self threshing beans. Afternoon Robert doing nought.
Self at John Ewens. Robert takes Miss Bell to the train.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah
knitting. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry fair. Self taking
in small apples for pig feed. Mother at Alexr. Lees.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah not
come from the fair. Self choring. Mother cooking. Afternoon
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Robert plowing. Self burning some rubbish. Robert at Division
meeting.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Stranger preaching from Matthew V:16. Robert at
evening meeting. Sarah comes home.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mrs. Marks threshing. Sarah
churning. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys threshing.
Self choring. Sarah baking. Mr. Ward threshes awhile.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self; Robert; John Michie; A. Akhurst; A.
Gordon; J. O’Neil; Mr. Mark; W. Luke; Mr. Throop and Dave and
T. Phair at threshing. Finishes at 10 o’clock. Afternoon Robert at
Mr. Throops threshing. Self, Mother and Sarah pairing apples.
Sarah at Mrs. O’Neils in the evening.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self digging potatoes.
Sarah washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self digging potatoes.
Mother and Sarah dressing chickens. Robert and Sarah at
prayer meeting.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Thunder and rain through the night.
Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Sarah ironing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self reading newspapers. Robert at Greenbank
in the evening.
27 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert digging stumps. Self
choring. Sarah baking. Afternoon self, Mother and Sarah pairing
apples. Robert digging potatoes. Robert and Sarah at Mr.
Thompsons in evening.
28 – Wind SE, cold day. Self, Robert, Tommy and Elgie taking up
potatoes. Afternoon all at potatoes. Robert, Sarah and Annie
Bush at Division meeting.
29 – Wind W, fine day, rain through the night. Self, Mother,
Robert and Sarah at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron
preaching from 1st
Corinthians VI:10 to Sons of Temperance.
30 – Wind NW, cold day and showery. Robert choring. Sarah
washing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert gone to Wick to
dig a foundation for Ministers stable. Self choring.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Tommy and Elgie at
potatoes. Sarah churning. Afternoon self, Robert, Tom and Elgie
at potatoes and finishes. Albert and Maria Akhurst and Mabel &
Edna Throop and Dave Vook here in evening.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing rails. Self choring. Sarah
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert drawing stumps. Self taking in
apples. Robert and Sarah at prayer meeting.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self
choring. Sarah baking. Afternoon self choring.
4 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Mr. Phairs threshing. Self picking
corn. Afternoon self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from 1st
John III:9.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. Sarah scrubbing. Self and Robert picking
corn. Afternoon self and Robert picking corn. Robert and Sarah
at Division meeting.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Mother at the Communion at
Wick. Mr. Cameron preaching from 1st
Corinthians XV:58. Robert
and Sarah at evening meeting.
7 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert husking corn. Self,
Mother and Sarah pairing apples. Afternoon Robert harrowing.
Self choring. Mother visiting at A. Lees.
8 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Sarah
washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self picking potatoes.
Robert and Sarah at the Womens Missionary meeting.
9 – Wind N, rather cold. Robert plowing. Self, Mother and Sarah
pairing apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Robert
and Sarah at prayer meeting in Presbyterian Church.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self binding corn stalks.
Afternoon self husking corn. Robert plowing. Sarah goes to the
Port in the evening.
11 – Wind SW, dull day. Self binding corn stalks. Robert plowing.
Afternoon self husking corn. Robert plowing. Rain at 3 o’clock.
Nothing doing.
12 – Wind E and raining. Nothing doing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah scrubbing. Burty
Mark here. Robert, Sarah and Burty at Division meeting.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
VII:21,22,23. Robert at evening meeting.
14 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn. Sarah
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self, Mother and Sarah
pairing apples. Mrs. Mark here a short time.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking corn. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
16 – Wind S, dull cloudy day. Robert plowing. Self husking corn.
Mother at Alexr. Lees. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self husking
corn and finishes it. Some snow at night.
17 – Wind NW, showery. Robert at the Port. Self, Mother and
Sarah pairing apples. Afternoon self choring. Robert plowing.
18 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert taking in potatoes.
Afternoon self, Mother and Robert at potatoes and finished. 5
loads. Sarah at Mr. O’Neils at night.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Elgie and Nellie taking in the
apples. Self choring. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon all at the
apples. Self at Mr. Ewens. Sarah and Robert at Division meeting.
20 – Wind W, cold day. Sarah at Mr. Isaac Clemens. Robert at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Robert at evening meeting.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Sarah pairing apples.
Robert plowing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mrs.
Innes here for some apples. George Miller here for pumpkins.
Robert at Greenbank in evening.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert topping turnips. Self dunging out
pigs. Sarah churning. Afternoon self and Robert at turnips.
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23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing up turnips. Self rowing
turnips. Afternoon Robert, Elgie and Nellie drew in 11 loads of
turnips. Self rowing turnips. Sarah in the turnip cellar.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert rowing turnips.
Afternoon Robert, Nellie, Elgie and Sarah drawing in turnips. Self
rowing turnips. Drew in 15 loads.
25 – Wind W, cold day. Self, Robert and Elgie topping turnips.
Afternoon self, Robert and Elgie at turnips.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Robert, Elgie and Nellie at turnips.
Afternoon self rowing turnips. Robert and the rest drew 14 loads.
Robert at Sarah at the Division meeting in evening.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Proverbs
XIII:15.
28 – Wind SW, with snow showers. Nothing doing. Sarah
washing. Afternoon all [at] turnips and finished. 54 loads.
29 – Wind S, dull day. Snow through the night. Robert plowing.
Self choring. Afternoon self choring. Robert at Greenbank.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone to Beaverton to attend
Sunday School convention. Self choring. Afternoon nothing
doing. Mrs. Charles Love here. Sarah at prayer meeting.
31 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Sarah at Port Perry. Afternoon
self choring. Nothing doing.
NOV. 1 – Wind NW, cold day. Self choring. Mother ill with
rheumatism. Afternoon Robert comes from Beaverton. Self
choring. Mother and Robert taking in apples.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with turnips for Mrs.
Carnegie. Self choring. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon self and
Robert drawing in corn. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Psalm
Eighty Seven:1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7. Robert at evening meeting.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Sarah washing. Self and Robert fanning
oats to chop. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mother at
Mr. Marks visiting.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Sarah
ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mrs. O’Neils. Mrs.
O’Neil washing. Mr. Pat [blank] swimming with lice.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the mill for chop. Self choring. Sarah baking. Mother
visiting at Mr. Throops. Sarah and Robert at prayer meeting.
7 – Wind SE, raining some. Robert harrowing orchard. Self,
Mother and Sarah pairing apples. Mrs. Maclean and Maria here
on a visit. Afternoon Robert gone to Seagrave for furniture to Mr.
Mackenzies.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing in the orchard. Self
choring. Sarah churning. Afternoon Robert threshing his Ottawa
oats. Self choring.
9 – Wind NE and raining. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self reading
papers. Sarah scrubbing. Afternoon still raining. Nothing doing.
Robert at Division meeting.
10 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Sarah at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching. Sarah at evening meeting.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Sarah washing. Self choring. Robert doing
nought. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry. Self, Mother and Sarah
pairing apples. Charles Love takes 7 bags of apples.
12 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert painting and puttying windows.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert painting. Self choring. Sarah
ironing. Mother pulling beets and carrots.
13 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert fixing windows. Self choring.
Sarah baking. Afternoon Robert fixing windows. Self choring.
Robert and Sarah at prayer meeting.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fixing windows. Self reading
Witness. Afternoon Robert fixing evetroughs. Self choring.
15 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert fixing dooryard. Self reading
papers. Afternoon Robert fixing dooryard. Self choring. Mother at
Alexr. Lees visiting. Sarah at James Bushes.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fixing dooryard. Self choring.
Sarah baking. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self, Mother
and Sarah pairing apples. Robert and Sarah at Division meeting.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Sarah at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Haggai II.
Robert and Sarah at evening meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fixing windows. Self choring. Sarah
washing. Afternoon Robert and George gone to Whitby. Self
choring. Mrs. A. Gordon here. Sarah at Greenbank.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Whitby. Self choring. Sarah at
Greenbank. Robert comes home.
20 – Wind N, cold day. Robert fixing windows. Self choring.
Sarah at Greenbank. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fixing windows. Self choring.
Bertha Marks comes to stop. Afternoon Robert at ONeils. Self
choring. Stewart Bratley comes from Whitby. John Park and
George Fowlie here.
22 – Wind NW, snowing some. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Stewart at Mr. Lukes. Afternoon nothing doing.
23 – Wind E, snowing some. Robert sitting round. Self choring.
Bertha baking. Afternoon Robert at Wick. Self putting glass in
windows. Robert at Division meeting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XII:21. Miss Bertha at Port Perry.
25 – Wind E and snowing. Self, Mother and Bertha pairing
apples. Robert gone somewhere. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Self choring. Raining some.
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26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self choring. Bertha
washing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Bertha ironing. Self
choring.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self choring. Bertha
dusting. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Bertha pairing apples.
Robert writing. Afternoon Robert puttying windows. Self visiting
at Mr. O’Neils. Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Tommie sawing old rails. Self
choring. Bertha scrubbing. Thos. Black here and brings a calf.
Afternoon Robert at A. Lees. Self choring. Bertha baking. Robert
and Bertha at Division meeting. James Smith, wife and daughter
comes from Whitby.
DEC. 1 – Wind SE, dull day. No service at Presbyterian Church.
Robert and Bertha at Sunday School. Mr. Smith and Mrs. at
Wesley Lukes. James Smith, Mrs. Smith, Robert and Bertha at
the evening meeting.
2 – Wind NE and snowing. Bertha washing. Self choring. Robert
doing nought. Afternoon self choring. Robert leaves for
Tilsonburgh Temperance Meeting.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Bertha baking. Afternoon
nothing doing. Self choring.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Bertha baking. Afternoon
self choring. Mr. Cameron here.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Bertha pairing apples.
Afternoon self choring.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Self choring. Bertha churning. Afternoon
self choring. Sarah comes for her clothes. Bertha at Greenbank.
Robert comes from Tilsonburgh.
7 – Wind SW, thawing some. Self choring. Robert at Wesley
Lukes. Bertha scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Thos. Black and
wife comes from Brooklin.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Bertha at Presbyterian Meeting.
Mr. Cameron preaching. Mr. & Mrs. Black leaves for home.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Wesley kills a pig. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Wesley kill a pig. Self pairing
apples.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with a pig. Self cutting
up a pig. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Marks loading posts to go to
Brooklin. Self choring.
11 – Wind Easterly, cold day. Robert at Brooklin with posts for Mr.
Mark. Self salting meat. Bertha washing. Afternoon self choring.
Robert at Brooklin.
12 – Wind SE, cold day. Nothing doing. Self, Mother and Bertha
pairing apples. Afternoon self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
William Smith comes from Whitby.
13 - Wind SE, fine day. Robert with Wm. Smith loading wood.
Self choring. Bertha ironing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self
choring. Alexr. Ewen brings a paper.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Bertha
baking pies. Afternoon Robert at the Port with Wesley. Self
choring. Robert and Bertha at Division meeting.
15 – Wind W and thawing some. Robert and Bertha at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Bertha at evening meeting.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert whitewashing. Bertha cleaning
woodwork. Self choring. Afternoon Robert, self, Mother and
Bertha cleaning house. Wm. Smith comes.
17 – Wind S and thawing some. Wm. Smith leaves for home.
Robert, Mother and Bertha cleaning pantry. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Bertha and Mother cleaning house. Robert
at Greenbank.
18 – Wind S and thawing. Robert and Tommie sawing wood. Self,
Mother and Bertha pairing apples. Afternoon self choring. Robert
at A. Lees.
19 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing. Bertha washing.
Afternoon Robert at Alexr. Lees. Self choring. Bertha churning.
Snow near gone.
20 – Robert and Bertha at the School party. Self choring in
afternoon.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees. Self at Mr. Throops.
Bertha baking. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lees. Self choring.
Bertha scrubbing. Robert at Division meeting. Shortest day.
Winter begins.
22 – Wind NW, cold day. Self, Mother, Robert and Bertha at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XII:30.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommie sawing old rails.
Bertha at Port Perry. Afternoon raining. Nothing doing.
24 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommie at wood. Bertha
washing. Afternoon rain at 3 o’clock. Margaret comes from
Whitby.
25 – Wind S, dull day. Nothing doing. Margaret at Mr. Marks.
Bertha there too. Afternoon Margaret at Mr. Akhursts. Robert at
Mr. Throops. Self choring.
26 – Wind NW and raining. Self, Mother, Bertha and Margaret
pairing apples. Robert at school meeting. Afternoon still raining.
Nothing doing. Robert takes Margaret to the Port to go with the
train to Whitby.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert fixing sewing machine. Self
choring. Bertha baking. Mrs. Carr here. Afternoon self choring.
Robert fixing the tub.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Wesleys.
Afternoon self, Robert and Alexr. Lee sawing wood. Bertha
scrubbing. Robert and Bertha at Division meeting.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Bertha at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Psalms IV:4,5 Robert
goes to Brooklin in evening.
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30 – Wind E, and snowing. Self choring. Bertha washing.
Afternoon self choring. Bertha at Mr. Marks in evening.
31 – Wind W and very high. Self choring. Bertha churning.
Afternoon Robert comes from Brooklin. Bertha ironing. Self
choring. Robert at Wesleys in the evening.
And thus ends the year 1895.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1896
JAN. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at his boots. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Bertha at Greenbank. Self
choring. Robert at Methodist Anniversary.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning a grist. Afternoon
snowing. Self, Mother and Robert pairing apples. Robert gone
somewhere in the evening.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with grist. Self choring.
James Carnegie here to dinner. Afternoon self choring. Robert
and Burty at Presbyterian Meeting.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self doing nothing.
Bertha baking. Afternoon Robert at the books. Bertha scrubbing.
Self choring. Robert and Bertha at Division meeting.
5 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert and Bertha at Presbyterian
Meeting. Sacrament. 8 members join. Nancy cow choked with
turnips. Mr. Mark and A. Gordon here.
6 – Wind E, cold day. Nothing doing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the sale of tavern, Greenbank. Barbara Fowlie here.
Self choring. Bertha at Greenbank.
7 – Wind SE, fine day but cold. Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Bertha and Annie Bush dressmaking. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Self choring. Annie Bush here.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Bertha
and Annie Bush dressmaking. Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
Self choring. Robert, Bertha and Annie at prayer meeting.
9 – Wind E, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self doing nothing.
Bertha and Annie dressmaking. Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
Self choring. Annie Bush dressmaking.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert drawing wood from Mr. O’Neils.
Self choring. Bertha and Miss Bush dressmaking. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Miss Bush leaves for
Greenbank. Thos. Black here all night.
11 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Bertha scrubbing. Thos. Black leaves for the North. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Bertha at Mr. Calders.
Robert and Bertha at Division meeting.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Robert and Bertha at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Revelations
II:13.
[At this point a special page was inserted into the diary, as
follows- ]
SPECIAL MEMORANDUM FOR 1896
May 30 – Nancy cow to Mr. Lees bull. Calved 12 March 1897.
June 12 – Began to sow turnips.
June 17 – Finished sowing turnips.
July 8 – Drew in 6 loads of hay.
July 9 – Butte cow to bull.
July 16 – Heifer to bull, 2nd
time.
July 30 – Finished hoeing turnips second time.
August 6 – Finished reaping.
Aug. 6 – Grey heifer to bull, 3 time.
Aug. 18 – Finished harvest.
Aug. 24 – Grey heifer to bull, 4 time.
Aug. 30 - Butte cow to Thomas Phairs bull.
Sept. 1 – Sowed fall wheat.
Sept. 29 – Threshing all out in 8 hours.
Oct. 12 – Finished taking up potatoes.
Oct. 22 – Began to top turnips.
Oct. 26 – Butte cow to bull
Oct. 28 – Finished drawing turnips, nearly 50 loads.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Bertha
washing. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring. Robert and
Bertha at Greenbank practicing.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Bertha
churning. Mr. Wheeler here and buys the heifer for 30 dollars.
Afternoon Robert at Port with heifer. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Bertha ironing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring.
Robert and Bertha at the prayer meeting.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self, Mother and
Bertha pairing apples. Afternoon Robert gone to Brooklin. Self
choring. Mrs. Walker here on a visit.
17 – Wind NE, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Brooklin.
Afternoon self choring. Bertha at Mr. Marks. Robert comes home
from Brooklin.
18 – Wind E, dull day. Robert drawing wood. Self at A. Lees.
Bertha scrubbing. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
Barbara Fowlie and Mrs. Wells here. Mrs. A. Lee and Barbara
Walker here. Robert takes Barbara Walker home.
19 – Wind E and snowing. Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting.
Nobody at any evening meeting.
20 – Wind E, fine day. Robert packing apples for Manitoba. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at Port with 2 barrels of apples
to Mrs. Foster, Manitoba. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank at
night.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self, Mother
and Bertha pairing apples. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self
choring. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
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22 – Wind NE, fine day. Bertha washing. Self choring. Robert
sawing wood. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
Robert and Bertha at the Presbyterian prayer meeting.
23 – Wind Easterly, cold day. Robert sawing wood. Self, Mother
and Bertha pairing apples. Afternoon Robert goes to Raglan.
Self choring. Raining some. Hailing all night.
24 – Wind E and raining and freezing. Self choring. Bertha
churning. Afternoon snowing, nothing doing. Robert at
Temperance Convention at Raglan.
25 – Wind SE, dull day. Self and Robert fanning oats for chop.
Bertha scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring.
Robert and Bertha at Division meeting.
26 – Wind N, rather cold day. Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Robert somewhere at night.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the mill with oats to chop. Self,
Mother and Bertha pairing apples. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Self choring.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at mill for chop. Self choring.
Bertha washing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring.
29 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert gone to Brooklin to be married.46
Self choring. Mrs. Carr here. Afternoon self choring. Bertha
scrubbing. Robert and wife come home.
30 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Bertha
baking. Mrs. Robert sewing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys.
Bertha down home. Self choring.
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Self choring. Robert and wife upstairs.
Afternoon Robert and Mrs. gone to Edgar Hornes. Bertha at
Greenbank. Self choring. Some boys here to shivareee at night.
FEB. 1 – Wind SE and thawing. Robert did not come last night.
Self choring. Bertha scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Bertha
ironing. Bertha at Mr. Marks. Robert comes.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Robert, Mistress and Bertha at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Mrs. at Port Perry in the
evening. Bertha at evening meeting.
3 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Mrs. gone to Brooklin. Self at
Mr. Throops. Bertha sewing. Henry Maclen here. Afternoon
stormy. Self choring.
4 – Wind E, snowing some. Self choring. Bertha washing. Mr.
Isaac Truax here for dinner. Afternoon nothing doing.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Brooklin. Bertha
scrubbing. Afternoon self choring. Robert and Mrs. comes from
Brooklin. Robert and Mrs. and Bertha at prayer meeting.
6 – Wind E and snowing. Nothing doing. Mrs. Robert tidying up
things. Afternoon still snowing. Nothing doing.
7 – Wind W, fine day, snow drifting. Self and Robert reading the
newspapers. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
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Robert married Jane Cowan (Jennie) Bell.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert away breaking road. Self choring.
Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Joseph Watson and sister from
Clifford and Barbara Walker here.
9 – Wind NE, stormy day. Robert and wife at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Throops. Self choring. Mrs.
Robert washing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self
choring. Mrs. Robert baking.
11 – Wind W, stormy day, snow drifting. Nothing doing. Afternoon
Robert dungs out henhouse. Mrs. ironing.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert breaking the road. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and wife at Port Perry. Self choring. Robert and
Mrs. at prayer meeting.
13 – Wind E, stormy day. Jane baking. Robert dunging out the
pigs. Self doing nought. Afternoon stormy. Nothing doing. Very
cold and stormy.
14 – Wind W, snowing some. Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
Jane baking. Afternoon nothing doing. A party here at night.
Practicing for orchestra. Mr. Salter; Mr. Gully; Mr. Whitford; Mr.
C. Love and Simeon Love; Jas. Miller; George Michie; T. Michie;
Annie Innes and Mr. and Mrs. Black.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert takes Mr. and Mrs. Black to the
Port. Self choring. Afternoon Robert breaking road. Self choring.
Robert and Mrs. at Division meeting.
16 – Wind N, very cold day. Robert and Mrs. at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching.
17 – Wind NW, cold day. Nothing doing. Afternoon very cold.
Robert and Jane at a lecture in Presbyterian Church.
18 – Wind SE, rather cold. Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Robert and Mrs. at
Mr. John Lees in evening.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self doing nought.
20 – Wind NW, very stormy day. Nothing doing. Wesley here
talking. Afternoon very stormy. Nothing doing. Very cold.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Jane ironing. Robert gone somewhere.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Alex. Lees. Self choring.
Robert and Mrs. at a social at Alex. Lees in the evening.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert breaking the road. Self choring.
Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
23 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert and Mistress at
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Mrs. at evening meeting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert writing. Jane washing. Self
choring. Mr. Wheeler here. Afternoon self and Robert fanning
oats for Mr. Wheeler.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Port Perry with oats to Mr.
Wheeler. Self choring. Afternoon Robert painting. Self choring.
Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
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26 – Wind SW and snowing some. Robert writing. Self doing
nought. Jane making pies. Afternoon self choring. Robert
painting. Robert and Mrs. at Presbyterian meeting.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Alex. Ewen here. Self choring.
Mrs. and Mrs. O’Neil, Mr. Whalen and a stranger here.
28 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert gone to Port with a cow to
Wheeler. Jane goes with cutter intending to go to Newcastle. Self
choring. Bertha comes. Afternoon self choring.
29 – Wind NW, rather cold. Self choring. Bertha netting.
Afternoon self choring. Alex. Lee here fixing Butte cow.
MAR. 1 – Wind NW, rather stormy day. Bertha down home.
Afternoon stormy. Bertha at Presbyterian Meeting.
2 – Wind NW, very stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon very
stormy, nothing doing.
3 – Wind NW, cold day. Self choring. Bertha baking. Afternoon
very cold. Snow drifting. Nothing doing.
4 – Wind N, cold day. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Mrs.
arrive from Newcastle. Bertha goes home. Self choring.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Jane
making dress for Bertha. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self
choring. Mrs. A. Lee here on a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Smith from
Whitby here.
7 – Wind W and snowing some. Robert and James Smith talking.
Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs. Smith leave
for home.
8 – Wind W, very stormy day. Nobody at school or Church.
9 – Wind NW, rather cold. Nothing doing. Jane washing.
Afternoon cold. Nothing doing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Jane at Greenbank. Self doing nought.
Robert and Jane at Wesleys in the evening.
11 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert sawing. Self choring. Misses
Akhurst and Phair here collecting for Bible Society. Afternoon
self choring. Robert at ONeils for wood. Nobody at prayer
meeting.
12 – Wind NW, very cold day. Nothing doing. Jane making pants.
Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert at Wesleys.
Afternoon Robert at the Port with Mrs. Luke. Self choring.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self choring. Robert doing nothing.
Afternoon Jane scrubbing. Robert at Mrs. Burnetts funeral.
Robert and Mrs. at Division meeting in evening.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at Presbyterian Meeting.
Robert and Jane at the Baptist Church, Port, in the evening.
16 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert painting. Jane washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Wesley Lukes. Self choring.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert painting. Self choring. Afternoon
nothing doing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank in evening.
18 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at A.
Gordons, W. Akhursts and J. Ewens. Afternoon Robert
somewhere. Self choring. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
19 – Wind E, snowing some and cold. Robert somewhere. Self at
papers. Afternoon snowing some. Nothing doing.
20 – Wind NW, very cold day. Nothing doing. Jane baking.
Afternoon very cold and snow drifting. Nothing doing.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert shoveling snow. Self doing
nothing. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Robert
at Division meeting in evening.
22 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching.
23 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert writing. Jane washing. Self at Mr.
Marks, Mr. O’Neils and Mr. Throops. Afternoon Robert and Jane
at Wm. Fowlies, Manchester. Self choring.
24 – Wind S, warm day. Wesley here talking School. Nothing
doing. Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert at the mill with chop.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane papering the room. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Port for Mr. O’Neils furniture. Jane
papering. Self choring.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane papering. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert at mill for chop. Jane papering.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane fixing room. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Jane fixing the
carpet in room. Self choring. Room finished.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at O’Neils for wood. Self choring.
Jane baking. Afternoon Jane scrubbing. Robert and self doing
nothing. Robert and Jane at Division meeting.
29 – Wind SE and thawing. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with Jane to the train to
Brooklin. Self choring. Afternoon nothing doing.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Mr.
Willis here for dinner. Afternoon Robert gone to the Port for Jane
who comes with the six o’clock train. Self choring.
APR. 1 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Greenbank. Self choring.
Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
2 – Wind W with showers of snow. Robert collecting ministers
salary. Self choring. Jane baking. Afternoon Robert at Thomas
Phairs. Self choring. Mother picking beans. Jane sewing.
3 – Wind NW, cold stormy day. Nothing doing. Afternoon very
cold, nothing doing but reading newspapers.
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4 – Wind NW, cold day. Self choring. Robert doing nought. Jane
baking. Afternoon nothing doing. Jane scrubbing. Bob Akhurst
here. Robert at Division meeting in evening.
5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Robert and Jane to Mr. Millars.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Nothing doing. Jane washing. Afternoon
self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Self at Mr. Marks to see Mrs. Mark.
Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Afternoon self choring. Robert
gone somewhere. Robert and Jane at Mr. Throops in evening.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing stakes. Self choring. Jane
ironing. Afternoon nothing doing.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Jane
baking. Afternoon Robert fanning oats for Marks. Robert and
Jane at Marshall O’Neils in evening.
10 – Wind SE dull day. Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Jane
churning. Afternoon Robert and Wesley cutting wood. Self
picking beans. Jane making pants to Jessie.
11 – Wind SE, dull warm day. Robert splitting wood. Self choring.
Jane working butter. Afternoon Robert at wood. Self choring.
Jane scrubbing. Nobody at Greenbank, roads bad.
12 – Wind E, dull day. Robert at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mrs.
Luke and Mabel Troop here in the afternoon.
13 – Wind W, warm day. Self and Robert fanning oats for Mr.
O’Neil. Jane washing. Afternoon Robert on the road shoveling
snow. Self cutting turnips. Jane washing.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert fanning oats and pease.
Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert digging drain to the cellar. Self
letting away water. Jane in cellar.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
16 – Wind W, warm day. Robert and Jane cleaning upstairs. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert in cellar. Jane upstairs. Self choring.
Robert and Jane at Alex Lees.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Some thunder in the morning. Robert
painting bedroom. Jane baking. Self choring. Afternoon Robert
painting. Jane at Mr. Throops. Self choring.
18 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert painting. Self choring. Jane
cleaning out our room. Afternoon Robert painting. Jane cleaning
up. Self choring. Robert and Jane at the Division meeting in the
evening.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing in orchard. Self fencing.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert, Jane and self at Mr. Throops
sale. Robert bought churn.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert planting berry bushes. Self piling
wood. Afternoon Robert planting bushes. Self piling wood. Mrs.
O’Neil and niece here.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane gone to James Smiths.
Self piling wood. Afternoon piling wood.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert choring. Self at brickyard. Jane
housecleaning. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Mrs.
Mark and Mrs. Marshall O’Neil here visiting.
24 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Jane housecleaning. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane visiting at
Mr. Akhursts.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self doing
nothing. Robert and Jane at Division meeting.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Luke
XVIII:17. Robert and Jane at Seagrave in evening.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and self fanning oats. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self choring. Jane fixing
window blinds.
28 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self choring. Mrs. John
Gordon Sen. And Mrs. A. Gordon Sen. here visiting.
29 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert sowing oats. Mother at Mr. Marks. Self at Mr. Ewens.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
30 - Wind E, fine day. Self at the Port with Robert to the
[?]o’clock train. He going to Whitby to license meeting. Afternoon
self choring. Jane cleaning the woodwork in [?]. She goes to the
Port for Robert at five o’clock.
MAY 1 – Wind E, dull day. Robert cultivating. Self choring. Jane
baking. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self choring. Jane at
Presbyterian Meeting. Black calf breaks leg.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sowing pease. Self choring. Jane
cleaning and scrubbing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self
choring. Nobody at Division meeting.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane gone to Wick to the
Sacrament. Robert and Jane at evening meeting in the
Presbyterian Church.
4 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self choring. Thunder
showers and some hail. Mrs. Luke here in afternoon.
5 – Wind E, fine day, some cold. Robert in garden. Jane ironing.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert fishing. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank practicing in the evening.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert rolling. Self at Mr. Ewens for papers.
Afternoon Robert rolling. Jane at Alexr. Gordons. Self choring.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert rolling. Self fencing. Afternoon
Robert drawing dung. Self fencing. Jane making clothes.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self cleaning out
the turnip cellar. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self fencing.
Jane at Wesleys visiting.
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9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing rails. Self fencing. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert planting trees at Church. Jane at W.
Lukes. Self choring. Robert and Jane at Division meeting.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Psalms
LVI:12. Robert and Jane at evening meeting.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert spreading dung. Self and Mother at
Manchester to Wm. Fowlies.
12 – Wind E, dull day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung. Jane
washing. Afternoon self spreading dung. Robert plowing. Alexr.
Lee and his wife here with Janes sister Margaret.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting potatoes.
Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self cutting potatoes.
Jane and sister at Mr. Marks. Robert, Jane and Maggie at prayer
meeting in Presbyterian Church.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drilling. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert planting corn. Self cutting potatoes. Jane and
Maggie at Mr. Marks dressmaking.
15 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drilling. Self cutting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self at Mr. Ewens for
papers. Willie Smith and Annie comes from Whitby. Robert, Jane
and Maggie at Greenbank.
16 – Wind SE, warm day. Self and Robert planting potatoes.
Jane, Maggie and Annie Smith dressmaking. Afternoon Robert
covering in potatoes. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in
evening.
17 – Wind S, dull day and raining. Mr. Joseph Bell and wife here
in the forenoon. Robert and Jane at Presbyterian Meeting.
Robert and Jane at evening meeting.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Self fencing. Robert digging in garden.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert plowing in orchard. Self at
Marshall O’Neils brickyard.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert moving Mr. Throop to Port Perry.
Self doing nothing. Jane baking. Afternoon self choring. Robert
planting corn.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sowing buckwheat in the orchard.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self hoeing corn.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Wesley drawing dung. Self
and Mother picking potatoes. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert and
Wesley at dung. Self and Mother at potatoes.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Mr. Butts at dung and
finishes it. Afternoon Robert whitewashing for Mrs. Luke. Jane at
Mr. Marks. Self choring.
23 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Jane baking
for anniversary. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Lukes. Self choring.
Jane scrubbing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Ewen addresses the children of the
Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday Schools. Robert and Jane at
evening meeting. Mr. Macewen preaching.
25 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Jane preparing for the party in the afternoon. Rain at 10 o’clock.
Afternoon self and Robert at the tea in the Presbyterian Church.
Jane goes in the evening. Thunder and rain in the evening.
26 – Wind W, dull day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self
spreading dung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self spreading dung.
Jane scrubbing. Very high wind.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at O’Neils to see
Downie. Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing
nothing. Robert and Jane at social in Presbyterian Church.
28 – Wind SE and raining, nothing doing. Robert and Jane fixing
upstairs. Afternoon Robert painting at Mr. Lukes. Jane fixing
upstairs. Self choring. Robert and Jane fishing in evening.
29 – Wind NW, cold cloudy day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr.
O’Neils to see Mr. Downie. Jane baking. Afternoon Jane at Mr.
Marks. Robert harrowing. Self at Mr. Lees with papers.
30 – Wind W, fine day but cold. Robert at A. Lees with Nancy
cow. Self choring. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at
Port Perry. Self choring. Mother at A. Lees. Robert at letting road
jobs.
31 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Psalms
XVII:8. Robert and Jane at Port Perry to hear Mr. MacClaren.
JUNE 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lukes painting. Jane
washing. Self at Mr. Ewens. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self
hoeing. Jane upstairs.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing gravel to the road. Self
choring. Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert drawing gravel. Self
hoeing corn. Jane dressmaking.
3 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert drawing gravel. Self hoeing.
Mother sewing carpet. Afternoon Robert drawing gravel. Self
hoeing corn. Mr. Akhurst here visiting. Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian prayer meeting in the evening.
4 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert drawing gravel. Self at Mr.
O’Neils to see Mr. Downie. Afternoon Robert drawing gravel.
Jane fixing upstairs. Self choring.
5 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert dunging and plowing corn patch.
Self choring. Jane fixing upstairs. Afternoon Robert sowing
buckwheat. Self spudding thistles. Jane upstairs. Robert and
Jane at political meeting in Port Perry in evening.
6 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting thistles.
Afternoon Robert choring. Self doing nought. Jane scrubbing.
Thunder at night.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Thunder shower in afternoon. Robert at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Thunder and rain at night.
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8 - Wind SW, dull day. Robert and Jane gone to Whitby and
Pickering. Self doing nothing. Mother gone somewhere.
Afternoon self doing chores. Sarah Mark and Nellie here for
rhubarb. Mrs. Mark and Nell here milking the cows at night.
9 – Wind NE, dull day. Mr. and Mrs. Marks here milking cows.
Self choring. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Mrs. Marks and
Tommie here milking the cows.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Mrs. Marks and Tommie here to milk the
cows. Self doing nothing. Afternoon self choring. Mrs. Marks
comes and milks cows at night.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Lizzie here and milked the cows. Self
cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert, Jane and her sister comes.
Robert drilling. Self hilling potatoes. Jane ironing.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self
cutting thistles. Wilhemina some sick. Afternoon Robert drilling.
Self hoeing. Jane and Mina fishing.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drilling. Jane scrubbing. Self
cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert sowing turnips. Self doing
nothing. Robert, Jane and Mina at Greenbank in evening.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Mina at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Malachi
III:8,9,10. Robert, Jane and Mina at Port Perry.
15 – Wind SE, warm day. Self and Robert fencing. Jane washing.
Afternoon self and Robert fencing. Political meeting at Seagrave.
Mr. Dryden to speak for Burnett.
16 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and self fencing. Jane ironing.
Afternoon self and Robert fencing. Jane and Mina at Womens
meeting in the Presbyterian Church.
17 - Wind SE, warm day. Robert drilling. Self hoeing. Jane and
Mina picking strawberries. Afternoon Robert sowing turnips. Self
hoeing corn. Turnips finished.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert drawing old rails. Jane
churning. Afternoon Robert, Jane and Mina at Marshal O’Neils
brickyard to see the bricks. Self hoeing corn. Mother at A. Lees
on a visit.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert scuffling corn and potatoes. Self
hoeing. Afternoon Robert hoeing corn. Self doing nothing. Jane
sewing. Mother visiting at Mr. Marks.
20 – Wind NW, warm day. Self and Robert hoeing corn. Jane
scrubbing the floor. Afternoon Robert hoeing corn. Self doing
nothing. Jane sewing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
21 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Robert and Mina at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from 2nd Peter
1:10,11. Nobody at the evening meeting.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing potatoes. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert and Jane and Mina at Port Perry. Self
at Marshall O’Neils brickyard.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Greenbank scrutineer for
Burnett. Self at Greenbank voting for Burnett. Afternoon Robert
at Greenbank. Self hoeing potatoes. Robert, Jane and Mina at
the Port at night.
24 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert drawing gravel. Self hoeing. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at roadwork. Self at Mr. Ewens.
Jane and Mina at Mr. Akhursts. Robert, Jane and Mina at Port
Perry to give a reception to Mr. L. Burnett.
25 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at roadwork. Self hoeing. Mr.
Joseph Bell and wife leave for home. Afternoon Robert at the
road. Self hoeing corn. Jane sewing. Robert at Greenbank.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port Perry for brick to new
Methodist Church. Self hoeing corn. Afternoon Robert at road
work. Self hoeing corn. Jane sewing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing gravel to sideline. Self
hoeing corn. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at the road work.
Self doing nought. Jane scrubbing. Mother at A. Gordons. Robert
at Division Meeting at Greenbank.
28 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert, Jane and Mina at the Methodist
Meeting at 10 o’clock in the Presbyterian Church. Robert, Jane
and Mina at evening meeting.
29 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert in the shop. Self doing nothing.
Jane scrubbing in cellar. Afternoon Robert hoeing in orchard.
Self doing nothing. Jane sweeping.
30 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert fixing well. Jane washing.
Afternoon self and Robert fixing well. Robert goes to Port for
Margaret. Jane ironing. Robert at Greenbank in the evening.
JULY 1 – Wind NE, warm day. Self and Robert fixing pump. Jane
and Margaret dressmaking. Afternoon Robert, Jane, Mina and
Margaret at the Methodist Sunday School Anniversary in Mr.
Beares grove. Robert, Jane, Mina, Margaret, Thos. Black at
concert in the Presbyterian shades.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert cleaning the pigs pen. Self doing
nothing. Thos. Black and Mrs. leaves for home. Afternoon self
fixing the pig pen. Jane sewing. Jane takes Margaret to the Port.
3 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert mowing grass. Self cutting
thistles. Jane churning. Afternoon self choring. Robert putting
Paris Green on potatoes. Mother visiting at Mr. Lukes.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert scuffling. Self doing nought. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon raining some. Robert hoeing. Self doing
nothing. Jane cleaning house. Janes 2 sisters from Pickering
and 3 children arrive. Nobody at Greenbank tonight.
5 – Wind N, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert, Jane and Mina at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Isaiah III:4,5.
Nobody at evening meeting.
6 – Wind S, dull day. Mrs. Perrin and Miss Bell leave for home.
Robert raking hay. Self cocking. Jane washing. Afternoon self
and Robert fanning grist. Heavy rain in afternoon.
7 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert at the Port with grist. Self cleaning
out the turnip cellar. Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert banking
potatoes. Self hoeing turnips. Jane at Brooklin with Wilhemina.
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert, Jane and self at hay, drew in 6 loads.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
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9 – Wind E and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert scuffling
turnips. Self hoeing turnips. Jane in the woods picking berries.
Mother at Mr. Marks.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and self hoeing turnips. Jane
berry picking. Afternoon Robert at Wesley Lukes stacking hay.
Self and Mother at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. P. A. Macleod of
Sonya preaching from Mark XIV:14,15.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self hoeing. Jane at the
Port with Mrs. Luke. Robert and Jane at Division meeting.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Sacrament in Presbyterian Church, Greenbank. Mr. Cameron
preaching from Genesis XXXII:9,10. Robert and Jane at evening
meeting.
13 – Wind NW with thunder and rain. Jane washing. Nothing
doing. Afternoon Robert hoeing turnips. Self cutting thistles. Very
warm with sprinkles of rain. Jane berry picking.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Jane washing.
Self cutting thistles. Afternoon self cutting thistles. Robert hoeing
turnips. Mother visiting at Joseph Burtons.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Robert mowing. Self cutting fence corners.
Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert mowing. Self at the brickyard and
at Port Perry for Allan and Alma Black.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Jane gone
north berry picking. Afternoon Robert raking hay. Self cocking
hay. Showers at 5 o’clock.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert, Jane and Tommy stacking hay.
Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon Robert, Jane and Tommy drawing
hay. Self hoeing turnips. Allan and Alma at brickyard.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Self cocking hay. Jane churning and scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert and Jane finishes haying. Self hoeing turnips. Robert and
Jane at Division meeting in evening.
19 – Wind SW, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from 1st
Peter
I:16. Rain at night. Nobody at evening meeting.
20 – Wind S and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert putting
Paris Green on potatoes. Self hoeing turnips. Jane making dress
for Alma. Some showers of rain.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesley Lukes reaping wheat.
Self hoeing turnips. Jane washing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys
wheat. Self finishes turnip hoeing first time.
22 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert reaping wheat. Self shocking
wheat. Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert and self shocking wheat.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon Robert scuffling. Self hoeing. Mother visiting at
A. Gordons.
24 – Wind W, dull day and raining some. Robert and self hoeing
turnips. Afternoon Robert at Wesley Lukes stacking hay. Self
hoeing turnips. Jane visiting at Alexr. Lees.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Robert and Jane drawing in wheat.
Afternoon self, Robert and Jane at the laying of cornerstone of
the Methodist Church at Greenbank. Robert and Jane at Division
meeting.
26 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert and Jane gone to Brooklin. Self
at home all day. Mother visiting at Alexr. Lees in the afternoon.
Nobody at any Church. Jessie Smith comes.
27 – Wind SW, raining some. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self hoeing. Jane and Jessie
at A. Lees. Nellie and Jessie here at night.
28 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert plowing. Self hoeing turnips.
Jane gone north berry picking. Jess at Mr. Marks. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self hoeing turnips.
29 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert harrowing. Self hoeing turnips.
Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Robert, Jane and Jessie at prayer meeting.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self
hoeing turnips. Afternoon self and Robert finishes hoeing turnips
second time. Alexr. Lees child here.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert patching roof house. Self at Mr.
Ewens for Peoples Journal. Jane cleaning up. Afternoon Robert
at Wesleys reaping. Self at brickyard.
AUG. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port for lime to the
New Methodist Church. Self cutting weeds. Jane scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert at Wesleys. Self choring. Rain at night.
2 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Rev. Robert Leask preaching from 2nd
Corinthians V:10. Robert and Jane at the Port in evening.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys. Jane washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert reaping at Mr. Marks. Self cutting
corners. Jane at Alexr. Lees.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Wesley and self cutting oats.
Afternoon Robert and Wesley cutting oats. Self tired out and
doing nothing. Jane ironing.
5 – Wind W, fine day, thunder and rain at 4 o’clock. Robert cutting
some oats. Jane gone to Port with Jessie Smith. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Wesley cutting Roberts oats. Self doing
nothing. Jane ironing. Mother at Alexr. Lees.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Wesley and self at oats and
finishes at noon. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys reaping. Self
doing nothing. Jane sewing.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wesleys harvesting. Self doing
nothing. Jane cleaning upstairs. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys.
Self doing nothing. Mother at Mr. Marks.
8 – Wind SW, very warm day. Robert at Wesleys harvesting. Self
doing nothing. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys.
Self doing nought. Mrs. Wm. Leask and her Mother here for a
satchel. Nobody at Greenbank.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Barbara Fowlie at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Barbara leaves for home. Robert and
Jane at evening meeting.
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10 – Wind W, fine and warm. Rain at 8 o’clock. Robert at Mr.
Lukes. Jane washing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon very warm.
Robert at Wesleys. Self choring.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert pulling pease. Self at Mr. Ewens for
papers. Nellie at Greenbank for papers.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert pulling pease. Self choring. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert pulling pease. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Jane at Alex. Lees in evening.
13 – Wind NE, warm day. Robert, Jane and self drawing in oats.
Afternoon Robert, Mr. Mark and self drawing in oats. Mrs. John
Ewen here on a visit.
14 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Alexr. Lees threshing. Self
doing nothing. Jane cleaning up. Afternoon Robert at Thomas
Phairs threshing. Self choring. Received letter from Annie Smith
that Thomas Black was very ill. Robert and Jane starts at nine
o’clock for Brooklin.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Robert and Jane comes
from Brooklin. Thomas Black not expected to live. Afternoon
Robert, Tommie and self drawing in pease. Jane scrubbing.
16 – Wind NW, cool day. Mr. Kitchen and Annie Smith here and
brings T. Blacks youngest child. Mrs. Bell and Jessie Bell here.
Afternoon Robert gone to Prince Albert to get a nurse for T.
Black. Mr. Kitchen and Annie leaves for home.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Tommie and self drawing in
oats. Afternoon Robert, Tommie and self drawing in oats and
finished all in but rakings.
18 – Wind NW, cold and showery. Robert raking oats. Jane
washing. Self doing nothing. Rain at 11 o’clock. Wm. Fowlie and
Mrs. Park at dinner. Afternoon Robert raking. Self choring.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Robert cutting buckwheat. Self at Port
Perry. Afternoon Robert at buckwheat. Self fencing. Jane at Mr.
Marks. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank. Self choring. Jane
dressmaking. Afternoon Robert at Marshall O’Neils stone bee.
Jane dressmaking. Self doing nought. Mr. and Mrs. Marks here
at night.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert fixing mares collar. Self doing
nothing. Jane cleaning up. Afternoon raining some. Robert
plowing. Self choring. Jane baking.
22 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert plowing. Self turning
buckwheat. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at
Thos. Phairs. Jane cleaning. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Sunday School. Self and
Mother at Mrs. Stones funeral. Jane at Alexr. Lees.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Wesleys with
papers. Jane washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr.
Alexr. Lees and Mr. John Ewens. Jane making preserves.
25 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert harrowing. Jane ironing. Self at
O’Neils and Marks. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
ironing. Robert at Charles Gordons threshing.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at O’Neils threshing. Self doing nothing. Jane at the Port.
Showers at 3 o’clock. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
doing nothing. Jane scrubbing some. Afternoon Robert at
Wesleys threshing. Self doing nothing. No mail from Greenbank.
28 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self choring.
Jane cooking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cocking
buckwheat.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Mother at Alexr. Lees. Afternoon Robert and Jane
gone to Pickering and Brooklin. Self doing nought.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Lizzie here milking cows. Nobody at
meeting. Thunder and rain in the afternoon. Robert, Jane and
Mary Bell arrive from Pickering.
31 – Wind NW, cool day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane
ironing. Roger Francis from Brooklin here.
SEPT. 1 – Wind N, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Mary
Bell ironing. Jane choring. Afternoon Robert cultivating. Self
choring. Jane ironing. Mother at Alexr. Lees.
2 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Jane
baking. Afternoon raining some. Robert and Jane at Port Perry.
Self doing nothing.
3 – Wind N and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self choring. Jane at Mr. Marks quilting.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane and
Mary dressmaking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
and Mary dressmaking.
5 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self choring. Jane
and Mary scrubbing. Afternoon raining, nothing doing. Jane
baking. Nobody at Greenbank in evening.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Rain through the night. Self, Robert, Jane
and Mary at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching
from Mark XVI:3,4,5,6.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at Mr. M. O’Neils and Mr. Isaac ONeils and
Mr. Marks. Jane dressmaking.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane and Mary
ironing. Robert, Jane and Mary leave for Brooklin.
9 – Wind SE, warm day. Self choring. Mrs. Walker here for
dinner. Afternoon nothing doing. Self choring.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Exhibition in
Toronto. Self cutting corn. Afternoon self cutting corn. Robert,
Jane and Mary arrive from Toronto Exhibition.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
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12 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Jane
churning. Mary scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
shocking corn. Nobody at Greenbank in evening.
13 – Wind NW, dull day. Self, Mother, Robert, Jane and Mary at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Genesis
II:3,4. Robert, Jane and Mary at the Port.
14 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Jane
scrubbing. Mrs. Alexr. Lee here with 2 children.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn.
Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at brickyard and Mr.
Marks. Jane sewing. All pairing apples in evening.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Revd. Mr.
Cameron and John Lee here. Robert, Jane and Mary at prayer
meeting.
17 – Wind SW, dull day. Rain in the night. Robert plowing. Self
doing nothing. Jane dressmaking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
cutting corn. Jane dressmaking. Mr. and Mrs. Smith here.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane and Mary at the Port.
Jane and Mary going to Pickering. Self doing nothing. Afternoon
Robert fixing the granary. Barbara at Mr. Marks. Self cutting
corn.
19 – Wind SW, rainy day. Barbara scrubbing. Robert doing
nought. Self at papers. Wesley Luke here talking about schools
and politics. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Barbara at
Joseph Burtons.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self and
Barbara at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching
from 1st
Corinthians V:8. Robert at evening meeting.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn.
Barbara at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn.
Robert at Port with Barbara and brings Jane home.
22 – Wind N and raining. Nothing doing. Jane sewing. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Self at Mr. O’Neils to see David Downie, nearly
dead, and at Mr. Marks. Jane dressmaking.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Jane
washing. William Fowlie and Mrs. Fowlie here to dinner.
Afternoon Robert at Mr. Marks threshing. Self at corn.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Marks threshing. Self
choring. Jane at Port Perry. Afternoon Jane ironing. Robert at
Marks threshing. Self at meeting in Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Cameron preaching from Leviticus X:3. Sacrament at Wick on
Sunday.
25 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self visiting at Mr.
O’Neils and Mr. Marks. Jane baking. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Self choring. Jane making ready for threshing.
26 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert building wood shade. Self
choring. Mr. and Mrs. Black leave for home. Jane scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert at wood shade. Self choring. Jane making coat
for Jessie.
27 – Wind NE, dull day. Much rain through the night. Robert and
Jane at Wick Sacrament. Robert and Jane at evening meeting.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. Self at
the Port. Afternoon Robert making ready for threshing. Self
choring. Jane scrubbing and cooking for the threshers.
29 – Wind SE, dull day. Threshing machine here. Wesley; Mr.
Phair; A. Akhurst; C. Gordon; A. Gordon; A. Lee; J. Michie; Mr.
Mark; T. Michie; Wm. Whalen. Finished at 4 o’clock.
30 – Wind SW, raining all night. Robert cleaning the barn floor.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at the Port for lumber. Self
choring and at Ewens for papers.
OCT. 1 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert building wood shade. Jane
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Jane picking
apples. Self shocking corn. Thomas Black comes from Brooklin.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at wood shade. Self doing nothing.
Jane ironing. Thos. Black at A. Lees. Afternoon Robert at shade.
Jane picking apples. Self choring. Thos. Black at Greenbank.
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and self at wood shade. Jane
picking apples. Thos. Black at Sonya. Afternoon Robert and self
at shade. Thos. Black leaves for home. Robert at Greenbank.
4 – Wind S, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Phalin preaching from Galatians
VI:13. Robert and Jane at evening meeting.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert at shade. Jane picking
apples. Afternoon self and Robert at shade. Jane at apples.
Robert at Managers meeting.
6 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at the Port for shingles. Self
picking corn. Jane washing. Mr. Jewel here for apples. Afternoon
Robert shingling. Self picking corn.
7 – Wind NW, cold day, rain all night. Robert shingling. Self doing
nothing. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert shingling. Self doing
nothing. Jane ironing. Robert & Jane at Greenbank.
8 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at wood shade. Self choring. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert shingling shade. Self picking corn.
Jane at Greenbank at Womens meeting.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane taking up potatoes. Self
picking corn. Elgie and Nellie picking apples. Afternoon Robert
and Jane at potatoes. Self doing nothing. Elgie and Nellie picking
apples.
10 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert, Jane and self at potatoes.
Afternoon Robert, Jane and self at potatoes. Robert at the Port
with Mr. Burnett to the train.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Childrens day in the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Cameron addressed the children.
12 – Wind E, dull day. Self, Robert and Jane at potatoes.
Afternoon self, Robert and Jane at potatoes and finishes at 4
o’clock. Robert at wood shade. Looking like rain.
13 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert shingling. Self picking corn. Jane
washing. Thos. Black at dinner. Afternoon Robert at shade. Self
at corn. Robert and Jane at Sunday School social.
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14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert shingling. Self at corn. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert and Jane taking in apples. Self at corn.
Mother at A. Gordons. Robert and Jane at the Port at Sunday
School Convention.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at shade. Self at corn. Jane
baking. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry with chop. Self at corn.
16 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at the Port with Jane to go to
Pickering. Self picking corn. Afternoon Robert at wood shade.
Self doing nothing. Robert at Greenbank at party in the Hall.
17 – Wind N, dull day. Robert at wood shade. Self at
newspapers. Afternoon self and Robert drawing in corn. Robert
at Greenbank in evening.
18 – Wind N, cold day. 6 inches of snow fell through the night.
Robert gone to Pickering. Self choring. Snow thawing some.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Lizzie here milking the cows. Self husking
corn. Afternoon self husking corn.
20 – Wind W, fine day. Self husking corn. Mrs. Marks here
milking the cows. Afternoon self at corn. Mrs. Marks milking.
Robert and Jane comes from Pickering.
21 – Wind W, cold day. Robert and Jane at the Port. Self at corn.
Afternoon Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self husking corn.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self at Port
Perry for boots. Jane washing. Afternoon Robert and self topping
turnips. Jane at Wesleys.
23 – Wind NW, fine day. Self and Robert topping turnips. Jane
ironing. Afternoon self topping turnips. Robert harrowing turnips
and rowing them.
24 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert drawing in turnips. Self rowing
turnips. Afternoon Robert drawing turnips. Self rowing turnips.
Robert at Division meeting.
25 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Nobody at the evening meeting. Robert and Jane at Mr.
Marks in the evening.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Jane washing. Robert drawing turnips.
Self rowing turnips. Afternoon Robert and Jane drawing in
turnips. Self topping turnips.
27 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert at Mrs. O’Neils for 2 pigs. Jane
churning. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Jane topping
turnips. Self rowing turnips.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Robert harrowing turnips. Self and Jane
rowing turnips. Afternoon self and Robert rowing turnips. Jane
and Elgie drawing turnips and finishes turnips. 21 loads. Robert
and Jane at prayer meeting in the evening.
29 – Wind S, raining. Robert making ready to take potatoes into
cellar. Self husking corn. Afternoon Robert and self taking in
potatoes, between 3 and 4 loads.
30 – Wind S and raining. Robert fixing at wood shade. Self
husking corn. Jane taking in apples. Afternoon Robert and Jane
taking wood into shade. Self at corn.
31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self
husking corn. Afternoon Robert at Marshalls barn raising. Jane
scrubbing. Self cleaning door yard.
NOV. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from John
XIII:3,4,5,6. Nobody at evening meeting.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Pickering to move Mr. Bell
and family to the Port. Jane at the Port. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self husking corn. Jane churning.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Jane washing. Self husking corn.
Afternoon self husking corn. Mother visiting at Mr. Lukes. Jane at
the Port. Robert, Jane and Mina come home.
4 – Wind SE, dull day. Self choring. Robert gone somewhere.
Jane ironing. Mina dressmaking. Afternoon Robert at plowing
match. Self choring. Jane ironing.
5 – Wind SE, raining some. Robert, Jane and Mina at Port Perry.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
Robert goes to the Port at night for Jane and Mina but they would
not come.
6 – Wind SW, rough day. Robert putting windows in wood shade.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
and Mina come from Port Perry.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane churning. Self
choring. Mina gone to Port Perry. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
doing nothing. Mina comes from Port. Jane scrubbing. Jane and
Mina at Greenbank in the evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Nobody at the evening meeting.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Marks. Jane
washing. Afternoon Thomas Black comes from Brooklin. Robert
plowing. Self at A. Lees. Jane baking. Robert and Jane and Mina
at Alexr. Gordons in evening.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane
fixing lung. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane baking.
All pairing apples in the evening.
11 – Wind S, raining all the night. Robert gone somewhere. Self
doing nothing. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
choring. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane and Mina
gone to Port to meet their parents. Robert goes for Jane in the
evening.
13 – Wind SE, snowing some. Robert plowing. Self doing nought.
Jane housecleaning. Afternoon George [Marnun?] here for
apples. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert cleaning the orchard. Self at
papers. Jane baking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self ditching.
Jane scrubbing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Port to see Mr.
Bell and from the Port to the Presbyterian Meeting at Greenbank.
Robert and Jane at evening meeting at Greenbank.
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16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing in orchard. Self choring.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert harrowing in orchard. Self
choring. Nobody at Greenbank.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Johnie sawing old rails. Self
piling wood in wood shade. Afternoon Robert and Johnie sawing
wood. Jane ironing.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Johnie cutting wood. Self
taking in wood. Afternoon Robert and Johnie finishes wood. Self
taking in wood. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
19 – Wind W, cold day. Robert fixing wood shade. Self doing
nothing. Jane at Alexr. Lees. Afternoon Robert putting on doors.
Self choring. Mr. Black and [Grose?] come with a load of
furniture from Brooklin to Wesleys old house.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Mr. Black and Grose leaves for home.
Robert choring. Self doing nothing. Jane churning. Afternoon
Robert paving horse stall. Self choring.
21 – Wind E and snowing. Robert at Mr. Akhursts clover
threshing. Self taking in cattle. Afternoon Robert fixing table.
Jane scrubbing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
22 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Jane at Mr. Wards funeral at 3
o’clock. Service was held in the Presbyterian Church. Robert,
Jane and Thomas Bell at Port in the evening.
23 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert choring. Jane washing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Mrs. Lees funeral.
Self choring. Snow melting very fast.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert choring round. Self at papers.
Jane busy at something. Afternoon Robert banking turnip cellar.
Self at Mr. Marks. Thomas Black and family comes from Brooklin
and 3 waggons of his goods.
25 – Wind NE and raining some. Mr. Morrison and another man
leaves for Brooklin. Robert drawing wood for Mr. Black. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert helping Thos. Black to fix his
house. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Presbyterian
Meeting, this being Thanksgiving day.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Tom and Annie whitewashing. Robert in
the shop. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and Thomas gone
to Brooklin. Jane and Annie at Port Perry.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Jane scrubbing. Self doing nothing.
Annie cleaning her house. Afternoon Robert and Thomas Black
come from Brooklin. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at Port Perry in the
evening to see Mr. Bell.
30 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Thomas Blacks. Self doing
nothing. Jane washing. Afternoon Robert gone to someplace.
Self choring.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert gone to Whitby to
convention of Sons of Temperance. Jane at the Port. Self at the
papers. Afternoon Jane at Port. Self choring.
2 – Wind SW, fine day. Jane ironing. Self choring. Afternoon Jane
ironing. Self choring. Mother at Mr. Marks visiting. All at home in
the evening.
3 – Wind W, cold day. Self choring. Jane ironing. Afternoon self
doing chores. Jane and Mother dressing geese. Jane takes them
to Port in evening and brings Robert home.
4 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert fixing water stand. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert gone to Brooklin for a load of Thomas
Blacks things. Self choring. Jane cleaning out the cupboards.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Self choring. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon
Robert arrives from Brooklin. Self choring. Jane cleaning house.
Robert and Jane at Greenbank in evening.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. & Mrs. Black at meeting. 3 of their children here.
Nobody at evening meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Wesley killing a heifer. Jane
washing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert banking turnip
cellar. Robert and Jane at A. Lees in evening.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank shingling Methodist
shade. Jane at Mr. Marks. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank. Jane at Marks. Self choring.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with heifers skin and
carcass. Jane ironing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Jane sewing. Self choring. Robert and Jane at
prayer meeting.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Jane sewing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Thomas Blacks. Jane at Womens
meeting in church. Self choring.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Jane at Port Perry.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Thos. Blacks. Jane at the Port.
Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane whitewashing. Self
reading papers. Afternoon Robert building chimney. Jane
cleaning. Mother at Alexr. Lees. Self choring. Robert at
Greenbank in the evening.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane at the opening of the
Methodist Church, Greenbank. Afternoon Robert and Jane at
Sunday School. Robert and Jane at evening meeting.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Thomas Blacks. Self choring.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert building chimney on wood
shade. Miss Maggie Bell here from Port Perry. Self choring.
15 – Wind E, fine day. Robert at Thomas Blacks. Self doing
nothing. Jane churning. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Blacks. Jane
ironing. Self at papers. 2 papers from Aberdeen.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self choring. Robert
and Jane at prayer meeting.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self at papers.
Jane dressmaking. Afternoon Robert at Thomas Phairs
threshing. Jane at dressmaking. Mother at Thomas Blacks. Self
at newspapers.
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18 – Wind SW, snowing some. Robert at Mr. Phairs threshing.
Jane at Mr. Marks. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert fixing wood
shade. Self choring. Jane sewing.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self at papers. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Mrs. Mark here. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
20 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
meeting in the Methodist Church. Mr. Cameron preaching.
Robert and Jane at Port Perry in the evening.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Thos. Black at the pump. Self
doing nought. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the
Port with pump. Self choring.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Mr. Black putting in pump.
Jane at the Port. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Blacks.
Self choring. Jane baking.
23 – Wind N, cold day. Robert banking the turnip cellar. Self at
papers. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry with
chop. Jane at the Port. Self choring. Miss Maria Akhurst married
to [first name is a blank space] Maclean.
24 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at the Port for chop. Jane at the
Port all night, her father very sick. Stewart and Walter Bratley
come from Whitby. Afternoon Robert at Church. Self choring.
Jane at the Port.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self doing nought.
Wm. and Annie Smith comes. Stewart and Walter at Mr. Marks.
The Smiths at Thos. Blacks to dinner. Afternoon Annie Smith at
J. Burtons. Mrs. Black at Akhursts. All here to supper.
26 – Wind W, rough day. Robert and Stewart at Mr. Blacks. Wm.
and Annie Smith at Mr. Marks. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at
Mr. Blacks. Wm. & Annie Smith leave for home and Jane goes to
the Port with them.
27 – Wind SE, fine day. Self and Robert at the Sacrament at
Greenbank. Mr. Cameron preaching from 1st
John II:2,3. Robert
at the Port in afternoon.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Jane washing. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Manchester at nomination. Mr. M.
Real elected for reeve by acclimation.
29 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Jane goes to
Port Perry. Mr. Bell died last evening. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at the Port. Self choring.
30 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at school meeting. Jane baking.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Self choring. Robert
and Mr. Perin at prayer meeting.
31 – Wind N, fine day. Robert, Jane and Mr. Perin gone to Mr.
Bells funeral to Brooklin. Self choring. Afternoon self choring.
Robert and Jane arrive from Brooklin.
And this ends the year 1896.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1897
JAN. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert fixing clock. Self sewing mitts.
Jane cleaning up. Robert at Greenbank in the evening. Self
choring. Rain at night.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Blacks. Self choring. Horse
and buggie come home by Tom Bell.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Tom gone to Port Perry.
Nobody at the Presbyterian Meeting. Joseph Lee died.
4 – Wind S, raining. Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Self choring. Jane
cleaning up. Afternoon self and Robert at Greenbank to vote for
councilors. Raining all the time.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Blacks. Jane gone to Port
Perry. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Tom grinding axes.
Robert at the Port in evening for Jane.
6 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert at Toms. Self doing nought. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert at Toms. Self choring. Very stormy at
night. Nobody at prayer meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Tom and Alexr. Lee killing 2 pigs.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert, Tom and Alexr. Lee killing Toms
pig. Jane cleaning pigs insides.
8 – Wind E, fine day. Robert and Tom cutting up pigs. Jane gone
to the Port. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert dunging out pig
pen. Self choring.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert cutting meat. Jane rendering lard.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at O’Neils wood bee. Jane
at lard. Self choring. Robert at Division meeting in the evening.
10 – Wind W, fine cold day. Robert at the Sunday School. Jane,
Wilhemina and Thomas gone to Port Perry.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Toms. Self at papers. Jane at
Port Perry. Afternoon Robert at Toms. Self choring. Jane comes
home from Port Perry.
12 – Wind N, cold day. Robert at Toms. Self at papers. Jane
making headcheese. Afternoon Robert at Toms. Self at
newspapers. Jane churning. Mr. Alexr. Ewen here bringing 2 Old
Country papers.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Jane at Lettie Tills funeral. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Toms. Self choring. Robert and
Jane at prayer meeting.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Toms. Self choring. Jane baking.
Afternoon Robert at Toms. Self at Mr. Marks. Jane at Greenbank
at Womens Foreign Mission meeting.
15 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert at Toms. Self doing nothing.
Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert at Toms. Self choring. Jane
sewing. Mr. Morice from Uxbridge here all night.
16 – Wind W, dull warm day. Robert doing nothing, has
toothache. Self at papers. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon self
choring. Robert doing nought. Nobody at Greenbank.
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17 – Wind SE, rainy day. Nobody at any meeting. Raining all day.
Thunder and lightning at night.
18 – Wind NW, very cold and stormy. Nothing doing. Afternoon
high wind and very cold with some snow. Self, Robert, Jane and
Mother paring apples.
19 – Wind N, cold day. Jane washing. Self doing nought. Robert
and James Lee talking. Afternoon A. Ewen and Miss Carr here.
Jane scrubbing. Self doing nothing.
20 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert at Toms. Self doing nought. Jane
and Mother sewing carpet rags. Afternoon Robert at home. Self
doing nought. Robert and Jane at Greenbank in the evening.
Shipped barrel of apples to Manitoba.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert writing. Self doing nothing. Jane
ironing. Mr. MacKitrick here on insurance business. Afternoon
Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
22 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert and Jane gone to Port Perry to
Temperance Convention. Self choring. Afternoon snowing some.
Self choring.
23 – Wind W, stormy day. Robert and Jane putting up stove
pipes. Afternoon self choring. Robert and Jane at stove pipes.
Thos. Black here. Robert at Greenbank.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane and Tom at
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert, Jane and Tommie at the Port in
evening at the Methodist Church.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert in the swamp. Jane baking. Self
choring. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert [at] managers meeting.
Man selling spectacles here.
26 – Wind NW, cold day. Jane ironing. Robert and self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert at Alexr. Lees. Self choring. Jane at
Thomas Blacks. Very cold.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood from Mr. O’Neils.
Self choring. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self
choring. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in swamp. Self choring. Jane
churning. Afternoon Robert at Toms. Self doing nothing.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Toms. Self at newspapers.
Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self at
newspapers. Ralph Black here in afternoon.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self at papers.
Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Wells here and Mr. &
Mrs. Hyslop here, all from Brooklin. Robert at Toms. Self choring.
Jane baking. Robert and Jane at Greenbank in evening.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching. Robert and Jane at Port Perry
in the evening. Thomas Black here.
FEB. 1 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Jane fixing stove pipes.
Mother at Mr. Blacks. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert
drawing wood. Jane scrubbing. Self choring.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Jane gone to Port Perry to
move Mrs. Bells furniture to another house. Self choring.
Afternoon Robert and Jane at the Port. Mother busy netting. Self
reading papers.
3 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane washing. Self
at papers. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Robert,
Jane and Mrs. Black at prayer meeting.
4 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert and Jane gone to Brooklin. Self
choring. Mrs. Black and Mrs. Bell here.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Jane not come home. Self at
papers. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert and Jane comes home
at 5 o’clock. Self choring. Mrs. Bell from Raglan here all night.
6 – Wind SE and snowing. Robert sawing wood. Self choring.
Jane baking. Mrs. Bell leaves for home. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Jane scrubbing. Self doing nothing. Raining at night.
Nobody from home.
7 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert, Jane, Thos. Black, Mrs. Black
and Mrs. Bell at the Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening
meeting.
8 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Robert drawing wood. Self doing
nothing. Jane washing. Afternoon Robert gone to someplace.
Self doing nothing. Jane scrubbing upstairs.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing. She
was at Mr. Marks all night, Mrs. Mark sick. Self choring.
Afternoon Philip Stones sale. Robert at it. Jane at Mrs. Marks.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert in the woods. Jane gone to Port
Perry. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self
choring. Jane at the Port.
11 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert drawing wood. Self mending
harness. Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Jane at
the Womens Meeting. Self at Mr. Marks. Robert and Jane at
Temperance Lecture in the evening.
12 – Wind E, stormy cold day. Robert sawing wood. Self doing
nothing. Jane upstairs. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the Port.
Self choring. Robert and Jane at A. Lees.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self at papers.
Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring.
Jane baking. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Robert and Jane at Port Perry.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert in the woods. Self mending boot.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Jane cutting
coat for Allan Black. Self at papers.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane sewing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Mother at Alexr.
Lees. Miss Brown here on a visit. Self doing nothing. Robert and
Jane at Seagrave.
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17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing. Self
making tie ropes. Afternoon Robert at the Port with Mr. Throop.
Self doing nought. Jane sewing. Robert and Jane at prayer
meeting.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Self doing
nought. Mr. and Mrs. Miller from Greenbank here in the
afternoon. Mrs. Miller visits Mrs. Black.
19 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self at papers.
Jane sewing. Mother at Mr. Blacks. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Self at papers. Jane sewing. Mother at Mr. Blacks.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Self choring.
Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self at papers.
Jane scrubbing. Stormy night. Nobody at Greenbank.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at Methodist Meeting.
22 – Wind Easterly, cold and stormy day. Robert in the woods.
Self at papers. Jane at Port Perry. Afternoon Robert in the
woods. Self choring. Jane and Wilhemina baking.
23 – Wind SW and snowing some. Robert in the woods. Self
doing nothing. Jane and Mina preparing for oyster supper.
Afternoon Robert in the woods. Self choring. Jane preparing for
supper. Oyster supper a success. Some 30 or 40 at it.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane gone to Port. Self doing
nothing. Barbara and Willie Smith here. Afternoon Robert in the
woods. Barbara and Willie leave for home. Mr. Cameron and
Jas. Miller here. Nobody at prayer meeting.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Self choring. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the Port for chop. Self
choring. Mr. John Lee here.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane sewing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Jane sewing. Self at
papers. Nobody goes anywhere tonight.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Thomas Black drawing
wood. Self doing nothing. Jane baking pies. Afternoon Robert at
Jas. Leasks with Mr. [Pirie?] to sell James Leask a windmill.
Robert and Jane at Division meeting.
28 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert, Jane, Mr. & Mrs. Black and 2
children at the Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at
Wesleys in evening.
MAR. 1 – Wind NE, stormy day. Self and Robert fanning grist.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert some sick. Self choring. Jane
sewing. Very cold at night.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry with grist and
brought Tommy Bell with them. Self choring.
3 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert, Jane and Tommy at the Port with
2 cattle. Self choring. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane
ironing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank in evening.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert and Thomas Black gone somewhere.
Jane making dresses for somebody. Self at newspapers.
5 – Wind SE and raining some. Robert splitting wood. Self doing
nothing. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert splitting wood. Jane
scrubbing. Self at papers.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane gone to Port
Perry. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert gone to the Port for
Jane. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert, Jane, Mr. Black and Mrs. Black
and 3 children at the Sunday School and the Presbyterian
Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
8 – Wind SE and snowing. Robert sawing wood. Jane washing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane gone to Port
with Thos. Bell. Self choring.
9 – Wind SE, dull day and thawing. Robert sawing wood. Jane
sewing. She was at Wesley Lukes all night. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Self at papers.
Very dark night.
10 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert sawing wood. Jane at the Port.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Jane ironing.
Self choring. Noone at prayer meeting.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane upstairs. Self
at Wesleys to ask for Mrs. Luke. Afternoon Robert and Jane at
Greenbank. Self at Mr. Marks.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at papers. Self doing nought.
Jane upstairs. Afternoon nothing doing. Robert at the Port for Dr.
Archer to Mrs. Luke. Nancy cow calves.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane upstairs. Self at
the papers. Robert at Mr. Burnetts in evening.
14 – Wind E, very stormy, snowing and drifting. Robert and Mr.
and Mrs. Black at Sunday School and Meeting. Very stormy
afternoon. Nobody at evening meeting.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Jane, self and Mother picking
beans. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Snow
melting some. No visitors this night.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Self doing nothing.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane baking. Self
doing nothing.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane at Port Perry.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self choring. Jane
sewing. John Park and George Fowlie here visiting. Robert and
Jane at prayer meeting.
18 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane ironing. Self
at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self doing nothing.
Mrs. Mark and Mrs. Alexr. Lee here.
19 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Self at papers.
Alexr. Rennie and Alexr. Lee here. Afternoon Robert at the Port
with wood to Mrs. Bell. Jane sewing.
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20 – Wind SW, dull day, heavy rain in the night. Robert sawing
wood. Jane scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Jane sewing. Self choring. Very muddy roads. Nobody at
any meeting.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Mother has sore head. Robert at Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting. Noone at any evening
meeting. Mr. Thos. Black and brother here.
22 – Wind E, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Self choring. Jane
washing. Mother sickly. Afternoon Robert and Jane turning
apples. Self choring. Mr. John Lee here about Church matters.
23 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing. Self
choring. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank for buggie wheel. Self
moving turnips. Jane sewing. Began to snow at 4 o’clock from
North East.
24 – Wind NE and snowing, been all night. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert doing nothing. Self choring. Jane at Port Perry.
Ann Innes and Wm. Thomas married. Nobody at Greenbank.
25 – Wind NW, snow drifting. Robert at Church books. Jane
making pants. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Thos.
Black settling their wood business. Self doing nothing.
26 – Wind W, fine day. Jane sewing. Robert doing nothing. Self at
papers. Snow very deep. Afternoon self choring. Robert and
Jane at the Presbyterian Meeting.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Beares mill with oats to chop.
Jane scrubbing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert doing
nought. Self at papers. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
28- Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Wick. Sacrament
there. Jane and Mrs. Black at Wesleys in evening.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Beares mill for grist. Jane
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Jane and
Mother at carpet rags. Self doing nothing.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert churning. Jane baking. Self doing
nothing. Mrs. Parker here visiting. Afternoon Robert pruning
apple trees. Jane making butter into pounds.
31 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert pruning apple trees. Jane at the
Port. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert pruning trees. Jane at
Port. Assessor Stewart here. Self doing nought.
APR. 1 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at trees. Self at the papers.
Jane at carpet rags. Afternoon Robert pruning trees. Self
choring. Robert and Jane at Social in the evening on behalf of
Mr. Peddrie, sick and paralyzed in Uxbridge.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing brush out of orchard. Self
at Mr. Ewens. Afternoon Robert sowing some grass seed. Self
choring. Robert and Jane goes to the Port.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane scrubbing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert making steps to front door. Self
at papers. Jane upstairs. Nobody at Greenbank. Bad roads keep
people at home.
4 – Wind E, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at the Methodist
meeting. Mr. Leitch preaching.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert making screen door. Jane
washing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert and Wesley at Penhalls
sale. Jane ironing. Self choring. Thunder and rain.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Penhalls for cutting box.
Jane churning. Self fencing. Afternoon Robert choring. Self at
Alexr. Gordons visiting. Mrs. Black and children here.
7 – Wind NE, dull cold day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane
sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert, Jane and Thomas
Black at Port Perry. Self doing nothing. Robert and Jane at
prayer meeting.
8 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert in orchard. Jane at Mrs. Blacks.
Self at the papers. Afternoon Robert at Victoria Corners to see
Mr. Macay. Jane at the Womens Meeting. Self choring.
9 – Wind NE and snowing. Robert in the barn at something. Jane
sewing. Self at papers. Afternoon self and Robert fanning pease.
Jane making dress to Mrs. Black. Mr. Black buys a mare from
Mr. Franklin.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert fixing screen door. Jane
scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert picking apples. Jane
dressmaking. Self at papers. Robert at Greenbank in the
evening.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert in the garden. Jane baking.
Mother at Mr. Blacks. Self piling wood. Afternoon Robert in
garden. Self doing nothing. Jane sewing. Mrs. Wm. Thomas here
visiting.
13 – Wind E, cold day and raining. Robert churning. Jane baking.
Self at papers. Mrs. Thomas crotcheting. Afternoon Robert at
Thomas Blacks loading his furniture. Jane there too.
14 – Wind W, cloudy day. Robert has headache. Thos. Blacks
father and brother comes from Raglan. Afternoon Toms father
and brother leaves with his 2 cows. Annie leaves with Alfred for
Raglan. Self choring. Nobody at prayer meeting.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Oshawa with Thomas
Blacks flitting. Jane at the Port. Self choring. Afternoon Mr. John
Lee here. Self at papers. Jane and Tommie comes from Port.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Oshawa. Jane washing. Self
splitting wood. Afternoon self choring. Jane sewing. Robert
comes home from Whitby. Helen at Greenbank for papers.
17 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert plowing. Self splitting and piling
wood. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert planting berry bushes.
Jane at the Port. Self choring. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert, Jane and Tommie at the Port.
19 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Jane fixing radishes.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Jane sewing. Self choring. Robert
at Whitby to go against license to Saintfield tavern.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for repairs to the
pump. Self piling wood. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert fixing the
pump. Self doing nought. Mrs. Ewen here visiting.
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21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert in the garden. Self piling wood.
Jane baking. Tommy at the Port for Mrs. Bell and Mina.
Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Self splitting wood. Thomas Black
and his father here for his cow and calf.
22 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sowing oats. Self piling wood.
Jane sewing. Afternoon self piling wood. Robert putting on
screen doors. Mrs. A. Lee and Barbara Walker here visiting.
23 – Wind W, warm day. Robert plowing. Self piling wood. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self piling wood. Thunder and
rain at 4 o’clock. Pedlar brings 5 apple trees to Robert.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert planting apple trees. Jane
scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
planting vegetables in the garden. Self at papers. Robert at
Greenbank in evening.
25 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Robert, Jane and Wilhemina at
Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting. Heavy showers of
rain in afternoon. Jane takes her mother, Wilhemina and Tommy
to the Port.
26 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert sowing pease. Jane washing.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at Beares mill with oats to
chop. Jane housecleaning. Self at papers.
27 – Wind N, cold day. Robert doing odd chores. Jane scrubbing
down cellar. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Jane and
Emmie at the Port Perry Fair. Self at papers.
28 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert sowing pease. Jane scrubbing.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Jane ironing. Self
visiting at Wes Lukes & Thos. Phairs.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert grafting trees. Jane papering.
Self choring. Afternoon Robert rolling. Jane papering upstairs.
Self fixing water for cattle. Mother at Alexr. Lees.
30 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert cultivating. Self at Mrs. O’Neils.
Jane housecleaning. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Jane
papering. Self choring.
MAY 1 – Wind SE and raining. Jane scrubbing. Robert painting.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert grafting. Jane upstairs
cleaning up. Self at papers. Nobody at Greenbank.
2 – Wind SE, showery day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
3 – Wind S, cloudy day, threatening rain. Robert choring round.
Jane washing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert in garden.
Jane at Mr. Marks. Self fencing.
4 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert fixing watch. Jane housecleaning.
Self walking around. Afternoon Robert and Jane planting
strawberries. Rain most all afternoon. Self doing nothing.
Election of 1st
Deputy Reeve.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Rain all night. Robert harrowing. Jane
baking. Self in the swamp. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port
Perry. Self choring. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert painting. Jane cleaning upstairs.
Self traveling around. Afternoon Robert gone to Boes with Alexr.
Lee fishing. Jane upstairs. Self choring.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sowing oats in the swamp. Self
fencing. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Jane
scrubbing. Self going round, doing nothing.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert rolling. Jane gone to Port Perry. Self
walking round. Afternoon Robert at the Port with wood. Jane at
the Port. Self choring. Robert and Jane at Division meeting.
9 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at the Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Romans III:29,30.
10 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and self moving fence. Jane
upstairs. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Self going around.
Jane upstairs. Put all the cattle to grass.
11 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self at O’Neils.
Jane at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert at dung. Self fencing. Mrs.
James Macmillan and Mrs. James Leask here visiting.
12 – Wind SW, dull day and raining some. Robert drawing dung.
Jane making dress for Nellie. Self choring. Afternoon spreading
dung. Jane sewing. Thunder and rain at 5 o’clock.
13 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Robert plowing. Self fencing. Jane
housecleaning. Afternoon Robert drawing stones to Mr. O’Neils
barn. Jane at Womens Missionary Meeting. Self choring.
14 – Wind SW and raining. Thomas Black here moving stove into
wood shade. Robert whitewashing. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank cleaning the grounds about the Temperance Hall.
Jane cleaning woodwork of kitchen. Thos. Black leaves with
wood for home.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane whitewashing
pantry. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
scrubbing. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
16 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Jane and Emma at the Sunday
School and the Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at
evening meeting.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert rolling. Jane washing. Self
hoeing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the Port. Self doing
nought.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drilling for corn. Self choring.
Jane fixing bedroom furniture. Afternoon Robert and self planting
corn. Jane housecleaning. Mrs. A. Lee here.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert rolling. Self at Mr. Ewens and Mr.
Akhursts. Jane ironing. Mother at Wesley Lukes and Thomas
Phairs visiting. Afternoon Robert rolling. Self doing nothing. Jane
sewing. Revd. Mr. Cameron and Mr. J. Lee here. Robert and
Jane at prayer meeting.
20 – Wind SW, some rain and thunder. Robert drawing dung. Self
doing nought. Jane cleaning up. Afternoon raining and cold.
Nothing doing. Jane dressmaking.
21 – Wind N, cold day. Robert drawing dung. Jane at Mr. Marks.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and self at Mr. O’Neils barn
raising. Mrs. William Macmillan and Bella Gordon here visiting.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Self cutting thistles.
Jane baking for the anniversary. Afternoon Robert drawing dung.
Self choring. Robert and Jane at the Port.
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23 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert and Jane at the Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Paran from
Newcastle here. Robert and Mr. Paran at evening meeting.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank making tables for
party at night. Self doing nothing. Mr. and Mrs. Paran leaves for
home. Afternoon Robert and Jane gone to Greenbank to
Anniversary tea and concert. Came to 85 dollars.
25 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert drawing dung. Self doing
nothing. Jane in the garden. Afternoon Robert spreading dung.
Jane upstairs. Mother at Alexr. Lees. Robert and Jane at social
at night.
26 – Wind N. fine day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self cutting
thistles. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane washing and scrubbing.
Self going round doing nothing.
27 – Wind N, fine day. Robert spreading dung. Jane ironing. Self
burning brush. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane sewing. Self
burning brush. Mother at Mr. Marks.
28 – Wind SW, raining some. Robert plowing. Self at papers.
Jane churning. Afternoon Jane at quilting bee at A. Lees.
Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Jane at A. Lees quilting.
29 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Robert digging out stumps. Jane
scrubbing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert cutting potatoes.
Jane at Port Perry. Self going around. Jane and Tommy comes
from the Port. Robert at Greenbank.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Mother and Robert at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from 1st
John XII:15. Thunder
and rain in evening.
31 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert drilling. Jane sewing carpet. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Jane laying
carpet. Self going round doing nought.
JUNE 1 – Wind NW, rather cold. Robert planting potatoes. Jane
washing. Self churning. Afternoon Robert covering potatoes.
Jane cleaning upstairs. Self gong round. Robert takes spotted
cow to Port Perry.
2 – Wind NW, fine day, some frost. Robert drawing gravel to
road. Jane sewing. Mr. & Mrs. James Smith and daughter here.
Afternoon Robert at gravel. Self doing nought. Jane dressmaking
for Mrs. Smith. Smiths leave for home.
3 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Port Perry with 2 pigs. Jane in
the garden. Self at papers. Afternoon raining. Robert plowing
some in orchard. Rain at 5 o’clock.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self walking round. Jane
sewing. Thos. Bell here. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane sewing
upstairs. Self going around.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane baking. Self at
newspapers. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Jane scrubbing. Self
at papers. Robert and Jane at Port Perry.
6 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and the
Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
7 – Wind S, dull day. Robert harrowing. Self cutting thistles. Jane
washing. Afternoon raining some. Robert plowing. Jane washing.
Self choring. Heavy rain at 5 o’clock.
8 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with mare to horse.
Jane baking. Self choring. Afternoon Robert drilling. Self doing
nought. Mrs. Charles Gordon and Mrs. Alexr. Gordon here
visiting. Jane cutting out shirts.
9 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert harrowing. Jane ironing. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane making shirts. Self
hoeing. Rain at 4 o’clock.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing in orchard. Jane
upstairs. Self traveling round. Afternoon Robert digging in
orchard. Jane at Mr. Boes at Womens Meeting.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert planting corn. Jane gone to Port
Perry to get teeth pulled. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert
sowing buckwheat. Jane making shirts.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing in the orchard. Jane
scrubbing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port.
Self at Mr. Ewens. Robt. and Jane at Greenbank.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School. Self,
Mother, Robert and Jane at Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron
preaching from Matthew XVI:26,27,28,29.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drilling. Jane washing. Self going
around. Afternoon Robert drilling. Jane churning and spills her
cream. Self going round.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sowing turnips and finishes. Jane
baking. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert fixing grafts in
orchard. Self doing nothing. Robt. and Jane at Mr. Lukes.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert building hen house. Jane gone to
Brooklin. Self hilling potatoes. Afternoon Robert at hen house.
Self hoeing potatoes. Mrs. Gordon Sen. here. Robert at prayer
meeting.
17 – Wind N and cloudy day. Robert at hen house. Self fixing
fence. Jane upstairs. Afternoon Robert at the hen house. Self
choring. Jane sewing. Mother visiting at Mr. Akhursts.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the hen house. Jane sewing.
Self choring a little. Afternoon self, Robert and Jane at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from first John
I:9,10. Jane goes to Port Perry for Mina and Tom.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fencing. Mrs. Black from
Oshawa here and Mina and Tommy Bell from the Port. Afternoon
Robert, Tommy and self fencing the calfs pasture. Jane
dressmaking for Mrs. Black. Mrs. Black at Mr. Marks.
20 – Wind N, cold day. Self, Mother, Robert, Jane and Mrs. Black
at the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cameron preaching from Song
of Solomon VIII:6. Sacrament dispensed in forenoon. Nobody at
any meeting in evening.
21 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at hen house. Jane at Port with
her brother & sister. Mrs. Black and children leave for Oshawa.
Afternoon Robert at hen house. Jane upstairs.
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22 - Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Tommie gone to
Uxbridge to Jubilee. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon self fixing at
scythe and cutting thistles.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert fanning a grist. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert gone to the Port. Jane sewing. Self
doing nothing. Heavy shower at 3 o’clock.
24 – Wind S, warm day. Robert working at henhouse. Jane
washing. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert making door for
henhouse. Jane scrubbing. Self going round. Shower at 3
o’clock.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane painting woodwork in
the kitchen. Self traveling round. Afternoon Robert painting. Self
at Greenbank for papers. Jane at Port Perry.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert painting. Jane scrubbing. Self
hoeing some. Tommie Bell here. Afternoon Robert and Jane
painting kitchen floor. Self going round.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Methodist
Church. No service at the Presbyterian Church. Robert and Jane
at evening meeting in the Methodist Church.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling corn. Jane at the Port
with Tommie. Self hoeing potatoes. Afternoon Robert hoeing.
Jane painting kitchen floor. Self cutting thistles. Mother at A.
Lees.
29 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert hoeing corn. Jane
cleaning up the house. Self doing nought. Afternoon raining,
nothing doing. Wesley here talking politics.
30 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert at henhouse. Jane at Port Perry.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Jane leaves for
Oshawa. Self picking bugs. Mrs. Bell Sen. here and Mina, Mrs.
Bratley and 3 children here.
JULY 1 – Wind N, fine warm day. Nothing doing. Robert and Jane
at Newcastle. Mrs. Bratley gone to the Methodist Sunday School
Anniversary at Mr. Beares bush.
2 – Wind SW, warm day. Mrs. Bell housekeeping. Mrs. Bratley
nursing her child. Self choring. Afternoon Mrs. Bratley at Mr.
Marks. Self hoeing potatoes.
3 – Wind SW, warm day. Mrs. Bell hiving bees. Mrs. Bratley and
Mina and self assisting her. Afternoon self at Mr. Lees. Miss Bell
at Port Perry. Mrs. Bratley and children leave for home. A. Lee
takes them to Port.
4 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert, Jane and Miss Tate arrive from
Newcastle. Robert, Wilhemina and Miss Tate at the Presbyterian
meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
5 – Wind SW, hot day. Robert at Mr. Marks stacking hay. Self
hoeing corn. Jane and Annie Tate washing. Afternoon Robert at
Marks. Self at corn. Jane ironing. Miss Tate ironing. Willie
picking gooseberries.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Robert gone on the excursion to the
Agricultural Farm at Guelph. Jane at the Port. Self hoeing corn.
Afternoon self hoeing corn. Mother mending.
7 – Wind NE, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommy hoeing potatoes.
Afternoon Robert at Wesley Lukes. Self going around anyway.
Tommy doing nothing. Mrs. Bell and Tommy leave for the Port.
Robt. and Willie at prayer meeting.
8 – Wind S when there is any. Hot day. Robert mowing grass.
Self mowing fence corners. Afternoon Robert mowing grass.
Jane sewing. Self doing nothing. Very warm.
9 – Wind SW, very hot day. Robert mowing. Self choring. Jane
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert scuffling turnips. Jane sewing. Self
at Greenbank for the papers.
10 – Wind SE, hot day. Robert scuffling. Self and Tommy hoeing.
Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and self cocking hay. Thomas
Bell raking. Robert at Division meeting.
11 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Tommy at
Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
12 – Wind N, fine day. Robert, self and Tommy hoeing turnips.
Jane washing. Afternoon self, Robert and Tommy hoeing turnips.
Jane putting Paris Green on potatoes.
13 – Wind E, fine day. Robert, George and Tommy drawing in
hay. Self hoeing. Jane churning. Afternoon Robert, George and
Tom at hay. Mother at A. Gordons.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Georges. Jane at the Port. Self
and Tom at turnips. Afternoon self and Tom at turnips. Jane
ironing. Robert somewhere. Rain at 4 o’clock.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Self and Tommie hoeing turnips. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Self
at Greenbank for papers. Jane’s Sunday School class here. 7
girls and having a good time.
16 – Wind NW, warm day. Self, Robert and Tommy hoeing
turnips. Afternoon Robert banking up potatoes. Self, Jane and
Tommy hoeing turnips. Very warm.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert, Jane and Tommy hoeing
turnips. Afternoon self, Robert and Tommy hoeing turnips.
Mother at Mr. Marks. Very warm. Robert at Division meeting in
the evening.
18 – Wind SE, warm day. Self, Mother, Robert, Jane and
Wilhemina at the Presbyterian meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching
from Ephesians !!:12. Robert, Jane and Mina at evening meeting.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommy hoeing turnips.
Three ladies here for dinner. Afternoon self, Robert and Tommy
finish hoeing turnips first time.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert hoeing. Jane washing. Self
cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Tommy playing. Jane
baking. Self cutting thistles.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self
cutting thistles. Tommy playing round. Afternoon Robert hoeing.
Jane ironing. Self at Greenbank for papers.
22 – Wind SW, warm day. Thunder and rain through the night.
Robert in the barn. Self going around. Jane picking berries.
Afternoon Robert mowing. Self doing nought.
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23 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Robert scuffling turnips. Jane
scrubbing. Self choring. Afternoon Robert scuffling. Jane and
Mina picking berries. Self doing nothing.
24 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Jane and Mina at Port Perry. Afternoon Robert at Mr.
Lukes. Self and Tommy cocking hay.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Rain in afternoon. Robert and Mrs.
Bell at evening meeting.
26 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and self hoeing turnips. Afternoon
self and Robert hoeing turnips. Jane sewing.
27 – Wind SE and raining. Nothing doing. Jane sewing. Afternoon
Robert at Greenbank for papers. Self going round. Jane sewing
for Mrs. Bell.
28 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert churning. Jane busy at
many things. Self doing nothing. Tommy at the Port. Afternoon
Robert fixing waggon seat. Tommy fishing.
29 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert and Jane picking berries in Lees
woods. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert putting Paris Green
on potatoes. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Jane and Mrs. Bell picking
berries. Tommy fishing.
30 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Self cutting thistles. Jane ironing. Afternoon Robert at hay. Self
going around. Jane ironing.
31 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert shaking out the hay. Jane at the
Port. Self hoeing turnips. Afternoon Robert, George and Tommy
stacking hay. Self hoeing turnips. Jane cleaning up. Mrs. Bell at
Mr. Ewens.
AUG. 1 – Wind NW, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Tommy at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Song of
Solomon VIII:5,6.
2 – Wind NW, warm day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Tommy
raking. Afternoon Robert and Tommy finishes haying. Self
hoeing. Miss Edna Troop and Miss Phoenix here. Robert at berry
social at Greenbank.
3 – Wind W, warm day. Robert scuffling turnips. Self hoeing
turnips. Jane baking. Afternoon Robert reaping. Self hoeing
turnips. Mother at Sam Dustys.
4 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert hoeing turnips. Self and Mother at
Wm. Fowlies at Manchester. Tinsmith here fixing evetroughs.
Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. Self and Robert hoeing turnips. Tinsmith
here putting up evetroughs. Afternoon Robert and self hoeing
turnips. Jane and Tommy at Port.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert reaping oats. Jane washing. Self
doing nought. George here stacking oats. Afternoon Robert
reaping oats. George shocking. Self doing nought. Jane
scrubbing.
7 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert shocking oats. Self cutting
thistles. Jane scrubbing floor. Afternoon Robert cutting pease.
Self walking round. Jane ironing. Tommy at the Port for Mrs. Bell
and Mina. Robert at Greenbank.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Willy at Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Mrs. Bell at Greenbank in the
evening.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Self, Robert and Tommy drawing in
wheat. Jane sewing. Afternoon raining some. Robert gone
somewhere. Mother at Wesleys. Jane sewing.
10 – Wind S, threatening rain. Robert pulling pease. Self choring.
Jane sewing. Mrs. Bell baking. Afternoon thunder and rain.
Nothing doing. Jane sewing.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane at the churn. Self
cutting thistles. Afternoon self and Robert pulling pease. Rain at
4 o’clock. Robert plowing after rain.
12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self pulling pease. Jane
sewing. Wilhemina at Port Perry. Afternoon self and Robert
pulling pease. Jane and her Mother at Greenbank. Mrs. Bell and
Mina taken to the Port by Tommy.
13 - Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane baking. Self cutting
corners. Tommy washing buggie. Afternoon Robert reaping for
George. Self cutting corners of the far field.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert reaping oats. Self and George
shocking oats. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and George
drawing pease. Tommy and horse tramping47
. Self doing nothing.
Robert and Jane at Greenbank in evening.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Thomas Black and 2 children here. Self,
Mr. Black, Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr.
Cameron preaching from Acts X:10,11. Noone at evening
meeting.
16 – Wind W, showery day. Robert plowing. Self cutting thistles.
Jane washing. Thomas Black taking moths out of beehive.
Afternoon Robert at Akhursts threshing. T. Black gone home.
Jane and Tom at the Port. Self doing nought.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self turning pease. Jane
making dress for her aunt. Tom boil on hand. Afternoon Robert,
Jane and self drawing in pease and oats. Tommy at the Port.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, George and self drawing in oats.
Tommy boil on hand. Afternoon oats all done at 3 o’clock.
Tommy raking. Robert mowing. Self doing nothing.
19 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert harrowing. Jane sewing. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert shingling barn. Tommy raking
oats. Jane sewing.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Temperance
excursion from Port Perry to Fenelon Falls. Self at nothing.
Robert, Jane and Tommy come home at 11 o’clock.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, George and self reaping oats.
Finishes reaping. Jean scrubbing. Afternoon Robert reaping for
George. Self doing nothing. Mabel Troop here.
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In those days pease were generally threshed by hand,
but sometimes they would use a horse to walk on the
pease to thresh them.
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22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching on [?].
Robert, Jane and Tommy at the Port in the evening.
23 – Wind Easterly, fine day. Robert at Georges reaping. Self
doing nought. Jane and Aunt dressmaking. Afternoon Robert,
George and self drawing in oats. Jane dressmaking. Wesley gets
3 cattle killed on railway.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, George and self drawing in oats.
Jane dressmaking. Afternoon Robert cutting oats. Tommy raking
oats. Self gathering them in heaps.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self travelling round at Mr.
Ewens and Mr. Lees. Robert and Jane and Janet Taite at prayer
meeting.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought. Jane
and Janet making dress for Jessies doll. Afternoon Robert, Jane
and self drawing in oats. Finishes harvest.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane
and Aunt fixing Jessies doll. Afternoon Robert at Mr. Gordons
threshing. Mother at Mrs. Marks quilting. Self doing nothing.
Jane at Port Perry with her Aunt.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self
doing nothing. Jane doing something. Afternoon Robert at A.
Lees threshing. Self at A. Lees to see the machine. Robt. and
Jane at Greenbank at night.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XIII:47,48,49. Robert and Jane at the Port in evening.
30 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nought. Jane
washing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane upstairs.
Division of Sunday School property 1869.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane baking. Mother visiting
at Mr. Akhursts. Self going around.
SEPT. 1 – No wind, warm day. Robert plowing. Jane churning.
Self going around. Mother netting. Afternoon threatening rain.
Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane sewing. Thos. Black
here.
2 - Wind N, fine day. Robert and Thomas Black loading [?]. Jane
gone to Brooklin. Self doing nothing. Mr. Black leaves.
3 – Wind N, fine day. Robert harrowing. Self at papers. Jane
upstairs. Afternoon Robert sowing fall wheat. Self at Mr. O’Neils.
Mother visiting at Mrs. Mary [?].
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert mowing buckwheat. Self doing
nothing. Tommy Bell leaves for home. Afternoon Robert mowing
buckwheat. Self walking round. Jane [?].
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane and [?] at Presbyterian
Meeting. Mr. Maclaren of Columbus preaching. Nobody at any
evening meeting.
6 – Wind W, warm day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing. Self
doing nothing. Mr. and Mrs. Maclaren and [child? children?}
leave for Columbus. Afternoon Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing.
Mother gone somewhere. Self doing nothing.
7 – Wind NE, raining some. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Jane at
the Port for meat. Self cleaning barn floor. Afternoon threshing
machine here at 3 o’clock. Threshed til 6 o’clock.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Threshing with Wesley & Tommy, T. Phair
and son; J. Michie; A. Akhurst; C. Gordon; W. Wallis; Mr. Marks;
G. Michie. Afternoon finished threshing. Robert takes engine to
James Rosses place. Jane at Alex. Lees. Self doing nought.
9 – Wind W, fine warm day. Robert harrowing. Self turning
buckwheat. Jane upstairs. Afternoon Robert cleaning the barn
floor. Jane at Greenbank. Self choring.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self
cutting [horse?] tooth corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
washing. Self cutting corn. Wilhe. comes from Port.
11 – Wind NE and raining some. Nothing doing. Jane scrubbing.
Wilhemina Bell here. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Self cutting
corn. Jane baking. Evening Jane takes Wilhemina to Port.
Robert at Greenbank.
12 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at the Port.
13 – Wind NW, showery. Robert gone for bricks and waggon
wheel breaks. Gone to Greenbank with it. Self cutting corn. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert drawing brick. Self cutting corn.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane churning. Self
doing nought. Afternoon self, Robert and Jane drawing in
buckwheat. 2 loads of it. Mrs. Carr here.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn. Jane
cocking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at corn. Jane sewing.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn.
Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert plowing and gone to Port Perry
for Revd. John Robertson. Self shocking corn.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for waggon wheel.
Self doing nought. Revd. John Robertson here looking round.
Afternoon Robert driving around Mr. Robertson. Self sore back.
Jane sewing. Robert, Jane and Barbara at Mr. Robertsons
meeting in the evening.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert takes Mr. Robertson to Port for
the train going south. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self at corn. Jane takes Barbara to the Port. Robert at
Greenbank Division.
19 – Wind NW, fine cold day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
20 – Wind N, cold day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane making
preserves. Mother at Alex. Lees after yarn to make stockings.
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21 – Wind NW, fine day. Frost at night. Robert at George’s
buckwheat. Jane baking. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Jane away begging money for(Ambrose?) Miller for long
and faithful service as Superintendent of Sunday School.
22 – Wind NW, and raining. Nothing doing. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Self cutting corn. Jane sewing. Robert and Jane at the
prayer meeting. Fine evening.
23 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Self cutting corn. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank fixing the ground about
the Hall. Self cutting corn.
[ At this point, the pages in the diary are quite tattered and the
outside margin is sometimes totally missing. ]
24 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Georges threshing. Jane at Port
Perry. Self cutting corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self cutting
corn. Jane sewing. Tommy Bell here.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self shocking corn.
Jane baking. Afternoon Robert cutting corn. Jane scrubbing. Self
doing nought. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
26 – Wind NW, threatening rain. Robert and Jane at Wick, the
Sacrament there today. Robert and [Jane?] at evening meeting.
Mr. [Macamus?] preaching.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Jane and self [?] up potatoes.
Afternoon Robert and Jane at potatoes. Self helping Thomas
Black to load his waggon.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Jane and self at potatoes. Robert
and Jane gathering potatoes. Self [covering?].
29 – Wind W, fine day. Self and Robert finishes potatoes. Jane
cooking dinner. Afternoon Robert and Jane [at?] Uxbridge Fair.
[Self] choring and cutting Indian corn.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Wesley and George cutting
clover. Self cutting corn. Jane washing. Afternoon Wesley and
George finish clover. Self doing nought. Jane and Robert at the
Temperance party. Made $140.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Marks drawing in
clover. Jane at the Church laying carpet. Self choring. Afternoon
Robert at Alexr. Lees about pigs. Self doing nought. Got 3 pigs.
2 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing. Self
going around. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane [ironing?]. Self at
Mr. Marks to see Sarah. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
3 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School. Self
and Mother at the Presbyterian Meeting. Minister from Leaskdale
preaching from John III:16. Robt. and Jane [?].
4 – Wind S, warm day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
ironing. Afternoon Robert and George drawing in corn. Self
picking corn. Robert at Managers Meeting.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and George finishes [corn?]. Self
picking corn. Afternoon Robert and Jane [?].
6 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self doing nought. Jane
washing. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
7 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert plowing. Jane ironing. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane sewing. Self picking
corn. Mrs. Akhurst here visiting.
8 – Wind SW, smoky day. Robert plowing. Self picking corn. Jane
sewing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane sewing. Self picking
corn. Some rain at night.
9 – Wind N and cold. Robert plowing. Self at Thomas Phairs.
Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane sewing. Mother
at Mr. Marks. Self doing nought. Robt. & Jane at Greenbank.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Jane at Port Perry. Wilhemina sick.
Robert at Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting. Robt. &
Jane at T. Phairs.
11 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert drawing in corn. Self picking
corn. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert taking in apples and takes
Jane to the Port at night. Self picking corn.
12 – Wind W and showers. Robert at the Port for Jane. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert and self fanning wheat. Robert and
Jane at Greenbank in evening at Childrens Social.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Mr. Lees threshing. Self picking
corn. Jane washing. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys threshing. Self
picking corn. Jane goes to Port to stop all night.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Jane comes
home from Port. Afternoon Robert taking in apples. Jane ironing.
Self picking corn. Machine gone to J. [Boe?].
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at apples. Self doing
nothing. Afternoon Robert at Port with grist. Jane at the Port. Self
husking corn. Very warm.
16 – Wind W, thunder and rain in the morning. Robert at the Port
for Jane. Self husking corn. Afternoon Robert fixing henhouse.
Jane scrubbing. Self at corn.
17 – Wind N, fine day. Jane gone to Port Perry. Robert at the
Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing in corn. Self husking
corn. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and self taking in potatoes. Jane
washing. Afternoon self and Robert at potatoes. 5 loads
altogether. Jane washing. Jane gone to Port Perry.
20 – Wind E, fine day. Robert and self husking corn. Jane comes
from the Port. Afternoon self and Robert at corn. Jane washing.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
21 – Wind E and very foggy day. Self and Robert husking corn.
Jane very busy at chores. Afternoon self and Robert husking
corn and finishes. Jane sewing.
22 – Wind SE, dull foggy day. Self choring. Robert fixing stable.
Jane gone to Port Perry. Afternoon Robert gone [?]. Self going
round anywhere. Jane comes home from Port.
23 – Wind NE, dull smoky day. Robert plowing. Self going round.
Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Ewens.
Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
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24 – Wind NE, dull foggy day. Tommy [?] the Port. Self, Robert
and Jane at the Presbyterian Meeting. [?] preaching from
Hebrews IX:17. Robert and Jane at the evening meeting.
25 – Wind NE, foggy day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self travelling around.
Jane gone to Port Perry. The fog all gone.
26 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert topping turnips. Jane
dressmaking. Self doing nothing. Jane’s sister here. Afternoon
Robert harrowing turnips. Self rowing turnips. Jane dressmaking.
27 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Mrs. Perrat in turnips. Self
rowing turnips. Jane sewing. Afternoon self rowing turnips.
Robert, Jane and Mrs. Perrat drawing in.
28 – Wind W and raining some. Robert, Jane and Mrs. Perrat in
turnips. Self rowing turnips. Afternoon at turnips. Jane and her
sister goes to Port at 4 o’clock. Robert and Mr. [?].
29 – Wind N, fine day. Mr. Marks finishes topping turnips. Self
rowing turnips. Robert, Jane and Mrs. Perrat drawing turnips.
Afternoon all at turnips. Took in a good [?].
30 – Wind N, fine day. Self rowing turnips. [Remainder of this
entry is illegible].
31 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
the Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron to preach on baptism by
sprinkling and immersion.
NOV. 1 – Wind S and raining some. Robert at Elijah Beares with
oats to chop. Jane washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert
drawing dung to orchard. Self doing nothing. Jane washing.
2- Wind NE and raining. Robert at the mill for chop. Self doing
nothing. Mrs. Gordon Sen. here. Afternoon rain. Robert
spreading dung. Self at Mr. Marks. Nellie here. “The art is not in
making money, but in keeping it.”
3 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self doing nothing. Jane
baking. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry to see Mina.
Self travelling round.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing in orchard. Jane ironing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at the Port with wood for Mrs.
Bell. Jane making dress for Mrs. Marks.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Self choring. Jane
dressmaking. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane sewing.
6 – Wind NW, rough day. Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing. Self
fencing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing. Self fencing.
Robert at Greenbank.
7 – Wind W, cold day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School and
the Presbyterian Meeting and at the Methodist Anniversary. They
took in 77 dollars.
8 – Wind Easterly and raining some. Robert plowing. Jane
dressmaking. Self fencing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Self
fencing some. Jane dressmaking. Rain at night.
9 – Wind E and snowing. Nothing doing. Afternoon very stormy.
Snow drifting. Jane dressmaking. Robert at the barn fixing the
cattle stables. Self doing nought.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Robert going round. Jane washing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon nothing doing. Jane at Port Perry and
brings her sister Mary here.
11 – Wind SE and raining. [Remainder of entry is illegible].
12 – Wind NW, rough cold day. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
Self at papers. Wesley here talking baptism. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Self doing nothing. Jane sewing.
13 – Wind N, cold day. Robert choring. Jane and Mary scrubbing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Joseph Burtons sale. Self at
papers. Jane and Mary sewing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Jane and Mary Bell at Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at an evening
meeting.
15 – Wind SE, cloudy day. Robert digging cistern. Jane at
dressmaking. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert digging
cistern. Jane sewing. Self at papers. Looking like rain.
16 – Wind N, cold day. Rain through the night. Robert at the
cistern. Jane sewing. Mary cooking. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert, Jane and Mary at Port Perry. Self doing nought.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing bricks for cistern. Jane
washing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert making mortar for
cistern. Jane baking. Self at Alexr. Lees.
18 – Wind N, fine day. Marshal O’Neil building cistern. Robert
making mortar. Self at papers. Afternoon Mr. O’Neil and Robert
at the cistern. Jane ironing. Self doing nought.
19 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert working at cistern. Jane ironing.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Jane working at the
cistern. Self doing nothing.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert fixing cistern. Jane scrubbing.
Self in bed. Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Jane netting.
Self doing nothing. Robert and Jane at Division meeting.
21 – Wind SW, fine day and thawing. Robert and Jane at Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting. No-one at evening meeting.
22 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert fixing the stoop. Jane washing.
Self at Mr. O’Neils. Afternoon Robert fixing the cistern. Jane
gone to Port Perry. Self at the papers. Dull evening.
23 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and George cleaning the well.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert working at the well. Jane
sewing. Self doing nothing. Apple paring at night.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing in wood and Jane piling
wood. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self and Jane piling.
[Remainder of this entry is missing].
25 – Wind SW and raining some. Nothing doing. Thanksgiving
Day over Canada. Afternoon still raining. Nobody at
Thanksgiving meeting in Methodist Church.
26 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert and Tommy taking up stable
floor. Jane sewing. Afternoon raining. Robert and Tom laying
bricks in stable. Jane sewing.
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27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Tom laying brick. Self doing
nought. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert and Tom at bricks.
Self at Dr. Archers. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Presbyterian
Sunday School and Meeting. Nobody out at night.
29 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert and Mr. Lee at [Church?] money
matters. Jane, Mina and Tommy gone to the Port. Self doing
nothing. Thomas Black here all night.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert helping Thomas Black to load
wood. Jane baking. Afternoon Robert drawing wood out of
orchard. Self at papers. Robert and Jane at Greenbank to hear
Mr. Reed on Baptism.
DEC. 1 – Wind NW and snowing. Robert and Wesley killing a pig.
Jane washing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Self at papers.
No prayer meeting til Friday. Robert and Wesley kill a pig.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cutting up his pig. Jane baking.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at Thomas Phairs
threshing. Jane at Womens meeting at Greenbank.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing. Jane
at Port Perry. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Phairs
threshing. Jane at Port Perry. Self doing nothing.
4 – Wind E, cold damp day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing.
Jane at Port Perry with wood for her mother. Afternoon Robert at
threshing. Self doing nought. Robert at Greenbank.
5 – Wind NW, cold day. Tommy gone to Port. Robert at
Presbyterian Sunday School and Meeting. Nobody at evening
meeting.
6 – Wind E. cold day. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing. Self [?].
[It appears the threshing machine came, but details are mostly
missing from the diary].
7 – Wind SW, snowing and thawing some. Clover threshing
finished. Jane at the Port. Robert, Jane and Mina [?] in evening
to hear the English Church minister on Baptism.
8 – Wind S, dull day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Jane and Mina
at Port Perry. Afternoon Robert at Georges threshing. Jane fixing
up the room. Self doing nothing.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Georges threshing. Jane
washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Georges. Jane
sewing. Self doing nothing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Mina at the Port. Jane
baking. Self going round. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane
sewing. Self doing nought.
11 – Wind W, cloudy day. Robert sawing wood. Jane scrubbing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the Port. Self going
around. Robert at Division meeting.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Snowing some. Robert at the Sunday
School. No meeting in Presbyterian Church. . The anniversary of
Wick Church opening held today.
13 – Wind W, dull cloudy day. Robert and Jane at the Port. Self
going around. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Self
at O’Neils and Mr. Marks.
14 – Wind SE, raining heavy. Robert sawing wood. Jane
scrubbing upstairs. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Jane ironing. Self at A. Gordons.
15 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert at wood. Jane sewing. Self
doing nought. Robt. at prayer meeting.
16 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert fixing shed door. Jane washing.
Afternoon Robert at shed. Jane sewing.
17 – Wind SW and snowing. Robert sawing. Jane ironing self at
papers. Afternoon Robert cutting [wood?]. Jane and self at the
Port to Dr. Archer. Mrs. Bell [?].
18 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at the Port with Jane to get Mrs.
Bell. Mrs. Bell baking. Afternoon Robert gone to Port with Mrs.
Bell. Self at papers. Robert at Division meeting.
19 – Wind N, fine cold day. Robert at Sunday School [remainder
of the entry is missing].
20 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert at his books. Self at papers.
Afternoon Robert at books. Self at papers. Robert at managers
meeting in the evening.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at his books. Self at papers.
Afternoon Robert at Port with oats to chop. Self doing nought.
Shortest day.
22 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Butt cow died. Robert and Wesley
skinning her. Thomas Black here. Afternoon Robert at Port with
wood. Thomas Black leaves for home.
23 – Wind NW, snow drifting. Robert at the Port with wood and
brings Annie Tait and Mina Bell. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys
fixing storm windows. Self at papers.
24 – Wind NW, fine day, cold. Robert choring. Jane, Annie and
Mina scrubbing. Afternoon Robert going to [?]. Annie and Mina
cleaning up things. Self doing nought.
25 – Christmas. Wind SW, fine day. Self doing nought. Bess and
Annie scrubbing. Mina in bed. Afternoon Robert and Mina at the
Port. Self at the papers. Robert at [?].
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie Tait at the Presbyterian
Sacrament at Greenbank. Robert gone to Port Perry to hear and
see [?]. Jane at her Mothers.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert writing. Annie [sewing?]. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert writing. Annie sewing patches.
Self at newspapers.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port. Self at Alexr. Lees.
Annie baking. Afternoon Robert at the [Port?].
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at school meeting. Annie ironing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Joseph Burtons with sow.
Stormy. Annie patching.
30 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at the Port with wood to Mrs. Bell.
Annie baking pies. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert somewhere.
At Port and brings home Jane. Self at Greenbank. Thomas Black
here at night.
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31 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port with Jane. Annie
scrubbing. Thos. Black loading wood. Afternoon [?].
MEMORANDUM FOR 1898
JAN. 1 – Wind N, cold day. Margaret at Mr. Marks. Nothing doing.
Afternoon Robert and Margaret at the Port. Annie patching. Self
doing nought.
2 – Robert, Margaret and Annie at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting.
3 – Wind N, cold day. Robert mending single harness. Self at
papers. Annie sweeping. Afternoon Robert at the Port with Mrs.
Bratley to go home with evening train.
4 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert working about the barn. Annie
baking. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at the Port with wood.
Annie patching. Self doing nothing.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry. Annie washing. Self
sitting round. Afternoon Robert choring round. Jane and Eunice
Michie here. Annie scrubbing. Self at papers.
6 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Robert chopping down apple trees.
Annie baking pies. Jane sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert at the Port with Jane. Annie ironing. Self at papers.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert chopping apple trees. Annie
sewing patches. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert chopping
apple trees. Annie sewing patches. Self doing nothing.
8 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert cleaning [?] shop. Annie
scrubbing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Mrs. Gordon Sen. and
Mrs. Beecroft here. Robert at Port Perry in the evening.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Robert at Annie at evening meeting.
10 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at the Port with Alex. [Lee?]. Annie
washing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert drawing apple trees
for wood. Annie at Mr. Marks. Self doing nought.
11 – Wind Easterly, dull day. Robert at the Port and brings home
Jane. Annie ironing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert
drawing wood. Mrs. Marks here. Self doing nought.
12 – Wind SE and raining. Robert reading [papers?]. Annie
baking cakes. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert sawing wood.
Annie, Jane and self at books.
13 – [This entry is nearly totally missing].
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at his books. Annie making blocks.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert gone east somewhere. Mother
netting. Annie reading. Self doing nought.
15 – Wind N and snowing some. Robert drawing wood. Annie
scrubbing. Mrs. Michie from Manitoba here. Afternoon Robert
and George sawing wood. Annie and Eunice at Mr. Marks. Mrs.
Michie writing. Self at papers. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
16 – Wind N, fine day. Robert, Mrs. George Michie and Eunice
Michie and Annie at Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting.
Robert at Port Perry in the evening to see Jane.
17 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert drawing wood. Annie washing.
Self doing nought. Mrs. George Michie sewing. Afternoon Robert
at the Port with wood for Mrs. Marks. Annie baking.
18 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood from Mr. O’Neils.
Jane cutting dress for Eunice. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert drawing wood. Mrs. G. Michie at A. Lees. Jane sewing.
19 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at [?] for wood. Jane and Mrs.
Michie at Greenbank. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane
at the Port. Robert, Jane and Annie at prayer meeting.
20 – Wind S, raining some. Robert mending harness. Jane and
Annie ironing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane gone to
Port. Jane sick. Annie ironing. Self at papers.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Presbyterian graveyard with
the dead child. Annie sewing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
and Annie at Port Perry. Self at papers. Robert and Annie at
Greenbank.
22 – Wind W, fine day. Robert choring round. Self at papers.
Mrs. George Michie here. Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert
splitting wood. Annie baking. Mrs. George Michie sewing.
Nobody at Greenbank.
23 – Wind W, fine day. Barbara and Wm. Smith here. Robert and
Annie at the Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting. William
Smith, his mother and Eunice leaves for home. Nobody at
evening meeting.
24 – Wind N, rather cold day. Robert and Jane at the Port. Annie
sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert sawing.
25 – Wind E, cold day. Robert sawing wood. [?] washing. Self at
papers. [Remainder of entry is too badly disintegrated to read].
26 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self doing
nought. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Annie baking. Self going
around. Robert and Annie at prayer meeting.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Annie baking
some. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and self fanning oats.
Mr. George Boddie, Jun. and wife and children here.
28 – Wind SW, cold day. Nothing doing. Mr. and Mrs. Boddie and
all of us talking. Afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Boddie leave for J.
Watsons. Robert at his books. Annie baking.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Annie scrubbing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Annie at the Port. Self at
papers. Robert brings Mary Bell.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Annie and Mary Bell at
Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting.
31 – Wind SE, cold day. Robert sawing wood. Annie baking. Self
at papers. Afternoon Robert at meeting in Greenbank. Annie at
Mr. Marks.
FEB. 1 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert doing nothing. Annie
and Mary fighting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Annie netting. Mary reading.
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2 – Wind SW, cold day. Robert and George Boddie talking
Manitoba. Annie netting. Mary reading. Self at papers. Afternoon
Robert and Mary at the Port. Annie at Mr. Marks. Self doing
nought.
3 – Wind NE, cold day. Robert at papers. Jane reading. Annie
washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert, Jane and self at
papers. Annie baking.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane sewing. Annie
ironing. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Jane and Annie sewing.
Self doing nothing.
5 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert at Port Perry. Jane and Annie
scrubbing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert splitting wood.
Jane sewing. Annie talking. Nobody at Greenbank in the
evening.
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Self and Robert at the Port to Dr. Archer.
Annie at Sunday School. Robert at Presbyterian Meeting.
Nobody at evening meeting.
7 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Uxbridge with oats. Annie
washing. Jane choring. Self at papers. Afternoon Thomas Black
and Stewart Bratley here.
8 – Wind S, fine day. Thomas Black leaves for home. Robert and
Stewart fanning oats. Jane sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert at Uxbridge with oats. Annie ironing. Stewart somewhere.
9 – Afternoon Mr. Cameron and Mr. Boe here. Robert, Annie and
Stewart at Port Perry. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert
putting corn in wood shade. Stewart at Seagrave.
10 – Wind SW, foggy day. Nothing doing. Stewart gone
somewhere. Afternoon Mrs. A. Gordon here. Robert and Jane at
Missionary meeting, Greenbank.
11 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert, Jane and Annie at Port
Perry. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at O’Neils bee. Jane
dressmaking. Annie helping.
12 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert sawing wood. Jane and Annie
scrubbing. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Annie
scrubbing. Mrs. George Michie comes.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane, Mary Michie and Annie at
the Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting.
14 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with Jane and
Mary and the cutter to get mended. Annie baking. Afternoon
Robert at wood. Mrs. Ewen here on a visit.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at wood. Jane sewing. Mrs.
Michie sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert, Jane and
Mary gone to Port. Nellie here. Self at papers.
16 – Wind N, very stormy day. Robert choring. Jane dressmaking
for Mary. Annie baking. Self at papers. Afternoon very stormy.
Nothing doing. Robert at papers. Jane sewing for Mary.
17 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at wood. Jane and Mary
dressmaking. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood.
Jane, Mary and Annie at Mr. Marks. Self doing nothing.
18 – Wind S, raining some. Robert and Thomas Black picking
potatoes. Jane, Annie and Mary sewing. Afternoon T. Black
leaves with potatoes. Robert, Jane, Mrs. G. Michie and Annie
leave for the Port.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane baking. Self at
papers. Wesley in talking politics. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Jane scrubbing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
20 – Wind SE, raining some. Robert and Jane at the Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out at night.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert writing. Jane baking cakes. Self at
papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Self at
books. Political meeting at Greenbank to hear Dryden.
22 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Self at
papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane sewing. Self at
papers. Annie at Marks. Robert and Jane at Marks party.
23 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Jane gone to Newcastle. Annie
washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Annie choring feeding the
cattle. Self doing nought.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Annie baking. Self on lounge. Afternoon
Annie sewing. Self on lounge. Mr. Mark here.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert not come from Newcastle. Annie
choring. Self on lounge. Afternoon Annie at chores. Self on
lounge. Robert comes from Newcastle.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port for Doctor for me.
Annie scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Self shaving.
Annie sewing.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Dr. Archer here.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Annie washing. Self
sick. Afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Ewen here. Mr. and Mrs. Allan here.
MAR. 1 – Wind SE, fine day. Election day. Self at Greenbank
voting. Mr. Calder beats Mr. Dryden.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at wood. Self sick. Afternoon Robert
at Mrs. Beares funeral. She died suddenly on the morning of
Sunday 27 February.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert splitting wood. Annie sewing. Self
on lounge. Afternoon Robert and Johnnie drawing in a hay stack.
Annie making blocks for quilt. Self on lounge.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Annie at Port Perry. Self on the
lounge. Afternoon Robert at wood. Annie at Mr. Marks baking.
Self on lounge. Robert at Greenbank.
5 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Annie baking. Self
on lounge. Afternoon Robert upstairs. Annie scrubbing. Self
doing nothing. Robert at Greenbank..
6 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Annie at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Annie at [evening] meeting.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert threshing buckwheat. Annie
washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at buckwheat.
Annie patching. Self doing nothing.
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8 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Jane fanning wheat. Mr. Perrin
leaves for Newcastle with Annie Tait. Self on the lounge.
Afternoon Robert at the Port with grist.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane churning.
Self on lounge. Afternoon Robert in orchard. Jane making rag
carpet. Self on lounge. Mother sewing.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing dung to garden. Jane at
carpet rags. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert cleaning
timothy seed. Mrs. Wesley Luke here.
11 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Jane cleaning timothy seed.
Mother mending bags. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry.
Self on lounge. Mother sewing.
12 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert and Jane fanning clover seed.
Self on lounge. Afternoon Robert at the papers. Jane scrubbing.
Nobody at Greenbank.
13 – Wind W, rough day, snow melting fast. Robert and Jane at
the Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at school books. Jane washing.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Jane
scrubbing. Self doing nothing.
15 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at papers. Jane ironing. Wesley in
talking. Afternoon Robert gone to O’Neils. Jane sewing. Mother
sewing carpet rags. Self doing nought.
16 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Port. Mother
sewing rags. Self on the lounge. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Jane baking. Nobody at prayer meeting.
17 – Wind W, fine day. Robert wheeling wood into shade. Jane
baking. Thomas Phair here. Self on lounge. Afternoon drawing
rails. Jane sewing. Robert and Jane at A. Lees.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at rails. Jane cleaning upstairs.
Self on lounge. Afternoon Robert drawing rails. Jane sewing.
Self on lounge with sore eyes.
19 – Wind SW, fine dull day. Robert fixing clock. Jane making up
butter to pound rolls. Self on the lounge. Afternoon cannot see,
sore eyes.
Sick to end of month. [And for first week of April].
APR. 8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank. Jane
cleaning room. Self travelling round a little. Afternoon Robert
fixing harrows. Jane churning. Self going round.
9 -Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane cleaning up. Self
sick. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing. James Smith
and his 2 daughters come from Whitby.
10 – Wind S, fine day. Robert, Jane, James Smith, Annie Smith
and Jessie Smith at the Presbyterian Sunday School and
Meeting. Robert, James Smith and Annie at Port Perry in the
evening.
11 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane sewing. Self at A.
Lees. Afternoon James Smith and daughters leave for home.
Robert plowing. Jane in garden. Self going round. Jane at Port.
12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane and her mother
dressmaking. Self raking leaves. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
and Mrs. Bell dressmaking. Willie visiting.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane and Mother baking.
Willie at Greenbank. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Mrs. Gordon, Sen. and Mrs. C. Gordon here visiting.
14 – Wind Easterly, cold day. Robert harrowing. Jane and Mrs.
Bell dressmaking. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sowing
pease. Jane and her Mother dressmaking. Self walking around.
15 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Jane and her Mother
dressmaking. Mina at Akhursts. Afternoon Robert cultivating.
Mother at Alexr. Lees. Jane and Mina at Jas. MacMillans. Robert
and Jane at Greenbank practicing.
16 – Wind N. Robert sowing oats. Jane sewing. Mina scrubbing.
Mrs. Bell baking. Self burning brush. Afternoon Robert sowing.
Jane sewing. Mother at Mr. Marks.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing. Jane washing. Self on
the lounge. Afternoon Robert sowing oats. Jane dyeing carpet
rags. Self at Mr. Akhurst with receipt.
19 – Wind SE, like rain. Robert sowing oats. Jane ironing. Self at
papers. Afternoon raining. Robert and Jane fanning oats. Self at
papers. Very cold and high wind from East.
20 – Wind W, some showers. Robert sowing oats. Jane sewing.
Self at papers. Afternoon showery. Robert harrowing. Jane
sewing. Self doing nothing. Nobody at prayer meeting.
21 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert choring round. Jane sewing
Nellies waiste. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Jane at Greenbank
to Womens meeting. Self at papers.
22 – Wind W, raining some. Robert plowing in orchard. Jane
churning. All afternoon raining. Nothing doing.
23 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert cleaning out pigs. Jane at the
Port. Self at Alexr. Lees. Afternoon Robert grafting trees. Jane
scrubbing. Self doing nought. Nobody at Greenbank.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at Seagrave meeting.
25 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert grafting trees. Jane washing. Self
at Alexr. Lees for yarn to Mother. Afternoon Robert grafting trees.
Jane cleaning upstairs. Self walking round.
26 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing brush. Jane ironing. Self
walking round. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the Port with oats
to chop and to see the Fair.
27 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at the Port for chop. Jane
sewing. Self at books. Afternoon Robert at Alex. Lees with
money. Jane at Charles Gordons. Self doing [nought]. Mr.
Cameron here visiting.
28 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert rolling. Jane housecleaning
upstairs. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert rolling. Jane cleaning
upstairs. Self at Mr. Marks.
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29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert rolling. Jane housecleaning
upstairs. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert making water trough
for cattle. Jane sewing. Self doing nought.
30 – Wind W, fine day. Robert making water trough. Jane
scrubbing. Wilhemina reading. Self doing nothing. Afternoon very
high wind. Robert going about at small jobs. Jane dressmaking
to Mina. Self going round.
MAY 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Mina at the
Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at any
evening meeting. Rainy evening.
2 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert planting potatoes and corn. Jane at
Port with Mina. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert planting
trees. Jane sewing.
3 – Wind E, dull day, rain in the night. Robert plowing in orchard.
Jane washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert plowing in
orchard. Jane housecleaning. Self going around anywhere.
Sprinkling rain all afternoon.
4 – Wind NW, dull cloudy day. Robert in orchard. Jane cleaning
our room. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert plowing the corn
patch. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
5 – Wind N, cold day. Robert fencing barn pump. Jane
housecleaning. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert fencing. Jane at
Greenbank. Self doing nothing.
6 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Jane sewing. Self
doing nothing. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Jane at Alexr.
Gordons. Self at Mr. Ewens.
7 – Wind N, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Jane scrubbing. Self
going round. Afternoon Robert spreading dung. Jane sewing.
Self at Mr. O’Neils. Nobody at Greenbank, evening.
8 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Robert & Jane at Mr. James Allans
visiting. Fine evening.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self
mending boots. Afternoon Robert gone fishing at Ed Boes creek.
Jane and Mother shelling corn.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane ironing. Self going
around. Afternoon Jane and self at Port Perry. Paid Dr. Archers
bill, 18 dollars.
11 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing the
cellar. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Jane washing
and varnishing chairs. Self going round.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert harrowing, Jane painting chairs
and table. Self going around. Afternoon Robert planting corn.
Jane at Greenbank. Mother at Wesley Lukes.
13 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert harrowing orchard. Jane
cleaning pantry. Self going around. Afternoon Annie Gordon
here. Jane scrubbing. Robert planting corn. Self going round.
14 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Jane cutting waist
for Mother. Thomas and Willy here. Afternoon Robert at dung.
Jane sewing. Self at Mr. Marks. Nobody at Greenbank.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Wilhemina at Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting. Jane takes her mother,
Wilhemina and Tom to Port in the evening.
16 – Wind N, cloudy day. Robert and Jane moving the stove and
whitewashing the kitchen. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert
at dung. Mother at Mr. Akhursts. Jane housecleaning.
17 – Wind N, cold day. Robert drawing dung. Jane cleaning the
kitchen. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert drawing dung. Jane
cleaning and painting. Self at Mr. Ewens.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Jane washing.
Self going around. Afternoon Robert drawing dung and finishes.
Jane ironing. Self going round.
19 – Wind SW and raining very heavy. Nothing doing. Robert,
Mother and self cutting potatoes. Jane dressmaking. Afternoon
Robert, self and Mother at potatoes. Jane at Greenbank to
practice.
20 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert planting potatoes. Jane gone to
Port Perry with Tommy. Self and Mother cutting potatoes.
Afternoon Robert drilling. Tom planting potatoes.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Tommie planting potatoes.
Jane baking. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Tom at corn.
Jane sewing. Self going round. Nobody at Greenbank.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Thunder and rain through the night.
Robert, Jane and Thomas at the Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert, Jane and Tommie at evening
meeting.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Tommie spreading dung.
Jane baking. Self going round. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
preparing for Anniversary. Showers.
24 – Wind NW, dull day. Mrs. Black and family here from
Oshawa. Robert gone somewhere. Jane preparing for Sunday
School supper. Afternoon Robert and Jane gone to prepare for
tea at 5 o’clock. Mrs. Black, Allan, Emma & Tommie go to
supper.
25 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert fixing orchard fence. Jane
sweeping. Mrs. Black and family leave for home. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Robert and Jane at social in the evening.
26 – Wind SE, dull cloudy day. Robert harrowing. Jane washing.
Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane in garden. Self at Mr. Marks to
get Nellie to go for papers. Nellie brings a number of papers.
27 – Robert plowing. Jane ironing. Wind NE and fine day. Self at
papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane hoeing in garden. Self
walking round.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing. Self at
papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane making waist for Mina.
Self going round. Nobody at Greenbank.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Wilhemina at the
Presbyterian Sunday School and meeting.
30 – Wind N, cold day. Robert rolling. Jane and Mina
dressmaking. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert rolling. Jane at
the Port with Mina. Self visiting A. Gordon.
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31 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at statute labour. Jane washing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at road work. Jane sewing. Self
doing nought.
JUNE 1 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert and horses at statute
labour. Jane churning. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at
corn. Jane at the Port for seed corn to plant second time. Self
going round.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at the Port with three pigs. Jane
sewing. Self at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert and Jane planting
corn. Self at Thos. Phairs.
3 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert planting potatoes. Jane sewing.
Self walking round. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Jane sewing.
Self doing nought. Robert & Jane at Greenbank practicing.
4 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert gone with 2 cattle to Myrtle. Jane
scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert comes from Myrtle.
Self burning brush and fences. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
5 – Wind N, very warm day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at any evening meeting.
6 – Wind SW, very warm. Robert harrowing. Jane washing. Self
at A. Lees for rags. Afternoon Robert at Wesley Lukes painting.
Jane scrubbing. Self burning brush. Looking like rain.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert rolling Jane baking. Self going
round. J. Smith, wife and daughter here. Afternoon nothing
doing. Mr. Smith and family leave for home.
8 – Wind SW, cloudy and raining some. Robert drawing gravel.
Jane sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank
to get horses shoed. Jane at Mr. Ewens. Self doing nought.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drilling for turnips. Jane churning.
Self hoeing some. Afternoon Robert sowing turnips. Jane at the
Womens Meeting. Self doing nothing.
10 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Robert hilling potatoes. Jane sewing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane gone to Port Perry
with oats to chop and corn to grind.
11 – Wind SW and raining some. Robert hilling potatoes. Jane
scrubbing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port
Perry. Self doing nothing. Nobody at Greenbank.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Showery.
13 – Wind NE, cloudy warm day. Robert drilling. Jane washing.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert drilling. Jane varnishing
chairs and table. Self doing nought.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert hoeing in the orchard. Jane baking.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Jane sewing. Self
cutting thistles.
15 – Wind NE and cold. Robert scuffling corn. Jane sewing. Self
walking around. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Jane at Port Perry.
Mother at Alexr. Lees.
16 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert hoeing corn. Jane, Wilhemina
and Mother sewing carpet. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank with
pump sucker. Jane and Mina at carpet.
17 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert drilling. Jane cleaning upstairs.
Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert finishes turnips. Tommy
here. Robt. and Jane at Greenbank.
18 – Wind S, dull cloudy day. Robert, Jane and Tom fixing
veranda. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and self at
veranda. Jane at Port Perry with Tommie. Robert and Jane at
Division meeting.
19 – Wind N, fine day. Self, Mother, Robert and Jane at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching from Matthew
XXVII:45 to 54. Robert and Jane gone somewhere.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert drawing stones to the well. Jane
churning and washing. Afternoon Robert fixing about the pump.
Jane baking. Mr. Real and wife here.
21 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with waggon. Jane
upstairs. Self at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert at Greenbank. Jane
baking. Self at A. Lees. Robert & Jane at strawberry social.
22 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for the beef. Jane
sewing. Self cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert fixing about the
pump. Jane at Mr. Marks. Self taking down scarecrows.
23 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane cleaning the dooryard.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Alexr. Lees shingling. Jane at
Port Perry. Self at Mr. Ewens. Jane at Alexrs.
24 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert scuffling and hoeing. Jane
scrubbing. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Bremer preaching.
25 – Wind W, cloudy day. Robert fixing about the barn. Jane
scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert hoeing corn. Jane at
Mr. Marks. Self at A. Lees.
26 – Wind W, rough day. Nobody at Brock Church Sacrament.
Robert and Jane at Methodist Meeting.
27 – Wind N, dull cloudy day. Robert at Greenbank with the
buggy to mend. Jane churning. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert hoeing. Jane making aprons. Self cutting thistles.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing. Self
cutting thistles. Afternoon Robert repairing the barn roof. Jane
upstairs. Self at Mr. Marks. Very warm.
29 – Wind N, warm day. Robert hoeing. Jane dressmaking. Self
cutting thistles. Wesley brings his beef. Afternoon Robert going
round. Jane at Port Perry.
30 – Wind W, fine day, heavy rain and thunder at night. Jane
gone to Port for Mrs. Bell. Robert and Jane and Tom gone to
Newcastle and to visit Blacks, Bradleys and Smiths before they
come home. Self at papers. Mrs. Bell keeping house. Afternoon
nothing doing.
JULY 1 – Wind NW, cloudy day. Mrs. Bell churning. Self at
papers. Mother netting socks. Afternoon Mrs. Bell at Greenbank
posting a letter. Self going around doing nothing.
2 – Wind SW, fine warm day. Cow sick in field. Took her home
and Alexr. Lee and Albert Akhurst took calf from her. Heifer calf.
Afternoon nothing doing. Very hot. Calf died.
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3 – Wind SW, warm day. Mrs. Bell upstairs. Mother and self
reading books. Afternoon some rain near night. Robert and Jane
comes from Newcastle.
4 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Jane cutting out
pants. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert putting Paris Green
on potatoes. Self hoeing turnips.
5 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert putting Paris Green on potatoes.
Jane washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Jane
at the Port with Mrs. Bell. Self going round.
6 – Wind SE, warm day. Robert hoeing turnips. Jane ironing. Self
at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane hoeing turnips. Self doing
nought. Robert and Jane at the prayer meeting.
7 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert hoeing corn. Jane and her
Mother upstairs. Self going round. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys
mowing. Jane at Mr. Ewens. Self at papers.
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert mowing hay. Jane scrubbing. Self
mowing fence corners. Afternoon Robert hoeing. Jane making
dress for Mrs. Bell. Self doing nothing.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. Jane and Mrs. Bell at
Port Perry. Afternoon Robert raking hay. Jane at Greenbank for
binding twine, got none.
10 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Mrs. Bell at Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting.
11 – Wind SW, warm day. Robert, Jane and George Michie
drawing hay and stacking. Self cocking hay. Afternoon Robert,
Jane and George at hay. Mother at Mr. Marks.
12 – Wind S, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Jane raking hay.
Self cocking hay. Afternoon Robert hoeing turnips. Jane and
Mrs. Bell at berries. Self at papers. Orange Walk day.
13 – Wind S, fine warm day. Robert at Mr. Marks stacking hay.
Jane at Port Perry. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at
Marks. Tommie and Russell at turnips. Mother at W. Lukes.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. Jane washing. Mrs.
Bell picking berries. Afternoon Robert mowing hay. Jane
scrubbing. Mrs. Mark and Mrs. Lee here.
15 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Wesleys stacking hay. Jane
ironing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys hay.
Jane and Mrs. Bell picking berries.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Wesley and Robert fixing the binder.
Jane and Mrs. Bell at the Port. Self cocking hay. Afternoon
Robert, George and Jane drawing hay and cutting wheat. Jane in
the barn at hay. Mother at A. Lees.
17 – Wind SE, cloudy day. Robert, Jane and Mrs. Bell at the
Presbyterian Sunday School and Meeting.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and George reaping fall wheat.
Jane and Mrs. Bell picking berries. Afternoon Robert and George
finish wheat. Jane and Mrs. Bell at berries.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert scuffling turnips. Jane washing.
Self doing nothing. Afternoon rain. Robert at turnips. Jane
cleaning cellar. Self doing nought.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for the beef. Jane
and Mrs. Bell picking berries. Afternoon Robert hoeing in
orchard. Jane and Mrs. Bell at berries. Robt., Jane and Mrs. Bell
at prayer meeting.
21 – Wind N, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. Jane cleaning
upstairs. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert hoeing turnips. Jane
making pants. Mrs. Bell upstairs.
22 – Wind E, fine day. Robert and Jane drawing in wheat. Mrs.
Bell picking berries. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert raking.
Jane and Mrs. Bell at Port with berries to go to Newcastle.
23 – Wind SW, very warm day. Thos. Black here all night. Robert
going round. Afternoon Thos. Black leaves for home. Robert at
Mr. Marks. Jane scrubbing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
24 – No wind, but smoke and heat. Robert and Jane at the
Sunday School and the Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out in the
evening.
25 – Wind S, warm day. Robert fencing hay stacks and pulling
pease. Jane and Mrs. Bell at berries. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert pulling pease. Jane and Mrs. Bell picking
berries.
26 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert pulling pease. Jane washing. Self
at papers. Afternoon Robert pulling pease. Jane and her mother
gone to Port Perry. Self doing nothing. Very warm day.
27 – Wind S, fine day. Robert scuffling. Jane and Mrs. Bell
picking berries. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert pulling pease.
Jane and Mrs. Bell at the Port. Robert and Jane at prayer
meeting.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane ironing. Self
walking round to Alexr. Lees. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
dressmaking. Self at papers. Very warm.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane churning. Self doing
nothing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank in evening. Robert
plowing in afternoon. Jane dressmaking.
30 – Wind N, dull cloudy day. Robert reaping oats. George and
self shocking. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon Robert shocking oats.
George reaping. Jane scrubbing. Self doing nought.
31 – Wind NE, fine warm day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday
School and the Presbyterian Meeting.
AUG. 1 – Wind SW, smoky day. Robert plowing. Jane and Mary
at berries. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert, Jane and Mary
Bell drawing pease. Self cutting thistles.
2 – Wind NE, very warm day. Robert pulling pease. Jane
washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert pulling pease.
Jane at the Port with Mary Bell.
3 – Wind W. Robert and George reaping oats. Shower at nine
o’clock. Wesley Luke and Mr. O’Neil here talking. Afternoon
Robert and George at oats. High wind at night. Mr. Cameron
here at night.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert hoeing turnips. Jane churning. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Jane sick. Robert at the Port for Dr.
Archer and brings Mary Bell. Self at office for papers.
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5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Thos. Phairs threshing. Jane in
bed. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert at Alexr. Lees
threshing. Jane in bed. Self going round. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Georges reaping. Jane in bed.
Mary at the Port. Self doing nought. Afternoon Jane in bed.
Robert reaping at Georges. Self at papers.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School. Self at
Presbyterian Meeting. Mr. Cameron preaching.
8 – Wind SW, dull smoky warm day. Robert and George reaping.
Mary working. Jane on lounge. Afternoon finished reaping.
Robert shocking and drawing in pease. Mary helping.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Willie O’Neil and Mary Bell
drawing pease. Afternoon Robert, William O’Neil and 2 Bratley
boys drawing in oats. John [Nagies?] funeral at 2 o’clock.
10 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert at the Port for the Doctor to
Jane who took sick at midnight. Mary at work. Self doing nought.
Afternoon Robert and George drawing oats. Mary washing.
11 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and George drawing in oats. Jane
in bed. Mary churning. Mrs. Gordon, Sen. here. Afternoon Robert
raking. Jane in bed. Picnic in Akhursts woods.
12 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert plowing. Mary cooking. Jane in
bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert harrowing. Jane in bed.
Mary going round. Self at Mr. Ewens.
13 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the Port with Walter and Herbert
Bratley. Jane in bed. Mary scrubbing. Afternoon Robert at Wm.
Leasks with sow to boar. Jane in bed.
14 – Wind SE, fine day. Jane sick in bed. Robert waiting on her.
Mary at the Port. Nobody at Presbyterian Meeting. Alexr. Lee
and Sally and 3 boys and daughter here a short time.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Wm. Leasks for sow. Jane in
bed. Mary washing. Afternoon Robert and George finish harvest.
Jane in bed. Mary washing.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert going around. Jane in bed. Mary
ironing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at the Port. Mary
ironing. Self at Wesley Lukes for papers.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for beef. Jane out
of bed. Mary cooking. Mother paring potatoes. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Mary ironing, Jane in bed. Self at Alexr. Lees.
Mother at carpet rags.
18 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane some better. Mary
churning. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane up and
out. Mary working. Self at O’Neils.
19 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert harrowing. Jane in bed. Mary
working round. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane in
bed. Mary baking. Self at papers.
20 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane in wood shed.
Mary scrubbing. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
in kitchen. Nobody at Greenbank.
21 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Thunder and rain at 3 o’clock.
22 – Wind NW, warm day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Mary
washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert plowing. Mary
washing. Jane going round. Self at papers.
23 – Wind W, raining in the morning. Robert plowing. Jane going
round. Mary working. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at
Manchester Temperance meeting. Mary ironing. Jane in bed.
24 – Wind W, dull day. Thunder and rain in the night. Robert at
Charles Gordons threshing. Jane on lounge. Mary working. Self
at papers. Afternoon Revd. Mr. Cameron here a short time.
25 – Wind SW, raining some. Robert at Mr. Akhursts threshing.
Mary churning. Jane around somewhere. Afternoon Robt. at
threshing. Self at Greenbank for papers. Mr. & Mrs. Maclaren
comes at 10 o’clock.
26 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Georges threshing. Mr. & Mrs.
Maclaren leaves for home. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys
threshing. Mary at Port Perry. Jane around. Mother at rags.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. It was
done at 10 o’clock. Mary scrubbing. Afternoon Robert plowing.
Jane baking. Self at A. Lees. Nobody at Greenbank.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Jane and Mary at Port Perry. Robert and
Mary at Sunday School and the Presbyterian Meeting. Mrs.
Hyslop and Mrs. A. Lee here in the afternoon.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane and Mary upstairs.
Self burning brush. Afternoon Robert plowing till 4 o’clock and
then goes to Sunderland to Church opening with the orchestra.
Self at Mr. Akhursts. Mary going around. Jane upstairs.
30 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Mary washing. Mother
paring potatoes. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
and Mary upstairs. Self sawing wood. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
31 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gathering apples. Jane and Mary
at Port Perry. Self at papers. Mother pairing potatoes. Afternoon
Robert plowing. Jane and Mary dressmaking. Maggie Brown
here on a visit.
SEPT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert harrowing. Jane fixing
lounge. Mary ironing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sowing
wheat. Self fencing. Jane making dress for Mary.
2 – Wind W, dull day and thundering. Robert gone somewhere.
Jane sewing. Mary going around. Afternoon Robert harrowing.
Jane and Mary paring apples. Robert and Jane at Greenbank in
evening.
3 – Wind W, warm day. Robert harrowing. Jane making
preserves. Mary scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Mary baking. Jane going round. Nobody at Greenbank.
4 – Wind W and very high, warm day. Robert at Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
5 – Wind SW, smoky day and raining. Robert plowing. Mary
washing. Self at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane and
Mary paring apples. Robt. at Greenbank.
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6 – Wind SE, showery day. Robert plowing. Jane and Mary
washing. Self at Alexr. Lees. Afternoon raining some. Robert
plowing. Jane and Mary upstairs.
7 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane ironing. Mary
baking. Self doing nought. Mother at carpet rags. Afternoon
Robert pulling beans. Jane & Mary at the Port. Robert, Jane &
Mary at Greenbank at prayer meeting.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane and Mary down
cellar. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane and Mary
paring apples. Self at papers.
9 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane and Mary dressing
chickens. Self at A. Gordons. Afternoon rain. Robt. and Jane at
Port Perry with poultry. Mary sewing. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
10 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane cleaning windows.
Mary scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Mary
goes to the Port. Jane working round. Self doing nought. Thos.
Bell comes from Port.
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at Port Perry in evening.
12 – Wind NE, fine day. Robert cutting corn. Jane and Mary
washing. Self at Mr. Ewens and Alexr. Lees. Afternoon Robert
cutting corn. Jane and Mary at Greenbank. Self at papers.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert cutting corn. Mary ironing. Jane
dusting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert, Jane and Mary digging
potatoes. Mother at Mr. Marks visiting.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for the beef. Jane
sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Mrs.
Ewens funeral to Uxbridge. Mary upstairs.
15 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert shocking corn. Jane sewing.
Mary going round. Self at Mr. O’Neils. Mother at Alexr. Lees.
Afternoon Robert, Jane and Mary at the Port. Self at papers.
16 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane making preserves.
Mary churning. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
gathering apples. Mary gone to Port Perry. Self at Sandy
Gordons.
17 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing. Self
going round. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane upstairs. Self
cutting corn for Sunday. Mother netting socks.
18 – Wind W, fine day, heavy rain in the night. Robert and Jane
at the Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out in
evening.
19 – Wind W, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Mother
pairing potatoes. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
ironing. Self doing nought. Mrs. Bryan here. Robert at
Greenbank in evening.
20 – Wind NW, cool day. Robert plowing. Jane ironing. Mother
netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Wesley here
for the sickle. Jane in woodshade at something.
21 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane sewing. Self at
papers. Man leaves 10 barrels for apples. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Jane upstairs. Self at papers. Robt. & Jane at prayer
meeting.
22 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane cooking dinner.
Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
ironing. Mother netting48
. Robert at Greenbank.
23 – Wind S and raining. Robert plowing a short time. Jane
cleaning cupboard. Self at papers. Afternoon raining. Robert and
Jane at Presbyterian Meeting.
24 – Wind N, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane scrubbing floors.
Self at papers. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert at Manchester
meeting for Dryden. Jane at the Port. Robert and Jane at
Greenbank in the evening.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Thomas Bell here. Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Meeting. Sacrament at Greenbank. Afternoon
Robert, Jane and Tommie at Port Perry to hear a Temperance
sermon.
26 – Wind S, cloudy day. Robert at Port Perry with apples. Jane
washing. Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
plowing. Rain at 3 o’clock. Jane sewing. Robert at Greenbank in
evening.
27 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Wesleys threshing. Jane baking
for threshing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys
threshing. Jane at the Port.
28 – Wind W, fine day. Averys threshing machine here. Wesley
and Tommie; Thos. Phair and sons; John Michie; G. Michie; A.
Akhurst; Alexr. Gordon; Charles Gordon; Wm. Marks. Finished
at 4 o’clock.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Alexr. Lees threshing. Jane at
Port Perry with Mary. Self at papers. Afternoon self and Robert at
Greenbank voting for prohibition.
30 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Jane taking up potatoes. Mary
doing housework. Afternoon Robert, Jane and Mary at potatoes.
Self at papers. Robert and Jane at Greenbank in evening.
OCT. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert, Jane and Mary at the
potatoes. 2 Cragg boys here for apples. Self at papers.
Afternoon Robert, Jane and Tommie at potatoes. Wm. Smith and
Annie here.
2 – Wind S, fine day. Jane at Port with Mary and Tommie. Robert,
Jane and Willie and Annie Smith at the Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting at the Port [in] evening.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at potatoes. Jane going round.
Willie and Annie Smith at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert at
potatoes. Willie and Annie Smith leaves for home.
4 – Wind S, dull day, thundering. Jane takes Robert to Port to
train fro Whitby to Drydens nomination. Jane goes to Port for
Robert in the evening.
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5 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Greenbank with steer for beef
ring. Jane washing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane
fanning oats for chop. Robt. & Jane at prayer meeting.
6 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Greenbank for the beef. Jane
cleaning upstairs. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane at
the Port with chop. Self at Mr. Burtons.
7 – Wind W, cloudy day. Robert picking corn. Jane churning. Self
at papers. Afternoon Robert reaping corn. Jane scrubbing floor.
Robert & Jane at John Stones to [?].
8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert cutting corn. Jane ironing. Mary
Bell comes. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert cutting corn. Jane
and Mary picking apples.
9 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting. Jane at
the Port with Mary.
10 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing in corn. Jane making
head cheese. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane in
orchard picking apples. Nellie here.
11 – Wind SW, rainy day. Robert and Jane picking apples. Self
husking corn. Afternoon raining. Robert husking corn. Self at
papers. Robert and Jane at Port Perry.
12 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert plowing. Jane washing. Self
husking corn. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
ironing. Self husking corn. Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
13 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane making preserves.
Self husking corn. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane making
preserves. Self at papers. Mother netting.
14 – Wind E and raining some. Robert at papers. Self doing
nothing. Jane sewing. Mother netting. Afternoon still raining
some. Robert and Jane fanning wheat.
15 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Jane moving the stove from
the woodshed into the kitchen. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert going round. Jane scrubbing.
16 – Wind N, fine day but cold. Robert and Jane at the Sunday
School and Presbyterian meeting. Nobody at any evening
meeting.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert taking in potatoes. Jane churning
and washing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert taking in
potatoes. Jane washing. Self doing nought.
18 – Wind S, rough day. Robert taking in apples. Jane at Port
Perry. Apple pickers here. Picked 18 barrels. Afternoon Robert
taking in apples. Jane at Port Perry. Rain at night.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert taking in apples. Jane ironing.
Self going round. Afternoon Mr. Lee and Mr. Cameron here.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
20 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with apples. Jane
sewing. Self going round. Afternoon Robert drawing corn stalks.
Jane sewing. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
21 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert taking corn from the barn to shop.
Jane sewing. Self at Mr. Marks. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils.
Jane sewing. Self doing nought.
22 – Wind SE and raining. Robert digging stumps in old garden.
Jane scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robt. digging stumps.
Jane cleaning up. Self doing nought.
23 – Wind NW, showery day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School
and the Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at evening meeting.
24 – Wind S, fine day. Robert topping turnips. Jane ironing. Self
at books. Afternoon Robert and Elgie at turnips. Self and Jane at
Port. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
25 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert and Fred O’Neil at turnips. Jane
churning. Self doing nothing. Afternoon Robert and Fred O’Neil
at turnips. Took in 11 loads. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
Mother netting.
26 – Wind SW, dull day. Robert and Fred rowing turnips. Jane in
cellar throwing back turnips. Afternoon Robert and Freddie
drawing turnips. Nobody at any meeting.
27 – Wind NW, stormy day. Robert and Fred topping turnips.
Jane washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and Fredrick
drawing turnips.
28 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Fred drawing turnips. Jane
ironing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert, Jane and Fred
drawing in turnips. R. & J. at Greenbank.
29 – Wind SW, fine day. Robt. & Fred at turnips. Jane scrubbing.
Afternoon Robert and Frederick finishes turnips. 46 loads. Jane
cleaning up the house. Self at Mr. Marks.
30 – Wind SE, rain at 12 o’clock. Robert and Jane at the
Presbyterian Sunday School and Meeting. Mr. James Butt here
from Port Perry talking election.
31 – Wind N, cold day. Robert drawing corn stalks. Jane
churning. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port
Perry. Self at Mrs. Marks.
NOV. 1 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and self at Greenbank
voting for Dryden. Jane sewing. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
sewing. Robert and Jane at Port Perry.
2 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert plowing. Jane dressmaking. Self
at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Robt. & Jane at Port in
evening at the procession for Dryden. There was an unholy
crowd.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert plowing. Self at Mr. Marks. Jane
washing. Mr. Holman, tax collector, here. Afternoon Robert
drawing dung. Jane sewing. Self doing nothing.
4 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert spreading dung in orchard. Jane
cleaning up. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert plowing. Jane
ironing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
5 – Wind S, fine day. Robert plowing in orchard. Jane scrubbing.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert fixing the stoop. Jane ironing.
Self doing nought. Raining heavy.
6 – Wind NW, showery. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting.
7 – Wind W, with snow on the ground. Robert chopping down
dead apple trees. Jane sewing. Self doing nought. Afternoon
Robert chopping. Jane ironing. Self at papers.
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8 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert chopping trees. Jane sewing. Self
at Alexr. Lees. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert and Jane gone
to Port Perry. Self going round.
9 – Wind NE, some snow falling. Robert putting glass in windows.
Jane ironing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert fixing at barn.
Robert and Jane at prayer meeting.
10 – Wind N, cold stormy day. Robert at barn. Jane cleaning our
room. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane
cleaning up the room. Self doing nought.
11 – Wind N, cold day, snow foot deep in places. Robert fixing
doors. Jane washing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert gone
over to Wesleys or Toms. Jane upstairs. Self doing nought.
Robert & Jane at the Greenbank.
12 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing brush out of the orchard.
Jane scrubbing. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert drawing wood
into wood shed. Jane ironing. Self doing nought.
13 – Wind S and thawing some. Robert and Jane at the Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at [evening] meeting.
14 – Wind N, fine day. Robert piling wood in woodshade. Jane
sewing. Mr. John Lee here. Self at books. Afternoon Robert and
Jane drawing wood into the woodshade. Self doing nothing.
15 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert piling wood. Jane washing. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert at wood. Jane dressmaking for
Mrs. A. Gordon, Jun. Self at papers. All at home tonight.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert piling wood. Jane ironing. Self
doing nought. Afternoon Robert fixing fences of garden. Jane at
Jas. Leasks and Wm. Leasks. Robert & Jane at prayer meeting.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert cutting roots in the orchard. Jane
making waist for Nellie. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert and
Jane at the Port. Self doing nought.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane dressmaking
for Nellie. Self writing letter for George. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Jane ironing. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
19 – Wind NW, dull day. Robert working at storm windows. Jane
ironing. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert putting up windows.
Jane scrubbing. Self at papers.
20 – Wind N, cloudy day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and the Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody at [evening] meeting.
21 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing brush. Jane washing.
Tommy gone to Port. Self doing nought. Afternoon cutting wood.
Jane ironing. Mother netting.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing old rails. Jane churning.
Self at Old Country papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane
sewing. Self at Mr. Gordons. Raining heavy.
23 – Wind W, cold day. Robert sawing wood. Jane dressing duck.
Self at papers. Afternoon Robert cleaning water furrows. Jane at
Port Perry.
24 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Jane getting ready to go to
Whitby. Tommy and Mina Bell here to take Robert and Janes
place. Robert and Jane leave after dinner.
25 – Wind N, cold day. Robert and Jane at Whitby. Mary Bell
leaves for home. Willie here and Tommie. Afternoon Mrs.
Perkins from Manchester [here] selling a book.
26 – Wind SE and snowing some. Robert and Jane came home
last night. Robert doing nought. Jane scrubbing. Afternoon
stormy, nothing doing. Jane dressmaking.
27 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Jane takes Tom and Will home.
28 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert repairing the clothes horse. Jane
washing. Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Jane mending. Self at Alexr. Lees.
29 – Wind SW, cloudy day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane
ironing. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert gone for gravel to Jas.
MacMillans. Jane ironing and at Wm. MacMillans.
30 – Wind W, cloudy day. Robert at Thomas Phairs threshing.
Jane churning. Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
at Mr. Phairs threshing. Jane sewing. Nobody at [Green]bank.
DEC. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert working at the barn. Jane at
Port Perry. Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
banking root cellar. Jane gone to Mrs. Akhursts.
2 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane
dressmaking. Miss Lizzie and Annie Park here a short time.
Afternoon Robert somewhere. Jane sewing. Robt. & Jane at the
social at James Monroes.
3 – Wind S, fine day. Robert at Joseph Burtons. Jane cleaning
kitchen woodwork. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at sale of
wood at Mrs. Woons. Jane scrubbing. Mother at Alexr. Gordons.
4 – Wind SE, cloudy day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out [in evening].
5 – Wind N and snow drifting. Robert in the house. Jane cooking
apples. Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Jane upstairs. Self at papers. Snow still drifting.
6 – Wind SW, snowing some. Robert making roads. Jane
washing. Self at papers. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert and
Jane gone to Greenbank. Self doing nothing.
7 – Wind W, cold day. Robert mending buggie harness. Jane
washing. Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
learning music. Jane ironing. Self at books. Jane and Robert got
stuck and had to [?].
8 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane baking.
Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane gone
to Greenbank to Womens meeting in Presbyterian Church.
9 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at Port Perry. Mother
netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and Jane fanning oats.
Robert and Jane at Greenbank practicing.
10 – Wind SW, stormy day. Robert at Church books. Jane
cleaning up. Mother netting. Self on the lounge. Afternoon
Robert at books. Jane scrubbing. Mother netting.
11 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting.
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12 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at O’Neils for wood. Jane
washing. Mother netting. Self at books. Afternoon Robert
drawing wood. Jane churning. Self at papers.
13 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert drawing wood. Jane dressing
chicken for dinner. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert breaking
roads. Jane upstairs. Nobody out at night.
14 – Wind W, cold day. Robert gone to Uxbridge with oats and to
get oatmeal. Jane doing the chores. Afternoon Jane ironing.
Mother netting. Self at papers.
15 – Wind S, fine day. Robert marking bags. Jane helping him.
Mother mending bags. Afternoon Robert and Jane at Port Perry
with oats to chop. Self at papers.
16 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert making ready for killing pigs.
Jane busy at several things. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
and Wesley killed 2 pigs.
17 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane cutting up pigs. Mother
netting. Afternoon Robert at the Port for chop. Jane scrubbing.
Mother netting. Self at papers.
18 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert, Jane and Flossie Burns at the
Sunday School and Presbyterian Meeting. Flossie Burns was
here all night.
19 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert at Port with pigs. Jane going
round. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert fixing storm window.
Jane making head cheese.
20 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert churning. Jane going around.
Mother netting. Afternoon Robert gone to sale on 8th
concession.
Jane making head cheese.
21 – Wind SW, fine day and thawing some. Robert going around.
Jane fixing things. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Mr. Boe here awhile. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
22 – Wind S, dull day. Thomas Black here all night. Robert
sawing wood. Jane baking. Afternoon Thos. Black leaves for
home. Robert at wood. Jane at Port Perry. Self at papers.
23 – Wind SW, snowing some. Robert sawing wood. Jane and
Mary picking geese. Tommie going round. Afternoon Robert at
the Presbyterian Meeting. Jane and Mary at geese.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at the barn. Jane gone to Port
Perry with Mary. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert sawing wood.
Jane scrubbing. Mother netting.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane at Wick Sacrament. Self,
Mother and Tommie at home. Robt., Jane and Tom at evening
meeting.
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert going round. Jane fixing for
dinner. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert writing. Jane helping
him. Mrs. A. Lee and Mrs. Cragg here a short time.
27 – Wind W, cold day. Robert at trustee meeting at school. Jane
baking. Tom churning. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Jane going round. Mother netting.
28 – Wind W, fine cold day. Robert at school meeting. Jane and
Tom picking beans. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Jane scrubbing. Self reading about.
29 – Wind W, fine day. Robert and Jane marking envelopes for
Sunday collections. Mother netting. Self at papers. Afternoon
Robert and Tommy at Port Perry. Jane picking beans. Mother
netting. Self at papers.
30 – Wind NW, getting stormy in the afternoon. Robert and
Wesley talking election. Jane and Mary dressmaking. Mother
netting. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane and
Mary dressmaking.
31 – Wind N, cold day. Robert sawing wood. Jane scrubbing and
dusting. Mother netting. Mary at papers. Afternoon Robert at bee
on concession cutting brush. Jane scrubbing. Mary sewing.
Mother netting.
And so ends the year 1898.
MEMORANDUM FOR 1899
JAN. 1 – Wind W, cold day. Robert and Jane at Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out at night.
2 – Wind W, cold day. Robert at Greenbank voting for councilors.
Jane and Mary sewing. Mother netting. Afternoon Robert, Jane
and Mary at Port Perry.
3 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Church books. Jane washing.
George Fowlie here. Afternoon Robert and Mr. Lee at Church
books. George Fowlie gone home.
4 – Wind SW and raining. Robert sawing wood. Jane going
round. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane
ironing. Mother fell and hurt her hip.
5 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gone to Port for the Doctor to
Mother. Nothing doing. Afternoon nothing doing. Doctor Archer
comes at 8 o’clock.
6 – Wind E and snowing. Robert at Port for medicine to Mother.
Mary Bell comes. Afternoon Mrs. Gordon, junior, and Mrs.
Gordon, Sen. and Mrs. Dusty here.
7 – Wind W, cold stormy day. Robert upstairs. Jane scrubbing.
Mary going round. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon very
stormy. Robert going around. Jane scrubbing. Mother in bed.
Mary doing odd jobs. Self at papers.
8 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out at night.
9 – Wind N, fine day. Robert at Port Perry with Mary Bell. Jane
washing. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert at farmers meeting at
Greenbank. Jane washing.
10 – Wind N, hard frost all night, fine day. Robert churning. Jane
working round. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert in house. Jane
cooking. Mother in bed helpless.
11 – Wind SW, fine day but cold. Robert gone to somewhere.
Jane working round. Mother still in bed. Afternoon Robert going
round and at Greenbank in the evening at Annual Meeting.
Barbara comes from Whitby.
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12 – Wind W, fine day. Robert around. Mrs. Gordon, Sen. here
Mother in bed. Jane baking. Afternoon Robert round. Jane at
Greenbank. Self sitting round. Mother in bed.
13 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert going round. Jane busy about
Mother. Self doing nought. Barbara here. Afternoon nothing
doing. Robert and Jane at singing in evening.
14 – Wind S and thawing. Robert takes Barbara to Port. Mrs.
Gordon, Sen., here. Jane going round. Afternoon Mr. Lee and
Mrs. M. Real and Mrs. MacMillan here.
15 – Wind SE and thawing. Robert upstairs. Jane cleaning up.
Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert gone to the Port with A. Lee.
Jane scrubbing. Stormy night.
16 – Wind NW, rather soft day. Robert at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Mrs. Mark here. Afternoon Joseph Burton
and Mrs. Brien here to see Mother.
17 – Wind SW and thawing. Robert at Port Perry and
Manchester. Willie Bell comes. Jane washing. Mother in bed.
Afternoon Robert gone somewhere. Jane washing. Mother in
bed.
18 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert at Manchester for calf. Jane
going round. Mother in bed. Afternoon Mrs. Akhurst and Mrs.
Walker here and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron here and Alec. Ewen
and Mrs. Lee and Barbara Walker.
19 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane busy at one
thing or another. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Mrs.
Black and Allan leaves for Whitby. Robert gone somewhere.
Jane at the Port. Mother in bed. Mina Bell at a book. Self at
papers.
20 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane busy at
everything. Mother in bed. Willie gone home. Self at papers.
Afternoon snowing. Nothing doing. Jane baking.
21 – Wind SW and snowing some. Robert sawing wood. Jane
churning. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Mrs.
Whitfords funeral. Jane scrubbing. Self at papers.
22 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert and Jane at the Sunday School
and Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out in evening.
23 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane washing.
Mina at book. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
Jane washing. Mrs. Gordon, Jun., here.
24 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone to Orillia on business. Jane
ironing. Mother in bed. Afternoon Jane very busy. Self doing
nought.
25 – Wind W, fine day. Jane doing chores. Mother and Mina in
bed. Robert comes from Orillia. Afternoon Robert gone to the
Port. Jane going round. Mina [?].
26 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane baking.
Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert gone to Port with wood for
Charles Gordon. Mina goes to Port with Alexr. Lee. Mrs. Luke
here.
27 – Wind W, fine day but cold. Robert in the house. Jane
working round. Mother in bed. Afternoon nothing doing. Jane
very busy. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
28 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane churning.
Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood.
Jane scrubbing.
29 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Nobody out in the evening.
30 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert upstairs at books. Jane washing.
Mother in bed. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert sawing
wood. Jane cleaning up house.
31 – Wind NW, fine day but cold. Robert at papers. Jane
churning. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
upstairs. Jane at Port Perry.
FEB. 1 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert at papers. Jane ironing.
Mrs. Gordon, Sen., here. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert talking
to Alex. Ewen. Jane ironing. Self reading. Robert at Greenbank
in evening.
2 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert going round. Jane churning.
Mother still in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank with harrows and at singing class in evening. Mother
in bed.
3 – Wind W, fine day, snowing some. Robert going round. Mother
lifted out of bed. Dr. Archer here before dinner. Afternoon Robert
gone to the Port with a load for turnips for Albert Akhurst. Jane
baking. Robert at Greenbank in evening.
4 – Wind W, fine day. Robert gone somewhere. Jane cleaning up.
Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Port Perry.
Jane scrubbing the floor. Self doing nothing.
5 – Wind N, fine day. Mother still in bed. Robert at the
Presbyterian Meeting and Sunday School. Robert and Jane at
evening meeting to organize a Christian Society.
6 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert going around. Mr. Lee here
visiting. Jane washing. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon
Mr. Markham Real here and Mrs. A. Leask, Sen. Jane washing.
Robert talking to Markham Real.
7 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing dung. Jane going round at
everything. Mother in bed. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert
at dung. Jane cooking. Ida Phair here.
8 – Wind NW, cold day. Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing.
Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert gone
somewhere. Jane ironing. Mother in bed. Robert at Greenbank.
9 – Wind NW, fine day, very cold. Robert sawing wood. Jane
ironing. Mother in bed. Self doing nought. Afternoon Robert
sawing wood. Jane ironing. Robert at Mr. Marks.
10 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert churning. Jane busy.
Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert going round.
Jane fixing butter. Self doing nought. Robert at Greenbank.
11 – Wind NW, very cold day. Robert doing nothing. Jane
cleaning up things. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon
Robert in house. Jane scrubbing floor. Self at papers.
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12 – Wind SW, fine cold day. Mrs. Marks here. Robert and Jane
at the Sunday School and the Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and
Jane at evening meeting.
13 – Wind Easterly. Robert gone to Alexr. Lees. Child sick. Jane
cleaning up things. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robt. at
Manchester council meeting. Jane cleaning up.
14 – Wind W, fine day. Robert at Port Perry. Jane washing.
Mother in bed. Wesley here some two hours. Afternoon Robert
gone somewhere. Jane churning. Self doing nought.
15 – Sick.
[There are no entries for the remainder of the month].
MAR. 1 – Wind W, fine day. Robert drawing wood. James Smith
here. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Jane and Mary dressmaking.
Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
2 – Wind E, dull cloudy day. Robert sawing wood. Jane and Mary
sewing. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Self
going round. Jane & Mary sewing.
3 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane and Mary
dressmaking. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert and Wesley
skinning a cow that died forenoon. Jane gone to Port with Mary.
Self at papers.
4 – Wind NE, dull day. Robert and George drawing in hay. Jane
scrubbing. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert and
George at hay. Jane scrubbing.
5 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Sunday School and Presbyterian
Meeting. No-one out at night.
6 – Wind W, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane at the Port.
Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood.
Jane sewing. Meeting at Greenbank.
7 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane baking.
Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert drawing wood. Jane busy. Mr.
James MacMillan and wife here.
8 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane making dress
for Mrs. Marks. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert drawing wood.
Jane and Mrs. Marks at dress. Barbara Fowlie from Manchester
here.
9 – Fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane cleaning up. Mother in
bed. Self at book. Afternoon Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing.
Mr. Stewart, assessor, here. Robert at Marks.
10 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert drawing wood. Jane sewing.
Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert sawing wood.
Jane dressmaking. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Wesley [?].
11 – Wind SW, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane scrubbing.
Mother in bed. Self sitting round. Afternoon Robert at
Greenbank. Jane scrubbing. Self at papers.
12 – Wind SE and raining. Robert at Sunday School and
Presbyterian Meeting. Robert and Jane at Greenbank.
13 – Wind N, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane washing.
Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert gone to Pinedale
with George Real. Jane sewing. Self at papers.
14 – Wind S, fine day. Robert and Jane fanning oats. Mother in
bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert at Wesleys killing pigs.
Jane sewing. Mr. Lee here visiting.
15 – Wind SE and raining. Robert making [?] for grafting. Jane
churning. Mother in bed. Mr. O’Neil here. Afternoon still raining.
Nothing doing.
16 – Wind NW, fine day. Robert gluing chairs. Jane going round.
Mother in bed. Mrs. Gordon, Sen., here. Afternoon Robert at
Uxbridge. Jane patching. Self doing nought.
17 – Wind SE, fine day. Robert sawing wood. Jane baking.
Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert at Mr. O’Neils. Jane churning.
Self going round. Robt. & Jane at Greenbank.
18 – Wind SE and snowing. Robert and Jane at Mr. O’Neils for a
cow and a calf. Mother in bed. Self at papers. Afternoon Robert
and Wesley talking. Jane scrubbing.
19 – Wind NW, some snow blowing. Robert and Jane at Sunday
School and Presbyterian Meeting.
20 – Wind NW, snow drifting. Nothing doing. Afternoon sun
shining and the snow drifting. Nothing doing.
21 – Wind SE, dull day. Robert at Greenbank voting for local
option. Jane washing. Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert churning.
Jane going round. Self at papers.
22 - Wind S and thawing. Robert sawing wood. Jane ironing.
Mother in bed. Afternoon Robert and Jane at the Port with grist.
Self doing nought.
[At this point the diary entries end. John Albert Michie died 15
February, 1900 and his wife Barbara Agnes (Fowlie) Michie died
24 October, 1903. Both are buried at the Pines Cemetery,
Greenbank, Ontario.]
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