Charles John Treffry (1825-1908)
1867 Diary
Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers

C.J. Treffry January 1st 1867
[Mathematical calculation]
24 lbs of Wool at 28¢
$6.72
Carding

1.20

Spinning 4.00
Color

1.00

Weaving 3.16½
16.08½
.50
101

15.58 ½

Cost of Car (shortform for carpet) pr yd say 62¢
{In left hand corner he has worked out the 62¢ calculation}
5-1 {L07 NC pyw LX} or something like that, likely written by archival staff}
Diary for 1867
Diary for 1867
C J Treffry
Lot No 2 - 10th Con
South Norwich
Canada West
Tuesday Jany 1st 1867
Very fine & mild self & Sam sawing wood dined in the woods Mr Randall & Mr Trefford dined with us
Mother dined here
Wednesday 2d

fine day self & Horses as yesterday
Thursday 3d
fine mild weather self & team as yesterday
Friday 4th
self & team & John in the woods sawing
1867
Saturday Jany 5th
Self cutting wood out of the tree tops John draw'g it in the forenoon afternoon John went to Otterville
self cutting wood &c
Sunday 6th
Mothers Birthday aged 79 Father Jane Mother & Wm here to dinner self Wife Mother & Wm went to
Randalls in the afternoon Wife taken very poorly
Monday 7th
Attended Town Meeting G. Goodwin Reeve A L. Wilson Dpy Reeve Sam Wallace H A Titus & D
Randall Councillors
Tuesday Jany 8th 1867
Self Wm & John attended South Norwich Branch Agl. Soc'y Annual Meeting at the Town Hall
Otterville the following persons were Elected C J Treffry Presdt A. L. Wilcox V. P. W. H. Treffry H. A.
Titus G. Goodwin H. Shattuck Martin Harris Henry Vanmere, A. B. Moore Dr. Maccasar, & J B Smith
Directors
Wednesday 9th
Mary R. came to help fine day self attended school meeting H. A. Titus Elected Trustee in place of
Martin Duhig M. Reynolds & Mr Marshall here to dinner Mary Randall here Written vertically] John
commenced to work. Self & Wife went to Otterville in the afternoon
Thursday Jany 10th

Cold self & Wife left home for Foxes got there about ½ past two in the afternoon
Friday 11
self & Wife went with P Fox to Woodstock to get the girls dress's also calln on Mr. & Mrs Wright.
Saturday 12
Cold self & wife at P Foxes
Sunday 13th
Cold & Blustry self & wife returned home wife very poorly
Monday Jany 14th 67
self went down to Hamilton to timber lot to see about drawing shingle timber in the forenoon
afternoon making rack for drawing shingle bolts Wife very poorly [Written vertically] John took 8 bul
of Oats to Otterville for chop and got the Horse line repaired
Tuesday 15th
self went down with John & team drew 1 cord of shingle wood for Hamilton in the forenoon afternoon
got out a load of staves for Phelps from Silverthorns Wife very poorly
Wednesday 16th
John took the load of staves to M. Allmorts Farm to have $4 per 1200 afternoon got out another load
1867
Thursday Jany 17
Cold John took a load of staves to M Allmorts self went to Shaws & Beals in the forenoon to see
about staves afternoon making sleigh rack
Friday 18
self went with John to Beals & brot out a load of staves John took them away in the afternoon
Saturday 19

self & John as yesterday Moses & M Corless came in the evening
Sunday 20th
Cold Moses & Wife & self dined at Fathers Wife not well enough to go Mother Wm and Jane here to
Tea
Monday Jany 21st 67
snow during the part night self & Moses cleaned up a grist in the forenoon John drawing firewood
afternoon self & Moses went to Otterville & to Barkers Mill with 4 Bl of Wheat & 10 of Oats Moses &
Wife & Wm at D Randalls in the evening they could not go home on account of his mare being very
lame Kickd by his horse
Tuesday 22
John got out a load of staves in the forenoon afternoon J took Melisia and babe home, Moses Mare
being too lame to go faster than a walk.
Wednesday Jany 23 67
The snow now is about 1ft deep self & John getting down firewood in the forenoon afternoon John
took down a load of staves self spliting wood &c H Lossing brot Rebecca Reynolds here Mother &
Wm also here to dinner self & Wife took tea at Mothers.
Thursday 24
Mild, got out a load of staves in the forenoon afternoon John took them away self helping Wm clean
oats
{This page and part of the next are written in different handwriting.}
Friday 25th Jany 67
Snowing a little in the forenoon afternoon snowing very fast with some rain self & John drawing
staves out of the woods
Saturday 26th

very stormy snowing and drifting. John went to Otterville & to Barkers Mill in the forenoon for the
chop which I left there last monday self went to the shoemaker & G Southwick sold 8½ lb of Butter
16¢ afternoon self making bin for chop stuff & John spliting wood & helpd clean up 8 bags of oats
Sunday 27
snowing & drifting lane drifted full impassable obliged to make road through the field [Written
vertically in different handwriting] Father not here
1867
Monday Jany 28th
Self & John breaking roads through the front field also to the woods drew 2 load of wood for Father
Corless 1 for Wm & 2 for ourselves unloaded the staves & brot the sleigh home self repaird the
Barnyard Gate & doing other jobs snowing again towards evening with a strong west wind John took
the team [written vertically] to go to Gillette
Tuesday 29th {handwriting changes back to the original diarist}
Cold day John took the Children to school & brot Mother up to spend the day self writing John
threshing oats Wm at Otterville Auditing Township Books John went to Otterville in the evening Wm
returned with him.
1867 Wednesday Jany 30th
Cold day John self took the children to school & went to Otterville took Wm out & called at the school
with the children orderd a ash pail & shovel for the school & got a poker John spliting wood in the
forenoon afternoon self got Nelly shod/shoe John threshing oats Themr 0/6 paid Joshua $2.15
Thursday 31
Mild Themr 20 in morning evening 42 with rain S.W. Wind John Drawing staves took 623 Martin Nold
here in the forenoon and paid Lottice Dickins $38.40 & 1.50 Interest self threshing & cleaning up
barn in the afternoon
Friday Feby 1st 1867

very slopy Themr 36 in the morning 30 in the evening John drew a load of staves out of the woods
the road is to soft to take them out self threshing oats in the forenoon afternoon self & John cleaning
up oats RB Cromwell calld in the evening
Saturday 2d
John took a load of staves 618 Wm help'd me clean up some oats self went to Otterville in the
evening rain & freezing most of the day
Sunday Feby 3 1867
rather stormy in the forenoon Father here to dinner Catherine Mott Elias & Alice with their 2 children
came in the afternoon Mother & Wm here to Tea Father also came up in the afternoon C Mott went
home with Mother
Monday 4th
fine mild morning commenced to snow about ½ past three in the afternoon John took 676 staves to
Allmorts self & Wife dined at fathers with Motts C & A. M. left for home about 3 oClock Catherine
staid at fathers Lydia heifer calved heifer calf self went to J Randalls for our X cut saw
Tuesday Feby 5th 1867
Mild John took a load of staves to Allmorts self jobing drawing wood spliting &c went to Fathers for C
Mott Mother & Wm here to dinner
Wednesday 6th
fine day John went to the woods for staves could not get a load sold part of a load to M Carder for
60¢ afternoon drawing wood. self preparing cutting box Moth
Thursday 7th
very fine John drawing wood self clean'd up a grist 4 bl of wheat afternoon to the wheat & 4 bags of
oats to Otterville Mill and attended Meeting of the Directors of the S.W.A. Society
Friday Feb 8th

very fine day John drew 7 load of wood self went to the saw mill to see Hamilton about sawing he
said he would saw on shares or for $2.50 per M. or would buy good logs and pay $3.50 per M. in the
log afternoon self cut down a large dry pine, wife at Fathers with C. Mott
Saturday 9th
wet snow self drew 4 load of wood snow fell so fast & wet obliged to quit went to Fathers for C Mott
John went to M Allmort to meet Phelps to get his pay for drawing stave returnd there without his
money Phelps out
Sunday Feby 10th 1867
Cold Themr 4 snow drifting with a west wind too stormy for Father to come up to dinner
Monday 11th
Cold south wind Themr 6 self took C Mott to Elias Motts George Mary Maggie Emma & Berry all
went with us for a visit dined at Elias's and took Tea at Moses Corless's returnd about 7 in the
evening
Tuesday 12th 1867
more mild thawing fast in the afternoon Themr 40 in the evening self went to the smiths shop to get
chains mended & to James Randalls to get him to cut saw logs could not get him afternoon cut a
pine tree for saw logs John poorly went to Otterville brot home the grist of wheat I took to mill on
Thursday wife went to see Mrs Snyder who is very ill sent a letter to Morton {Poulium}
1867 Wednesday Feby 13th
John poorly not doing any thing but chores self cut a pine tree for saw logs commenced rain about
11 oClock & rained very hard all the afternoon self hung the meat in the smoke house
Thursday 14th
self in the woods preparing for sawing John took the children to school and went for Mary Randall in
the forenoon afternoon sawing saw logs
Friday 15th
Mild self & John sawing R B Cromwell came in the evening with a bill of exchange for {ASF} for
$609.0.8 {SLG} I gave him his mortgage

Monday 18th Feby 1867
fine warm day John threshing oats self helping him also made a pen for calf &c Father here in the
evening paid $36.40 on his land {purchase} for me to send to Toronto
Tuesday 19
John threshing oat self & Wm went to Otterville in the afternoon
Wednesday 20th
very stormy self & Wm attended Mrs McCurdys funeral on foot dined at Robt Tuffords Thos
Pennington here to tea John threshing oats some snow fell last night & this morning but not enough
to make good sleighing
Thursday 21st
self & John cutting roads & took one log to mill in the forenoon afternoon took 4 logs had Wms Oxen
to load with Mother & Wm here to tea Mothers staid the night Friday snowing very fast most of the
afternoon
Friday 22
self & John geting out logs took 2 logs to mill in the forenoon afternoon Wm took the horses to draw
wood self & John skiding logs & cutting roads Mother & Wm here to tea Mother staid the night
Saturday Feby 23
snow going fast south wind rain in the evening self & John with oxen & horses took 9 logs to the mill
Sunday 24th
more cold Father here to dinner fine day Mother here in the afternoon
Monday 25
fine day self went to Otterville in the forenoon also call'd on JW Snyder to see about clover seed bot
a pair of Boots of Creighton afternoon self & Wife went to see Jesse Cornell John poorly split wood

½ day
Tuesday Feby 26th 1867

fine day cleand up oats in the forenoon John poorly but help'd me clean oats afternoon self spliting
wood John went to get his boot mended
Wednesday 27th
fine day self went to Lossings Mill with chop for horses & cows took Mary Cunliffe to Dr Cardens to
have a tooth drawn Mary Sherwood & Mrs Randall here
Thursday 28th
Cloudy some slight showers self brot 6 & ½ thousand shingles from Longstreets which they made
last spring afternoon fixing waggon to take shingles John took his Aunt Alice to Snyders left her
there whilst he went to Otterville
1867
March Friday 29 1st
fine morning Wm returnd from Moses Corless's about noon Wife went to D Randalls in the morning
self went for her in the evening self loaded the shingles & doing other jobs John not fit for work
Saturday 2d
Cold blustry self went to see Hamilton about sawing lumber in the forenoon afternoon went to post
office
Sunday 3
Cold but more mild than yesterday Father here to dinner self & wife went down to Mothers a little
while in the afternoon
Monday March 4th
fine day but rather cold self jobing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville got a bottle of
Medicine for Wife
Tuesday 5th
afternoon fine warm day self went in search of clover seed for the Agricultural Society dined at Mr
Eagles south of Delhi could not get any seed
Wednesday 6th

East Wind rather chilly self threshing peas and fixing shingle load &c Mary Sherwood Jr here to
dinner slight shower of sleet in the evening
1867
Thursday March 7
[change of handwriting] fine day self drawing wood & got Nelly shod
Friday 8th
fine day self left home with a load of Shingles 11½ m for Ingersoll sold them in Otterville to
Moses Jackues Jacques & deliver them 1 mile North of Burgessville for $2.25 per m.
Saturday 9th
fine day self Job drew 200 spokes from the woods in the forenoon afternoon Wm had the team to go
to Mill John Hillier call'd about clover seed Johny went to G Southwicks to stay in shop
Sunday March 10th 1867
Cloudy rain in the afternoon Father here to dinner
Monday 11th
Cloudy self & Father went to Moses Corless exchanged 4 Bushel of wheat for seed winter for spring
also went to Jas Martins with Father snow in the evening
Tuesday 12th
fine day self skin'd the calf which died yesterday some time in the night from bloat after drinking
afternoon threshing peas sent $25 to Mr A McLinn by George to School snow came last night nearly
all gone this evening roads very muddy
Wednesday March 13th
Cloudy growing colder towards evening with a strong west Wind self cleand up 10½ Bushel of wheat
and a bag of Barley for a grist Thos Pennington here to Tea & staid the evening
Thursday 14

very cold Themr 6 self went to Barkers Mill returnd by Otterville. Maild Fathers Instalment $36.40 to
W.T. Mason Toronto & Paid {Garvan} **Goodwin $6 on account Mr Friday 15th D Tufford & Mary
Randall here also Mother & William
Friday March 15th 1867
Cold self threshing peas &c
Saturday 16th
Cold and stormy towards evening self made a Map for Morton {Toulmin} posted it to him by George
in the afternoon self spliting wood &c John came home from G Southwick in the evening
Sunday 17
Snowing and blowing from the West Wm went to John Siples for Marianna Lossing self & Wife at
Mothers Marianna & Wm came about 8 oclock in the evening
Monday March 18th 1867
fine day self & John went to Simcoe and bot 12 Bushel of clover seed paid $7.50 per Bl
Tuesday 19th
fine day self weighing clover seed & threshing peas Paid JH Treffry $1.50
Wednesday 20th
fine morning cold east wind in the afternoon self putting up fences on the line east & threshing peas
John went to Otterville Sam Innis & John Hillier came for clover seed sent a letter to the Office for
John Dennis also sent one to J Pittitt Otterville Paid John H Treffry $2.50
March Thursday 21st 1867
Stormy most of the day D Randall & Wife here to dinner self & Wife went with them to Mothers to
Tea
Friday 22nd
self & John went to Otterville to look after the timber on Lot No 10 in the 9 Con brot home a load of
pine

Saturday 23
fine day very slopy on the roads self killed Peggys Calf 5 weeks old. afternoon self went to Otterville
Sunday 24th
commenced snow and rain about noon self went to P. Foxes in the afternoon Father here to dinner
Monday 25th March 1867
fine day but chilly self at P. Foxes drawing Leases between P. Fox and J. Rutherford
Tuesday 26
fine day self & P. Fox went to Woodstock in the forenoon afternoon returned home Bot cloth for self
& Boys
Wednesday 27
very chilly self & Wife went to G Southwick store bought trimmings for cloth also dresses for Girls &
1lb 75¢ Tea sold him 56¾ lb of side pork @ 8¢ Als bought a Carboy of Oil of H.H Southwick 10 Gal
@ 20¢ per Gal sold him a Shoulder 31½ lb @ 9¢ pd the balance 17¢ cash afternoon self & John
threshing peas with the flail.
Thursday March 28th 67
fine day self & John threshing peas in the forenoon George went to the P.O. with a letter for FR Ball
afternoon John went to Roots Mill to work self helping Wm clean oats
Friday 29th
self cleared up Barley Wm helping in the evening
Saturday 30th
fine day Spot cow had Bull calf, self did not go to Simcoe with Barley as intended staid home in the
morning to look after the Cow afterwards went to Otterville Mill with 2 Bags of Chop Barley & Millett
Monday March 31st 1867
very fine day Mother & Father here to dinner Wm went to Stephen Lossings with Marianna John
came home last night left again this evening

April Monday 1st
Ground coverd with snow Snow & Rain most of the forenoon self threshing oats & helped Father
draw a load of Hay
Tuesday 2d
fine day self threshing oats &c Mrs Randall called here in the afternoon George & Mary went home
with her to eat hot sugar self took ham to P Southwick in the evening 21½ lb @ 10¢ heard the Frogs
first for the season
1867
April Wednesday 3rd
A fine day self threshing &c. &c.
Thursday 4th
Mild self threshing oats rain in the afternoon Jim Wood here in the morning assessing Jane Corless
& her Mother here self took them home in the evening very wet & muddy
1867
April Friday 5th
Cloudy & snow showers in the afternoon self threshing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville
attended a Meeting of the Directors of the {A.S c/o} decided to have a spring show on the 25 of this
month
Saturday 6th
Cloudy but also and chilly R. Longstreet returnd 255lb of wheat borrowed last septr self kiled Spots
calf in the forenoon afternoon went to S.P. Cornells and returned by Otterville P.O. recd a letter from
Lizzie John came home in the evening
April Sunday 7th 1867
fine day Father here to dinner also Mrs D. & Mr Jas Randall who called on their way home from J. W.
Snyders whose wife died this morning
Monday 8th

Cloudy day self & George threshing oats
Tuesday 9th
very fine day self and Mother attended Mrs Snyders funeral Wife too poorly to go baby & Maggie
also poorly
Wednesday 10
a very wet day Wife very poorly put a blister between her shoulders self & George working in the
Barn
Thursday April 11th
Chilly cleand up some oats took 2 Bags of oats & 2 of Barley to Otterville Mill Wife still poorly
Friday 12th
self & George cleand up some Oats, &c in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville for the chop Bot
a pr of shoes from P Southwick for George & took my Boots to Fowlers to be mended
Saturday 13th
fine day self with J.P. McCurdy & Elias Boweman at Fongers & Summers acting as Fence Reivers
respecting Water courses George went to Otterville McC & E B dined here
Sunday April 14th 1867
Cloudy & warm Father & John here to dinner Wife continue very poorly G Tufford & Wife calld in the
evening
Monday April 15
Wet day self & George finishd cleaning the oats Wm helpd a little while Mrs Randall & Mrs Lemons
here to dinner Wife a little better George Cornell paid his ½ year Interest for {Asser}
Tuesday 16
fine day self & George drawing manure into the Orchard Maggie & Emma went to Randalls to eat
hot sugar
1867

April Wednesday 17th
fine day self & George drawing manure Marys Birthday 15th Children at at Grandmas to tea Wife
very poorly
Thursday 18th
fine day self & George as yesterday Mary Randall here Wife very poorly
Friday 19
fine day self went to Norwichville for Dr Cook to come down and see Wife he left her medicine for
pleurisy a inflamation on the lungs self returnd by Otterville took 2 B of Barley to Barkers mill for
Father
Saturday April 20th 67
fine day strong west wind self & George drawing manure until Tea time after tea drew a load of Hay
for Father Wife very poorly in bed all day Johny came home in the eve
Sunday 21st
fine day self went to Dr. Cook for more medicine for wife who is a litle better today Mr & Mrs Stowe D
Randall & Wife G Tufford & Wife Warren Sherwood & Wife calld to see Wife
Monday 22
Ground coverd with snow & snowing most of the day self went to the Store & Blacksmith shop in the
forenoon and afternoon self & Wm went to the Cheese
April Tuesday 23 1867
Cold & Cloudy self & George drawing manure self went over to help T Penning to ring his pigs Wife
better
Wednesday 24th
Stormy most of the day self at the Smith shop with the plow in the forenoon afternoon commenced
plowing after it quit snowing George spreading manure Wife still improving
Thursday 25

John Win diging Garden fine day self sow'd about 31 Bushel of Peas on the sod south of the railroad
in the forenoon afternoon attended the first Spring Show in this Township George draging with Wms
Oxen
Friday Apr 26th 1867
fine day self plowing George spreading manure Mary Sherwood Senr here to tea J Wrin finished
spading garden at noon paid him one dollar
Saturday 27
very cold Themr 30 at 9 oClock in the forenoon self plowing Overcoat & Mitts on George spreading
manure in the forenoon afternoon draging self attended Milk Meeting Mr Farrington present John
came home in the evening George planted some Beans
Sunday 28
Chilly Father here to dinner Mariannas Birthday 1 yr old Jane here to Tea Mr Nobbs & Wife & Mother
& 3 Children calld in the afternoon
Monday April 29th 1867
fine day took chilly & Cloudy sowd some Spring wheat in the orchard George harrowing self finishd
planting Top onions sowd some Lettuce radish early york and cauliflower seed evening plowing
Tuesday 30th
slight shower during the night Warm & Cloudy finishd the spring wheat 4 Bushel in all also plowing
sold to James Martin 20 Bushel of Barley @ 50¢ it has been a cold wet month
Wednesday May 1st 1867
Rain in the part night a chilly day attended Councill in the afternoon and left a written award of fence
viewer respecting Fongers & Summers water courses
Thursday 2d
{No entry}
Friday 3
{No entry}

Saturday April May 4th 1867
{No entry}
Sunday 5th
{No entry}
Monday 6
Cold & wet self & Wm went to Otterville bot 5 Bl of potatoes from Mr Cornell @ 35¢
Tuesday 7th April May 1867
self plowing for Barley George spreading manure
Wednesday 8th
a fine day self plowing George spreading manure Joseph Kelly R. Randall W Treffry Marianne
Lossing Mary Randall & Alice Tufford here to Tea
Thursday 9th
fine but chilly self cleand & sow'd 7 Bushel of Barley wrote an Agreement for Jonathan TItus & other
jobs George draging Wife went with Mrs Randall to Fathers & Penningtons
Friday April May 10th 1867
fine day self George finishd draging Jonathon Titus came for his agreement self plowing east of the
house
Saturday 11th
fine day self plowing & sowd 1½ B of Barley George harrow'd some & sowd some carrots self went
down after tea to assist in cleaning School House
Sunday 12
fine day self & Children attended Sabbath School first Elias & Alice Mott here to dinner self & wife
with them at Mothers to Tea Father here to dinner
Monday May 13th 1867

Showery self Gardening sow'd some Cabbage seed and planted Pri plant Hoarhound & Wormwood
& fixing porch &c George taking the manure from the cellar banking Jane Corless & her Mother here
Tuesday 14
some slight showers land very wet self as yesterday until 4 oClock when I went down to the school
engaged Mr A McLinn to teach the school for a year from 15th of May evening attend a committee
meeting at the Cheese factory
Wednesday 15
self plowing in the east field for peas
Thursday May 16th
Cloudy self finishd plowing in the east field all that was dry enough and sowd 4½ Bl of peas George
draging them in rain in the evening
Friday 17
George finishd draging in the peas sowd yesterday rain very hard before he finished self & John
making wheelbarrow self commenced plowing the North field about 4 oClock for Oats very wet
Saturday 18
fine day but cold self plowing George jobing
Sunday 19
Cold & cloudy rain in the evening no Sabbath School Joel Comfort buried today Father here to
dinner Mother has staid the night
Tuesday Monday May 20 1967
Cloudy land very wet self plowing in the North field John went to the Mill again to work in the evening
after finishing the wheelbarrow George put in some more carrot seed
Tuesday 21st
self plowing untill noon when it set in to rain and raind all the afternoon and at night wet cold
backward weather

Wednesday 22
Wet day went to the mill to see about having logs saw'd took plowshare to the smith shop got a hole
drilld in it took 1 ham & 1 shoulder of pork to G Southwick 53½ lb @ 9¢ lb Wife at G Southwick on a
visit
Thursday 23rd May 1867
wet day self took 53½ lbs of Meat Ham & shoulder to George Southwick 9¢ per lb went to T S
McCurdys for seed corn in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville
Friday 24
Queens Birthday self plowing for corn fine day Fathers children & their mother here
Saturday 25
Cloudy morning commenced to rain again about 11 oClock Old Mr Tufford call'd in the forenoon self
plowing in the forenoon afternoon self & Wife went to C.P. Cornells & Otterville
Sunday 26th May 1867
fine day but very chilly self & Children attended Sabbath School Lizzie went for the first, Father here
In the evening self Wife and Children went to the Corners to meeting Preacher did not come self &
Wife returnd by George Tuffords call'd to see Mr & Mrs Tufford Senr Polly Mare got a mare colt
Monday 27
No rain but rather cloudy self plowing and harrowing ground for corn
Tuesday 28
Rain again in the forenoon self went to the Store to exchange Marys shoes also got 1lb Tea
afternoon furrowing corn ground, self & Wife took T at Mothers with Tuffords & Randalls caught a
brood Wood Duck in Formans bush
Wednesday May 29th 1867
fine and warm self & George drawing manure for the corn hills Ben & Cornelius here in the afternoon
commenced to plant, wife went over to Randalls & Tuffords after Tea
Thursday 30th

fine day but very chilly self planting corn Boys drawing manure & putting it in the hills Mary planted
the Beans in the corn field in the afternoon
Friday 31st
fine day warmer than yesterday Boys planting corn John Wrinken diging post holes for fence self
plowing for oats George plowing with Wms oxen in the afternoon for the first Boys finishd the corn
before Tea Mrs Hamilton Mrs {Diletinn} & Mrs G Southwick here in the afternoon We have had a
very wet cold May
June 1st 1867
Saturday fine & warm for this season Themr 76 self plowing with the oxen in the forenoon Wife &
George went to Otterville in the morning got a hat for Mary afternoon George Harrowing self plowing
finishd the Oat ground for Oats Johny came in the evening
Sunday 2d
A very wet day Father Johny & Marianna Lossing here to dinner could not attend School on account
of reason rain hard in the evening after dark sharp thunder & lightening
Monday 3d
Cloudy morning self & George fixing fence around the meadows North in the forenoon afternoon
plowing ground for potatoes some slight showers
June Tuesday 4th 1867
fine & warm self finishd plowing & harrowing potatoe ground
Wednesday 5th
fine & warm George harrowing self sowd 18 Bl of Oats North of the Orchard & 1 peck of vetches
also washed the sheep water very warm the girls at Father's Mary C - Birthday 24
Thursday 6th
fine day sow'd ½ Bushel of Peas self & George finishd harrowing in Oats & furrowed them out Themr
84 at noon
Friday 7

fine very hot Themr 90 at noon thunder showers passing round in the evening sow'd 45 lb clover
seed & 33 of Timothy on 6½ acres of ground North of the orchard also small amount potatoe ground
June Saturday 8th 1867
fine day self George Maggie Emma & Morton planted the potatoes about 15 Bushel in all also
planted Cucumber Squash Pop Corn & radishes, in the evening drew fence posts in the front field
John came home in the afternoon cool in the evening
Sunday 9
fine day Father & Johny here to dinner Wife at Fathers to Tea Maggie Robertson & her niece & Mrs
{---} self & 6 children attended Sabbath School
Monday 10th
very warm George covering in the grass seed on the oats self setting fence posts in the front field
Tuesday June 11 1867
fine day self setting fence posts
Wednesday 12
Hot & Cloudy rain towards evening self as yesterday
Thursday 13
self drawing fence Boards and making fence wife cleaning house white washed parlour to day
Friday 14
fine day hot self & George making fence Roxalana leuber and 2 children here to tea also Mother &
Wm
Saturday 15th
self & George as yesterday
Sunday June 16

Somewhat Cloudy & very hot self took Mother & Marianna Lossing to Quartly meeting dined at
Benson Lossings left Marianna at S Pitchers Father at meeting also; wife left home.
Monday 17th
Cloudy & hot very fine growing weather self & Morton went to Lossings Mill with 7 Bl of Wheat & 2 of
Chop could not get it ground went to Barkers & from there to Otterville where I got it ground 17
Buildings burnd in Otterville last night rain in the evening
Tuesday June 18th
commenced plowing for Turnip ground with Wms Oxen
Wednesday 19th
plowing Turnip ground
Thursday 20
fine day preparing Turnip ground after Tea drove 8 pigs to Jonathan Titus Cheese factory to be
fatted on halves
Friday 21st June
self & George preparing turnip ground
Saturday 22
drill'd in the Turnip seed Wm went to Otterville in the evening
Sunday 23
very hot self & Children attended sabbath School in the morning afternoon self & Wife went to Henry
Lossings Father here to dinner
Monday 24th
self cultivating corn George hoeing Beans after tea self killd a calf and went to the cheese factory &
to H Lossings Recd from him $216 which he got from the Bank at Simcoe for the Cheese factory
Polly Mare to Bonds Horse
Tuesday 26 25 June

self finished cultivating corn slight shower in the evening
Wednesday 26
very warm self sheard the sheep got {blank} lbs of wool from 16
Thursday 27
fine self warning hands on the roads self & Wife went to Randalls in evening
Friday 28
very hot self plowing in the old Garden Wife at Sherwoods
Saturday 29th
very hot self plowing in the forenoon afternoon with D. Randall examining the New Road East of
Southwick [Written vertically] H Corless {---} To CJT after paying for carpet $4.18 Copied the above
from Box {----} {----} made at the time
Sunday 30th June 1867
very hot self & children attended sabbath school Father here to dinner also John Treffry
Monday July 1st
Public Holiday Confederation of the Provinces begins today self on the roads John plowing
afternoon took his Aunt Alice to Otterville self on the Roads
Tuesday 2d
Hot & dry self on the roads John plowing for self & Wm Mr Jacob Tufford dined here Mother
Marianna here picking wool also Jane here in the afternoon pickd 24½ lbs for frocks
Wednesday 3d
very hot self on the roads let a job of ditching to John Wrin 80 Rods @ 25¢ Mary Randall here D
Randall here for Rape seed 10 lb
Thursday July 4th 1867

Cloudy morning Father took Wife to Moses Corless's on a visit to stay untill Sunday self on the roads
part of the day sowd 4½ lb of Rape in the old Garden a slight shower
Friday 5th
more rain in the night & morning self went to the mill to see about geting logs saw'd John at the mill
in the afternoon self gardening in the afternoon & sowd 1½ B of Bire wheat East of the house slight
shower in the evening
Saturday 6
Rain during part night rain trough away over John at Carders Mill self got Nelly shod & Gardening
after Tea self & Mother went to Moses Corless's
Topsy To Jack May July 4th 1867
Lydia " Jack May July 5
Spot " Jack May July 7
Suke " Jack May July 9 X
Peggy " Jack July 13
Bobtail Red " Jack July 15
Cherry " (second time Aug 13) 22
Lydia " 2nd time Jack July 26 3rd time 14 August
Polly Mare to King of France June 24
Jenny " "Pennington Colt" June 25
Sunday July 7th 1867
fine day self & Mother attended friends meeting Wife staid at Moses Motts, self Wife & Mother &
Martha Bowden from London England dined at M Motts, came home in the evening after tea Father
here to dinner
Monday 8th

fine morning self John & George hoeing & cultivating potatoes in the forenoon afternoon drew a load
of hay for Wm when it came to rain planted some Cabbage plants this evening self & Wife drove
over to George Tuffords
Tuesday 9th
rain during the part night and rain this morning self finished cultivating potatoes
Wednesday 10th 1867
self repaird the cultivator in the morning afterwards cultivating corn
Thursday 11th
finishd cultivating corn in the forenoon afternoon went to Mr Wilkinsons with the half years School
Report returnd through Otterville settled with [Written vertically] Bree Rink for Milk Company heavy
shower in the afternoon heavy shower in the afternoon
Friday 12
self & George hoeing potatoes after tea raking hay for Wm
Saturday 13th
Themr morning 48 Evening 46 self repairing rakes in the morning helpd Wm rake hay & drew in 5
load after Tea went to Barkers Mill got 4 Bl of Wheat from D Randall & 2 from S Tufford lent them
last fall
Sunday July 14th 1867
fine day self & children attended Sabbath School after School took self & D Randall took 21 children
in our waggon down to the Meeting house to hear a Sabbath School lecture deliverd by Ward Kelly.
Wife walk'd down & rode back D Randall & Father here to dinner - self Wife & children attended
Ward Kelly meeting at the corners 4 oClock
Monday 15th
self writing to Morton Toulium rain in the afternoon put up 10 Cocks of hay for Wm
Tuesday 16th July 1867

fine day self finishd up for Morton Toulium and went to Norwichville & Otterville bot a sythe & swath
also calld at Barkers Mill for Grist left there saturday last
Wednesday 17
fine day self commenced to mow on the railroad
Thursday 18th
fine day self commenced to mow in the clover meadow North made a cart rack for Father Corless
Friday 19th
self mowing cut 2 acres William & George raked what I cut yesterday
Saturday July 20th 1867
fine day self mowing in the forenoon afternoon raking Wm helpd in the afternoon
Tuesday 21st
very hot self & Children at Sunday School self & Wife walked over to Randalls in the evening
Monday 22
self mowing in the new meadow north in the forenoon afternoon rain, in the evening self cuting
Canada Thistles
Tuesday 23 July
fine self mowing George raking
Wednesday 24
self mowing in the forenoon afternoon raking hay Wm helpd in the afternoon about 3 hours
Thursday 25
Cloudy morning a wet day self fixing waggon rack &c John Treffry came from D Carders afternoon
Friday 26

John cultivating potatoes in the morning helping in the hay self mowing drew in 2 load of hay in the
evening
Saturday July 27th 1867
fine day self & John George drawing and raking hay Wm helpd in the forenoon, got 8 load of hay in
G Goodwin calld to request the postponement of the Agricultural Meeting
Sunday 28th
very warm self & Children attended Sabbath School Children attended meeting in the afternoon
Father here to dinner
Monday 29th
fine & cool self mowing John cultivating Potatoes & Turnips Wife & children Picking Black
raspberries pickd 29 Quarts in our slashing North evening self went down to the cheese factory
Tuesday July 30th
fine day John fin & George finishd cultivating Turnips in the morning then went and drew in Wms hay
evening attended cheese meeting at the Factory
Wednesday 31st
fine day self & John mowing in the forenoon afternoon self finished mowing in the new meadow Wm
& John drawing & raking hay Mary cut her leg with the scythe
Thursday August 1st
Cloudy self & John drew in 2 load of hay in the forenoon came up a shower about noon self & Wm
attended the agricultural meeting to make out prize list
Friday August 2d 1867
Cloudy heavy fog in the morning self mowing John & George hoeing Turnips untill about 11 oClock
when we commenced cutting Wheat south of the railroad Mary Anne Treffry came for her milk
money paid her $17.31 cents less 30¢ discount
Saturday 3d

very hot self & John cutting & putting up the wheat finishd about 2 oClock Mrs Jonathan Titus &
Carrie Robertson here to dinner at Mothers to Tea Mrs Austin & Peter Corn came to see Johnny
afternoon self preparing show Bill and took it to Otterville in the evening sent it to Norwich for printing
by G. Goodwin
Sunday 4th August
very hot and dry self & Children & Carrie Robertson attended Sabbath school Moses & Melisia
Corless here to dinner also Father and Carrie R afternoon all hands at Fathers to Tea
Monday 5th
self & John cutting Barley
Tuesday 6
Threatening rain self & John finishd cutting what Barley was fit Wm help'd part of the afternoon drew
in 3 load
Wednesday 7
very hot self went with H Southwick down on the East New Road in the forenoon Johnny poorly
afternoon drew in the winter wheat
August Thursday 8th 1867
very hot showers passing around John pulling peas self cleaning out the well in the Turnip field
George & Mary & Mary Corless went to Moses Corlesses & took 2 little pigs with them for Moses
Friday 9
very hot John pulling peas self cleaning out water ditch
Saturday 10th
very hot John went to H Southwick road Bee self fixing the well & fence so the cattle could get to the
water Wife Made a cheese
Sunday 11
hot & dry self & children at Sabbath School, afternoon self & wife went to G Tuffords to Tea Father
here to dinner

Monday August 12th 1867
continued dry weather self & John cutting spring wheat John cut some Barly in the morning Wife
made a cheese same as saturday with the milk from Wms and our Cows Water works out of order at
the factory
Tuesday 13
Tuesday
Wednesday 14th
{No entry}
August 15th 1867 Thursday
{No entry}
Friday 16
{No entry}
Saturday 17
{No entry}
Sunday 18
{No entry}
August Monday 19th
{No entry}
Tuesday 20th
{No entry}
Wednesday 21
self & John raked some hay & drew in 2 load in the forenoon afternoon self went to Otterville Council
meeting & to Barkers Mill for grist Jones Gibing Bessy Wardle & E Meddeon here
Thursday 22

self & John mowing in the forenoon afternoon John raking & drew in a load in the evening with
Georges half
August Friday 23 1867
very sultry heavy thunder showers went round North in the evening self & John raked hay for 14
Cocks remainder of day preparing for Pic Nic
Saturday 24
fine day good breese from the North self & Wife & 4 oldest children attended S.S. Pic Nic in
McCurdeys Woods
Sunday 25
self & children attended S School after school self & Wife Maggie & Emma dined and took Tea at D
Randalls E Mott & Wife & Mellisa Corless there Father here to dinner
Monday 26
sultry John mowing part of the day too poorly to work all day sold 14 lambs to Drovers from Hamilton
at $1.50 each Wm sold & brot the yarn from Tuffords
Tuesday August 27
Hot & sultry self laying out ditch on G Sommers line for John Winn to dig in the forenoon afternoon at
the Smith shop to get Waggon tires set
Wednesday 28
Drovers came for the Lambs Shower in the morning self went to Otterville in the afternoon drew in 2
load of hay in the forenoon
Thursday 29
{No entry}
Friday 30
{No entry}
Saturday August 31

cloudy self & Mother left home for Foxes & Woodstock reachd Foxes about noon afternoon self & P
Fox went into Woodstock rain all the afternoon could not do business being too late for the bank
Sunday
Sept 1st 1867
Cool & Cloudy most of the day self & Mother at P Foxes Alice Trufford George Longstreet Marianna
Lossing Johny & Granfather here to dinner
Monday 2nd
Chilly self went into Woodstock with P Fox in the forenoon afternoon came home
Tuesday Sept 3d 1867
fine morning rain towards evening Gervase Goodwin came for me to go to Otterville to act as check
clerk for J Noxon Candidate for the LLA of Ontario
Wednesday 4
fine day self as yesterday
Thursday 5th
fine day very hot self cutting oats & John took the team with a load of folk to pick blackberries wife &
Mary went both came home poorly
Friday 6th Sept 1867
Shower in the morning early John left for Root Mill in Windham paid him $1.00 after it dried self
cutting oats Robt Treffry came from Iowa
Saturday 7th
fine day self raking & binding oats
Sunday 8th
fine day very warm self & Children went to S. School John & Father here to dinner Grandmother
Lossing Wm & Mother here to Tea
Monday 9

cloudy self cutting & binding oats in the forenoon afternoon attended Agricultural Meeting at
Otterville rain in the evening Paid J Win $1 on road job
Tuesday Sept 10th
self cutting oats R Treffry here to dinner George took him to Norwichville in the afternoon
Wednesday 11 My Birthday 42
fine day self working at the oats George drawing manure Wife at Wm Deldinnes visiting Weather
Indicator indicate rain this morning
Thursday 12
fine self at the oats George drawing manure Wife at Formans visiting
Friday 13
Cloudy self & James Forman raking oats in the forenoon afternoon rain self jobing George drawing
manure in the forenoon - his Birthday 12 yrs
Sept Saturday 14th 1867
Cool day Eclipse on the Moon last night self & George Tufford examined the new road & accepted
the Job from H Southwick paid him 11 Dol. James Forman & self finishd cutting oats & rake & bound
got our flannel from Father Corless's 25¼ yds Paid J F $1.50
Sunday 15th
fine chilly in the evening self attended Sabbath School afternoon self Wife & Mr D Randall & Wife
went to Mr Jacob Tuffords
Sept 16th Monday 1867
{No entry}
Tuesday 17th
{No entry}
Wednesday 18
{No entry}

Thursday Sep 19th 1867
fine day self plowing
Friday 20th 20
fine day self plowing
Saturday 21
self & Wm at Otterville fixing up the show ground sowd a little over 3 Bl of Mediterain Wheat in the
orchard
Sunday 22 Sept 1867
{No entry}
Monday 23rd 1867
fine day self & George & Benny drawing in Oats
Tuesday 24th
fine day finishd drawing oats afternoon drawing wood Benny here
Sept 25th Wednesday
fine day strong West Wind self plowing in the forenoon afternoon at Longstreets looking after
Pettingers share of Grain
Thursday 26
fine day self at Longstreets looking after Pettingers grain in the forenoon afternoon at D Randalls
threshing
Friday 27th
fine day self went to Otterville fixing up show ground drawing saw dust &c
Saturday 28th Sept 1867
very fine day self Wife Mary George Maggie & Emma attended the 2d Annual Exhibition of SNB Agl
Society show not as good on the whole as last year but was a good show

Sunday 29th
fine day self & Children attended Sabbath School
Monday 30th
fine day self sow'd some more wheat in the orchard George dragd it in
Tuesday Oct 1st 1867
fine day C Baughslaugh's Threshing Machine came about 10 oClock in the forenoon commenced
threshing after dinner Thos & Miles Pennington & Team here Robt Randall George Tufford & Johnny
28½ Bushel of Wheat 111 Bl of Oats 37½ Barley poor crops wet spring & very dry summer
Threshers left for H Lossings in the evening
Wednesday 2
self & George cleaning up the barn
Thursday 3
fine day self went to see J Wins ditch & paid him in part $5 yet due him John R & Marianna Harris
here self wrote Mrs Wilkison's Will
Friday Oct 4th 1867
fine day self & Wife Johnny & Robt Treffry attended the Dereham & County Show
Saturday 5th
rain in the part night self & Wm attended Agricultural Meeting at Otterville read the prize list & paid
prizes
Sunday 6th
fine day self unable to attend school having to attend Jenny mare who is taken ill this morning like
the colic Martin Hulbert & one Jackson from Tilsonburgh came to see but could not relieve her sent
Johny to Norwichville for a vitinery could not get him George & D Randall staid late in the evening
self & Wm staid up with the men nearly all night John took R Treffry to Norwichville
Oct Monday 7th 1867

sent John again for the Farrier he arrived here about 11 oClock but could not do any good she died
about 4 oClock we opend her & found inflamation & mortification had taken place could not get any
passage through not even with Proton oil in the evening exchanged horses with the farrier gave him
old Jim 15 yr old Polly's sucking colt and a note for $12 payable 1st of Jany for his mare 4 yr old
John & Team at Penningtons threshing from 4 oClock
Tuesday 8
John & Team as yesterday until noon self help'd Wm clean 13 Bags of Oats which I lent him
weighing 26 Bl 16 lbs self & children picking apples
Wednesday 9th
Cloudy morning self & children picking apples in the forenoon afternoon rain self went to Randalls in
the evening John & Wm attended North Norwich show R Treffry returned with them
Thursday 10th
fine day self & George brot the Cow from Randalls in the forenoon afternoon went again
Friday 11th
Cloudy rain towards evening John took Robert to Norwichville Wife at fathers
Oct Saturday 12th 1867
self & George cleand up a grist 8 Bushel of wheat John returnd about noon self took the grist to
Barkers Mill in the afternoon Moses Corless & Wife came in the evening
Sunday 13th
fine day Father Moses & Wife Mother & Wm here to dinner self & Wife went with them to Mothers to
Tea
Monday 14
fine day George went to mill for the grist self at Carders Mill looking after the Lumber cut from my
logs
Tuesday Oct 15th 1867

fine day self at Carders Mill as yesterday self & Wife took Tea at Fathers Saml Smith & Wife & J
Pollard also there Father signed and deliverd his a deed to S Smith of his Lot in Norwichville
Wednesday 16
fine and very warm self at the Mill in the forenoon afternoon drew home 2 load of Lumber evening
self Wife and Wm at Titus's self preparing account of Milk deliverd at the factory
Thursday 17th
self drew home 1 load of Lumber afternoon finishd Milk account went to the factory in the evening
loaded 27 cheese and left for Woodstock about 10 oClock
Friday Oct 18 1867
fine day reachd Woodstock about daylight left Woodstock about 4 in the afternoon got home about
10 oClock 3 fellow attempted to get in to my waggon near Otterville Johny & Children diging
potatoes
Saturday 19th
self at Otterville got a warrant to arrest the fellow that attempted to stop Moyers horses & to get in
my Waggon caught one Frank Johnson the other two ran away
Sunday 20
very warm self wife & children except Maggie & Babe attended sunday school Father here to dinner
I Pennington here in the afternoon
Monday Oct 21st 1867
fine day self at Otterville attending the examanitation of the 2 Prisoners C Wayner & Frank Johnson
they were fined $1 each and Costs or to go to jail for 10 days they prefered going to jail
Tuesday 22
fine day digging potatoes
Wednesday 23
finishd the potatoes a poor crop only about 35 Bushel put them in the cellar

Thursday Oct 24th 1867
drawing home Lumber from Carden Mill
Friday 25th
draw pileing Lumber
Saturday 26th
Went to Titus's Factory for the 8 pigs I took there on the 20th of June to fat on halves they are not
more than half fat commenced to feed them corn
Sunday 27
self and children attended sabbath school self & Wife call'd to see Mrs Dildine & Tufford who are
very ill Father here to dinner
Monday 28 Oct 1867
{No entry}
Tuesday 29
{No entry}
Wednesday 30
{No entry}
Thursday 31
{No entry}
Friday Nov 1st 1867
{No entry.}

Saturday 2
fine day self plowing
Sunday 3

a wet day Father here to dinner D Randall & Wife calld in the afternoon
Monday 4
chiliy self plowing & logging
Tuesday 5th Nov 67
very chilly John plowing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville for a Bl of salt self went Jobing
preparing to butchering pig
Wednesday 6
rather chilly self Wm Johny & James Forman killed the 8 Pigs that was at the factory & altered the
old Boar & 2 young ones
Thursday 7
fine day self went to Pettingers farm to measure the hay stack in the forenoon afternoon went to took
in the Turnips only 30 Bushel Evening went to J Titus & to A TItus
Friday Novr 8th 1867
fine day self & Jonathan Titus cut up the pork pack'd 2 Barrals & salted the hams & shoulders Wm
Terhune here to see about taking the school left after dinner. self & Wife took 23lb of Butter to
George Southwicks sold it for 15¢ per lb the first sold since sending the Milk to the Factory [Written
vertically] self staid at Tuffords all night
Saturday 9th
fine day self & George got a load of wood from the Woods and cleand up a load of Barley
Sunday 10th Novr 1867
self & Wife went to see Tuffords in the forenoon afternoon at Mothers Mr Cornell & Wife & Jenny
there.
Monday 11th
self went to Woodstock took 27 Bl & 30 lb of Barley sold it for 65¢ per Bl went to P Foxes in the
evening

Tuesday 12
Chilly ground coverd with snow left P Foxes soon after breakfast returnd by Woodstock bought a
palour cook stove and exchanged it with Wm for his Box stove
Wednesday Nov 13
self plowing & sent 8 sheep to T Penningtons Wm took two to JB Smith & 3 to Penningtons
Thursday 14
self plowing
Friday 15th
chilly self & Wm attended SP Cornells sale returned by Otterville
Saturday 16th
Chilly self & Wife went to Otterville in the afternoon Recd $150 from Wood School money $60 Sil &
4% dis & 90 papers
Sunday Nov 17
self & Wife drove over to Randalls & Tuffords to see the sick Wm went for Dr Carroll for Mrs T &
Mary R [ Written vertically] Father here to dinner
Monday 18
Cold self drawing wood
Tuesday 19
Chilly self repairing shed & stables
Wednesday 20
self as yesterday in the forenoon afternoon plowing in the East field
Thursday Nov 21st
More mild self plowing
Friday 22

self plowing fixing fences &c. Wm took the horses in the afternoon to Otterville Mother went with him
as far as Randalls
Saturday 23
very warm self plowing Jacob Flouten threshing peas ¾ day self & Wife at Randalls & Tuffords in the
evening very dark & a dense fog
Sunday Nov 24th
foggy morning very warm & dry for the time of year self went over to Tuffords in the evening Father
here to dinner Mother & Wm here in the afternoon rain in the evening slightly
Monday 25
showery self plowing in the forenoon afternoon took Wife over to Randalls & Tuffords & went to
Otterville for the Doctor for Mrs Tufford Jacob & Sam Flouten threshing peas
Tuesday 26
Cloudy somewhat chilly self plowing Mr Pettinger came in the afternoon went with him to his farm J.
& S. F as yesterday
Wednesday 27th Nov 1867
Cloudy self plowing part of the day very lame with a Boil on my thigh Jacob & Sam Flouten finishd
the peas paid them $3.45 Wife went over to see Mrs Tufford came home made a chicken pie and
sent to her
Thursday 28
Cloudy self plowing in the forenoon obliged to quit on account of Boil on my thigh which is very large
and painful
Friday 29th Novr 1867
Cold wet day snow & rain mixed self laid up unable to wear my pants Mr A McLine Teacher calld in
the evening paid him $20
Saturday 30th

Cold wintery day self laid up as yesterday George & Mary put the Cows in the stable for the first for
the season
Sunday December 1st 1867
cold Father here to dinner Wm took Marianna Lossing to her Granmother Lossings
Monday Dec 2nd 1867
Cold ground still coverd with snow self better walkd to G Southwick Store got a pair of Boots for
Morton Paid G. S. $5.92 in full up to date afternoon went down again and bought an axe & handle
which I did not pay for $1.50 Wm went to Mill took 6 Bl of wheat for me and 10 Bl of Corn for himself
Tuesday 3rd
Wm went to Mill for the Grist Wife went with him as far as Randalls & staid until he returned self not
doing much H C Lossing call'd in the forenoon afternoon self went into the woods {--} cut a liller
wood
Wednesday 4th Dec 1867
More Mild self chopping Wood in the woods George went to Otterville
Thursday 5th
Mild self cutting wood & helpd George load he drew 5 load
Friday 6th
High Winds with some rain & sleet self helping Wm Kill his pigs in the forenoon afternoon cutting
wood
Saturday 7th
Cold ground coverd with snow wind blowing strong from the west self & George drawing manure for
banking the Cellar in the forenoon afternoon attended Trustees Meeting at the School House
Sunday Dec 8th 1867
rather cold but fine Father here to dinner also Johnny afternoon self & Maggie & Emma went to
Randalls & Tuffords

Monday 9th
self took Nell to the shop & got her shod afternoon Wm went to Otterville with the horses self drew a
load of manure for banking the cellar and fixing stables
Tuesday 10
cold self fixing shed for calves & sheep made a sheep rack &c
Wednesday 11th Dec 67
Mild self helpd Wm get the wagon ready for loading sheep and went to the woods to see about
cutting log roads Wm went to Foxes with 5 sheep in the afternoon self went to Randalls brot home
the Cow and went to see Warren Sherwood about drawing logs Mother here to dinner & Lee George
& Maggie went home with her
Thursday 12
very cold with a strong East Wind Them at 9 Zero, self cutting wood and attending the Cattle too
Cold to work George & Maggie with Mother Wm returned in the evening
Friday 13th Dec
More Mild but still very cold self went to see Warren Sherwood about drawing logs - afternoon
Warren Sherwood came up to see the logs he agreed to deliver them a Gradons Mill for 71 or 87½¢
p m he is to have Wm Oxen he finds them hay and gives Wm one days drawing of logs when he is
ready
Saturday 14th
Cold self drawing wood for Wm & for self Wm killd a sheep for me self went to Otterville in the
evening settled up with Mr A McLinn School Teacher
Sunday Dec 15 1867
Mild Father & Johnny here to dinner Wife went to see Tuffords H C Lossing here in the afternoon
evening self took tea with Wife at Tuffords & went to Randalls for a short time
Monday 6th

Mild self cutting wood George drawing 2 load in the forenoon John Wood Collector here to dinner &
settled with me School accounts afternoon self & Wife went to Otterville
Tuesday Dec 17 67
self & George getting in Wood in the forenoon afternoon preparing for Butchering evening went to
the School House to let Wood contract the other Trustees did not attend did not let the contract
Wednesday 18
Mild self & Jas Foreman killd 4 July Pigs which weighed 96 - 95 - 80 - 85 afternoon cut them up H C
Lossing calld in the evening to pay over the money got for Cheese
December Thursday 19 1867
very cold self hung 8 hams 16 Shoulders in the Smoke House & went to Jonathan Titus's in the
forenoon afternoon went to Gradons Mill & to Otterville got the Harness repaird & paid 62¢ for it to
Warren {Durker}
Friday 20
mild Jonathan Titus here in the forenoon making up the milk & cheese account afternoon self
helping Warren Sherwood make sawlog road Jonathan Titus & B Dell here about milk account Lent
J Titus $100
1867 Saturday Decr 21st
very red in the east rain and snow in the evening self cutting & drawing wood - Fish put a pump in
the Barnyard well
Sunday 22
rain during the past night Father & Johnny here to dinner self went to G Tuffords in the afternoon
Monday 23
fine but cold self at the factory Books in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville attended the
Nomation for Councillors
Tuesday 24th 1867

fine but chilly self went to the store in the morning & put the carpet down in the dining room
afternoon went to the School paid the Teacher $10 and engaged him to teach six months @ 22
dollars per month Jonathan Titus and Luy Nold here in the evening to tea
Wednesday 25
Xmas day Father Jane & all their children here to dinner & tea allso also Mother & Wm had 2 roast
Geese & plum pudding very stormy evening rain and wind took 24¼ lb Butter to G Southwick Wm
Dildine burried
Thursday 26 Decr
fine warm day like spring self attend factory Committee Meeting in the forenoon afternoon Patrons
meeting Wife at Randalls self & Wm went to Otterville
Friday 27
soft & showery Wife very poorly with a violent head ache self fixing the platform around the pump
Saturday 28
self & George went in to the woods got a trough for the barnyard pump got the X cut saw got a
Barral of salt from G Southwick
Sunday 29th Dec 1867
Father Mother & Wm here to Dinner roast Duck & plum pudding Mother staid to tea.
Monday 30th
self cutting firewood in the forenoon & helpd Wm clean up 6 Bl of corn afternoon at Otterville making
out Report for Annual Agricultural Meeting {written vertically} took 13½ lb Butter to G Goodwins 18¢
per lb

Tuesday 31st and last of 67.
fine day self in the woods cutting wood Mother & Wife at Pennington self went for them in the
evening,
Jany 1st 1868 Wednesday

A little snow fell during the part night self & Wife left home on a visit to Moses Corless & Alice dined
at Moses and took Lea and staid the night with Elias & Alice Mott
Thursday 2nd
Mild self Wife Moses & Wife went to James Martins to see Aunt Jinny dined there self returned home
left Wife at Moses Corless
Friday 3rd
self writing school notice went to PO in the afternoon & put up notices in the section rec'd a Letter
from Leys of Toronto
Saturday 4th 1868
wet disagreeable day rain & snow self cutting wood writing to Leys & to the Editor of the Leader
enclosed Bank of Upper Canada Bill of five dollars for the Leader No of Bill 36126 96 Kingston date
1st Jan 1861
Sunday 5th
very fine day self & Wm went to Addisons Mrs Addison buried in Norwichville Wife returned from
Moses Corlesses with Moses & Wife and E Mott & Alice all hands dined at Father Corless's & took
tea with us
Monday Jany 6th 68
fine day but cold self out electioneering for D Randall as Deputy Reeve Johnny drove the team Wife
at D Randalls self took Tea at DRs AL Wilcox elected Dpy Reeve by a majority of 6
Tuesday 7th
fine day self took a load of poles to Gradons Mill to put under the saw Logs Warren Sherwood &
Sam Innis commenced to draw logs Afternoon self went to the school house & to A Titus's to see
about the school Report J E Terhinn here in the evening making Report
Wednesday 8th Jany 68
self attended School meeting Wife at Fathers also Morton & Lizzie Mrs Pettinger here to dinner
Thursday 9th

very cold self & Wm attended Directors meeting and Members Annual Meeting of the
Agricultural Meeting Society
Friday 10th
very cold self in the woods in the forenoon cutting poles & butting sawlog afternoon cutting wood &c.
Saturday 11th
cold but more mild than yesterday self cutting & drawing wood & took poles to the saw mill &c.
Sunday Jany 12th 1867
Cold self Wm & George attended the funeral of Isreal Wood who was buried in Titus's burying
ground Father & Johny here to dinner self & Wife at Mothers to Tea D Randall & Wife here in the
evening
Monday 13th
Cold self & Wm cutting dry pine for firewood drew a load for him & one for self in the evening went to
the saw mill
Tuesday 14
still continues cold self took a load of poles to the mill in the forenoon afternoon sawing for Wm cut 5
Logs George & his Ma went to Otterville maild the School Report to L Sup little snow in the evening
January Wednesday 15th 1867
forenoon helped Wm cut logs also part of the afternoon
Thursday 16th
cold self went to the Mill to see about placing the Logs James Forman butting Logs help'd Wm cut
some Basswoods Logs self paid him 3/ for ½ days work afternoon sharpend the saw in the evening
self & Wife D Randall & Wife & G Tufford & Wife at Mothers & Wm Oysters supper
Friday 17th
More Mild self & George Longstreet cutting saw Logs 6 cuts for self & 3 for George L
Saturday 18th Jan 1867

cold slight showers of snow self went to J Read for ground augur to bore the well and took the Long
sleigh to the smiths shop to be repair'd afternoon boreing in the barnyard well for water took 9½ lb of
Butter to G Southwick
Sunday 19
[Mathematical calculations]
4) 63
13
3
___
39
63
___
102

125
102
13
25¼ yds @ 12½¢ per yd $3.16
1¾ lb yarn @ 63¢ per lb $1.02
$4-18

D To Wool in all
$5.33
4.18
$1-15 Paid
Due CJT from HC March 9th 1868

1. Measurement of
Cut by Self

GL.

18

18

436

436

315

594

633

398

609

436

644

976

304

600

736

835

288

532

344

457

493

567

582

459

436

436

500

334

596

648

377

377

524

493

200

391

657

510

457

228

562

X609

436

588

344

784

233

330

303

552

477

500

213

739

657

600

330

657

500

500

303

404

450

548

334

840

644

411

240

770

588

404

454

876

616

334

1068

11047

9320

9304

8373

Woods

Saw Logs 1868
657

739

588

210

644

375

680

213

411

622

500

548

334

575

375

609

377

657

280

500

459

14 509

x 459 x

654

532

542

784

119

500

925

954

86

739

303

439

162

459

14 439

344

100

588

2 710

710

548

692

588

855

222

692

838

870

576

657

801

552

185

500

675

532

304

582

548

609

x 784

377

710

377

650

548

800

251

377

1046

840

436

330

1110

12196

10595

7117

11904

657

548

14915

600

509

17700

657

600

11904

725

657

7117

552

871

9595

692

975

12196

840

1207

8373

657

800

9304

710

772

9510

600

954

100614

390

840

500

903

509

903

550

925

240

920

552

954

436

840

493

1007

657

14915

650

708

820

Corrected

782

Cut by GL

101649

850

by self

11047

609

622

112696

493

786

17725

$37.50
22
$37.72
37½
$38.09

Thick

Total of

30146

inch
$20 /

1211
31357
250
40
85
375
686.07
210 84
$475.23

Thick P
1349

Inch Pick

Thick
P

No of

M Pottz

Thick
Piece

Pecies

1613

3993

1204

Total in all

36963

Saw Logs 1868 Dr

Jany 3

Paid G. Longstreet for
cutting

$30.00

Paid G. Longstreet for
cutting

4.00

Feby 3

Paid G. Longstreet for
cutting

3.94

Jan " 25

By Warren Sherwood order

11.10

Sam Innis for drawing

10.00

March
9th

Warren Sherwood

10.00

18

Warren Sherwood

20.00

21

Paid W Sherwood

13.79

23

Saml Innis

23.80

Apr

½

Bushel of Wheat

1.50

9

Cash per Boy S Innis

8.00

Hay for Oxen

.50

136.63

Paid Reably for Teaming

110.84

S Longstreet Teaming

12.69

D Randall Teaming

2.30

F Graydon for sawing &c

Cr fd

By

36,947

sold to Cook

$686.07

2000

Eighing

12.00

2446

E Mott @ $6.50

15.90

L Stenhoof @ $6-0

7.

1050

S Wallace $6.50

6.80

1000

Showground $6

6.00

1012

J Martin $6.50

6.60

333

Siple $6

2.00

8214

A White

744

J Williams $6.50 &
$10

5.35

May
13

307

Steinhoof & Watt
C.C.

3.07

Dec
29

600

Watts @ 10 Dol per
M

6.00

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[Mathematical calculations]
June 10th 1869
T S McCurdy Elias Bowman & CJ Treffry fence reivers met on the line between
Summers & Fonger and traced a line shown by John & George Summers which they
said was the old line shown to their Father by John Treffry many years ago as the
proper line - after staking out the line they the fence reivers divided the portion to be
fenced & apportioned 9 chains 41½ Links for Summers to build commencing at the
front of the Lot running South to a stake planted at a distance of 9 C 41½ L
James Fonger is to build a fence from the stake planted as before described and
running South 9 C 41½ Links
18.81
4

72
A/c of Lumber sold To A White 1869
June
1543

Self

Con

26

X625

Sam L Con

26

1996

Sam L

Con

28

1939

Sam L

Con

30

1020

D Randall

Feb 2

X 1091 Clear
June 8th/69
Bal due from Wm White $46.24
8 Longstreet delivered
5651 ft of Lumber to
A White for one at $225 $2.25 per M
$12.69

Paid
1.00
Due
11.69
4098 for WHJ
9.22
$20.91

Total Paid S Longstreet
$21-93¾ Feb 9th 1869
Mem June 9th 1869
Paid W.H. T, in full for
lumber $44.30 and
recd from him $10 in Sil on
Wm Pettinger's a/c

say 90000 feet in Log will
make ¼ clear 4/ 90 22-2
Clear 22000
at

$18
176000
22000
$396000
340
$736
360
376

90
22
68000
at
$5
340,000

Cuting drawing & sawing $4 per M
90
4
360
[Mathematical calculations]

First Pile 376 Peices
[Mathematical calculations]
X July 17 Pickd Beans first full scize
[Mathematical calculations]

Seed sown in 1867
lb Gch
Apr 25

sowd Peas

Apr 27

Planted Beans {----}

Apr 29 &
30

Spring Wheat

Apr 29

sowd Early York Lettuce &
Califlower

3 00

4 00

planted onions
May 9

Barley

7

May 11

Barley sowd carrots

14

May 16

Barley peas

44

29 to 31

planted Corn & Beans one & ¾
acres

May 31

planted Tomatoes

June 4

sow'd some lettuce

June 5th

sow'd Oats

June 5th

vetches 1 peck

18 Bl

June 6

peas

June 7

sowd 45 lb Clover & 33 Timothy
seed on 6½ acres North of
Orchard

June 7th

sowd radishes / pulld first July
5th

June 8th

planted Potatoes 13 Bl also
Squash Cucumbers & popcorn

July 5

sowd ½ Bl Buckwheat

July 4

4½ lb Rape

½ Bl

1867
Feby 15th

Recd for drawing Staves

Cash
$21.30
$21.60

March 8th

sold 11 & ½ M Shingles

25.87

March 27th

Sold G Southwick 56 & ¾ meat
8¢

4.54

March 27th

Sold H H Southwick shoulder

2.83

April 2nd

G Southwick Ham

2.15

30 lb veal

1.50

20 Bl of Barly to J Martin

10.00

Apr

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duplicated}

1867

Recd for drawing Staves

Sep Octr 9 changed $10 Bill lent Wm $2.00 Paid Horse Doctor $1.50 & J H Treffry
$2.00
Nov 30 lent WHT $2.00
Decr 11 Lent WHT $10 Commercial & 5 Dol Bil
M Duhig
[Mathematical calculations]
[Mathematical calculations]
[Mathematical calculations]
[Mathematical calculations]
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