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1845 April
1845 April
Tuesday | 1 | Turner left @ 6 1/2 having during his visit drank upwards of a quart Whisky Is & Ch'r brot home last of Sugar (spoils) sup. 40 or 50 lbs also Boilers Pails &c &c - trough turnd up - a 9 Gall Cask of Sap for vinegar Wilfred repairing Clock & pottering | heavy rain in the night day tol.. | 35 | ||||
Wednesday | 2 | Christ'n & W'd ploughing next Crerars - W'd Plough beam broken Is & W'd replacing Do aft'n - Jno Stewart brought from P. Office Letter from Bowman a few lines added by Aunt Jane (pd) & tea Coffee Ginger & tallow from Watsons | Hail & Snow showers with high wind | 34 | 34 | |||
Thursday | 3 | Is & VCh'n ploughing - W'd finishd rep'r to Plough & preparing Drags evening Ch'r & W'd to D'd Stewarts - Quilting Bee - got home @ 12 | Hail & Snow showers | 23 | 34 | |||
Friday | 4 | Is & Ch'r plowing W'd making Drags ------- Sam Dalys | 7 1/2 | fine tol. | 34 | 28 | ||
Saturday | 5 | Do -- --- Do --- ---- | fine - {illegible} | 34 | 28 | |||
Sunday | 6 | Mrs Tom intended going in Waggon to Stratford - but alarmed at Dicks plunging declined & had started alone taking letter to P Office - but before reaching the West gate Dick again plunged & fell & threw Bill right over him - all went to afsist him & after loosing all the Harnefs got them up without having sustained any injury - Is & he drove on as far as Kirbys & returned without further incident Mrs T then after dinner walkd to Stratford with the letters Mr T Waters Barron Mr Clear{illegible} & R'd calld aft'r dinner & sat 2 or 3 hours. | Snow aff'n | 20 | 20 | |||
Monday | 7 | Wilfred after dinner to Stratford Bell & Dick - Sharmans fixd the Spikes in the new Drags left Oval Boiler to be repaired - took to Mill about 8 Bush'ls Oats to be crushd Bags 34 ls Bag Is & Chris'n pottering - Crib sick supposd from Beauty, Crerars | fine very cold | 20 | 18 | |||
Tuesday | 8 | Cleaning Wheat & preparing for Market tomorrow - paid Mrs Roy Stewart & Janet Crerar Watson brot a Box from Harvey Cross {illegible}nt'g Goods & c from Ellen & Letters from {illegible} | fine | 17 | 16 | |||
Wednesday | 9 | Wilfred left @ 6 10 am for Ferries with load Wheat for Sale & took his due notes for 14 Bls @ 4/8 yk to bring them Bran & Is & Ch'n burning Beauty - & pottering . planted Peony | Do | 16 | 31 | |||
Thursday | 10 | Christ'n ploughing all day - Isaac dragging 1 or 2 hours with Dick & Bell but quitted the ground being too much frozen Wilfred returned from Ferries @ 5 1/2 pm: -- Show Day for Horses - Chaunsy first prize | Do | 32 | 35 |
Thursday | 10 | cont'd - W'd sold to Evrett 2 Bush'ls Wheat for | 6 | 5 | ||||
to Ferries 24 B'ls Do @ 5/8 yk | 4 | 5 | ~ | |||||
left at Izards for Peter Robertson being for 10 Bush'ls Sib'n Wheat @ 7/yk 2.3.9 lefs Mrs Thompson Acco't ag'st him 7.3 2.3.9 shorts pd short pd 2.3.2 & deed to him - 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | |||||
expences on road - - - - | 3 | 5 | ||||||
repaid Wilfred $2 borr'd of him 6 March --.16.
rec'd frm W. Bal |
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7 | 3 | Friday | 11 | Isaac ploughing Nell & Nance - Christ'n Do oxen Wilfred harrowing Dick & Bell | fine | 32 | 26 | |
Saturday | 12 | Ploughing & harrowing as yesterday | Do | 18 | 36 | |||
Sunday | 13 | Mrs T. & M. on foot - Wilf'd on Dick to Stratford Mr Allan brot Julia Charwock | Do | 40 | ||||
Monday | 14 | Ploughing & harrowing as on Saturday - transplanting Gooseb's Curr'ts & Shrubs | Do | 34 | 36 | |||
Tuesday | 15 | Do Do -- -- Do -- | Do | 26 | 50 | |||
Wednesday | 16 | Isaac sowd 4 Bush'ls Siberian Wheat - Wilf'd dragging Do {illegible} , Christ'n ploughing even'g Is'c to Stratford - brot from Watsons 1 qu't Whisky 1 lb Tea & 1 lb Coffee Reynolds brot Inquirer 2 B. Canadians | moderate rain great part of day | 48 | 38 | |||
Thursday | 17 | All getting in Potatoes from West Field to East Barn {illegible} planted Dahlias from Ellen - Mrs Meany home & R'd Charnock even'g an awful storm of thunder & lightning - a little after 11 pm @ 12 1/2 | gloomy & misty storm thunder & lightn'g 11 @ 12 p | 38 | 42 | |||
Friday | 18 | Christ'n ploughing aftern'n Wilf'd harrowing - Isaac sowd 3 Bush'ls Sib'n Wheat morning all repairing fences - Mrs Stewart says that there was a shock of Earthquake last night | slight show'r after'n | 43 | 46 | |||
Saturday | 19 | Isaac sowd Grafs seed on part south sown in the fall which partially faild Wilfred at John Stewarts making a Drag - Annie had Black & Red Currant Bushes & Lettuce Seed Jane & T Daly stopd on their way from Toronto & brot Parcels from thence & Hamilton | showery | 45 | 39 |