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1846 January
1846 January
| Friday | 16 | Tom at John Stewarts - thrashing Mill Emily to Stratford - returned @ 12 in Mr Tyes Sleigh Mr Tye dined with us - pd Monteith for 1/2 qu'r Letter paper ruled had from Dalys allspice - & 1/2 lb Epsom Salts | 7 1/2 | fine | 29 | 22 | ||
| Saturday | 17 | Tom at D'd Stewarts 8 1/2 till 2 - thrashing Mill - aft'n chop'g firewood Wilfred ret'd from Hamilton @ 2 @3 - bringing a Load of Ironmongery Groceries &c weight 21 Cwt.3 q'r Debit Daly & Mickle for the trip down & up $12 - 4$ to be paid in Cash paid W.P. McLaren for 2 lb Tea @ 3/9 ------ 7.6 2 lb Gr'd Coffee - @ 1/ ---- 2.---- | 9 | 6 | fine | 10 | 8 below Z | |
| paid John Balance of his acco't 3.11.3 2.- } | 1 | 11 | 3 | |||||
| Waggon Hire Dundas to Hamilton & b'k 2.6 Tolls 2/10 - other expences on the journey 17/6 - 1. .4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| receivd at Flamboro West for old Plough Shares 54 lb @ 1 1/2 Cts | ~ | 4 | ~ | |||||
| Sunday | 18 | Tom at Stratford took to P.O. letters to Mifs Ralph Aunt Jane & H'y | light Snow | 2 above | 12 | |||
| Monday | 19 | W'd & Tom chopping Rail Timber till 1 @ 2 oC aft'n filling Sacks Wheat (Sib'n) for Market | fine | 12 | 2 | |||
| Tuesday | 20 | W'd left @ 7 3/4 for Ferries with 20 Sacks Sib'n Wheat Tom chopping for Rails morn'g & Aft'n | fine | 4 below Z | 16 above | |||
| Wednesday | 21 | Tom examining Potatoes in Cellar & taking out bad - chopping firewood -- W'd returnd from Ferries @ 2 1/4 - sold Wheat to him viz. 41 Bush'l 40 lb @ 7/8 yk -- Cr 9.19.7 lefs expences on Road 5 for Horse shoe fix 7 1/2 - 5.7 1/2 | 9 | 13 | 11 1/2 | Snow till 2 pm | 18 b. | 14 |
| paid Ferrie for 17 lb Pearl Barley @ 3 cts | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Thursday | 22 | Tom in Bush at rail work till 4 pm - Wilf'd cleaning & pottering Harnefs forenoon - aftern'n to Seigmillers to have breaching repaired bot Whip Mrs T & M with him to Walmsleys & Mrs Sargints | beautiful | Z | 4 ab. | |||
| Friday | 23 | receivd of Reynolds for 200 ft Lumber @ 7/pr {illegible} to him to Nov 44 - 14/yk lefs due to him for altering 1845 ---- 11/yk Tom hauling firewood & chopping ---- | 1 | 10 1/2 | Do | 44 | 8 ab. | |
| Saturday | 24 | Tom at Rail work till 4 pm took his dinner W'd ret'd from Ferries @ 11 3/4 am - sold Crerars Wheat 40 1/2 B'ls @ 7/8 = pd $38.6.6 yk & pd by W'd to Crerar rec'd for teaming $3 - lefs exp's 4/6 the Ladies to Stratford afternoon with John Stewart | 10 | 6 | Do | 11 ab. | 29 |
| Saturday | 24 | Gave Mrs T. to pay WH Hine Bal'n due to him John o'd His order &c - Izard not yet presented 3/3 & Mrs T's acco't 9/9 not yet paid | 17 | 10 | ||||
| Sunday | 25 | all at home - Mrs T with a bad cold & headache - Charnock & 3 calld | fine | 32 | 32 | |||
| Monday | 26 | W'd & Tom winnowing Wheat - filld 10 Sacks (Sib'n) over 20 B'ls Henry & Isaac arr'd in Cutter about 7 1/2 -- | rain aft snow ev'g | 33 | 25 | |||
| Tuesday | 27 | Henry & Isaac in Cutter to D'd Stewarts, Rankins & Reynolds aft'n H. I . W'd M & E in Sleigh to Stratford & made calls W'd & W'd brought into new House & bind the 10 Sacks wheat as above. Tom aft'n at rail Timber ev'g W'd & Tom rep'g Sleigh - fixing a new Tongue till 11 pm pd Names for the Tongue 3/9 & add'l 4d | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Wednesday | 28 | Henry & Isaac to Stratford - sent p Isaac & pd Sharmans Bill | 2 | 16 | 9 | L. Snow m'g | 30 | 30 |
| rec'd of Isaac for Nance Chauncer --- | 15 | -- | ||||||
| paid Mrs T on acco't of Hine 11d vi.0Z/y | ~ | 9 | 9 | |||||
| postage Letter from Mrs Barron ------ W'd & Tom fixing tongue in Sleigh & W'd to McNaughton the Smith aft'n Mrs T. Emily & the Boys to make calls in Brockhorn on Jno Stewart & the Crerars | 9 | |||||||
| Thursday | 29 | W'd at Reynolds with Horses - thrashing Mill - Tom morn'g & aft'n Rail work - H'y & Is'c at Papers - aftern'n to Wm McDonalds | show'r m'g & ev'g | 28 | 36 | |||
| Friday | 30 | Henry & Isaac left @ 8 1/2 - W'd got a Fox N. 4 - soap boiling W'd & Tom brot into House about 43 Bush'ls Wheat - 11 Bush'ls pur Sib'n (5 Sacks) added to Bin rem'r 16 Sacks left on Floor (32 Bush'ls in the 16 Sacks taken to Hobsons 16 Feb which see aft'n after Rails & Sleigh Crook -- | Show'rs light m'g heavy ev'g | 41 | 42 | |||
| Saturday | 31 | Wilf'd & Tom morn'g & aftern'n chopping Timber for Rails - soap boiling | tol. | 14 | 10 | |||
| February | ||||||||
| Sunday | 1 | Tom drove Mrs T & Em'y to Stratford Hickey | Sn. Sh'r m'g | 11 | 16 | |||
| Monday | 2 | W'd to Sutherlands mill with 6 Bush'ls 14 lb Wheat & brot back 154 lb Flour 78 lb Bran 19 lb Shorts- soap boiling paid for Lumber for new Sleigh 2/6 - Exp's at Hobsons 10d ------ Tom to Stratford with Sleigh Crook to be sawn - Mill out of order & could not be done - Mrs Sargint Mrs Kirk Watson &c Alex Orr to tea - Mr Kirk later -- | 3 | 4 | fine | 20 | 28 |
