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1846 April
1846 April
| Friday | 3 | Wilfred Chopping & hauling firewood & pottering W & Mrs Riley calld with Ox Team expecting to take Tom's clothes (to bring Stevens & Wife) Mr Charnock brot Julia to stop 2 or 3 days - took tea with us. | fine | 30 | 34 | |||
| Saturday | 4 | Wilfred to Stratford - to enquire for a Man - saw Mich'l McHue who asks $120 & is to call on Thursday next - again in the evening to see Hine respecting the House - not at home - to call here Monday m'g brot letter from Mrs Barron to Mrs T. pd - Sn at Watsons | 7 1/2 | fine | 30 | 40 | ||
| Sunday | 5 | all at home - Wagtail | after 4 pm showery | 40 | 48 | |||
| Monday | 6 | Paid WH Hine for T. Rileys Coffin He is to come on Monday the 20th to finish House Wilfred ploughing with oxen morn'g - Horses afternoon Fryfogel says the Cabbages intended for seed should be Potted as Potatoes Beet &c. through the winter | 1 | ~ | ~ | fine | 40 | 46 |
| Tuesday | 7 | Pottering - rain from morning till night - bespoke of Sutherland 1000 ft Lathing - & 14 Pieces 2 X 4 in 18ft long - to be ready next Monday pd Mrs T for 5 yds Calico @ 8d - Tape 2d - from Stock'yd 1/1/5 ------ | 4 | 6 | rain all day | 46 | 41 | |
| Wednesday | 8 | W'd forenoon taking Pork from Barrel & hanging in Cook house to smoke filling 2 Barrels with Ashes for Lye - aft'n ploughing with oxen Marg't Crerar brot from P. Office letters Henry to Martha - 7d owing | fine & cold | 26 | 27 | |||
| Thursday | 9 | Pat'k McHugh came this morn'g @ 10 1/2 @ 11 W'd ploughing with Horses - McHugh with oxen W & E. walkd to Stratford - brot 3 Inquirers, 1 1/2 owing Paid R't Kay for a pair Boots had by T Riley pd acco't receipted | 1 | ~ | ~ | fine | 22 | 36 |
| Good Friday | 10 | W'd plough'g with Horses & aftern'n McHugh Do with oxen morn'g aftern'n hauling & chopping firewood - Emily with Mrs Jno Stewarts to Charnocks after dinner & again @ 6 pm with Mrs J & Don'd Stewart to remain for the night | showers | 35 | 38 | |||
| Saturday | 11 | Mac ploughing with Horses - W'd to Sharmans re Hec. hopes Woods may buy paid Mr Pender acco't T. Riley - Court exp's --- v ~.3.~ Post office - Letter fm Henry to M pd 7d Papers 2d " 9 Twine -------------- Emily & the Stewarts from Charnocks - 6 am I calld at 10 Mrs C gradually sinking | ~ | 3 | 11 | windy a snow shower | 50 | 32 |
| Sunday | 12 | John Charnock calld @ 9 am to say that his Mother was not expected to live more than an hour or two - Mrs T & M went immediately - Mrs Jno & Donald Stewart followd 1/2 hour afterwards they all arrived abou 4 1/2 Mrs Charnock having expired about 2 oC | 6 am a covering of Snow heavy snow till 2 or 3 pm | 30 | 30 | |||
| Monday | 13 | Wilf'd & Mic splitting rails forenoon - aftern'n Mic Do - Wilfred at W. Anglins raising - a dwelling House - 2 young Canaries this morning | Sn. at night now 2 in snow ev'g aft'n fine | 27 | 26 | |||
| Tuesday | 14 | Mrs T went to Charnocks after breakfast to afsist in preparing for furneral & ret'd about 10 - M. & E. to Stratford - @ 12 W'd & I in Waggon to convey the Body & met the party at nearly the entrance of the Bush reached Stratford about 1 & were there joind by 2 or 3 - in all 15 @ 2 oc after burial calld at Sharmans & paid my Subscription to Agricultural Society for the present year | 10 | ~ | heavy snow noon till night & continues | 20 | 33 | |
| paid McGregor for 15 1/2 Bush'ls Oats @ 2/7 yk --- | 1 | 5 | ~ | |||||
| Sn ------ | 3 | |||||||
| Sealing wax &c | 1 1/2 | |||||||
| W'd & I ret'd in the Waggon & M & E on foot both ways reached home about 5 after a fatiguing journey, snowing heavily the whole way & the roads in many places knee deep in mud | ||||||||
| Wednesday | 15 | W'd repairing Drag & pottering - Nick hauling rail Timber with Oxen |
fine | 24 | 28 | |||
| Thursday | 16 | Mick hauling firewood & rail timber with Oxen - Duke knocked up W'd to Peter Crerars - bot 1/2 Ton Hay ---- 1.10.~ 1 1/2 Bush'ls Peas @ 5/yk ---------4.8 1/2 1 Bush'l Timothy Seed -------- 5.~ | 1 | 19 | 8 1/2 | fine foren'n light rain ev'g | 23 | 43 |
| Friday | 17 | W'd Mick ------- | fine | 34 70 noon | 60 | |||
| Saturday | 18 | W'd sowd 4 Bush'ls Peas on 2 Acres South next Fallow - Mick dragging Do. steers & W'd aft'n with Horses - Sent p Mifs Whalley to P. Office Letter W.T. to Thos Riley, Great Linford near Newport, Pugnet Bucks & a little Portulaca seed to Mrs Daly - Digging East Border Garden Gave Mick his discharge & pd him for the time here ----- $2 Gou Bk & Cash 56 | 15 | ~ | a shower evening | 50 | 44 |
