January 1897 1. Friday. Fine day. Pa was up early and went to see Murdy, he is sinking gradually. The children slept late. They were at the church there was a night watch. 2. Soft snow and rain. Murdy died at noon. I got M Cremmin to take M Killop away to green valley. % 1 pan bread trok. 3. Sunday. lovely day a large congregation Tassie Dingwall here to stay over night. 4. Uncle Murdy buried today there was a very large funeral. % 2 pans of bread and pan for I got yesterday 60 cts % 1 lantern 50 1.10 5. Rain and snow today but not cold. Yesterday was as fine as a day in the 1st of May. 6. Freezing in the morning, snowing in the evening. Mr. Brown left for Kingston in forenoon Birdie at the manse today. 7. Fine bright day womens meeting at the manse. My fee 1.00 offering 25 paid for faithfull witness. 40. 1.65 Bids fee & offering 35. Bot at Willies lemons 15 sugar 25 75 raisins 9. Paid the girls rink tickets 1.00. 1.9. 8. Very fine day no more yet sleighing % 6 loaves 30. Paid Fraser for butter lard & sugar got in Decr. and 1 gall coulor' .95. % 5 lbs sugar 1.20 1 cake chockolate 9- 1 hank fingering yarn 1 onion at Willie's 5. 9. Saturday. Fine and soft % 1 panibread 20 1 gall coaloil 40. 10. A large congregation morning and evening. 11. Sent provender to mill. Jamie cleaned the furnace pipes. % 1 pan bread tick. 12. Fine day. 13. Thought to go to prayer meeting. but went to the manse January 1897 15. Friday. Pa is not very well. 16. Raw day 17. I did not go to church today. Pa is not well. 18. Cold high wind. Birdie is not getting a chance to South Finch. she will try tomorrow 19. Mercury fell to 20 below zero At 8 AM was cold all day. I bake in oven % 1 gall coal oil 18. rice 25. sold Snider oats 2 bush. 20. Mercury up to zero at 9 A.M. Far and Donald Robertson call in afternoon. Boys draw 1 load of wood from Salunys place. 21. Turned soft and mowing. 22. There was no Carnival last night on account of snow. Snider & James working hard to clear the ice. Mrs. Donald Kennedy was buried yesterday. A. J. Grant is very poorly. Russ went to Martintown this evening to stay a week with Dr. McLennan. % coal oil 20. tea 25. 45. 23. Snow all day and pretty cold. Randy got his suit from Fraser yesterday making & trimming 7.50, not paid. Sold 3 1/2 doz eggs. at Frasers 70 cts, % 1 lb. cream tarter 35. A. J. Grant died at 11 A.M. Will be buried on Tuesday. 24. Mercury down at 20 at 7:30 A.M. don't know how much lower it had been. 25. Mercury down to 25 this morning and a cold West-wind. Snow drifting ugly day. washed in morning. The manse took fire in basement. 26. High wind still and drifting. A. J.'s funeral today. The church was warmed the corpse was taken in and the Rev A. McGillway preached the funeral sermon. Bird had a letter yesterday from J. C. Brown.