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September 1902
September 1902
| 1. | Monday, Visitors. Farquher Hughie & Mrs Don Roy. Bell McLennan came in evening. she finds it hard to get a place to board | |
| 2 | F. H took dinner here. he is getting a monument put up in the grave yard | |
| 3. | Pa bought at McCrimmons 44 lb sugar. $.2.00 he delivered 22 lbs tonight 10 lbs butter factory by DM up | |
| 4 | Alick Bellemere working, so is Brausa Birdie made apple jelly | |
| 5 | To 1 lb tea 30 preserve Apples | 30 |
| 6 | Got factory money 3.85 To 3 1/2 gall cealers 25 | 25 |
| 7 | Fine day. Jimie finished cutting oats. J. Bush's binder, on Saturday | |
| 8 | Fine day. Jimie cutting buckwheat. To 6 1/2 gall cealers 50. 6 pint cealers 35. 5 cakes sunlight soap 25 To one brown cup for filling cealers 15 cts Pa took about 1 1/2 bush apples from Village farm on Saturday. We have cement and nails at Lancaster Evening. Wilson drew the 3 barrels 1 keg of nails. freight and cartage, 100 75. Freight 100 W. 75 | 1.75 |
| 9. | Brausa finished cementing the stable floor. Paid him 2.50 Rain all afternoon. Wrote Uncle Sandy | 2.50 |
| 10. | Fine day Courie began to work at barn. Pa is to give him $33.00 to clapboard Paid John Montroy 25. for putting stones at barn door. To. 20 lbs sugar at Willies 100 Traded for ballance of eggs at Willies 3 spools thread 15. 1 paket scarlet dye 10.25 | 25 1.00 |
| 11 | Dull in morning. Boys put in some oats in afternoon Had Cariboo C. To 2 loaves 10. A letter from U. Sandy | |
| 12. | Charley, A.C. brought us a bag of Apples. Jimie went to Alexandria to fair in forenoon. Murdy in Afternoon. To sugar 25. 3 3pense cealers 25. salt 10 Birdie baked in oven. And made apple jam Fine day. to 2 lb steak 20 cts. To 1 crock butter factory | 60 |
| 13 | Dull all day. Boys put all the oats that was cut with binder in, some cut by scythe out yet |
| 13 {cont.} | Turned very cold toward evening. Duncan McPherson $200 on rent. Had a letter from Marion. To 1 gall coal oil | 20 |
| 14 | Fine day a large congregation | |
| 15 | rain. Wilson brought sash | |
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Fine day. Cousin Mifs Young of Ottawa called Fine day, Courie. Rented John Montroy. Prue house. 1.00.. for winter $2.00 for Summer. May. To 2 lb steak 20 cts.. Mifs Leatch & Mifs Blacklock here for a while. Yesterday Tuesday | |
| 17. | I went out today, And made doorstep calls Wetherals, Dunlop's. Urqueharts, Mrs Williamsons Jimie put in the oat raking. Got the Buckwheatcut with a reaper by A. McKean's man | |
| 18 | Ripping Jimie red coat to turn it | |
| 19 | Sending a letter to Uncle Sandy. one to Marion To 100 flour 2.10. 1 lb green tea 30. 1/2 lb black tea 20 | 4 2.60 |
| 20 | Fine day. Annie Ban & Jennie Roy were here last evening. Bella was here this afternoon. To fine salt | 10 |
| 21 | Very fine day. large congregation, Mercury 80 Jimie was at a funeral in Martintown of a Mrs Irvin who died a week, Friday. 10 days. There were three other old ladies dead in the vicinity of Martintown. Mrs McGregor, Mrs McCallim Mrs Fenlets | |
| 22 | Got report of factory $4.19 | |
| 23 | Fine in morning. rained in afternoon Jimie went off for Niagra. took 1 chest 1 valise cot 1 blanket 1 pillow 3 towels 2 pillowslips 1 robe | |
| 24 | Fine bright day. pulled the beans in garden. And onions | |
| 25 | I made a small washing. Bot 1 peck tomato To sugar 11 lbs 50 cts..buckwheat flour 20. 1 qrt vingar 10. gingar 5. spice 5 = Bella McLennan was here for over night. Courie finished back of barn Pa. got the double boiler from Raymond, Agate holds 2 quarts. $1.30 = 6 muffin rings 20 = | 20 80 10 1.60 |
| 26. | Dull light showers. Not many in church. I did not go. Mr Givin preached. John J.A. got 12 bush {sowed?} |
