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Wm McConnell Newman do & see Stewart Bruce & Wm McNiel & others helped all they could to get things ready |
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Ad sent a letter from Brockville that he did not leave Brockville till 6 oclock this morning change of time rain this morning it did a great deal of good Jo & me fixed the old Barn floor & other chores to find {illegible |
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Jo finished hooking the peas I got a shoe on Charly horse |
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Jo cut the White Russian notes to day with the syth got Charles Armstrong horse shod all round |
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Ad came home this afternoon Jo & him drew in the peas they put the pick ones over the Sheep pen the others over the cows there was not a good load of both kinds Jo went with Bruce home before dinner with the team to help them to draw in fine warm day |
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Mr Snodgrass a student preached this morning |
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Jo Bruce & his 2 sons went out to Sand Bay & cut the oats there raked them up but them in cocks |
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Jo raked up the White Russian oats with Charlie I helped him to load them & he drew them into the Barn he put them on the scafold Philo helped |
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Bruces Boys & their team & Jo took team & all went to Sand Bay & brought 2 loads of Oats that was them all there a shower of rain just as they got there loaded & wet them |
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Jo began to plow for the fall wheat in the forenoon ground is very dry I have been fixing the Barn doors |
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Jo went to help Bruce to draw sand from the river St Lawrence they drew I thrashed the peas |
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Jo went with Bruce again to day very dry weather |
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Mr Wilson a student preached here at night |
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Jo is drawing dung he takes a load dung with him & then he draws from the heap that is in the field & puts it in little heaps in the center of the ridges that he plowed before |
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Jo is drawing dung the same as yesterday |
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Jo drew dung this forenoon we then went down to the gravel pit for to scrap out the water holes as they dried nearly up Philo drove the horses & Jo held the scraper it was no go I went & got Dave Coplands man he held the scraper & Jo drove we got both holes cleaned out with plenty of water |
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