Benjamin Reesor (1836-1917)
1911-1915
Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers

77.2.10.a-c
{Front Cover. Border is stylized rope with fasteners and anchor. The Book Title is also fashioned
as a rope.}
The Whale
{Close up Picture of a whale as well as a distant one in the water.}
Scribbling Book

Dec 1911 Jan 1912
27

A took cream AM they both chored PM W strong Air & rain from East last night wind turned

to the west today very strong getting colder squaals of snow
28

A & Benj'n helped Flavius kill hogs J took grist chop & took 3 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 40

cts per doz W. strong W wind some squaals of snow PM about an inch of snow last night Very
cold about 13 above
29

A went to Cedar Grove with 9 Pairs Pigeons for G Beatty he took grist along & chored W.

clear sharp quite cold
30

A brought 2 loads of coal from Locust Hill {blank space} lbs @ $ {blank space} J chored W.

quite cold about II above this morning cold N East wind beginnig to snow after dark.
Sunday 31

at home J A & Amy went to Daniel Ramers to dinner W wind from East drissly snow

turned to light rain PM wind turned to west towards evening not cold
New year day Jan 1 1912

at home all day nobody here J A & Amy went to David Groves to

supper W. mosly clear pretty cold
2

J helped wash J went to B S S & got Horse Billy Sharped AM They Cut wood in bush PM W

mostly Clear quite sharp Alma & Frank Barkey were here to dinner Flavis's Eva was here PM

3

Boys cut & picked up falled limb wood in bush AM they drew out onto Pile PM W. quite sharp

mostly clear
4

A & Susanna went to Daniels to dinner J Chored & gathered wood in bush W partly cloudy

slow light fall of fluffy snow AM pretty sharp
5

Boys cut off willow limbs off old tree beside dam Then they Oiled Harness AM A went to

Cedar Grove PM W. Cler strong W wind getting very Cold 5 above through the day 5 below
this eveing
6

Boys Oiled Harness AM they took Chop to Davids PM W about 15 deg below early this

morning below all day Cler & Calm
Sunday 7

J & A went to Herman's to dinner Flavius & Fanny & Eva were here to dinner Joe &

Anne were here to supper W. mostly Cler very Cold 9 deg below this Morning 3 below this
evening strong W wind PM Herman's bought the Coakwell farm on 10th Con Markham 50 acre
@ $5200
8 J helped wash AM he went to Elias's PM A oiled & mended Harness W. snow & wind from
East all day getting milder
9

Boys Chored W. snowed about 6 inches last night Milder today but a very strong W. wind

snow drifting all over
10

Boys Chored J took Chop PM A went to Locust hill with Alick Milroy when he took cream

the roads are badly drifted in places W. very Cold a strong biting west wind all day
11

A Mended & Oiled Harness J took 3 doz & 3 Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 37 cts he went to

Armstrong for Medicine for Horse Billy he is not well he went to M {Barkey}

Jan 1912
PM to tell them that Susan Hoover (Abrahams widow) died today She will be buried on Sat AM W.
quite cold yet but Calm & Cler there is fair sleighing
12

A worked at Harness he went to Cedar Grove this morning J chored W. II deg below Zero

this morning about 5 below today below this evening Clear & Calm

13

Boys finished Har{ness} AM they took grist PM W. II deg below this morning a{bove} 5

through the day 5 deg this evening Clear & Calm
Sunday 14 all went to meeting at Hebron except J remarks & sermon on St Luke part of II C by Br.
C Henry's & Hermans Harvey Russell & Lewis Grove were here to dinner Benj'n & family were
here all PM W. Cloudy AM clear awhile PM not cold thin sleighing Boys & Amy went to Joe's
to supper
15

J helped wash AM A Chored J Chored PM A brought load Oil Cake from Markham with

sleigh pretty fair sleighing W. a few inches light snow last night Calm AM Colder PM some
west wind we sent for Dr Dale he Came this eveing to see me I have a bad Cough yet he says
it is Bronchitis
16

Boys chored about Engine W. Cold strong wind quite Cold

17

A took cream AM he took grist chop to Whitevale PM J Chored W. Cloudy all day not cold

Herman was here to dinner
18

Boys Chored AM A dressed a calf PM J took 5 doz eggs to Cedar Grove @ 35 cts PM W.

Cloudy all day{sly} drissy with sleet AM slow drissly rain PM mild
19

A took the calf to Cherrywood station on the C N R & shipped it to E Lewis in Toronto AM he

helped Thomas work at a store house at the Cherrywood station PM he is building a small one
Daniels Called a little while PM W. Cler Colder a strong N wind PM a little snow last night 20
20

A helped Thomas all day at station J took cream & took grist along to Davids he went on to

Armstrong to get some thing for Horse Billy he has a bad leg W. Cold wind AM fine steady snow
all PM not drifting yet
Sunday 21
PM

at home A Susanna & Amy went to Henry's to d{inner} Thomas & Adeline were here

W South West wind pretty C{old} snow blowing a little

22

A helped Thomas J helped was{h} AM he Chored PM W. partly Cler not so Cold

23

A took 7 {part of page missing} 1280 lbs to Markham for Shank @ $6.30 per Cwt AM Chored

J went to Funeral of D Lapps wife at Cedar Grov{e} W. Mild mostly Cloudy Herman Came to stay
all night

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24

1912

Feb

A went to Toronto on Train J Chored took grist W. Clear quite sharp Cold N West wind A

spectacle Pedlar was here last night Nancy & I got pair each Amy took Susanna to Joes with
horse Major & Cutter J brought her home this eveing
25

A helped Thomas all day at station J chored Henrys called a little while PM W. Cler Cold

about 10 deg below AM but calm J took 6 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 32 cts per doz
26

A helped Thomas all day J Chored W. Cler Cold about 10 below this Morning below all

day Air from N East a little snow in the Air PM
27

A brought 1/4 ton Brewers seed from Cherrywood Station for Cow feed AM J Chored they

both went to Locust Hill PM Hermans were here to dinner W. Calm Cler sharp Air
Sunday 28

at home nobody here W. Clear AM Cloudy PM Cold about 5 below this Moring

getting Milder 10 above this eveing
29

Boys Chored W. Cloudy strong East wind drissly snow sleet & rain all day not Cold

30

Killed big fat sow Flavis & Benj's helped Made lot of sausage & lard W. Mild some snow

AM Cloudy Called Dr Dale he Came this eveing Nancy is not well My Medicine was done he
gave me some more he says I am doing well
31

J helped wash A took grist AM they Chored PM David Groves were here to dinner

Herman's Called few Minutes PM W. Cler a Cold pretty strong N W wind PM J salted the Meat
PM
Feb 1

Boys Chored AM they hitched young horse Sandy with Billy & took 5 doz Eggs to Cedar

Grove @ 32 cts W. fine Cler Milder J went to Johny Reesors for Butter AM
Candlemas day 2

J went to Whitevale & got pair double lines A Chored W. Cloudy mild some

snow at times Some Sunshine
3

Henry & Willis Came this morning Willis stays Henry & A went to Toronto on Trolleys on

Business Elias's Ada came this morning she stays all night J Chored W. quite Cold Clear a
little fresh snow last night
Sunday 4
N W wind

at home Martin Barkeys & Elias's Children were here to dinner W. Cler Cold sharp

5

J helped wash AM A unlocked Hebron Meeting house & put on fire this is the day for

appointing Trustees I did not go I am not well M Barkey Albert Reesor Isaac Reesor & Johny
Ramer were there A brought load of Pine Roots PM W. quite Cold Cler J is not well A went to
Funeral of J Milroy he died on Saturday eveing Herman & Harvey were here to dinner W. pretty
Cold west wind Cler Joes Called this evening.

Feb 1912
7

J not well yet A Chored W. Cold S West wind some flurries of snow A dressed a calf PM

8

J is some better he took the calf to Cherrywood station & shipped it to E Lewis AM he took 5½

doz. Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 32 cts per doz W cler quite sharp
9

Boys chored W Clear some snow blowing very cold 9 below this morning 2 above at noon

9 below this evening strong S W wind PM
10

J some better A took chop PM W 21 deg below this morning 8 today 9 below this eving it

is about Calm Daniels Came to stay all night
Sunday 11

I & Nancy J & Susanna staid at home A & Amy went to meeting at Hebron Menno

Reesor's were here & Elias's were here to dinner & all their Children Flavius Children were here PM
W. about as cold as yesterday some milder this eveing it seems Moderating Some I am not very
well yet have some spells of Coughing yet
12

A helped wash AM J is some better A took some chop PM W. Cler pretty sharp Herman

was here to dinner
13

A took 5 hogs 1035 lbs to Locust Hill for Shanks 6.30 AM he went to draw Ice for Beatty from

Davids Pond PM J is some better but Susanna is worse we sent for Dr Dale he came he says
she must keep her bed for a week J got some medicine too W. fine Cler milder David Groves
called a little while PM
14

Boys chored A took some Chop PM W. very fine cler sharp Ada Mayberry Came to help

while Susanna is sick A took cream this morning
15

Boys Chored J took 7½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 34 cts PM Henry's were here to

dinner Benj'ns Fanny was here awhile PM W. very fine Cler mild

16

Boys chored AM They went to Funeral Tilman Shank PM he was killed in Speight factory on

Monday Morning W. very fine Cler we called Dr Dale this evening Susanna is worse he came
at 11 & gave her some Medicine
17

A took cream J chored J went to Coakwells sale on 10th Con Adeline & Flavius Fanny were

here awhile PM W. quite fine & cler thawing in the sun Susanna about the same Russell Grove
was here to dinner
Sunday 14

at home Joes were here to dinner W. quite Misty This morning everything Covere

with white hoar frost Cleared up fine today quite mild Sun Thawing
19

J helped wash AM A went to Markham PM he sold some apples & some Lard the Apples @

$2.50 per Barl & the Lard @ 15 cts per lb Susanna is no better Dr Came PM he says she must
keep he bed awhile yet W quite mild thawing Cler

Feb
20

1912

March

Boys chored hitched up Colt Sandy & Took chop PM W very fine Cler Johny Ramers &

Keturah Drudge{s} Called PM Susanna about the same Mary & Anne Called few minutes PM
21

A took chop & went to D Morrisons for some Butter S B Lehmans & Jake Wideman were here

to dinner W. snow & strong East wind all day quite strong at times not Cold a lot of snow
22

Boys chored A took 8½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 34 cts per doz W Wind turned to

West last night strong all day turning Colder roads drifted no Mail Came & no Baker
23

A helped shovel on the roads the Mail came through today & the Baker Came towards

evening W. very fine day not Cold Susanna about the same
24

Boys chored They hung up Pork to smoke Dr Called PM Nancy had a spell of weakness

while he was here it was due to over work attending Susanna he gave her some Medicine she is
pretty smart again Joes & Elias were here awhile this evening W. fine mild
Sunday 25
thawing

at home Joe's & Elias's Called little while This evening PM W. very Cler & Mild

26

J helped wash A took Barrel Apples & lard to Markham that he sold last week AM they

Chored PM W Strong East wind began to snow about 10 oc Snowed heavy all PM a very heavy
storm not Cold
27

A helped Benj'n Butcher J Chored W Strong wind from west AM partly Cler PM some

Colder
28

A went to Coakwells place to help get house Clean ready for Herman's to Move tomorrow J

took 7 Pigs 1390 lbs @ $6.50 per Cwt to Locust Hill for Shank AM he chored PM W. very fine
clear sharp air
29

A went to Coakwells to help at Herman's Moving they moved in today J Chored & took 13

doz eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 34 per doz W. fine & Cler Sharp air
March 1

A brought 2 loads Brewers grain for Cow feed from Cherrywood station one for David

Grove Russell & Louis came for it PM W. very fine & Cler sharp Air
2

A took Chop AM & brought home 8 Pigs from Thomas's @ $6.25 per Cwt live weight they

weighed 795 lbs

Mar 1913
he went to Cedar Grove PM took Some lard to A Dimma's PM W. clear all day Sharp N W wind
quite cold
Sunday 3

at home J A & Amy went to Johnny Reesors to dinner Joes were here all PM W cler

quite sharp
4

A helped wash AM J took chop AM & got horse Chief Shod A dressed Calf & they cleaned out

our East Chimney PM W. clear & bright quite Cold about Zero this morning
5

Boys chored AM J took Chop & went to Cedar Grove A helped Johnny Reesor get things

ready he is having a sale tomorrow he has rented his farm to P Gates W. very fine & Cler. Cold
sharp Air
6

Boys Took 3 of our Cows to Johnny's AM they went to Sale PM W. fine Cler sharp The cows

were sold @ Daniels & Mart Davids & Henry's were here to dinner & nearely all of them to supper
The one Cow sold @ $46.50 the other two @ $36 & 38 each There was none of them fresh

7

Boys Took load Mangels to Hermans AM A brought load coal from Locust Hill PM J took 17

doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 32 cts PM Susanna is worse we Called Dr Dale's PM he Came &
says she must stay in bed awhile he will Come again W very fine
8

A took Horse Billy to Dr Armstrong AM they chored PM W. Mild Cloudy a little drissle of

snow PM
9

Boys chored Herman & Harvey called awhile PM W {cler} cold air from NW Susanna about

the same Annie is well Dr Called Flavius is sick Lumbago Stone & Kidney Trouble Dr is
attending him Boys helped shovel snow at Meeting house PM
Sunday 10

A Nancy & I went to meeting at Hebron J staid with Susanna remarks by Levi Grove

Sermon on St Luke 9 {blank space} by C Burkholder Menno Burkholder & Matty were here to
dinner Henry Boyer too M N's Called PM W. very fine Clear quite Sharp about Zero this
morning Susanna about the same
11

J helped wash A went to Markham AM they Chored PM Dr Called PM he says Susanna

Can Get up a few hours at a time Lydia & Bertha & Thomas's girls called PM W fine cler but raw
air

Mar 1912
12

Boys Chored AM A got Mares Jennie & Queen shod & brought load Coal from Locust Hill PM

Elias's & Merry & little Wilbur Called little while PM W. cloudy Mild a few in snow last night
Susanna not quite so well has head ache
13

A took cream & brought load Coal J helped Clean house AM he went to Lowrys sale on 10th

Con & A helped Clean house PM W. very fine Cler sharp Air Anne was here PM
14

Boys Chored & sorted Apples A took 17 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 20 cts Teenie

Stover was here to dinner A Forster was here Assessing he took dinner too W. partly Cloudy
quite Mild thawing
15

Boys Chored W. Mild pretty strong wind from East heavy snow all day heavy wet snow

16

A took cream J shovelled snow around the place there was a heavy fall of snow Clear &

Colder today

Sunday 17

at home J went to Henry's to dinner J A & Amy went to Benj'ns to supper W. fine

Cler Mild all day thawing fast looks like spring
18

J helped wash A rubbed pork with Mustard then J went with Russell Grove to Cherrywood for

a load of Brewers grain Russell staid for dinner W. very fine & Mild snow going fast Amelia
Ernie & Carl Called awhile this evening
19

J helped house Cleaning A went to Cedar Grove W. very fine & Clear snow going fast

Johnny Ramer's Called PM
20

J helped clean house awhile A went to Cedar Grove then they Chored W. quite Cold N W

wind froze hard
21

Boys Chored A went to Joe's PM & then he took 20 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 20 cts PM

W. strong storm of wind & snow from East last night & all AM Cleared up PM roads not badly
drifted not very Cold
22

A helped J {B} B Reesor (Johnny Reesor) move to Mount Joy he has Rented his farm to P

Gates J Chored W. Cler Cold we Called Dr Dales Susanna is worse he says she must keep
her bed awhile
23

Boys Chored A went to J Murisons for Butter AM he went to Bob Milroys Sawing Bee PM

W. cler sharp East wind Susanna about the same
Sunday 24

at home Joe's & Benj'ns were here to dinner Flavis's Eva too Thomas's girls were

here PM

Mar

1912

April

Herman's were all here this evening. Dr. called PM Susanna about the same W. clear raw Cold
N wind
25

J helped wash A chored AM he went to Arthur Milroys Sawing Bee PM J went to Cedar

Grove PM Nancy went along as far as Flavius's Flavius is not well he has had the Dr a few times
he has a stomach trouble he is up & around the most of the time W Cler quite sharp The
sleighing is getting thin. The sun is thawing

26

Boys helped at house cleaning J went to sale near Milliken PM Henry called few minutes PM

Joe & Anne Called few minutes this evening W. Milder a few in soft snow PM it patched the
sleighing fine
27

Boys took a load Mangels to Herman's AM A took a load chop PM W. bright & clear snow

thawing again Daniel's called few minutes PM
28

Boys cut down 3 trees in bush for fire wood David Groves Came to dinner W very fine clear

AM some Cloudy PM thawing fast
29

A want to Toronto on C N R J chored Flavius here to dinner he is getting better W Cloudy

mild this morning Cleared up today thawing blowing up Colder this evening
30

Boys pitched straw stack into barn AM Carl helped A went to Flavius's sawing Bee PM J

chored W sharp frost last night Clear today sun thawing waggons running
Sunday 31

at home Mary Frank & Ada were here to dinner they walked there are some very

high snow banks in the roads it in neither good Wheeling or sleighing Cloudy. mild & a drissle of
& rain awhile after dinner
April 1

J helped wash AM he went to Cedar Grove PM A trimmed some trees in bush AM he

went to Raymonds In Clarkes Hollow to look for a girl PM got none W rain N E air AM some
snow from East PM
2

J went to Henrys AM we heard that Willis had Grippe & Influenza he is better again A took

grist & Chored we had Anne helping today the boys intend having a Sawing Bee tomorrow W.
fine Clear Cold N wind. There was a few in fresh snow pretty good slipping this morning but the
Sun takes the snow J went to Henry's with Cutter
3

Boys Trimmed some trees & J took 13 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 20 cts AM they had Sawing

Bee PM about 11 hands W Cler Cold N wind Sharp frost last night

April 1912
Anne & Herman's Lydia were here too
4

Boys split wood A went to Anne Milroys Sawing Bee PM W. mostly cloudy sharp frost last

night

Good Friday 5

I Nancy & A went to meeting at Hebron J staid with Susanna remarks by C

Burkholder Sermon on St Mark part of 15 C by Br C Johnny Reesor's were here to dinner W. fine
& Cler quite warm Snow going very fast water high roads sloppy
6

Boys split wood AM A took chop PM I went to Semiannual Conference at Hebron PM all

passed off well W. Mostly Cloudy Warm the roads are very very bad & Soft snow going
Easter Sunday 7

Nancy J & A went to meeting at Hebron I staid with Susanna I am not well

had bad cough last night & am weak C Burkholder Thomas's brought Bishop Paul Martin & wife &
old David Martin & Johnny Ramer's were here to dinner Ernie Carl Amelia & Eva were here PM
W. steady rain all AM Clear awhile PM roads very bad very few at meeting
Easter Monday 8

Boys had Holiday A took grist chop AM J does not feel well W ground white

with snow this morning sun took it away but there was a raw Cold N wind all day there was a very
heavy freshet in all the Creeks there is hardly a dam standing on the big Rouge nor Don Humber
Credit & Etobicoke
9

Boys helped wash & then cleaned the summer Kitchen at other end they cleaned Some Seed

grain PM W snowed nearly all AM partly cloudy PM we heard today that Henry's Willis & Ada
have Diptheria & their house is Quarnitined we dont know how bad they are
10

J took cream A took 8 hogs to Markham for Shank @ $8.00 per Cwt 1270 lbs AM J took

Chop PM W. a little frost last night Clear today thawing
11

Boys helped Clean Kitchen at other and J took 16 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 18 cts PM W.

Cloudy Misty all AM Cleared up PM Mild roads bad they papered the pantry at other end too
12

A was at Hermans putting on wall paper J split wood in bush W. Cloudy drissly AM

Cleared up fine PM.

April 1912
13

A worked in bush J took cream AM he went to annual meeting of Cedar Grove Threshing Co

at Flavius PM W. clear & steady raw East wind all day Frank Barkey came to dinner he stays all
night Amy goes home to stay

Sunday 14

at home Frank Barkey was here all day J & A went to Henry's PM they are doing as

well as Can be expected W. cloudy foggy at times drissly rain at times roads very bad
15

Boys cleaned seed grain W. Mostly foggy & misty warm a thunder Shower went around

South East there was a heavy thunder Shower last evening after bedtime & heavy rain
16

Boys Cut wood in bush Herman helped W. fine Clear Cool Air A went down creek

intoThomas's field & shot 3 suckers with his rifle
17

Boys cut wood Herman called for some seed oats. Uriah Drudges were here to supper Dr

called to see Susanna she is not so well Boys went down Petticoat & got 4 more suckers there
are a lot in Petticoat & in Rouge at Davids
18

Boys chored W mostly Cloudy

19

A went to Markham AM {illegible}

They cut Willow at dam & some Apple limbs PM W. Cold

N wind
20

Boys cut up rubbish for summer wood A took grist chop PM W. fine Cler Cool air from north

Ernie Carl & Hermans Harvey came this evening & A went with down Petticoat for Suckers there
are a lot Caught in Petticoat & Rouge they got 13
Sunday 21

at home Joe & Anne Flavius & Fanny Amelia & Earl were here to dinner Ernie & Carl

came PM W. Partly Cloudy cool air from north white frost last night
22

J helped wash A Ernie & Carl went fishing along Rouge AM they caught 31 they chored PM

W. Some squaals of rain partly Cloudy Russell Grove came this eving A went with him down
Petticoat to look for suckers they got 3 Boys Trimmed Raspberry bushes PM
23

A helped iron the wash AM They sorted apples PM W Clear Cold N Wind roads drying off

fast ground white with a light fluff of snow this morning
24

A & Herman went to Toronto 5 Barrels Apples ${2.00} per Barrel 2 of Herman's Pigs $11.50

per Cwt J chored & took grist chop PM W. Cold strong N wind some rain last night.

April 1912
25

May

J helped Scrub Meeting house A drew dung into back garden AM they began spring seeding

sowed about 4 Acres Oats in N E Corner field PM the ground works well W. very fine Clear J
took 18 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove after supper @ 18. cts
26

Boys worked at Seeding till about 3 PM drissly rain stopped them J took some grain for Chop

this morning I rode with him to Br C's Cloudy all PM
27

Boys worked on the ground W. strong Cold N Wind

Sunday 28

at home Adeline & Martin Ramer were here to dinner Elias's & Family & Flavius' &

Fanny & Eva Called awhile PM W. Cloudy Cool N wind Clear AM
29

Boys worked at seeding Mrs Mayberry was here today washing W. Cloudy a pretty strong

wind from N East all day raw & Cold
30

Boys worked at seeding W. clear sharp Air from North white frost this morning Joe's &

Herman's Called this evening Thomas's girls Called this eveing
May 1

Boys worked at seeding I got Horse Major shod all around at Cedar Grove AM I & Nancy

went to Elias's awhile PM Called at Teenie Stovers W. rather Cloudy at times a raw Cool wind
from East
2

Boys worked at seeding W. warm mostly Clear some Cloudy J took 15 doz Eggs to Cedar

Grove at 18 cts after supper
3

Boys worked at seeding W. very fine Cler Cool air yet steady Air from East for about a week

getting very dry
4

Boys finished seeding except 5 acres to harrow W. partly cloudy looks a little like rain

Sunday 5

went to meeting at Hebron J staid with Susanna suitable remarks and sermons for the

Celebration of Lord's Supper by C Burkholder C Gayman & Levi Groves & Br C on St Luke 22 & 23
Chapters Enos Nighswander & Martin Menno Burkholder & A B's Lizzie were here to dinner
Daniels Called few minutes PM W. strong East wind & Mostly cloudy all day began to rain after
sunset a little thunder bedtime
6

Boys dug some garden this morning then A Rolled & J grubbed in Mangel ground north of bush

I went to Elias's this morning W. Misty awhile then Cleared up fine & warm

May 1912
George Mayberrys wife was here to dinner the other Mrs Mayberry was here helping to work she
will help us nearly every day now for awhile heavy Mist again this eveing
7

A rolled J ganged north of bush Henry Willis & Ada were here awhile PM W. Misty awhile this

Morning Clear & fine today things are growing nice
8

A rolled J ganged north of bush Br inlaw John Hoover Called few minutes PM W. fine warm

Clear
9

A rolled J ganged north of bush W. cold N W wind slight rain this morning some more

towards eving nice little shower last night
10

A finished rolling J worked at Mangel ground W. very fine Clear day sun warm Cool Air

from South west I forgot to say that A took 16 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove last evening @ 16 cts per
doz. trees budding out nicely our Clover & fall wheat look well but the Air & East wind is pretty
Cool
11

J took cream & Called at Hermans to put on some grafts AM he Chored PM A worked on

Corn ground W. Cloudy sprinkling dribbling rain off & on PM warm
Sunday 12

at home J & A went to Henrys to dinner Benj'n & family Amelia Ernie & Carl were

here awhile PM Ada Mayberry Frank & Ada Barkey were here to supper W some light rain AM
more rain PM a very heavy shower after supper very welcome
13

A took grist with Billy & Sandy he got Sandy shod on front feet J Chored & went to Cedar

Grove PM Herman's Lydia Harvey & Frank were here awhile PM W. rough Cold south west wind
light rain drissle Mixed with snow quite Cold
14

A worked on Corn ground J took grist Chop AM he worked on corn ground PM W. white

frost last night fine Clear today Elias's little Wilbur was here today Elias's & Anne Called here to
dinner they were in Markham
15

J sowed Mangels A Made Drills & worked Corn Ground W. partly Cloudy pretty warm

Ascension day 16 A & Nancy went to Meeting at Hebron I could not go have Neuralgia in Eye &
face W. drissly rain all AM {very showery PM} J & A went to Hermans PM

May 1912
17

J & Nancy went to Daniels to dinner Daniel is not well he has Sore Eyes A Chored I have

lame back can hardly get around W. drissly light rain AM cleared up fine PM
18

Henry & Family Came this morning Flavius J & A went along with them & Willis to the dead

water & they caught a lot of fine fish W. cloudy this Morning cleared up today strong W wind PM
warm
Sunday 19
20

at home J & A went to David Groves to dinner W Cloudy Cool West wind

J washed a lot of old clothes that were in wood shed A Chored J brought a Barrel of Cement

from Locust Hill PM A uncovered the Cistern PM they intend to Cover it with Cement W. Cloudy
some heavy showers of rain some thunder last night a few claps PM Creek pretty high
21

J boiled soap A chored W. rain rain rain not very fast Creek high

22

Boys worked Cistern W. rain till near noon blowed up cooler pretty strong W wind PM J

washed AM he took 12 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove this evening @ 19 cts
23 Boys {took suckers} Flavius & Carl came PM they went with them down to the old Laughlin
farm & they Caught about 15 & one fine Carp W. quite warm clear
24

Boys went gathering Mushrooms AM they got about a Peck they didnt do much PM

Hermans were here awhile PM W. pretty heavy thunder showers early this Morning quite warm
fine change after dinner Clear & cool trees out in full leaf everthing look well Boys caught 25
suckers down Petticoat this evening
25

Boys finished covering Cistern & fixed {illegible} & Chored W. a very fine clear day very

pleasant
Whit Sunday 26

A & Nancy went to Elias's to dinner But there were visitors here too Adeline &

Martin R{ame}rs & Herman's Harvey were here to dinner W. very fine & Clear all day Daniel is in
Toronto General Hospital he has a very sore Eye he wrote home that he is doing as well as can
be expected
Whit Monday 27

Boys planted Silo Corn I & Nancy & Susanna went to Flavius's to dinner W.

fine some Cloudy slight rain & distant thunder this evening

28 Boys finished plastering the Cistern W. strong west wind very heavy rain towards evening
some thunder

{duplicates of last two pages}

May 1912 June
29

Boys started to go fishing with hook & line to dead water they turned back too rainy then J

Boiled soap W. rain off & on all day raining yet Bedtime
30

J took Susanna to Dr Dale AM A Boiled Soap A went hunting Mushrooms PM he got about

a Peck W. fine & clear A took 16½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 19 cts after supper
31

A was at Hermans making fence J took chop to Davids they chored PM W. very fine

June 1

Boys fetched load Pine roots from Flavius then A went to Toronto on train from Cherrywood

J Chored PM W. very fine
Sunday June 2

Nancy A & Susanna went to Meeting at Hebron I staid at home am not strong &

Cough some yet Adeline & Mart Ramer were here to dinner Flavius & Eva were here about all PM
David Groves Called too Henrys Called few minutes this eveing W. Mostly Cloudy some showers
AM & PM not very warm
3

Boys cut up Pine roots behind barn for Engine wood AM J & Nancy went to Hermans PM

Lydia has Blood Poison in her hand is getting better W. pretty warm cler A trimmed Ash trees
along back line fence PM
4

A & Susanna went to Markham J Piled Pine roots & Made some garden W. fine Cler quite

Cool this evening
5

A helped Benj'n all day J dug some garden then he harrowed the Corn it is coming up W.

fine & Cool
6

A went to help Benj'n J went to help Herman they both came home about 10 AM it rained

pretty steady all AM then they Plowed back garden & planted it with Potatoes Esther Groves &

Louis were here to supper fine & Cler PM quite Cool A took 11 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove this
evening @ 19 cts
7

Boys helped Benj'n Plow Mangel ground W. slight rain this morning cleared up quite Cool

8

J took cream he brought Willis with him he stays over night A took grist AM he Chored PM

J helped Benj'n PM W. Clear Cool wind some frost up north last night
Sunday 9

at home Elias's were here to dinner Hermans Harvey & Benj'ns Wilfred were here

awhile PM Amy Mayberry was here to supper J & A took Willis home after supper W. fine Cler
all day Cool wind
10

A helped Herman J took 7 hogs nearly 180 lbs each $8.20 per Cwt AM he chored PM Alma

& Ada Barkey Came this morning they stay all night W. fine Cler

June 1912
11

J Cultivated Mangels with Seeder A & Susanna went to Markham AM Boys topped thistles

PM Henrys were here to dinner W. fine a little Cloudy at times Alma & Ada Barkey went home
this evening
12

Boys Cleaned & scrubbed cellar floor AM they cut seed Potatoes & drew dung on Potatoe

ground PM W. fine shower this morning strong N W wind PM Cooler this evening
13

Boys Planted Potatoes 16 drills I & Nancy walked to Benj'ns to dinner Abraham Widemans

wife was here to supper W. very fine Cler day Cool Air
14

Boys Topped thistles I & Nancy went to Aunt Lizzie Burkholders a few hours PM W. East

wind
15

Boys Topped thistles awhile rain stopped them then they cut wood in woodshed A went to

Cedar Grove PM W. Cloudy some heavy showers Delilah Came yesterday she staid all night
was here today is staying tonight
Sunday 16 at home Elias's were here to dinner Benj'n & family were here all PM Flavius &
family were after supper W. Cloudy all day some showers PM

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Boys Cultivate & scuffled Mangels & Topped some thistles W. Cler strong west wind fine &

Cool
18

Boys Topped thistles Susanna & Thomas's Esther went to Markham AM with Horse Billy W.

Cler Cold wind
19

A helped Herman fixing his stable J scuffled & thinned Mangels W. partly Clear Cool

20

A was at Hermans J Benj'ns man & Ernie & Carl thinned mangels W. Cool a short shower

after dinner some distant thunder Flavius boys took 10 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 20 cts per
doz
21

A was at Hermans J Benj'n Man Ernie & Carl thinned mangels W. warm partly Clear Cool

Air
22

the same hands finished thinning mangels they are looking well. I & Nancy went awhile to

Teenie Stovers W. Cler warm sun Cool air Sunday I went to Murisons for Butter & to Davids
mill for a bag of Flour AM
Sunday 23

at home Adeline & Martin Ramer Herman & family were here to dinner Elias's Made

a Call PM W. fine Clear quite warm very warm
24

Boys drew gravel for statute labor with our team W. very very warm partly Cloudy

25

Boys both worked on road AM

June July 1912
J Cultivated Corn PM W. very very warm Clear I got horse Major shod all around AM
26

A helped Herman J Cultivated Corn & Chored W. quite warm a fine shower AM Susanna &

Mrs Mayberry went to Markham with horse Major AM
27

A helped Herman J Cultivated some roots & Chored he took grist Chop & took 5 doz Eggs to

Cedar Grove @ 20 cts PM W. Cler Cooler
28 A was at Hermans J Cut some swail hay & chored W. very very warm over 80 deg Clear
David Reesor made a Call this evening

29

A was at Herman J & Nancy went to Davids AM Esther is sick J raked & Cocked some swail

hay PM Edward Moyers were here to supper W. clear quite warm
Sunday 30

all went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by C Burkholder sermon on St Mat part of 22

C by Br C John Brillingers & Willis were here to dinner Elias's were here all PM Thomas Dillers
were here to supper Br C's Thomas gave us a Call after supper W. very fine cler Cool
July 1

A was at Hermans J helped Flavius at Mangels W. very fine & Clear I took Susanna to

Teenie Stovers AM & brought her home PM
2

A was at Hermans AM then he Came home J cut Meadow on Knoll they took in some swail

hay PM I & Nancy were at He{rmans} to dinner W. Clear quite warm
3

J helped Flavius {AM} A cut fence Corners awhile then he Tedded hay PM they raked &

Cocked PM W. quite warm South We{st} wind
4

looks like showers this evening

Boys took {up} a load hay off Knoll AM A cut hay south of bush J took 6½ doz Eggs to Cedar

Grove after supper @ 20 cts per doz W. very very warm some thunder showers went around PM
some heavy Claps
5

Boys drew in hay AM A went to Burkholders barn raising near Boxgrove J raked & cocked hay

south of bush I went to Joe's for Bread & to Murisons for Butter AM W. very very warm thunder
Clouds going around all day.

July 1912
6

Boys drew in rakings off Knoll & began south of bush Ernie helped PM & they finished it {blank

space} loads W. very very warm I think the warmest so far
Sunday 7

I & Nancy went to Joe's to dinner J A & Susanna went to Henrys to dinner Willis

Came with them he stays awhile Flavius Fanny & Eva were here after supper W. very very warm
8

A Cut grass below garden J helped Flavius hoe Mangels A helped too awhile then he

Tedded took grist this evening I & Nancy went to Daniels to dinner Called awhile at Davids PM
W very very warm Some distant thunder at times
9 J took cream AM he raked & Cocked the hay below garden PM he cut weeds along fence and
scuffled Mangels PM W. very very warm thunder clouds going around

10

J & A Cultivated & Scuffled Potatoes Corn & Mangels then drew 2 loads hay from below

garden when heavy thunder storm stopped them a very heavy Clap shocked My Dear Nancy We
Called Dr Dale he Came attended to her she is around again it did not rain very much but it was
welcome warm yet
11

Boys helped Benj'n all day Flavius's Fanny Called Henry was here awhile AM he took Willis

home Christian Brillinger Called PM Annie & Elias's Ada Called John Wideman's Widow was with
Brillingers rather Cloudy not so warm
12

Boys helped Benj'n AM they took in last of hay below garden & grubbed Corn PM W very fine

& Cool Hermans made a short Call AM Nancy is getting some better
13

J took cream they hoed Corn all day W. partly cloudy Esther & Louis Grove were here to

dinner quite warm
Sunday 14

at home Br inlaw Jesse Hoover was here to dinner Amelia & Eva were here all PM

Daniels gave us a good Call after supper W. quite warm Cler
15

J & A helped Benj'n draw in hay with team till about 2 PM when {illegible} a very heavy thunder

& rain stopped them very heavy thunder sharp lightning a heavy welcome rain
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July 1912
16

Boys hoed Corn J took cream this morning & took some chop after dinner Old Saml G

Reesor & wife & Herman's Called after supper W. very fine Cool & Clear today Dr Called to see
Nancy she is doing very well
17

I went to Murisons for Butter & to Davids for Flour this morning Boys hoed & scuffled Corn

Henry's were here to dinner Boys brought a load of hay from Benj'ns Ed Lewis & H Hibbert were
here to dinner W. very fine Cler
18

Boys hoed Corn rain stopped them a slight shower about 3 PM a fine rain about supper

time Cooler warm AM

19

Benj'n helped J Plow south of b{ush} in the Clover stubble A hoed Corn A Plowed PM & J

hoed W. very fine & Cool Cler I took 6½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove AM Alma Frank & Ada
Barkey were here to dinner
20

Boys Rolled sod below bush & hoed Corn W. rather Cloudy Cool

Sunday 21

at home Amelia Ernie Carl & Eva were here to dinner Elias's were here all PM

Benj'n & Family were here after supper Joes were here to supper W. fine heavy rain this Morning
Cleared up PM not so warm
22

Benj'ns man helped Plow sod on Knoll J Plowed too A Plowed AM he helped Herman's PM

at hay W. fine & Cool
23

A hoed Corn Hermans Harvey helped till after dinner J finished Plowing Knoll W. rather

Cloudy Cool Frank Grove was here to supper
24 J harrowed sod A hoed & Paris Greened Potatoes W. East wind warm
25

Boys hoed second time in Mangels I & Nancy were to Henrys to dinner W. mostly Cloudy

slight shower this evening about sundown
26

Boys finished hoeing the mangels W. Clear Cool towards evening

27

J & A cut the wheat in field behind barn they finished about 5 Oc{lok} a very fine Crop A

shocked it I went to Murisons for Butter & to Cedar Grove for Twine AM W. a very very fine Cler
Cool day Most beautiful
Sunday 28

all went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by C Burkholder sermon on St Mat part of 24

C by C Gayman Joseph Groves Joseph Boyers Willis & Ada were here to dinner Jacob & Anne
{Diller} were here to supper W. quite warm but fine Breeze mostly cloudy looks like rain.

July
29

Aug

1912

A was at Hermans J Cultivated sod & scuffled Potatoes I went to Elias's PM W. warm sun

cool Breeze Teenie Stover was here to supper
30

drew dung on Knoll with 3 teams Benj'ns man helped with team Ernie helped to fill W. very

fine & Cool about a dozen cut the weeds in graveyard after supper

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the {same} hands finished drawing dung AM Benj'ns man spread dung PM A went to J

Larkins barn raising PM J put Paris Green on Potatoes PM Herman's Came PM for Raspberries
PM W. fine Cloudy at times Cool
August 1

J cultivated Corn A hoed Potatoes AM they drew in 6 loads Wheat & I took 8½ doz

Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 23 cts PM W. a little distant thunder PM Cloudy Cool air from East
2

Benj'n & his man Came & they drew in 6 loads wheat till {illegible} then there Came a drissly

cool rain they had to quit drawing A Discked sod below bush J is sick we Called Dr Dale last
night about midnight he said there were symptoms of Inflammation has bad pain in his back & has
sick spells in his stomach W. rather Cool Cloudy
3

A finished Discking Sod on Knoll AM J took some chop to Davids he is not well yet he went

to Dr Dale PM A & Benj'ns Man & Wilfred drew in last of wheat PM 5 loads W. Cler Cool Herman
& Ernie & Carl Called this eveing Annie was here awhile too
Sunday 4

at home all day nobody here W. Cloudy awhile this morning Clear a little Cool today

J is not very well yet but he is up & around
5

A helped Benj'n draw in Wheat all day J went to W Shanks to buy some Pigs he bought 11 3

or 4 months old @ $3.00 each he went to Davids to dinner he is getting better slowly Mary was
here today Picking Raspberries W. fine Cler Cool
6

Boys cut & shocked field barley north of Meeting house I went o Murrisons for Butter AM W.

fine Cool Clear Flavius' Fanny Amelia & Eva were here all PM A took cream this morning
7

Boys drew home stove wood out of bush AM they Plowed in Creek East of Orchard PM W

rather Cool partly Cloudy

Aug Sept
8

1912

J took cream & took 11 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 23 cts A got horse Sandy shod AM they

Plowed in Wheat stubble PM W slow steady rain AM rather cloudy PM ground well soaked
9

Boys Plowed W rather Cloudy slow drissly rain at times some heavy rain & distant thunder

after dark quite heavy at times some rain last night

10

Boys Plowed AM A went to Scotts Barn raising on 11th Con PM J finished Plowing PM I

went to Joes for Bread I took Susanna & Mrs Mayberry to Benj'ns PM & brought them home again
W warm some clouds going around looks a little like showers
Sunday 11

at home J A & Susanna went to Benj'ns to dinner W. rain off & on AM some heavy

showers some thunder over the lake this eving there is a lot of water in our Pond
12

A took 7 hogs 1290 lbs @ $8.20 to Locust Hill for Shank then they harrowed the Wheat

stubble that was Ganged I & Nancy went to Br N's Lizzy to dinner Menno Burkholder brought
Catherine McG{urgan} to supper W. quite warm rather Cloudy
13

Boys cut part of field mixed grain behind Cider house & part of Oats in N E Corner field I &

Nancy went to Menno Reesors he was not at home then we went to Uriah Drudges to dinner W
very warm
14 Boys cut Oats I & Nancy went to Davids to dinner W quite warm Clear A helped Benj'n
draw dung with team AM
15

Boys cut oats AM they drew in 7 loads barley PM Benj'ns Wilfred helped I took 10½ doz

Eggs to Cedar Grove AM @ 25 cts Teenie Stover was here to dinner W. Cler Cool
16

Boys finished drawing barley 1 load & raking AM they cut Oats PM W. fine Cler Cool

17

Boys cut Oats AM they finished field East of dam & last few acres behind Cider House then

they drew in few loads Mixed grain & few loads Oats W. Cloudy all day drissly rain this evening I
went to Joes for Susanna's bread
Sunday 18

at home Henrys Russell & Louis Grove were here to dinner Hermans Harvey was

here PM Elias's Called awhile PM W. Cloudy about all day
19

Boys ganged in field North of Meeting house AM they cut in Peas & oats N West corner field

PM I went to Murisons for Butter PM W. Cloudy nearly all day
20

A helped Benj'n thresh J cut Peas & oats in N W Corner AM Machine came after dinner

began threshing at 2 PM threshed all the wheat about {blank space} Bus & a lot of Barley & rakings
did not get done W. cloudy looked like rain

Aug Sept 1912
21

finished threshing about 1/2 past nine then they went to Flavius A helped thresh at Flavis's

J ganged PM W. Cloudy this Morning Cler today I forgot to say that Eli Stover from Vancouver
was here to supper last night Anne was here awhile PM
22

A helped James McCreight thresh AM he ganged PM J took load Chop to Davids then he

Cultivated the sod for the Wheat W. fairly warm rather Cloudy Clouds going around slight rain
this Morning a thunder shower went around south this evening after supper a fine shower
23

Boys ganged W. rather Cloudy a heavy shower after dinner I took Susanna to Joes after

dinner brought her home PM
24

A finished Plowing north of Meeting house & then he fixed up shocks he helped Alick Milroy

thresh PM J finished Cultivating Knoll I went to Cedar Grove AM then I went to half yearly
Conference at Hebron all passed off well a few visitors a little while after Conference from
Pennsylvania & Waterloo M N was here to supper W. quite showry some distant thunder
showers going around PM
Sunday 25

all went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by Bishop Paul Martin sermon on St Mat 18 C

by Pre F H{u}rst from Pennsylvania Daniel Ramers were here to dinner Flavius's were here PM
Joe's Called awhile this eving {Henrys} Called a while too. W. very very warm Cloudy {awhile AM}
Mostly Cler PM
26

Boys harrowed north of Meeting house AM Benj'n & his Man & Wilfred helped with team they

drew in 8 loads Mixed grain till about 5 PM when a very heavy storm of thunder lightning & rain
stopped them it was very warm today Cooler now some heavy Claps of thunder a very heavy
storm
27

Boys ganged in East end of big field AM they laid down some shocks after dinner then they

drew in 3 loads PM W. fine Cler & Cool Susanna & Amelia went to David Groves with Horse
Major lightning struck B Dillers barn last evening did not Burn
28

J helped Thomas thresh AM A helped Benj'n draw in AM they were both at Benj'ns PM

drissly rain stopped them about 4 PM Cloudy all day
29

A helped R Milroy thresh AM & helped P Gates thresh PM J ganged in big field & harrowed &

laid down Oat shocks PM I took 10 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 25 cts {per doz}

Sept 1912
Teenie Stover was here to dinner Hermans Called after supper
30

Benj'n & his Men helped & they drew in 21 loads W. Clear AM Cloudy PM Cool W. Air

31

Boys went to Benj'ns to help draw in heavy shower stopped them they Came home &

ganged in field east of dam I went to Murisons for Butter & to Joes for Bread PM W. sh{owry} AM
partly Cloudy PM steady East wind
Sunday Sept 1

at home J went to Henry's PM brought Willis with him he stays all night J & A

& Willis went to Elias's after supper W. some thunder Early this morning & some heavy rain cloudy
AM some Cler PM
2

Boys & Benj'ns Man finished ganging field East of dam & began in N E Corner field Henry

Came PM for some seed Wheat Willis went home with him W. Cloudy all day
3

J & Benj'n finished ganging A helped J D's thresh AM he ganged too PM W. Cloudy Misty

AM Cler & quite warm PM
4

Boys finished ganging N E field AM they harrowed PM W. Misty & Cloudy AM Clered up PM

Herman was here for some grain PM M Barkey got a lot of Duchess Oldenburg Apples
5

J took Cream & took 9 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ {blank space} AM A helped pick some

Imperial Gages I took 5 Baskets to M Barkeys PM he takes them to Toronto Boys helped draw in
our last of harvest Ernie & Carl helped awhile then our Boys helped Benj'n PM a very heavy
storm of Rain thunder & lightning after supper not so very near but Menno Groves barn was burned
& a few More west from here
6

A cleaned seed Wheat alone AM J went to Cedar Grove he got Horse Billy shod they Picked

Golden sweet Apples & then harrowed PM W. very very warm some thunder showers went
around PM
7

J took cream AM then Plowed A Plowed too they both helped Benj'n finish drawing in PM I

took grist chop to Davids PM Flavius Fanny helped us AM W. very fine Cool & clear warm
through the day Henry's were here this evening

Sunday 8

A & Susanna went to Meeting at Wide{mans} Alma Frank & May Barkey were here to

dinner Aunt Lizzie Burkholder was here all PM W. fine & cool AM warm PM {illegible line} {rain
towards evening}

Sept 1912
9

A helped Benj'n draw dung with team J took cream then stopped at Hermans & helped him

draw in {Oats} W. partly cloudy quite warm
10

A helped Benj'n draw dung J Cultivated in sod AM he helped Thomas to thresh PM W.

Mostly clear very very warm I walked to Elias's PM got very tired
11

J helped Alick Milroy thresh AM A helped Benj'n draw dung AM he helped N B thresh PM J

Cultivated south of {barley} PM W. a very welcome Change in the Weather {illegible} & Cool
North Breeze all day slight shower last night some thunder not heavy
12

Boys sowed the Wheat south of bush & on Knoll I & Nancy went to J D's to dinner W. fine

Cler Cool Breeze Boys took 13 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove this evening @ 25 cts
13

Boys Plowed in Wheat stubble N W Corner field I & Nancy went awhile to Elias's & awhile to

Joe's PM W. quite warm PM turning Cooler wind from East this evening
14

A Plowed at Benj'ns J Plowed at home W. Cloudy & warm nearly all day slight rain awhile

PM Herman's Called this evening
Sunday 15

I & Nancy walked to Thomas's A went to Herman's Susanna went Lydia & Bertha

went Joes we were not at Thomas's long till Willis & J came for us Henry's were here then Benj'n
& family Came they were all here for dinner W. a steady rain after dinner rained a few hours
some distant thunder over the lake PM warm
16

A Plowed at Benj'ns J Plowed at home I went to Elias's with some Cucumbers Susanna &

Mrs Mayberry were at Hermans PM W. Cooler
17

Boys both Plowed I took grist to Davids PM we Peeled a lot of Apples this evening for sauce

Flavis's & Thomas's helped W. partly Cloudy not so warm
18

A Plowed J took some apples to Lapps for Sauce AM he Plowed too PM they finished N W

Corner field Teenie Stover was here PM & to supper {W} partly Cloudy warm PM

19

A & George Mayberry Plowed west of dam J took grist Chop AM he put up Wire fence along

wheat south of bush to keep Cows off when they are in the {Clover}

Sept 1912
W. showers Early this Morning blowed up Cool after dinner a little distant thunder A took 8 doz
Eggs to Cedar Grove this eveing Dr Dale Called this eveing to see Susanna & Nancy. Nancy
needs Toning up she is up & around
20

Boys drew dung in field north of Meeting house Benj'ns Man helped with team Ernie & G

Mayberry helped a little rain this Moring Cler Cool today
21

Boys nearly covered field Benj'ns Man helped AM A & Mayberry finished PM & spread a lot

J went to Joseph Burkholders sale PM (at Davids home) he bought some fe{illegible} Joes Willis
Came home with him W. Cloudy & rain Cold East wind all day
Sunday 22

all went to Meeting at Hebron sermons on St Mat 26 & 27 Chapters by C Gayman &

Br C Lords Supper was Celebrated C Gayman & wife & Peter Burkholder & wife & daughter were
here to dinner W. Cloudy some air from East this Morning Slight drissle toward eveng some
heavy showers after supper
23

Boys Plowed A helped Elias Barkeys thresh PM I & Nancy were at Elias's to dinner W. quite

heavy rain last night Creek running lively this Morning Mostly Cler today pretty warm
24

Boys Chored a steady rain from East all day not heavy Cool

25

J took some Wheat to Whitevale & exchanged it for Flour & went to Henry's AM A spread

dung AM they both Plowed PM W. partly Cloudy Daniels were here to dinner
26

Boys Plowed A helped Benj'n thresh PM Carl plowed in his place W. some showers & some

distant thunder AM fine & Cler PM Cooler J took 6½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 25 cts this
eveing
27

Boys Plowed A helped Flavis's at Cementing Ernie came & plowed in his place I went to

Murisons for Butter & then I took grist Chop PM W. sharp frost last night fine & cler today this My
76th Birthday

28

Boys Plowed Ernie Plowed awhile in A's place Frank Barkey was here today W. drissly

nearly all day Cloudy
Sunday 29

at home David Groves & Elias's were all here to dinner Joes Called awhile PM

Herman's Harvey & Benj'ns Wilfred Called PM W. some rain & Cloudy AM Cler PM rather Cold
air all day

Sept
30

1912 Oct

A Plowed J took Cream & then took grist Chop he Plowed too PM I went to Joes & Elias's

PM little Wilbur is sick W. Cloudy slight drissling rain PM
Oct 1

Boys plowed I & Susanna went to Elias's this morning to see how little Wilbur was he is

Better again W. fine Cler Cool N W wind
2

J took cream A Plowed J brought in Pumpkins & some Potatoes he Plowed too PM W.

some frost last night no damage fine & Clear today
3

A helped A Dimma fill silo & started at Arthur Reesors J Plowed AM began to Cut Corn PM I

& Susanna went to Joes & Called at Elias's PM W. Misty Cloudy Cool S W wind
4

Boys fixed fence around old orchard then they went to Markham W. fine Cler Benj'n

Musselman Came to stay all night A helped Arthur Reesor fill silo AM J took cream & took in a lot
of Beets AM they drew in 7 loads Mangels PM M Barkeys are Pulling them W. very fine & warm
I went to Murisons for Butter AM
Sunday 6

at home A & Susanna went to Meeting at Widemans Amelia & Ernie & Carl & Br N's

widow Lizzie were here to dinner Ed Wilson brought his Parents & Mrs & {blank space}& Miss
G{lenn} in his Auto & staid about an hour W. a very lovely October day
7

A helped J Dimma fill silo he went after 9 Oc J Drew in Mangels Carl helped with team PM

they took in 17 loads Barkeys finished Pulling them W. a little cloudy this Morning Cleared up
turning Colder a raw biting wind strong
8

A helped Dimmas fill silo awhile then he drew in Mangles J drew Mangels AM he finished

Cutting Corn except 1 round Nancy & Susanna went to Benj'n Stovers to dinner with Horse Major
W. fine Clear white frost last night

9

J finished Cutting Corn A brought in last of Mangels we have 34 loads I took some Chop to

Davids this moring A took load PM & got horse Sandy shod W. Air from East AM rain awhile PM
J & A went to Henrys after supper
10

Boys Plowed AM they Picked snow Apples PM I took 7 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 26 cts

PM & went to Murisons for Butter W. partly Cler not very Cold

Oct 1912
11

Tilled our Oats AM A helped Thomas's PM J Plowed PM Teenie Stover helped our Women

W. Cloudy all day East wind after dark the silo is full within a few feet of the top
12

A helped Thomas fill silo AM he helped Flavius PM J Plowed W. heavy shower of rain last

night Some thunder not very heavy partly Cloudy a very strong West wind PM not Cold but
heavy winds
Sunday 13

at home Henry's & Joes were here to dinner Amelia & Eva were here PM W. partly

Cloudy Mild
14

Boys Plowed AM A helped J Murison fill silo PM J Plowed PM I got Horse Major shod all

round AM W. Cler Cool Air
15

A helped Petty fill Silo till after dinner then he helped Flavius draw Mangels J Plowed AM he

went to Mill PM W. Partly Clear very Cold N W wind Susanna & Teenie Stover went to Markham
& to Christian Stovers to dinner
16

A helped N Burkholder fill silo with team till after 3 PM then he Picked Winter Apples J

Plowed AM he Picked Apples PM W. Cler very sharp West Wind heavy white frost last night
17

J took Chop then brought Potatoe digger & Plowed out some potatoes they are a good crop

but some are rotten A helped Pilkey fill silo till 3 PM then he helped at Potatoes W. very fine Cler
18

Boys dug Potatoes AM they helped Benj'n draw in Clover PM I went to Cedar Grove & to

Joes PM W. Cloudy at times south wind some rain after supper
19

Boys Plowing awhile AM then they Picked winter apples they finished digging Potatoes PM

I swept Hebron meeting house PM got very tired W. Mostly Cler

Sunday 20

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J remarks by C Burkholder sermon on St Mat

part of 22 C by Levi Groves C Burkholder & Tilman Reesor's were here to dinner W. very fine
Clear
21

Boys Picked winter apples AM they helped Benj'n draw in Clover PM I went to Murisons for

Butter PM W. very fine & Cler
22

Boys Plowed W. rain awhile AM {rest of line illegible}

Oct
23

Nov

1912

J took load Chop to Davids A Chored awhile then they both Plowed W. pretty strong N W

wind we boiled a lot of soap
24

Boys Plowed awhile rain stopped them then A went to Cedar Grove. they plowed in Mangel

ground they ganged it PM drissly rain at times Cloudy
25

Boys Plowed W. Cloudy drissly this Moring Cool

26

Boys Plowed A helped J Beare fill silo PM W. Cler Cool N W wind Willis Came from

Creamery with Alick Milroy he stays
Sunday 27

I & Nancy J Susanna & Willis went to Hermans to dinner W. quite fine a sharp white

frost this morning this is the 55th Anniversary of our wedding and I can say that I have never
regretted it yet
Thanksgiving day 28

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J he staid with Willis he has bad Cold

remarks by Br C sermon on St Luke part of 12 C by C Burkholder Hermans & Daniels were here
to dinner J took Willis home PM he was some better W. a pretty fine day raw air from East
29

A helped J Beare fill silo he helped Benj'n PM J Plowed AM he went to A Jacksons sale on

4th Con Pickering I & Nancy went to Henry's to dinner W. Cloudy this Morning Cleared up fine
today East wind pretty strong at bedtime
30

A Plowed J took cream then he Plowed too they both helped Benj'n take in Clover PM W.

Cool wind partly Cloudy

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A helped Benj'n draw Clover J Plowed AM they both Plowed PM J brought few loads wood

from bush this evening I went to Joes PM W. rather Cloudy Mild beginning to rain at bedtime
Nov 1

Boys cleaned a load of Wheat AM A helped W. Taylor thresh & J Plowed PM W. rain last

night & awhile AM Clear Cold Strong N W wind PM
2

A helped W Taylor thresh J Plowed J took Cream this morning W. sharp white frost last night

Clear Cold today
Sunday 3

A & Susanna went to David Groves to dinner Flavius's & Eva were here to dinner W.

sharp frost last night ground froze very fine today
4

A helped Taylor fill silo AM he Picked Apples PM J Plowed W. Cler Cold S W wind

5

A helped P Gates thresh J Plowed W. clear Cool Teenie Stover was here to dinner

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6

A helped P Gates finish threshing till about 1/2 past 8 then he Plowed J helped Benj'n Plow till

about 3 PM rain stopped them slow drissly Came heavier raining yet Bedtime heavy at times
7

A brought 6 sacks Coal for threshing from Locust Hill this Morning then he Plowed J Plowed

too white frost this Morning Mild today
8

Boys Plowed W. White frost partly Clear

9

Boys Plowed & Chored got barn ready to thresh on Monday Machine Came PM A helped

Flavius thresh awhile W. Mostly Clear strong N W wind PM
Sunday 10

at home J A & Susanna went to Joes to dinner Thomas & Adeline were here all PM

Amelia Carl & Eva were here after supper W. Cler fine nearly all day Mild sharp white frost last
night
11

Threshed all went well threshed about {blank space} Bus W. a very fine Clear Mild day

Boys called Dr Dale last evening he came today he says I have Chronic Bronchitis he says I

must not go out much I have a bad Cough at times & dull headache but do not feel sick I Can
sleep well for which I am thankful
12

A Plowed J took Chop W. Cloudy drissly rain at times

13

Boys Chored W. Cloudy drissly rain from N East more or less all day I feel about the same

14

A Made 50 gals Cider J Chored A dressed a Calf after dinner then he went to help Herman

PM J Chored & took the Calf to Barkeys they take it to Toronto W. Cler this morning awhile then
Cloudy & drissly at times Esther Groves & her hired girl were here awhile PM
15

A staid at Hermans all night he helped him today till 3 PM J Plowed AM he picked Apples

PM W. Cleared up strong N W wind Colder
16

A helped Henry J took about 50 Bus Wheat to Whitevale @ 95 cts & brought about a ton of

Coal from Locust Hill @ $8.00 AM he went to sale below Menno Reesors PM W. Mostly Clear
Mild
Sunday 17

Nancy & A went to Meeting at Hebron I did not feel fit to go have bad cold in head

M N & Levi Grove & wife were here to dinner Henry's & Joes were here to supper W. mostly cler
cold N W wind Herman Called awhile PM
18

Boys drew feed Corn they drew in Apples & put them down Cellar except one load Ernie

helped awhile AM A helped R Milroy thresh {PM} J Plowed strip Corn stubble where shocks stood
W. very very fine cler day
19

J finished all our Plowing A helped Thomas thresh AM they Picked Cider Apples PM

Nov 1912
Susanna & Teenie Stover went to Dr Dales with Horse Major AM W. very fine Cler day
20

J took load Cider Apples to Lapps @ 25 cts Cwt AM he drew a lot of stovewood from bush PM

A & Nancy went to Almira for some sheeting they were at S Lehmans to dinner W. a very fine Cler
warm day sharp White frost last night

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A was at Henrys J took load chop to Davids AM he drew stones off fields PM J H Ramers

were here to dinner W. very very fine cler warm day Our hired woman Mrs Mayberry that was here
all summer left tonight
22

A took Mrs Mayberry to Locust Hill this Morning then he drew off stones J helped Elias

Barkeys thresh PM W. very fine Clear
23

A helped Elias Barkeys thresh till about 3 PM J took Chop AM he took Nancy to J D's after

dinner Susie is very sick with Pneumonia then Ernie Came & helped Boys put apples down into
the Cellar W. rather cloudy strong wind from East this evening we Called Dr Dale he Came this
evening Susanna has Bronchial trouble
Sunday 24

at home Elias's were here to dinner W. drissly rain turn into soft snow a few inches

on the ground this evening Susanna is some better today
25

A helped N B's thresh AM J helped wash AM Amy Mayberry came to work for us for the

winter Boys Chored & Piled the wood in the shed PM W. Cold strong N W wind not thawing
much A went to J Ds PM Susie is pretty sick yet
26

A went to Markham to Dentist J Chored AM J went to Sale East of Cherrywood PM he

bought a Large Farm Bell @ $2.00 A chored PM W. flurries of soft snow nearly all day Joes were
here this evening helping to Peel Apples Herman's were here too this evening pretty strong Cold
N W wind this eveing
27

A took Cream AM he took lot Apples & some Crocks to Lapps to get sauce Made PM J

sorted lot of Apples in Cellar AM he took 2 Barrels to Joes PM they take them to Toronto W.
mostly Cloudy pretty Cold some snow flurries
28

A was at Hermans J brought some gravel for the hens AM he brought the sauce home PM

W. partly Clear quite Cold
29

A was at Hermans J Chored & brought home 8 Pigs he bought them off J McCreight @

$2.50 each

Nov Dec
W. cloudy Milder looks like a storm

1912

30

A was at Herm{ans} J took cream AM he took grist AM & went to Joes PM W. Mild Cler

thawing snow going fast
Sunday Dec 1

at home J & A went to Daniels to dinner Joe & Anne were here awhile PM. W.

Mild Cloudy all day thawing
Dec 2
3

Boys chored AM A went to Henry's PM W drissly rain all AM strong S W wind PM

A took 6 Pigs 1060 lbs to Locust Hill for Shank @ $8.00 per Cwt J went to Dr Dale AM he is

not well A Chored & brought some limb wood from Bush PM. W dull Cloudy froze last night
4

J is some better A Chored AM he gathered limb wood in old bush PM W. Cloudy AM Cler

mild PM
5

A helped Flavius at tile draining J took grist Chop & went to Cedar Grove he is not quite well

yet W. strong East wind quite Mild white frost last night
6

Boys Chored Alma & Mary Barkey were here today they stay all night W. Cloudy pretty

strong S W wind white frost this Morning
7

A worked at Flavius J Chored Frank Barkey was here today with his little sisters Russell &

Lewis Groves Herman's Harvey & Flavis's Carl Called this eveing W partly Cloudy raw S W wind
Sunday 8

at home Amelia was here awhile PM W. strong Cold N W & N East wind flurries of

snow
9

A Chored AM Ernie helped him saw wood in bush PM W. raw Cold strong S W wind this is

my Nancy's 73 Birthday
10

A helped Benj'n Kill Hogs W. strong N W wind not very Cold Jesse Reesor from Josephs

Island was here to dinner
11

Killed our 2 Big Hogs Flavius & Amelia Benj'n & Fanny helped W mostly cloudy some short

squaals but a pretty fine day not Cold
12

A Salted the Pork AM he Picked 14 Rooster PM he took them to M Barkeys this evening he

takes them to Toronto tomorrow W strong N W wind quite Cold a few flurries of snow David
Groves were here to dinner J went to Judds sale on the old Collins farm PM

13

J & A gathered wood in old bush AM A took grist Chop PM W. S W wind & few squaals of

snow PM
14

Boys brought load Pine roots from Flavius AM they drew straw out of East barn into west barn

PM W. partly Cler raw S W wind
Sunday 15

I A & Susanna went to Meeting at Hebron Nancy & J staid at home Daniel & Adeline

came Adeline is not very well & she did not want to go to Meeting Henrys were here after meeting

Dec 1912

1912

remarks by Levi Grove Sermon on St John 14th C by C Gayman W mostly Cloudy not so Cold
a very slight drissle of rain towards evening
16

A got Horses Billy & Sandey shod AM Ernie Came PM & they gathered down wood in old

bush PM W. Mild pretty strong N W wind
17

A went to Markham AM Ernie Came PM & they drew straw into west barn PM Annie was

here today helping to sew W. strong N W wind some squaals of snow turned to East PM very
dull & Cloudy day
18

J went to Claremont with Menno Reesor A took load of Chop & sorted a lot of Apples W. a

very fine Cler Mild day
19

Boys Picked Geese & sorted Apples W. Cloudy a few inches of snow & sleet last night

thawed a very little today
20

A went to Toronto 5 Barrels snow Apples & 1 of spies $2.00 each 2 Geese 16 cts per lb 2

doz Eggs 45 cts per doz J took grist Chop with Horse Major & got him shod W. mostly cloudy a
few fluries of snow
21

A brought about 3100 lbs of Coal from Locust Hill AM @ $8.00 per ton J took cream & took 2

Geese to Markham for H Wilsons AM they Chored PM W. Cloudy Pretty Cold flurries of snow
Sunday 22

I Nancy & Susanna went in Buggy J & A walked we all went to Elias's to a fine Duck

Roast & had a pleasant time W. a little cloudy this Morning very fine & Cler today Cold S W wind
PM {illegible} snow last night

23

A helped Benj'n thresh J brought Coal Oil from Whitevale AM he helped Pick fowl PM

Flavis's women were here PM helped to Pick Fowl & Bake W. quite fine but a raw Air from S W
24

A was at Henry's AM J went to Cedar Grove W not very Cold a little snow in the Air S W

wind Amelia was here PM
Christmas day 25

I & Nancy & A went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by Levi Grove sermon on

St Luke part of 2nd C by Br C our whole family were here to dinner to a fine Goose Roast also
some Chicken & we had a fine reunion & all in Good health & spirits for which we should feel
thankful to our Heavenly father
26

A helped J D's thresh J took Susanna to Teenie Stover AM & brought her home PM W mild

Cloudy
27

A helped J D's thresh J Chored W. strong N W wind Cold Flurries of snow some snow

last night some sleighs running J took cream this morning
28

A went to Markham with Elias AM he took load Chop PM J Chored W. a strong N W wind

some snow blowing

Dec 1912
Sunday 29

Jan 1913

at home Amelia Ernie & Carl were here to din{ner} W. mostly Clear a raw west wind

thawed a little very good Wheeling a very little snow would make good sleighing
30

Boys Chored & began making a Chute so that the hens can get up over the Pigpen from the

henhouse on the inside in the shelter W. drissling rain AM turned to soft snow from South west J
helped wash AM
31

A worked at hen house J went to Claremont with Menno Reesor W. Mostly Clear thawing

raw Cold Air from South West
Jan1st 1913

I & Nancy Susanna J & A went to Flavius's to a Duck & Chicken roast W. very fine

Clear day thawing very good Wheeling raw air from S W White frost this morning
2

A helped J McCreight thresh AM he worked at henhouse PM J Chored & took Chop AM he

Chored PM W white frost this Morning Mostly Cler today

3

A worked in Cedar Grove school house J Chored W. drissly rain AM turned to soft snow at

noon strong S W wind PM & This evening turned to N East
4

Boys Chored W. strong N W wind some squaals of snow J went to Cedar Grove

Sunday 5 at home Herman & family DN Reesor & whole family were here to dinner Joe's were
here to supper W. mild partly Cloudy raw Air blowed strong from East & began to storm at
Bedtime
6 Boys Chored AM they went to Cedar Grove PM got Horses Billy & Sandy sharped W. Mostly
cloudy N W wind Mild thawing & sloppy
7

A helped W Taylor thresh J Chored J{ess} Reesor from the North West was here to dinner

W. snow last night & awhile AM strong wind from north PM not very cold
8

A & Amy helped Flavius Butcher J took 5 Pigs to Locust Hill for Shank @ $8.25 per Cwt they

weighed 990 lbs W. strong wind & some snow at times pretty Cold
9

A helped Thomas's thresh nearly all day J went to Cedar Grove & Chored W. Cold 6 below

Zero this Morning got Mild very fast 20 above PM good sleighing
10

A took grist Chop AM he helped Herman PM J Chored W. very fine Mild cler

11

A went to Toronto on Train from Cherrywood J Chored some rain last night & again this

evening sleighing is getting thin
Sunday 12

A Susanna & Amy went to Meeting at Hebron Johnny Ramer & Ethel Scott were here

to dinner W. a regular blow from the North West heavy fall of snow not so Cold
13

J helped {illegible} AM they went to look for Rabbits PM got none

Jan 1913 Feb 1913
W partly fair pretty Cold Br Inlaw Simon Hoover Came to stay all night
14

A went to Markham AM J Chored they cut wood in bush PM W quite Cold

15

A helped Joes thresh awhile J took grist AM they worked in bush PM W. mostly cloudy

drissly rain towards evening

16

A helped Thomas Kill hogs J went to Cedar Grove with 10 pair Pidgeons for G Beatty @ 25

cts per pair he went to Hagermans Sale PM W. Mild Cloudy & Misty all day Sleighing very thin
Mary & Anne & Esther Grove & Teenie Stover were here to dinner
17

Boys Chored AM J brought home scuffler from Hagermans that he bought yesterday They

worked in bush awhile PM W. drissly rain heavy shower AM Cloudy Misty all PM thawing fast
Creek high
18

Boys Chored Henry & his Man & Willis were here to dinner Henry took home a Calf from

Flavius W. rain last night Mostly foggy all day heavy squaal of snow at times PM strong N W
wind {illegible}
Sunday 19

at home J & Susanna took Willis home he staid yesterday they were at Henry's to

dinner J & A went to Elias's after supper W. quite fine some Colder not thawing
20

Boys Chored W. rough strong wind drissly rain off & on all day J helped wash strong Cold

wind this eving
21

A took grist Chop J went to Joes & Elias's AM Elias is sick Dr says he has Typhoid fever

Flavius is sick with La Grippe W. fine there are some sleighs running but it is good Wheeling
pretty Cold this Morning
22

J took cream A worked in bush AM they both went to Markham to Douglas {illegible} on

Church street Markham PM Lewis Groves Came home with them he stays all night W. fine &
Clear Cold
23

Boys Chored AM they Picked few Roosters & dressed a Calf PM J took them to Barkeys PM

W. Cloudy shower of rain AM there was some fresh snow but it is about all gone
24

A brought 1/2 ton Oil Cake from Markham Flavius got a Car load J worked in bush they

both were in bush PM after J got home from Cedar Grove he got Horse Billy shod W. very fine &
Cler some thawing but a sharp air Elias is some better
25

J took cream A trimmed in Orchard & Chored AM he brought load coal from Locust Hill PM

Jan

Feb

1913

J went to a sale on 5th Con Pickering but it was stopped by a settlement Delilah Hoover Came to
stay all night W. Mostly Cler thawing in the sun raw air from East
Sunday 26

at home Delilah Staid for dinner Flavius's Eva was here too W. partly Clear

thawing in the sun
27

A piled wood awhile then he brought load pine roots from Flavius AM Henry's were here to

dinner W. quite fine & Cler
28

A went to Hermans & Called at Mill for load Chop AM J worked in bush they both worked in

bush PM W. Cler quite Cold N W wind froze hard
29

Boys worked in bush Dr Dale came to see Nancy she has not been very well for some time

he thinks she has a touch of La Grippe she is up & around there are a great many sick Just now
W. partly Cloudy squaals of snow quite Cold this Morning
30

Boys worked in bush W. quite Mild Mostly cler

31

Boys Chored & worked in bush W. drissly AM strong N W wind PM J went to Cedar Grove

& to Joe's PM A brought Corn Binder home from Mannells near Belford PM
Feb 1

A went to Herman's & Called at Mill for Chop AM They Chored PM W. about 5 above

Zero AM Cler Cold all day
Sunday 2

I & J Kept house the Meeting was at Hebron instead of at Almira Nancy A & Amy &

Susanna were at Meeting Br S's Lydia & Bertha G{id} Wideman & wife & Jacob Wideman were
Baptised Daniels M N's & A B's Lizzy were here to dinner W. very very Cold & Clear all day 5
above this Morning 14 above this eveing a Bitter N W wind I was not in Meeting have bad
Cough yet & weak Eyes
3

Boys worked in bush W quite Cold yet it was Cler yesterday Cold North wind today this was

the day of the Annual Meeting at Hebron for the appointing of Trustees I did not go
4

J went to Whitevale AM A & Susanna went to Markham AM Boys cuting wood in bush PM W.

Cler quite Cold yet squaals of snow at times PM
5

Boys cut wood in bush W. very very Cold N W wind cler Aunt Lizzy Burkholder fell off the

Veranda today & broke her Arm above the elbow today

6

A went to bring Rosanna Culp from Markham station to wait on her Mother J took load Chop

today W. very very bitter N W wind Cler all day very Cold
7

A worked in bush J went to Joes & to Whitevale then he worked in bush W. very very cold

strong N W wind very bitter wind
8

Boys worked in bush AM J went to sale at Locust Hill PM some Milder squaals of snow PM

Feb 1913
Sunday 9

A Nancy & Susanna went to Meeting at Hebron I did not feel like going have bad

Cough yet Russl & Lewis Grove Saml Ramers young folks Menno Reesors young folks Willis &
Frank Barkey were here to dinner W. fine & Clear but very sharp Air Henrys Called PM Benj'n &
family were here all PM
10

Boys Chored W. very Cold 5 deg below Zero this Morning Cold all day some squaals of

dry snow not much wind
11

A cut wood J helped wash AM they brought load Pine roots PM W. some Milder strong N

W wind & squaals of snow at times
12

A helped Herman at his stable J Chored W. very very cold 5 deg below this Morning Cold

all day Calm AM but strong N W wind awhile PM Calm this evening
13

Boys Chored AM they went to Markham & to a sale south of Markham on 8th Con PM W.

Clear strong very Cold S W wind all day about 17 deg above Zero but very chilly raw Air
14

Boys worked in bush W. pretty Cold N W wind Cler Eva was here all PM

15

A took Chop then they Chored W. drissly raw wind from East PM Mary & May & Wilbur were

here PM colder this evening
Sunday 16

at home Elias's were here to dinner W. pretty Cold about 2 in of dry snow last night

sharp Air
17

Boys Pulled down Goosehouse & Put one up in East end of shed behind shed {door} W. sharp

& Clear

18

A took Chop & went to Cedar Grove got horse Billy sharped AM J took me to Br C's awhile

PM he is pretty smart Dr Comes to see him some times I am pretty well but I am quite weak
Cough some yet W. quite Cold 5 above Zero this Morning fine & Cler today roads good for
Wheeling little May Barkey has been here a few days
19

J took cream A worked in bush J was in bush PM W. strong East wind AM More Calm PM

Hermans were all here to supper Benj'ns were all here after supper
20

A worked in bush J went to Pearces to try to buy a Ba{illegible} ringer did not get one I &

Nancy drove to see Aunt Lizzy Burkholder she has been Poorly is pretty Easy Just now J took 6
doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 23 cts W. quite Mild a slight shower PM Dr Dales came this evening
to see Susanna she is not very well has something like {illegible} She is up & around
21 Boys worked in bush & hung up Pork to smoke W. mostly Cloudy Cold N East wind

Mar 1913
22

1913

A took cream J Chored AM they both went to P Nevills Sale on 11th Con PM W wind &

drissle AM some soft snow last night & at times through the day
Sunday 23

at home Flavius & whole family & Lydia & Bertha were here to dinner W. very Cold

strong N W wind all day 5 deg above this Morning 3 deg above at bedtime very near sleighing
good a few Miles north
24

Boys around the house all day they helped to sew Carpet rags W. very fine & Clear but bitter

Cold 2 deg below Zero 5 above this evening fine & calm no wind
25

A drew a load of Ice from Reesor's Pond in Markham for George Beatty AM they Chored PM

W. Calm & Cold 2 below this Morning 14 above this evening it looks as if it will be milder
26

Boys Chored & worked in bush W. Milder fine fall of snow pretty good sleighing we see

loads of sawlogs going there are a good many sick around here Br C's Becky has La Grippe J D
is sick with Bronchitis & Br N's Jacob is sick too
27

Boys took 4 White Ash Sawlogs to S M AM A took load Chop & got Horses Billy & Sandey

shod PM W fine J D is very sick Jacob Reesor some better

28

Boys Chored & cut some feed AM they drew some Pine Roots from Flavius's for Engine wood

PM W. very fine & mild Br C's Beccy is some better J D is a very little better
March 1st

Boys didn't do much Henry's were all here to dinner W a little blustery with squaals of

snow this morning very fine & Clear today pretty Cold we hear today that J Diller is very low J &
A are gone down this eveing to see him they are not back yet they Came at bedtime & said he
was no better
Sunday 2

at home Thomas's girl & Ethel Scott were here awhile AM then A & Susanna & Amy

went to Benj'n to dinner W. some squaals of snow at times a very very strong S W wind quite
Cold & strong wind we hear that J Diller is able to sit up in a chair a little while Br C's Beccy is
some better too
3

Boys in the house they helped to sew Carpet rags J went to Murisons sale PM W squaals of

snow off & on all day not very Cold J Diller not much better A is going to sit up with him
4

A took Susanna to Dr Dales AM J Chored took grist Chop PM I rode with him to Br C's

Becca is getting better slowly J D is weak W. pretty mild some slight squaals of snow good
sleighing
5

J took Susanna to Joes this Morning A took Nancy to J D's PM

Mar 1913 Mar
J D is some better they Called at Br C's Becca is getting better she intends to get up tomorrow
A took Chop PM W pretty sharp Herman's Called this evening after supper
6

Boys Chored Daniels were here to dinner W. very strong N W wind some squaals of snow J

D is no better it is getting Colder this evening
7

Boys Chored AM they went to a sale at Mrs Weirs in Scarboro PM Henry was here to dinner

he got some seed Oats W. very Cold 5 deg below this Morning 7 above today 5 below this
eveing J D is getting weaker
8

Boys Chored AM A went to Markham PM John Diller died after dinner W. Cloudy pretty

Cool N W wind Milder this evening John had been sick nearly 2 weeks with something like
Bronchitis

Sunday 9

J A Susanna & Amy went to Meeting at Hebron Nancy & I kept house no visitors

Henry's Called a few Minutes PM W. Cloudy drissly rain at times sleighing is about gone but it
seems to be getting Colder this evening
10

A helped dig grave for J Diller J took me a little while to J Dillers PM Flavius's brought Louis

Brillinger & wife to supper
11

W. very fine & Clear dry frost last night thawing to day

went to Funeral of John Diller sermon by C Gayman on St Mat 24 C 44 Verse John

Brownsberger & wife were here to dinner A B's Lizzie was here too David Groves were here to
supper W. very very fine Clear dry frost last night thawing today sleighing about done A B's
Lizzie stays all night
12

Boys Chored they went to McRaes sale PM W. frosty & Misty this Morning cleared up fine

today Lizzie is here again to stay all night
13

A helped Benj'n J sorted apples Barbara Weaver & Fanny Grove Called PM W. very fine &

clear raw air from East
14

J took grist oats with Horse Major & got him shod AM A went to Hermans this eveing he took

15 doz Eggs & 4 Barrels apples they go to Toronto tomorrow W. very fine they sold Eggs @ 25
cts Spies $2.50 Russets $1.50 Herman had 7 Pigs @ $13.25 W. very hevy rain last night & this
Morning Rouge is very high a few hevy thunder showers ove the lake this evening they did not
get home till 4 Oc AM

Mar 1913
15

Mar 1913

J took grist A got home from Hermans then Chor{ed} they both went to Bennets sale on the

old White fa{rm} PM W. slight shower at times warm getting Cooler this evening
Sunday 16

at home Benj'n & Children were here to dinner W. Cold froze hard S W wind

mostly Clear flurries of snow
17

Boys Chored AM they cut wood in bush PM W. quite Cold froze hard Clear

18

A & Susanna went to Markham AM J took Nancy & Lizzie to see Aunt Lizzie Burkholder AM

she is pretty smart Boys Cut wood in bush PM W. Clear strong S W wind Thawing a little

19

J took Cream A brought home Chop AM they J cut wood in bush A helped Clean house PM

J took Nancy & Aunt Lizzy to Br C's & brought them home this eving W. very fine like spring raw
N W wind
20

Boys put Pork in garret & rubbed it with mustard A went to A{nnie} Milroys sawing Bee & J

brought home grist Chop W. very fine roads are drying off in places
Good Friday 21

Nancy & A & Lizzie went to Meeting at Hebron Henry's & Johnny Reesors were

here to dinner Daniels Called awhile PM W. Cloudy & some drissly AM Cler & very very strong N
W wind PM very strong at times getting Colder this evening Some bad frost holes in the road
22

J took cream Willis went with him A went to Markham AM Lizzie went with him they

Chored PM W. frost last night thawing today there are reports of a great deal of damage by the
wind storm through the Country
Easter Sunday 23

at home nobody here W. Mild mostly Cloudy pretty strong East wind

Easter Monday 24

at home Boys didnt do much AM they cleaned seed grain PM W. mostly

Cloudy & strong S East wind PM the Creeks have been pretty high there is an account in the
papers of a great deal of damages through the whole Country from Canada to {Mexico} to buildings
& Timber by the storm
25

Boys helped wash & Clean house W. mild Cloudy & some drissly rain there are a good

many Cases of measles in the neighbourhood Thomas's girls have them it is getting colder &
freezing this evening
26

Boys helped at house cleaning W. not very Cold the trees & fences are covered with Ice & it

is very slippery walking

Mar April 1913
there have been very destructive floods in the western states Ohio & Indiana Missouri & it is
lamentable to read the accounts there was some damage in Canada but not very much
27

Boys Chored A took 24 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 20 cts PM W. Snowing last night &

today till after dinner very fair sleighing not Cold

28

Boys Put in some Ash logs at Mill AM they helped clean house PM Dr Dales Called PM to

see Susanna she is not very well W. Cler sharp Air it thawed a little in the sun
29

Boys took away the lumber AM they Chored PM W. Mild Mostly Clear the snow is thawing

Sunday 30

at home J went to Henry's to dinner Elias's Joes & Ada Mayberry were & Flavius's

Eva were here to dinner W. Mild Mostly Cloudy
31

Boys Chored & worked in bush W. Mild partly Cler strong S W wind PM Cold this evening

April 1

J took Amy home she quit work today then he brought Flavius's Amelia she stays

awhile they cut up apple limbs PM W. Cold Clear a strong N W wind

froze hard last night

thawing a little in the sun through the day
2

Boys worked in bush W W fine Clear warm roads drying off fine Boys put dung around

Raspberries this morning
3

Boys chored & ground Binder Knives Mary was here today sewing W strong East wind & rain

heavy at times Creeks high A took 18 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 20 cts
4

Boys Chored AM A took load Chop to Davids & J went to Whitevale for Oil PM W. Misty

Cloudy & drissly rain about all day
5

Boys cut wood & fixed Kitchen veranda floor I went to Half yearly Conference PM W. mostly

Clear some frost last night thawed today some suckers Caught in Petticoat & in Rouge
Sunday 6

I & Nancy & A went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by C Burkholder sermon on St Mat

18 C by Levi Grove (Umfrage) C Burkholder Levi Grove M N & Abraham Lehman Hermans &
Henrys & Uriah Drudges were here to dinner Thomas's were here after supper W partly Cloudy
thawing a little skiff of fresh snow this Morning all gone very soon
7

A took Horse Sandy to Dr Armstrong AM he has {illegible} they took 2 young sows to Flavius's

& trimmed Raspberries PM W. very fine Cler frost last night

April 1913
8

Apr 1913

J helped at house cleaning & they spread dung around Raspberries & Chored I walked to Br

C's I got pretty tired Dr Dale Called to see Susanna she has been pretty poorly W. Mostly clear
slight frost last night thawed today
9

A went to Markham AM he brought Annie Ramer daughter of the late Samuel Ramer to work

for us this Coming summer J took a grist A helped burn the grass in Hebron grave yard PM
Daniels were here to dinner frost last night clear today
10

Boys drew home stove wood form bush AM they took 21 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 18 cts &

Chored PM W East wind drissly rain heavy at times PM
11

Boys Clipped Major & Chief Henry was here PM David Groves were here to dinner & supper

W. Cloudy Misty AM fine & clear PM
12

A was at Mill for Chop AM J started early before dinner & went to Kirkham dipping suckers

he Caught 8 fine big Ones W. Clear fine & warm
Sunday 13

we all went to Benj'ns to dinner W. very fine & Clear all day J & A went to Hermans

after supper
14

A was at Henry's Clipping Horses J helped wash AM he scraped roads with log PM. W. very

fine warm Cler I walked to Br C's this morning he is pretty smart
15

I & Nancy went to Joe's to dinner J took fat Cow to Locust Hill for Shank @ $60.00 she

weighed 1180 lbs Boys fixed fences PM W. very fine Clear
16

A & Nancy went her old home Peters Mary has not been well she is up & around again they

staid to diner then they went to her Brother Samuels for a good Call J took Cream & Chored W.
very fine Cler
17

I & Nancy went to Elias's to dinner Susanna & Annie went to Markham with horse Major A

rolled behind Cider house J Grubbed East of dam A took 24 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove this eveing
@ 17 cts Herman Called this evening
18

Boys sowed nearly 1/2 of field East of dam with Oats I walked to see Aunt Lizzie Burkholder

she is poorly W. very very warm a thunder shower Came up after supper did not rain very much
pretty heavy thunder over the lake

19

Boys finished sowing field East of dam except on headland W. cler very Cold strong N W

wind very cold wind

Apr 1913
Sunday 20

May

at home little Ada Barkey was here today Thomas's girls & Amy & Ada Mayberry

was here PM W. Clear all day a strong N W wind froze hard last night quite hard sun thawed
some today but the Air did not thaw
21

A took grist Chop J helped wash AM they grubbed in N E Corner field PM W. pretty hard

frost last night Cler Milder PM
22

Boys worked at seeding in N E Corner field sowing Peas & Oats W. slight rain last night

Cloudy & drissly nearly all day Milder
23

Boys helped Clean house AM drove down Posts in the Pickering Townline fence south of

Meeting house & Chored PM W. a pretty heavy thunder shower this Morning slight shower today
pretty warm
24

A went to Markham AM J Plowed furrows to let water off fields they worked at seeding PM I

& Nancy went to Cedar Grove PM W. fine quite warm
25

Boys worked at seeding W. Clear not so very warm very fine day for working horses

26

Boys worked at seeding W. cloudy nearly all day getting Cooler PM Susanna & Anne went

to Joes PM strong wind towards evening
Sunday 27

at home nobody here A Susanna & Anne went to Flavius's to dinner W. slow steady

rain all day except about an hour PM {illegible} warm
28

A went to Markham AM J helped wash AM J took grist Chop A Planted lot of Prune trees

PM W. Cler Cool Creeks pretty high
29

Boys worked at seeding I went awhile to Meeting house this Morning there were about 20

there scrubbing the Meeting house W. fine Cler Cool wind the land is drying off fast
30

Boys worked at seeding they got done except 5 acres in the N W corner field W. fine clear

Cool air J & A went to Henry's

May 1st

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J & Willis remarks by Br C sermon on Acts part of

10 C by C Burkholder I took a bad spell became unconscious the boys Carried Me & then
brought me home & Called Dr Dale he gave {illegible} he said my stomach was affected nearly
{illegible} {family} called PM W. very fine Cler day

May 1913
May 2

Boys finished seeding except few wet spots they began to roll W. very fine Cool air I

am feeling pretty well
3

Boys rolled A cleaned up garden awhile PM W Quite warm Teenie Stover & her sister Katey

Lehman were here to dinner
Sunday 4

all went to Meeting at Hebron except I J & Willis Willis has a boil in his nose

Sacrament was administered today Henry's Peter Nighswander & Lucinda Reesor & Martin Ramer
were here to dinner Daniels & Joe's Called PM W. pretty warm partly Cloudy I feel a little better
but did not venture to go to Meeting
5

Boys finished roling J harrowed field north of the Meeting house W. pretty warm partly

Cloudy
6

A dug garden J ganged in root ground north of Meeting house Dr Dales called PM Susanna

had bad spell W. Clear turned quite cool pretty strong N W wind PM
7

J ganged A brought load of Chop & dug garden PM he harrowed awhile AM W. pretty Cold N

E wind fine & Clear
8

J ganged A dug garden & went for Chop & went to Cedar Grove 17 doz Eggs @ 17 cts per

doz W partly Cloudy quite Cool
9

J finished ganging & harrowing the root ground A took grist drew home some wood & worked

in garden W. quite Cool strong north wind we turned the young Cattle into the root field the
grass is well started trees in bloom bush green but it is in a stand still the last few days on account
of the Cold air
10

J took old Horse Chief to Stouffville he sold him @ $70.00 A took grist Chop & Made garden

W. Mostly Clear quite Cold raw wind Ice f{rom} last night

Whit Sunday 11

at home Flavius's Amelia Ernie Carl & Eva & Joe & Anne were here to dinner

W. fine Cler quite Cool some white frost last night
Whit Monday 12

Boys didnt keep a holiday J worked on the root ground A went to Markham with

Elias AM he brought a few Tiles from Cherrywood & chored PM W. partly Clear Cool S W wind
13

Boys sowed the mangels I & Nancy went to Flavius's to a splendid dinner of Trout they were

at Ringwood yesterday & he Caught a fine lot some of them 9 inches long W. mostly Cler cold
wind from S W a light rain last night Just enough to lay the dust

May
May 14

1913

A drew dung on Potato ground in root field J sowed corn W. cler Cool S W air I &

Nancy went to Elias's AM to see their nice fat Baby girl born last evening both quite smart 15 J
took cream
15

J Plowed Potatoe ground A took grist Chop & took 17 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 17 cts per

doz they carried apple barrels out of Cellar & helped girls Clean Cellar W. strong S East wind
Cloudy Cool all day
16

A took grist & then they Chored W. not so Cold a very fine rain last night some pretty heavy

thunder things are growing fine Boys brought a load of gravel to end of lane from Collins Pit AM
17

J took cream A took Susanna to Dr Dales AM they brought load Clover from Benj'ns & began

to Build a Chicken house for young Chicks PM W. fine Mostly Cler still a Cool Air
Sunday 18

at home J A & Anne went to David Groves to dinner W. partly Clear a little distant

thunder over the lake after dinner & a short shower
19

Boys worked at Chicken house J brought some shingles from Locust Hill Davids were here to

dinner then they went to Joes & Elias's Nancy went with them & I went about 4 PM & brought her
home W. fine Cler raw Cold wind
20

A took 5 hogs 1100 & 10 lbs to Locust Hill for Shank @ 9.40 per Cwt this morning then he

worked at Chicken house I took Nancy to see Aunt Lizzie PM She is pretty smart J stabbed a
nail into his Knee he is pretty lame but he planted some Early Potatoes & beans W. fine Clear
sun warm but Cool air

21

Boys worked at Chicken house W. Cloudy strong East wind rain off & on nearly all day a

very little distant thunder air Cool
22

J went to Locust Hill for some sheeting for Chicken house AM he took 17 doz Eggs to Cedar

Grove PM @ 18 cts & harrowed Corn PM A worked at Chicken house W. foggy awhile this
Morning partly cler air fine & warm
23

Boys worked at Chicken house I went to Joes AM for some Plants & Susannas bread AM W

partly cloudy pretty warm J finished harrowing the Corn it is coming well
24

at home J Harrowed Corn & went to Cedar Grove A went fishing to Dead water with Flavius's

& Hermans he got a mess of fine Catfish W. partly Clear Cool Air
Sunday 25

at home Christian Stover & wife from Church Street Markham were here to dinner

Frank Barkey was here to supper W. Bright Clear Cool

June

June

1913

Susanna is about the same W. Cler Cool air
11

Boys Cleaned Wheat AM J took 50 Bu to Whitevale @ 85 PM A Cultivated Corn PM W. fine

clear a little wamer Anne was here awhile PM Dr Called he had Susanna up in her Chair a few
minutes
12

Boys finished Cleaning Wheat they took 2 loads More Making 127 Bus altogether A finished

Cultivating the Corn W. fine Cler warm J sorted some Apples PM & took them to Barkeys this
eving
13

Boys drew wood home from Bush then A Cultivated corn & J hoed W. very very warm &

clear Dr Called PM Susanna is not so well
14

A got Horse Billy shod J Cultivated corn AM they built up the East Chimney on Main house

it was badly wrecked W. very very warm
Sunday 15

at home Elias's were all here to dinner with their Baby girl Called Anne. Hermans &

Daniels were here after supper W. very warm some heavy thunder PM but only few drops of rain
heavy showers a few Miles north

16

Boys done road work drew gravel on Pickering townline from Collins Pit Carl helped them

AM W. very very warm
17

Boys finished raod work AM J topped thistles & A sowed Grey stone turnips PM W. fine &

cler quite warm yet but fine Cool Breeze
18

Boys hoed Mangels David Groves were here to dinner Teenie Stover & her Sister Barbara &

Hanah Stover were here to dinner too Brinlaw John Hoover's were here to supper Henry & Willis
Called after supper J went to Markham after supper W. very fine
19

Cool air

Boys hoed Mangels W. Cool Air from East Cloudy this Morning began to rain about 9 AM

heavy shower AM some more PM J took 17 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 19 per doz this evening
20

Boys Chored A worked at Sash for Chicken house W. rain last night slow drissly rain all day

21

Boys hoed Mangels I went to Joes PM for Susannas Bread & Butter W. very fine Clear &

Cool
Sunday 22

at home Daniels were here to dinner Benj'n Fanny Wilfred & Vera & Elias's were

here PM W. very fine & clear A & Anne went to Funeral of W Reesors wife at Locust Hill Dr
Called at noon Susanna not so well

June

July

1913

23

Boys hoed Mangels & Topped Thistles W. very very warm

24

Boys Topped Thistles & finished hoeing Mangels W. very very warm & clear Auctioneer J H

Prentis & Mr Hastings were here to dinner
25

Boys Cultivated Corn & Mangels & Topped Thistles W. very very warm Distant thunder

showers went around PM a slight shower here PM
26

Boys Topped Thistles A got Horse Sandy shod PM & took 12 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @

20 cts per doz W. very very warm but a Cool Breeze from S W at times
27

Boys Topped Thistles A scuffled Mangels J got Mares Jenny & Queen shod PM W. very

very warm a fine Cool Breeze from north PM

28

Boys A scuffled Mangels J topped Thistles W. very very warm Cool air from East

Sunday 29

Nancy A & Anne went to Meeting at Hebron I & J staid with Susanna Russell &

Lewis Grove were here to dinner Menno Burkholder's & Mattey & A B's Lizzie were here to supper
there were a lot of Callers PM W. a very fine day not so warm air from East
30

Boys scuffled & hoed Corn A went to Jonathan Jarvis barn raising PM W very very warm

pretty strong & warm wind from S W
July 1

J scuffled & hoed Corn A took hired girl Anne Ramer home then he went to look for a

Beef Ringer but got none Then he went to David Groves to dinner he brought Anne home again
W. very warm yet Dr Dales Called PM Susanna is not so well our Anne was here PM
2

Boys scuffled & hoed Corn W. quite warm a fine heavy thunder shower after dinner not very

heavy thunder but a fine rain for about 10 minutes a little Cooler after the rain
3

Boys hoed corn W. fine Clear very warm but fine Cool Breeze A took 16 doz Eggs to Cedar

Grove this evening @ 20 cts
4

Boys hoed Corn awhile then they began cutting East part of Meadow west of lane a very

heavy thunder storm Came up after dinner very fine rain for a few hours some very heavy Claps
of thunder it was a a very welcome rain I went to Joes this Morning little Ada came home with me
she stays all night Boys went after supper to look for a Beef Ringer got none.

July 1913
Boys both went to Benj'n after dinner to help in the {hay} took in one load
5

Boys went AM to look for Beef Ringer They got one off J {D} {illegible} a fine one to {illegible}

brought him home they finished hoeing Corn & thinned Grey stone Turnips W. a little Cloudy
pretty warm
Sunday 6

at home David Groves & Frank were here to dinner Daniel Ramers Called PM Ed

Wilson brought a Auto load of Callers PM A welcome change in the weather a very Cool N W
wind all day Hermans Called a little while this evening

7

Boys got up at 4 Oc AM & began cutting meadow west of lane they got it cut by noon they

Tedded & raked some of it got a lot of it on Cock W. very fine & Cool pretty strong North wind at
times PM
8

J took cream A took grist Chop then they Tedded & raked hay they took in few loads hay &

put the whole field in Cocks W. very fine Clear day Dr Dales Called Susanna doing pretty well
9

Boys worked at Mangels till about 10 then they began to draw in hay they drew till about 4 PM

when some fine showers Came several heavy Claps of thunder I & Nancy went to Joes for some
strawberries Just got home before the rain very fine showers
10

A raked in Meadow where the drew the hay off J hoed Potatoes & Corn PM I & Nancy went

to Cedar Grove PM with 10½ doz Eggs @ 20 cts per doz W. fine clear warm
11

Boys finished taking in hay except 4 Cocks of rakings below garden we have about 20 loads

of very good hay I went to Murisons for Butter AM I & Nancy went to see Aunt Lizzie Burkholder
PM she is about the same W. a very fine day not so warm
12

A took Chop J took cream then they brought in 4 Cocks rakings below garden then they

went to Benj'ns with waggon to help them draw in hay heavy steady rain stopped them about 1/2
past 10 they Came home a fine steady rain no thunder very fine rain not so warm I walked to
Br C's PM

July 1913
A struck out lands in new Meadow behind driving house PM we intend to fix it for Wheat
Sunday 13

at home Flavius Amelia Ernie & Carl & Amy Mayberry were here to dinner W. Clear

a very strong wind fom west A & Anne went to Daniel Ramers to dinner Herman's Harvey was
here to dinner too J has something like a boil on his arm A took him to Dr Dales this evening Dr
says there is some Blood poisoning in it
14

Flavius's Carl Came this Morning then he & A went with team & helped Benj'n draw in hay W.

fine & clear not very warm J's Arm is very sore he was sitting in the house all PM

15

A plowed sod J walked through some of the grain field looking for wild oats his arm is very

sore yet the boys took our Beef Ringer to Barkeys this evening it was not Our number but we
exchanged him in good order W. fine Clear warm sun & Cool Air
16

A Plowed & Put Paris Green on Potatoes J did not do much his arm is very sore yet he got

Horse Major shod AM W. very fine sun warm A took girl Anne to Dr Dales this evening
17

A helped Benj'n draw hay J took grist Chop & took 15 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 21 cts W.

warm sun Air from East Dr Dales Called this evening Susanna not quite so well J's arm is broke
& is running out fine he has not quite so much pain
18

A Plowed J went to Whitevale AM his arm is getting better fast he rolled awhile were A

Plowed I & Nancy went to see Aunt Lizzie Burkholder PM she is very low W. very very warm
Clear
19

A Plowed J rolled & Cultivated I went to Joes PM for Susannas bread I Called to see how

Aunt Lizzy was She is no better W warm sun Cool air
20

at home Elias's & Joe's were here to dinner W. not so warm a few heavy Claps of thunder &

light rain after dinner another slight shower after supper J & A went to Henrys after supper
Flavius's were here after supper

July 1913
July 21

July 1913

Boys got Out Binder & began cutting Wheat south of bush it is a fine crop there was a

Pinion broke & J went to Pickering & got a new one I went to see Aunt Lizzie PM She is no better
W. fine Clear a fine Cool Breeze
22

Boys finished Cutting Wheat south of bush then they cut wheat on Knoll it is a fine crop W.

a strong S W wind sun warm
23

J Plowed A helped N B's draw in hay AM Aunt Lizzie Burkholder died last night about 3 AM

W. rather Cloudy fine heavy rain after dinner a few heavy Claps of thunder one Clap struck Bob
Milroys stable & fired some hay but they saw it in time to put it out some more rain after supper A
& a few More Cut weeds in graveyard after supper Mr Powell of Pickering was here PM fixing
Binder

24

Boys Plowed I went to Elias's then I took Nancy & Susanna to N B's AM I took grist chop to

Davids & took 11 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 22 cts W. not so warm Cool S W wind

slight

squaal of rain PM
25

Nancy J A & Anne went to Funeral of Aunt Lizzie to Hebron I did not feel strong enough to go

Sermon by Br C & Preacher Moir M N Br inlaw John Hoover C Gayman's S B Lehman's Christian
Brillinger's & Susie Wideman & Mary Reesor were here to dinner Br inlaw Saml Hoover & Martha
were here to dinner too W. a very fine Cler day Cool Air
26

Boys finished Plowing harrowing & rolling the sod W. a very fine Cler day Cool air warm sun

Sunday 27

Nancy A & Anne went to meeting at Hebron J & Susanna staid with me I did not feel

strong enough to go there was nobody to dinner Benj'ns were all here PM W. quite warm Close
& sultry PM looks like showers going around west & over the lake a little thunder in the distance
28

J harrowed the sod A hoed Mangels 2 men were here to dinner they fixed the Binder I &

Nancy went to Elias's PM their Baby was sick is some better again

July 1913
28

Aug

W some thunder a few showers last night very very Close & sultry AM some wind PM but

warm Clodey PM looks like rain but did not Come
29

Benj'n helped boys with team & they drew in all our fall wheat 14 loads I & Nancy went to

Henry's to dinner I was pretty tired but we had a very fine visit W. a little Cloudy at times looked a
little like showers but a very fine day not so warm
30

Boys drew home lot of stove wood out of bush then they finished hoeing the Mangels then

they Cut Corner of barley ready for the Binder they also took in the Wheat {illegible} W very warm
& sultry PM
31 Boys cut & shocked the barley it is a fair crop I took 11 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 22 cts
PM W. very very warm a fine Cool Breeze from South East
August 1

Boys & Benj'n with Man & team covered field west of lane behind Cider house with dung

W. Cler warm in the sun fine Cool Breeze I & Nancy went to see Tilly Burkholder she was very
sick with Indigestion W

2

Boys spread the dung then they Cut some Oats East of Pond J went to Whitevale this morning

for some Coal Oil he met Willis on the road & brought him home he stays awhile Esther Groves
& Franklin & Frank & Aida Barkey Called awhile PM W. warm sun fine Breeze
Sunday 3

at home J & Willis took Susanna to Dr Dales AM Hermans were here to supper

Benj'n Wilfred & Flavis's Amelia Called awhile PM W. quite warm looked like showers over the
lake a little distant towards evening
4

Boys finished Cutting Oats East of Pond AM they cut in Mixed grain behind barn PM I took a

Truck wheel to Blacksmith to get Tire set & went to Murisons for Butter AM W fine Cler Cool
Breeze
5

A helped Thomas's thresh AM J Finished Cutting Mixed grain behind barn AM they drew in

barley 6 loads PM W fine & warm Cool Breeze from East
6

Boys finished cutting Mixed grain behind barn & began cutting Peas & Oats mixed crop in N E

Corner field W prety warm mostly cloudy a slight little shower PM.

Aug 1913
7

Aug 1913

A took grist Chop J took cream then they cut {hay} in N E Corner & then north of Bush I &

Willis & Frank Barkey took 10 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 22 cts per doz W. quite warm
pretty strong East wind threshing Machine came this evening
8

Threshed AM about 350 Bus fall Wheat about 250 Bus barley & a few loads Mixed grain turned

out very well got done at noon Boys Cut grain PM W quite warm strong S W wind
9

J took cream A took some chop he went to help R Milroy thresh rain stopped them they

shocked some grain PM W. a slow steady rain this Morning a few claps of thunder not very
heavy Cloudey before dinner very close & sultry PM & this evening I went to Joes for Susanna's
bread Dr Dale called AM Susanna not quite so well
Sunday 10

at home Joes & Ernie & Carl Amelia & Eva were here to dinner J & Willis went to

Daniels to dinner W. warm AM Cooler PM fine & quite Cool this evening heard this evening that
Samuel G Reesor dropped Dead in the Cedar Grove meeting house while he was Praying

11

Boys finished Cutting Oats in the N W Corner field which finishes our cutting they took in 3

loads Mixed grain W. fine Cler Cool air
12

Boys & Benj'n & Wilfred & George Mayberry drew in with 2 teams AM A & Mayberry drew

alone PM J helped J Diller thresh PM Benj'ns Wildred took Nancy & Anne Ramers to the Funeral
of Saml G Reesor at Cedar Grove PM W. very fine
13

Boys & Benj'n & his help with team drew in AM then they all went to Benj'ns & drew in W

quite warm looks like showers going around I took Susanna to Joes AM & I brought her home PM
J & A took Willis home after supper
14

Boys helped Benj'n Awhile then they all came down & helped us they drew all our grain in

except about 3 loads I & Nancy went to Hermans to dinner W quite warm
15

Boys & Wilfred finished drawing in last of our grain 3 loads then they helped Benj'n PM I &

Frank Barkey went to Cedar Grove & then we went to Murisons for Butter W. very very warm &
sultry Enos Nighswanders & Martins called awhile PM with Jacob Moyer & wife from Michigan
heard today that Henry's have a Baby boy born this AM
16

Boys helped Benj'n finish drawing in last last of Their harvest AM J harrowed the sod west of

lane A took grist of Chop

Aug 1913
I took load of chop this Morning with Horse Major W very very sultry & dull AM about 3 PM it
began to Thunder in the N W & then drew around over Toronto not very heavy thunder began
slow & steady rain for a few hours very welcome rain & I think the Air is a little Cooler
Sunday 17

at home Edgar & Charlotte Hoover were here to dinner W. very warm & sultry

showers went around at times
18

Boys Chored J harrowed awhile on sod AM they both helped Flavius drew in grain PM I

went to Joes PM for Susanna's Bread & Butter PM W. very warm showers going around
19

A helped A Milroy thresh AM & helped J McCreight PM J helped Elias Barkey draw in grain

AM he went to Whitevale PM I & Nancy went to Henrys to dinner to see their fine big Baby Boy
they are quite smart W. a very fine Cool Clear day very Pleasant drive

20 A helped Herman I & Nancy went to see Br inlaw Samuel Hoover he fell off a load of Peas the
other day & hurt himself so that he is in bed he feels some better today W. very fine & Cool Cool
wind from East Dr Called today Susanna not so well
21

Boys Cleaned some Oats & drew home some stove wood A took some Chop & took 13½ doz

Eggs to Cedar Grove PM W. Cloudy looks like rain quite warm this evening
22

A helped P Gates thresh J bagged some Oats for Thomas he took them to Davids for

Thomas PM @ 35 cts per Bus W. some slight showers through the day a very heavy shower this
evening One very heavy Clap of thunder this evening J began ganging east of dam awhile PM
23

Boys ganged in N East corner field I went to Murisons for Butter & to Joes for Bread & Butter

for Susanna then I went to the Half yearly Conference but I was rather late it was about over W.
fine Cler day but it was a heavy storm last night our Creek was running awhile the Pond was full
the ground is well soaked it was a very welcome rain & there was no damage that we heard of J &
A went to Henry's after supper

Aug 1913 Sept
Sunday 24

Aug 1913 Sept

Nancy J A & Anne went to Meeting at Hebron I staid with Susanna I am not very

strong yet Jacob Groves Junior's were here to dinner Flavius & Fanny Called after supper Boys
& {Anne} went to Elias to supper W. very fine Cool day pretty strong N wind
25

Boys ganged Finished N E Corner field W. very fine Cler & Cool Ch{ris}ttey Stovers from

Church street were here awhile PM they got some wild red Plums
26

Boys ganged W. quite warm a slight shower PM A pretty heavy dash of rain early this

Morning
27

Boys ganged Adeline & Emma were here to dinner W. fine & clear bright sun & Cool Air

28

Boys helped Benj'n draw dung with 2 teams till after 2 PM when drissly rain stopped them A

went to Markham after 3 PM to get something for Susanna Dr Dales Called PM & Prescribed a new
treatment for her

29

A ganged J harrowed I went to Joe's & Elias's PM W pretty heavy shower last night some

thunder pretty warm today strong W wind Cloudy this evening some drissle of rain after dark
Susanna not so well
30

Boys helped Benj'n draw dung W. Cloudy at times pretty warm PM Dr Dales Called

Susanna not so well
Sunday 31

at home Amelia Ernie Carl & Eva were here to dinner Benj'n & family were here after

supper W. fine Cler & Cool all day
Sept 1st

Boys helped Benj'n draw dung AM Benj'ns all helped us draw dung PM W. quite warm

Clear Henry & his children Called awhile this evening they are all well
2

J helped Elias's thresh all day A drew dung Benj'n helped AM Ernie & Carl helped all day

quite warm & cler I took grist Chop & went to Cedar Grove PM
3

J took cream then he Grubbed in sod A ganged W. warm shower this Morning some

distant thunder Cloudy all day quite warm PM showers going around over the lake
4

Boys both helped Flavius draw dung W. very fine & Cool Daniels were here to supper Teenie

Stover was here to supper too Joseph Groves Called AM

Sept 1913
Br N's Lizzie Called PM Susanna in bed yet {illegible} A helped Flavius thresh AM he ganged PM
J Sowed the field behind driving house with Dawson Wheat W. very fine Cler bright sun Cool Air
from East
6

A ganged J took cream then he made water furrows in Wheat field then he helped Flavis

thresh little while PM then he ganged too I took some Chop to Davids then went to Joe's W.
very fine Clear
Sunday 7

at home Br inlaw Jesse Hoover was here to dinner W. very fine warm sun Cool air

from East
8

A ganged J Picked 5 Basket Pears & took them to Barkeys he cleaned some seed wheat for

McRae J Dimma got some too W. fine Clear Cool Air from East Dr Called today Susanna is
not so well

9

A finished ganging behind barn then harrowed then Plowed on Knoll J Plowed on Knoll too

they are single plowing it W. fine Cool
10

Boys Plowed AM they spread dung PM Esther & Louis were here to dinner W. fine Clear

Cool Air from East Dr was here PM & pumped out Susannas stomach she stood it well he
expects she will soon get better now
11

A spread dung J Plowed I took 6 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 24 cts W Clear Cool Air

from S East
12

Boys Plowed I went to Elias's PM W fine Clear Cool Air from north Susanna doing pretty

well
13

A helped Herman Cement Pig Pen J Plowed AM he took grist Chop PM & went to Whitevale

for Plow Shares this evening W. Clear very Cool N W wind quite Cool
Sunday 14

at home Flavius Fanny & Eva & Thomas's girls & Herman's all family were here to

dinner Joe & Anne & Ada were here to supper W Clear & sharp Air some frost last night J went
to Henry's to supper
15

Boys Plowed AM A went to Locust Hill for Coal & got Horse Sandy shod on the way J cut a

lot of Corn with Binder PM J H Ramers were here to dinner W. Clear quite sharp this moring
some frost last night
16

A drew some dung J finished cutting Corn AM the Cutting Box Came about 3 PM

Sept 1913

Sept 1913

they cut about 1/3 of the Corn till evening W. rather Cloudy drissly rain Commenced about 5 PM
Esther & Russell Grove were here PM staid after supper
17

got done cutting about 2 PM the silo is about full J worked at Benj'ns & A Plowed PM W.

Cloudy some drissly rain at times but it only laid the dust strong south west wind PM & this
evening
18

A helped Thomas fill silo AM he helped Benj'n PM J Plowed & brought in lot of feed Corn &

Chored I went to Elias's & to Joes PM W. Clear pretty warm

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A helped Benj'n finish filling silo then he helped Courtney fill his & awhile at J Beares J

Plowed AM he cut strip feed Corn beside Potatoes & Chored PM W fine Cool wind I took Nancy
to Elias's after dinner then I went to Cedar Grove then brought Nancy home Little Wilbur Barkey
is sick Dr was there he has Catarrh of the Bowels Boys were there this evening he was
sleeping while they were there
20

A helped J Beare fill silo AM he helped W Taylor thresh PM J Plowed Ernie plowed PM with

Abes team W. pretty strong S East wind pretty warm a little rain tonight a little distant thunder
over the lake
Sunday 21

I Na{ncy} & A & Anne went to Meeting at Hebron J took me about 1/2 past ten so I

need not sit so long Sacrament was administered today Henry's were here to dinner with their
Baby Boy Norman W. Cloudy drissly rain about all day drissling yet J A & Anne went to Joes to
supper
22

A helped Taylors thresh AM J & Ernie Plowed A helped Gordon Dimma fill silo PM W. Clear

Cold S W wind very heavy dew last night
23

A helped Dimma fill silo J took grist Chop this morning then he Plowed I went to Joes for

some Tomatoes PM W. rather Cloudy Cool N W wind Dr Called PM Susanna not very well
24

Boys Plowed W pretty warm pretty Clear little May Barkey was here today

25

Boys Plowed Mary & little Wilbur & the Boys were here to dinner W. clear warm East wind

J & A went to Hermans this evening Anne went along to her {Uncle} Daniel

Sept
26

Sept 1913

Oct

Boys plowed W cloudy a nice little shower Just before dinner Cloudy all AM Cleared up

PM fine & Clear this evening
27

J Plowed finished N E Corner field then began in field behind barn Ernie drove 1 team PM

A took grist Chop & drew home some wood AM he was at Hermans Cementing PM Willis came
this Morning Henry went to Toronto & left him here & Called for him this evening I went to
Murisons for Butter & to Joes for Bread PM W Clear strong N West wind PM this is my 77th
Birthday

Sunday 28

at home Peter B Reesors Benj'n & family were here to dinner & Amy Mayberry was

here to supper W fine Clear Cool Air A & Anne Ramer were to Henrys to dinner
29

Barkeys started Pulling our Mangels on shares J took the cream A drew Mangels J drew

too when he came home A went to Andrew Dimmas to help at filling at silo at 1/2 past 3 W. very
fine warm & clear
30

J drew in Mangels A helped Andrew Dimma fill silo AM he helped draw Mangels PM they

finished drawing this evening 31 loads I brought in last Beans we have a fine lot of Beans W fine
Clear East wind
Oct 1

A Plowed J took cream then Picked the snow apples then he Plowed too I went to

Murisons for Butter PM W fine warm clear Cool East wind Esther was here to dinner she was
at Barkeys for grapes
2

A helped Arthur Reesor fill silo J took grist Chop then he Plowed W foggy misty drissly rain

off & on Cleared up fine towards evening
3

Boys & Anne went to Markham W. a little Cloudy Cleared up fine a Cool N wind not strong

4

A Plowed J took cream then Plowed too W. very heavy dew last night fine Clear today A

went to Meeting of Beef Ring at M Barkeys tonight
Sunday 5

A & Nancy went to Funeral of Lizzie Giebner she was Uncle Joseph Burkholder's

daughter she was Buried at 8th Con Amelia Ernie & Carl were here to dinner Wilfred & Vera
Came PM Ed Wilson Brought a car full of Callers PM W. very fine Clear lovely day Elias's left
May & Wilbur here when they went to the Funeral
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Oct 1913
6

Oct 1913

A helped Pilkeys fill silo J helped Henry thresh Anne went with him Dr Called PM he

Pumped out Susannas stomach she has not been so well W. quite warm Cler a nice Breeze
from S.W
7

A helped J Murison fill silo then helped J W Taylor thresh J took chop then he Picked Apples

he brought 5 gal Coal Oil from Whitevale this evening W quite warm Clear

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Boys Plowed A helped Flavius fill silo PM with team W. quite warm looks a little like rain

9

A helped W Petty fill silo till about 3 PM then he Picked Apples J Plowed I took 5 doz Eggs to

Cedar Grove AM @ 27 cts W quite warm Breeze from S E
10

J Plowed A helped N B fill silo till about 3 PM then he Picked Potatoes J Plowed some out

they are a good crop W. very warm
11

J Plowed A Picked Potatoes a light rain stopped them about 1/2 past 10 rained off & on A

took some Oats to Davids PM Cler this evening not so warm did not rain much
Sunday 12

at home M Barkeys were here to dinner W partly Cloudy some frost last night

white frost in spots some squaals of showers PM the dust is well laid
13

Boys finished digging Potatoes AM they are a very good crop they went to a sale in Scarboro

PM bought nothing W. Cold strong N W wind Clear
14

A drew dung J brought home a young sow that we bought from Flavius then he Picked winter

Apples Daniels were here to dinner W. Cler Cold Air from East I have a very lame back
15

A drew dung J brought 6 bags Coal from Locust Hill then he Picked winter Apples Christian

Stovers & Widow Susanna Nighswander were here to dinner W. fine Clear Cool Air
16

A helped Alick Milroy thresh awhile AM J Chored & got barn ready Machine Came then we

threshed PM it run well they stay all night I went to Murisons for Butter PM W. pretty warm
mostly Clear
17

A helped Benj'n thresh J took grist & got Mare Jenny shod AM George Mayberry helped

draw in feed Corn PM W. Cloudy S W wind began to rain drissly about 4 PM drissly yet

Oct 1913
18

A helped Benj'n thresh J spread dung & Picked winter Apples Elisabeth McGucken was here

to supper W. partly cloudy pretty heavy shower this morning I still have lame back
Sunday 19

A Nancy & I went to Meeting at Hebron J staid with Susanna remarks by Levi Grove

sermon on St Luke part of 10 C by Bishop Paul Martin Levi Burkholder & family Martin Ramer & Mr
Shirk from Rainbow were here to dinner Amelia & Eva here PM Henry's Willis Frank Grove &

Frank Barkey were here to supper W. Mostly cloudy I did not get very tired sitting in meeting the
service was not very long
Thanksgiving day 20

we went to Meeting again at Hebron J staid with Susanna remarks by Br C

sermon on St Mat 6 C by Bishop Paul Martin we had a good few visitors Paul Martin & wife David
Groves Henrys & Thomas's & Hermans Harvey W. mostly cloudy Cool Air some rain last night
21

J took 86 Bus Oats to Davids Mill for Thomas @ 35 cts per Bus then they Picked a lot of

Apples W. partly Cler strong Cold N W wind we Called Dr Dales about Midnight Susanna had a
bad spell she was up again some through the day
22

A took load Cider Apples to Lapps AM we intend to get sauce Made they Picked winter

Apples till a drissly rain stopped them after dinner Air from East there were a lot of young People
here this evening Peeling Apples
23

J took the Peeled apples & a lot of crocks to Lapps this Morning then they Picked winter

Apples My Dear Nancy took a very bad spell after breakfast there were Onions on the table & the
Odor affected her we sent for Dr Dales he came & treated her she was bad for some hours she
is better now Mary & Anne were here awhile PM Flavius's Fanny Called too PM W. mostly
Cloudy
24

J brought home a lot of sauce from Lapps this morning A spread dung but rain stopped him

drissly but steady rain all day no wind Nancy doing very well she is up and around
25

A took grist Chop then he Plowed J Picked Winter Apples & took girl Anne Ramer home PM

she sprained her Ankle & is lame Amelia Came to help us W partly Cloudy Mild Nancy doing
very well the ground is well soaked the plow runs well
Sunday 26th

at home Elias's were here to dinner Daniels Called a few Minutes PM W. mostly

Cloudy rather mild Nancy doing very well

Oct 1913
Oct 27 1913

Nov

A Picked Winter Apples J Plowed I was in Hebron Cemetery awhile PM L C

Wideman was putting up a Headstone on John Dillers grave W. Cloudy a raw air from N East
This is the 56th Anniversary of our Wedding and I have never had cause to regret it

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Boys Plowed W Cloudy foggy & Misty at times Mild Johnny Ramer had a very sick spell the

last 3 or 4 weeks a very hard Grippe he is now able to sit up a little he was very bad awhile
29

Boys Plowed J took cream this Morning W. cloudy drissly rain most all day Boys Killed a

Pig after dinner
30

Boys Plowed I & Nancy went to J D's widow to dinner W. mostly clear Mild

31

Boys Plowed & took in a lot of Cabbage Hermans were here awhile PM they got a lot of

Cabbage Mary & Alma were here this eveing they were in Toronto to see a Specialist to cure
Alma's Eyes they are weak he thinks he can Cure her W. sharp frost last night Cler today
Nov 1st

Boys Plowed J brought 6 bags Coal from Locust Hill this morning for our own stove W.

Cold pretty strong wind from N W I have bad cough Henry Willis & little Ada were here after
supper Henry had his hair cut
Sunday 2

at home Widow Anne Barkey was here to dinner A & Anne Ramer were at Flavius's to

dinner W. bright & Clear a very fine day but sharp Air white frost this Morning
3

J began Plowing sod East of Meeting house it worked splendid A took in Greystone turnips

W. Cool Cloudy a very strong N W wind PM & this evening A finished drawing dung this morning
4

A took grist Chop then he Picked Cider Apples he helped Bob Milroy thresh PM J Plowed

W. Sharp Clear strong N W wind
5

A helped Peter Gates thresh J helped Bob Milroy finish then he helped Peter Diller finish W.

very fine Clear all day sharp Air
6

Boys Plowed sod AM A helped Benj'n take down a silo PM he sold it to Alick Milroy J went to

Plowing Meeting at Milikin PM W. very fine Clear all day sharp Air
7

Boys Plowed sod W. very fine Clear sharp white frost David Groves were here to supper

Hermans Called after supper
8

Boys Plowed between showers slow steady rain off & on

Sunday 9

at home all day nobody here W. slow steady rain all day from North East not Cold

blowing up Colder at bedtime

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A took Chop this morning J Plowed then they both Plowed PM W. soft snow all day

thawed as it fell wind from West not cold
11

Boys finished Plowing sod & began then Plowed Potato ground & East of dam W. Cloudy

soft snow thawed mostly as it fell

Nov 1913
Nov 12

J Chored AM he went to Tweedies Plowing Bee on the W Taylor farm PM A spread

dung & chored W. cloudy nearly all day snow nearly all day A brought load Coal from Locust Hill
AM
13

A helped Aaron Rittenhouse to Plow on the old Jacob Reesor farm J brought the Apples out

both Orchards into driving house AM he plowed PM W. dull drissly nearly all AM fine & Clear PM
Dr Dales Called PM Susanna not so well
14

J brought 5 gals Coal Oil from Whitevale this morning then Herman & Frank came Herman

helped J Pick Cider Apples they staid to dinner A drew off stones off all the Plowed field W. fine
Cool Air
15

A helped Benj'n all day Cementing J Made water furrows in the Plowed fields & took grist

Chop I went to Murisons for Butter PM W. Cloudy about all day had a Pleasant Call from John
Brillingers towards evening
Sunday 16

All went to Meeting at Hebron except J he staid with Susanna remarks by C

Burkholder sermon on {blank space} by Levi Grove Daniels & M N & A B's Lizzie were here to
dinner Lizzie stays all night Flavis's brought Enoch Weber for a Call PM W. Cloudy all day Cool
Air a little snow drissle PM
17

A helped wash awhile then he went to Markham Lizzie went with him as far as Drudges he

Picked Cider Apples J took load Cider Apples to Lapps AM they Picked some more PM W white
frost this Morning fine & cler today Tilman Wideman Came to stay all night
18

J took load Cider Apples took Barrel along & got some made AM they chored & deepened

ditch out of Barnyard into Old Orchard PM W. Cloudy & foggy all day

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J helped clean dining room A Made molds for Making Cement Posts W. Cloudy drissly rain

off & on all day some pretty heavy showers
20

A worked at Molds & then opened the mouth of some drains East of Meeting shed J brought

some Cement & Bunch of shingles from Locust Hill then A fixed gutter on wood shed roof W. very
very fine warm & clear Indian summer

Nov 1913
21

A Put gutters in woodshed roof & worked at Molds J took grist Chop they fixed some fence

PM Henrys were here to supper W. Cloudy foggy AM Clear PM for awhile
22

A helped Benj'n at Cementing J drew 2 loads of gravel from Collins Dr Dales Called PM

Susanna not so well he gave Nancy some Medicine too she is not very well but is up & around
W. very fine & warm like Indian Summer a slight shower this evening quite warm today Amelia &
Eva Called PM
Sunday 23

at home had quite a few Callers PM Elias & Mary & Anne were here PM Jake &

Anne Diller Thomas's girls & Ethel Scott W. quite Mild Mostly cloudy
24

Boys & Benj'n Paved Henhouse with stones & then put a coat of Concrete over it W. mostly

clear but some heavy squaals of soft snow all melted as it fell we Called Dr Dales Susanna not
so well she was in bed all day
25

A went to Hermans to work at Bean filling J Chored & went to a timber sale at the old John

Pearce farm PM W mostly Cloudy wind from S West sharp frost last night Susanna a little
better
26 J took cream A drew rails they overhauled fence west of Willow trees up to 11th Con W.
partly Clear a very fine day Mary & some of the little ones were here PM
27

Put Apples into Cellar out of driving house Ernie helped they commenced to level the ground

East of line to the Creek they intend to build a wire fence there W. Cloudy raw East wind quite
sharp

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Boys drew home stove wood from Old bush AM they pulled down board fence along Townline

East of lane & west from south of bush Henry Moyer was here to dinner W. hard frost last night
Mostly cloudy today didnt thaw very much
29

Boys cleared away rubbish & A dug Post holes for a wire fence with Iron driven Posts J took

Annie Ramer home Amy Mayberry will work for us now W. raw East wind not strong not very
Cold
Sunday 30

at home Amelia Ernie Carl & Eva & Aaron Rittenhouse & Herman's Harvey were here

to dinner W. Mild mostly Cloudy

Dec 1913
Dec 1 A dug Post holes J took grist Chop & Chored W. mostly Cloudy Air from East Mild J
brought some Cedar from Alberts
2

A helped Flavius Butcher J took grist Chop then he drew home Old Ppsts & rubbish W. Mild

Cloudy some fog & Mist this evening
3

A helped Thomas thresh AM J took grist & went to Cedar Grove AM they both went to W

Taylor sale on the Old Hoover farm PM W. Mostly Cler cool Anne Ramer came to stay all night
4

J took a Cow to Jake Dillers this Morning to Put up at his sale today Jake has sold the

Homestead to his Brother Benjamin & he is moving in the Cow was sold at $85.00 Daniel & Henry
were here to dinner & then Daniel & Henry went to the sale I didnt go I am not strong enough to
stand around much W. mostly Clear & Cool Air from the north
5

Boys dug some Post holes & brought a load of long Cedar Braces from our swamp in N W

Corner field PM Teenie Stover was here to dinner Anne was here awhile AM W. fine & Clear
Cool N wind Susanna not so well tonight Called Dr Dales
6

Boys worked at fence A went to Markham AM W. raw Cold wind from East mostly Cloudy

Peter Bs Susie & his sister Rachel Henderson were here awhile PM Dr Dales came this Morning &
gave Susanna some Medicine she was quite bad last night is some better today
Sunday 7

at home all day J & A went to Henry's PM they were not at home so they came back

W. squaaly at times some colder this evening

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Boys Chored & got things ready to Butcher tomorrow W. some soft snow last night & AM

pretty Cold N W wind pretty strong not quite so strong at bedtime
9

Killed 3 big Pigs Benj'n & Fanny Amelia & Ernie helped they were big & fat W. fine & Clear

sharp Air from south west there is a very light snow over the ground scarcely enought to track
Rabbits the County is full of them Flavius & Carl caught 2 they have a ferret this is my Nancy's
74th Birthday

Dec 1913
10

Boys salted the Pork & Chored AM A helped N Burk thresh PM J went to Whitevale with grist

Oats & went to Locust Hill for salt PM W. partly clear N W wind
11

A helped Benj'n Butcher J Chored AM he went to help Henrys Butcher PM W. sharp fine &

Clear
12

Boys Chored & drew home some old Posts AM A helped Flavius thresh PM W. fine Clear

sharp Air from S West I walked to Br C's AM he is sick in bed the last few days with lumbago & La
Grippe he feels a little better
13

A helped J McCreight thresh AM he Picked up limberwood in bush PM J went to Locust Hill

for Wire & Iron Posts for fence along front Townline then he Chored PM W. very fine like Indian
summer we Called Dr Dales PM Susanna had bad spell he came & gave her some Medicine
Willis came to stay all night Frank Barkey was here to dinner heavy white frost last night
Sunday 14

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J he staid with Susanna remarks by Levi Grove

sermon on St Mat part of 9 C by C Burkholder C Burkholder was here to dinner Daniels &
Hermans Called a little while PM W. mostly Cler Cleared up Cold from N W this evening
15

J helped wash AM Both drove Iron fence Posts PM I walked to Br C's AM he is in bed yet

about the same W. fine Cler sharp Air froze hard
16

Boys went to Davids to get some slats cut for the wire fence AM they drove a few Posts PM

W. foggy & misty with a slight drissle at times not cold

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Boys Picked Chickens nearly all day Henrys were here to dinner Henry helped to Pick W.

very heavy white frost last night fine & clear today Cloudy towards eve{ning} sharp Air from west
18 J brought grist Flour from Whitevale this evening
18

Boys Picked 2 Geese & dressed 3 Calves W. sharp raw Air from North Clear

19

J took grist Chop to Davids AM he brought som{e} Coal oil from Whitevale PM A went to

Toronto 3 Calves @ 14 cts per lb 16½ pair Chickens @ 15 cts per lb 2 Geese @ 16 cts per lb W.
fine Cler Cold N W Air he also got 50 cts per doz for Eggs
20

Boys Picked 3 Geese J took cream AM A brought load Coal from Locust Hill PM I walked to

see Br C AM he is getting better slowly W. mostly cler heavy white frost this morning raw Air

Dec 1913 & Jan 1914
Sunday 21

at home all day Flavius's Eva was here PM W partly Clear white frost this Morning

not cold
22

A took 2 Geese to Markham for H Wilson J Chored & we Called Dr Armstrong Old Horse

Major had a sick spell he is better again W. mostly Cloudy not Cold
23

Boys set Posts AM Chored PM Henry & Willis were here to dinner W. Cold raw wind from

East began to snow from East about noon snowed fast all PM getting soft this evening turning
to rain
4

A went shooting Rabbits he brought home 2 fine ones about noon he got Mares shod PM J

Chored W. Cloudy all day very fair sleighing about 5 in snow a good many sleighs running I
walked to Br C's PM he is improving some
Christmas day 25th

I & A went to Meeting at Hebron remarks & sermon on St Luke part of 2nd C

by Christian Burkholder Herman & family Russell & Levi Grove & Anne Ramer were here to dinner
Benj'n & family were here PM Benj'n Dillers brought M Gingerich & wife & M Sauder & wife for a
good Call PM W. Cloudy mild all day fair sleighing but a good many wheels running blowing up
Cold from East after dark

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J went to Markham he took 3½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 40 cts per doz A Chored AM

he went to Elias's PM to cut Frank & Wilburs hair PM W. pretty strong N West wind quite Cold &
seems getting colder this evening
27

A took Nancy & I to Joes then he went to Cherrywood station for some grain for Cow feed J

took cream J then brought home PM very fair sleighing quite sharp Air from north
Sunday 28

at home Elias's were all here to dinner W. Cloudy awhile AM Cleared up about

noon sharp Air
29

Boys Chored A took grist Chop W. Cloudy all day Isaacs Simeon & Susanna & Peters Levi

brought 4 Waterloo girls for a call PM they were 2 of Moses Weaver & 2 More Ernie & Amelia
were with them too
30

J Chored & went to Cedar GRove PM A went to Toronto with the Waterloo girls W. Cloudy

Cool Chilly N W wind Nancy went with J as far as Flavius's when he went to Cedar Grove Eva is
sick in bed something like Quinsy
31

Boys Chored & sorted the hens AM A brought load of Coal from Locust Hill PM J went with

Democrat & brought some salt little Wilbur Barkey is sick Flavius's Eva is up again W. Cloudy
Chilly Air a light drissle of snow this evening
January 1 1914

at home Daniels were here to dinner Joes were here to supper W. quite Cold

4 above this morning Anne was here all PM & Joe & little Ada Came this evening

1914
Jan 2 1914

Boys Chored A got Horse Major sharped PM he took Amy to Dr Dales AM she is

not very well they made Brine for Pork W. raw Cold Air from N East
3

Boys Chored they shelled some Corn to make Mush W Mild snow & pretty strong wind from

East all day very good dump snow to make sleighing
Sunday 4

at home J A & Amy went to Henry's to dinner W. Mild Mostly Clear very good

sleighing sharp air from North
5
Air

Boys Chored they took grist Corn to Davids PM J went to Joes awhile W. fine Clear sharp

6

A took grist AM he went to Markham to Dentist PM J Chored W. Clear pretty strong West

wind Trees all Covered with heavy white frost this Morning
7

Boys went Rabbit hunting they they brought home 2 fine ones J took Susanna to Joes AM &

brought her home PM W. fine & clear
8

Boys Chored A went to Pay Donald Stot{h} for wire PM W. Mild Cloudy thawing some

snow getting soft
9

A took load Chop AM they Chored PM W. Cloudy soft soft snow & some sleet at times about

all day
10

J went to Cedar Grove & to Locust Hill for salt A Chored W. Cler Cold N Wind quite Cold

Sunday 11

Nancy A & Amy went to Meeting at Hebron I did not go have bad Cold in My head &

am weak Henry's & Joseph Groves were here to dinner W. vey Cold about Zero this Morning
quite Calm but a strong wind came up from North then turned to East & South west after dark quite
strong
12

Boys Chored A brought home grist from Davids AM then brought home 6 hogs from

Hagermans at Locust Hill PM @ $13.00 each W. Biting Cold wind from S W getting Colder some
fresh snow it is blowing 7 deg below this evening
13

Boys Chored W very very Cold 23 deg below this morning 17 deg this evening

14

Boys Chored Elias brought Mary & Children they all staid to dinner Thomas's girls were

here PM Eva was here all day W. 17 deg below this morning 14 above this evening East wind
this evening it has been the Coldest spell in 27 years
15

A helped Benj'n all day J Chored W some fresh snow last night & this Morning Mild the air

thawed a little good sleighing J helped wash AM

Jan 1914
J took 3½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 35 cts per doz
16

A helped Benj'n all day J Chored W. Cloudy all day & soft snow from East not Much wind

not thawing much very good sleighing

17

Boys Chored AM A helped Benj'n PM W. some snow last night & AM Mild Blowed up

Colder PM from North West
Sunday 18

at home little Ada Barkey & Flavius's & Eva were here to dinner J & A were at

Hermans to dinner they & Amy were at Benj'ns to supper W Clear quite sharp Zero this Morning
19

J took Nancy & I to Elias's we staid to dinner he came for us PM A helped Benj'n W.

Cloudy some snow towards evening quite Mild
20

A went to Markham AM for 1200 lbs Oil Cake AM they Chored PM W some soft snow AM

More snow from East PM it is getting deep
21

A took Cream AM they Chored PM W. a lot of snow last night it is about a foot deep on the

level some wind not drifted much yet
22

A went to Locust Hill for a Barrel of salt he took grist PM & went to store took 3½ doz Eggs

@ 38 cts per doz Flavius is pretty sick Dr was there twice today he is some better this evening
it is something like Pneumonia W. cloudy not very cold
23

Boys cut few logs in old bush & Chored AM A went to Murisons for butter PM I & Nancy went

with him to see Flavius PM he is a little better but is in bed all the time W. Mostly cloudy thawing
a little
24

A took cream AM he Painted slats for wire fence PM J Chored W. soft snow & rain AM

blowing a little Colder PM Flavius still in bed but improving
Sunday 25

at home Joes were here to dinner Benj'n & family were here all PM Elias's made a

Call PM J A & Amy went to David Groves to dinner W. sharp {Clear} fine winter day strong wind
last night Calm today
26

J helped wash AM A put Brine on Pork they Chored PM W. pretty Mild Mostly Cloudy

about 3 inches fresh snow last night
27

A went to Markham to Dentist J went to Dr Dales for Medicine for Susanna AM he took grist

Chop to Davids PM W. mostly cloudy slight rain this evening thawing a little all day

Jan & Feb
Jan 28

1914

A went for Chop it was not done then they sorted a Barrel of Russet Apples AM they

both went to A Heines sale at Green River PM W Mostly Clear Mild strong wind this evening
from East Daniels Called few min{utes} PM Susanna was at Flavis's to dinner
29

A shipped the Barrel of Apples to dealer in Toronto & brought Mary & children they were here

to dinner Ada Mayberry was here too he worked at slat gate for wire fence J brought the Chop &
took 6 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 35 cts PM W. partly fair quite Mild thawing
30

Boys worked at slats for fence W. Colder froze some roads getting Icy

31

Boys Chored J went with Ernie this morning to take the cream W. strong East wind with snow

snow sleet & a little rain PM blowing yet at bedtime
Sunday Feb 1

at home A & Amy went to U Drudges to dinner Thomas's girls & some of

Mayberry girls were here awhile after supper W. Mostly Cloudy Cold N W wind
Candlemas day 2

A worked at gate J helped wash AM they Chored PM W. Mostly Cloudy

strong East wind this evening getting Colder Anne was here awhile PM sewing for us
3

A brought Anne she helped a sewing A went to Markham to Dentist PM J took Anne home &

Chored W. mostly Clear & Mild Colder this evening
4

J took some Chop to Whitevale AM he went to Cedar Grove PM A worked at gate W mostly

Clear pretty sharp I rode with J as far as Br C's PM he is pretty well but does not go out yet
5

Boys dressed 3 Pigs & Picked 33 hens Ernie helped J took them to Joes they sell them in

Toronto for us W. very fine Cler sharp Cold Air J took 8 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 35 cts per
doz
6

A brought a load of ice from Markham for Geo Beatty AM he Painted gate PM J Chored W. a

very strong wind from East snow very fast PM not very Cold
7

Boys Chored A brought Butter from Murisons Henry's were all here to dinner W. heavy rain

last night some squaals of snow at times AM strong wind at times PM some Colder this evening
Sunday 8

I Nancy & A went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by Levi Grove sermon on St Mat part

of 13 C by C Burkholder Frank Grove was here to dinner Russell & Lewis Grove Called PM Levi
Reesor was here to supper W. cler Cold strong West & south west wind all day

Feb
Feb 9

1914

Boys Chored they went to Elias's PM W. clear strong Cold biting S W wind all day Zero

this morning not so low through the day they helped wash AM
10

A went to Markham to Dentist J Chored W very very Cold not so much wind about Zero

this Morning
11

A went to Shanks sale near Bethesda with Herman J Chored W. very very Cold about the

Coldest so far
12

Boys Chored A took 6½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 34 cts & got Horse Billy sharped W.

very very Cold below Zero all day about 10 below this evening very Cold all over Canada
13

Boys Chored A took grist Chop PM W 8 above this Morning getting Milder wind Changed

to East some drissly snow this evening
14

Boys Chored W. partly Cloudy Cold raw N East to N W wind some squaals of snow

Sunday 15

at home nobody here J A & Amy & Flavis's Eva went to Elias's to dinner W fine

Clear sharp Air
16

Boys Chored W about 4 inches fresh snow last night fine & clear today quite sharp & Calm

some wind this eving
17

Boys Chored David Groves were here to dinner W. sharp clear Air from West

18

A took cream J helped wash AM they brought 5 Bus seed Peas from Courtney @ $1.25 per

Bus PM W. mostly clear sharp Air
19

Boys Picked 14 Hens & filled 2 Barrels with King Apples & A took them to M Barkeys J took 7

doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 33 cts per doz J went to Dr Dales this Morning to get some Medicine
for Susanna she is not so well W. partly Clear very sharp Air from North quite sharp
20

A took grist Chop AM Boys both went to Raineys sale on Peter Lapp farm PM W. Clear

quite sharp around Zero all day
21

A took cream AM he went to Joes PM W. Mostly Clear some snow squaals PM

Sunday 22

at home nobody here all day J went to Henrys to dinner mostly Clear strong N W

wind very Cold short squaals of snow at times nearly Zero tonight
23

Boys Chored A took grist Chop to Davids W. quite Cold Clear not far from Zero all day

below this evening below this morning & this evening it was 8 below this morning
24

A went to Markham to Dentist J went to a sale on 2nd Con Pickering he bought 5 Pigs @

$5.10 cts each W. below Zero this Morning getting milder fast very fine Clear day

Feb
25

1914

Boys Chored AM J went with W Taylor & he brought home the Pigs that he bought yesterday

Taylor brought home some sheep that he bought A dressed a Calf & filled a Barrel with Apples PM
W. fine Clear Milder
26

Boys took the Calf to Cherrywood station & shipped it to Ed Lewis in Toronto AM they took a

Cow to Hermans PM he Keeps her for the summer W. fine & Mild I am not very well today had
a bad spell of Diarhea last night & today some better this evening
27

Boys Cut down & trimmed a wild Apple tree East of lane AM A took grist Chop & Chored PM

J went with Benj'n PM to Noah Barkers sale near Stouffville W. very fine & mild thawing some I
feel a little better today but Susanna is not very well this evening
28

Boys drove down to see the work on the New Railroad in Pearces flats AM they are drawing a

great lot of stones to build a Bridge they Cut the Wild Apple tree & a young Elm into stovewood PM
W. Mostly clear quite Mild thawing I walked to Br C's PM he is quite smart
Sunday March 1st

at home

Elias's were all here to dinner Benj'n & family were all here to dinner

& Ada Mayberry was here too W. Clear Cold wind very very strong PM & very strong after dark
2

Boys Chored W very strong N W wind last night & all day very strong AM some damage

some doors unhinged & boards torn off some buildings not so strong this evening not very Cold
a little fresh snow last night all blown in heaps
3

Boys Chored W. fine & Clear not much wind there is a good deal of damage through Ontario

buildings unroofed & windows broken in the Cities but I think no lives lost

4

A helped Thomas butcher J went to Cedar Grove AM W. fine Clear Lewis Grove was here

to dinner he was in Cherrywood for some tiles light snow this Morning like white frost
5

A helped Henry saw wood J took 6 hogs over 1200 lbs to J Miles AM @ $8.90 per Cwt AM he

Picked some chickens & took them & some Apples to Barkeys PM they took them to Toronto he
took 9 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove after supper @ 29 cts per doz W. white frost this Morning quite
Mild thawing a little.

March 1914
March 6

A took grist Chop AM he went to N B's sawing Bee PM J Chored W. Mild a slow

steady fall of snow all day from East not fast about 3 in fell
7

A took 5 Pigs 910 lbs to Miles AM @ $9.00 per Cwt J Chored A helped shovel snow at Hebron

PM W. mostly cler quite Mild thawing a little a little snow in the Air
Sunday 8

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J he staid with Susanna remarks by C

Burkholder sermon on St Mat 20 C by A Rittenhouse from Vineland Henry Boyer Herman & family
Henry & family were here to dinner Isaac Reesor's were here to supper W. partly Cler Mild
thawing a little
9

A went to Markham AM J took grist Chop they Chored PM W. a raw N wind not strong

mostly Cler
10

J took Susanna to Dr Dales AM J got some Medicine for himself too they hung up to smoke

too A took grist Chop AM W. fine Clear raw Air from north Daniels were here to dinner
11

A took grist Chop AM J went to Locust Hill AM they went to Bert Bears sale PM J brought 3

shoats @ $8.40 each they hung up Johnny Reesor Called PM Thomas's Esther was here to
dinner W. Clear sharp Air quite sharp
12

A cut up old rubbish for stove wood J went to Johnny Ramers AM he took grist Chop & took

11½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 28 cts per doz W. very fine & Clear thawing a little in the
sun
13

Boys brought home Pigs from Beares AM J took sample wheat to Whitevale to get the Prices

then they Cleaned a load PM W. very fine & Clear

16

A took 2 loads wheat to Leary in Whitevale @ 95 cts J Chored W. fine warm & Clear

thawing some 108 Bus in 2 loads
Sunday 15

at home Joe & Anne were here to dinner J & A went to Enos Nighswanders to dinner

W. very fine & Clear thawing sleighing getting thin in places
16

J helped wash A cut down Knotty Plum trees AM they cut down & trimmed some trees in old

bush PM W. fine Clear & warm thawing Boys & Amy went to Joes after supper Flavis's Amelia
Ernie Carl & Eva were here after supper

Mar
Tuesday 17

1914

J went to Dr Dales he got some Medicine for himself & some for Susanna & some for

Nancy she is not very well A Trimmed trees AM he went to Flavius's sawing Bee PM J Chored
PM W. a little frost last night fine & Clear today snow going fast
18

J took cream A Chored & filed saw W. snow & storm from N W strong wind PM & tonight

not very Cold snow is soft not drifting much
19

A trimmed trees J helped shovel Townline west of 11th Con AM they had a sawing Bee PM

4 saws & 1 splitter going W. Clear quite Cold N W wind there are places pretty badly drifted J
took 17 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 27 cts per doz
20

J took grist Chop to Davids AM they could not Chop it there is something wrong with Engine

& the water is too low A split wood J helped him PM W. very fine Clear but quite Cold a very
Chilly Air
21

Henry & Willis Came AM Elias & Joe Came after dinner they helped Cut & split wood W.

Mostly clear quite cold & raw Chilly wind there is still fair sleighing
Sunday 22

at home Hermans Harvey was here awhile PM J A & Amy were at Daniels to dinner

W. Mostly Clear Mild some fresh snow last night some heavy squaals soft snow towards
evening
23

J helped wash AM he took some Chop to Whitevale & some wheat & got some Flower PM A

helped Clean house all day W. quite Mild mostly Clear thawing roads sloppy

24

Boys helped clean house A went to Alick Milroys Sawing Bee PM W. Mostly Clear quite

Mild we heard today that Bishop Paul Martin died his Morning will be Buried on Thursday
25

Boys helped at house cleaning J went to Cedar Grove PM for some Paint they will Paint

some of the Plaster W. quite Mild Mostly Cloudy the roads are sloppy drissly rain after 4 PM
26

J took Susanna to Elias's this morning then he split wood A Painted Susannas Bedroom

they both went to a sale at Frank Ramers in Boxgrove PM W. quite warm thawing Foggy at times
pretty heavy shower towards evening Susanna stays all night at Elias's

Mar April 1914
March 27

Boys sorted 2 Barrels apples & shipped them to Toronto to Ed Lewis AM then A

Painted & J went to Cedar Grove for some Paint PM & he brought Susanna home this evening W.
a steady slow light rain about all day Creeks high Ice breaking up
28

A cut wood & helped at house Cleaning J went to Locust Hill with Alick Milroy when he took

the cream he got 2 Bunches of shingles to Patch some roofs he Patched some PM W. Mostly
Clear not very warm Amy Mayberry left tonight her time is up
Sunday 29

at home Amelia Ernie & Carl were here to dinner Thomas's were here awhile PM &

William Taylor on the old Dan Hoover Called too he is Moving away & came to say Good Bye W.
Cloudy Mild all day strong East wind towards evening
30

J washed then they cleaned seed grain W. Slow steady rain all AM Mostly clear PM

31

J took grist Chop & Patched some roofs AM he Chored PM A cut wood in Bush AM he helped

Benj'n PM W. white frost this morning fine & clear today
April 1

Boys sorted some Apples they took 2 Barrels to Barkeys they take them to Toronto W.

slow steady rain from East about all day quite Misty PM Amelia Commenced work today she will
help us all this summer
2

A took young Cow to Johnny Ramers this Morning they are having a sale today they have sold

their farm & are Moving to Mount Joy the cow was sold at $70.00 Henrys came this Morning
Henry & Boys went to sale Sarah & little Anne & Norman staid J took 20 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove

this Morning @ 18 cts per doz W. soft snow & drissly rain AM fine clear Mostly all PM 2 Jews
came to stay all night
3

A sawed wood AM he went to Pilkeys sawing Bee PM J got Horse Major shod AM Henry

was here to dinner he came to Johnny Ramers to take home a heifer that he bought yesterday W.
sharp frost ground white with snow this morning all thawed I walked to Br Cs this AM

April 1914
April 4

Boys drew some white Ash logs to Davids from old bush AM they sawed some willow into

stove wood at the Pond PM I went to half yearly Conference at Hebron PM there were not many
there Br C was not able to be there he does not go out yet & Christian Gayman is not well W.
raw cold wind squaals of snow at times
Sunday 5

I & Nancy & A went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by A Rittenhouse (they have

moved into David Reesors house where James Clarke used to live) sermon on St Mat 18th C by C
Burkholder Levi Grove (Umfrage) Enos Nighswander Peter & Lucinda & M N were here to dinner
W. sharp frost last night Cold raw air all day
6

Boys sawed willow limbs into stove wood near dam AM they began putting wire onto Posts

along Townline East of 11th Con PM W. Mild but raw Cold wind
7

A went to Blacksmith J sawed willow stove wood AM they put up wire fence from 11th Con

East to hill PM W. raw Cold East wind sharp frost last night
8

Boys finished putting on the wire W. raw Cold wind Clear thawing in day time freezing at

night roads pretty good
9

Boys cut wood & cut feed awhile AM J went to a sale on 10th Con of Markham north of

Riggfoot PM A took grist of Chop PM I walked to Br C awhile AM W. Cler very Cold N wind a
few squaals of snow ground froze hard last night thawed again today
Good Friday 10

all went to Meeting except J he staid with Susanna remarks by A Rittenhouse

sermon on St Mat part of 21 C by C Burkholder Daniels & Martin David's & Franklin Herman &
Harvey & little Frank were here to dinner Flavius's & Eva were here PM & Henrys Called awhile
Willis stays W. very fine & Clear all day frost last night thawing today

11

J took grist Chop A went to Markham AM A went to Locust Hill for some Furniture that we got

from T Eatons W. fine cler Cold S W wind great run of sap we have 3 trees tapped around the
house Alma Frank & Ada Barkey were here to dinner
Easter Sunday 12

J & A took Willis home I Nancy & Susanna went to Benj'ns to dinner W. Clear

Cold S W wind quite strong today going down a little after dark
Easter Monday 13

Joes were here to dinner Boys worked a little AM they drew some straw dung

for the Berris in back garden & helped Clean back Kitchen W. fine & cler raw air from East

April 1914
They rubbed the Pork with Mustard & Carried it up into the garret
14

Boys helped Amelia Pull off old Paper in Kitchen & Put on new J Burned Brush along the new

wire fence & drew dung into Back garden Br inlaw Simon Hoovers were here to dinner W. White
frost last night fine & cler today
15

J took cream A helped Amelia Paper the Kitchen J helped awhile W. pretty strong raw East

wind not very Cold looks like rain
16

J took Susanna & Amelia to Flavis's they had a rag sewing Bee A finished splitting stove

wood in bush & they Clipped Old Horse Major Frank Groves were here to dinner J took 20 doz
Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 17 cts per doz W. quite Mild a very fine rain last night & awhile this
Morning fine & warm today
17

Boys cut up Apple limbs for stovewood & Chored all round W. quite warm & clear the Air is

quite different to what it has been for a while back the roads are good and the fall wheat looks
splendid
18

Boys grubbed the field south of garden over East to Creek & sowed the most of it with mixed

grain the ground works well fine & warm day looks a little like rain
Sunday 19

at home A Susanna & Amelia went to Johnny Ramers to dinner J went to Elias's

awhile PM W. a little Cloudy at times a slight shower about noon pretty strong W wind PM quite
warm

20

Boys finished sowing this side of the Creek & done a good bit of field behind barn W Mostly

Cloudy a slight shower & some drissle this evening I walked to Br C's this Morning he is pretty
well
21

Boys worked at seeding nearly finished behind barn & done some north of Meeting house W.

Mostly Cloudy Cool S W wind
22

Boys worked at seeding W. a little rain last night Cool today a strong N W wind PM quite

strong & Cool
23

Boys worked at seeding J took grist Chop this Morning Amelia & Susanna took 18 doz Eggs

to Cedar Grove PM @ 17 cts PM they went with Horse Major A went to Markham after supper
W. a sharp frost last night ground froze fine & Clear today
24

Boys sowed Peas & Oats in N E field W. Mostly Cloudy cool wind from South East pretty

strong PM ground getting pretty dry a great run of suckers in big Rouge

April May
April 25

1914

Boys sowed awhile then rain stopped them J went up PM & worked on Knoll awhile A

took load Chop PM W. strong wind from East rain nearly steady AM a few heavy showers toward
evening we heard one clap of thunder over the lake not heavy
Sunday 26

at home Henrys were all here to dinner Flavius Ernie Carl & Eva were here PM W.

pretty cloudy
27

J Rolled Alfalfa south of bush & A rolled in the N W Corner field it is seeded down they

helped clean & Paper Pantry Mrs Maburry helped to clean am room W. rather Cool partly cloudy
28

Boys worked at seeding W. Mostly Cloudy Air from East rather Cool

29

Boys worked at fence took out old cedar Posts & drove some Iron ones W. drissly rain off &

on nearly all day Cool
30

Boys put on {illegible} J took grist Chop & took 18 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 17 cts per doz

W. clear Cool N W wind

May 1

Boys finished seeding but they have a lot of rolling to do yet W. Clear Cool N W wind

pretty strong
2

Boys Rolled a lot J took some Chop A went to Murrisons for Butter & to Joes & brought Anne

to sew awhile PM W fine cler a frost last night
Sunday 3

all went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by Br C sermon on St John 14 C by C Gayman

Ed Moyer & wife were to dinner W. very fine & clear Cool air from East
4

J finished rolling A dug garden AM & Chored PM W. mostly cloudy some drissle AM a short

heavy shower PM pretty warm air leaf buds Coming out
5

Boys plowed Mangel ground W. very thick mist this morning broke up by noon Cloudy warm

PM
6

A Plowed in Mangel ground J went to Henrys to Put on some grafts AM Nancy went with him

then he Plowed too PM Thomas's Adline brought Elizabeth & Rebecca Martin they staid to dinner
J H Ramer's were here to dinner & to supper W. air from East Cloudy Henrys Children have
Whooping cough pretty hard
7

Boys Plowed in Mangel ground J harrowed & Rolled some Dr Dale Called PM Susanna

needed some medicine & he took a wart off my hand W. a very fine heavy shower last night very
growing time fine & cler today A took 16 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove

May 1914
this evening @ 19 cts per doz
8

Boys sowed Mangels about 24 acres in field East of Dam

W. fine & Clear East wind

9

J worked on Corn ground A took grist Chop with Horse Major & made a lot of garden W. fine

clear
Sunday 10

at home Elias's whole family Ernie & Carl & Hermans Harvey were all here to dinner

W. cloudy all day a very slight drissle of rain after dinner Isaacs Teeny Simeon & Abraham were
to dinner too

11

J finished working corn ground A worked in garden AM he took load Chop PM W. Cloudy

an East wind not strong we Called Dr Dales this evening Nancy is sick he Came & gave her
some Medicine he says she must stay in bed a few days she is Chilly & feels like vomiting
12

A sowed feed Corn J helped scrub Hebron Meeting house AM W. cloudy a little drissle AM

some steady rain PM Nancy is in bed all day she is not suffering very much we think she is a
little better Davids Esther & Lewis Mary & a few others Called Esther & Lewis staid to supper J
went to Markham with Flavius PM
13

J took cream AM A Chored they put on uprights on wire fence PM Dr Called to see Nancy

he says she has some Congestion of the lungs not severe she has to keep her bed a few days
W. Cloudy some drissle Cloudy I have a very sore hand there was a wart on my right hand for
the past year & the Dr took it off a few weeks ago & now it is very sore
14

Called Dr Dales this Morning Nancy a great deal worse we sent word to the Children Daniel

Ramers David Groves & Henry Came Flavius & Benj'n in fact they all came except Hermans the
Dr Came about 10 PM he attended to her now this evening she is Much better Benj'ns Fanny is
here to stay all night Boys Chored & finished making garden J took Cream & took 17 doz Eggs to
Cedar Grove @ 20 cts per doz Br inlaw Saml Hoover & his son Simeon's boy were here to dinner
W. a sharp white frost this morning clear today
15

A drew dung on Potatoe ground AM he Plowed it down PM J took grist Chop AM he plowed

back garden & Planted some Early Potatoes PM S B Lehmans were here to dinner W. very fine
Clear Cool N W wind Nancy some better Hermans were here awhile PM
16

Boys put on uprights on wire fence & Chored they took a load Chop W. very fine mostly

clear Nancy some better but she is in bed all the time Daniels were here to dinner

May 1914
Sunday 17

at home Nancy doing pretty well Dr Called he says she is doing well we had a lot

of visitors & Callers Henry & family Called their children all have Whooping Cough Joe & Anne &
little Ada J H Ramer A B's Lizzie & Jess Johnny Ramer's & Colm Reesors were here to dinner Tillie
Burkholder & Nettie Ineson called Hermans were here awhile this evening W. very fine clear day
Cool wind from S West
18

Boys worked at fence uprights they Painted a lot of them W. rather Cloudy but fine & warm

19

our folks had some help at house cleaning Benj'ns Fanny and Mrs Mayberry & Boys all helped

they took up the Carpets in the dining room W. very fine like Summer Nancy doing well Jacob
Reesors made a call
20

Boys finished Painting the fence slats & put on a lot of them Elisabeth Martin & Rebecca

Martin Called AM Nancy doing well W. quite warm & Clear
Ascension Day 21 Went to Meeting at Hebron J & Susanna staid with Nancy she was not quite
so strong this morning remarks & sermon on {blank space} by Br C Russell & Lewis Grove &
Flavius Eva were here to dinner Daniels Called David Groves Called too this evening W. quite
warm looks a little like rain I forgot to say that A brought home a great lot of Mushrooms yesterday
Morning
22

Boys Chored J took grist Chop & took 15 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 20 cts per doz W.

quite warm AM a very fine rain after dinner a nice rain Cooler tonight Lavina Diller was here
helping at house cleaning my Nancy is better she was up with her Clothes on nearly all day
23

Boys fixed fence along north end of bush AM J took grist chop A pulled off some Caterpillar

PM W. cler fine & Cool N W wind M N was here to dinner J went to Henrys after supper
Sunday 24

at home Br C's Becca was here awhile AM Elias's & family & Joe's & Amy Mayberry

were here PM W. Cool Air from East Cloudy drissly rain at bedtime

May 1914
25

Boys helped Boil soap A Made Iron Weather Cock AM they took Colt Teddy to Ormerods

Pasture PM W. quite warm fine rain off & on AM Clear PM
26

A & Susanna went to Markham AM they Chored PM Menno Reesor brought my Uncle

Josephus Reesor for a Call PM W quite warm a slight shower & some thunder over the lake early
this morning quite warm
27

J & A went hunting Mushrooms AM they got 2 Crockfulls A helped Benj'n PM J trimmed

trees in back Orchard PM W quite warm very slight shower before dinner some distant thunder

28

Boys Chored Cleaned up some rubbish along wire fence & fixed pole for swingate at Creek

had a Call from Preacher Isaac Rittenhouse & Preacher Freeman Rittenhouse this evening W. fine
not so warm A took 16 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove after supper @ 21 cts per doz
Friday 29

I went to Annual Conference at Hebron there were a good many visiting Brethren there

everything went off well in peace and harmony there was meeting appointed for 3 PM I & J &
Lizzie went there was a sermon on St Mat 5 Chap by Pre Amos Gingerich {Dec} Menno Shants &
D{ec} David Cressman were here to supper J took them to Albert Reesors & to Peter Reesors W.
not quite so warm a strong Breeze at times a thunder shower coming up near Bedtime
30

J Cultivated Corn A put in new gate & gate post at back Orchard J & Amelia went to

Markham after supper Peter Reesors brought Joseph Wismer for a Call this morning W. fine
clear cool didnt rain Much last night
Whit Sunday 31

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J he staid with Nancy she is doing well but

did not feel strong enough to go to Meeting remarks by Br C sermon on St Luke 22 & 23 Chapters
by Pre Tobias Martin of Waterloo Bishop Freeman Rittenhouse spoke too Sacrament was
Celebrated today W mostly fair very fine not so warm

June 1914
Menno Burkholders & Matty were here to dinner Flaviss Eva was here to supper Flavius & Fanny
gave us a Call this evening
Whit Monday June 1st

A Made a few new gates for back lane & back Orchard & he went to

Markham PM J Cultivated Mangels & Corn W. cler & Cool N W wind
June 2

A carried Potatoes out of Cellar into Cider house J took grist Chop & got Mares shod he

met with accident at the shop Benj'n was there with his Mare she got excited & sprung against J &
Knocked him over & hurt his back Benj'n brought him home & we called Dr Dale he Cupped him
twice on his back & gave him some medicine W. very fine Cool Clear
3

A & Susanna went to David Groves barn raising Susanna staid J is going around he has

some Pain yet he went to the raising awhile PM W. mostly Cloudy pretty strong East wind PM
beginning to rain now at bedtime.

4

Boys Cut seed Potatoes AM A made drills for Planting them PM W. cloudy foggy misty AM

pretty strong East wind PM did not rain much last night Johns back is not much better he is going
around Choring Nancy is doing well
5

Boys planted Potatoes AM J helped a little A Cultivated Corn PM W. Clear pretty strong N

wind quite cold
6

A Cultivated Corn J took A B's Lizzie home & Came by David Groves & brought Susanna home

AM then he scuffled Corn PM W. quite cool East wind
Sunday 7

A & Amelia went to meeting at Altona J went along as far as Henry's W. fine this

morning a very heavy thunder storm came up after dinner some very heavy Claps no damage
near here that we heard of but very heavy & welcome rain the Pond was getting low but it is filled &
the Creek is running fine
8

A drew gravel from Collins Pit on Pickering Townline J Chored W.very very warm warmest

day so far we heard today about 3 or 4 buildings that were struck by lightning but did not burn up
north near Stouffville.

June 1914
9 A drew gravel he brought home one load {for us} J Topped thistles I & Nancy went awhile to
Flavis AM W very warm yet but not as warm as yesterday
10

A hoed Mangels Benj'n & Wilfred helped awhile J took Cream & got Horse Billy shod AM he

{Cultivated} corn PM W very fine pretty strong N W wind PM
11

Boys hoed Mangels Henry helped Benj'ns Wilfred helped too W. fine cloudy at times

pretty warm A took 17½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove after super @ 21 cts
12

Boys finished hoeing Mangels after dinner then they helped Benj'n PM W. quite Cool pretty

strong W west wind Clear
13

A helped Benj'n AM he went to Scotts Barn raising on 3rd Con Scarboro PM J took cream

this morning Willis came with him he stays J took grist Chop then he topped thistles W. Clear
Cool pretty strong N W wind PM Amelia took Susanna to Dr Dales AM with Horse Major

Sunday 14

A & Amelia went to Meeting at Widemans we were at home Henry's & Ernie Carl &

Eva were here to dinner Joe & Anne & little Ada Barkey were here too W. Cloudy at times Cool
N E wind but a fine day
15

A was at Benj'ns J took 3 Pigs to Markham & 2 for Benj'n they hitched together @ $7.50 per

Cwt they weighed 263 lbs W. Mostly Cler strong N W wind Cool sun warm
16

Boys Topped thistles J Cultivated Corn PM W. Cler Cold N W wind I walked to Br C's AM

17

Boys scuffled Corn W. Cool pretty strong N W wind turned to S West towards evening

18

Benj'ns Fanny our Anne & Flavis's Eva helped at house cleaning at our end Boys made a

Concrete watering Trough W. some warmer looks like showers tonight Beef ring opened today
A took 14 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 21 cts per doz
19

Boys finished concrete watering trough W. pretty strong wind from S W fine heavy rain very

fine about noon freshened things up fine
20

A was at Henrys till about 4 PM J took grist & chored AM he went to Markham PM W.

Cloudy at times sharp white frost last night not much damage

June 1914
Sunday 21

J A Susanna & Amelia went to Elias's to dinner Nancy & I Kept house W. clear a little

while this Morning a fine shower about 9 Oclock then Cloudy & slight drissle off & on all day Mild
22

A went to Toronto on Train J Chored & hoed Corn W. Cloudy drissly rain at times AM

Clear PM
23

A fixed Fire place in shop it was Crumbling down J Chored & hoed Corn W. warm some

fine showers
24

Boys hoed Corn AM J cut Alfalfa south of bush PM W. quite warm strong N W wind PM &

this evening some rain about noon a pretty heavy Clap of thunder
25

A Tedded hay AM they raked & cocked it PM it is a good crop W. very fine & cler I &

Nancy went to Elias's awhile AM J took 16 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove after supper @ 21 cts per doz

26

J took grist Chop A Cultivated Corn & then hoed J Cultivated Corn PM W. Cloudy at times

looks like showers Cool N W wind Teenie Stover was here to dinner
27

Henry Came to help draw in hay J first took grist Chop then they took in 3 loads south of bush

drissly rain after dinner then they brought out the Concrete water Trough & placed it at the Pump
drissly light rain off & on all PM Willis & Ada came with Henry East wind now bedtime
Sunday 28

I Nancy & A went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by A Rittenhouse sermon on St

Luke 15 C by Levi Grove we had no company after service A & Amelia went to Peters for dinner
W. Cloudy & a little drissly AM some sunshine PM pretty heavy rain this evening there was some
rain and a few Claps of thunder last night
29

J went to Daniels to dinner we had heard that his Eye was very bad but it is doing very well A

Chored W. Cloudy drissling off & on all day
30

Boys Tedded & raked hay they turned out the Cocks & then drew it all in & raked it all over &

took in the rakings there were 5 loads in all W Clear warm sun but Cool air Esther & Frank Grove
were here to dinner

July 1914
Elias's children were here to supper
July 1st

Boys finished hoeing Corn W. Dull & cloudy all day a very slight drissle of rain not much

more than a heavy dew
2

A & Amelia went to Kingston road to fish in Dead water got none They went with a great party

of Cousins but the fish did not bite W. partly Cler a slight rain this Morning J finished hoeing Corn
& scuffled some he took 18 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove this eveing @ 21 cts per doz
3

Boys cut a little grass in swail north of Orchard drew home a lot of stove wood from bush &

chored W. Mostly Cler Cool Air from East Susan Diller was here to supper
4

A took grist Chop & got some shoeing done at B S shop J helped at house work AM they took

swail hay & 2 loads out of south part of meadow PM W. mostly Cloudy sun warm Air from East
a slight sprinkle at sunset

Sunday 5

at home A & Amelia went to Meeting at Altona Elias's Made a good Call PM W very

fine Clear day warm sun Cool Breeze from north Susanna is not well this evening
6

Boys cut most of grass in Meadow & hoed Mangels W. very very warm but a Breeze from East

Louis Maybury began work for Boys today
7

Boys finished cutting meadow except swail A hoed some Mangels they brought in a few loads

out of meadow PM & cocked some W. very very warm Air from East
8

Boys worked at hay brought in loads I went to Cedar Grove & then went to Murisons for some

butter W. very very warm & sultry looks like rain
9

Boys worked at hay cut some swail East of Orchard I walked to Teenie Stovers AM got very

tired W very very warm Cool Breeze from East J took 18 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 21 cts per
doz
10

Boys Cultivated Corn & finished hoeing Mangels W very very warm a Cool Breeze from East

today but Calm & sultry tonight

July 1914
July 11

A took chop & got Mares shod AM J Chored & took Susanna to Joes & left her there

Boys Picked wild oats out of grain PM Amelia & Louis brought Susanna home PM W. looks like
showers very very warm but a fine Cool Breeze from East turned to north towards evening pretty
strong wind at times
Sunday 12

at home A & Amelia went to David Groves to dinner Elias & whole family were here

to dinner W. Mostly cler & {illegible} warm a drissy rain PM enough to lay the dust not so warm
13

J took cream A cultivated Mangels he Picked Wild Oats out of grain & J Cultivated Mangels

PM W. Mostly cloudy quite warm East wind not strong A fetched 500 tiles from Cherrywood AM
14

Boys Picked wild Oats out of grain W. very very warm East Wind a foggy Mist drift up from

the lake this evening
15

A went to Jacksons Point J took cream then he Chored & Cut some grass along young

Cedar swamp & cut some weeds W. rather dull partly cloudy quite warm looked like showers
but they kept off so far

16

Boys brought Colt home from Ormand's Pasture AM they Cut Engine wood PM I & Nancy

went to Br C's to dinner W. very very warm looks like showers J took 17 doz Eggs to Cedar
Grove after supper @ 22 per doz
17 J took Susanna to Dr Dales AM A Made new Pitman for Binder AM they Topped thistles in
Pasture field PM W. quite warm a fine sprinkling of rain today but it passed over again fine Cool
air this evening Boys & girls went to Henr{ys} after supper
18 J took cream A took grist Chop AM they Cut wood for Engine J brought Coal for the
Threshing Engine PM W. very fine & cool fine Cool Breeze from N West a very welcome change
Sunday 19

at home Daniels & Hermans were here to dinner W. a very fine Clear day fine Cool

wind from North not strong but fine & cool

July 1914
20

A took 5 Pigs 1090 lbs to Markham for Ferrier @ $40 @ $8.40 per Cwt AM J cut Corner in

Wheat behind Cider house they cut about half of field PM W. fine Clear Cool North wind fine
day for the horses on the Binder
21

Boys finished Cutting & shocking the Wheat it seems to be a good crop then they hoed a

while in the Greystone turnips W.quite warm a few claps of thunder & a slight rain about 10 AM
a strong N W wind PM
22

Boys went looking for a Beef Ringer they got none Henry's were all here to dinner W. partly

cloudy warm sun
23

Boys Pitched straw out of barn & cleaned wheat for seed W. pretty warm began to rain slow

& steady after 8 AM rained on more or less all day till about supper time a very welcome I think
the ground is soaked not so warm J took grist Chop & took 15½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 22
cts PM
24

Boys went looking for a Beef Ringer this morning they got none J scuffled Mangels then

they began Cutting Barley on Knoll awhile PM W. Cloudy at times pretty warm a slight little
shower PM I went to Murrisons for butter this morning

25

Boys finished Cutting Barley on Knoll & small piece in root field AM Benj'n & Wilfred & Geo

Maybury helped with team & they drew in 13 loads of our Wheat PM W. quite warm Cool N W
wind
Sunday 26

All went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by Br C sermon on St Luke part of 10 C by C

Burkholder David Groves Peter Burkholders C Burkholder & A B's Lizzie Mr & Mrs Wambold &
Delilah were here to dinner & Joes were here to supper quite warm a fine heavy shower of rain
about 3 PM a few claps of thunder in the distance Henrys called a few minutes PM
27

Boys cut in Mixed grain in field north of Meeting house didnt finish rain stopped them a few

times W. not so warm a few very fine showers A went after supper to help Cut

July Aug 1914
weeds in Hebron & Cherrywood
28

J took grist Chop this Morning then he finished cutting field north of Meeting house A &

Susanna went to Markham to Dentist AM A shocked grain PM W. Cooler East wind Mostly
clear
29

I & Nancy went to Br N's Lizzie to dinner Boys took in last of Fall Wheat 2 loads then they cut

over half of Pea & Oat field N E Corner field W. fine Clear Cool Air warm rain
30

Boys helped Benj'n with team drawing in Wheat I & Nancy & Susanna went to Henry's to

dinner W. fine Clear Air from East
31

Boys & Benj'n drew in Barley about 6 loads they finished cutting Mixed Peas & Oats & began

behind barn W. pretty warm partly cloudy I went to Cedar Grove AM I took 17 doz Eggs @ 22
cts per doz
August 1st

Boys Finished Cutting oats behind barn about 4 PM except about 10 Minute work when

heavy thunder storm stopped them very heavy thunder strong wind north of us a nice shower
the storm was strong at Benj'ns & farther north it blew down a whole field of grain shocks at Benj'ns
Sunday Aug 2

I & Nancy & Susanna went to Elias's to dinner J & A went to Henry's to dinner W.

not so warm some distant thunder PM some nice steady rain PM Willis came with the boys he
will stay

3

Boys finished Cutting the harvest field below garden & East of Orchard W. clear Cool Air

4

Boys chored & let water out of Barnyard AM they drew dung onto Knoll with 3 teams Benj'n

helped I & Nancy went to Cedar Grove PM W. fine clear
5

Boys helped Benj'n draw in with team AM A helped Thomas thresh PM J got barn ready for us

to thresh tomorrow I asked P Gates to help then I went to Murisons for Butter PM W. clear
warm sun Cool Air from East

Aug 1914
Stivers Machine Came this evening he bought our syndicate Machine & he will run it in this
Neighbourhood
6

threshed AM fine crop of Fall Wheat very good sample & a load of Oats & some barley then

they drew in a lot of oats Benj'n & his men helped W. pretty warm light wind from East
7

Boys drew in grain Benj'n & Man helped with team I went to Cedar Grove PM I took 12 doz

Eggs @ 22 cts per doz we Called Dr Dales he came this evening Nancy is not well she is the
same that she was when she was sick the last time Henry's all Called awhile this evening W. very
warm Air from south & East there is a terrible war going on in Europe about all the Nations are
mixed up in it but the worst of it is that Great Britain & Germany are opposed to each other
8

Boys helped Benj'n draw in AM they drew in at home PM I took grist Chop to Davids with

Horse Major this Morning W. pretty warm foggy & dull smoky Nancy is pretty smart
Sunday 9

A & Amelia went to Meeting at Widemans nobody here till about 4 PM a whole Auto

Car full came from Markham H Wilson & Mrs Wilson & some More they staid about an hour W.
quite warm a fine Breeze from East
10

Boys helped Benj'n to finish drawing in grain then Benj'n helped finish drawing in last of ours

PM W. quite warm a very light little rain & a few Claps of thunder last night looked a litle showery
today J brought a bag of salt from Locust Hill this morning
11

J helped Alick Milroy thresh AM A took grist Chop AM & drew some dung onto Knoll AM J

spread dung PM Amelia & Susanna went to Markham

Aug 1914
AM with Horse Major W mostly Clear quite cool N wind pretty strong
12

A took grist Chop then he spread dung J spread dung too A helped J McCreight thresh PM

J Discked in Knoll PM I & Nancy went to Joes to dinner W. fine Cler nice & Cool
13

A helped P Gates thresh AM he hoed in headlands of Mangels J Discked in N East field I

took 10½ doz Eggs @ 23 cts to Cedar Grove AM W. pretty warm AM Cooler PM some distant
thunder PM a little rain this evening about enough to lay the dust Teenie Stover & Gertie Walker
were here to dinner
14

Boys ganged on Knoll I took Susanna to Peter B's AM Amelia brought her home PM

Daniels were here to supper W. fine Clear Cool Breeze PM very fine rain last night Puddles of
Water in the road
15

A helped Elias draw in grain with team J ganged AM he took grist Chop PM & went to

Cherrywood station for some visitors from Pennsylvania & took them to Thomas's W. very fine
Clear Cool N W wind
Sunday 16

at home A Amelia & Susanna went to B Diller to dinner widow Mary & Leonard

Hoover & family were here to dinner W. Cooler & a very fine rain nearly all PM Flavius & Fanny
Called awhile after supper
17

J Plowed in Sod in N W Corner field A took 5 Hogs 1030 lbs to Markham for Ferrier @ $9.00

per Cwt AM he Plowed too PM W a pretty heavy shower about noon pretty heavy distant thunder
not very warm fine Clear PM
18

Boys Plowed very near finished field Ernie & Carl & Benj'ns Wilfred helped Elias helped PM

David Groves were here to dinner Albert Reesor brought Abraham Lehman from Pennsylvania &
his wife to supper W. mostly clear a very heavy thunder storm passed over last night a very fine
rain

Aug 1914
J Boyals barn was struck & burned down

19

J took cream they finished Plowing the sod A rolled it W. quite warm & clear I took

Susanna to Teenie Stovers AM & brought her home PM
20

A harrowed in sod J ganged strip of barley stubble in root field this morning started to rain

about 9 oclock rained more or less all day pretty fast awhile about noon J took grist Chop AM
21

Boys ganged behind Meeting Sheds & East of Orchard I went to Murison's for butter AM W.

pretty warm & clear AM Cooler PM
22

Boys finished ganging field below garden J took cream this Morning & took 18 doz Eggs to

Cedar Grove @ 23 cts per doz A took grist Chop after {dinner} then harrowed below barn C
Gayman & wife were here to dinner then I & he went to Hebron to half yearly Conference W.
Mostly clear quite warm
Sunday 23

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J he did not feel well remarks by A Rittenhouse

sermon on St Mat 18th Chap by C Gayman Enos Nighswanders were here to dinner had a few
Callers PM J A & Amelia went to Joes after supper W. warm South wind looked showry all day
but did not rain
24

J Disked in sod AM he helped Elias draw in PM A helped Tweedie thresh AM he ganged

PM I & Nancy went to Hermans to dinner W. very fine Clear day Cool Breeze from north
25

A helped Benj'n draw Manure all day with team J cut second crop grass at Benj'ns we make

it on shares Susanna & Amelia went to Markham to Dentist AM with Horse Major W. clear Cool
quite sharp this morning some frost in places
26

J took cream then he harrowed A Disked and cut Alfalfa south of bush Br inlaw Jesse

Hoover was here to dinner W. quite sharp this morning Cool air from East

Aug
August 27

Sept 1914

J took grist Chop A harrowed AM they both helped Benj'n cock hay PM W partly

cloudy Air from East Mary & Children were here today
28

A Plowed awhile in Wheat stubble J struck out some lands in N E Corner field then Ernie

came after dinner & they began to put in some Tiles in N W corner field J raked the Field south of

bush where the Alfalfa was he got some rakings W. partly cloudy not very warm Benj'ns Vera
was here to supper
29

Boys worked at drain J brought a load tiles before dinner it rained pretty heavy last night &

some at times today the boys cleaned seed wheat when it rained it Cleared up before sundown
Sunday 30

Thomas J & Amelia went to Henrys to dinner I had a very bad attack of Dysentary last

night & today am very weak W. partly cloudy not very warm
31

Boys worked at drain AM J helped B Diller thresh & A finished drain PM W. Mostly Cloudy

thunder Clouds going around went over the lake PM one Just now going but no rain here
Sept 1

Boys both Plowed till rain stopped them about 11 Oc then there was a very heavy rain a

little while PM & a little distant thunder J went to Cedar Grove towards evening
2

Boys Plowed W. Cloudy with showers at times Anne Ramer came PM she stays all night

3

J helped Herman Plow all day A took grist Chop then he Plowed Susanna & Anne Ramer

went to Joes to dinner & to Elias's to supper W. fine & clear till about 4 PM then a heavy storm of
wind & very heavy rain came up some pretty heavy thunder but not very near J took 8 doz Eggs
with him to Cedar Grove @ 24 cts
4

Boys Plowed AM they worked on sod PM W. very fine & Cool

Sept 1914
Sept 5

Boys sowed Wheat AM had Benj'ns seeder J finished it PM N W field sod & Barley

stubble about 13 Acres Threshing Machine (steam) Came PM they cleaned out the Boiler W.
clear quite Cool
Sunday 6

at home Flavius's & whole family were here to dinner Teenie Stover & Gertie Walker

were here PM Daniels were here to supper W. rain last night Cloudy AM a shower after dinner
Clear this evening
7

threshed a lot of grain AM the Machine ran right along with out a stop Boys Plowed PM W.

quite Cool a pretty strong N W wind Clear all day

8

J took 4 Hogs to Markham for Ferrier 940 lbs @ $9.50 per Cwt AM then he Plowed A Plowed

all day W quite Cool Henry's were all here to supper
9

Boys Plowed they finished the Wheat Stubble & began below garden W. quite Cool Clear

Anne was here about all PM
10

J took grist Chop & took 9½ doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 24 cts per A helped Benj'n draw

dung W. Cler Cool Uriah Drudges were here all PM
11

Boys drew dung Benj'n helped with team Ernie helped too with team W. quite Cool Clear

12

Boys drew dung Benj'n helped AM Ernie helped all day W. clear sharp Air from N East

Cool
Sunday 13

at home A & Amelia went to Menno Reesors to dinner nobody here all day very fine

clear day Cool air from East
14

A helped Flavius draw dung J Plowed W. cler Cool East wind

15

A helped Flavius draw dung J plowed at Benj'ns AM & began cutting feed corn PM Susanna

& Amelia went to Markham with Horse Major AM W. fine clear East wind
16

A helped Elias Barkey thresh J Plowed at Benj'ns AM he plowed at home PM I & Nancy

went to Elias's were there all day W. very fine warm & clear The War in Europe is going on with
unabated fury Germany is opposed to Great Britain France & Russia

Sept 1914
the old Kaiser of Germany seems to be at the bottom of it he was beginning to oppress Belgium &
Great Brittian would not Consent to that
17

J & A Plowed at Flavius's George Maybury spread dung for us David N Reesor Came with

his Automobile & took Nancy & I & Susanna to Daniels to dinner then we Called awhile at Samuel
Ramers & awhile at David Groves W. very fine clear warm day
18

Boys Plowed East of orchard I went to Murisons for Butter Nancy went with me to Teenie

Stovers & staid till I came back W. very warm & Clear

19

Boys Plow{ed} I took 14 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 25 cts & got Horse Major shod on hind

feet AM I went to Jo{es} PM for Susanna's Bread & Butter PM W. quite warm air from East
Sunday 20

all went to meeting at Hebron J did not feel well & came home again sermon on St

Mat 26 C by C Gayman & on St Mat 27 by A Rittenhouse then Br C administered sacrement
David Groves and their Boys Johnny Ramers & Hermans Harvey were here to dinner & Thomas
Dillers were here to supper W. Clear quite warm Carl & Eva Called PM
21

J took cream A cut nearly all the Ensilage Corn W. very very warm & close

22

A helped Gordon Dimma fill silo J finished cutting Ensilage Corn then he took grist Chop he

Chored & got things ready to fill silo tomorrow if all goes well W. very very warm a strong south
west wind through the day Calm this evening thunder clouds S W distant thunder & lightning
over the lake at bedtime a very little rain
23

the hands Came but there was a light drissle of rain one pretty heavy shower some more

showers PM but they got done this evening in time for supper now the ground is soaked & the air is
nice & Cool

Sept Oct 1914
There is a great change in the Air
24

A helped Thomas fill silo J helped W Petty they both Plowed PM Daniels were here to

dinner W. fine & clear fine & Cool I took 6 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove AM @ 28 cts per doz very
heavy shower after Dark
25

Boys finished Plowing field South & East of Orchard AM A helped A Dimma fill silo PM J

began ganging in N East Corner field PM W. fine quite Cool
26

A helped A Dimma fill silo J took cream then he ganged W. sharp frost last night fine

clear today warm sun Cold Air
Sunday 27

I & Nancy J A & Susanna went to Henry's to a chicken roast to dinner W. a very fine

day a Cool air from the north warm sun this is my 78th Birthday
28

J ganged A ganged AM he Pulled & dug a lot of Beans & Beets in the Mangel field & brought

them home W. a very sharp frost last night Clear today

29

J cut Corn for Benj'n AM Wilfred ganged with our team J & A both helped fill silos at

Rittenhouses & awhile at Benj'ns W. looked a little like showers PM warmer towards eveing
30

J helped Rittenhouse fill silo AM he ganged PM A helped Benj'n AM & he helped J Murison

PM W. Clear Cool N W wind
Oct 1

A helped Flavius fill silo J went to Cedar Grove he took 9 doz Eggs @ 26 cts & went by

Whitevale for Plow share he ganged PM W. Cool N W Clear Cool a slight frost last night
2

J & Nancy went to Br inlaw Samuel Hoovers he is not very well they staid to dinner A helped

Flavius finish filling silo a few hours then he Picked snow Apples W. very fine Cool clear day
3

A helped Pilkey finish filling silo then they started at J Beares J took cream then he Plowed

Oct 1914
I went to Joes AM then I got Horse Major shod on front feet & went to Murisons for Butter PM W.
quite warm looks a little like rain
Sunday 4

at home AM I Nancy & Susanna went to Benj'ns PM for a few hours Brinlaw J

Hoovers came to supper W. fine clear A & Amelia went to Meeting at Widemans
5

A helped J Bears awhile filling silo then he helped N Burkholders till evening J gang{ed} strip

stubble in root field brought home some wood & chored W. quite warms looks a little like rain
6

Barkeys pulled nearly all our Mangels J took grist chop this morning then he drew in Mangels

A helped Arthur Reesor fill silo AM then they drew Mangels with 2 teams W. mostly Cloudy Cool
Air from East
7

Boys drew in last of mangels {blank space} loads then they drew home a few loads wood W.

partly Cloudy Cool we have 33 loads of Mangels
8

Boys drew out last of dung I went to Cedar Grove AM I took 7 doz Eggs @ 27 cts per doz W

quite warm Air from South East Mostly Cloudy like showers going around this evening
9

Boys went to David Groves to dinner then they went to Markham PM Daniels were here to

dinner W. foggy this morning Cleared up by noon fine shower PM quite heavy at times a little
distant thunder quite warm today

10

Boys spread dung awhile then they ganged W some rain last night foggy awhile heavy

shower about supper time some distant thunder around west & over the lake pretty warm
Sunday 11

at home A & Susanna went to Hermans to dinner Benj'ns were here awhile PM W.

Clear Cool a pretty strong N West wind

Oct 1914
Thanksgiving day 12

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J remarks by Br C sermon on St Mat

6 C by A Rittenhouse we had a house full to dinner Daniel Ramers & Martin Henry's & a lot of
callers PM the Boys Gathered a lot of Beechnuts PM they are a good crop this year Elias's &
Joes came after dinner W. quite fine & Clear Cool Air
13

J ganged in Mangel ground A took grist chop then he ganged too W. a very sharp Chilly wind

from N E clear
14

Boys ganged A helped Bob Milroy thresh PM W. pretty strong sharp Bitter East wind Clear

15

Boys Plowed A helped Flavius's awhile Pulling Mangels then he Plowed too W. East wind

a light drissle like a fog some warmer J went to B S Shop he got some shoes set & took 5½ doz
Eggs @ 27 cts per doz
16

Boys Plowed in sod north of bush W. cloudy & a slight drissle & light wind from East boys

came home about 4 PM raining faster not cold raining faster bedtime
17

A took Susanna to Dr Dales AM he helped Flavius's at Mangels PM J Chored then he went

to Henrys to dinner then went to Judds sale near Mongolia W. fine Cloudy foggy a while this
Morning fine Clear PM
Sunday 18

all went to meeting at Hebron remarks by C Gayman sermon on Ephesians 4 C by

Levi Grove no visitors Jesse G Reesor was here to dinner he came from Cedar Grove W partly
Cloudy Mild
19

Boys to took grist Chop to Davids & went to Poll to vote on Hydro Electric Power Bylaw at D

Ramers they Picked winter Apples PM W. quite fine Mostly Clear
20

Boys dug the Potatoes they are a very good crop we have 39 bags W. very foggy & misty

AM Clear bright & warm PM Misty & foggy a while this evening

21

J went to Locust Hill for Coal & Came by Whitevale for repairs for Harness A worked at a drain

they Picked winter Apples & cut Engine wood PM W. fine quite warm

Oct 1914
Thurs 22

A worked at drain north of bush J broug{ht} load of tiles AM they both went to Frank

Lees sale on 5th Con Pickering PM I & Nancy went to Susanna Dillers to dinner W. very fine &
warm & Clear like summer
23

Boys worked at drain AM J helped Alick Milroy thresh PM A finished the drain PM I took 5½

doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 28 cts W. very fine Clear Cool Air from East
24

A helped P Gates thresh J took grist Chop AM he Picked winter Apples PM W. slight rain

this Morning Cleared up Cooler through the day we Called Dr Dale today Nancy is not well he
gave her some Medicine he thinks he can help her
Sunday 25

at home Joe & Anne were here to dinner W. Cler sharp Air from N East sharp frost

last night some Ice
26

A helped Gates finish threshing AM J took Grist chop then he Plowed Boys both went to

Elias{'s} for his raising PM W. Clear Cold wind from north sharp a few snow flakes PM
27

Boys Plowed W. very Cold pretty strong North wind froze pretty hard this is the 57th

Anniversary of our wedding and I have never regretted it
28

Boys Plowed J took cream this Morning Herman helped Plow too W. partly Cloudy not so

Cold but a Chilly Air from North
29

J took grist Chop this Morning then they Chored Put Tarpaper on upstairs in Pig pen to make

it warmer for the hens W. Mild drissly rain all day day not fast
30

Boys Picked winter Apples AM they Plowed PM W. Cloudy AM Clear PM quite Cool wind

Machine came this evening we thresh tomorrow
31

finished Threshing till a little after 11 Oc the grain turned out very well then the Machine went

to Benj'ns A went to helped J took a grist Chop & went to Cedar Grove then he Picked some
winter Apples & took Anne home she was helping us today W. fine Clear sharp white frost this
Morning A took Amelia home to stay.

Sunday Nov 1

at home some of Benj'ns folks were here awhile W. Cloudy at times A pretty

heavy shower towards evening some pretty heavy thunder not very near
2

J helped Benj'n thresh till about 4 PM A brought Eva Ramer from south of Boxgrove she will

work for us the Coming Winter then he pulled the Greystone turnips & when J came home they
drew them in there were 4 loads W. clear strong N wind quite Cold
3

A helped Flavius thresh AM J Plowed A Plowed PM W Cloudy AM fine Clear warm PM

4

A helped Thomas thresh J Plowed W. Mostly Clear a very strong S W wind very strong not

very Cold but very strong Anne was here helping to sew
5

J Plowed A helped Thomas thresh awhile AM then he Plowed too they took in the feed Corn

& some Apples PM W. Clear Cold north wind quite sharp
6

J Plowed A went to Pilkeys Plowing Bee on 3 of Pickering on the old Vredenburg place W.

Clear Cool North wind I went to Murisons for Butter PM
7

A drew dung on N E Corner Field it is for next years root crop J took cream & then Chored &

picked some Apples W. soft some drissle AM at little distant thunder AM Blowed up Colder after
dark
Sunday 8

at home Henrys all & Sarah Koch & Elias's were here to dinner W. partly Clear a

Cold wind from the north
9

A brought some tiles this Morning then he put some in East of Willow trees in East end of big

field J finished plowing Mangel ground & spread some dung they drew the winter apples into
driving house I & Nancy went to Flavius's to a Chicken dinner W. Mostly Clear Cool air sharp
frost last night
10

J & Susanna went to Markham AM A put in some Tiles till storm stopped him Br N's Lizzie

was here to dinner W. not Cold storm began after 10 Oc soft snow & drissly rain raining yet
from East bedtime

Nov 1914
Wed 11

A finished putting in tiles J ganged in N E field then A ganged too W. fine clear AM

some squaals at different times PM there was a lit{tle} snow on the ground but it is all gone

12

Boys Plowed & finished sod W. partly Cloudy sharp Air

13

Boys chored A got Horses shod & brought load coal from Locust Hill PM J brought load Chop

W. soft snow & rain at times few inches snow this Morning about all gone this evening very
strong North wind going down this eveing getting a little Colder
14

A took grist AM he helped B Diller thresh PM J cleaned the Mouth of the Tile drain AM he

brought some gravel for the hens PM W. Mostly Clear raw sharp Air Frank & Mary Barkey were
here to dinner
Sunday 15

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J he has bad cold remarks by A Rittenhouse

sermon on St Luke part of 10 C by Levi Grove no visitors after service W. rain from East all day
steady pretty fast some times not very strong wind
16

A helped Benj'n J helped wash AM he Made about a Barrel of Cider at Lapps PM W. raw

cold S W to N W wind Mostly cler pretty cold this eveing
17

Boys pulled down fence on south side of field where roots was then they Put on storm doors &

cut a lot of feed W. very strong North wind with some squaals of dry snow very strong wind Cold
18

Boys Chored put an Overhead floor into henhouse AM A helped N B's thresh & J went to

Cedar Grove PM W. cold raw Air partly clear flurries of dry snow Teenie Stover and her sister
Barbara were here to dinner
19

J drew stove wood home out of bush A helped N Burkholder finish threshing till awhile after

dinner then he helped J at wood W. partly clear Milder Amy Maybury was here to dinner
20

Boys Chored around home put Apples down cellar AM Ernie helped them W. quite Cold

froze hard looks as if was frozen up for the winter
21

A helped J McCreight thresh AM

Nov 1914
J took cream in Alick Milroys place AM then A took grist Chop & J Chored PM W. mostly cloudy
strong wind after dark I walked to Br C's AM he is not so well Dr Hore Called PM he says he
Caught Cold

Sunday 22

at home nobody here all day J went to Henry's awhile PM A went to Elias's PM

they were not at home W. mostly cloudy sharp Air ground white with snow this morning didnt
thaw all day
23

J helped wash AM A Chored they worked in young Cedar Swamp PM W. very cold last

night 8 above this Mrning milder this evening Hermans were all here to supper
24

A helped Tweedie thresh J went to Cedar Grove AM he drew some rails off fence strip along

south side of root field PM W. rather cloudy AM pretty strong south west wind PM heavy squaals
of sleet & rain PM I went to see Br C AM he is a little better his Cold is seated on his stomach
he is a little better today. he is in bed
25

J went to Markham he took cream with him AM they Chored PM W. quite Mild a strong

west wind not cold frost coming out field Midday I walked to Br C's PM he was sitting up when I
was there the Dr says he has La Grippe
26

A & Eva helped Benj'n kill hogs J drew rubbish off the fence strip along root field AM he took

grist Chop PM W. quite Mild strong West wind quite strong PM
27

Boys cleaned off some stones & rubbish on the fence strip A took grist Chop PM W. very fine

& clear pretty strong N Wind Boys drew off loose stones off field this Morning
28

A helped Benj'n till after dinner at Cistern J cleaned fence strip then they dug some Post

holes Benj'n helped awhile W very hard frost last night raw East wind very hard frost White
frost this Morning
Sunday 29

Boys went to Daniels to dinner I Nancy & Susanna went to Joes to dinner W very

fine cler day raw East wind not strong heavy white frost this Morning

Nov Dec 1914
30

Boys Chored J helped wash A dug Post holes East of dam Benj'n helped him awhile till

about 9 AM it began to rain rained off & on one quite heavy shower quite mild they cleaned the
shop we are intending to butcher tomorrow if all is well
Dec 1

Killed 2 Hogs Benj'n & Fanny Flavius's Fanny & Ernie helped Herman & Lydia helped too

Benj'ns Wilfred & Hermans Harvey were here too for dinner W Mild cloudy & misty all day

2

Boys dug Post holes along south of root field Benj'n helped awhile W quite mild foggy &

Misty all day
3

A helped Herman Build Cement steps J Chored AM J took Nancy & I to Br C's this Morning

Br C's about the same he got up while we were there he Mostly sits up all day then J went to a
sale near Cherrywood Daniels were here to dinner then they went to Br C's & Came back here to
supper W. Cooler & Cloudy
4

A dug the whole garden J Chored AM he went to Pickering with a sample of Wheat they pay

$1.15
5

W. partly Cloudy sharp white frost last night

Boys cleaned Wheat AM A took 48 Bus to Pickering @ $1.15 PM J took grist Chop PM W.

Mostly Cloudy Cool some frost last night
Sunday 6

at home Joes & little Ada Barkey were here to dinner W. Mostly Cloudy Cool raw Air

from East
7

J helped wash AM A dressed a Calf AM they dressed a Pig & a lot of Chickens & J filled 2 Brls

snow Apples PM they took all the stuff to Hermans after supper A & Herman intend to go to
Toronto tomorrow W. Mostly Clear Milder a raw Air from N East I walked to Br C's AM he is
about the same he gets up about 10 Oc AM Elizabeth Martin from Waterloo was here to dinner
8

J went to Cedar Grove he took grist Chop along he Chored PM A went to Toronto with

Hermans Harvey he took 2 Barls snow Apples @ $2.00 Each Pig 10.23 per lb Calf 14 cts per lb
W Mostly Cloudy raw N E air roads very good

Dec 1914
9

Boys Chored A brought a load of Coal from Locust Hill AM W. Cloudy began to snow about

10 AM snowed quite fast More or less all PM not blowing Much this is my Nancy's 75th Birthday
10

Boys helped the girls patch the Ceiling in the dining then they Painted it all the Ceiling J went

to Cedar Grove for the Paint W. a few inches of snow looks like winter Flavius's boys Caught 12
Rabbits today

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A helped the girls wash the woodwork of the living room Benj'n helped J clean wheat PM W.

like a real winter day Mostly Clear sharp Air pretty Cold boys brought home some Oil cake from
Locust Hill AM
12

A took 53 Bus Wheat to Pickering @ $1.15 AM J took grist Chop AM they went Rabbit

hunting PM got {blank space} W. sharp wintry Air very good Wheeling
Sunday 13

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J remarks by Levi Grove sermon on St Mat 11

C by A Rittenhouse Johnny Reesor's & their daughter Martha Levi Grove & wife & Franklin Grove
were here to dinner Frank Grove was here to supper & I think he will stay all night W. Cloudy all
AM began to snow a light drissle all PM snowing yet bedtime
14

J helped wash A Cleaned & Oiled Harness W. strong wind got up after dinner there was

about 5 in of fresh snow it is drifting off the road quite Cold tonight
15

A went to Markham to Meet Dentist Franklin Grove went with him J Chored W. very Cold

strong S W wind snow drifting some sleighs running
16

A helped Henry's Butcher J helped Mayburys Kill & dress a Pig PM W. Bitter Cold last night

Clear today very Cold some sleighs running

Dec 1914
17

A & Eva helped Flavis's Kill hogs J Chored & went to Cedar Grove PM he took 11 fresh Eggs

@ 4 cts Each W. fine Clear Cold S W wind
18

A took grist Chop J Chored they Cut willow trees into stove wood up near Pond PM W. fine

Clear raw S W wind
19

Boys Chored AM J went to Murisons for Butter & to Joes for Bread I rode with him to see Br

C he is not quite so well but he was up in his chair we got word today that Br inlaw M
Nighswander died very sudden today about 11 AM he will be Buried on Monday at 1:30 PM he
had heart failure W. cloudy Mild began to snow at Breakfast & snowed a few in soft snow pretty
fair sleigh{ing}
Sunday 20

at home M Barkeys & Elias's & Amy & Ada Maybury were here to dinner W. Clear

sharp Air A took Susanna to Dr Dales AM she is not very well they went in Cutter

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J & A went to Henrys to dinner then they went to Funeral of Br inlaw M Nighswander he was

Buried at Altona W. about 5 in of snow last night some squaals AM pretty strong south East wind
drifting some PM not very Cold J helped wash AM
22

Henrys all came this Morning we Picked a lot of Geese & Chickens Henry & Sarah helped

W a strong S W wind drifting some A took some Geese & Chickens to Barkys this evening they
take them to Toronto
23

A took cream then went to Markham with 3 Geese for H Wilsons J Chored they both went to

Benj'ns awhile PM W mostly clear a cold West wind PM
24

Boys cleaned Henhouse & Chored AM J took load chop & went to Cedar Grove PM W.

Mostly cloudy slow calm dropping snow
Christmas Day 25

A went to Meeting at Hebron I & Nancy did not like to go & J stayed at home

with us Daniels came here AM & staid W. very very Cold & clear it was down to about 7 deg
below zero up through the day down again this evening

Dec 1914
26

Jan 1915

Boys Chored A went to Funeral of W Murisons wife she was Isabel Duncan she lived near

Agincourt J sorted some apples PM we heard today that Joseph Groves died this Morning he
has been sick a good while he will be buried on Monday at Widemans W. Cold this Morning fine
& clear it seems Milder away above Zero
Sunday 27

at home J A & Eva went to Daniels to dinner Benj'n & family were here a few hours

PM W not very Cold but a raw sharp wind from S W
28

A Chored J went to Funeral of Joseph Groves he went to the house he did not go to the

Graveyard Elias's family were here Elias & Mary went to the funeral W not Cold Mostly Cloudy
a raw damp Air from S West
29

A went to Markham to Meet the Dentist J helped wash AM they chored PM W. a raw East

wind AM began to snow at noon very fast damp snow like sleet this evening not Cold
30

A brought 2 loads Coal from Locust Hill J got Horse Billy shod & Chored W Mostly Cloudy

pretty strong N W wind getting Colder

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Boys chored J took 4 bags Wheat to Whitevale PM & exchanged it for flour W. fine & clear

sharp Air
Jan 1st 1915

at home David Groves & family were here to dinner W. mostly Cloudy sharp raw

Air Mostly from S East
2

Boys Chored J took Eva home PM Old Horse Major took sick spell this evening we Called Dr

Armstrong he came & gave him some Medicine he thinks he will get better W. some snow this
Morning & AM strong N W wind PM quite strong at spells getting Colder
Sunday 3

at home Elias's were here to dinner W. partly clear sharp air from N East PM old

Horse Major getting better
4

A took 8 Pigs 1460 lbs to Markham for Ferrier @ 7.25 per Cwt AM J took grist Chop W Milder

partly Cloudy
5

A Chored J took 2 dozen & 10 Eggs to Cedar Grove @ {blank space} per doz PM & went to

Murisons for Butter PM Anne was here today helping the girls

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Jan 1915
we Called Dr Dales PM Nancy is not well he gave her some Medicine he says she needs toning
up J bought 7 Pigs off Bismark Reesor @ 18 dollars white hoar frost this Morning
6

Our family were all home today we had roast Geese & Chickens W Cloudy all day a slight

drissle started aout 3 PM quite Mild there were 43 of us altogether besides the hired girl Eva
Ramer
7

Boys went to Bismark Reesors AM & brought the 7 Pigs that J bought the other day they are

fine ones W. a very strong S W wind very strong at times getting Colder the sleighing is very
thin in some places
8

Boys heard this Morning that the barn on the {Armstrong} farm was burned this morning at 3.30

{Oclock} {They went to see it an was burned by In{cluding}} 30 head of Cattle 5 horses & a

{illegible} Bus of grain they are in touch {illegible} of the {?pendant} Party J brought some gravel
for the hens A Chored W. Cloudy sharp Air
9

Boys Chored A went to Cedar Grove PM W. partly Clear not very Cold

Sunday 10

All went to Meeting at Hebron except J remarks by Levi Grove Sermon on St Luke

part of 27 C by Bishop Ezra Martin from Waterloo {illegible lines} after {illegible} Bishop Ezra Martin
{illegible lines} from Waterloo & Abraham {Lehman} to Joes to supper White hoar frost this Morning
11

A took 6 Pigs to Markham 1150 lbs for Ferriers @ $7.40 then he {went to Hermans} to dinner &

brought a Cow home in the sleigh {illegible} had the use of her for a while {illegible} changed the
Brine W Cloudy not cold there is pretty good sleighing yet
12

A went to Markham to meet Dentist J took Susanna to Elias's this Morning & brought her

home this eveing little Anne is sick W. clear a raw East wind
13

Boys chored & brought home {smoke} wood A took {Susanna} to Elias they cut stove wood

out of old {Willow} up by the {Pond} PM

Jan 1915
Eva brought Susanna home this eveing little Anne is some better W. fine bright & clear raw
wind from East
14

Killed big Pig Benj'n & Flavius's Fanny & Ernie helped W. quite Mild pretty strong S W wind

thawing a little little Anne Barkey is a little better
15

A took a lot of sausage to Markham to sell then he went to David Groves to dinner & staid &

helped them to Pick Chickens PM J Chored & he took Nancy to Elias's PM to see little Anne she
is pretty sick yet but has a chance of recovering W. partly cloudy a raw N Wind not thawing much
16

J took grist Chop they Chored PM J took Eva home PM W. Cloudy strong East wind PM

not thawing much
Sunday 17

at home Joe & Anne Amelia Ernie & Carl were here to dinner W. mostly Cloudy AM

Clear PM thawing some a shower of rain last night Sleighing getting thin

18

J helped wash AM A Chored J brought some Cotton seed from Locust Hill PM W. Mild a

steady fall of pretty soft snow AM & a little all PM it is patching the sleighing pretty well there is
some {Ice} on the road in most places
19

J took grist Chop AM he went to MacIntosh sale PM A went to Dentist AM he brought home

Chop PM W. Mild about 4 in snow last night fine & damp snow very good for sleighing
Hermans were here to supper little Anne Barkey is doing well
20

Boys Chored A brought Anne Barkey to help Nancy to sew J took her home after dinner W.

sharp Air mostly cloudy
21

Boys Picked about 3 doz Chickens J took them to W. Barkeys they take them to Toronto J

took 3 doz & 10 Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ about 31 cts per doz W. partly clear quite cold
strong N wind
22

A went to J Boyds Bee to draw gravel J went to Cedar Grove AM {illegible line} W quite cold

8 deg below this Morning {illegible} pretty strong N East wind yet {illegible} quite cold tonight

Jan Feb 1915
23

A took grist Chop J went to M Barkeys AM then both went to Cedar Grove PM to see a

Hockey play W. Mostly Clear a sharp winter day
Sunday 24

at home J A Susanna & Eva went to Benj'ns to dinner W. cler sharp Air very fine

winter day I & Nancy were alone all day
25

Boys Chored W. pretty Cold heavy fall of snow nearly all AM not drifting much about six

inches fell
26

A went to Markham to Dentist J helped wash AM they chored PM W. a very fine Clear day

Sharp air Henrys were all here to supper
27

A took cream AM J brought Butter from Murisons & then both Chored PM W. clear sharp

winter day David Groves Called a little while PM little Anne Barkey is getting better slowly
28

A Chored he has a bad Cold J Chored AM he took 5 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove PM @ 28

cts per doz W. Cler quite cold N W wind quite cold this evening

29

Boys Chored J walked to Elias's PM little Anne is some better W. Clear very sharp S W Air

very cold
30

A took cream J Chored A went to see a Hockey Match PM W. {fine clear} very Calm &

quite Cold
Sunday 31

at home little Anne Barkey was here all day W. Milder snow from East nearly all

day
Feb 1

Boys brought a load of Brewers grain for Cow feed from Cherrywood AM A took load Chop

PM W. Cold N East wind pretty strong this evening about 4 in snow last night some rain too but
it Keeps the {snow} from drifting this was the day for the Trustee Meeting at Hebron but I did not go
it was too windy
Candlemas day 2

Boy Chored W. snow snow all day from East Changed from West {after

noon} not very strong wind not very Cold did not see a team on road all day the snow is very
{soft}
3

Boys helped shovel snow there are some drifts in places James Milroys widow died on {and

she} was buried this PM Boys went to the funeral

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Feb 1915
W. a very fine clear day sharp {illegible} quite cold
4

Boys Chored & sorted apples W. mostly cloudy a little snow at times pretty sharp Air from S

West
5

Boys took some lard to Cedar Grove & sold it @ 9 cts per {illegible} AM they Chored PM W.

mostly Cloudy Air from East getting warmer a few squaals of sleet & snow PM Showers of rain
after dark

6

Boys helped shovel snow at Hebron awhile AM A took grist Chop PM I rode with him as far as

Br C's to see how he is he is improving a little slowly I think he is up every day so far W. Mild
soft thawing a little
Sunday 7

all went to Meeting at Hebron except J remarks by Levi Grove sermon on St Mat part

of 22 C by A Rittenhouse Daniels Hermans & Joe Barky Menno Burkholder & Matty were here to
dinner Henrys Called awhile PM W. quite Mild Mostly cloudy
8

A helped wash J Chored AM they both went to Bennets sale north of Cedar Grove PM W.

mostly cler pretty strong S W wind PM & this evening
9

Boys ripped out some stuff for some new gates & Chored W. Clear very Cold Bitter N W wind

10

A took cream & May to get shod J went to Locust Hill with R Milroy AM they chored PM W

quite cold this morning getting Milder fast PM
11

Boys Cleaned last of Fall Wheat a good load Ernie helped {awhile} AM they chored PM

Evas Father & sister here to dinner W. a pretty strong N W wind some drissle awhile PM thawing
fast quite Mild J took 5 doz Eggs {illegible}per doz J Jarvis took 5 doz Eggs @ 30 cts per doz
he comes for them every {illegible} took one Barrel of Apples @ $2.25 for {illegible}
12

A took 5{1} Bus Wheat to Whitevale AM @ $1.60 per Bus J went to Markham PM Susanna &

Eva went {illegible} to Elias with old Horse Major W. very fine Mild {Clear} day
13

Boys Chored AM A took Chop then he drew some Ice for G Beatty PM W. Cooler pretty

strong wind from East Susanna & Eva went to Joes with Horse Major
Sunday 14

I Nancy & Susanna were alone J & A went to Henrys to dinner W. Mostly cloudy

Bright sunshine at times but some rain at times PM quite mild {remainder of page illegible}

Feb 1915
Feb 14

A took 6 hogs 1240 lbs to Markham for Ferrier @ 7.50 per Cwt A he Chored J went to

Frank Reesors at B{illegible} to buy {illegible line} W. Mostly cloudy {illegible rest of line}
16 A dressed Slats for wire fence J Chored & brought some gravel for the hens PM W. Mostly
Clear Cool Air from the west thawing in the sun

17

Boys cut down some trees on west side of lane that were too crowded A went to Cedar Grove

PM he got Horse Sandy shod we Called Dr Dale this Morning Susanna is not well he Came PM
he says there were symptoms of Pneumonia he says she Must stay in bed a few days W. Misty
clear Cool N W wind the snow is going fast in a {illegible} there was a Naval Battle {illegible} a
great Victory for the British
18

A went to Markham AM J Chored Esther {illegible} & Lewis were here to dinner Susanna is

a little better but is not very well yet {illegible 2 lines} took {illegible} doz Eggs
19 Boys cut Elm trees {illegible} north of Pond W very clear & fine sharp Air Dr Called PM
Susanna {not much better}
20

Boys Chored A has bad cold J went to Markham for B{utter} AM W Bright & clear very fine

day Sharp Air from East Susanna is about the same
Sunday 21

at home Benj'n Tilman Flavius's Amelia Ernie Carl & Eva were here to dinner Elias &

Mary & little Anne were here to supper little Anne {illegible} W. a very bright & Clear day sharp
Air from East
22

A went to Markham AM they cut a little strip wood out of {illegible} Called Dr Dale this

Morning he came PM Susanna is not so well {illegible} better now. W Mild Cloudy all day a
slight drissle at times PM Snow going J helped wash AM
23

Boys helped Henry Clean {illegible} some Oats Henry came little {illegible} & Anne {illegible}

Feb

Mar

1915

{illegible line} W began {illegible} rained {illegible line} Henry {illegible} take the Oats with him on
account of {illegible}
24

A has bad Cold J went to Joes & Chored AM he went to Arthur Reesors sale awhile PM W

quite Mild drizzle off & on Misty all day cloudy all day the wind Picked up a little at noon {illegible}
25

A not quite better yet J Chored & put Brine on Pork of last Pig we Killed he went to Cedar

Grove after supper W. pretty strong N W wind squaals of soft snow & rain awhile Blowed up
strong wind quite Cold this evening J Jarvis got 9½ doz Eggs 20 cts

26

Boys chored W. a very strong N W wind all day some squaals of snow very strong wind last

night too not so strong this evening
27

Boys Chored W. quite {lot} strong N West wind all day

Sunday 28

at home little Frank Barkey was here all day W. Cold pretty strong N West wind all

day there is pretty good sleighing
March 1

A helped Herman in stable J helped in AM W. fine bright cler day sharp Air from N

west
2

J went to Stouffville PM for {illegible} for Gasoline Engine A Chored W pretty {illegible} wind

from N W squaals of snow at times
3

A helped Thomas Butcher J took Cream {illegible} W. quite Cold pretty strong N W wind

Clear
4

Boys Sawed old rails into stove wood {illegible} Susanna Herman & most of family were here to

{illegible} W very fine clear day sharp Air
5

A took grist Chop to Davids AM they gathered some limb wood in bush Henry was here for

some seed PM W. mostly clear strong East wind PM Cooler
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6

A took Cream then they chored helped some in {illegible} W began to snow from East Early

this morning pretty heavy all day soft heavy {illegible} not cold snowing yet bedtime
Sunday 7

A & Eva went to Meeting at Hebron Nancy & I have bad Cold didnt {illegible}

Flavius's & Fanny Willis & Ada were here to dinner Henrys called awhile PM Thomas {illegible}
whole family called after {supper} fine & clear {illegible}

Mar 1915
{illegible} young folks were here for supper {illegible} Boys Chored A went to Cedar Grove PM
the Boys Called Dr Dale this Morning he Came PM to see me I had a pretty bad Cough he gave
Medicine & told me to take a good rest W. fine & clear today but {illegible} cold N wind not strong

9

Boys gathered wood in old bush W. a very fine clear day quite Mild snow thawing sleighing

{illegible}
10

Boys worked in bush AM they went to Funeral of W {Armstrong} of Locust Hill PM W. a very

fine Clear day the sun thawed some but a raw sharp Air
11

Boys chored J took grist & went to Cedar Grove J Jarvis took 17 doz Eggs @ {2illegible} per

doz W very bright {& clear} sleighing is getting thin
12

Boys Chored & gathered wood Herman's Lydia & little Frank were here to dinner J took

{illegible} Eva Ramer here to stay {illegible} {illegible} to stay awhile he has {illegible} W quite Cold
sleighing going Amelia came to stay
13 Boys sawed wood in bush Henrys came he {illegible} children all except Ada came this
Morning {illegible} sharp air sun thawing
Sunday 14

Boys {illegible} to Flavius to dinner W. fine clear day {illegible} about gone snow

going fast strong wind {illegible}
15

J helped wash AM he went to Armstrongs Locust Hill for 3 {Bus seed Peas} PM A took Chop

{illegible} W Bright clear thawing fast
16

A worked at {illegible} J went to sale on 7th Con Markham got nothing W very Cold N wind

sun thawing
17

Boys Chored went to sale on the old {Higg illegible} farm W. clear quite {illegible} raw Cold

Air quite Cold Mary & Children were {illegible} to dinner Elias went to sale
18

A done some Carpenter work for A Milroy J Chored W. Clear pretty Cold went to {Aleck}

Milroys sawing Bee J went to sale at {illegible} Hatt{illegible} PM W. fine clear Bright sun sharp
Air {illegible} worked in bush AM
20

A helped A Milroy till {illegible} AM J took grist Chop AM they worked in {illegible} PM W

{Clear} Cold N wind sun thawing
Sunday 21

{illegible} sent for Dr Dale this evening Nancy is sick {rest of page illegible}

Mar 1915
22

Boys worked in bush Nancy in bed all day she is not suffering very much Dr says {illegible}

A went to Markham AM they cut wood in bush PM W. fine clear pretty strong N W wind Nancy
doing pretty well but is in bed
23

Boys Chored cut wood in bush Nancy in bed but doing pretty well Boys called Dr this

Morning I have very bad cold in head W. Mild soft Boys cut wood in bush AM A went to
Funeral of D G{ressbury} PM he was Killed at the Factory at Locust Hill working on Tuesday
{illegible} down the {illegible} & the waggon Box {illegible} {illegible}ped & was {illegible} Killed W.
fine clear cold {illegible} wind sharp frost last night James took 22 doz Eggs @ 16 cts per doz
Sunday 28 at home a lot of the Children were here to dinner & some Just made a Call W. clear
thawing fast Nancy in bed yet but doing well My Eyes are very weak my Cought was pretty bad
last night but it is some better today
29

Boys Cut wood in bush W pretty strong N W wind very cold {illegible} Called him for {several

lines too faint to decipher} but seems to be doing well I am pretty well too but have a spell of
Coughing at times
Tues 30

Boys C{leaned seed ?} & Chored W. clear strong North wind strong

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Nov

Dec

1913

PM { illegible} {J went along} {illegible}
Nov 30

{illegible} A & Amy helped Benj'n Kill hogs J Chored took grist Chop to Davids PM W.

Cloudy raw Wind {illegible}
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Dec 1

Boys drew wood into shed & Chored A went to Markham PM A worked in stable W.

Cloudy little light snow this eveing Mild very good Wheeling the line of the C P R has been
located it runs not {illegible} the north of the C N R there were about 20 {S illegible} Encamped in
Thomas's bush for a few weeks {illegible} to the other day & went near Whitby
2

Boys went shooting Rabbits AM brought one home A went to Markham PM J Chored Eva

was here to dinner Benj'ns Fanny & Wilfred were here PM W. pretty sharp Cloudy AM here
awhile PM
Sunday 3

A & Susanna went to Dillers to dinner Nancy & J & I were at home W. quite Cold

about 9 deg above this Moring Cold {illegible}
4

Killed our 2 Big hogs Flavius & Fanny Benj'n & {illegible} helped they were very fat & heavy

W. partly Cloudy Clear sharp pretty Cold
5

A worked at Thomas {cut off} Chored & salted Pork AM he & Susanna & Amy went to Funeral

of Donald Reesor's wife at Hill{side} PM W. fine Cler a raw West wind
6

A went to Mar{kham} AM J Chored Henry Willis & Ada were here to din{ner} W. very fine

Clear like Indian Summer thawing in the sun but not in the shade very good Wheeling
7

A helped Benj'n Cut straw J Chored Daniels here to dinner W. very fine thawing some

8

A worked stable J helped Thomas's drive a Bull home from 2nd {Con} Pickering AM he took

Chop & got Billy & Major {page damaged} PM W quite mild partly Clear thawing
9

Boys worked at stable W. very Misty & cloudy a little {page cut off} at times Thomas's Adeline

was here awhile PM this {page damaged} Nancy's 72 Birthday
Sunday 10

at home Elias here to dinner W. very Mild & foggy all AM Clear at times roads

quite sloppy looks {right edge of page torn off to the bottom}
11

Boys worked at Engine they have it runni{ng} {cut off} to Cedar Grove PM W. very foggy AM

{cut off } slow & steady all PM not Cold Alm{cut off} came today she stays all night
12

{cut off} took Thomas's Milk to Cherrywood S{illegible} {cut off} sends it to Toronto J brought

a Barrel of {cut off} Thomas {illegible} Kept a few Gallons of it for {cut off} {illegible} Collins here
today at {illegible} cut off.
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{13}

Boys chored J went to Nash's sale near Armadale PM slight frost last night

Clear nearly

all day
14

Boys drew straw out of East barn into west barn AM they went to {illegible} east of Joseph

Collins PM W. Mild partly cler sharp white frost last night
15

Boys chored A took grist Chop he took 2 doz Eggs to Cedar Grove @ 40 cts per doz W.

pretty Cler Mild
16

Boys Cut feed wood in bush AM {illegible} ran Engine awhile PM W. Cloudy soft snow PM N

Came to stay all night
Sunday 17

all went to {mee}ting except J he did not feel well remarks by C Burkholder

{ser}mon on Romans 9th C by Joseph Wismer from Vineland {Ame}lia Ernie & Carl were here to
dinner Joe & Anne were {edge missing} to supper W. partly cler some frost last night roads bad
Daniels made a short call PM
18

Boys Picked {illegible} of Chickens Carl was here PM he took grist Chop W. Cloudy cold frozen

pretty hard Herman was here to dinner
19

Boys {edge missing} a lot of Chickens & 9 Geese Henry & Willis were here {edge missing}ped

J went went to Isaac Reesors & got a fine Gander {missing}ius's Fanny was here PM helping W.
sharp Air Cloudy at {missing}imes
20

J went to Cedar Grove AM he Chored PM A {missing}t to Toronto with Billy on Democrat he

took 5 Geese {missing} 14 cts per lb Roosters {blank space} lbs @ 14 cts a {blank space} Hens
{blank space} lbs W. sharp Clear Air pretty cold
21

A took 2 Geese {edge missing} Wilsons {blank space} lbs @ 14 cts he went to Daniels to

dinner he got {edge missing} one there to Breed J Chored W. Cold raw East wind {edge
missing}ttle drissly PM Teenie Stover was here to dinner {edge missing} took grist Chop to
Whitevale J Chored W. Misty Cloudy {edge missing} a slight drissle all PM
23

A took cream J {edge missing} they cut up old Apple tree PM W. cloudy all day {edge

missing} a little last night

Sunday 24

I & Nancy went to Joes {edge missing}nner J A & Susanna went to Flavius to dinner

Esther {edge missing} little Frank Came to stay all night W. Cloudy {edge missing} day
{edge missing}day 25

All went to Meeting at Hebron except J {edge missing} home to helped the

women to fix for dinner {edge missing} Levi Grove sermon on St Luke part of 2nd {edge missing}
we had our Anual Christmas dinner {edge missing} were here all well & hearty W. mild & {edge
missing} thawing a little we had 2 fat Geese & {edge missing}
26

J helped wash A Chored J went to {edge missing} pine roots at Flavius PM W. pretty Cler

frost last night
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