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The 3th Month March 31 Days 1899
Tus 7 We Finished Sawing in the Woods to Day a Very Cold Day 50 Cords of Wood I Joined the Sons of Temperence at Lansdowne X
Wes 8 I Was Helping Charley Horten to Draw Hay 1/2 a Day A Nice Warm Day
Thr 9 A Very Heavy Snow Storm This Fore Noon 6 inches Soft on the Level I Paid O Sullivan $2500 Ballance on Rent
Fri 10 I Was Helping George Humphries to saw Wood Half Day With the Circler Saw A Nice Warm Day
Sat 11 " " " " 3/4 of a Day Mudy again a Very Soft Day the Snow all gon
Sun 12 a Very Heavy Rain this morning the ground is Very Soft The Roads are Terible Bad to Day
Mon 13 I Was Helping Role Johnston 1/2 a Day to tap in His Shugar Bush 35 c A Nice But Cold Day
Tus 14 I took out a grist of Feet to JE Staceys to get ground 30 Bush Barly a cwt The Roads are Very Rough an Bad Now
Wes 15 A Very Stormy Day With Snow Sleet and Rain all Day The Roads are are Very Bad Now
Thr 16 I Was Working at Mr Hortens 1/2 ad a Nice But Cold Day
Fri 17 St Patricks Day a Nice But a Very Cold Day the wind North
Sat 18 Another Very Heavy Snow Storm to Day With Wind From the North East (4 inches of Snow on the Level again)
Sun 19 another very stormy Day with snow an sleet lots of Cutters out to Day
Mon 20 I Was Helping John Quinn to Moove up to CA. McNeils good sleighing A Terible Blustry Day
Tus 21 I Was Helping Charley Horten to Draw hay From the Front Barn 65 First Class Sleighing Now
Wes 22 I Was Helping Role Johnston to Draw Wood an Cut Straw to Day 65 A Nice Soft Day
Thr 23 another Very Stormy Day With Rain Snow and Wind the Roads are Very Soft
Fri 24 I Was Drawing Home Wood all Day the Sleighing is the Very Best I Had Role Johnston in the after Noon Drew
Sat 25 I Was Helping Role Johnston to Cut Wood in the Woods 1/2 a Day 35 I went out to Uncle Fred Somerses good Sleighing
Sun 26 A Very Fine Warm Day I was out in South Crosbee
Mon 27 I Came Home From uncle Eads this Morning to Saw Wood to Day 35 A Very Nice DAy I Was Helping Role Johnston
Tus 28 I Was Helping Role Johnston all Day to Cut Wood For Schoolhouse 65 A Very Blustry Day
Wes 29 I Was Helping Role Johnston all Day Cutting Stove Wood 65
Thr 30 A Terible Cold Day I Paid John Sheild $500 on Account
{written vertically across page} The Month Ends Very Nice and Warm The Wind FRom South
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