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Tabithy wife of Gilbert
Jones of Murray was bu
ried 10 mo 9 1877
William Harris of Wellington
was buried 10 mo 10 1877
the first Snow fell 11 mo 5
began to snow about 5 oclock [sic]
at night
John Lombard moved in
to our house 11 mo 16 1877
Willet Hubs died 11 mo 6 1877
Peter Allen of Picton
died 11 mo 18 1877 after
a few hours Illness
11 mo 21 Nelson Sills here
12 mo 4 finished cutting
apples to dry no Snow on
the ground yet
[pg 12a]
14 1877
Joseph Haight died
12 mo 5 1877 was buried
the Seventh [wnd, wend or wind?]
12 mo 28 1877 We have had
scarcely any cold weather
weather ther [sic] is no Ice
in the Bay or in any of the
harbour the Steam Boats
are Running the Same as
Summers there was a few
cold days in the [fore part?]
of the month The milk
ponds froze over so that
the Boys sketed [sic] on them
but it only lasted a few
day there is no Frost in the
ground the people are ploughing
[pg 12b]