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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Bell Fraser Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Bell Fraser Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Private: Courtesy of Catharine Wilson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1890 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Leeds & Grenville County, Elizabethtown and Edwardsburgh Townships, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. John Bell Fraser Diary & Transcription, 1874-1889 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Bell Fraser Diary & Transcription, 1874-1889 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Bell Fraser Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Private: Courtesy of Catharine Wilson Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Leeds & Grenville County, Elizabethtown and Edwardsburgh Townships, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1874 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. John Bell Fraser Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> {front cover (brown & green), worn, black binding} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1391.12429 7737 at Belleville pieces Sho pieces short at Kingston {upside down} 11111116 R 111111116 L </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> To PM Vegas E Ashley West lake John B Fraser T Fraser John B Fraser {upside down} Barley </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Chinese Wall 1728 miles long 25 wide J John Fraser Easter Sunday the new moon nearest the 21st March was on the 25 March hence 14 days + 1st 15 days = 9th of April 9 + 7 = 16 April Easter Jews Banished in 1290 Ed 1st Gregorian Style adopted in 1752 in Geo 2nd reign 3rd of Sept counted the 14th Pope Gregory changed time in Italy in 1582 Israelites left Egypt on 15 day of nisan 430 yrs after Abraham moved to Canaan </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January 1874 (Bk.28.) <table><tbody><tr><td>No. 1</td> <td>Train,_______</td> <td>Conductor, _________</td> <td>1874</td> </tr><tr><td>No. of Car.</td> <td>FROM January 1st</td> <td>TO 20th</td> <td>REMARKS</td> </tr></tbody></table> Went to Uncle Williams & Mr McCarthy Went to Uncle Alexanders went to Kingston & Belleville Came home from Kingston 2 Stormy John. Fraser done chores John Fraser " " J. Jennie got up some wood went to Missionary Meeting Reids Schotton 10 went to Brockville Potatoes 11 went to Brockville 12 J.B. L Ross here 13 Cleaned up grist 14 Took Barley, Oats & Wheat to Mill 15 Pa & Mr Manhard went to swamp 16 went to stewarts swamp 17 P & Ma & Alva went to Kingston 18 Grandma Fraser sick 19 Pa & Ma went to Uncle John Bells 20 fine Mrs Stewart here</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary Feb March Febuary (Bk. 28. <table><tbody><tr><td>No. ________</td> <td>Train,_______</td> <td>Conductor, _________</td> <td>187</td> </tr><tr><td>No. of Car.</td> <td>FROM</td> <td>TO</td> <td>REMARKS</td> </tr></tbody></table> Jan January & Febuary 21 Pa and Ma came home from Kingston 22 got home grist } to S. S. 1 23 went to Keellers Sale 24 went to B Pot Butter with waggon 25 went to Brockville 26 went to S.S. 1 H 27 Drew 3 loads straw P went to B. 28 went to S.S 2 loads 29 " " " 1. 1 S^M 30 Drew 2 loads wood 1.1 S A M 31 Janey went to Port Hope got Harness fixed 1st went to B.S Reieds school house 2 very cold cut wood 3 Drew 3 loads wood 22.1S PM Cold 4 " " " 2.1 AMS" 5 " " " 1.2 S, PM, very cold 6 " " " home 7 " " " 1.2 S.A.M 8 Mr & Mrs McGuinn here fine 9 Drew 1 load poles to J West 2 H</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary 1874 (Bk.28.) No. 2 Train, _________ Conductor, ________ 1874 No. of Car From Feb 9th To 28th Remarks. 10 Drew 1 load home 2 to Mrs Stewart 11 " 3 loads 2.A.H. 1 PM S 12 went to Mr Fergusons Bee 1 SPM 13 thawed } Mr & Mrs Dalton here 12 H 14 Pa went to Brockville 15 Uncle Francis Emma McKay & Mrs Munroe here 16 Drew 4 loads straw { Kille white cow} Mrs Ross Dalton & Hemingway here 17 Went to Brockville Beef & Potatoes 18 1/2 18 Pa & Alva went to Mountain 19 Fine thawed cut wood 20 Helped Frew draw Straw & hay 21 Pa & Malva came home from Mountain 22 Went to Brockville 23 cut wood Pa went to B 24 Drew 77 rails from Coles 25 Drew 162 rails 26 Drew 36 rails Murphy helped Pa to Dublin Point 27 Drew 92 rails { Uncle Fraser & Pa to Sand Point 28 Drew 140 rails { Uncle J Fraser to gananoque </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March 1874 (Bk. 28. No. 3 Train, _____________ Conductor, J. Fraser 1874 No. of Car. From March 1st To 20th Remarks 1st went to Reids Schollhouse Uncle Fraser her went to Bes Reids schoolhous 2 Pa went to Brockville Dublin { Uncle John & Grandma Fraser went to mountain very cold cut wood tapped trees { thawed 3 went to Stewarts swamp got out 80 pickets Drew 3 loads wood 2.1 S, PM Cold 20 4 Made casings for door 2.1 S A M in Cold room 5 Made caseing for windows { 1.2 S.PM. very Cold made whippletrees 6 Made doorway for little closet ure } 1311}98} 7 Drew 2 S. 1 ho{illegible} to B waggon Potatoes Butter eggs 8 stormy stayed at home snowed 9 " got roller } smoked meat } worked at roome 10 worked at room stormy snowed 11 Grandma & Robby Bell here Doors 12 Sammy Bellame here } went to Hamiltons to Auction 13 Cold & Stormy } AB } Prescott 14 went to B 9 bus Potatoes } took S Bell to 15 went to Brockville 16 Drew 2 loads oats from Keelers 17 Drew oats to Brockville 18 } Drew 1 load straw & 1/2 ton hay to Mrs. S Stewart 19 worked at room} smoked meat made Boat 20 Janey maggie McKechine & Tilly Wood came here from Port Hope Also Sadie Fraser </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April 1874 (Bk.28.) No 3-4 Train, __________ Conductor, J Fraser 1874 No. of Car. From Brockville 21st March To April 9th Remarks 21 went to Brockville with meat & Potatoes 10 1/2 22 went to Brockville } R Bell here 23 Grandma B & Maggy went to Kingston 24 worked at room fine windy 25 " " " very high wind 26 worked at room snow & rain 27 sawed up wood 28 Went to Brockville Potatoes meat eggs &c 29 went to Brock } Maggie McKechine went away 30 split wood stormed snow 31 Pa went to B} helped Frew Draw Hay & Straw } helped raise Buells stable 1st st April 1 split & piled wood 2th split & piled wood } Took Tilly Wood to B went to B. B 15 3 F measured up 40 bushels Potatoes for seed 4 S Went to Brockville meat Pota eggs & 2 J Stewarts babys Funeral 5 S Went to Brockville 6 M Drew 8 loads manure with sleigh & Drew rails from side of Picket fence 7 Tu Maggy came from Kingston} split wood 8 W Pa split wood I was sick 9 Thu Drew 1 load hay & 1 load straw to Mrs Stewart Got grass seed 2. bus salt 1bbl } Pa went to Kingston {in pencil above} Drew 1 load to Mrs 1/2 going to B } got salt </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 4th mo April 30 days (Bk.28.) No. 4 Train,___________ Conductor, J Fraser 187 10th M Fri Cut & Split Wood 11 Sat Stormed hard snow & wind 12 Sun Went to Reids schoolhouse 13 Mon Pa came home from Kingston 14 Tues Cut & split wood Fine 15 Wed Made Stone boat }commenced at Orchard fence 16 Thu Went to Brockville Potatoes & eggs 15 17 Fri Snowed D S Mclean MD here 18 Sat Went to Brock Potatoes Carrots & Beets meat eggs 15 19 Sun Went to Brockville fine 20 Mo \|/ Cleaned Wheat Barley & W Oats } Dapple Calved 22 Wed Went to B to {illegible}aux's Got Plough from Manhard Pa commenced to Plow 23 Thus Plowed in forenoon little field } fixed fence little field 24 Fri Finished little field 25 Sat Pa & Ma went to B Got Harrow teeth sharpened Harrowed part planting ground 26 Sun Snowed nearly all day 27 Mon Plowed in afternoon, Put up fence AM Ma went to Mrs Daltons 28 Tues Froze so hard could not plow in forenoon Plowed in PM } Fixed part Orchard fence 29 Wed Finished Orchard fence & Bars 30 Thurs Tore down line fence Between Drinkson & us </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 5th Month May 31 days (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train, _______________ Conductor, J Fraser 187 No. of Car. From May 1st To 20th Remarks 1st Fri Plowing No 3 E } Gipsy & Daisy had a calves Drew 2 loads to & 250 lbs to Stewarts hay Barn had a lamb 2 Sat Put up Fence in AM I went to Daux, Pa got mouldboard got harrow teeth for plow 3 Sun Went to Brockville} Broke Buggy 4 Mon Plowed 3 E } Pa hired Henry Hardy} Drew 8 loads manure Boss Bess & Fleck had calves a lamb 5 Tues Drew out 11 loads manure } Plowing at No 3 E 6 Wed Finished no 3E } Drew 15 loads manure split corn ridges 7 Thur Split corn ridges finis } Drew out 13 loads manure burnt Potatoes tops 8 Fri Plowed at 2 E }dug garden Planted potatoes Beans Sowed little field with wheat } Drew out 14 loads manure 9 Sat Drew out 11 loads manure } PLowed No 2D H Hardy went away 10 Sun Went to Brockville } Rose had a calf 11 Mon Drew 12 loads manure 2 hay } Plowed at Wheat ground No 2E } hired R Pike 12 Tues Finished wheat ground } Drew out 21 loads manure Ploughed Miss Stewarts garden 13 Wed Plowed at No 2E AM sowed wheat & Part Barley } Drew out 16 loads manure got 1/2 bus Potatoes from Mr H had 2 lambs Coles here R Bell 14 Thu Sowed grass sedd seed on East side No 2 E } Drew 14 loads manure } Finished No 2 E } commenced to Plow for carrots Potatoes 15 Fri Rolled in wheat harrowed one side No 2 E Scraped lower Barnyard went to B 4 bus Potatoes 16 Sat Finished No 2E } Drew 3 loads manure ridged up ground for Carrots mangolds Potatoes 17 Sun Went to Brockville 18 Mon X Rained most all day} cut seed potatoes 18 Took colt to Pasture Put up line fence } cleared out ditches No 2 19 Tues X Drew 8 loads manure Pa went to B with 1 bag of W P for Uncle J Fraser Planted some Early Rose, fixed ground for carrots 20 Wed Sowed 2 rows carrots harrowed & Sowed part no 3E let cows out to Pasture } harrowed & sowed part No 3E got out 4 loads manure Finished sowing No 2 E </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May April May (Bk.28.) No. 5 Train, ________ Conductor, Fraser 1874 No. of Car. From May 21st To June 9 Remarks. 21 Thurs Drew out 10 loads manure Finished sowing white carrots Tore down & put up fence E W side No 3E staked capped " " 22 Fri Finis harrowing 3E Drew out 3 loads manure had a lamb Ploughed & spread manure 2S Fished carrots mangolds rolled 2.E 2E Killed Boss's Daisy calves 23 Sat Went to Brockville veal eggs & Butter Finished sowing mangolds beets Spread manure & rolled half No 3E } Ploughed part No 2W 24 Sun Went to Brockville 25 Mon Sowed the turnip seed Finished rolling N rolling No 3E Plowed part No 2W Harrowed } high wind} Put up fence 26 Tues Cut seed Potatoes } spread manure } Plowed Potato ground 27 Wed Finis spreading manure in No 2 W & Plowed No 2W finis fixed fence round Buckwheat field } Moved Pickets harrowed 2W 28 Thurs Planted Potatoes chilis } ridged Part No 2W harrowed No 2W 29 Fri Finished ridging & Planting Chilis & Early rose commenced today to milk No 2W 30 Sat Finished Planting Potatoes } commenced to Plant corn Mr Van Luven here 31 Sun Went to Brockville Mr Van Luven went away April June 1 Mon Finished corn Planted sweet & Popcorn Beans Samuel Bell & Bride here finis sowing turnips 2 Tues Drew stone for fence around No 3W got off stone Pa took S Bell & wife to B got waggon fixed 3 Wed Commenced to Plow No 3W Drew out 8 loads manure Plowed & harrowed Miss Stewarts planting gra{cut off} 4 Thurs Drew out pickets for line fence and cross fence Sharped stakes fixed gate rain AM 5 Fri plowed 1 land No 3W sharped stakes for orchard fence turned out horses washed sheep 6 Sat Took 1 load hay to Brockville dug ground where Pickets were fixed fence round dooryard 7 Sun Went to Brockville 8 Mon sheared sheep marked sheep } Fixed fence round hog & calf Pasture } ringed hogs staked part orchard fence 9 Tues went to Brockville for hair & sand got home mortar & mixed it got 5 bus lime </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May June (Bk. 28.) No. 5 6 Train, ___________ Conductor, Fraser, 1874 No. of Car. FROM 10 of May June TO 29 Remarks May 10 10 Wed Commenced to Plaster room 11 Thur Finished plastering 1st coat Mr Fraleck & Switzer here went to Brockville Prescott " " McGuins 12 Fri Finis staking round Orchard. Uncle John Fraser Alida & Grandma came here 13 Sat Went to B Cleaned dooryard } got sand } Lo per horse 14 Sun Went to Brockville 15 Mon J Fraser & Alida went home commenced to cultivate sowed Western corn 15 6 Tues Cultivated corn and Potatoes Drew 5 loads manure on western corn rained Hard 16 7 Wed Commenced to Put on 2nd coat of plaster rain 17 8 Thu Finis plastering drawing out manure went to B with mowing machine 18 9 Thu Drew stone & rails for fence around No 3W cultivated Potatoes 19 Fri 20 Went to B finis cultivating Potatoes 20 1 Sat Sun Went to Brockville 22 Sun Mo 22 Commenced to do roadwork hired R Pike planted corn 22 Mon 23 Tues Finis planting corn & roadwork 23 Tues 24 Wed hoed corn } Put fence round No 3W 24 Wed 25 Thu Commenced to hoe Potatoes 25 Thu 26 Fri hoed Potatoes 26 Fri 27 Sat Went to B. Bought Bull, hoed mangolds carrots Early corn & Potatoes \ 27 Sat 28 Sun Went to camp meeting. U.S. 28 Sun 29 Mon hoed Potatoes </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, ___________ Conductor, J Fraser 1874 No of Car FROM 30 of June TO 19 of July Remarks 29 Mon 30 Tues Hoed Potatoes 30 Tues July 1st Went to B Finis hoeing Potatoes July 1 Wed " 2nd Thu commenced to hill Potatoes 3 Fri hilled Potatoes 4 Sat Went to Uncle John Frasers 5 Sun Went to South Mountain camp meeting 6 Mon Came home From Mountain Finis potatoes 7 Tues got mowing machine cut part clover no 4E 8 Wed Finis cutting clover in No 4E 9 Thu Took 1 load hay to Brockville 10 Fri Went Fishing 11 Sat Went to Brockville 12 Sun Went to B 13 Mon rained most all day 14 Tues cut hay in No 1W } Went to Lyn for calf 15 Wed raked up hay in No 1W cut orchard 16 Thu Drew in orchard 6 loads 5 17 Fri Drew in No 1 Went to B 6 1/2 18 Sat Went to B to Barnums show 19 Sun Went to Reids schoolhouse &C </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July August (Bk.28.) No. 7-8 Train, ______________Conductor, Fraser 1874 No. of Car FROM 20 July TO 8 of August Remarks 20 Mo Finished Mowing No 4E fine 21 Tu Finished Mowing No 5E 22 Wed Raked & drew in 8 loads 23 Thu I Drew in 10 loads hay 24 Fri Uncle J Bell here finis Nos 4 & 5E 25 Sat Went to Brockville cut swamp grass 26 Sun Went to Brockville 27 Mo Cut part No 1E went to B 28 Tu Finished cutting No 1E rained 29 We Went to B raked up W sided of No 1E 30 Thu Drew in 8 loads hay No 1E raked 31 Fri Raked up part of No 1E } Pa & Ma went to Alexander bay, J Bell was here August 1st } Finis No 1E 4 drew in 4 loads Put up grass, Nos 2 X 3 2 Sun Went to Reids schoolhouse 3 Mo sowed turnip seed Drew in 2 loads grass thinned carrots 4 Tues cut hay in No 4E 5 Wed cut hay finis No 4E Pa cut his hand Fixed han{illegible} 6 Thu Drew in 3 1/2 loads grass No 4E & little orchard 7 Fri fixed fence in AM } Killed lamb dug Potatoes 8 Sat Went to B to market } Patched shed </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1874 No of Car. FROM 9th of August TO 28th Remarks 9 Sun Went to Brockville 10 Mon cut oats in No 2E 11 Tu cut & Wheat in little field " " " " " finis Barley 12 We Went to Brockville helped Mr Powers 13 Thu Drew in 2 loads Barley 7 loads oats No 2E 14 Fri finished oats No 2 & Barley 15 Sat Went to B helped Mr Powers 6 16 Sun Went to Reids S. S 17 Mo cut & Bound wheat 18 Tu Helped Mr Powers Bound Wheat 19 Wed Finished Binding Wheat 20 Thu cut Black oats 21 Fri Drew 3 loads Wheat Pa & Ma took Aunt Caroline & Carry McGuin 22 Sat Went to B helped Mr Powers oats 7 23 Sun went to B R Bell here 24 Mon Drew in 3 of Wheat } 3W } 3B oats No 3E 25 Tue Finis Wheat & oats cut with machine helped Powers 26 Wed Finis cutting oats 27 Thu Helped Mr Powers } Drew in 5 loads oats 28 Fri Went to B for Aunt Caroline McGuinns here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1874 No of Car. FROM 29th of August TO 17th Sept Remarks 29 Sat Went to B AM with Potatoes & Ma & Pa went to Kingston Aunt Caroline & Carry Blanchard went home 10 30 Sun Went to Reids schoolhouse 31 Mo Finished harvest } Drew stone for garden 1 Tues laid part garden walk J V Wood here 2 We Went to Anniversary at rows corners 3 Thu Went to Brockville 4 Fri Pa & Ma came home from Kingston 5 Sat Went to B to Market 10 6 Sun Went to Brockville 7 Tues Went to B market } Got lumber Waggon 9 Wed Painted waggon neck yoke whippletrees 10 1/2 10 Thu Went to Prescott for grains } To Maple Grove Picnic 11 Fri Finis Drawing & laying stone in garden walk 12 Sat Went to Market 10 13 Sun Went to Brockville 14 Mo commenced to thresh 15 Tu Finis threshing } Cleaned up 8 bus Wheat 16 W. helped Mr Watts thresh 17 Thu Helped Powers thresh } Mr & Mrs Bennington here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1874 No of Car. FROM 18th Sept TO 7th of Oct Remarks. 18 Fri Took Grist (8 bus) to Lyn rain 19 Sat Went to B Mr Bennington & wife went home 20 Sun Went to Maple Grove 21 Mo Went to Mrs McCollough's funeral Mr & Mrs Ward came here 22 Tu Pa & Ma Mr & Mrs Ward went to camp meeting at Maple Grove 23 Wed Helped Frew Thresh 24 Thu Painted waggon Box cut corn 25 Fri Helped Mr James Stewart thresh 26 Sat Went to B cut corn 27 Sun Went to B & Reids schoolhouse 28 Mon Cut corn Mr & Mrs Ward went home sold 20 bus oats 29 Tues Uncle James, wife & family here } Aunt Hannas & Olive here 30 Wed " " " " " " Janey & I went to Montreal Oct 1st Thu } Uncle & Aunt Annas & Olive Went home 2 Fri I went to Mountain & Resorvoir at Montreal 3 Sat Pa went to B I went to Longueil 6 4 Sun Went to B } & 2 Went to Jesuit church in Montreal 5 Mon Came home from Montreal 6 Tues Killed & took to B 1 heifer (280) Uncle John & Aunt Ellen here 7 Wed Went to Prescott fair </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1874 No of Car. FROM 8th of OctoberTO Remarks. 8 Thu Uncle John & Aunt Ellen Bell went home 9 Fri Killed Black heifer rain 10 Sat Went to Market Beef (300) Potatoes 7 1/2 11 Sun Rained most of afternoon 12 Mon Commenced to dig Potatoes 13 Tue Dug Potatoes K Pike helped 14 Wed Finis digging Chili's commenced W.P 15 Thu " Washington Peerless 16 Fri Killed 3rd heifer } Drew in Washington Peerless 17 Sat Went to B Butter Potatoes Beef } Dug part Early Roses 18 Sun Went to Brockville 19 Mon Drew in 102 large & 9 1/2 Small chilis Took 30 Bus Chilis to Brockville 20 Tues Drew 80 bushels of Chili's to Brockville 21 We Went to Brock 40 bus of Chili's } finis Chili's 40 22 Thu Finis drawing in Potatoes Drew in Mangolds Carrots Uncle J Fraser & Ad Mc here 23 Fri Drew in Beets & 3 loads corn } Killed Buell steer 24 Sat Went to Brockville to Market Beef Potatoes 25 Sun Went to Brock & Reids schoolhouse 26 Mo P & Grandma Fraser Went to Ernesttown went to Brockville grist 18 Bus 27 Tues Helped Alfred thresh </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No.11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1874 No of Car. FROM 28 Oct TO 17 November Remarks. 28 We Helped D Sampson thresh 29 Thu Ploughed 30 Fri Pa came home from Kingston to Lyn went to mill grist 10 bus 31 Sat Went to Brockville 1 Sun Went to Brockville 2 Mo Ploughed part No 3E } Killed pig 3 Tues Pa went to Mountain Pulled & topped turnips 4 Wed Plowed part No 3E 5 Thu Pa got home from Mountain plowed 6 Fri Plowed & Burnt of stumps No 3E 7 Sat Pa went to B Plowed 8 Sun Went to Brockville 9 MO Ploughed Pa made up part of Milk Books 10 Tues Finis making up Books Ploughed 11 Wed Plowed & drew in Turnips 12 Thu Ploughed Pa went to Brock 13 Fri Killed Bull cold put up wind 14 Sat Went to B. Grandma Bell here fine 15 Sun Went to Brockville 16 Mo Pa went to Mountain Mrs Ross Janet & S Simpson here 17 Tues husked corn rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November - December (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1874 No of Car. FROM 18 november TO 7 of December Remarks. 18 Wed Husked corn fine Pa came home from Mountain 19 Thu Drew in wood & Potato tops } went to Donation at Maitland 20 Fri Husked corn } laid Bottom of Part line fence 21 Sat Went to B to market Brought Gills horse out raised cow Stable floor 22 Sun Went to Reids schoolhouse 23 Mo Went to Brockville 50 bus Chili's 50 24 Tu Went to Mill 32 bus provender snow 25 We Killed heifer got from Simers } fixed stables 26 Thu Went to Brockville Beef & Potatoes 27 Fri Got 50 bus Potatoes from Spencerville 28 Sat went to B 50 bus Potatoes. Grandma Fraser came here 29 Sun Went to Division room 30 Mo Put knee in sleigh } Pa Ma & Grandmas to Daltons 1 Tu stormed hard in PM } Made rack for sleigh 2 We Drew wood for Miss Stewart 3 Thu Killed hog got heifer from Snider thawed 4 Fri Killed heifer Pa & Watts } helped watts Kill his heifer 5 Sat Went to Market Beef & Pork got Shoepacks 6 Sun Went to Brockville R Bell here 7 Mo Pa went to Brockville 20 bus Potatoes 20 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Items (Bk. 28.) No.___ Train, _______ Conductor,_______ 187 No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 1760 yards in a mile 5280 ft in a mile A Box 24 in X 16 in sq & 28 in deep } 1 barrel " " 26 X 15 1/2 " " 8 " 1 bushel An acre contains 4.480 square yards A Sabbath days journey 1.155 " " A " " 33 1/2 miles 1 Teaspoon of Acetic Acid and 2 table Spoonfulls of Vinegar Will soften Egg Shells </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No._____ Train, _______ Conductor, ________ 187 No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. W Windy C Cloudy Cold Fair Fair or Fine S Snow H Hail V Very __ Plow == Harrow == Cultivate .... Sow w reap m mow sq = hoeing O = all or finis Cemen 19 lbs sulphur & 42 " Broken glass & Earthenware make a good cement </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, _______ Conductor, J. Fraser 1874 No of Car. FROM 31 TO 27 Dec Remarks. 8 Tues Brought pig from Blacks cold outside fix front door 9 Wed Put chip dirt round dwarfs mended girths 10 Thu Went to social at Rows corners 11 Fri Killed 2 Beefs 285. 378 12 Sat Went to B market Beef cold and fine 13 Sun R Bell here snowed 14 Mon Uncle Wm McKechnie here went to Mill 26 bus feed 15 Tu Went to Brock got part feed Uncle Wm McKechnie 16 Wed Pa went to Mountain with Grandma 17 Thu Went to Brockville with Grandma Bell 18 Fri Pa came home from Mountain stormy 19 Sat Went to Brockville Killed pigs 20 Sun Went to Reids schoolhouse 21 Mo Pa went to Mountain Clear & Cold 22 Tu Went to Brockville AM PM 23 Wed Pa came home from Mountain I went to Kingston 24 Thu Went to Brockville beef at Uncle J Bells 25 Fri " " " I went to Sydenham 26 Sat got horses Shod Went to Uncle Wm Bells 27 Sun Went to Brockville Went to Chapel </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December { {3} January (Bk. 28.) No. 12-1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1874-5 No of Car. FROM 28 Dec TO 16 Jan Remarks. 28 Mo Came home from 29 Tu Came home from Kingston stormed 30 Wed Pa & Ma went to Mr Atkinsons maitland 31 Thu Went to Brockville cold 1st Jan Went to Mr Atkinsons funeral & to Mrs Davies 2 Sat Pa went to Brock } 1st George Bell went home 3 Sun Went to Brockville 4 Mon Killed (Daisey) cow 5 Tu Went to B AM Beef PM 30 bus Potatoes fine 6 Wed Pa & Ma went to Mr McGuinns fine 7 Thu Pa & Ma went to Keelers } went to missionary meeting Reids 8 Fri Killed lill } Mrs Morrison here 9 Sat stormed all day } Fixed Mrs Stewarts clock 10 Sun Went to Brockville 11 Mon Stormy Went to Missionary meeting Brock 12 Tu Went to Brockville to market Beef Potatoes 13 Wed Stormy cut wood Went to Reids schoolhouse 14 Thu Windy cut wood cold 15 Fri Drew up 5 loads of straw fine 16 Sat Pa went to B cut some wood for Mr Earl </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. 31 FROM 17 Jan TO 5th Feb Remarks. 17 Sun Went to Daltons AM & PM 18 Mo Charlie & Sarah Simpson here cold 19 Tu Took Bess to Brock Grandma Bell Came from Montreal 20 Wed Went to McGuinns Bot 10 cords wood 21 Thu Stormed all day 22 Fri Went to Swarmp got 1 load. S. 23 Sat Went to Brockville Alida went to Ernestown 24 Sun Went to Brockville 25 Mo Stormed hard all day made windmill 26 Tu Went to Swamp Drew 1S. 1 CH 27 W Went to Swamp 3 loads 2 H.1S 28 Thu " " " " " 1 H .2 S Pa went to Brock 29 Fri " " " " " 2H.1 S fine 30 Sat " " " " " 1 H.2 S stormed 31 Su " " Reids school house 1st Feb " " Earl's Bee 2 Tu " " Swamp 2 H .1S fine 3 Wed " " " 1H. 1S Rain 4 Thu Stormed all day 5 Fri Went to Swamp 1S </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. 28 FROM 6 Feb TO 25 feb Remarks. 6 Sat Went to Brockville Cold & Drifting 7 Sun Went to Brockville Very cold Fine 8 Mo Drew 1 load of cordwood cold 9 Tu Went to Swamp 1S P.M. 1 H AM cold 10 Wed " " " 1 S P.M. 1 H AM cold 11 Thu " " Brockville very stormy 12 Fri Cold & Stormy Drifted 13 Sat Pa went to Brockville cold 14 Sun Went to Brockville very cold 15 Mo Alida came here from Napanee cold 16 Tu went to Brock. Drew up 3 loads straw 17 Wed Went to Mountain with Alida drifted 18 Thu " " Uncle Johns AM cold 19 Fri Went to South mountain village fine 20 Sat Came home from Mountain Pa to B soft 21 Sun Went to Brockville " A & Lizzie McGuinn here 22 Mo Cleaned up 5 1/2 bus (Potatoes 12) Wheat 23 Tu Went to B. & to O Oyster supper at Wood's 5 1/2 bus Wheat 5 bags 24 Wed Pa & Ma went to Mr McGuinns thawed 25 Thu Snowed hailed & rained came home </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. 31 FROM 26 Feb TO 17 March Remarks. 26 Fri Drifted Mr Hardy here Frew moved 27 Sat Took Dapple to B & Brought home Bess horses shod 28 Sun Went to Reids Schoolhouse cold & windy 1st March Brought home 1 cord wood very cold & stormy 2 Tues Drew 1 load of rails from Coles for Stewarts 3 Wed Fine A.M Drifted P.M. fixed hen roost 4 Thu Fine cut wood husked some corn 5 Fri Went to B & to Mrs Rosses Fine Part of the day 6 Sat Went to B Thawed drew up 8 bus oats 7 Sun Went to Brock & to Daltons 8 Mo Sorted over Potatoes 9 Tues Went to Brockville 10 Wed I went to B Pa went to Delta Uncle Francis Bell here 11 Thu Went to B with Uncle Francis Drew 2 loads manure with colt 12 Fri Drew out 10 loads manure with Jerry & colt 4th time hitched up 13 Sat Went to Brock 2 times } Elizabeth Bell here got pickets for garden 14 Sun Went to Brockville 15 Mo Drew up 2 loads straw & 3 loads manure rain 16 Tu Cut trapdoor in lower barn Pa & ma went to Mr Bates's Fine 17 Wed Went to B got Florey shod Smoked 1 barrel meat </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April (Bk. 28.) No. 3-4 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 18 March TO 6 April Remarks. 18 Thu Went to Brockville very cold 19 Fri Went to " with Elizabeth Bell cold 20 Sat Went to B with Florey the mare } put trap door in W end Barn cold & storming 21 Sun Went to B & Maitland 22 Mon Went to Miss Robinsons funeral 23 Tue Went to Simpsons Drew 2 loads straw 24 Wed Went to B Pa to hear trial. Mr & Mrs Wood here 25 Thu Went to B to Court. Fixed partition in horse stable 26 Fri Went to B " " } Mac & sister & Mr Robinson Wood here } snowed & thawed 27 Sat Went " " " " Uncle W Mckecknie here tonight 28 Sun Went " " & to Reids schoolhouse 29 Mon " " " Drew out 3 loads manure Went to Keelers 30 Tues " " " " " " " Tapped trees Fine 31 Wed " " " 12 bus Wheat cut wood & planed Pickets 1st April " " Woods } cut wood planed pickets R. Bell here 2nd Fri " " Crossing with Rob cut wood & Planed Pickets 3 Sat " " Brockville market Brought home grist from mill 4 Sun Bad roads at home all day 5 Mo " " Pa Dublin with buggy 6 Tues " " Mr Woods P.M } worked a hay rack </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. 30 FROM 7 April TO 26th Remarks. 7 Wed Worked at Waggon rack Fine 8 Thu " " Pickets sap run good 7 & 8th 9 Fri Went to Brock got scantling for fence in front house 10 Sat " " " Bolted waggon rack Fine 11 Sun " " Brockville Waggon Fine Rose had a calf 12 Mo Took 1/2 ton of Hay to Mr Stewart at rack rain 13 Tu Got 2 shoes put on Black mare Finis hay rack 14 Wed Mr Ward & Uncle John Bell here cut wood Molly had a calf 15 Thu Uncle J Fraser & Aunt Annas & Grandma came here cloudy 16 Fri R Bell J Woods, Mc & VC Ward here } went to Brock 17 Sat Uncle John & Aunt Annas went home cold 18 Sun Went to B & Maitland 19 Mo Pa went to Lyn. I went and got 4 pigs Mr Ward 20 Tu Got horses shod Pa & Ma to Mr J Ward Star had a calf 21 Wed Cut wood for Mr Watts Went to B 22 Thu " " home Michael Vanluven here fine 23 Fri " " " Boss & Bess had calves 24 Sat Finished sawing wood at home & at Watts Fine 25 Sun Went to B Fleck had a calf 26 Mo Commenced to Plow finis 3E commenced No 1W </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 27 April TO 16 June Remarks. 27 Tu Plowed at No 1W Drew 1 load hay 28 Wed " " " " R Pike split wood put up line fence 29 Thu " " " " Trimmed apple trees 30 Fri Finished 1st field W. finis splitting wood dig garden, commenced to 1st May Went to B loat of dirt for McMullen } planted trees along road fence 2 Sun snowed nearly all day Blew very hard Frisk had a calf 3 Mo commenced to Plow No. 2W wind high 4 Tu Plowed No 2W AM. harrowed 1W } had 2 lambs fine 5 Wed Sowed & harrowed No 1 } Killed Curleys calf 6 Thu Fixed part line fence rained nearly all day 7 Fri Ploughed AM } Rolled No 1W fine } Plowed field behind pig pen 8 Sat Ploughed part No 2W } Went to Brockville 9 Sun A & M McGuinn here rained hard at night 10 Mo Pa went AM & got 20 bus grain } trimmed trees Sold Flecks calf 11 Tu Ploughed at No 2W sowed carrots Beets fine 12 Wed " " AM } Rain planted Beans 13 Thu harrowed part planting ground ridged 14 Fri Finis plowing No 2W Sowed wheat 15 Sat Got 2 pigs from McKim } Went to B } rain 16 Sun Went to B Uncle James Bell here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May & June (Bk. 28.) No. 5 & 6 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 17 May TO 5 June Remarks. 17 Mo Sowed grass seed on No 2W drew oiut 9 loads manure 18 Tu Finis harrowing No 2W } drew out 10 loads Cherry calved 19 Wed Drew out 13 loads manure Rain 20 Thu carted 27 loads manure that was in field around 21 Fri Drew out 12 loads manure cleaned out upper yard 22 Sat Pa & Ma went to Kingston } Harrowed & furrowed out Potato ground {illegible} 23 Sun Aunt Ellen & Grandma Fraser here 24 Mo Pa came home from Kingston } Drew out 14 loads manure 25 Tu Aunt Ellen Fraser went home Drew out 5 loads manjure got 600 hay } Spread & Ploughed under manure 26 Wed Finis spreading & covering manure planted 11 bus Early Rose 27 Thu Planted Potatoes 12 1/2 Basas Roses 18 Chili's 28 Fri " 53 bus Chili's 29 Sat Finis planting Chili's Ma came home K & Uncle Francis 30 Sun Went to Reids Schoolhouse 31 Mo Cultivated ridged & harrowed up part 4 3E Drew 11 loads manure 1st Tu Planted 21 bus WP } Finis Draining manure & corn ground Uncle J Fraser here 14 2 Wed Planted 10 1/2 bus WP } Uncle J Fraser went home 3 Thu Planted corn Finis Potatoes Sowed S.E. corner No 3E 4 Fri Rolled SE corner No 3E took worm nests from trees 5 Sat Went to B 12 bus W. Peerless Potatoes 112 loads manure </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 6 June TO 25 June Remarks. 6 Sun Went to Brockville 7 Mo Rain AM Cleared trees of worm nests Put wood in woodhouse 8 Tu Ploughed ground for Potatoes hoed beans Potatoes & weed part carrots 9 Wed Finis plowing No 3W harrowed & ridged up part No 3W { 8 {illegible} sold 3 sheep 10 Thu Sowed western corn in drills Drew 3 loads manure 11 Fri Went to McGuinns took worm nests out of trees 12 Sat Went to Brockville Mr Van Luven & Willy here 13 Sun Went to B with Mr Van Luven 14 Mo Cleaned out Cellar & set leach commenced to Roadwork 15 Tu Worked on Road Mr & Mrs Bailey here with McGuinn 16 Wed Worked on road with team 17 Thu " " " " " P.M 18 Fri " " " " " all day 19 Sat Went to Brockville hoed carrots mangolds 20 Sun " : : & Reids schoolhouse 21 Mo Worked on road with team all day 22 Tu Worked on road all day with team 23 Wed Commenced to cultivate corn & Potatoes 24 Thu Cultivated Potatoes hoed corn thinned mangolds beets & carrots 25 Fri Finis " " 1 way Uncle Samuel Aunt Charlotte Bell here J Fraser Brockville } violent gale of wind & rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 26 June TO 15 July Remarks. 26 Sat Went to B cultivated Early Rose other way 27 Sun Went to Brockville 28 Mo Commenced to hoe Potatoes 29 Tu Took Pa & Ma to Prescott hoed Potatoes 30 Wed Finis hoeing Chilis } commenced to W.P 1st July Finis hoeing W.P } hoed some corn Went to Brockville Ploughed Early Roses 2 Fri Ploughed part Chilis } Went to B for MNF Mc 3 Sat Went to B Hilled Potatoes 4 Sun Rained in forenoon 5 Mo Ploughed & Hilled Potatoes } Went to Prescott for Pa & Ma 6 Tue " " " " Went to Brockville 7 Wed Finished hoeing hilling Chili's hilling hilled sweet corn 8 Thu Finished hilling Potatoes 9 Fri Hoed corn Fine 10 Sat Pa came home from Mountain } Went to Brockville 11 Sun Went to Brockville 12 Mo Went to Brockville & to Matilda 13 Tu Rained nearly all day Came from . . Planed pickets 14 Wed Commenced haying No 2 west side Went to B 2 scythes & snath cultiv plowed & hilled corn 15 Thu Commenced to fix outside of house raked little field & Part No 2E </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 16 July TO Remarks. 16 Fri Drew 4 1/2 loads hay little field & west side No 2E Plastered 1 End house sifted sand hoed corn got 8 bus lime rain 17 Sat Drew 2 loads of sand Went to B Went to McGuinns } mixed box full mortar made scaffold 18 Sun Rain all forenoon 19 Mo Cut No 4E & part of Orchard Drew rakings in Plastered west end of house (19 Mo fine 5 20 Tu Cut Part No 5E Drew in 5 loads hay Colored 1 end house Raked Part orchard & No 4E 21 Wed Cut finis No 5E } Drew in 5 loads hay Raked " " " 3 4 or 3 in 1 orchard 1 in another 1 " No 4E 22 Thu Drew in 8 loads of hay from No 5E Pencilled 1 end of house Raked No 4E 2nd time Put over horses 23 Fri Drew in 3 loads " " " " " " Commenced to cut No 2E half E half finis No 4E & No 5E rain morning 24 Sat Finis Cutting with machine No 2E Went to Brockville Fraser east side raked & cocked up No 2E 25 Sun Went to Reids Division room R. Bell here J Bell here Fine 26 Mo Drew in 3 loads hay No 2E } got Jerry shod rained hard 27 Tu Drew in 2 " " " " } cut part swale rained cloudy. Plastered part north side house 28 Wed Drew in 7 loads hay No 2E Finis No 2E cut swale hay Finis plastering N side End house 29 Thu Finis cutting swale } Went to Adah Rhodes funeral 30 Fri Drew in grass from swale No 4E 31 Sat Planed fence stuff 1st Aug Went to Reids school house fine 2 Mo Got out Pickets for fence around garden fine 3 Tu Went to Brockville to show rained 4 Wed Planed scantling & Pickets & Rounded & Painted Posts for garden fence </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 5 Thu Tore down & Fixed up fence north line of No 3E & finis staking W side No 3E 6 Fri Commenced to build garden fence Mr McEathrow here, rained at night 7 Sat Went to Mountain Worked on fence 8 Sun Went to Winchester springs 9 Mo came home from Mountain at fence 10 Tu Worked at garden fence 11 Wed Rained nearly all day started at oat field 12 Thu Cut Oats in No 1W & some wheat 13 Fri Went to Lyn & bought buggy 14 Sat Cut & Bound a little Wheat Went to Brockville Drew & Raked No 1W 3 loads Oats 15 Su Went to Brockville R Bell here 16 Mo Uncle Francis here Went to Brockville Ma & " " went to Kingston Cut & Bound wheat 17 Tues Cut & Bound Wheat Alfred Ireland hwere PM Very warm fine 18 Wed Finis Cutting Wheat Cut Whe Pease rain AM & PM 19 Thu Raked & Bound Wheat fine 20 Fri Janey Alida & Josiah Render here finis Binding Wheat P to K rain 21 Sat Went to Brockville & cemetery 22 Mo Su Fine R Bell here 23 Mo Pa & M came home from Kingston Alida & Josiah Render went home Drew in 4 loads Wheat 24 Tu Drew in 8 loads Wheat & 1 of Pease </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August & September (Bk. 28.) No. 8 & 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 25 August TO September Remarks. 25 Wed Moved part of stone Wall in front of little orchard to Old quarry } Raked & Drew in rakings of wheat 26 Thu Finish moving stone wall got out Pickets dug holes Went to Brock & got spoon for digging 27 Fri Finis digging post holes set posts Put on stringers bottom Sawed off bottom {illegible} 2 28 Sat Finished Picket fence in front of little Orchard Went to Brockville 29 Su Went to B & Reids schoolhouse 30 Mo Cut Oats in No 3D SE corner Drew 3 2 loads wood went to Wood's 31 Tu Cut part Western corn & Bound it to Maple Grove 1st Wed Went to Brockville to meet excursion from Kingston Cut Corn 2 Thu Went to Kingston I drwe in 1 load Oats. No 3 3E 3 Fri Cut corn western } Drew in 3 loads Oats No 3E Went to Uncle Johns & Alexanders 4 Sat Pa & Ma went to Kingston Jane & Jo came home from Kingston finis W corn 5 Sun Went to Campmeeting at Maple Grove 6 Mo Commenced to Plow No 1W Pa came home from Kingston McEathrow put caps on gate posts 7 Tu Worked at fence Plowed 8 Wed Finished fence in front of house plowed went to Maple Grove at night 9 Thu Bound western corn Ploughed AM } went to Campmeeting night 10 Fri Went to B AM } Plowed in afternoon & straightened dooryard 11 Sat Drew in marrowfat Pease & rakings of Oats in No 3E stooked western corn Pa went to Kingston 12 Sun Went to Reids & Maple Grove 13 Mo Plowed at No 1W </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 14 Sept TO 3rd of Oct Remarks. 14 Tu Cut corn Bound & set up corn Went to Brockville 15 Wed Helped Simon Buell thresh Plowed No 1W finish cutting & Binding Corn 16 Thu Pa went to fair at Prescott Rained nearly all day sold 3 little pigs to Mr W & Geo Dalton 17 Fri Went to B 2 times } Cut wood } Rain 18 Sat Went to B Ma came from Kingston J J Clark & D McCliver here 19 Su Went to Brockville 20 Mo " " " with J Clark & McCliver got cooler from Lawrence 21 Tu " " " twice Cheese & mug{illegible} Bell } took boards Posts Blocks &c from Orchard 22 Wed Went to Pro Fair at Ottawa 23 Thu Helped Watts thresh dug 25 bus early roses 24 Fri " Orr " Went to Brock 25 Sat " Earl " T & C Bell here 26 Su Went to Reids Schoolhouse 27 Mo Helped Alfred thresh dig Potatoes Killed Molley heifer Went to B R Pike here 28 Tu Went to B with Beef cut & drew 3 loads wood Charley & Tommy Bell went home Lyman & Mr Shaver here fine 29 Wed Commenced to dig Potatoes Early Rose Painting fence rain all PM 30 Thu High wind all day Drew 5 loads of Sand for garden & 2 loads of wood 1st Fri Dug Early Roses Painted fence in front house 2nd Sat " " " " " " 3 Sun Went to B morning & evening </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 4 Oct TO 23rd Remarks. 4 Mo Finished digging Early Roso's Rain Commenced Chili's 5 Tu Rain nearly all day R Pike to B Picked Apples of co{illegible} tree 6 Wed Rain Made gate for little Orchard " " " Reids 7 Thu Dug B Chili Potatoes fine had R Pike & McLean 8 Fri Dug Chili " " Star & Zy{illegible} 9 Sat " " Went to Brockville 2 Twice 10 Sun Went to Brockville to M.E. Church 11 Mo Went to Brock Dug Prolifics commenced WP Finis Chili's 12 Tu Dug Washington Peerless snowed 13 Wed Finished digging Potatoes 14 Tu{sic} Went to B 30 bus Chili's Drew in western corn went to Earl's bee 15 Fri Finis Western corn Drew in 275 bus Potatoes 240 WP 35 Chilis 16 Sat Went to B 34 1/2 bu Chilis Rain 17 Sun Went to Brockville Dedicated Church 18 Mo Drew 22 bus small W.P. Went to B 19 Tu Drew in 420 bus Chilis 30 Peerless D Simpson & team here fine 20 Wed Drew 105 bus Chilis 150 Early Rose 21 Thu Helped D Simpson Thresh Pulled carrots beets mangolds 22 Fri Threshed & Drew 30 bus Roso to Brock 23 Sat I Helped Alfred thresh Drew 120 bus Potatoes 27 2nd 6 4 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October & November (Bk. 28.) No. 10 & 11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 24 Oct TO 12 Nov Remarks. 24 Sun Went to B & Maitland to see 6 Baptized 25 Mo Finis Drawing in Potatoes & corn 26 Tu Finis drawing in carrots mangolds Beets 27 Wed Went to B twice 58 bus Potatoes 28 Thu Made door step & window frame & put in glass fixed window frame for hen house in front horses 29 Fri Went to Brockville 25 1/2 bus Potatoes Killed Molly 30 Sat " " " Cleaned 10 bus wheat fixed fanning mill 31 Sun Went to Brockville Snow 1st Nov Mo Went to Lyn to Mill straightened up Barnyard 2 Tu Commenced to Plow No 3E Burnt Potato tops Painted fence 3 Wed Ploughed PM Drew 1 load wood boiled Potatoes 4 Thu " " " " " Fine went to tea meeting meal at lodge 5 Fri Drew 3 loads wood fine 6 Sat Went to Brockville 30 bus early Rose 7 Sun Went to Brockville 8 Mo Ploughed all day went to Earls Raising Barn 9 Tu Went to Brockville twice with a load of straw Miss Keelers here 10 Wed Went to Brockville P & M went to Kingston Snow & rain nearly all day 11 Thu Husked corn Boiled potatoes cut wood Lizzie McGuinn & Mr & Mrs Graham here 12 Fri Plowed in afternoon husked corn nailed Board on Barn &c </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 No of Car. FROM 13 Nov TO Remarks. 13 Sat Went to Brockville Ploughed in afternoon 14 Sun Stormed near all day R Bell here 15 Mo Went to B cut wood husked corn stormed P & M came home 16 Tu Went to Brockville for fulled cloth Painted sleigh thaw AM Snow & wind Boiled Potatoes 17 Wed Painted (seligh & Box) & fixed sleigh Box Cold 18 Thu Got horses shod Archie Bell here Boiled Potatoes 19 Fri Drew up 5 loads of wood Went to Brockville with Archie 20 Sat Went to B Potatoes cut wood fine 21 Sun Went to B in AM 22 Mo Went to Mill 18 bus Pease & oats Boiled potatoes 23 Tu Went to Brock Rain & snow 24 We " " " Made a step for front door 25 Thu Went to Kingston cold & fine 26 Fri Went to Uncle Francis'es from NY {illegible} cleaned hogs shut up calf 27 Sat Went to " Alex's from Fran Went to B 15 bus Potatoes got windwo sash & glass 28 Sun " " " Warm " " Ale's R Bell & Jenny Woods here 29 Mo Came home from Kingston very cold & stormy 30 Tu Went to B Put up stove in room very cold 1st Wed Worked on sash for windows cold & clear Boiled Potatoes 2 Thu Went to B 81 bus Potatoes to Fairbairn </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, Snow & frost thaw Conductor, Fraser 1875 No of Car. FROM 3rd TO 22 of Dec Remarks. 3 Fri worked at windows went to Keelers fine 4 Sat P & M went to Kingston worked at sash fine 5 Sun Went to B 6 Mo Fitted window for our my room fine 7 Tu worked at windows went to tea meeting at Maple Grove 8 Wed Went to B worked at window snow 9 Thu " " " 25 bus Potatoes put in glass snow 10 Fri Worked at Sash Helped survey off Bates lot north of railway for Earl 11 Sat Went to B AM 15 bus Potatoes, & PM for P Ma came from Kingston 12 Sun Went to Brockville 13 Mo Killed pigs 1 sow kept over winter 4 spring pigs Alfred helped 14 Tu Cut & salted Pork Cleaned paint off new windows 15 Wed Cleaned window glass cold Put in 7 windows 4 16 Thu Put in windows all around finis Pa went to Mohence Napanee 17 Fri Went to B Painted outside front door 18 Sat Went to B We went to Kingston cold Alva to K 19 Sun Very cold all day 20 Mo Very cold " " Put two sashed in front stoop 21 Tu Finished Putting sash in stoop Thawing rain at night 22 Wed Went to B Thawed Run over a man in town </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December & January (Bk. 28.) No. 12 - 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1875 - 6 No of Car. FROM 23rd of Dec 1875 TO Remarks. 23 Thu Made door for stoop Alva came home from K 24 Fri Went to B Pa & Ma came home snowed at night cold 25 Sat All stay home all day 26 Sun stayed at home all day 27 Mo Uncle Samuel & Aunt Mary Jane here M.S.C. Woods & Miss Darling here 28 Tue Mr Marrow here sewing machine fine 29 Wed Went to B got pieces for windows sandpaper & gloves charged very slippery fine 30 Thu Uncle John & James & Olive Fraser here sand papered Paint room fixed Bed windows 31 Fri " " " " went to Odessa AM & PM Went to B Fixed windows in sitting room 1st " " " " came back from soft & fine 2 Sun Went to B AM & PM n windy 3 Mo Uncle John Olive & Aunt Mary Jane went home Went to B got carpet paper very windy at night 4 Tu Went to B got Jack screw and raised center of house cut wood Painted 5 Wed Went over to hall hall to party cut wood } a little snow at night 6 Thu Uncle James fitted door to Parlor } Painted over 3rd time Cleaned harness 7 Fri Helped Alfred Kill Beef sandpapered Paint & sides of window 8 Sat Went to B took P & M to K } Painted Parlor Doors over 4th time rain & snow 9 Sun Went to B Preaching at Schoolhouse 10 Mo high Wind Painted cut wood Pa came home cold 11 Tu cut wood Went to B Painted & Papered </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM 12 TO last Remarks. 12 Wed Went to B got 1 load manure joined the lodge cold 13 Thu " " " " " " " Took 16 bus grain to Mill 14 Fri " " " " " " " P went to K Painted 15 Sat Painted & worked at home inside 16 Sun Went to B & to schoolhouse 17 Mo " " " " got 1 load manure 18 Tu " " " " 1 load manure Pa came home rain 19 Wed " " " Havlock & James & Maggie Bell here Uncle James Fraser went to Sandh{illegible} 20 Thu Went to lyn mill 12 bus wheat Bad roads waggon 21 Fri " " B got furniture sold old stove 22 Sat Went to B 15 bus Potatoes Ma came home 23 Sun " " " & school house 24 Mo " " " got Parlor stove & Dumb stove 25 Tu " " " to McLean's snow 26 Wed " " " went to Lodge 27 Thu " " " " " Woods, Maitland 28 Fri " " " Drew 1 load for at Bel Bec 29 Sat " " " Sarah Jane Fraser (nee Bell) & husband here 30 Sun " " " 31 Mo " " " Sarah Jane & John Fraser went Uncle James Fraser went home </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876. No of Car. FROM 1st TO 20th Remarks. 1st Tu Went to Burn's bought wood went to Algonquin 2 Wed Very cold & stormy 3 Thu McVet & Charlotte Wood here " " Woods 4 Fri Went to B & Front to Keys 5 Sat Bought Wood of Perry } Drew 4 loads straw 6 Sun Went to Maple Grove & schoolhouse 7 Mo " " swamp cut wood R Pike here helping Soft Thaw 8 Tu " " " " " Crew out cord wood Mr & Mrs Wood here 9 Wed " " " Snowed hard Uncle James Fraser here 10 Thu " " " Uncle James Fraser went to Cleveland 11 Fri " Rained all day. Recevd Dispatch. 11.PM that Grandma Bell died 12 Sat " to Grandma Bell's Funeral Fine A.F.G.E McGuin here 13 Sun " " Brock & schoolhouse] 14 Mo Rained & hailed mended Boots 15 Tu Ma Pa & Jenny came home from Kingston Drew 1 load wood 16 Wed Drifted very hard all day 17 Thu Went to swamp 1 load wood 18 Fri Went to B Drew 1 load wood 19 Sat " " swamp 2 " wood 20 Sun " " schoolhouse Ad McGuin here R Bell here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> watch no 289054A (Bk. 28.) No. _________ Train, _______ Conductor,____________187 No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. Blarney Castle was held by Cormuck Macarthy under Lord Garcy on condition of surrendering itt to the English. in 1602 Blarney Stone is triangular 20 ft from top of Castle & inscribed Cormack {illegible} Mac forkes me fiese fecil AD 1446 Thomas Hobson, Cambridge hosle{illegible} Roland for Oliver, 2 knights = to each other in everything Dumps Dumpos king of Egypt Built Pyramid & then died of melancholy { Lira or Medjidic (Turkish coin) = about 18.0 1/2 D } Great Eastern Length 692 ft Breadth 83 ft. Paddle engines of 1000 & A crew of 1600 horse power }Pyramids of Egypt Pliny states that it took 360,000 men 20 years to build them. SPHINX circumference of head = 102 ft Height = 143 Height of each 62 ft </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No.__________ Train, _______ Conductor,_________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. B = Base {Drawing of two triangles with sides X Z L H and Hyp} {Formula} Square root symbol over y squared + H squared = Hyp H = Highest - Post 2 2 2 } x- B = y L = Lowest B + H - L / B X 2 = x In the midst of life we are in death First found in the writings of Nolker a servant Switzerland who died about 912 AD Argent - means Rose-Colored = Argent Gules = the silver color of hoar frost Sable = sand color </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary & March (Bk. 28.) No. 2 & 3 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM 21st Feb TO 11 March Remarks. 21 Mo Went to swamp 2 loads cold 22 Tu " " " " " " 23 Wed " " " " " " 24 Thu " " " " " " 25 Fri " " " " " " 26 Sat " " " " " " fine 27 Sun " " school house Lightman 28 Mo " " swamp 1 load. 5 logs to mill 29 Tu " " Brockville got axe 1st March " " swamp 1 load sawlogs Drew 5 2 Thu " " " Drew 8 sawlogs H & about 600 ft lumber home AM 3 Fri " " " " 4 " from mill & load lumber 4 Sat " " Brockville 16 1/2 bus Chili's 5 Sun " " schoolhouse soft 6 Mo " " swamp Drew 2 logs & 1 load lumber soft 7 Tu " " Burn's to see about wood Went to McGuin's Drew home some lumber roads very bad soft 8 Wed " " swamp & drew out rest of wood stakes & rails fine 9 Thu " " Mr Henrys after fanning mill cleaned up 65 bus wheat in granary 20 for mill fine 10 Fri " " Mill at lyn 20 bus wheat 11 Sat " " Brockville P went to K </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM 12 Feb TO 31st Remarks. 12 Sun Went to B & schoolhouse Fine 13 Mo Rained in morning snowed AM & Froze PM mended girt & Blanket 14 Tu Went to swamp 2 loads wood fine roads bad 15 Wed " " " 1 " " Went to supper at Maitland 16 Thu " " B snow hail & wind 17 Fri " " swamp 2 loads 18 Sat " " " 1 load 19 Sun " " B & schoolhouse 20 Mo " " swamp 2 loads broke sleigh Knee 21 Tu Went to Kingston 22 Wed " " Sharpton to Uncle John's 23 Thu " " Uncle Francis Bell 24 Sat " " " Alexanders 25 Sun " " Westbrook & highlands 26 Mo " " Mr Clydes 27 Tu " " Uncle Francis & Benningtons 28 Wed " " Glenvale & Uncle Wm Bells & McCarty 29 Thu " " Ernestown to Uncle Wm's 30 Sat " " Uncle Sams at evening 31 Sat " " Napanee </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM 1st TO 20th April Remarks. 1st Sat Went to Napanee 2nd Sun Went " Sam Bells 3 Mo " " Morven to Singing & school with John's & girls 4 Tu " " John Blanchards 5 Wed " " Napanee to Joseph Trumpor 6 Thu Came home from napanee fine 7 Fri Put up 18 bus Chilis snowed all day forenoon 8 Sat Went to Brockville 9 Sun " " Schoolhouse Mr Wright preacher 10 Mo P & M " " Keelers & woods Flec had a calf 11 Tu " " Winter's 10 bus Potatoes made hotbeds Mr Grimshaw here 12 Wed Split Wood made large hotbed box and filled in with dirt 13 Thu " " Light shower 14 Fri " " Killed Rose's calf Cherry calved 15 Sat " " Went to B Potatoes & veal 16 Sun " " Schoolhouse Lightman R Bell & Geo Wood here 17 Mo " " helped D Simpson saw wood 18 Tu " " " " J Murphy raise barn & stable 19 Wed Finis splitting wood R Pike piling wood fine got oats 20 Thu Went to Lyn 20 bus Wheat took buggy to Lyn </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April & May (Bk. 28.) No. 4 & 5 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM 21st TO Remarks. 21 Fri Boarded up between wood & waggon house moved & Piled summer wood Put in wood rain rain 22 Sat Went to B piled wood took manure away from back arou front of house took windows down from front of house 23 Sun Mr Elliot Preached at School house 24 Mo Drew 3 loads manure from Brockville went to Newmans & Newells 25 Tu " " 2 " Bought Mare from Mr Wren 26 Wed Went to B got plough commenced to Plow orchard took Mr Winters 15 bus Potatoes 27 Thu Plowed in Orchard dug around trees Mr & Mrs Graham & lizzie McGuinn here 28 Fri " " PM fixed waggon tongue rain Killed Gips calf 29 Sat Went to B sold my Pork 16 bus Chilis Plowed PM fine 30 Sun " " " Mr Wright Preached at school house 1st May Finis plowing Orchard & behind pig pen AM Plowed little field PM 2 Tu Drew out into No 1 W X2X6X loads manure sugar party Plowed head 26 lands little field 3 Wed Finis Plowing north side No 3E Rain got chains & collar fixed 4 Thu Drew out 14 loads manure Rain cultivated corn ground No 3E 5 Fri " 7 " Commenced to Plow No 1W spread manure 6 Sat " 18 " " Went to B Rain AM fine PM 7 Sun Went to B Fine 8 Mo " 7 " " cultivated N part No 3E R went to Kingston for clover seed 40 lbs 9 Tu Plowed part No 1W spread manure harrowed little field fine 10 Wed Drew out Brush from Orchard & 20 load manure {scribble} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM 11 TO 31 Remarks. 11 Thu Finished Plowing No 1W Sowed & harrowed Orchard Pease 4 1/2 Fine 12 Fri Finished harrowing Orchard Sowed Wheat 10 1/2 13 Sat Went to B AM & PM 1/2 ton hay market } ridged acre harrowed 14 Sun Went to McGuinn's R Bell J M & I Fine 15 Mo Ploughed & harrowed at No 3E Got Phosphate 16 Tu " " " " " " Planted Potatoes in little field 17 Wed Finis Plowing No 3D Rolled Wheat planted Potatoes {illegible} acre 18 Thu Sowed 10 bus barley harrowed & Rolled it No 3E in No 3E 19 Fri Harrowed planting ground Plowed at No 1E 20 Sat Ridged up Potato & corn ground fine Went to B 21 Sun Mr Lightman Preached at schoolhouse 22 Mo Went to Jos Mclean's & got 26 bus oats Rain set out Tomatoes cabbage 23 Tu Commenced to Plant Potatoes No 1W marked planting ground AM Plowed PM No 1E 24 Wed Finished Plowing No 1E & Planting Potatoes in No 1W Aunt Alida & Grandma Fraser here 25 Thu Planted corn harrowed No 1E Sowed 15 1/2 bus oats No 1E 26 Fri Finis spring work Finis No 1E harrow & roll 27 Sat Went to B & Ogdensburg with Aunt Alida Mr Vanluven here 28 Sun Mr McDougal Preached went to B 29 Mo Got lumber from Maple Grove Mill Planted melons Rain 30 Tu Piled up lumber Drew rails for fence No 1E Fine 31 Wed Drew rails for fence No 1E Went to lodge </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM 1st TO Remarks. 1st T Tore down & built up fence between Nos 1 &2E H Hurd & S Simpson here laid up fence } 2 Fri Finished fences in & around No 1E sorted Potatoes Cleaned cellar 3 Sat Went to B my 12 bus Potatoes & calf. cleaned cellar 4 Sun Went to B Mr Wright at schoolhouse 5 Mo Went to Dublin set leach sheared 2 sheep Finis fence between 1 & 2E Fine Fixed dog chain dug cucumber ground 6 Tu Drew out 10 loads manure on corn ground 7 Wed " " 6 " " " " went to open temple lodge 8 Thu " " hoed Beans Went to B warm AM cultivated & hoed in little field Rain 9 Fri Finished plowing corn ground western hoed Beans Went to B warm AM 10 Sat Went to B AM Geo & Emily McKay here worked at corn ground 11 Sun Went to B AM & PM McGuinns young folks here Elliot at School 12 Mo Pa Commenced Road work worked at corn ground 13 Tu Went to B Commenced to cultivate in No 1W fine & warm Finis western corn 14 Wed Worked on road Cultivated in No 1W warm & fine 15 Thu " " " " " " " " 16 Fri " " " Hoed Potatoes Fine 17 Sat Went to Brockville Butter Finis garden Potatoes weeded & thinned Roots 18 Sun Rained in showers all day R Bell here 19 Mo Worked in Brockville at courthouse square commenced to hoe corn & Potatoes Went to McGuinns in evening 20 Tu Hoed corn & Potatoes Worked in Brockville Drew out 120 loads manure </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June & July (Bk. 28.) No. 6 & 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. Rain Fitted Hay loft floor stone to Brockville 21 Wed Hoed Potatoes & corn, Drew 3 load in waggon house 22 Thu " " " " P & M went to McGuinns 23 Fri Cultivated corn & Potatoes } Hilled Potatoes & corn little field 24 Sat Went to B Hoed Potatoes corn Beets mangolds carrots Fine 25 Sun Went to B A & PM Mr McDougall at S.H 26 Mo Went to Covals & got 7 sheep & 5 lambs fine hoed in No 1W 27 Tu Cut W side No 2E hoed & cultivated in No 1W 28 Wed Hoed corn & Potatoes cocked up hay No 2E Plowed in No 1W 29 Thu Got calf from Buells to kill } Hoed corn finis Drew in hay W. side No 2E 2 loads commencede to hill 30 Fri Finished Plowing out Potatoes & corn Geo McGowan & Uncle J Bell went to B Hill Hoed Corn 1st July Went to B Uncle John & Geo McGowan went home Balloon tipped over 2 Sun " " " " Francis here. Mr Wright Preached 3 mo Commencedto Plow No 2EW side Went to Ch Went to Chippenbrook lodge 4 Tu Plowed " " " " had Buells team 5 Wed Finis Plowing Harrowing & sowing Buckwheat at No 2E went to lodge Fine rain P.M 6 Thu Sowed & Harrowed in corn P & M went to Ra{illegible} to look about sheep pasture 7 Fri Finis rolling No 2E E side. Put Paris green on Potatoes sowed turnips Hilled corn 8 Sat Went to B Hoed corn No 1W 9 Sun " " " , Mr Elliot a S.H 10 Mo Uncle Wm & Aunt Mary McKechnie here } Uncle Wm & Aunt Mercy Bell Here & Grandma Fraser Finis corn </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876. No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. Laid Hayloft floor Waggonhouse 11 Tues Rain in AM } Hoed Potatoes P.M Went to B 12 Wed Went to B with Uncle Wm McKecknie } Pa Grandma Uncle Wm & Aunt Mercy Bell went to Mountain Hoed Potatoes 13 Thu " " " " Aunt Mary McKecknie } Hoed Potatoes Chili's Fine 14 Fri Hoed Chilis. Came home from Mountain Olive & Aunt Mary Jane Fraser here 15 Sat Went to B. A & PM. Finis hilling Potatoes 16 Sun Went to B Mr Lightman preached 17 Mo " " " Uncle Wm & Aunt Mercy went home Pa & Ma went to Kingston Dosed Potato Bugs 18 Tu Commenced to cut No 2W cut all but 2 rounds Fine 19 W Went to B AM, PM Raked up hay in No 2W 20 Thu + Finis Raking No 2W 1st time Drew in 4 loads hay 2W heavy Rain storm high wind 21 Fri Finis drawing in hay from No 2W Drew in 6 loads cut part No 4E 22 Sat Finis cutting No 4E } Went to B cocked hay No 4E rain & raked hay & Laying hay loft floor 23 Sun Fine No preaching Wood's Ad Jim Earl {illegible} R Bell 24 Mo Cut part No 5E Drew in 2 loads from No 4E rain 25 Tu Bought 8 sheep from J Smith & finis cutting No 5E rain Drew in 1 load hay 26 Wed Drew in 7 loads hay 5 6 off No 5E 1 4E Fine 27 Thu " " 4 " " 1 1/2 " " 2 1/2 " " cut Part No 2E Fine 28 Fri Rain got horses shod at Andersons Killed 1 lamb 29 Sat Went to B helped Buell in AM Drew in 6 loads hay PM Fine 30 Sun Went to brockville Fine + laid part waggon loft floor " Mo 31 Mare broke Rake Finis No 2E cutting Drew in 3 1/2 loads </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876. No of Car. FROM 1st TO Remarks. 1st Aug Drew in 1/2 load hay Cut part barley Fine 2 Wed Went to Lyn to mill 11 bus Wheat Went to B got rake mended cocked up barley 3 Thu Went & got 8 lambs from J Smith Drew in 4 loads barley 3E 4 Fri Finis cutting Barley Drew in 1/2 load grass No 3E Fine Killed 2 lambs 5 Sat Went to B } Pa went to Kingston & got Pigs } Drew in 2 loads Barley 6 Sun Went to B no Preaching at S H 7 Mo Commenced to cut Wheat & swale Start No 4E 2 showers 8 Tu Finis cutting Wheat Cut grass Bound Wheat 9 Wed " Binding " in AM Set. up Wheat Cut Pease in Orchard finis cutting grass 10 Thu Drew in 1/2 load Barley 2 loads grass swale 11 Fri Drew in 9 loads 4 of Peas Orchard, 5 of Wheat No 3E 12 Sat Went to B Finis Wheat & grass No 4E 13 Sun Went to B Mr Lightman at SH 14 Mo Commenced to shingle Cow stable 15 Tu Finis Shingling Went to B nails & shingles 16 Wed Picked Stone from No 2W cut some Oats 17 Thu Finis Picking stone from No 2W & No 5E & finis White Oats No 1E 18 Fri Cut Black Oats P.M Went to B 19 Sat Went to B Bunched up some oats 20 Sun " " " Mr Lightmans Preached </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 21 Mo Drew in 9 loads Oats 5 Black 4 White 22 Tu Went to Excursion to Wells Island 23 Wed Cut part Western Corn with machine 24 Thu Drew in Western Corn 2 loads 25 Fri Went to Prescott for Grains Fine 26 Sat " " B went to Kingston took Pig to Uncle Alexander 27 Sun " " B Went to Chapel M Bates Preached 28 Mo " " Uncle John Bell's Cut rest W. Corn got ready for Market 29 Tu " " Elginburg Went to B & B McEathr{cut off} funeral cut Part Sweet Corn 30 Wed " Picking Long Blackberries Went to B cut rest of corn little field 31 Thu Came home from Kingston Went to Camp meeting cut corn No 1W 1st Fri Went to Camp meeting International 2 Sat Went to B } Pa went to Cleveland, Ohio on account of Uncle James Frasers Death } Cocked up corn 3 Sun Went to Camp Meeting International Mr Lightman at S.H. 4 Mo " " B Cut corn & Bound wheat was cut Ellen & Ely Clyde here 5 Tu " " With the Mistresses Van Luven} Helped Watts thresh cut corn Windy Fine 6 Wed " " " Helped Alfred thresh Drew in 5 X loads W corn Pa got home from Cleveland 7 Thu " " " " T Ran's " Cut 4 Round corn Fine 8 Fri Helped Simon Buell thresh Killed 2 lambs Picked apples 9 Sat " " " " Went to K A & PM </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876 . No of Car. FROM 10 TO 30 Sept Remarks. 10 Sun Went to B A& PM , Mr Wright, R Bell, G McKay G & W Wood here 11 Mo Went to Prescott for Grains cut corn dug Potatoes 12 Tu " " Brockville Finis cutting Western corn No 2E commenced to cut Buckwheat No 2E } Indian corn No 1W 13 Wed " " Divasun Cut Buckwheat & Bound it fine 14 Thu " " J Smith & got 4 lambs finis Binding Buckwheat cut Pop corn rain 15 Fri " " B twice with wood 2/3 of a cord $4.00 each Picnic at Rows corner dug Potatoes 16 Sat " " B Raked up corn Fixed Picket fence g got Baileys Elevators 3 different ones 17 Sun " " " A& PM Mr McDougall at S.H 18 Mo " " J Stewarts to Thresh took Stone with Elevator out of Orchard 19 Tu " " S. Mountain Alva & Jenny, dug out stone Orchard misty & drizzly all day 20 Wed " " Prescott for Grains I cut wood for Mifs Stewart 21 Thu " " Selling Elevators To am & Pa " " " " " 22 Fri " " " " Alva came home from Mountain with Olive 23 Sat " " B to Market Cocked up Corn No 2E fine & warm 24 Sun " " B no one at schoolhouse 25 Mo " " B 1 load Wood for sheilds Uncle Francis here commenced to dig E Rose Fine 26 Tu " " B Jenny Alida & Jessia Render Came home Rain 27 Wed " " Maitland stone lifters Rain dug Potatoes 28 Thu " " Kingston Jessia Render Vet, Wood & I got up Helped D Simpson thresh rest of Pumpkins 29 Fri " " D Simpson AM Threshed at home PM 30 Sat Finished threshing cleaned up floor spread Buckwheat </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1876 . No of Car. FROM 1st TO Remarks. 1st Oct Sun Went to Brockville, Mr Wright at S.H 2 Mo Dug Potatoes Early Rose Fine 3 Tu Dug Early Rose Finis } Commenced Chili's Went to B 4 Wed Dug Chili's Fine Went to Lodge 5 Thu Dug Chili Potatoes Windy, Fine 6 Fri " " " Rain AM & evening 7 Sat Went to Brockville Dug 6 rows Chili's Grandma Fraser & Uncle John Fraser here 8 Sun Snow Snow & Rain R Bell here 9 Mo Went to Prescott with Uncle John & Grandma Fraser Picked up load Early Rose's Dug 10 rows Chilis 10 Tu Went to Brockville 71 bus Early Rose's Finis digging Drew in 20 bus small ones Early 11 Wed Went to Brockville 20 bus 10 Chili's 10 Early Roses Windy Finis drawing in Potatoes 12 Thu " " " Drew in corn Uncle J Fraser came here from Syracuse Fine 13 Fri Pa Ma Maggy & Uncle J Fraser went to South Mountain Boiled Pig Feed 14 Sat Husked corn Rain Frost at night Snow 15 Sun Snow Cold Wind, no preaching at SH 16 Mo Cold wind & snow morning very dark & Rain at night husked corn Boild Pig Feed 17 Tu Pa & Ma came home from Mountain husked corn 18 Wed Drew off large stones from No 1E west side Commenced to Plow w side No 1E 19 Thu Plowed at No 1E got in mangolds & Beets Went to mill 16 bus 20 Fri " " " " " Carrots </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No.____ Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 21 Sat Went to B I went to Belleville 22 Sun " " " Mr Wright at S-H 23 Mo " " " Finis No 1E west side split corn ridges Drew off Potato tops 24 Tu " " " Finish corn ridges commenced to plow No 1W 25 Wed " " " with Uncle James Bell Plowed No 1W cold & windy 26 Thu " " mill hog feed Plowed No 1W 18 bus 27 Fri " " " for feed Plowed no little field 28 Sat " " B Plowed Corn spring & lumber waggons 29 Sun " " " Mr Crozier at S-H 30 Mo Drew off big stones from Orchard Plowed at No 1W 31 Tu Finis No 1W & little field filled up holes in Orchard misty 1st Nov Commenced to Plow Orchard & take out stone husked corn Lower Barn rain 2 Thu Plowed & Picked up stone in Orchard Fine Rain at night 3 Fri " " " " " " " Rain 4 Sat Went to B I went to mill 20 bus hog feed 2 wheat 5 Sun Went to B Mr McDougall at S-H 6 Mo " " " Load of wood for Shields Plowed in Orchard 7 Tu " " " Load of Potatoes 20 bus Ha{illegible} 10 bus Ed{illegible} 8 Wed Went to B PM Cut wood for Miss Stewarts in woods with Saw AM 9 Thu Cleaned out cow stable put corn in crib </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No. _____ Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 10 Fri Sawed Wood for Mifs Stewarts AM cleaned up lower barnyard PM 11 Sat Went to B 1 load wood 12 Sun " " " Made Mr Pane at S-H 13 Mo " " " Made door for Barn Fine & warm 14 Tu " " Mill 16 bus hog feed 13 Buckwheat Killed 2 spring Pigs 15 Wed Cut up & salted Pig's cleaned up yard 16 Thu Went to B J & J & B. Bell here Fine 17 Fri Went " B " " " " " " & I went to B & Morristown 18 Sat " " " Boiled 2 pots feed 19 Sun " " " Mr Crozier at S-H 20 Mo " " " & down to south mountain with J & J & Bowan Lizzie Bell Jenny & I Went to Lyn to Mill 21 Tu " " " 2 loads of Wood 22 Wed " " " 1 " " " rain 23 Thu Came home from South Mountain 24 Fri Dug around big stones in Orchard J & J & B. Bell went home 25 Sat Drew off 8 load stone from Orchard commenced to Plow S half of No 3E 26 Sun Went to B A & PM Mr Wright at S-H. F. Bell here 27 Mo Killed 3 Pigs Went to Wood's Fine 28 Tu Went to B market, cut up & salted hogs 29 Wed Went to B Took Lizzie Bell in Banked up house Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, Fine Conductor, Fraser 1876 . No of Car. FROM 30 Nov TO 19 Dec Remarks. <pre>30 Thu Put Glass in front of Stoop, made air pipe for Mifs Stewarts Cold </pre> 1st Frit Went out to Hall's for 2 year old colt cold & windy 2 Sat " to B to Market, Mutton & Potatoes 3 Sun cold & Windy 4 Mo Went to Commons with Jenny cut hole through floor Boarded up lower Barn shead E 5 Tu Came home from " Went to Prescott 6 Wed Went to B Husked corn Windy 7 Thu Husked corn & drew up stalks & corn R Bell here fine 8 Fri Went to B 1 load hay for Mr Bigg 9 Sat " " " market fixed little stable & sheds 10 Sun " " " Cold 11 Mo Sawed wood in front of house cold 12 Tu Banked up shead with Buckwheat straw drilled at stone 13 Wed Went to B drilled stone Windy 14 Thu Put Wood in Woodhouse Warm & Fine 15 Fri Put Double windows in our room, husked am Put out rest of straw 16 Sat Very cold & stormy all day 17 Sun Thermometer 15 Deg belo Zero no Sud sleighing at home all day 18 Mo Split Wood in Woodhouse 19 Tu Went to B split Wood </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December & January (Bk. 28.) No. 12 - 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1876-7 . No of Car. FROM 20 Dec 76 TO 8th Jan 1877 Remarks. 20 Wed Pa went to South Mountain Fine 21 Thu Fixed up fence at Orchard Poor Sleighing 22 Fri Killed geese 22 Fri Covered poles with hay in hen house } Went to swamp for Chimney pole } Alva Went to Sharpton Fine 23 Sat Went to B market Cold but fine 24 Sun " " Wood's vet got hurt on 21st S. Walker ^ Allen Mclean here 25 Mo " " B for a load of People AM & PM Fine 26 Tu " Out to Slab street for Wood 1 load 27 Wed " to B 1 load Wood Sold 1 cord $2.00 Uncle Francis Bell here 28 Thu " " J Smiths 1 load Birch 29 Fri " " B Birch $2.75 Uncle Francis Bell went to B 30 Sat Heavy snowstorm roads all Blocked 31 Sun Fine & cold very little travel Jan 1st 1877 . Went to B Pa went to Rows corners Fine 2 Tu Went to Cummins with Jenny for a class music cold & windy 3 Wed Went to Spencerville & back to McGuin's cold & windy 4 Thu Went to B came home J Smith here cold 5 Fri Pa went to Port Elgin to see about feed Fine 6 Sat Went to B Got 1 load of wood from McKenzie A & E McGuin here & McNish Fine 7 Sun R Bell Here Very stormy & bad roads 8 Mo Went to B drew hop poles stormy </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1877 . No of Car. FROM 9 Jan TO 28 Remarks. 9 Tu Went to Edwardsburg got 40 bus feed Warm & Fine 10 Wed Alva came home Archie Bell here School meeting Fine 11 Thu Road drifted bad at night P Heck here 12 Fri Went to B cold " " went away 13 Sat " " " very stormy in PM Archie went to B stayed cold 14 Sun Stayed at home very bad roads 15 Mo Boiled feed for hog's cold 16 Tu Boiled feed for hogs stormy & cold 17 Wed Went to R Findley's Funeral 18 Thu Went to Woods. Fine & Warm 19 Fri Pa & Ma went to B Dalton's Fine 20 Sat Went to B Got 2 pigs Fine 21 Sun " " Annie Houstons Funeral Brown Hiefer calved 22 Mo " " B got horses shod Fine 23 Tu " " Edwardsburg at night 1 load for T ran Fine 24 Wed Smoked meat Pa came home 25 Thu " " Places 1 load Hard wood Sold $2.00 M & P went to Uncle J Fraser's 26 Fri " " B " " " " 27 Sat " " & got 1 load of Wood & took it to B Fine & Warm 28 Sun Stormed at night - very fine rest of day </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 29 Jan TO Remarks. 29 Mo Pa & Ma came home from Mountain Boiled feed & smoked meat Fine 30 Tue Went to Slab Street Paid Place for Wood Fine 31 Wed " " B McLean's got 1 load maple 1st " " B Wood got 1 load 2 Fri " " " " " " " Drew up 2 loads straw commenced to feed cattle 3 Sat " " " Market, Pork 4 Sun " " B } 5 Mo Sold Brown 3 year old Heifer & calf Earl 5 Mo " " Dublin got teeth pulled 6 Tu " " " Jenny " " 7 Wed " " lodge cleaned up 14 bus Wheat Fine 8 Thu " " Lyn to Mill 14 bus " Merrickville V.M & C Wood. J. M. & John Fraser 9 Fri " " Lecture at Merrickville got 25 bus corn feed Boiled hog feed Fine 10 Sat " " B Came home Fine 11 Sun " " " Mrs Simpson died 12 Mo " " Dublin Boiled feed 13 Tu " " hear Alfleck lecture at lodge Mrs Simpson Funeral 14 Wed " " Greenbush & 5 ml's further NW to assesors Fine 15 Thu " " Brockville 1 load Wood P. & M to McGuins 16 Fri P & M came home Boiled hog feed 17 Sat Went to Lyn & B A & PM cold </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Feburary & March (Bk. 28.) No. 2 & 3 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 18 Feb TO 9 March Remarks. 18 Sun Went to B & to McGuin's Fine 19 Mo " " Manhard's swamp with Simon Buell Pa Commenced assesay Fine 20 Tu " " " " " " " Fine 21 Wed " " Lodge Boiled pigfeed skinned ewe Fine 22 Thu " " Brockville 23 Fri Boiled feed Fine 24 Sat Went to B, Fine Boiled feed 25 Sun " " " & Reid's S - H White sow had 7 Pigs al died 26 Mo " " Lyn got grist 14 bus Wheat 27 Tu " " B got Post Office Order Boiled feed Fine 28 Wed " " Wood's with colt breaking in commmenced Hot bed 129 Thu Drew 4 loads manure 3E had 2 lambs 230 Fri Rain nearly all day made whippletree 3 Sat Went to B Boiled feed Fine 4 Sun Snow in AM at home 5 Mo Went to B with J Stewart moving G Bennington & E McKay here 6 Tu " " Cold & windy 7 Wed Went to Lyn with Buggy got spring mended 8 Thus Boiled feed Rain nearly all day 9 Fri Snowed rained & disagreeable all day very wet </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 10th TO 29 March Remarks. 10 Sat Went to B Husked corn made trough Fine & Cold 11 Sun Went to B to hear Affleck 12 Mo " " Edwardsburg & to B 13 Tu Came home from " " got 20 bus 14 Wed Chug heifer nearly dead got Robinson 15 Thu Made pen for Calves Boiled feed 16 Fri Got load of wood 3/4 Fine wt 1/2 17 Sat Went to B to Market Pork got sugar {illegible} 18 Sun " " " & Daltons 19 Mo Drew out 3 loads manure Jenny came from Kin 20 Tu " up 5 " stone for ashhouse Went to Keelers T Bell gr here 21 Wed Boiled feed for hogs cold & storming soft went to oyste sugar party 22 Thu Dapple calved Went to B. Black sow pigged 6 came all dead 23 Fri Went to Commins, Black sow pigged 24 Sat Came home from } Fine 25 Sun Bad Road's R Bell here Fine 26 Mo Helped Frew move. Rain 27 Tu Drew 2 loads hay for horses Rain 28 Wed Stormy Dapple calved 29 Thu Fine Frisky " " </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM March 30 TO April 18 Remarks. 30 Fri Went to D. Simpsons sale Simpson Sam Orpha & Snide sink 31 Sat Went to B to Market with Ma meat Rose Calved 1st Sun Uncle J Bell & Robert here 2 Mo Pa went to New Dublin made hotbeds 3 Tu Went to B got 10 bus western corn made another hotbed 4 Wed Boiled feed for hogs Cherry calved 5 Thu Piled manure in Barnyard Straightened up posts between Little orchard & field 6 Fri Smoked meat gip calved 7 Sat Went to B to market meat 8 Sun " " " Fine Bess calved 9 Mo " " " Washed & oiled Double harness 10 Tu Pa went to Kingston got 2 bus grain seed & 1 bos Raisins & came home Oiled single harness 11 Wed Went to B got 2 sacks salt Drew off stone orchard Fine 12 Thu Cleaned up Wheat Oats pease barley Fine 13 Fri Got stone off Orchard Big ones Fine 14 Sat Went to B market Blasted big stone Fleck calved Fine 15 Sun Went to B & Daltons Fine 16 Mo Went to Lyn got grist & Wheat cleaned {illegible sowed salt 17 Tu Commenced springs Work sowed Wheat No 1W Fine 18 Wed Commenced to plow No 4E } Finis No 1W Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April & may (Bk. 28.) No. 4 & 5 Train, _______ Conductor,Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 19 April TO 8 May Remarks. 19 Thu Rained most all day Plowed in P.M 4E 20 Fri " " " " Roads bad & muddy 21 Sat Went to B. Snowed in forenoon 22 Sun Went to Reids S-H 23 Mo Commenced to draw manure Orchard 24 Tu Drawed manure Went to Port Elgin 25 Wed " " " Commenced to plow orchard got poles for Elevator 26 Thu Plowed & spread manure in Orchard Went to B 27 Fri " & harrowed orchard ridged outfor hart Plowed at No 4E 28 Sat Went to B Plowed at No 4E Rain PM 29 Sun Bad roads Fine day {illegible several words} 30 Mo Finis ridging & marking potato ground Plowed at No 4E 1st may Finis Plowing no 4E Went to B & Dublin Planted potatoes in orchard 2 Wed Planted Potatoes, commenced to plow No 5E 3 Thu Sowed & harrowed No 4E Oats 14 bus finis potatoes 4 Fri Sowed & harrowed No 1E 10 bus Barley 5 Sat Went to B } got off stone & rolled No 4E } seeded & harrowed No 1E 6 Sun Fine R. Bell & Mr Earl here 7 Mo Rolled & finished No 1E AM } Plowed at No 5E 8 Tu Plowed at No 5E } Geo & Jake Bell here {illegible} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 9th TO 28 May Remarks. 9 Wed Plowed at No 5E Fine 10 Thu Finished No 5E Plowing } Harrowed 5E 11 Fri Harrowed No 5E Went to Can{illegible} ground Morristown 12 Thu Sat Went to B } Finished Harrowing No 5E 13 Fri Sun Went to Brockville 14 Sat Mo Rolled No 5E } Drew manure & plowed part no little field 15 Sun Tu Went to Prescott graind took Mr Lucas to Maitland } Finis plowing harrow & ridgeing little field } G & J Bell here 16 Mo Wed } Plowed a peice {sic} on Miss Stewarts little field sowed carrots planted corn Potatoes 17 Thu Harrowed & sowed & rolled peice on Stewarts } Drew out 15 loads Manure No 3E 18 Fri Drew out 16 loads manure Killed calf, altered boar pig Arch Bell here 19 Sat Went to B Drew out 8 loads manure got mare shod 20 Sun Went to Reads S.H. Bob Arch & I went to McGuins 21 Mo Sowed mangolds Commenced to plow No 3 {illegible} side Spread Manure 22 Tu Went to J Mcleans Wedding & Mrs Bates funeral plowed 23 Wed plowed & harrowed No 5 south side 24 Thu Finis harrowing No 5 Marked out planted tonight 25 Fri Planted 23 bus small Early Rose & Chilis south side No 3 26 Sat Went to B Planted sweet corn cabbage tomatoes Rain 27 Sun Went to B A & PM D {illegible} here 28 Mo Pa went to Dublin, Planted corn No 3E </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877. . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 29 Tu Planted Western Corn No 3E Uncle J Fraser & Aunt Annas here 30 Wed Commenced to plow for western corn Went to Dublin 31 Thu Plowed & sowed & harrowed corn ground 1st May Tu } Went to B Finis corn Uncle J & Aunt Annas home 2 Sat Went to B. com commenced to cultivate orchard 3 Sun Went to Reids 4 Mo Pa went to Dublin, sheared sheep Planted corn little field 5 Tu Hoed Potatoes & Tomatoes Rolled Western corn over again 6 Wed Tore down & laid up fence between Buckwheat field & Nos 4 & 5 7 Thu hoed & cultivated Potatoes Orchard 8 Fri Tore down & fixed up Line fence between McNish's Went to Prescott grains 9 Sat Went to B Hoed Potatoes Orchard 10 Sun High Wind & Rain 11 Mo Commenced Road Work Cultivated carrots beets corn mangolds 12 Tu Finis road work Fine 13 Wed Hoed & cultivated Potatoes Orchard } Carrie Blanchard here 14 Thu " H Finished cultivating Potatoes 15 Fri Went to Prescott bus 25 grains } Hoed potatoes } went to Earls raising 16 Sat " " B Picked Potato bugs </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June & July (Bk. 28.) No. 6 & 7 Train, Work Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 17 June TO 6 July Remarks. 17 Sun Went to Reids, Went to McGuins with Carrie Blanchard 18 Mo Commenced to Plow for Buckwheat No 2E Finis Plowing orchard 19 Tue Plowed at No 2E Commenced to cultivate Potatoes & corn No 3E 20 Wed " " " " Finis, Cultivated No 3E 21 Thu Sowed & harrowed in Buckwheat rain 22 Fri Went to Prescott grains Hilled Potatoes 23 Sat " " B Finis hilling potatoes orchard 24 Sun " " Division rom Mr Lewis 25 Mo " " " Uncle Wesy McKechnie Ella & Rob here } Put Paris green on potatoes 26 Tu Pa & Ma went to Niagara " " " Went to B } Hoed corn No 3E 26 Helped Earl raise barn 27 Wed Finis corn commenced Potatoes 28 Thu " Potatoes, Cultivated Western corn 29 Fri Went to Prescott hoed in little field 30 Sat Hilled Potatoes & corn Potatoes Finis plowing 1st Sun Went to Camp ground above Brockville 2 Mo Hoed & Hilled Corn & Potatoes Fine 3 Tu Pa & Ma returned from Niagara } R & Ella here Uncle W Mc } Finis 3E Potatoes 4 Wed Put on Paris green on Potatoes 5 Thu Hoed Cabbage Carrots Beets mangolds 6 Fri Put Paris green on Potatoes Went to Prescott Went to Camp ground </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 7th July TO Remarks. 7 Sat Uncle Wm & nellie went to B hoed corn Fine 8 Sun Went to B. A & PM Jenny went to B & started at night to Charlottetown 9 Mo Built peice Picket fence at house 10 Tu Put Paris Green on Potatoes No 3E 11 Wed Commenced to cut hay No 3E Fine 12 Thu Cut peice for Mifs Stewart Rain 13 Fri Tore down & Built - past lane fence Raked & put up hay 14 Sat Went to B Finis putting up hay 15 Sun Went to Reids S-H Mr Philp } R Bell here 16 Mo Drew in 11 oads hay from No 3E in large upper barn White sow had 11 pigs 10 lived mow in small upper barn 17 Tu Drew in 2 " " " " finis Drew in 1 load Mifs Stewart 18 Wed Went to Prescott grains took 1 load cut hay Cheese to B 19 Thu Drew in Miss hay 1 stack & Barn bull 20 Fri Finis cutting No 2E cocked up hay 21 Sat Went to B. Drew in 3 loads No 2E 22 Sun Went to Reids S - H 23 Mo Finis No 2E Cousin F. Belll here Fine drew in 5 loads commen No 2W 24 Tu Went to Picnic at McLeans . Finis cutting No 2W 25 Wed Drew in 2 loads 2W Went to Prescott 26 Thu Finis No 2W Drew in 6 loads got horses shod </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. _____ Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 27 Fri Went to Huckleberry swamp 28 Sat " " " B to {illegible}cked 29 Sun " " Reids S-H & to Maitland {illegible} 30 Mo " " B. Commenced Wheat No 1W 31 Tu " " " With gerry sold hom cut wheat Fine 1st Aug Cut Barley no !E Finis cutting Wheat 2 Thu Raked & cocked Barley very warm warm Fine 3 Fri Drew in 10 loads Barley 1E & 3 Wheat 1W Fine 4 Sat Finis Drawing in Wheat Went to B Fine Wind 5 Sun Went to B & to Reids 6 Mo Pa went to Dublin pulled Peas Raked wheat 7 Tu Went to Brady's & got 7 lambs $2.00 McGraws 3 2.50 each 8 Wed Pa & Ma went to Commins, cut swale grass 9 Thu Cut oats No 4E Fine Went to B 10 Fri Cut oats No 5E & Barley cocked up cut " " Buells machine 11 Sat Drew in 5 loads oats 4E Went to B 12 Sun Went to Wrights corner & Reids 13 Mo Drew in 3 loads oats & 1 hay 1 Pease 4E 14 Tu " " 7 " " No 5E 15 Wed " " 3 " " " 3 from Mifs Stewarts </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. _____ Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM Aug 16 TO 4 Sept Remarks. 16 Thu Helped Mr Mott Thresh rain cut swale 2E & 3E 17 Fri Rain Pulled Beans & Weeds Black sow pigged 2 18 Sat Went to B Drew in 2 loads Barley Finis harvest 19 Sun " Out to Quarterly meeting Maple Grove E McGuin here rain PM rain 20 Mo " " Alex Bay & Wells Island excursion Fine 21 Tu Pulled Weeds from Beans & carrots Drew 1 load grass 22 Wed Helped John Henry Thresh Went to Prescott 15 Fine 23 Thu " " " " AM 24 Fri Got out posts Went to Camp ground 25 Sat Commenced to build picket fence Orchard 26 Sun Went to Reids & to Qarter national campground 27 Mo Worked at fence Mifs Commins came here 28 Tu " " " James H Bell & Ashford here 29 Wed " " " Fine Went to Prescott grains 25 bus 30 Thus " " " Helped R Earl Commenced to cut Buckwheat thresh PM 31 Fri Helped C Seeley thresh & J McLean cut Buckwheat 1st Sat " " " " Pa went to Dublin Worked at fence 2 Sun " " Reids Fine 3 Mo Finis Picket Fence Orchard 4 Tu Went to B A & PM went to Lyn grist wheat Hannah Bell here Commenced to cut corn H Bell here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 5th TO 23rd Sept Remarks. 5 Wed Went to B market grains Prescott & Lyn mill wheat 5 Wed Went to Prescott } Pa went to & returned from Kingston 6 Thu Went to B Cut corn Mr T Wood & family here {illegible} 7 Fri Cut & Bound Western Corn 8 Sat Went to B JH Bell & Ashford went home finis Cutting corn No 3W 9 Sun Went to B & Reids Fine 10 Mo Commenced & plow No 4E } & cut corn western 3E 11 Tu Plowed & Cut Western Corn 13 Wed Went to Prescott fair Fine 14 Thu Finis Western Corn Hannah Bell went home Uncle John & Annas here 15 Fri Went to Edwardsburg got 40 Bus feed Plowed } Commenced to cut Corn in {illegible} 16 Sat Finis Cutting Corn No 3E Finis Plowing No 4E Fine 17 Sun Went to Reids R Bell here 18 Mo Sowed & Harrowed No 4E with Rye 9 bus Commenced to dig Potatoes Orchard heavy wind & rain 18 Tu Dug Potatoes Orchard 19 Wed " " Went to B 1 load Onions I worked at Race course for Plunkets 20 Thu " " " I went to the fair at R Pa went to K with Onions 21 Fri " " Pa came home from Kingston at Uncle Wms Went to & {illegible} 22 Sat " " at Wm Samuel's & J Blanchards Went to R Corn Picnic Came home 23 Sun Went to Daniel Shipman's home & to Maitland </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September & October (Bk. 28.) No. 7 & 8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 24 Sept TO 13 Oct Remarks. 24 Mo Uncle J Fraser & Aunt Annas went home Pa went to B & Edwardsburg Dug Potatoes 25 Tu Dug Potatoes R Bell here RM Bell here T Fine Pa came home Edwardsburg 26 Wed " " " Cut Clover No 3E 27 Thu Finis Potatoes Orchard Commenced them No 3E Went to B market got scoop & half bushel 27 Jenny came home } Uncle John Bell here rain 28 Fri Drew in 3 loads Buckwheat & 1 load Pumpkins 29 Sat Went to B Lamb & Tomatoes Drew in 3 loads large & 1 of Early Rose Orchard Fine 30 Sun Went to Maitland & Brockville Fine 1st Mo " " " Drew in rest of Potatoes Drew grass Orch put over henhouse wood boards &C Orch 35L13S 2 Tu Went to B AM Drew in Buckwheat PM 3 Wed Fixed stockyard for straw & cleaned up Barnyard Dug Potatoes 4 Thu Cleaned barn & granary henhouse Waggonhouse husked Corn rain A & PM 5 Fri Helped Alfred thresh Fine 6 Sat " " " Commenced to Thresh 7 Sun Went to Reid's S.H. & Maitland 8 Mo Finished Threshing Rain at night 9 Tu Cleaned up 21 bus Wheat Drew in 1 load pumpkins squash Fine 10 Wed Went to Lyn to mill Dug Chilis Fine 11 Thu " " Brockville market Fine " " " 12 Fri " " Edwardsburg. Helped J Earl thresh Alida Jessia John & Tena McTavish here 13 Sat Came home from " " } Went to B. Boiled feed 13 Sat F K I J I J J J James Fraser 1638 case avenue Cleveland Ohio </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 14th Oct TO 2nd Nov Remarks. 14 Sun Went to Brockville 15 Mo Went to B & to Lyn for grist boiled feed Jessia Alida John & Tena McTavish home Dug potatoes for pigs 16 Tu Pa went to Matilda Dug Potatoes Boiled 2 hogs feed. 17 Wed Dug Early Rose's Boiled 3 pots feed 18 Thu Finis Potatoes, boiled 4 pots feed pulled mangolds 19 Fri Pulled mangolds made step for front door rain most of day 20 Sat Pulled rest of & topped mangolds Fine 21 Sun Went to B & Maitland 22 Mo Drew in mangolds AM Early Roso PM 23 Tu " " Chili's No 3E 24 Wed " " Corn " " " 25 Thu Husked Corn Boiled feed rain A & PM 26 Fri Took 34 bus feed to Woods mill Pulled carrots helped Frew Plaster stable 27 Sat Went to B got in Cabbage Corn &c L field Fine 28 Sun Went to Maitland 29 Mo Went to Prescott 50 bus Barley made cookhouse 30 Tu Went to B A & PM 60 bus potatoes 31 Wed Commenced to plow Orchard husked corn rain 1st Nov Thu Plowed at Orchard Husked Corn went to Algonquin concert of music 2 Fri Rain nearly all day Husked Corn high wind in evening & night </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 3 Nov TO 22 Remarks. 3 Sat Went to B market Plowed P.M. sold Bulll to Stagg $18.00 4 Sun " " Reids S.H 5 Mo Killed 1 hog Finis Plowing orchard Rain PM 6 Tu Cut up & salted hog Put glass front in stoop Snow all over ground Carried corn to crib Fine 7 Wed Helped Alfred Kill hogs com to plowe No 5 Fine 8 Thu Drew in 7 loads Western Corn rain PM 9 Fri Went to B 1 load of wood got 2 pair Boots 1 coarse 1 fine cleaned Barnyard stormy 10 Sat Went to market set up W. corn 11 Sun Went to Maple Grove R & I to M{illegible} Lydia & Jim Fraser here 12 Mo Drew in 9 loads W Corn 13 Tu " " 4 " " " " " 1 " " Clover Plowed 14 Wed " " Another load Clover 5E Plowed PM fine 15 Thu Plowed at 5E got standards for elevators 16 Fri " " " " got at S Buells team PM Fine 17 Sat Finished Plowing No 5E 18 Sun Snow cold 19 Mo Killed 8 hogs Alfred helped Kill them cold 20 Tu Went to B Cu up & salted meat Lydia & Jim Fraser went home 21 Wed Floored & fixed up little Cow stable Went to Maitland E Bissel came home with us 22 Thu Finis cow stable, commenced to make runners for elevator Mr & Mifs Barton here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November & December (Bk. 28.) No. 11 & 12 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 23 Nov TO Remarks. 23 Fri Finished runners Mr & Miss Barton here Jenny & Mrs McLean went to Smiths 24 Sat Finis Drawing off Stone No 1E 25 Sun Snow & Rain R Bell here 26 Mo Plowed little field Spread manure Fine 27 Tu Commenced to Plow S part No 3E Pa & Ma went to McGuins Mrs Walker dead died 26th 28 Wed Plowed No 3E P & M Came home 29 Thu " " " " Drilled stone 30 Fri Finis Plowing " took out stone W side E 1st Dec Sat Went to B 2 Sun " " Reids & S-H 3 Mo I took maggy & RB & McGuins Went to Mill grist {illegible} bus Buckwheat 15 bus 4 Tu Went to B Came home from Mc's fine & warm 5 Wed Drew out stone No 1E E side rain 6 Thu Went to Capt Wm Stewarts funeral snow 7 Fri Drew out stone out of the ground Frozen ground rough roads 8 Sat Went to Brockville 16 bus potatoes 9 Sun " " S-H R Bell here Fine 10 Mo Drawed off stone E side No 1E 11 Tu " " powder fuse caps caps Boiled feed SAM 12 Wed Went to look for Wood got fine & warm good waggoning </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 13 Thu Went to B got buggy Rain 14 Fri Helped Mott thresh got buggy shafts fixed 15 Sat Helped Mott AM blasted stone 16 Sun Went to S-H & Reids 17 Mo Went to New Dublin schoolhouse Blasted stone 18 Tu Went to Brockville got drills machined Bl 19 Wed Pa started for Mountain, drilled made shelf over pantry 1 {illegible} 20 Thu Went to B got 5 cartridges powder blasted stone 21 Fri Alva started for Kingston } maggy went home with Loverna } blasted stone rain 22 Sat Went to B Broke waggon Pa came home from Mountain 23 Sun Went to S-H Fine 24 Mo Went to B got waggon fixed Fine 25 Tu " " " " Mr & Mrs Wood & Davy Went to Christmas tree 27 Wed Went to Edwardsburg Uncle J Fraser here Went to B Fine 26 Thu Fine Boiling hog feed got box for bed Uncle John Fraser here 28 Fri Went to Commins to sale at 29 Sat Took Uncle John home drove from Commins 30 Su Archie Bell here. Went to Vancamp Church 31 Mo went to hallville to Uncle Sams 1st Tu Mr Snow got w waggon run until 4th of January 1878 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1877 . No of Car. FROM 1st June TO Remarks. 1st Tu Went to Alex Rose's for New Years dinner Cold wind McTavish's folks at uncles in evening 2 Wed Came home from Mountain Cold & stormy 3 Thu Went to Woods Mill grist 16 bus feed Oats pease 4 Fri Went to B A & PM & to Algonquin Boiled feed Snow first sleighing 5 Sat " " " with cutter got Flora shod 6 Sun Maggy & Loverna to Maitland cold Went to Rows Corner 7 Mon Election day went to Rows corner & to B Fine & cold 8 Tu Went to B Ja P James Bell {illegible} here Drew off stone Went to sugar Party 9 Wed Went to school meeting I took sow to J Raths softer 10 Thu Drew off stone No 1E AM went to B PM rained most all day 11 Fri Finis drawing off big stone rain all day 12 Sat Brought sow home Alva {illegible} Rine 13 Sun Went to Reids had prayer meeting at house PM 14 Mo Went to Wrights & bought piece of wood 15 Tu " " " B got axes social at Simpsons 16 Wed Went to swamp Broke sleigh 17 Thu " " " 1 small load Very fine 18 Fri " " " " " mild & Pleasant Fine 19 Sat Went to B sleighing used up very warm & mild 20 Sun " " Rows Corner Prayermeeting </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 21st Jan TO Remarks. 21 Mo Went to B Rain near all day 22 Tu " " swamp with waggon Warm & fine 23 Wed Very Cold & windy snow drifting all day 24 Thu Went to Swamp & to Edwardsburg with waggon cold 25 Fri Went to B had social in evening sleet & wind 26 Sat " " " Pa & Ma went to K at night Snow got dispatch Uncle Francis 27 Sun Very Very Fine & warm went to Jos Stewarts 28 Mo Went to swamp 2 loads wood Fine & cold 29 Tu Went to swamp 2 loads A Bell here 30 Wed " " " 1 " Fine & cold 31 Thu " " " " Went to Algonquin W & cold 1st Fri Boiled feed for hogs Windy & Cold 2 Sat Drew 1 load wood went to B 3 Sun Uncle W McKechnie here went to Algonquin Fine 4 Mo " " " went away Drew 3 loads straw Fine 5 Tu Went to Sharpton went out with Al Miller Fine 6 Wed At Uncle Johns spent evening at Aunt Catherines Fine 7 Thu Went to Aunt Catherines Fine 8 Fri Light snow & Rain froze at Aunt Catherines 9 Sat Strong Wind at Aunt Catherines Went to Market </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM TO Remarks. 10 Sun Drifted blowed & stormy at a.C & {illegible} 11 Mo Went to Uncle Alexanders 12 Tu Went to Mr Clydes sith Geo Bell 13 Wed At Uncle Alex witn to Collins Bay & back to U.J. 14 Thu At U J's Went to Protracted meeting Went to U.W's Mr McCarthy: 15 Fri Francis Bell took me to Napanee 16 Sat At JB Blanchards J Clark & Uncle J Bell's 17 Sun at U.J.B. Went to Hamburg Church 18 Mo Went to A Downeys to tea meeting Mrs J Earl died 19 Tue At U. Wm Bell's Fine 20 Wed Went to Napanee with Uncle Sam Fine 21 Thu At JB Blanchards Rain Cyrus Earl died 22 Fri " " " " rain near all Day 23 Sat Went to J Clarks & Back to U Williams Fine 24 Sun Wen tto Mowen Church with U Wm Back with U. Sam 25 Mo at Uncle Sams Went to missionary meeting showery 26 Tue At Uncle Sams went to Protracted meeting W. Wood arm cut off MacCutyras corner Flora McEwan died 27 Wed Came down to A.C with Luke Sharpe Drew straw 3 loads Roads soft 28 Went to Benningtons & U.J's to Protracted meeting </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train, _______ Conductor,_________1877 . No of Car. FROM 5th TO 23rd Sept Remarks. 1st Fri Went to U. Wm & Alex & down to Collins Bay Fine 2 Sat Came home went to Brockville A Bell came down to B rain at night 3 Sun At Prayer meeting morning Went to Wood's 4 Mo Pa went to Dublin cut wood Boiled feed Drew up posts No 1E E Pt 5 Tu Went to Dicksons & got 36 Posts Went to Oyster supper at halls Fine 6 Wed " " " " " 31 Went to Mrs Milks Funeral F & soft 7 Thu Drew out 6 loads manure Pa went to Mountain Fine & warm 8 Fri " " 7 " " A Bell here roads bad Very warm & fine 9 Sat Sawed chopped & split wood very warm & fine But {illegible} 10 Sun Went to Reids Roads almost impassible 11 Mo Cut Wood Boiled feed went to Maitland necktie social 12 Tu Cut Wood Rain P.M. Mr & Mrs Philp here fine AM 13 Wed Rain & snow Most all day Cleaned Pigpen Cut wood. Emptied 1 pork barrel H 14 Thu Went to B R Bell here Fine Boiled feed smoked meat 15 Fri Worked at Church foundation PM split wood AM fine 16 Sat Went to B. I helped at Church foundation fine 17 Sun Went to Reids S. H 18 Mo Went to B Drew 1 load stone basement Church spread manure 19 Tu Pa & Jenny went to Mountain split wood, made Hotbed Rain & snow 20 Wed Helped Mr McLean saw wood cold Wind fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 4 5 Train, _______ Conductor,_________1878 . No of Car. FROM 28th Feb {sic} TO 19 May Remarks. 29 Tu Took 28 bus feed to Woods Fine 30th Commenced assessing 1st May Finis plowing No 2E W. side Loverna quit teaching took her home Worked at S.H. fence 2 Thu Worked at S. H. fence Fine Boiled feed {illegible} 3 Fri Plowed Potato ground & Pease No 5E & No 4 SS rain Fine PM 4 Sat Plowed at No 1E ES went to B Rain 5 Sun Went to Quarterlyh Meeting Algonquin Fine AM Rainy PM 6 Mo Went to B & Moved Uncle W Fraser's stuff to house sold Gyp's calf $2.50 Plowed at No 1E E side 7 Tu Sowed 8 bus wheat No 3E S.S. Harrowed over twice Rain 8 Wed Sowed grass & Clover seed No 3E SS Plowed No 1E ES } Harrowed at No 3E sowed Peas No 4E 9 Thu Rain AM Plowed P.M. No 1 E ES 10 Fri Finis Plowing No 1E ES & harrowing No 3E SS grass seed & wheat Harrowed Potato ground No 5E rain shower 11 Sat Went to B. Drew 6 loads manure ridged up Potato ground No 5E Aft Alf Davis died 12 Sun Went to B Rain & hail 13 Mo Drew 1 load Brick for Church Went to Affie Alfie Davis's funeral Uncle J Bell here 14 Tu Planted Potatoes Fine 15 Wed Sowed 14 bus Peas & oats No 2E Fine 16 Thu Finish harrowing No 2E ES Rolled Wheat & Oats & Peas Fine 17 Fri Sowed 14 bus Black Oats No 1E ES Harrowed over 3 times Fine 18 Sat Harrowed & Rolled No 1E ES Drew off 3 loads stone 19 Sun Went to Reids A. Bell here Fine X harrowed wheat ground </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May & June (Bk. 28.) No. 5. 6 Train, _______ Conductor,___________1878 . No of Car. FROM 20 May TO 8th June Remarks. 20 Mo Drew 10 loads manure 5 E Rain 21 Tu Drew 13 loads manure No 5E Rain & wind 22 Wed " 15 " " " " " Went to Bissels Fine 23 Thu " 16 " " " " 24 Fri " 7 " " " " Went to B & got Aunt Alida & Lydia 25 Sat Took Aunt Alida & Lydia to Prescott Spread manure Plowed No 5E Fine 26 Sun Light Shower PM fine rest of day 27 Mo Plowed at No 5E corn ground Fine Am } heavy shower P.M Spreading manure 28 Tu Finis Plowing No 5E shower 29 Wed Harrowed & marked out corn ground Fine 30 Thu Commenced to plant corn & plow No 2W. S. Fine 31 Fri Plowed at No 2E.W.S. Planted Corn Fine 1st Sat June } Finis No 2 .... Sowed Barley & oats & Peas Went to B Planting Corn 2 Sun Took R Bell & Archie to McGuin Fine 3 Mo Picked off stone & rolled No 2E. WS. Went to B Planted corn Finis 4 Tu Plowed at No 3W C went to Robertson's Fine 5 Wed Finis Plowing W. corn ground & Picked off stones Went to Maitland Fine 6 Thu Hoed Potatoes & Cultivated Potatoes & Beans Little field Fine 7 Fri Finis Potatoes & corn little field thinned mangolds rain at night 8 Sat Went to B got horses shod hoed Beans finis assessing Pa & Powell Sat </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 9 TO 28 Remarks. 9 Sun Sylvester Earl & F. Rose here R Bell here Fine 10 Mo Sowed Western Corn No 5E assessors Commenced to make up books 11 Tu " " Fine 3W 7 bus Went to B got 1 bus more corn 12 Wed Finis sowing & Rolling W. Corn Looked for heifer Lost from Dixon lot Rain 13 Thu Drew Rails for fence 1 & 2 W & lane Fine 14 Fri Fixed up fence (Line) found heifer fine & warm hoed beans &c 15 Sat Went to B Fred McKechnie here Cut Rye No 4E Fine 16 Sun Went to B & Algonquin A & R Bell here Fine 17 Mo Commenced to cultivate Potatoes No 5E bo{illegible} Finis making up Assessors Fine 18 Tu Picked Potato Bugs Mr Ward here Fine Cocked up Rye 19 Wed P Hoed & cultivated Potatoes & corn 20 Thu Commenced Road Work R. Stewart roadmaster Went to B Fine 21 Fro Drew in 4 loads Rye " at road 22 Sat Finis road work Went to B 23 Sun Went to B Mr Douglas preached 11 AM addresses PM 24 Mo Plowed for Buckwheat 2 teams No 4E rain 25 Tu " " " sowed & harrowed 4E " rain 26 Wed Rolled 4E Helped prepare for Dedication Church Fine 27 Thu Bethel Church Dedicated 30 Fri Hoed Field Potatoes Finis} hoed corn & potatoes little field R Pike here Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 29 June TO 18 July Remarks. 29 Sat Went to B cultivated corn hoed corn hot & Fine 30 Sun Went to Reids R Bell here 1st Mo Went to B Boat races Hanlon wond hoed Corn warm Fine 2 Tu Alva & Jenny went to Mountain Cultivated & hoed corn Built fence Fine 3 Wed Hoed & cutlivated corn Lightning struck in yard & smashed fence telegraph poles 4 Thu Finis Indian corn W Corn hoeing Fine warm 5 Fri Hoed Western Corn Fine 6 Sat Finis hoeing W. Corn } Went to B 7 Sun Went to Hall (S of T) Fine & hot 8 Mo Plowed out Potatoes Put ashes on Western Corn hot 9 Tu Hilled Potatoes Applied Paris Green again hot & Fine 10 Wed Plowed & hilled up dorn heavy wind & rain 11 Thu Helped fix fence Dixon lot hilled corn Fine 12 Fri Finis corn, Hoed beans corn, tomatoes acre &c Fine hot 13 Sat Went to B, Hunted up heifer Filed guards mowing machine warm Fine 14 Sun Went to Bethel Church 1st Sunday's preaching 15 Mo Cut No 1W very warm & fine 16 Tu " part No 1E, W. side Drew in No 1W 5 loads Fine & hot 17 Wed Finis cutting No 1E " " :" No 1E 4 loads Fine & hot 18 Thu Cut part No 3E " " " " " 5 loads </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. 7 & 8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 19 July TO 7 August Remarks. 19 Fri Finis cutting No 3E NS Drew in 7 loads Fine & hot 20 Sat Finis drawing in No 3E 5 loads Fine 21 Sun Went to S of B hall Mr Lewis preached Fine 22 Mo " " B got tires set weeded mangolds wind & mist 23 Tu Cut Barley in Orchard Fine 24 Wed Went to Huckleberry Marsh went to Lyn 13 bus Wheat 25 Thu Drew in Barley 4 loads 1 load hay little Orchard Fine windy 26 Fri Got heifer & Geo Daltons Bull " " & wife here Rain all day Planed Pickets SH fence 27 Sat Went to B } Sawed tops off posts SH ground Potatoes $1.50 bus } went after Bull 28 Sun Went to Bethel Church 29 Mo Cut uprights for fence SH Fine worked at fence 30 Tu Went to Market B cut hay 31 Wed Cut hay swale No 4E Went to B Fine lumber for houses T McKechnie here at fences SH 1st Thu Went to Market worked at SH fence helped Mott shower thresh PM 2 Fri Dug potatoes for market cocked hay swale No 4E Killed 2 lambs Rain 3 Sat Went to B Put up 1 necessary house SH cocked hay {illegible} Fine 4 Sun Went to S of T hall Mr Lewis Fine 5 Mo Pa went to Dublin Worked at S.H. S. yard 6 Tu Went to B. Rain. Pa went to Hazelwood S F. McKecknie went home 7 Wed Went to B got Ice Cream for social S of T finis cutting grass & Peas </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 8th TO 27th August Remarks. 8 Thu Pa went to J Smiths Rain wed Roots We have had thunder& lightning 9 Tu Fri " " " Prescott 1AM Worked at Job Rain wind Thunder & lightning night very heavy H 10 Wed Sat Went to B built house SH job S Bell & D Ross here Rain 11 Thu Sun Went to Algonquin & McGuins rain thunder & lightning 12 Fri Mo Worked at S.H. Job Fine 13 Sat Tu Went to B J Smith bot Cherry $20 cash Fine 14 Sun Wed Went to Prescott Got Keaper Fine 15 Thu Cut Wheat No 3E Cut Oats for Frew Fine 16 Fri Cut Oats No 2E ES. Cut Frews Wheat Fine thunder shower at night 17 Sat Went to B Drew 1 load wood oak & Elm turned over the Wheat bunches cleaned up S yard 18 Sun Went to B Fine Roads good 19 Mo Drew in 1 loads wheat Cut Oats No 1E ES Mifs Therwood commenced to teach Went to Woods B Fine 20 Tu Finis cutting No 1E ES Cut 3 acres for S Buell 4 for Mott Fine Went to B 21 Wed Turned Oats in Nos 1 & 2 over to dry cloudy Fine 22 Thu Drew in Oats 6 loads No 2E ES 5 loads No 1E ES C McLean helped Fine 23 Fri Raked Wheat field & drew in rakings Wheat & Oats Pa & Ma & Grandma to McGuins Fine 24 Sat Rain, Pa took Gra Fraser Grandma Fraser to Napanee Went to B cut around oats 25 Sun Alva & maggie went to International Camp ground Fine 26 Mo Threshed at A Irelan's Fine 27 Tu " " " " " " Cut Barley Buckwheat & oats No 2E WS X almost every day for a week or over </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 5th TO 23rd Sept Remarks. 28 Wed Cut Oats & Buckwheat for Mott Pa came home got 1 BBl Green Gages Fine rain 8 PM 29 Thu Went to B Market. Helped R Earl thresh AM Turned over grain No 2E WS Fine 30 Fri Went to Prescott 25 bus grains Worked at S H Fine 31 Sat Went to B Drew in 4 loads grain 2E WS Rain at night 1st Sun Went to Hall Mr Lewis Sow pigged 10 live Fine rain at night 2 Mo Helped J Houston thresh AM & J Mclean PM Went to Dublin Plow PM Fine 3 Tue Scraped barnyard Pulled weeds from carrots Pa went to Ernestown rain night 4 Wed Started to Plow for Rye no 2E W WS cleaned barnyard rain 5 Thu Helped Mr McLean AM Plowed PM went to Brockville Pa came home 6 Sat Plowed, Mr McLean here PM all day Fine 7 Sat Went to B Drew 1 load Cheese Uncle Charles Fraser here Fine 8 Sun Went to Bethel Church, Moore preached Fine 9 Mo Uncle John Fraser here Plowed No 2W WS C Fraser away 10 Tu Cut Buckwheat for Mott Fine 11 Wed Rain Helped J. Earl thresh Pa & team & 2 12 Thu Drew 8 loads manure Cut some Buckwheat rain A & PM Rain 13 Fri Sowed Part Rye No 2E WS Drew 3 loads Manure Went to B rainy 14 Sat Went to B Sowed & harrowed Rye 2E WS measured Motts ground 15 Sun Fine Went to B Bethel Church at night R Bell here 16 Mo Cut & Bound Buckwheat Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 17 TO 23rd Sept Remarks. 17 Tu Bound Buckwheat } Election Day M.P. Buell & Fitzsimmons Went to B 18 Wed Finis Binding Buckwheat, Cut W. Corn with Reaper No 5 Mifs Moorhouse Mifs Henderson & Jenny came up home Mountain 19 Thu Bound Corn. Went to Picnic shipmans Grove John & Kate Fralick here Rain 20 Fri Went to B Bound & set up corn Fine 21 Sat Went to B. Kate Bell & J Fralick went home } Archie & Henry Bell here Jenny Mifs Henderson & Mifs Moorhouse went to Mountain 22 Sun Went to Bethel Church Fine 23 Mo Cut & Bound Corn No 5E Fine 24 Tu Rain nearly all day. Went to B for Uncle James H Bell here J Smith here John Bell & wife 25 Wed Went to Robert M Bell's Wedding cut corn Carrie Blanchard here all day fine 26 Thu Cut & Bound Corn } Uncle J & Aunt Ellen James Bell went to B Lowery in morning 27 Fri Finis cutting Corn. Bound W Corn Fine Went to B had Buggy Archie & Henry Bell went home 28 Uncle Wm & Aunt Mary McKecknie & Mrs Beer here Carrie Blanchard went away home Went to B Finis Barley W. Corn 3W 29 Su Went to Bethel Church 7 PM Fine 30 Mo Maggie Wm & Mary went away Pa went to Ottawa Cut corn little field Fine 1st Tu Drew in 6 loads Buckwheat. Went to B Samuel Simpson & wife here Fine 2 Wed Helped Frew thresh, Rain PM Fine AM 3 Thu Went to Market Apples, Drew in 3 loads Buckwheat showered PM Fine rest of day 4 Fri Commenced to Thresh in afternoon Fair wind Fine 5 Sat Finished threshing. J Murphy & J Boland's maching Went to Woods 22 good threshing Fair wind 6 Sun Went to Bethel Church Charlotte & Vet Wood here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 7 TO 26th Remarks. 7 Mo Drew 9 loads Pumpkins Went to B Fine 8 Tu Drew 4 " " " Took 20 bus Buckwheat to Mrs Davie .40 cts per bus {illegible} Mrs & Mr Ward here 9 Wed " " " Rain PM Very high wind with rain 10 Thu Went to Kingston Fair Fine went to Mill 11 Fri Went to Uncle Alexanders Johns Aunt Catherine, Wm's &c Gerry Fraser came up from Mountain } Fine 12 Sat Came home from Kingston Aunt Charlotte Bell & Grandma Fraser came here 13 Sun Went to B & Bethel Church 14 Mo Drew in 2 loads Pumpkins 4 of W. Corn & 2 of corn sweet & yellow Fine 15 Tu Drew 5 loads W. Corn. No 3W Aunt Mary McKechnie here Fine 16 Wed Commenced to dig potatoes S. R. Went to B Fine 17 Thu Dug Dug Potatoes S.R.'s commenced Chili's Fine 18 Fri Dug Chilis in AM Boiled Feed PM Rain 19 Sat Pa came home with 1 load Potatoes from Bishops Mills Boiled feed Snow 20 Sun Went to Bethel Church 21 Mo Went to B with Aunt Charlotte Dug Chilis Fine 22 Tu Dug at Early Rose's Pa went to Prescott Barley Mrs Bissel & Etta here Fine 23 Wed Finished Digging Potatoes Rain 24 Thu Boiled feed & husked corn 25 Fri Drew in Potatoes 50 SR 15 E.R. 20 C 26 Sat Went to B. Jenny went to South Mountain Boiled feed Shut up sow X15 went to Apple Cut at S Milks </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Oct & November (Bk. 28.) No. 10 & 11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 27th Oct TO 15 of Novem Remarks. 27 Sun Rainy most all day Chilly Snow at night 28 Mo Went to B 29 bus Potatoes @ 50 cts Per bus Boiled feed Pulled mangolds Fine 29 Tu Drew in 175 bus of Mangolds Fine 30 Wed Rain most all day Boiled feed } sorted apples Shut up pigs off old sow 31 Thu " " " " Wheeled in 1 1/2 bus Shorthorn & 9 bus white carrots 10 bus Beets Boiled feed 1st Fri Pa went to B Court of Revision Cut wood P{illegible} Boiled feed High wind Snow AM Fine 2 Sat Went to B Drew in 6 loads W Corn 3W Fine AM snow Rain PM 3 Sun Went to Bethel Church Cold & Fine 4 Mo Drew in 6 loads W Corn No 5E Cold wind Fine 5 Tu " " " " Y " " " Fine 6 Wed " " " " " Archie & Frances Bell here Fine 7 Thu " " 2 " 1 yellow 1 Western snow brought hiefers home 6 of them 8 Fri Went to Mill 32 bus hog feed wind c chilly 9 Sat Went to South Mountain & B to Market Fine 10 Sun Went to " " village snow AM morning Fine 11 Mo Went to 6 places with Jenny the roads bad husked corn Fine 12 Tu " " Moorhouses staceys &c very muddy rain 13 Wed rain in the morning } went to Kemptville 14 Thu Came home from Kemptville slight frost last night roads bad Fine 15 Fri Husked corn & Boiled hog feed </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No.______ Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1878 . No of Car. FROM 16 nov TO 5 Dec Remarks. 16 Sat Went to b Boiled feed. Fine & warm cut wood J Smith got rain 17 Sun Went to SH Drizzley 18 Mo Husked corn & Boiled Pumpkins Rain 19 Tu Boiled feed Levelled S-H ground Fine 20 Wed " " Finis SH grounds Took apples to Abbott's made Cider rain PM 21 Thu Finished boiling pumpkins husked corn Fine & warm 22 Fri Helped Keelers thresh AM Husked corn rain PM 23 Sat " " " Went to B husked corn Snow & rain 24 Sun Went to Bethel Bad Roads 25 Mo Killed 1 hog Husked Corn Fine AM Snow PM 26 Tu Cut up hog O Husking in shed Fine 27 Wed Husked Corn in Barn F,F.RA 28 Thu " " " F 29 Fri Husked corn Lower barn Went to B Fine 30 Sat husking corn Went to B Fine Dec 1st Sun Went to Bethel Mr Philps 2 Mo Rain Mended Buffalo Robe got in wood &c 3 Tu Snow & Rain F fine A Washed Buggies Picked corn husks spread {illegible} 4 Wed Killed 5 hogs Fine 5 Thu Cut up & salted hogs, ground sausage meat at Coles, Cold & Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, _______ Conductor,____________1878 . No of Car. FROM 6 Dec TO 25th Remarks. 6 Fri Killed Boss Got lock for door fixed at Rows corners Fine & cold wind 7 Sat Went to B Beef Pork Potatoes Butter F &c 8 Sun " " Hall at Bethel Fine 9 Mo Cleaned single & Double Harness Snow & wind 10 Tu Went to Mill 8 bus Buck - Oiled heavy harness R Raining 11 Wed Cut Wood Snow F Cold wind A 12 Thu " " by Creek Fine 13 Fri Killed Chug heifer cut wood Fine 14 Sat Went to B Fine 15 Sun " " Bethel Ch Snow 16 Mo Cut & Drew up wood Wt to B F & cold 17 Tu Cut Wood: shed } Put glass front up stoop Fine 18 Wed Drew 3 loads wood Fine Went to B 19 Thu Nailed fence Cut wood " " " " 20 Fri Killed Fleck Fine 21 Sat Went to Market made swill box stormy 22 Sun Cold & stormy 23 Mo Went to swamp & Dublin Cold & Fine 24 Tu Cut wood, Went to B. Put up heifers Drew straw High wind cold & Drifting 25 Uncle Wm & Aunt Ellen Fraser Mrs Wood Jenny Mrs Davie Ella & Andrew here cold & fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December & January (Bk. 28.) No. 12 & 1 Train, _______ Conductor,________ 1878 & 9 . No of Car. FROM 26 Dec TO 14 Jan Remarks. 26 Thu Cut wood Moved corn to Granary High Wind Clear & Fine 27 Fri Had Oyster supper at night Went to B Fine 28 Sat Went to B Fine Mr & Mrs & Fiske McGuin here 29 Sun Went to Bethel C - Cold. snowstorm 30 Mo Went to Lyn 17 bus Wheat Fine 31 Tu Drew 1 load of wood to B from Covals Covals Fine 1st Jan Wed Took 1 load of wood to T Sherwood Killed old sow Fine 2 Thu Drew 1 load Wood stormed & drifted all day Cut & salted down Pork 3 Fri Snowed Blowed & drifted made horse Blanket 4 Sat To Market Cold stormy & drifting 5 Sun Cold & Stormy roads drifted up 6 Mo Drew 1 load Wood W2B Cold 7 Tu " " " " 2B Cold & Fine 8 Wed " " " " 2 S-H Went to Party at DW Stormy F Clear A 9 Thu " " " " 2B Fine roads bad 10 Fri " " " " got sleigh at Lyn Paid 25 dollars 11 Sat " " " " Fine W2B 12 Sun Went to Bethel C roads Pretty good Fine 13 Mo Drew 2nd load wood from Cou{illegible} Warm & soft W2B Fine 14 " 1 " " Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1879 . No of Car. FROM 15 Jan TO 3rd fed Feb Remarks. 15 Wed Drew 1 load Wood Fine 16 Thu Made new sleigh rack Rough & stormy roads good 17 Fri Drew 1 load Wood to Woodhouse Fine roads good 18 Sat Went to B P Pork Oats Buckwheat &c Fine 19 Sun " " Hall Fine 20 Mo Drew 1 load Hardwood Went to Dublin Fine Clear & cold 21 Tu Took 1 load to B & got 1 load Fine Stormy 22 Wed Drew 1 load Wood Went to B Stormy F in F 23 Thu Went to B 1 load hardwood Went to Cormel's & got 9 sla{illegible}ers for horse stable Fine 24 Fri Drew 1 load Wood roads almost impassible for drifts Fine 25 Sat We 2B soft snow wind extremely cold at night Drew straw & oats 26 Sun Wt to Bethel, Clear & Cold sunshine 27 Mo Wt to B Drew 1 load hardwood Fine 28 Thu Cut logs at creek Warm & Fine Shep & Mary Milks here Wt to B 29 Wed Drew 1 load wood went to Sarah Simpsons social Fine 30 Thu Went to Algonquin. W Scott & mifs Hubert - hear to hear Suddaby 31 Fri " " {illegible}outs & got 1 load wood Fine 1 Feb Sat " " B got 1 load Cold & Fine 2 Sun Cold & stormy 3 Mo Drew 1 load Wood Wt to Dublin snow F Fine A </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, _______ Conductor,________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 4th of Feb TO 23rd Remarks. 4 Tu Got new Cutter. got 1 load Fine 5 Wed " 1 load & took 1 cord to B 6 Thu Drew " " Fine went to Dublin 7 Fri " " " " F stormy evening 8 Sat Pa went to South Mountain Fine 9 Sun Snowed & Drifted 10 Mo To B Fine Drew straw for Bedding roads blocked in morning 11 Tu Drew 1 load wood from Vouts Frater came home S.M stormed all day 12 Wed drifted & snowed roads al Blocken 13 Wed Got saw sharpened roads bad cut wood 14 Fri Broke road to Wood in J Wright's swamp Wt 2B Fine 15 Sat Cold snowed & drifted 16 Sun Went to Maple Grove. snowed & drifted 17 Mo Went to woods cut trees for sawing Fine 18 Tu Bad Roads cut wood 19 Wed Went to swamp Fine got 2 loads hardwood 20 Thu stormed & drifted Gyp & Beauty are each giving 1/2 pail milk 21 Fri Cold & drifts no track until PM 22 Sat Wt to B Mrs Davey & Daisey McKay here Fine 23 Sun Went to Bethel Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Feb & March (Bk. 28.) No.______ Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 187 . No of Car. FROM 24 Feb TO Remarks. 24 Mo Hauled logs on skids (in swamp) Fine 25 Tu Worked in swamp drifted Fine 26 Wed " " " Rain 27 Thu to Cut with drag saw Fine & cold 29 28 Fri 1st Mar - Cutting " " " J Agelsworth Bell & Bride here Cold 30 1 Sat Went to B Fine 3 Sun 2 roads drifted up Fine 3 Mo Took J A Bell & Wife to B went to Dublin & Maitland Fine 4 Tu Drew 1 load Wood Broke sleigh tongue Soft & fine 5 Wed Helped seeley cut wood (circular) got 1 load Fine Keen cold wind 6 Tu Stormed & drifted, wt to cuff social at Algonquin 7 Fri Went to Commins from S. Milks came home J Rath & Fam & Saml Simpson & wf here 8 Sat Went to B got 2 loads wood James H Bell here 9 Sun Wt 2 Bethel Fine 10 Mo Wt 2 B got boot fixed Fine 11 Tu Fine & Warm Helped J McLean cut wood P.M 12 Wed Split Wood Fine 13 Thu " " " assessors here D. Ross & Davis Mr Philps had Oyster supper 14 Fri Drew out 6 loads wood from swamp Fine 15 Sat Got 2 loads wood from J McEathron Fine Alva & JH Bell went to Mr McGuins </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 16 Mar TO 4 April Remarks. 16 Sun Mifs Pennick Buried Cousin Ellen Bell here Fine 17 Mo Took 1 load wood to R Bell Fine F. rough & stormy A got 1 load stove wood 18 Tu Went to Prescott, got 2 loads wood F 19 Wed Drew 1 load wood & 2 logs to mill Snow 20 Thu " " " Dear Mr & Mrs Bigg } here Drew 2 loads Fine 21 Fri Drew 2 loads Fine 22 Sat got Plank from Algonquin & 1 load of wood Wt to B F in F rough & stormy A 23 Sun Went to Bethel Fine 24 Mo Drew 2 loads wood Fine 25 " " " " " had 2 lambs Snow 26 " " " " " 27 Thu Wt2B necktie social at S of T hall Soft & warm 28 Fri Cleaned hall split wood had 5 lambs Fine 29 Went to Market Rain 30 Mo Took 1 load to R Bell, F & M went to Keelers got 6 loads roads bare 1st April Got 3/4 cord Tamarack Went to fair field at night Fine 2 Wed Cut & drew 75 Pickets from G Shipmans Fine 3 Thu Shelled corn fine 4 Fri Split Wood light snow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 5 April TO 24th Remarks. 5 Sat To market with waggon Fine 6 Sun Went to Bethel C - Fine 7 Mo Drew out 11 loads manure 2B Fine 8 Tu Sawed Wood Fine 9 Wed " " for R Earl 2B 10 Thu " " " " " Fine F rough in A 11 Fri Stormy morning went to B 12 Sat 2 market split wood Fine 13 Sun Fine Roads bad 14 Mo Split Wood Fine 15 Tu " " " Uncle J Bell here 16 Wed Helped J McLean move Building Fine 17 Thu Drew 3 loads cornstalks Broke road to 3rd street Fine 18 Fri Split Wood Fine 19 Sat 2 Market " " " 20 Sun Went to Gracie Stewarts funeral Fine 21 Mo Uncle John Bell went home split wood let water off fields fine & warm 22 Tu Trimmed apple trees very fine & warm 23 Wed " " " Fine 24 Thu O Plow acre Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April & May (Bk. 28.) No. 4 & 5 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 25 April TO 14 May REMARKS. 25 Fri Plowed for Mangolds split corn ridges rain PM 26 Sat O corn ridges } '-2W 2B F 27 Sun Went to Hall Fine 28 Mo 2W Grandma Fraser went 2B Shower at noon fine {illegible} of Ray 29 Mo - 2W Fine 30 Wed C " " " Frater started with Grandma for Syracuse 1st May Cleaned up Wheat, Buckwheat, Peas, corn hart oats & Barley rain & snowstorm 2 Fir O - 2W Fine 3 Sat == " " Fra came home from Syracuse 4 Sun Went to Bethel rain at night 5 Mo -- 5E Killed Bell's calf light rain 6 Tu " " Went to B rained (in showers) A & PM 7 Wed -- 5E Fine == 2W & Oats & Peas 8 Thu O == & O 2W Fine Gyp calved 9 Fri C -- 5E Mr E. Landon died Fine 10 Sat O -- 5E Fine Went to B 11 Sun Went to Edwin Landons Funeral R.W. McKechnie & Family came here Fine 12 Mo } 12 bus Wheat 6 of Barley Fine 13 Tu Seeded down 5E == & 6M & O U 14 Wed -- at Mifs Stewards fine Drew Hay Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 15 May TO 3 June REMARKS. 15 Thu : & == in Barley & Oats (Stewarts) went to Raths (Raising Barn) very heavy rain 16 Fri Wt to B R. McKecknie, Bowen Brown & Geo Full Started for Manitoba 17 Sat Wt to B Drew 4 loads manure (Stewarts) Frater & Uncle W. McKecknie went to Kingston Bertie & Minnie also 18 Sun Went to Bethel Fine 19 Mo C -- 1 E E S Fra came home from Kingston Fine 20 Tu C " " " Fine 21 Wed O -- 1 E E S " 22 Thu Hauled out 23 loads manure 2E Fine 23 Fri " " 21 " " Cherry calved Fine 24 Sat == 1E E S 2B & Burrits social Fine 25 Sun Fine at night so cold that water was frozen 26 Mo == 1E, Fine Pa took Jenny to South Mountain 27 Tu O 1E E S. Drew 7 loads manure 2E ES Shower PM 28 Wed Drew 2 loads manure 2E Pa came home from S-Mt with Uncle Jno Fraser & team of Colts 29 Thu " 17 " " " 2B Uncle John Fraser went to Kingston 30 Fri C -- 2E spread manure Fine 31 Sat C -- 2E " " 2B " 1st June Sun } Went to Bethel C. Fine 2 Mo C -- 2E. O spreading manure Fine A 3 Tu O -- 2 E ES Rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 4 June TO 23 REMARKS. 4 Wed ==2E Randal harrow Fine 5 Thu plant Potatoes 6 Fri Rain, nearly all day 7 Sat O Planting Potatoes C Corn 8 Sun meeting at S H Fine 9 Mo corn R Bell & wife here 10 Tu O planting Corn 2B Fine Light Showers 11 Wed Washed sheep O -- W corn ground Fine 12 Thu sowed w corn sheared sheep Went 2B 13 Fri Went to South Mountain Amy Wood & 2 I 14 Sat " " Kemptville. 2B Fine 15 Sun rain, nearly all day Heard Mr Agar at Kemptville 16 Mo Came home from S-Mt took Nellie McKecknie & Mifs Tillie Wright to B 17 Tu C Road Work shower 18 Wed C road work 19 Thu O " " Fine C--4E 20 Fri C -- 4E, F 2B 21 Sat C " " " " 22 Sun Shower in & F Fine A 23 Mo O -- 4E Fine cleaned cellar </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June & July (Bk. 28.) No. 6 & 7 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 14 24 June TO 13 July REMARKS. 24 Tu : == Q M 4E Fine & Warm 25 Wed -- Potatoes == corn Fine 26 Thu Went to B Put mower in running order Shower 27 Fri " " " 1 load Cheese & to anniversary of Bethel Church Fine 28 Sat 2B drew rails for fence drew straw Piled wood r rain 29 Sun Went to Bethel C 30 Mo Cultivated Corn in orchard Fine 31 Tu 1st July } == Corn 2E cocked hay orchard 2 Wed == Potatoes. 2B. Drew 4 loads hay 3 Thu " " & corn Fine 4 Fri == Corn " 5 Sat " " & Potatoes " 6 Sun Went to Hall Fine 7 Mo --/ Potatoes rain AM 2B & Dublin grist 8 Tu " " Fine got grist from B 9 Wed --/ " 2E M 3E S 1/2 10 Thu O --/ Potatoes --/ corn 2E Rain 11 Fri --/ corn Foz Raked & put up hay 3E S 1/2 12 Sat " " W2B Fine 13 Sun Went to Bethel Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 14 July TO 2nd Aug REMARKS. 14 Mo Drew in 7 loads hay F F.Rain A 15 Tu --/ F Put Paris green on bugs Drew 3 loads hay 3E Fine 16 Wed --/ corn Fine 17 Thu O --/ corn No 4 a e R Earl & 4 ae A Irelan Shower at night 18 Fri -- corn & Potatoes W 2 a e for A Irelan & 6 for J McLean Fine 19 Sat C w for Millar. Amy & Aunt Margaret Wood went to Kingston. Went to B Fine 20 Sun Fine 21 Mo O W for Millar -- Corn & Potatoes 2E ES 22 Tu O W " " } O -- Corn & Potatoes W Rye 2E WS W 2 a e for Freeland 23 Wed Piled Wood rainy went to B 24 Thu W 3 a e for Alex Matheson & 2 for Abbott w 3E NS 25 Fri W 2 ae for Abbot. (Wheat) rain --/ Potatoes 26 Sat " " " " " Fine O --/ Potatoes. cocked Hay 1 & 3E 27 Sun Went to Bethel. Rained & Hailed 28 Mo Drew in 12 loads hay 8.1 E WS 4.3 E NS 29 Tu " " 7 " " 6.3 E NS O 1 & 3 } E 1.ENS 30 Wed --/ corn Emily Hugill & sister were drowned drowned 31 Thu --/ " AM Dressed sleepers & cleaned out floor stalls mangers &c horse stable 1st Aug Fri w in 3 a e for A Irelan 0 --/ corn 2E ES Laid sleepers, stable Fine 2 Sat W 4 ae for Jno Stewart Drew in 4 loads Rye 2E WS. Jim & Fred Bell here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 3rd Aug TO 22 REMARKS. 3 Sun meeting at S H Fine 4 Mo O Drew 1 1/2 loads Rye went to Picnic at Perrys grove 5 Tu W Barley. Put paris Green on Potatoes Fine AM rain afternoon 6 Wed W part 2W Oats. Went to B Fine Bound Barley 7 Thu Pulled Peas worked at stable Fine 8 Fri Drew 3 loads Oats Shower F. E A 9 Sat " 4 1/2 " " 2W Uncle Jno Bell here 10 Sun Went to Bethel & B Fine 11 Mo Drew 5 loads oats 2W Uncle Jno Bell went home raked oat ground 12 Tu Threshed at A Irelans. Drew 2 loads Peas Fine 13 Wed C W Wheat Drew Barley 5E cut Oats (Stewarts) Fine 14 Thu C -- 2W. Picked up stumps logs &c 5W 15 Fri (14) O w Wheat drew oats from stewarts 1 load Fine 16 Sat C -- 2W Picked stumps & logs 5W AM Rain PM 17 Sun rained nearly all day 18 Mo C -- 2W Rain Loosened stone 5W 19 Tu C -- 2W Turned over wheat dug around stone Fine 20 Wed " " AM drew 3 loads Wheat 5E 21 Thu W Oats 1E ES got 36 sheep & lambs from Millar 22 Fri O -- 2W dug Post holes 5W Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August & Sept (Bk. 28.) No. 8 & 9 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 23 Aug TO 11 Sept REMARKS. 23 Sat O -- 2W Drew in 4 loads oats 1E ES Fine 24 Sun Went to International Campground 25 Mo Drew in 4 loads oats 1E ES Fine 26 Tu Helped frew draw in grain 10 loads Fine 27 Wed " J McLean thresh Fine 28 Thu O == C-- 2W 2nd time. O digging post holes 29 Fri C -- 2W started to Bore post holes 5W 30 Sat C " " Bored holes 2B Fine 31 Sun Went to Hall E.E.C. Fine 1st Sept Mo Drew out 12 loads manure 2W Fine 2 Tu Drew 1 load manure & 4 bbls brls ashes on wheat ground 2W MNS 3 Wed sowed 4 bus wheat 2W Fine got 40 bus corn refuse Frew & Seeley 25 .15 home 4 Thu -- at 2W Rain AM high wind PM Wt 2 B 5 Fri " " " drew off quackroots Fine 6 Sat Went to B C -- 2W Fine 7 Sun Went to Bethel 8 Mo O -- 2W Mr & Mrs T Wood here Set Posts Showery 9 Tu O X -- 2W == 2W Picked apples cut clover in orchard Fine 10 Wed Sowed 7 1/2 bus Rye Fine w Buckwheat 4E 11 Thu Helped Frew thresh } Aunt Helen B & Fam here Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 12 Sept TO 30th REMARKS. 12 Fri O w Buckwheat & Bound Part of it Uncle James B here 13 Sat Bound " Wt to Market Rain F. F A 14 Sun Went to S of F hall. Fine 15 Mo O Binding Buckwheat Fine 16 Tu Went to returned from kingston with Uncle James Bell Fine 17 Wed Uncle james & Fam went to Montreal 18 Thu Rain AM C -- 2E took grist to Mill 19 Fri Set up Buckwheat Fine C -- 2E WS 20 Sat C -- 2E Wt to B Fine 21 Sund Went to Bethel C Fine 22 Mo O -- 2E Ws w 3ESS Fine 23 Tu wd w Corn Cut water furrows 2E WS Pa went to Montreal Fine & windy 24 Wed drew 4 loads cinders for road rain 25 Thu Went to Ottawa Exhibition 26 Returned from " " Fine 27 Sat Went to market, Fine O setting up W corn 28 Sun Fine & Warm 29 Mo Cut Corn 2W Uncle Jno Bell went home 30 Bound corn Fran went to S- Mt Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 1st TO 20 REMARKS. 1st Oct Drew in 3 loads Clover 3E SS Fine 2 Thu Cut & Bound corn 2E ES 3 Fri " Corn Drew 8 loads Buckwheat Fine 4 Sat O cutting corn 2B Fine 5 Sun Went to Bethel Fine 6 Mo Picked apples Bought ram from McGraw Fine 7 Tu C Dig Potatoes Fine 8 Wed " " AM Fixed for threshing 9 Thu C thresh Oats Peas Barley Wheat 10 Fri O Threshing 1 1/2 day at $4.00 Per day 11 Sat O Potatoes (Shaker Russetts) 2B Fine 12 Sun Went to B & Bethel 13 Mo C Breezes Prolifics Fine Archie Bell here 14 Tu C " " " Went to Prescott 15 Wed Helped seeley thresh Fine 16 Thu " R Earl dig Potatoes drew 8 load Pumpkins 17 Fri Dug Potatoes R. Earls. F Early Rose PM 18 Sat Fixed Pig pen dug Potatoes AM rain 19 Sun Went to Bethel Fine 20 Mo Drew 8 loads W Corn 1 of Clover cool & fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Oct & Nov (Bk. 28.) No. 10.11 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 21 Oct TO 9 Nov REMARKS. 21 Tu Drew 3 loads Clover & 3 of corn Fine 22 Wed " 10 " Corn 2E ES Fine 23 Thu " 6 " " " " 1 load Potatoes 24 Fri " 200 bus Mangolds snow cold 25 Sat " 3 loads Potatoes 2 White 1 red sharp frost last night Went to B Fine 26 Sun Went to Bethel Fine 27 Mo O digging potatoes C seeley helped Fine 28 Tu drew in 1 1/2 loads Red 1 E Rose 2 small ones 29 Wed Finis Potatoes 10 ER. 6 small Fine 30 Thu drew 1 " tops & e from 5 2E ES 31 Fri Cleaned & took to Mill at B 54 bus feed 1st Nov Went to B 1 load Russets, sold feed at 1.10 Per 100 2 Sun Went to Bethel C Snow at night 3 Mo Snowed Killed heifer, put up stoves 4 Tu Went to market Beef & Potatoes Cider PM 5 Wed Went to B 12 bus Potatoes cut and cleaned Pumpkins 6 Thu Boiled feed fixed hog Pen & o 7 Fri Husked corn Boiled feed fixed Barn yard gate sheds &c Put up Rose heifers &c 8 Sat Went to market fixed gates stables &c 9 Sun " " Maple Grove rain at night Fine most of day </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 10 TO 30 REMARKS. 10 Mo Finished setting Posts P 5 E N Husked corn Fine 11 Tu Husked Corn Boiled feed rain Wt 2B 12 Wed " " Rain 13 Thu " " Drizzling most of day 14 Fri " " Rain 15 Sat O Husking corn very heavy Rain 16 Sun Went to Bethel shower 17 Mo O Topping mangolds Drew stumps 5W 18 Tu Snowed most of day 19 Wed Fixed up shed &c 20 Thu Very cold & drifting 21 Fri Drew straw cold 22 Sat Stormy F Went to Daltons for tea 23 Sun Went to Bethel & Maitland 24 Mo Went to B got side of leather (Harn{illegible} 25 Tu stormy F Fixed calfstable A 26 Wed Took 5/8 cord Wood to Kerr Fine 27 Thu sawed wood at creek mild & warm 28 Fri " " " " F cleaned Buckwheat P.M 29 Sat Went to Market Rough & stormy 30 Sun Went to Bethel cool wind Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December Henry 2 1/2 (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 21 Oct TO 9 Nov REMARKS. 1st Mo Stormy morning Copied in day Book Fine A 2 Tu Cut Wood in AM (creek) killed hog PM (1) Stormy A, F.F 3 Wed Filed saw fixed Lock (front Door) &c hail at night Snowing most of day 4 Thu Cut Wood, Went to Kerrs 1 1/2 cords wood twice 5 Fri Helped John Stewart thresh Fine 6 Sat Cut Wood at creek A Went to Market Fine & warm rained at night 7 Sun Lydia Fen{illegible} here thawed Fine 8 Mo Helped Irelan thresh roads Bare 9 Tu Rained most of day Worked at desk 10 Wed Sawed wood at creek Fine 11 Thu Went to B AM cut wood PM Fine 12 Fri Killed 3 hogs Fine 13 Sat Went to market - Potatoes & 1 hog (waggon) Fine 14 Sun Snow Went to Dedic of new Pres Chur & to Bethel 15 Mo Snow got horses shod at B 16 Tu Went to South Mountain Fine Went to B walk 17 Wed Called at Moorhouses in AM at Alidas at night Cut wood 18 Thu Went to Winchester cold & Fine W2B wood 19 Fri Went to Kemptville Fine Went to B Wood 20 Sat Came home from Kemptville cold Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December & Jan (Bk. 28.) No. 12 & 1 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 & 0. No of Car. FROM 21st Dec Oct TO REMARKS. 21 Sun very cold Then 31 {symbol for degrees) below zero Went to Hall 22 Mo Went to Dublin stormy F 23 Tu Killed Rose Fine & warm 24 Wed Stormy F Cleaned hall S of H A rain] 25 Thu Mrs Davie & Fam here Cold 2B twice Went to Bethel at night Philp 26 Fri Drew wood Fra went to North Augusta Fine 27 Sat Went to B Beef. Stormy Beef selling at 2 1/2 ct Per {illegible} 28 Sun " " Bethel & took Mr Wright to Maitland 29 Mo Went to Jone's sale Cold 30 Tu Drew 4 loads wood. Fine 31 Wed School meeting J. Bell & J Wood here Stormy afternoon went to B 1st Jan 1880 Drew {illegible} loads wood Fine 2 Fri Pa started for Kingston with Black team colts & cutter Went to B Fine 3 Sat Went to Woods got rods for windows Bethel Ch Fine 4 Sun at S. H Rain in AM 5 Mo Took 1 1/2 cords Tamarac to R Bell @ 2 1/2 Per cord Drew 1 load wood 6 Tu Drew wood from creek Fine 7 Wed Drew 4 loads wood } Maggie Bell here (Francis) 8 Thu cut Oak tree, Went to B Party S of T hall 9 Fri Fine & warm. Picked up 4 bags Potatoes mended Blanket Fine roads a perfect bed of ice sleighing never better </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 10.11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 10 of Jan TO 29 Jan REMARKS. 10 Sat Went to Market Butter Potatoes &c Butter sold at .20 cts Per Pound Fine 11 Sun Went to Maple Grove & Bethel 12 Mo Put up Rollers for curtains at Church 13 Tu Shep & Mary Milks, Jim Ede & hs Earl the committee for tea meeting here (24 Persons) Fine 14 Wed Split Wood Fine } 15 got Telescope 15 Thu Went to B Split Wood Fine 16 Fri Got Organ from G Snider for Tea meeting F at Bethel Jenny Wood & Maggie Bell here 17 Sat Went to B Got corn ground for meal Soft & Fine 18 Sun Went to Maitland Fine 19 Mo Drizzly Jenny, Maggie, Maggie Bell & Jenny Wood & I went to J L Wood to missionary meeting Maitland 20 Tu very Cold stormy & drifting Wt2B 21 Wed Fine & warm Split Wood 22 Thu Went to Missionary Meeting at Bethel misty 23 Fri Pa came home from Kingstong Snow 24 Sat Went to market Loverna & Abe Commins here Fine 25 Sun Went to Bethel Church Fine 26 Mo Went to Bishop's Mills Oxford Mills & Kemptville by Commins Fine 27 Tu Came home from " " " " & Kemptville rainy afternoon 28 Wed Cleaned up 40 bus buckwheat Roads almost bare Colder at night Fine 29 Thu Split Wood, Put meat in small Barrel W Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 30 Jan TO REMARKS. 30 Fri Split Wood Fine until about 5:30 PM rain at night 31 Sat " " Stormy in morning 1 Su Took Mr Archie McDougall to Maitland very stormy F & Cold A 2 Mo Drew 5 loads straw & 1 load corn in ear to corn crib from L Barn Fine & cold 3 Tu Picked over Early Rose & part of White Potatoes Fine 4 Wed Fine AM Picking over White Potatoes Went to B drifting 5 Thu Split wood snow 6 Fri Smoked meat & split wood 7 Sat Went to Market, Snow Buckwheat selling at 50 cts per bus 8 Sun Went to Bethel Church drifting 9 Mo Went to B with Maggie Bell (She went to Montreal Fine 10 Tu Split Wood F Snowed in A Picked over Potatoes 11 Wed Took Jenny to Oxford Mills & drove on to Kemptville Fine <ul><li>12 Thu Returned from Kemptville stopped at McGuins & got Clover dresfer +</li> </ul>13 Fri Fixed Pump Water Pipe (House) Cleaned Chimney &c Fine & warm 14 Sat Got Cylander {sic} from Mr H Raths Fine & cold 15 Sun Went to Algonquin Quarterly meeting Fine 16 Mo Fine & warm split wood set horse power for threshing Clover 2 Raths 17 Tu Threshed out Cover Warm & Fine 18 Wed Dressed Clover Went to B rain 12 sleigh run good in morning {illegible} snow in roads </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary & March (Bk. 28.) No._____ Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1879 . No of Car. FROM 19 of Feb TO 9 March REMARKS. 19 Thu At R Bells most of day Cold north wind 20 Fri Helped John McLean saw wood cleaned part of Clover Fine & cool 21 Sat Went to B to Market Fine 22 Sun Went to Bethel Cold 23 Mo + Uncle Wm McKecknie went to Sharpton Maggy & I went to S Milks & Andrew Earls 24 Tu Cleaned Clover Fine Went to B 25 Wed Finis Clover, sold Wether sheep $6.00 Shower went to B 26 Thu Took 1 load soft wood to B with waggon got $1.00 (one) for it Fine 27 Fri Split Wood } Went to Maitland party Party broke up cannot agree done 28 Sat Went to B Maggie went to Mallor Stowed rain 29 Sun High wind, nearly all frost out of ground Fine 1st Mar Split Wood Went to B Fine 2nd Tu I went to B Fine Roads very bad 3 Wed Took J Smiths Clover Dresser home Fine 4 Thu Helped dig grave for Mr Seeleys Baby Fine & warm 5 Fri Went to funeral of C. Seeleys Child road very bad Rain or mist 6 Sat Went to Market Potatoes & meat Light flurry of snow 7 Sun Went to Bethel. Mr Philp Preached 8 Mo Went to B cut & split Wood cold & windy 9 Tu Drew 2 loads straw with waggon Draw manure 5 loads Fine & cool night } & 23 Went to Lecture v LN Beaudry </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train, _______ Conductor,___________ 1880 . No of Car. FROM 10th TO REMARKS. 10 Wed Drew out 10 loads Manure put it in heaps Fine & cold 11 Thu Cold Cleaned up some oats for Mill Put up 6 bus Buckwheat some snow 12 Fri Helped Seely weigh hay Mr Philp & Wife Laidley here H cut wood Fine 13 Sat Went to Mill Uncle Wm McKecknie started for home cold east wind Fine 14 Sun Went to B & got Maggie Bell 15 Mo Drew 100 stakes from Dout's 16 Tues " " " " " Paid 1 1/4 cents each 17 Wed " " " " " $1.25 Per 100 18 Thu Helped Frew move to Mrs Keelers Place Fine 19 Fri Drew 1 load hay Maggie Bell went to Kingston I went to B Fine & warm 20 Sat Took 2.50 AM express for kingston snow went out to sha{illegible} with Francis W Bell 21 Sun Went over to glenvale Mr Conway preached Fine 22 Mo W Aunt Catherines helped take out brick &c roads bad snow 23 Tu Went to Mr Blakes; with Francis & tommy to a social snow & rain AM 24 Wed Went to Mr Clydes Andrew died about a fortnight ago 25 Thu At Uncle Johns Went to social sharpton 26 Fri at " " until 4 PM went to {illegible} Alex Aunt E - sick Fine 27 Sat At Uncle Alexanders Fine 28 Sun " " " Went to westbrook 29 Mo Went to Uncle Wm Bells </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor, J. Fraser 1880 . No of Car. FROM 30 March TO 18 April REMARKS. 30 Tu Aunt Caroline Bell took me to Ernestown at Luke Sharps Fine 31 Wed Went from L Sharps to Gt Uncle Wm Bells Fine 1st Thurs Went to Party at Mr Robinsons 2 Fri at Uncle Samuel Bell's Fine 3 Sat Went to J Albert Bells. J.B. Blanchard's Napanee & Elias Smiths Fine 4 Sun Went to White Church morning J Bells for tea ayelsworth Cherry Calved 5 Mo Jacob Bell took me to Ernestown Came home There was 5 lambs when I came home 6 Tu Drew 4 loads hay, Cleaned calf stable Fine 7 Wed had 3 lambs Sold share of Colts $160 got them 10 mos ago for $80 8 Thu Went to B got 4 gallons molasses .80 per gal Fine 9 Fri Cut wood Pa went to Kemptville Fine 2 lambs more High wind 10 Sat Sharped Pickets, filed saw & c rain AM 11 Sun Ashford Bell & Geo Wood here Snow 12 Mo Finis sharping stakes Fine 13 Tu making frame Hotbed fixed hotbed trimmed J Bell came here apple trees trimmed Fine & Warm 14 Wed Went to B at apple trees } Pa came home from Mountain bot mare 13 Tu 12 Mo 15 Thu Trimmed trees went to B warm & fine had a lamb Put up line fences 16 Fri Trimming Trees Uncle John Bell went to B going home tomorrow Snow & Rain 17 Sat Went to B drizzly, got letters from Jenny & Maggy 18 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Philp Preached </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April & May (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 1880 . No of Car. FROM 19th April TO 8th May REMARKS. 19 Mo Drew 20 loads manure little field warm & fine 20 Tu Spread manure & Plowed little field Fine had 2 lambs 21 Wed Went to B got 1 load manure from Kerr AM C -- Little Orchard Fine & warm 22 Thu Cleaned up Oats, Rain & went to Party to Smiths at Fairfield 23 Fri Dug around apple trees Fine 24 Sat Went to Market, Star had a calf Fine Sent Archie to R McKecknie for land 25 Sun at Schoolhouse Fine had a lamb 26 Mo Fixed wheelbarrow, set 18 maple trees on S.S. no1 W by Road fence Fine let water off fields 27 Tu -- Behind Pigpen Drew 4 load Pig manure on mangold ground Fine } Drewe out chip dirt 28 Wed C-- 5W Drew stone off 5W , shower, Went to B had 2 lambs Wheeled out chip dirt 29 Thu C -- 5W AM Rain PM Fixed Roller Lil & Dapple calved 30 Fri Snow & rain Pa went to Kemptville Killed 2 calves 1st May Went to B } Fine Mr Dalton got 1 Pig Mr Wright got 4 Pigs 2 Sun Went to Bethel. Fine} Burnt stumps &c 5W 3 Mo Pa came home from Kemptville with 2 horses Pair 80.00 fine Took down glass front 4 Tu C -- 5W } == little field } Ridged up acre & mangold ground } Went to B F & warm 5 Wed C -- 5W ... & == W orchard } WEnt to B Fine & warm 6 Thu C -- 5W Sowed Beans & Peas Orchard W sold 2 calves $3.00 Fine got ammunition 2B 7 Fri Put in Mangolds. Got 4 foxes young Killed Rose's calf Fine & warm had a lamb 8 Sat ... 6 bus potatoes little field: got 455 ft lumber Went to B +27 Bess calved } 28 shut up Bull 3 Trish calved </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 35 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 9th TO 28 REMARKS. 9 Sun Fine answered mollie Aries letter 10 Mo C -- 2E.ES. Cleaned 20 bus oats for seed Rain AM 11Tus C -- 2E.ES. Went to Bishops Mills. Fine 12 Wed C -- 2E.ES. Came home from Bishops Mills with 20 bushels of potatoes Fine 13 Thu O -- 2E.ES. C -- 1E.ES. -- with 2 teams 14 Fri O -- 1E.ES. Fine 15 Sat Sifted & Cleaned 1 1/2 bus grass seed Went 2B Bot Barley 9 1/2 bus paid 1.75 per bus Fine 16 Sun Went to Bethel. Wrote to Hannah, Ann E Amy & Grandma Fraser Fine & warm 17 : <pre> : Barley 9 1/2 & Wheat 2 bus 2E E3. ==1E Es. Fine sent 391 lbs milk this morning 17 Mo {from 14th entry} Bot wheat "Gold Drop" paid 1.75 Per bus </pre> 18 : <pre> : Grass seed & Clover 2E ES } Sowed 12 1/2 bus Oats 1E ES Shower P.M. & == it over 1 1/2 times Fine PM </pre> 19 O == 2E ES O 2E ES } O == 1E ES 1 1/2 times } C 1E ES } Fine 20 Thu O M 1E ES } -- water furrows in 2E ES } : 5W, White Oats & == over 2 1/2 times Fine 21 Fri O 5W in AM Washed sheep } Dr.B. Booth called here misty 22 Sat Drew 31 loads manure 2W WS S. Fine 23 Sun Went to Funeral (Baby Shipmans) Rain 24 Mo Sheared 7 sheep W2B Fine 25 Tu " 17 16 " Spread manure Fine 26 Wed O spreading manure Fine 27 Tu Got 2 loads lumber from Algonquin Fine 28 Fri Put up Board fence 5W Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM May 29th TO June REMARKS. 29 Sat Planted potatoes in acre marked 2E WS Fine 30 Sun Rained most all day Madam calved 31 Mo Cut Potatoes Wt2B Killed Madams calf 1st June Tu } O Cutting potatoes. Cut Drain 2E WS Fine 2 Wed Planted 30 bus cut potatoes 2E WS Mr John McLean helped Fine 3 Thu Drew 18 loads manure 2E WS Fine 4 Fri C -- 2E WS for corn Fine 5 Sat O -- & == corn ground Wt2B Fine 6 Sun Rain 2.S.H. Gyp calved 7 Mo Planted corn Fair & cool 8 Tu -- w. corn ground 3W 9 Wed " " " " 4E N-W corner Fine 10 Thu == " " " -- for Buckwheat - Fine 11 Fri Bought western corn, wed mangolds 12 Sat Sent Wool to Ernestown put wool around maple{??} Fine 13 Sun 2 Bethel Mr Philp } took Mr McDougal to fairfield Rain 14 Mo C Road work Jno Stewart R. Su. Fine PM 15 Tu " " " " 16 Wed O " " Wt2B }: w corn 4E Fine 17 Thu O == w corn 4E got Rug & Duster 2B Fine sowed oats & == 3W Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June & July (Bk. 28.) No. 6 & 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM TO 7 July REMARKS. 18 Fri O w corn 2B Bought Rug$1.20 & Duster (2.25) Fine 19 Sat Lydia Fraser & I went to Oxford Mills & Kemptville 20 Sun Heard Mr MacIntyre a}k & Mr Edwards at Oxford Mills 21 Mo Returned home == Potatoes acre Fine 22 Tu == 2E WS } C -- 4E Fine 23 Wed C == " } C " " 24 Thu O -- 4E AM } : Buckwheat F AM Rain PM 25 Fri Attended Anniversary at Church Bethel Fine 26 Sat O == & M 4E Jenny went to Oxford Mls. Fine Took here 2 Prescott 27 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Philps farewell sermon 28 Mo --/ potato acre } Mr & Mrs Bennington here Fine 29 Tu O --/ " " " " " went to Lyn Mr & Mrs Perley here (Rev) 30 Wed Hanc Bell , BrB & I went to International camp ground & morristown got cow from Augusta 1st July Thu } C --/ pota 2E put paris green (acre) Fine 2 Fri C --/ potato 2E } -- acre Fine 3 Sat O --/ " " Went to B Fine 4 Sun Went to M.E. campground (Butternut Bay) 5 Mo O --/ corn Fine } sold 6 lambs & Buck to P. hunter for $20.50 6 Tu --/ Pota acre fine (Hilling them) 7 Wed " " " " } went to Picnic (Front) </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 8th TO 27th REMARKS. 8 thu I went to & returned from Escott Pa went to Hexton with load for Mr Philp PM 9 Fri O Potato & corn acre } got horse from Josiah 10 Sat Went to B. Thinned Mangolds. Fred Bell here 11 Sun Mr Chown preached his 1st sermon at Bethel Fine & warm 12 Mo commenced haying in orchard --/ pota 2E Fine forenoon Rain PM 13 Tu C --/ Potatoes AM 2E } cocked hay Orchard P.M Fine 14 Wed W 1 1/2 ac Wheat for McEwan & 3 for Burns Fine Drew in 3 loads hay Orchard. got 2 heifer 15 Thu Drew 1 load hay Orchard. W Rye & Wheat 2W Fine Bound Wheat 16 Fri W Rye & Wheat 3 ac J McLean Bound Rye Fine 17 Sat Went to B } cocked 3E SS } Bound Rye Fine 18 Sun Went to S of F Hall Mr Lewis preach Fine 19 Mo W 4 1/2 ac for J Earl } O -- corn } --/ 2E WS Pota shower at 7 PM 20 Tu C W Burns - John } O m 3E NS. shower in morning 21 Wed w for Burns (J) O 8 1/2 10 ac } Raked & cocked hay 3E NS Drew 6 loads hay (Chamber) 22 Thu Drew in 10 loads hay put 6 in chamber 2 in L Barn & 2 in upper barn Fine 23 Fri " " 9 " Rye & 4 3 loads wheat Fine 24 Sat w 6 ac for J Henry } Went to B O --/ potatoes Fine 25 Sun went to Fred Shipmans Funeral Fine 26 Mo O --/ corn } Showery } Pa & Ma started for sharpton 27 Tu Got Fleck & calf from Dixon lot went t to Sam Reads Sale Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 28th July TO 16 Aug REMARKS. 28 Wed WEnt to B AM. Filed Reaper guards PM got dan shod got oil (machine & coal) shower 29 killed Flec's calf. Thinned Roots sold Bull to J Stagg $15.50 Fine 30 Fri Reaped 7 acres for Nichol $3.50 Fine 31 Sat dug waterhole Dixon lot Looking after cattle nearly all day Fine 1st Aug Sun Went to Hall Mr Lewis Preached Fine 2 Mo Cut around Barley thinned mangolds rain in PM 3 Tu W 6 ac -- J Stewart } W Barley 2EES. Fine 4 Wed O W Barley AM weeding & thinning carrots } cleaned W machine Fine 5 Thu W for John Stewart Fine 7 or 8 ac 6 Fri Drew in 5 loads Barley PM 2E ES F 7 Sat Drew in 2 loads 2E ES Barley AM Raked & finis field PM 8 Sun Went to quarterly meeting Fine 9 Mo Cut 1/2 ac Wheat McEwan & 2 of wheat & 1 1/2 of oats for Alfred Irelan Fine 10 Tu Went to B Fine Bennet Dixon & Mifs McCullough here 11 Wed Cut 4 1/2 ac for C. Simpson $2.25 Pa & Ma Returned from K Fine 12 Thu W for H Hurd & 1 ac of Wheat 2E ES Fine 13 Fri W 1E ES oats in AM & oats in 5W PM Fine 14 Sat O W oats 5W Fine Drew in Spring Wheat 2 loads 15 Sun Went to Hall G Henderson here Fine 16 Mo Drew in 7 loads oats 1E ES Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug & Sept (Bk. 28.) No. 8 - Train, _______ Conductor,_______187 80 . No of Car. FROM 17 Aug TO 6 Sept REMARKS. 17 Tu Drew in 7 loads oats 5W } Josiah & Alida Fletcher here 18 Wed WEnt to B got wheel Band on Reaper O cutting oats Fine 19 Thu Went to B about Bran old sow had 10 pigs Fine 20 Fri Raked %W AM Drew 2 1/2 loads Oats PM Fine 21 Sat Went to Algonquin Fine Looked for heifer 22 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached Fine 23 Mo Cut W Corn. Helped R Earl thresh Fine 24 Tu Helped R. Earl thresh & John McLean O Fine C 25 Wed " Mr McLean threshing, fixed cellar way James Bell here Fine 26 Thu Piled wood in shed Maggie C Bell here Fine 27 Fri Bound Corn 2E WS Went 2 B dug potatoes Dug potatoes Fine 28 Sat Went to Market Fine } & to Butternut Bay 29 Sun Went to International Camp ground Tommy Bell here Fine Maggie Bell & 2 30 Mo Piled wood in shed. Dug 5 bus potatoes Fine 31 Tu } 2 market } Helped H Hurd thresh Fine 1 Wed Drew in 3 loads W Corn 2B } e & Mariette Smith here Fine 2 Thu Helped A Irelan thresh P.M cleaned dooryard AM Fine 3 Fri Helped Alfred thresh & Houston 4 Sat Helped M Houston thresh M.V. Bell went home Fine Market James Bell went home 5 Sun Went to Bethel, Mr Chowin & Mariette & Elais Smith went home </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 6th TO 25th REMARKS. 6 Mo -- 4E. Fine, Helped R Smith thresh 7 Tu C " " " Dug Early Rose acre 8 Wed C " " " " " " 9 Thu C " " " Helped James Earl thresh 10 Fri Drew in 4 loads W. Corn 2B dug potatoes Fine 11 Sat Went to Market Jenny & Uncle John Fraser here Fine moved fence between 4 & 5E 12 Sun Started Sunday School } 2 Pres. Ch. 7 PM Fine + 13 Mo O --- 4E } Fine Fixed for threshing Went to B Alva & Lydia went to Loverna A' Commins wedding 14 Tu P O -- W Corn ground } Jenny & Pa went to Excursion Uncle J Fraser went home 15 Wed O digging E.R. Drew in 3 loads L. Fine 16 Thu Threshed Wehat Rye & Oats (H Hurd & C Simpson) Fine 17 Fri O Threshing got in 10 12 & 15 E.R.potatoes, Cleaned up 29 bus Rye & 5 wheat Fine Went 2B 18 Sat 2B Sold 20 bus (measure) Sowed F Wheat 3W Fine Rye .75 cts Per bus Weight - 21-7) Maggie & Mrs Read here } -- 1 ac 2E 19 Sun Went to Bethel. Maggie & Mrs Read returned to Escott Light shower 20 Mo Drew out 14 loads manure for wheat no 3W Rain Went 2B bot 9 1/2 lbs Pork @ .10 = .95 cts 21 Tu " " 11 " " " " spread manure } : wheat 2E SW corner 22 Wed : & == in Rye. 4E Fine. Went to B Bot tickets for Affie & Irelan & I Toronto 23 Thu Alfred & I went to Toronto Fine 24 Fri " " " " " Niagara Falls, Buffalo & Hamilton Fine 25 Sat 2 Hamilton Fair AM Alfred came started home @ 3 PM & I went to Stratford Fine + Barn B burned on Geo Howisons place </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 5th TO 24 REMARKS. 5 Fri O -- 5W } -- 2W ridging up ] Fine & warm 6 Sat C -- Ridged up 2W took grist to Mill Fine 7 Sun Heavy wind storm, in B -- Boathouses washed away -- Lumber washed off dock &C } 4 cars tipped in r{illegible} at Morrisons 8 Mo O -- 2W 2B got grist & took in 5 bags Potatoes Fine & Warm 9 Tu ' -- 1E ES Fine & warm cut ditch 5W O -- 2W 10 Wed C -- " warm & Fine Finis ditch 5W 11 Thu Rained near all day } Fixed Seeleys clock Went to Frews (Keelers) 12 Fri Put up room stove - Glass front to stoop Fine Banked hogpen filled Beds with straw &c 13 Sat C -- 1E ES Went to B Apples potatoes &c Fine 14 Sun Went to qt mt @ Algonquin & Bethel snowed about 2 or 3 inches 15 Mo Plastered Log cowstable Fine 16 Tu Finished Plastering .. Nellie McRoberts & Gracie R here 17 Wed Packed away mower, harrows, plow, Roller 2B heard A. Forbes lecture } got buck 18 Thu Killed 3 hogs, sleighs running today snow 19 Fri Killed cow we got from Milton Earl Fine Went to B 7 bags Potatoes @ 35 per bus 20 Sat Went to Market 1 hog 311 lbs @ 6 1/4 Per lb 21 Sun Stormed & drifted cold 22 Mo Drew 2 loads straw F & Cold cut up hogs 23 Tu Went to Moses Bissels sale Fine & Cold 24 Wed 2B got horses shod AM Fine } Helped Mr McLean Kill heifer </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November & December (Bk. 28.) No. 11-12 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 25 Nov TO 14th of Dec REMARKS. 25 Thu Go 1 load wood from Nickols place & took it to T Sherwood 26 Fri Took 1 load wood to Sherwood. Fine got cart 27 Sat Went to B sold 2 quarters of Beef 4.50 Per 100 wt Maggie & Mr Mallory here from Escott Fine 28 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached Maggie went to Escott Fine 29 Mo Commenced to cut Winter wood on Nickol Place Fine 30 Tu Cut wood Fine } have about 1 acre of wood most all laying, with the roots burned off 1st Dec Wed } Did not go to swamp on account of storm Mr & Mrs John Smith here 2 Thu Cut wood at swamp Fine & warm 3 Fri Helped Mr Nickol thresh fine Team & 2 men White frost 4 Sat Cut wood in woods " Went to B 5 Sun Thawed High south wind } went to Maitland Mr Chown Pr 6 Mo Cut Wood Mr McLean helped. Fine Warm Mr Ward & Robinson here 7 Tu " " " " " Fine Cold Uncle Wm Fraser cutting today Mr Ward & Robinson to Lyn mill 8 Wed Cut Wood Mr Ward & Robinson went away some snow Mary Harker here Fine 9 Thu Drew 3 loads wood Mr McLean here 10 Fri Cold Drew 3 loads wood J McLean here 1 load to B Uncle Wms 11 Sat Drew 2 loads wood & 1 load straw for young cattle Went to B 2 bags Potatoes cold 12 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached 13 Mo Drew 3 loads wood } Fine & warm PM Misty AM 14 Tu Drew 1 load Wood & 6 sawlogs to Algonquin home} Pa on Grand Jury </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 80 . No of Car. FROM 15 Dec TO REMARKS. 15 Wed Drew 1 load wood ] helped J Roberts lath Warm some snow 16 Thu " 3 " " Cold splendid sleighing 17 Fri " " " " " 18 Sat Drew 1 load Wood to Uncle Wms & 3 loads Straw cold & fine 18 Jenny came home Fine 19 Sun Mr Coleman here Fine 20 Mo Drew 2 loads wood & 5 Sawlogs to Algonquin not very cold Fine & cloudy 21 Tu drew 4 sawlogs to mill & 1 load to B 22 Wed Helped Mr McLean cut wood Drew 1 load home & 1 to B 23 Thu Went to Escott for Maggie Fine 24 Fri Returned home from Escott Fine 25 Sat Went to B & got Mrs Davie & fam Uncle Wm & Aunt Ellen Fraser Mrs Wood Sarah Willie Fine 26 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached 27 Mo Helped Mr McLean cut wood Fine 28 Tu School meeting on Wednesday " & cold Went to B. helped McLean 29 Wed " " " " " fixed Div Or Snider Simpson & I Cold 30 Wed " " " " " very Cold Pa went to Prescott Fine 31 Fri " " School meeting " " Cold Went to Mill with grist Fine 1st Jan 1881 spent day at R Bells Fine Archie Bells Jenny Wood here & Gideon Henderson here 2 Sun Went to B Mr Galbraith Preached Fine 3 Mo Went to B got pants cut out } Uncle J Fraser & Olive here Jenny Wood went home Fine & cold </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81. No of Car. FROM 4th of Jan TO 23rd REMARKS. 4 Tu Archie Bell & I to B & Robertsons Drew 1 load wood for Joseph Rath Fine 5 Wed Went to B & to Party at Donal Ross's Fine & warm 6 Thu Pa & Ma went to Mr McGuins } Uncle Jim Fraser & Olive home Snow & misty 7 Fri Went to Party at hall Fine & cold 8 Sat Went to Brockville, got sow home from D Robertsons Archie Bell at B 9 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown . Old Mr Furguson died about 12 PM Fine 10 Mo Sorted over apples. Snowed very fast most all AM Fine PM 11 Tu Went to Mr Furguson's funeral Fine 12 Wed Drew up 3 loads of straw Fine 13 Thu Maggie Jenny & I went to Oxford Mills & M & I to Kemptville Fine & warm 14 Fri Went to Mr Clarks & Josiah Renders Fine & cold 15 Sat At Josiah Render's went to Mr Meadows to practice (J Renders concert) Fine Cold 16 Sun Came back to Kemptville 17 Mo Started home went to Oxford Mills from that to Mr Fletchers - to Bishops mls N. Augusta & to milkshop Algonquin meeting 1 or 2 mifsing 18 Tu Got home went to Missionary meeting helping Fine 19 Wed Got Henry Hurd & Jno Stewart to cut wood Fine had Mr McLean & Robert Huston 20 Thu Got 55 rails from Vout Pa & Alva started to drive to Kingston with Bay horse Jim 21 Fri Got 67 Rails from Vout Archie came from Mountain stormed very hard at night Fred with team 22 Sat Archie Bell & Fred went to Kingston also H Ellen & Grace Robertson Went to B 23 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January & Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 1 & 2 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81. No of Car. FROM 24th of Jan TO 12th of Feb REMARKS. 24 Mo Measured up 10 1/2 bus Potatoes answered 3 letters Fine very cold in morning 25 Tu Fixed ladder cleaned sheds &c Fine 26 Wed Fri } Took 2 cords stove wood to R.M. Bells Fine Went to Singing School 28 Thu Wed Helped cut wood at S.H } Drew 3 load straw Mr McLean helped Went to B Fine 27 Fri Fri Thu Went to B Got Engraving (witness) cold Fine 29 Sat Helped J McLean & A. Earl cut firewood Cold T Mallory Bennet Dixon & Mifs Philps here 30 Sun Went to Mr Saunders Funeral Stormed Fine cold 31 Mo Cold north wind } Feb 12 Bennet Dixon went home 1st Feb Tu Uncle Wm McKechnie here very cold Fine 2 Wed Took Uncle WMc to Mr Robertson's very cold Charley & Sarah Simpson in evening Fine 3 Thu Pa came home from Kingston Cold Fine 4 Fri Cleaned up 6 8 bus wheat & 8 Barley 5 Sat Went to Market Apples & Potatoes Fine 6 Sun Went to Maple Grove Fine 7 Mo Got 1 load lumber 1116ft Uncle Wm Mc went to Kingston, very fine 8 Tu Took No 4 express & went to Sha Kingston & Sharpton eight - rain 9 Wed Stood groomsman for Lizzie Bell & John Cowly (Maggie Bell Brdsmd) rained all day 10 Thu at Aunt Cath AM & Uncle Johns PM 11 Fri Warm high wind took most of the snow off at Uncle Johns 12 Sat at Uncle Johns rained all day </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81. No of Car. FROM 13 Feb TO 4th Mar REMARKS. 13 Sun Went to Uncle Wms light snow 14 Mo " " " " & Mr McCarty's Fine 15 Tu Ashford Bell took me to Wilton Camden Newburg Napanee & Lucas Sharks Fine 16 Wed Went to Uncle Wm's & James Fralicks Fine 17 Thu At Gt Uncle Wms Fine Bowen & Geo & John getting up wood 18 Fri Went to Samuel Bells Snowed John Ayels & Sarah took me 19 Sat At Jno Ayels Bell's Elias Smiths & Uncle John Bells (gt) & at Uncle Sam's at night 20 Sun Went to White & to Rick church Morven at Uncle Sams Fine 21 Mo Lucas Sharp drove C.Bell & I to Aunt Catharines Went to Mifs Edwards concert SH Fine 22 Tu Went to Mr Clydes & Uncle Alex Bells at night 23 Wed at Uncle Alex Bells & Mrs McGuinn's cold & fine 24 Thu Took stage to Kingston & no 1 Express home Fine & cold 25 Fri Went to singing school} Rack S.H. class Div rooms at rooms Old Johnny Axford Buried 26 Sat Went to Brockville Potatoes & apples & 1 load Wood Fine 27 Sun " " Hall Mr Lewis preached Fine 28 Mo Alva got 1 load wood & took it to B } stormed all day warm, cut wood fitted axe helve rain 1st Mar } Got 2 loads wood from McCully's lot cut wood snow cold wind 2 Wed " 1 load sleigh lengths Lowell Killough here " " Fine longs 3 Thu " " " " " " " sleigh -lengths Fine & warm 4 Fri Stormed nearly all day cut wood in woodhouse </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81. No of Car. FROM Sat 9th Mar TO 24th REMARKS. Sat 5 Went to Market apples & potatoes Stormy PM sent for singing Book warm 6 Sun " " " Bethel Mr Chown preached warm & Fine 7 Mo Got 1 load cord wood from McCully Fine Mr & Mrs McLean (Henry) here warm took it to R.M. Bell 8 Tu Cut 1 cord wood for R. Bell Fine & warm Went to B 6 bags potatoes 9 Wed Took 1 load wood to R.M.Bell James H Bell here Fine 10 Thu Went to Joseph Raths sale Chilly Jenny & Mr J Fletcher here 11 Fri Cold in forenoon Drew 1 load mangolds from Joseph Raths Jenny & Fletcher went to Oxford Mills 12 Sat Went to B Drew 2 loads Mangolds from J Rath's Fine Thomas Bell & James (Montreal) Bell here & away 13 Sun Went to Maitland Mr S D Chown preached light snow Fine 14 Mo Alva started for Gravenhurst Fine went to B with waggon J Bell to B for "Chorister's" 15 Tu Went & looked at Raths 2 50 ac Fine 16 Wed Split wood went to Dublin to see about Place (Rath) Fine & warm 17 Thu Uncle Wm McKecknie here split wood rain PM Fine AM 18 Split wood went to Dublin, Fine 19 Sat Went to B Rain PM J H Bell went to B market 20 Sun roads very bad snow & rain 21 Mo Split wood Fine 22 Tu Bought 50 acres land off J Rath's place for $450.00 got books (singing -- Choristers) 23 Wed Split wood Uncle Wm McKecknie went to B started for Em Frisk calved 24 Thu Bought stack from Samuel Simpson gave $70.00 for it. Drew 3 loads </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April (Bk. 28.) No. 3 & 4 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81. No of Car. FROM 25th Mar TO 13 April REMARKS. 25 Fri Drew 4 loads of hay cold & wind Fine went to Singing School 26 Sat drew 2 1 1/2 loads hay from S Simpson Cold helped get out posts for fence (parsonage) & J McLean raise Bent 27 Sun cold snowed last night } 26 Sat Lill calved 28 Mo Split wood Cold & fine Killed Lill's calf 29 Tu Got Deed registered at Prescott for the 25 acres in Augusta } got grist ground (Woods) 30 Wed Went over back lot put up fence &c Fine & cold 31 Thu Snowed about 8 inches last night Went to B cut Tamarac wood in shed Fine 1st April } Took 1 load hay to B @ 9.75 Per ton Drew staks for E line fence Fine Star calved 2 Sat Went to B Pa & Ma went to Kemptville Fine cold wind froze hard last night 3 Sun Went to Bethel church Mr Chown preached 4 Mo " " B & got oil for harness Drew out 8 loads manure on F wheat got hames fixed 5 Tu Washed & cleaned harness AM snow cold went to hall - prepared for PM sugar party & concert 6 Wed Cleaned S of T hall AM cut wood PM cold wind Fine 7 Thu Oiled harness (Double) AM cut wood PM Fine & cold 8 Fri Cut down tree that stood near road gate nailed up orchard fence oiled harness 2nd time Fine & warm Pa & Ma home 9 Sat Went to Market 10 bags pota 45 per bag cut & burnt balsam limbs apple &c put out bees 10 Sun Went to Maitland, Red heifer calved 11 Mo Helped tear down part of Maitland shed & move it to Bethel church Fine 12 Tu Went to B Killed Red heifer's calf nailed up picket fence Deacon skins .70 cts each to go Fine warm 13 Wed Drew part of roof for Bethel shed from Maitland Cool </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81. No of Car. FROM 14 April TO REMARKS. 14 Thu Drew part roof of Bethel shed from Maitland Helped Stratton raise B M S shop 15 Fri Piled up sleepers in yard Maitland (shed) had 2 lambs Fine put up 15 bus {illegible} 16 Sat Had 4 2 lambs Went 2 B Uncle Jno Bell here Fine got Harrow teeth sharpened 17 Sun " 4 " Went to B & Bethel Church Fine 18 Mo " 2 " Went to Mr Archie Dunhams funeral Fine 19 Tu Cultivated & harrowed onion ground at back lot drew Rath's rails on line fence Fine 20 Wed Fenced across to creek, bush, back lot Fine & warm Uncle Jno Bell to Robertsons 21 Thu sowed Spr Wheat 2 bus 2 EWS Fine 22 Fri == & -- 2W } onion seeds little field Fair 23 Sat C -- 2W } Uncle Jno Bell went home Fine sod sold 3 deacon skins .65 each 24 Sun had 2 lambs Fine & warm Jim & Nellie Robertson here 25 Mo Drew poles for fence (Bates lot) C -- 2W Fine & warm had 2 lambs 26 Tu C -- 2W } drew up some hay & straw put up fence in Bates lot Fine 27 Wed C -- 2W Put tick destroyer on sheep, Fine O fence (Bates) had 7 lambs} Bob Pike Piling wood 28 Thu O -- & == 1st time 2W } Put wood in shed Fine Madam calved 1 lamb 29 Fri O == 2W Got 1/2 ton hay from J McLean for $4.00 Bess calved Fine & cold 30 Sat M 2W } 2B Potatoes 60 Per bag Barley 62 1/2 bus Fine 31 Sun 1st Sun } Quarterly Meeting (went to Algonquin) at Bethel service Fine 2 May Mon C -- 3E } Got put wood in shed Fine 3 Tu C -- N 1/2 3W E } opened waterfurrows 5W Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May M M a A Y Y (Bk. 28.) No. ___ Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81. No of Car. FROM 4th May TO REMARKS. 4 Wed O -- 3 E NS & Mangold ground Fine Planted Potatoes acre Fine 5 Thu C -- & : 5W Barley & Picked off stone & rot roots &c gout out chip dust Fine 6 Fri O == 5W } Fine Picked up stone (Bates place) lot 7 Sat M 5W AM & == 3E NS P.M. 2B Fine got Pear trees &c 8 Sun @ class & S.S. Fine 9 Mo == twice & M : 3 E NS. Fine & warm 10 Tu Rained hard last night} fixed cart } fitted ground for mangolds 11 Wed M 3 E NS Fine C -- 1 E WS hoed onions 12 Thu C -- 1E WS Fine Got pay for April cheese $19.33 hoed onions 13 Fri O -- 1E wS & == 1E WS 1{illegible} runs 2B Bot Fine boots from G McLean $4.75 Got Pails & milk can sold each 14 Sat O == 1E WS ( : with oats & Peas ) 2B Fine 15 Sun Went to Bethel. Rain } Mr Chown Preacher 16 Mo Rained most of day } got Bee Hive from S Simpson 17 Tu Rain. made part of Bee Hive 2B got stuff for hives 18 Wed Finis Hives } Drew out 9 waggon & 8 cart loads of manure Fine 19 Thu Drew out 9 waggon & 8 cart loads of manure Went to Jno Stewarts funeral (chicago) Fine 20 Fri " " 22 waggon loads of manure Fine AM showers in P.M. 21 Sat " " 13 " " " " A.M. sowed mangolds weeded onions & went 2B Fine 22 Sun Went to Hall Mr Lewis preached & at Maitland Mr Chown Preached shower in morning fine rest of day 23 Mo -- little Orchard weeding onions Fine sent to factory 401 lbs milk { 3 masses 11 cows} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May & June (Bk. 28.) No. ___ Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 No of Car. FROM 24th May TO 12th June REMARKS. 24 Tu Drew out 27 loads manure 1E ES Fine 25 Wed " " 8 " " " Fine C -- 1E ES for Potatoes & corn very hot 26 Thu C -- - spread Manure Fine breeze 27 Fri O -- 1E ES Finis spreading manure Fine hoed onions} Hired Mr Smith 28 Sat O -- " Fine 2B Washed sheep 29 Sun Went to Bethel Mr A. McDougal Preached light shower AM Fine PM 30 Mo Picked stone AM {Bates lot} Went to Lyn to mill with wheat Fine == 1E ES __ acre | dug garden (Fruit) 31 Tu Ridged up Planting ground Fine 1st June Wed } Planted 48 bus Potatoes 20 20 ER 7 White K 21 Shaker 2 Thu Planted 22 bus early Rose & 1 1/2 acres corn Fine 3 Fri Shower AM } sheared (18) sheep } -- NW Part 2E Fine PM 4 Sat + W corn ground & == it Jenny & Mr Coleman here cleaned W. house washed Buggy &c 5 Sun Jenny Wood R Bell Bennet Dixon & Addied Phillips Jus Keltoe & wife here shower AM F PM 6 MO O -- W - corn ground == it Fine at onions 7 Tu Ridged up ++ & : W corn & ground Fine Fine weeding onions 8 Wed Put ashes on W corn & rolled it finis weeding onions 2nd time hoed mangolds 9 Thu -- == & : with Western corn S Pt of SE corner of 4B Fine 10 Fri Fixed fence in front of back lot Fine 11 Sat 2B Cleaned cellar Fine 12 Sun To Bethel Mr Chown Preached on honesty Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June J u n e (Bk. 28.) No. ___ Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 No of Car. FROM 13th June TO July 2 REMARKS. 13 Mo Helped put up frame of shed Bethel Church Fine 14 Tu Commenced road work Jn Stewart R.M. 2 horses scraper Plow Pater & myself Fine 15 Wed Worked on road Fine graded road between gate & & S.H. Fine 16 Thu " " " " " " from orchard to tsp of Hill H Bell here 17 Fri Worked on road Augusta Beal (team) Fine Team & I had 2 days 18 Sat 2B Potatoes Went to Picnic at St Lawrence Park shower at night 19 Sun Shower in Afternoon Henry H Bell went to B Fine AM 20 Mo O -- Potatoes acre } P/M to B rained very hard in evening 21 Tu Put Flora to Austin Fox's Bay Stallion Fine sowed Buckwheat - M Brown most of day 22 Wed } --/ Pota acre } commenced another Bee hive HH Bell went to B got lumber stuff for hive 23 Thu Cut Rye out of Wheat fine } 2B with J. Robertson seeing about Phosphate: at Bee hive fine At Mallorytown 24 Fri O --/ Potatoes acre } had 2 swarms of Bees go both went in one hive Fine 25 Sat --/ Mangolds & corn (sweet, acre) Fine 2B 26 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown not there Fine 27 MO __ 1E ES corn & Potatoes worked at shed at church Fine 28 Tu C __ at 1E ES Bees swarmed heavy shower PM Fine AM : turnips 29 Wed Thinned mangolds light showers 30 Thu C --/ Potatoes & onions Fine 1st July Fri O ___ corn & Potatoes John & Mrs Cowdy here Fine Went to B 2 Sat Washed buggy } J & Mrs Cowdy Maggie & J called 2B got milk check on Mrs Beer & Robertson 11 cows 2 wk & 4 days 38.84 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81 No of Car. FROM 3 July TO 21st REMARKS. 3 Sun Went to Camp-,eeting Lizzie & Jno Cowdy went to Lansdowne Fine 4 Mo I --/ corn 1E ES hot & Fine } Done road work for Back lot in Elizabethtown 5 Tu + Showery last night O -/ corn cut W 2E ES Born to Jas & Nellie Robertson a daughter Fine 6 W corn Potatoes 2B C-- Planting ground 1E ES Fine got sythes & sm{illegible}ths 7 Thu Raked up & cocked part of 2E ES } Fine -- & --/ Potatoes & corn 8 Fri O cocking hay Drew in 6 loads O O --/ --- Potatoes Fine PM 9 Sat Drew in 8 1/2 loads hay 2E ES & Put it in U Barn Fine warm 10 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Scanlon Preached shower 4 PM very hot 11 Mo Hilled corn (O) & C Potatoes O -- out Potatoes Fine 12 Tu Hilled Potatoes, 2B Fine O 13 Wed " Fine " W orchard Went to R.M Bell's & Jas Robertson's Baby's Funeral 14 Thu D hoed Potatoes cocked hay orchard went to Exhibition at Hall Fine 15 Fri Drew in 4 loads hay orchard Fine Uncle Jno Bell & Aunt Ellen here O Potatoes --/ 16 Sat Went to B Drew in 1/2 load hay Orchard heavy Hailstorm & rain storm PM F AM 17 Sun At Brockville at J Kelsoe's Fine most of the day Shower at 5:30 PM 18 Mo M 3E SS & '5E Hay light showers & cloudy 19 Tu To Market Potatoes, cut grass 4E Hollow. O M 5E cocked hay 3E SS Fine shower at night 20 Wed Raked & cocked hay 5E W Part F Wheat C 2E WS & 3W light shower at night 21 Thu Bound Wheat Drew in 3 loads hay 3E ES cut hay or grass 4E Fine + Put Flora 2nd time to Fox's horse O Both babies buried in PM </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. 7-8 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 81 No of Car. FROM 22nd July TO 18 Aug REMARKS. 22 Fri W 2 ac for W Heargreave } Drew in 6 loads hay 3E & 1 load 4E 23 Sat Drew in 12 loads hay No 5E had Mr McLean & team all day Fine } Fred Bell here (P2) Alfred Irelan here PM 24 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached Fine 25 Mo W 2 ac for McEwan & 2 ac for A Irelan & 1 3/4 ac for Aaron Earl } cut hay Bates lot Fine 26 Tu W hay Bates lot 1 W 2 ac for Aaron Earl & 3 for J McLean Ma very sick } Showery P.M. Fine AM 27 Wed W 2 ac for Jno McLean 4 1/2 Jno Stewart & 3 ac A. Matheson " " " " Fine 28 Thu O W 4 ac Matheson's Wheat } O F. Wheat our own } W C Rye } Raked & cocked hay Bates lot Fine 29 Fri " " 4 ac Rye } Bound Rye O W it Fine 30 Sat O Binding & setting up Rye. Fine heavy shower 8:30 PM 31 Sun Jas Robertson & wife here Fine most of the day light shower 1st Mo W & Bound Spr Wheat 2E WS Fine } Heavy dew } W 2 ac for A Irelan Mr Chown wife & Mifs Hammond here 2 Tu Drew in 4 loads hay Bates lot } cut Barley 5W rain 3 Wed Drew in 6 loads hay (Bates lot } W McNish cut Barley 5W Fine 4 Thu Drew in 2 1/2 loads Rye 4E W for Russel McNish heavy shower 5 PM or 4:30 Fine AM 5 Fri Drew in 3 1/2 loads Rye 4E & 1 F Wheat 4E & 3 F Wheat 3W & 2 FW 2E WS Fine W for Simpsons 6 Sat in Barley 5W } W for Sam Simpson & Alfred Irelan Fine AM Rain PM 7 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached 8 Mo raked & cocked Barley 5W } in hay Bates lot O Fine 9 Tu Drew in 8 6 loads Barley 5W } cocked hay W for C Simpson Fine 10 Wed " " " 4 " " & 2 loads hay Bates Place Fine 3 loads 5W Spr Wheat </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train, _______ Conductor, ____________187 81 No of Car. FROM 11th Aug TO 31st Aug REMARKS. 11 Thu C to stack of Oats & Barley 9 loads 2W Fine Windy W 2 1/2 ac for A Matheson 12 Fri Drew in 3 loads grain 2W light showers W for Jno Burns 2ac O stack 13 Sat W oats & Peas 3ENS } W 2 1/2 ac for A Irelan heavy rain last night Fine 14 Sun Went to Quarterly Meeting at Augusta Fine Staid at Mr S Dubruges for dinner 15 Mo W 1 1/2 ac for A. Irelan } cut up swale grass 4E SS } cocked 3 ENS Oats & Peas 16 Tu Drew 6 loads oats & Peas 3E NS Fine 17 Wed W 1E WS } F. } Raked 1 load 3E NS Drew O 3E NS 18 Thu Went to Adam McGuins got gang plow W for Houstons Fine 19 Fri Turned over oats & Peas AM & drew in 6 or 7 loads PM Mr McLean helped PM 20 Sat harvesting 1E WS 1 loads oats & Peas } helped R Houston 2B Fine PM 21 Sun Went to Bethel Fine 22 Mo Went to Lyn to Mill Wheat 3 bus Mr & Mrs Chown here light showers 23 Tu -- gagn C 3E NS } cleaned & scraped Barnyard Mr & Mrs Jam Simpson here 24 Wed Helped Mr Jno McLean thresh Fine 25 Thu " " " 9 - - ? A.M & " " Aaron Earl thresh PM 26 Fri Helped Aaron Earl thresh AM Fine 2B P/M/ got Back of buggy fixed F shop 26th 26th got flora shod 27 Sat Maggie U Bell Saml Coleman & sister here Fine Smoky 28 Sun Went to Campmeeting International 29 Mo C to thresh Wm Rath & Jno Corbett Fine & warm 30 Tu C Threshing Fine & warm smoky 31 Wed O " Maggie Beer & children here. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train, _______ Conductor, ____________187 81 No of Car. FROM 1st Sept TO 20th Sept REMARKS. 1 Thu Went to Anniversary at Bethel Rev Mr Williams (TG) Preached & Rev Mr Stafford Lectured on "The Universal Boy" Fine 2 Fri Maggie Beer & children went to B; for Ch.town C -- 3E cut W corn Fine v hot 3 Sat Went to B 1 load cheese (August 12 1/2 cts Per lb) Fine U -- 3E NS Nellie Robertson here 4 Sun " " Algonquin & Bethal {sic} with Mr Jas Wright Fine 5 Mo Helped Henry Hurd thesh Fine hot M.U.Bell to Jas Robertsons 6 Tu Helped Henry Hurd Thresh Fine hot & smoky 7 Wed Wd w cornb 2E WS } drew in 1 load w corn O --- 3E NS Gang 8 Thu ' -- 5W Fine } Cleaned up 46 bus Peas & oats & sold to Reynolds for {illegible} 35 Per bus 9 Fri C -- 5W } Fine Smoky } Pa went to Gananoque 10 Sat C -- 5W Fine Came home from " " Alva came home from " 11 Sun Went to B R M Bell sick } Alva & M.U.Bell went to Hall & Maitland Jenny came home from Camp meeting 12 Mo Alva went to Gananoque } C -- 5W } sold seed wheat 3 bus to A. Earl & 4 " " J McLean 13 C -- 3W NS Fine 14 Wed C " " " } " } Maggie. U. Bell went to B & to take the train for St Gabriel 15 Thu O -- 3E NS } : 8 bus F Wheat C == 3W Fine 16 Fri O == 3E } Uncle No & Aunt Annas Fraser here hot dry Fine & smoky 17 Sat O -- 5W } Fine hot smoky } Uncle Jno & Aunt Annas Pater & Ma to B all day 18 Sun Went to B with S.G Coleman & to Bethel Mr Elliot spoke 19 Mo Helped Alfred Irelan thresh Barreled onions Fine 20 Tu " " " Put up onions in Barrels Fine } + St Gabriel </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sept & Oct (Bk. 28.) No. 9-10 Train, _______ Conductor, ____________187 81 No of Car. FROM 21st Sept TO Oct 10 REMARKS. 21 Wed Went to B 8 Bls of Onions AM & cleaned up & took in 47 1/3 bus Rye @ .93 Per bus PM 22 Thu Went to B. 1 load onions 7 BBls cut corn Took onions to Gananoque Thunder storm AM Fine PM 23 Fri cut corn Threshed at Mr Houstons rained very hard rain 24 Sat Showery Took 1 load hay to S. Dear gathered apples (2100 lbs) at $10.00 Per ton set up corn Bates lot 25 Sun Went to Maitland. Aaron Earl at Class this morning Fine 26 Mo O -- 5E } Went to Lyn 10 bus Wheat & 6 Provender Finished Binding & setting up corn 27 Tu : & == bus Rye 3 5W 13 1/2 } Commenced to dig Potatoes } 2 Market lamb & apples &c Mr & Mrs Cummins here (Gananoque) 28 Wed O == 5W & drew off 12 loads stone } dug Potatoes 1E ES Fine PM rain Fine AM 29 Thu Cut waterfurrows 5W dug Potatoes 1E ES light shower at night Fine 30 Fri dug Potatoes E.R. 1E ES } cut corn (w) for Chilian Jones Went to B Fine 1st Oct Sat } Rain AM showery PM} Went to B market lamb apples &c fixed cookhouse roof 2 Sun Went to Bethel Mrs Davey & Fam here Fine & warm 3 Mo Rained most of AM. Pa & Jenny went to Kemptville Mr & Mrs Chown called Fine P.M Fixed hog pen 4 Tu Dug Early Rose Fine (1E ES) 5 Wed Picked apples & Dug potatoes P.M. Fine Froze Boiled feed AM Ice froze 1 inch thick last night 6 Thu Dug Potatoes E.R. 1E ES Fine } Pa came home from Kemptville Nellie Robertson here 7 Fri O Digging E.R. 1E ES Robert Stewart helped Fine 8 Sat Rain Mr & Mrs Chown here (Pa & Ma to Gananoque Nellie Robertson went home showery 9 Sun Went to Hall Mr Lewis preached 10 Mo Dug Shakee Russets Fine & cool most of day Pa came from Gananoque Light shower in morn </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train, _______ Conductor, ____________187 81 No of Car. FROM 11th Oct TO 31st REMARKS. 11 Tu Dug Potatoes Ma came home from Gananoque Fine 2B 12 Wed Rained most of day, husked corn Put up cows 13 Thu Mr Jno McLean & Aaron helped dig Potatoes O S-R &c S -G's Fine Froze at night 14 FRi Dug Potatoes O1E ES (digging) for H Hurd Pa took 17 BBls of onions Gananoque R Stewart here Fine & warm 15 Sat Rained most all day husked corn 16 Sun Fine Mr & Mrs Adam.U.McGuin here 17 Mo Finished digging Potatoes (Early Rose acre) rain showery 18 Tu Frequent showers Took T Wood 30 bus Potatoes @ 45 Per bus 19 Wed 2B with 44 2/3 bus Potatoes @ 45 cts Per bus contracted to McSorley Fine 20 Thu Drew in 65 bus large & 15 bus small White potatoes Drew in 1 load corn } Put 20 bus corn in crib 21 Fri Picked up Potatoes Pa went to Gananoque Fine H Hurd helped 22 Sat Went to B 46 1/6 bus Potatoes @ 45 cts Per bus Uncle Jno Fraser, Olive, & Mrs M.J. Martin here shower 23 Sun Rained most of day 24 Mo 2B with 47 bus Potatoes at 45 cts Per bus Fine Uncle Jno Fraser went home 25 Tu Rained most AM Pulled Mangolds Picked up Potatoes PM Fine part PM 26 Wed 2B twice 1st 40 bus 2nd 26 bus E.R. 45 cts per Bus Helped Jno McLean Kill 2 Pigs cold Fine 27 Thu Drew in 140 L & 18 Small Shakee Russets Fine O Potatoes Drew in 20 bus small E.R. Potatoes 28 Fri Went to B AM 1 cord wood to M White @ $4.00 Per Cord Drew in 3 loads mangolds Olive Fraser & Miss Martin here from B Fine & warm 29 Sat Showery Cleaned up 32 bus Oats & seeds for Mill Drew in 3 loads Pumpkins 30 Sun At Bethel Mr Chown Preached Went to B in evening Fine Burnett Dixon went home he came on Friday 31 Mo 2B with Grist -32 bus } O Mangolds Fine} cleaned up 46 bus oats Warm </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train, _______ Conductor, ____________187 No of Car. FROM 1st TO REMARKS. 1st Tu Went to B with 46 bus oats for T Smart at .36 Per bus 2B PM with 17 or 1800 of Provender for $1.25 cwt Mrs C Jones Fine 2 Wed Got 4450 lbs more Provender ground for Mrs Jones 1.25 per Cwt ground Barley & oats 3 Thu C -- acres } Drew in the rest of corn (3 loads) rained Mr Chown here 4 Fri O -- acre } Drew up Potato tops made waggon seat had flurries of snow Pater went to Gananoque 5 Sat Took 1 load of Cheese to B 31 Boxes Fine cold wind corn to fat Cherry 6 Sun Went to B Mr Burnfiled preached his farewell sermon before starting for Palestine 7 Mo C -- 1E ES Fine Mr & Mrs Chown here rain at night 8 Tu C -- " " Misty 9 Wed Went to Henry Havelock Bells funeral W shower AM Fine PM 10 Thu O -- 1E ES Came home from Funeral of HB Fine 11 Fri Hard frost last night - Boiled feed Cleaned up 20 bus Oats & Peas Fine 12 Sat Snow & Rain Pa came home from Gananoque Went to B got Mifs Martin & Olive Fraser 13 Sun Went to Quarterly Meeting Bethel Church 14 Mo 2B Pa & O. Fraser & PA Martin } Plowed 1E WS 1/2 day snow at night Fine 15 Tu Went to Market Oats (X 39 cts Per bus) butter (22 1/2) 1 Pelt - 85 ctgs chickens 35 Per Pair Fine PM snow morning 16 WEd C -- 1E WS Fine 17 Thu C -- 1E WS " } Boiled 1 Pot feed 18 Fri O -- & Waterfurrowing 1E ES Fine & warm 19 Sat C -- 2E ES in AM } Put apples in cellar Uncle Jno Fraser here } Bees in W. house Buried G. vines 20 Sun Uncle Jno Fraser Olive & Miss Martin here Went to B at night Fine Roads rough </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train, _______ Conductor, ____________187 81 No of Car. FROM 21st TO 10th REMARKS. 21 Mo Took Uncle Jno Fraser to B Fine Cleaned up grist 30 bus roads frozen hard 22 Tu Took grist to Mill AM sold it at 1.25 per 100 lbs {illegible} Helped Mr Stratton thresh PM Fine 23 Wed Helped Mr Stratton thresh fine 24 Thu Pa & Ma started for Gananoque I took 1 load & Mr Jno McLean 1 load of furniture Fine 25 Fri Went to Back lot with Aaron Earl Killed 2 year old heifer Fine shower 6 PM 26 Sat Went to Market - only sold 1 qr of Beef got 5.00 Per 100 Cwt stormy Mr Craig & Robinson Olive . F & Mifs Martin here 27 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Arch McDougall Preached Went to B cold rain 28 Mo Got 2 shoes on Mare (flora) Boiled feed 1 pot } cleaned up 16 bus oats & barley ) Put up glass front to stoop Fine 29 Tu Went to Brockville girst & 2 qrs beed Paid note D Simpson Fine warm 30 Wed Put corn in crib & picked up Potatoes Fine Warm 1st Dec Thu } Shipped 58 bus Potatoes to Gananoque #9 large & 49 small 2 Fri Leveled yard at S of T Hall Fine some frost 3 Sat Took Division Organ to B to get repaired light snow 4 Sun Went to Mr Scandival's Funeral fine 5 Mo Went to B Thomas E Bell here Fine 6 Tu Boiled 1 Pot of feed. T Bell went to B no sleighing yet Fine 7 Wed Cleaned up 16 bus Fall Wheat rain snowstorm at night 8 Thu Husked corn got ready for killing Pigs cool & Fine 9 Fri Killed 2 Pigs Mr Jno McLean & A Earl helped Fine thawing 10 Sat Went to B sold 1 Pig 378 lbs for $28.20 Potatoes 50/Per bus Fine 10 Lillie K, Olive. F Martha Martin W. J. Craig & W Robinson here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train, _______ Conductor, J.B. Fraser 187 81 No of Car. FROM 11 Dec TO 31st REMARKS. 11 Sun Went to Bethel Mr S D Chown Preached & to B at night 12 Mo Took Sow to D. Robertsons & brought her home again Fine most of day light snow & rain 13 Rained most of day Cut up Pork warm & foggy at night 14 Wed Jennie came home (from Heckston) Jenny Wood here roads very muddy & soft 15 Thu Mr & Mrs Ralph & Mr & Mrs John Bennington here Horace Hurd & Rosanna Dalton here fine roads frozen up 16 Fri Packed away Machinery & drew up straw for bedding 17 Sat Went to B with 15.52 bus wheat got 1.20 Per bus Fine & warm no sleighing yet 18 Sun Went to S of T hall Mr Lewis Preached 19 Mo Henry Hurd & I got persons to act at the entertainment at Bethel (we drove around) Fine 20 Tu Went to B market Potatoes 75 Per bag Butter 21 Per lb Fine & warm roads soft at Bethel Church Committee meeting 21 Wed Fine & warm day practicing for Christmas Eve 22 Thu At Bethel Church fixing for Christmas tree rained most of the day (light) 23 Fri Went to B Got Chambers Encyclopedia Fine 24 Sat Went to B Jenny Bell here Fine & warm Got 1 gal of Coaloil 25 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached 26 Mo Rained most of day Alva went back to Gananoque 27 Tu Uncle John Bell here Went & Cooked at G.C.Reids farm & to Jas Robertsons Fine & warm roads muddy 28 Wed Uncle Jno Bell went to B Fine Thomas E & SJ Ashford Bell here 29 Thu Rained nearly all day Tommy E & Ashford went away 30 Fri Went to Oyster supper at Chas Simpsons Fine & warm roads nearly impassable for mud 31 Sat Went to B Potatoes (75 Per bag) Butter 22 Per lb Fine warm </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor, Fraser 187 82 No of Car. FROM 1st Jan TO REMARKS. 1st Jan 1882 Sun Went to Hall Mr Lewis Preached ground frozen hard 2 Mo Took Jennie to B (for Gananoque) fair cold north wind Fine 3 Tu Took sow to T Wilkinsons light Snow cold 4 Wed Went to Lyn 12 bus wheat & 4 bus for J McLean very cold 5 Thu " " Back lot Fine & cold got waggon load wood Thomas E Bell here 6 Fri Went to Back lot (at Wood) Fine Cold 7 Sat Went to B market Potatoes .75 Per bus Fine first sleighing this winter 8 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Jas Wright preached rain Took Jennie Bell to Nellie Robertsons 9 Mo Went to B for choppers & did not get any John Henry fell & Broke collar bone & 3 ribs 10 Tu " " Back lot Fine no sleighing 11 Wed Stormed all AM Husked corn took reaper apart &c Fine PM & cold 12 Thu Working in swamp Henry Hurd helped Fine & cool } took sleigh 13 Fri Went to Swamp in AM } Snowed most of the day Horace Hurd helped got 1 small load 14 Sat " " B to Market, light snow Mr Mrs Chown & Mifs Hammond here 15 Sun Went to Hall Mr Lewis preached 16 Mo " " Swamp Horace Hurd helped Took Jennie Bell to B at night Fine 17 Tu " " " Went to Mr Chown's (Carrie Blanchard, Lottie & Henry Hurd, Mag & I 18 Wed Went to William Henry Bells funeral Fine stayed at night at Aunt Catherines 19 Thu Came from Sharpton to Gananoque Fine 20 Fri Came home from " Ma & Pa came on the 14th Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January & Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 21st Jan TO 9th Feb REMARKS. 21 Sat Went out to swamp snowed Drew out cordwood & 1 load sleigh lengths {illegible} 22 Sun Stormed most all day 23 Mo Went to B for Geo Bell & wife Pa went to Gananoque Drew up 3 loads straw very cold 24 + Tu Took Geo W. Bell & wife to B Went to Missionary meeting Dept Revs Mr Kines & Allen Cold 25 Wed Went to Swamp drew out 5 loads cordwood & 1 load home 26 Thu " " " load Took 1 load to B sold it for 2.25 Fine 27 Fri Thawed last night Made double whippletree Fixed lines Fine 28 Sat Went to B 1 load wood for T Shields Fine 2B PM 29 Sun Wind blew very cold Fine 30 Mo Went to Swamp cold & fine 31 Tu Drew 3 loads home from Back lot 1st Wed } Went to Back lot & got 1 loads wood & took it to T Shields Fine 2 Thu Went to Swamp R Earl helped cutting cordwood very fine 3 Fri Went to Swamp cut cordwood R Earl helped cold wind fine 4 Sat " " Brockville Ma went to Gananoque Fine cold wind Drew 2 loads straw 5 Sun Went to Bethel Church Mr Chown Preached Fine 6 Mo Went to Back lot Fine } Cleaning up land 7 Tu Got 1 load of wood & took it to Shields stormy got another load hail 8 PM 8 Wed Worked in swamp R. Earl here Fine 9 Thu " " " " " " warm & Fine S. B Coleman here <ul><li>Thermometer 36 below Zero</li> </ul></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, _______ Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 10th TO 1st Mar REMARKS. 10 Fri Went to swamp got 1 load & took 1 load to B S.B. Coleman went to Brock 11 Sat Drew 2 tons of hay to Mifs Stewarts from H McLeans Barn at 2.50 $8.50 Per ton 12 Sun Went to B in evening with Horace Hurd 13 Mo Rained & thawed roads bare Byron Watts here 14 Tu Went to Mr Rufus Watts & to Fairfield lodge to entertainment Fine made hold back backs 15 Wed Loaded a load of hay & husked corn for market Waggons running Fine 16 Thu Went to B hay 8 per ton Fine 17 Fri Put up 6 sacks & 9 bags small potatoes & 6 bags large Went to Oyster supper (Hall) 18 Sat Started for Gananoque with potatoes it kept so cold I left them at N Shipmans & came home 19 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached Fine 20 Mo Went to swamp & drew out 6 loads Fine 21 Tu Stormed most all day Maggie went to Gananoque Fixed halters 22 Wed Snowed hard Maggie came home from Gananoque 23 Thu Got 1 load Wood Went to Oyster supper at F. Woods Fine 24 Fri Went to B 2 loads wood to E Shipman Fine & warm 25 Sat Went to Gananoque with a load of potatoes for Alva (got there at noon) 26 Sun Went to service A & PM & Sunday School Fine & warm 27 Mo Came home from Gananoque Jenny & Addie Phillips came back with me roads bare 28 Tu Went to B Fine Husked corn Got pay from Shields $10.00 for wood 1st March Wed Rained hard most all day $50 for 2 cows sold husked some corn sold to cows to H McLean 50.00 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train, _______ Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 2nd TO 21st REMARKS. 2 Thu Cleaned up seed oats & five bags for sale Fine & warm 3 Fri Put up 10 bags Potatoes. Drew up 6 small loads straw 4 Sat Went to B Potatoes, 90 cts Per bag & oats 5 bags at 38 Per Bus 10 bags changed oats H Hurd Hurd 5 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached 6 Mo Moved hay from Henry McLeans barn to Lower Barn 8 loads Fine used waggon 7 Tu Light snow Husked corn cold Fine 8 Wed Helped tear down McLeans Back of barn Fine 9 Thu stormy most of day Helped Mr McLean until 11 AM 10 Fri Snowed & Stormy most of day } got 19 1/2 bus seed potatoes Late Rose sold Flec & Star for 54.00 to H Hurd 11 Sat Went to B Potatoes .85 to .90 Per bag Oats 36 per bus Fine 12 Sun At home stormed most of day 13 Mo Went to B got 4.92 from E. Shipman for wood Fine sleighing good today 14 Tu Drew out 9 loads manure 1E WS 15 Wed Went H Hurds sale Fine 2B AM 16 Thu Looked for Rock Elm no scarcely any to be got Fine 17 Fri Husked corn fine 18 Sat Went to B Paid Mr Rath $137.67 cts on back lot Fine 19 Sun Went to Bethel Church Mr Chown Preached Fine Went to J Robertsons after Jennie 20 Mo Cut down & drew to house 8 white oak logs Mr McLean & Horace Hurd helped 21 Tu Stormed most of day cleared an hour &c </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April (Bk. 28.) No. 3& 4 Train, Brockville Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 22 Wed Sawed wood at Jno McLeans Pm 2B with 3 logs white oak Fine Mild 23 Thu Sawed wood AM Jno Stewarts & J. Corbets machine sawed at Mifs Stewarts PM mild 24 Fri Went to B with 2 loads of logs (white oak) Fine 25 Sat Went to B Fine Potatoes 7 bags 85 & 90 Per bag Maggie Bell came here 26 Sun Fine Maggie Bell & I went to Jas Robertson 27 Mo Rain husked corn Am helped Jno McLean at bent of barn took it down PM Gracie & Nellie Robertson here 28 Tu Drew of Oak tree tops into pasture ground ground frozen hard in morning Fine 29 Wed Went to B P.M. Very large crowed started for Manitoba Fine & warm 30 Thu Went to B Ma came from Gananoque warm roads bad Fine 31 Fri Split wood put up 7 bags potatoes Cold wind Fine 1st April Went to B Market Fine 2 Sun At home most of day roads very bad 3 Mo 2B Went to Shep Mills very Fine day 4 Tu Went to B market AM & got Olive Fraser & Addie Phillips PM light showers 5 Wed Maggie was married to Henry E Hurd Archie Bell & Jennie Fraser 1st waiters & Sam Coleman Fine day. They started for Manitoba 6 Thu Ma & Pa went to Gananoque most of day S.B. Coleman went home } Olive F went to B 7 Fri Loaded 1 load hay 8.50 Per ton Horace Hurd got 300 of hay Fine 8 Sat Went to B 1 load hay 8.50 Per ton Took Jennie Fraser & Magie Bell to B PM Fine 9 Sun Went to Brockville Fine Roads bad 10 Mo Drew 2 loads hay to Albert McDougall got $8.50 per ton Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train, Brockville Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 11th April TO 30th REMARKS. 11 Tu Went to B 2 loads Hay to Albert McDougall Fine Roads frozen Hay 8.50 Per ton 12 Wed Split Wood Flurries of snow most of day Lill calved 13 Thu Split & Sawed Wood Bess calved Killed Bess's & Lill's calf 14 Fri " " " " Rose calved Maggie Bell started for Sharpton Fine 2B 15 Sat Finis sawing woood at house (cross-cut) John Hurd helped all week Fine 16 Sun Went to Bethel & from there Maggie V Bell & I went to J Robertsons Fine & warm 17 Mo Cleaned up grain AM & helped Mr McLean raise Bent of Barn PM very fine day 18 Tu Took Maggies Boxes to B (for Manitoba) Fine & warm cleaned rest of wheat 19 Wed So : S.W & == ac } Fine AM } Idas Morton started to work here rain PM 20 Thu Cleaned grass seed & part Barley RAin 21 Fri Light showers most of day snow & rain cut seed Potatoes Finis cleaning Barley & oats (seed) 22 Sat Went to B Fine cut Potatoes Frosty 23 Sun " " S of T hall Mr Lewis preached Fine 24 Mo ' -- 2W } fixed fences spread manure &c Fine Frost in morning 25 Tu C -- 2W Fine 26 Wed C -- 2W White sow had 10 pigs Fine 27 Thu O -- 2W Fine 28 ' --- 1E ES : spring wheat rained most of P.M. cut wood in shed 29 Sat Went to B Rain 30 Went to Hall Church Mr Chown Preached Fine Frisk calved </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. _____ Train, Brockville Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 1st TO 20th REMARKS. 1st May Mo : Oats 2W @w == 1 1/2 (Australian) windy Fine 2 Tu O == 2W + M C of it Fine Lill calved 3 Wed O M 2W + acre AM ' -- 2E WS PM Planted Potatoes Fine windy Killed Lill's calf 4 Thu O -- gang 1E ES } Fine } Burnt brush Plowed in wheat 5 Fri Drew out 4 loads manure 1E WS } Took 1658 lbs at 8.50 Per ton hay to Mr Chown sold heifers calf to P Hunter for 2.85 6 Sat O 2E WS -- } Fine } Burnt brush split wood boiled feed spread straw around yard 7 Sun Thomas E Bell here Jennie & I went to Q.M at Algonquin Fine 8 Mo O : Wheat No 1E ES & seeded it } == it twice } O -- 2E WS } Fine } Rain @ night 9 Tu O -- 2E WS. } M 1E ES } : 1E WS & ' of it == } Fine Went 2B 10 Wed O : ++ & M 1E ES sowed it with Barley 11 Thu Got horses shod at Strattons & spr waggon fixed Loaded one load hay Rain most of day 12 Fri 2B AM shipped 2 Pigs to Gananoque fair F.A.M } Took 1840 lbs hay to P Hunter at 9 Per ton PM Rain PM 13 Sat ' -- 4E } Fine } Cold & Backward spring 14 Sun went to Bethel Mr Short M.E. minister preached James & Nellie Robertson here & Mortimer Dixon Fine 15 Mo C -- 4E M 3E NS F Wheat } Fine } Loaded 1 load hay } nailed up fence acre 16 Tu C -- 4E Fine Sold Mr Houston 8 bus Potatoes @ 50 Per bus 17 WEd O -- 4E Fine Cool East wind 18 Thu Went to B Hay. $ @ $ 11.00 Per ton Bot 1 bag Salt & 1 BBl plaster ++ & : 4E PM 19 Fri Sowed Land - Plaster & salt on 4E O == 4E Fine 2 1/2 lands 20 Sat M 4E 2B PM got tweed suit of Clothes from Barr & Babcock Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May & June (Bk. 28.) No. 5 & 6 Train, Brockville Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 21st May TO REMARKS. 21 Sun Pa here from Gananoque Fine 22 Mo Drew out 13 loads manure Pa went back to G Rain at night, light showers 23 Tu Rained most all day X 24 Wed Drew out 8 loads manure Went to B PM Walter F Wood came here X AM Fine 25 Thu Drew out 15 loads manure Fine 26 Fri Drew out loads manure C -- ~ 1E WS Fine 27 Sat O -- 1E WS } J Aldridge brought 2 teams and helped PM Fine most of day 28 Sun W Wood & I went to B Fine AM rain at night 29 Mo O : -- & little orchard oats & peas Fine sold 400 of hay at P .50 Per cwt 30 == & -- cout C 1E WS Fine 31 Wed O -- cout Potato & corn ground & Marked it out with marker rain in PM 1st June Thu } Went out to Back lot Took out stumps Fine 2 Fri Commenced to plant potatoes more rain Fine AM 3 Sat Planted Potatoes 1E WS Rain most of PM J.B. Coleman here Fine AM 4 Sun Rain AM Heavy flood last night Fine PM 5 Mo Took out Stumped back lot Fine most of day 6 Tu " " " " 7 Wed " " " " Built part fence north side flat Fine 8 Thu " " " " rain AM & PM 9 Fri Went to Kemptville Fine from St Catherines </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train, Brockville Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 10th TO 30th REMARKS. 10 Sat Went to Josiah Render's from Kemptville Olive & I } Rain most of AM Maclure home here from Gan Heifer calved 11 Sun Came back to Kemptville Fine Went to hear Mr Allen at night 12 Mo Came home from Kemptville Fine Flora foaled 13 Tu Planted Corn Fine 1E WS 14 Wed Worked on road Augusta Division Fine 15 Thu Planted some Shakee Russett Potatoes 1E WS Fine Went to B 16 Fri Hoed Beans & among currant bushes trimmed cherry trees took worms nests out of them &c 17 Sat Burnt stumps on Back lot Put Flora to Lathams French stallion Fine Rain at night 18 Sun Very heavy rain in Morning Fine PM 19 Mo Sawed tops off posts S side 5W 2B Set 2 sett of Gate posts Fine 20 Tu Pa came down from G to vote & returned on the 5:30 PM Fine Went to Mill at Lyn 10 bus wheat & Mixed 6 of provender 21 Wed Went to B. Finis sawing tops off posts Put cap boards on fence 5W 8S 22 Thu Planted Potatoes second time Shaker Russetts & Scotch Greys No 1E WS Fine 23 Fri Sowed W Corn P.M. Planted corn where potatoes missedt 1E WS Fine most of day light shower PM 24 Sat Finis W corn 1E WS SNS Hilled part of Early Potatoes Cherry Nailed on Cap boards 5W SS Cherry calved 25 Sun Fine Jennie & Walter went to Church Bethel 26 Mo Commenced Road work had horses on scraper Fine & warm Walter & Jennie {illegible} 27 Tu Finished Road work Fine 28 Wed Finis --/ early Potatoes } O --/ corn orchard} Shower Put wood in shed 29 Thu Drew 2 loads hay from back lot Fine 30 Fri " " " " " Rain PM </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train, Brockville Conductor, Fraser187 82 No of Car. FROM 1st of July TO 20th REMARKS. 1st Sat Rain both A & PM. Ground Reaper sections Alva here 2 Sun Went to Service Bethel Mr Masson Preacher F Showery 3 Mo Drew home one load hay AM Rain PM Alva went back to Gananoque frequent showers PM 4 Tu == Corn & Potatoes, sold Rose for $30.00 to Murray (Butcher) Fine 5 Wed Put up line fence between Shipmans & us Back lot Fine most of day rain at night 6 Thu Drew out 7 loads Manure from out of Lower B AM Moved 4 loads straw out of L. Barn inot shed PM 7 Fri Moved 3 loads straw & Cultivated W corn & Potatoes rain in AM rained all night 8 Sat /| Corn Walter went to Gananoque Put Flora to Luthuger's horse Fine 9 Sun Went to Bethel Church Mr Chown Preached Went to B for service Fine 10 Mo O /| Corn Light showers PM Fine AM 11 Tu O C --/ /| Potatoes Walter came from Cananoque Fine 12 Wed C /| Potatoes Went to B G Henderson here AM Fine - PM Potatoes 13 Tu C /| Potatoes Fine light showers ~ Morning 14 Fri O --/ " " 15 Sat /| " Put Mowing machine together O ground M - Knives scythes &c Went to B 16 Sun James & Nellie Robertson here Fine 17 Mo in Orchard AM -- Potatoes & corn sold hay on back C lot Fine 18 Tu -- Potatoes & corn showery O C.M. Sharp (nee Bell) & Mifs Kate Sharp here 19 Wed Raked & cocked hay, Orchard --/ corn & Potatoes 20 Thu Drew in 5 loads hay Orchard Fine C --/ Potatoes & Corn </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. 7 & 8 Train, Brockville Conductor, Fraser 187 82 No of Car. FROM 21st of July TO 9 Aug REMARKS. 21 Fri --/ Potatoes & Put Paris Green on them -- O Fine 22 Sat --/ Potatoes & Corn Took Mrs Lucas Sharp & Mifs Kate Sharp to B Fine Put reaper together 23 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached & to B Mr T.G Williams Preached Fine 24 Mo M 3E SS P.M. Went to B with a load of Cheese AM Fine & warm 25 Tu M 2E ES Cocked most of no 3E SS windy Fine & warm 26 Wed Raked & cocked 2E ES Finis cutting around fences Fine Breezy 27 Thu Drew in 6 loads hay 3E SS Put 5 in lower Barn & 1 in upper Fine 28 Thu M 5E hay. Went to B got Pitman Box for Reaper heavy shower last night Fine 29 Sat Drew in 3 loads AM put 1 in U Barn & 3 in loft Raked & cocked 5E Fine 30 Sun Fine & hot Nellie Robertson & Jennie Robertson here Fine 31 Mo * Drew in 5 loads hay from no 5E & 6 from 2E ES Henry McLean & Herman White helped Fine 1st Aug Tu } no 4 ac of Rye & 1 1/2 F Wheat for J McLean & 1 1/2 ac of Rye for H McLean } Ma here from Gananoque 2 Wed M Rye & Bound part of it Tillie & Aunt M went to Jas Robertsons Fine hot 3 Thu M Rye Bound & stooked up C.O. Johnston Tillie & Aunt Margaret Wood went to B {illegible} on no 4 4 Fri M Rye & Bound & stooked it {illegible} Fine O Ma went back to Gananoque very hot 5 Sat O M Rye } in F Wheat. Fine C Jennie went to Gan } Uncle Jno Fraser & Olive came last night & went to Gananoque today 6 Sun Quarterly meeting at Maple Grove Fine very hot sultry 7 Mo Went to Prescott for casting for Reaper ' cut in F Wheat for A Irelan Rain P.M. 8 Tu Rained most of day. Adam & Marg McGuin here Nellie Robertson here Uncle J.F. Olive & Jennie came home 9 Wed Uncle John & Olive Fraser went home shower cut part of A Irelan's Fall Wheat <ul><li>C.O.Johnston, Wife & child & Aunt M Wood here</li> </ul></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train,______________ Conductor, J Fraser 187 82 No of Car. FROM 10th Aug TO 29 Aug REMARKS. 10 Thu M in F Wheat for A.Q. M acre spr wht } M Barley C 2E WS } showery 11 Fri O W Fall Wheat No 3E NS & Barley 2E WS O binding & setting up F Wheat Fine 12 Sat Bound Spr Wheat acre Fine AM } drew in 4 loads PM Barley 2E WS showers 13 Sun Went to St Lawrence Camp Ground Jennie & I Fine 14 Mo Drew in 2 loads Barley & one load swale grass 3E & 3 loads Rye (5W) Fine 15 Tu Drew in 5 loads Rye 5 E & 6 loads F Wheat 3E & 2 loads Spr Wheat } J & W. Miller helped PM 15th Mr & Mifs Scott here 16 Wed Cut 6 ac Spr Wht for Millar fine 16th Scott went home 17 Thu + Mr & Mrs J.L. & mrs Alex Margach here Andy & Maggie Margach here Rainy + 18 Fri M Australian oats 2W C M spr Wheat 1E ES C Fine 19 Sat O M spr Wheat & Australian Oats 1E ES Fine Pa here from G 2W 20 Sun Went to Bethel & Brockville ( Chown & Williams Preached Fine 21 Mo Finis Binding of Spr Wheat & set it up AM Pa went home to Gananoque & Cousin J. Margach to {illegible} 22 Tu Drew in 8 loads Oats 2W Miss Scott Mr Dixon & I went to International Camp Grounds 23 WEd Rained showery most of day, washed Buggie & Made washers for it &c &c 24 Thu Drew in 8 loads Australian Oats Fine 25 Fri Jennie went to Gananoque & from that to Kingston Miss Scott went home Rain AM Fine PM 26 Sat Drew in 5 loads Oats 2W Fine O M for A Irelan (one piece) 27 Sun Heavy shower in evening Fine rest of day Sow had 10 pigs last night 28 Mo' -- 3E WS Drew in 2 loads oats 4E Fine Cut down bushes 4E 29 Tu Drew in 6 loads Oats 4E Fine Insured {illegible} Landon Material for $1200.00 + Tisha McGuin & Mrs R Bell here 29 Fred Bell here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,______________ Conductor, J B Fraser 187 82 No of Car. FROM 30th Aug TO 18 Sept REMARKS. 30 Wed Finis oats 1 load 4E } drew 1 load swale grass 4E Finis } Drew in 2 loads Spr Wheat 1E ES 31 Thu Finis harvesting 1/2 load oats Orchard (little) Fine & 5 loads Spr Wheat 1E ES 1st Fri ' -- 3E NS PM } Rain PM } Helped Henry McLeans thresh until 10 AM machine broke Fine AM 2 Sat Helped H McLean thresh Jno Smith here Fine 3 Sun Went to B for the Rev T.G.Williams who preached at Bethel showery in AM 4 Mo Finished threshing at H McLeans in AM Helped R.E.Stewart thresh P.M. heavy shower 5 PM 5 Tu Helped Jno McLean thresh Walter & I & the team Fine 6 WEd C -- 3E Scraped B.yard. Jennie came home from Sharpton Went to Picnic (School) Perry's Grove Fine PM 7 thu O -- 3E NS Cut Brush 4 E Went to B got broom Groceries &c Jennie came home from Sharpton Scraped B yard 8 Fri O -- 3E NS Cut brush 4E 2B got broom Groceries 9 Sat Jennie & Walter went to Heckston Burnet Dixon here. Fine Cut corn 1E WS 10 Sun Fine Mr Baker & Dr Porter from Prince Albert here 11 Mo Bound W Corn got 4 3 bus F Wheat from Abbott @ 1.35 Per bus Burnt stumps in pasture Fine 12 Tu Drew out 10 loads manure on no 3E NS Walter returned last night Fine 13 Wed Cut W corn, got 5 bus Rye from Mr McLean 14 Thu : 3 bus F Wheat 3E NS AM & 3 3/4 bus Rye } Rained most of P.M. Hauled one load manure 15 Fri Drew out 15 loads manure 3E NS very high wind yesterday PM Fine 16 Sat O == Rye & part F. Wheat Went to B. Finis binding W.Corn Jenny came home Mifs Minnie Gilroy here Fine 17 Sun Fine Went to B & to Bethel Mr Chown Preached 18 Mo Helped Jno Houston thresh Fine Dug 7 bags of potatoes, heavy shower last night </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sept & Oct (Bk. 28.) No. 9 & 10 Train,______________ Conductor, J B Fraser 187 82 No of Car. FROM 19th Sept TO 8th Oct REMARKS. 19 Tu Went to Market, Rained, spread manure Helped R Houston thresh 20 Wed Went to Kingston Fair Fine 21 Thu At Kingston Fair rainey Drew out Manure came back to Gananoque 22 Fri At Gananoque Rained most of day Dew out home manure 23 Sat Came home from Gananoque Fine Drew out manure 24 Sun Uncle James Bell here Fine 25 Mo ' -- 5W PM : 2 bus F Wheat & == it in 3E NS Fine Picked up apples & dug potatoes for market 26 Tu Went to B to Market Picked up apples Fine Potatoes, apples. pigs 1.50-125 27 C -- 5W Cut corn. Fine Got 10 bus Barley from H McLean 28 Thu Went to Lyn with 10 bus Barley & 14 bus wheat Bound & set up corn, picked up apples Fine 29 Fri Cutting corn O 1E WS } Fin } C -- 5W } Dug potatoes for market 30 Sat Went to Market Bound up Corn Fine 1st Oct Sun } Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached Jennie Walter & Mifs Gilroy went to B Fine 2 Mo Drew out 12 loads manure 1E WS ' to dig potatoes fine 3 Fri Dug potatoes Fine 4 Wed " " " 5 Thu " " " 6 Fri " " " Went to B 7 Sat O Digging Potatoes Fine Edward Gilroy & Mifs Sarah Laidley here 8 Went to B & to Maitland Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,______________ Conductor,____________187 82 No of Car. FROM 9th Oct TO 28 Oct REMARKS. 9 Mo C -- 5W } Picked up one pit of Potatoes } Mr & Mifs Gilroy & Miss Laidley went home Fine Windy Picked apples 10 Tu Went to B market Potatoes 55 to 60 6 bags apples very dull 90 to 100 Fine Picked snow Apples 11 Wed C -- AM 5W } Picked apples raw cold wind 12 Thu Finis Picking apples & Picked over part cider apples Pa came here from Gananoque Fine 13 Fri Finis Picking over apples Took part of apples to cider-mill Fine 14 Sat Took rest of apples to mill. Went to Kemptville Fine 15 Sun At Presbyterian Ch in Kemptville Mr Hay Preached Fine 16 Mo Went to J.S.Renders C dig potatoes (at Renders) Fine 17 Tu Finis digging at Josiah's } Walter helped A Irelan thresh Fine 18 Wed Came home " " " " " from Mountain } stopped at J Van Allen's last night 19 Thu Got 112 Gals of Cider Drew 2 loads potatoes Fine Geo Dalton & wife here 20 Fri Picked up 3 loads potatoes. Pa & Ma went to Gananoque Fine Tommy E Bell here 21 Sat Went to Market AM Drew in Potatoes P.M. Fine got check cashed 74.55 22 Sun Went to Maitland Mr Chown preached Fine 23 Mo Got shirts (Flannel) & Horse blankets & got harness fixed Rainy Finis drawing in potatoes 24 Tu Walter went to S. Mountain for potatoes Put away machinery fixed barn door &c &c Fine 25 Wed Took reaper & Mower apart & put them away Fixed cow-stanchions, put wood in shed &c &c Fine 26 Thu Walter returned from S Mtn with 35 or 36 bus of Potatoes Got 2 teeth filled. Finis wheeling wood in shed &c &c 27 Fri Drew in 4 loads of Corn & 3 of w corn Fine 28 Sat Finis Drawing in w corn 2 loads 2B at night Got Heifer from Mike Whalen Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train,______________ Conductor,____________187 82 No of Car. FROM 29th Oct TO 17 Nov REMARKS. 29 Sun Went to Bethel Mr C preached showers 30 Mo O --- 5W Mr Chown here Fine Revival services started at Bethel tonight 1st Nov Wed } Boiled feed for pigs Fixed for threshing Fine 2 Thu Went to B to market Potatoes & apples Had 4 teeth filled Fine 3 Fri Commenced to thresh Wheat & some Rye today Fine 4 Sat Threshing } Rye (balance of) Oats & part of Barley Fine 5 Sun Jas & Nellie Robertson here Fine 2B 6 Mo Finis Threshing, Cleaned & straightened up yard Fine 7 Tu Went to B to Mill hog feed fine 8 Wed Got Grist from B Addio Phillips here Fine 9 Thu Walter F Wood Went away (to B) R. Sanderson here Fine 10 Fri --- 5W " PM } " " went to Gananoque Belle (cow) up to Gananoque Fine 11 Sat Went to B Paid taxes 25.53 showery PM Jennie Wood here Fine AM 12 Sun Went to Maple Grove Mr Might Preached Rained D.J.W & I went up {illegible} 13 Mo Rained Jennie Wood went home snowed & rain Jennie & Mrs Chown to B } Finis cook house Window 14 Tu O -- 5W } Cold wind. Fine. 15 Wed ' -- 1F WS Fine 16 Thu C --- " " R Sanderson here Fine 17 Fri Got ready for market Oats & potatoes </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Nov & Dec (Bk. 28.) No. 11-12 Train,____________ Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 18th Nov TO 6 Dec REMARKS. 18 Sat Went to Market Potatoes (47 cts) & Oats (35 cts) Trimmed Put down Grape vines Fine 19 Sun Went to S.H in A.M. & Bethel at 7 PM M Chown Preached 20 Mo 20 Revival Services going on yet Miss Winona Near here this evening 20 Mo Put batten on Cow Stable Glass front to stoop mild Fine Mr & Mrs Chown went away &c &c 21 Tu Went out to Back lot Fine Let lot to Mr Nichol 22 Wed Built fence around part of back lot Mr Nickel, Harry Nickel & Mr Fields helped Fine 23 Thu Bought colt of A Irelan $30.00 Fine Fixed up hen-house buggy house &c 24 Fri Cleaned up 12 bus of Oats & put up 4 bags Rose Potatoes Snowed services going on at Bethel yet 25 Sat Went to Brock to Market Potatoes & Oats Alva & F Ashley here (9.P.M) 26 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached 27 Mo Went to hear the Jubilee Singers fine Alva & Frank Ashley returned to Gananoque 28 Tu Fixed or put window in cow stable cleaned hot pen &c &c Fine 29 Wed Went to B got Mifs Elma Shipman to come & sow for Jennie } Mr Might sup minister here Fine 30 Thu Drew up bedding for stock Snow at evening cool 1st Fri Killed 3 hogs Fine J & H McLean helped 2 Sat Went to Market Pork 7.75 Per cwt (1 hog ) (328 lbs) stormy 3 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached Fine 4 Mo Stormed Went to B & got S.S.Library 44 vols 5 Tu Salted down Pork snow storm at night Fine most of day 6 Wed Helped R Stratton thresh Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <pre>December </pre> (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,______________ Conductor,__________187 82 No of Car. FROM 7th Dec TO 26 Dec REMARKS. 7 Thu Finis threshing at R. Strattons B.C. Dixon here rough & stormy 8 Fri stormy Chored around Moved Pigs into old he{illegible} } 9th Mr Schofield dropped dead in Hunters meat shop 9 Sat Went to B P.M. B.C. Dixon went away Drew up straw for bedding Fine 10 Sun Went to Bethel stormy Went to J. Robertsons in evening Mr Chown preached 11 Mo Made & cut Sausage snowed husked 3 bags corn 12 Tu Made one horse blanket } Went to Murrays in evening Practice Fine 13 Wed Fixed horse-blanket Stormed most of day 14 Thu Went to B Husked corn Fine 15 Tu Practice at G. Daltons for S.S.Anniversary in evening Fine Husked corn 16 Sat Husked corn &c light snow 17 Sat Went to Hall Mr Lewis preached Fine 18 Mo # Fine Took sow to T Wilkinsons Put up potatoes & cleaned apples for Market 19 Tu Went to market - Fine got Potatoes .75 Per Oats .34 per bus home four 20 Wed Helped H McLean kill beef James, Edith & Lizzie Earl & Shep Mills here cold Fine Edith Murray & Lewis Manhard 21 Thu Chored around. Practice last night for entertainment 22 Fri Soft Went to B Got Goose from H Rath's 23 Sat Got Razor 2B Jas. H. Bell here Fine most of day 24 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached Fine 25 Mo At Jno Robertsons in PM & at Oyster supper in Baptist Church at night Fine 26 Tu Jennie & S Milks came home from Kemptville Fine <ol><li>Mrs Artemus Bissel buried today</li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Dec & Jan (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,______________ Conductor,__________187 82-83 No of Car. FROM 27th Dec TO 15 Jan 83 REMARKS. 27 Wed Took organ over to Bethel church went to Div Fine S.H. Milks here last night 28 Thu Tea-meeting in Bethel church at night Fine 29 Fri Fine Went to Mr Chown's in P.M. Rosanna Dalton died last night } helped clean church 30 Sat Got Div Organ & took it to Church (Bethel) Fine 2B Special Meeting at Div tonight 31 Thu Went to Rosanna Daltons funeral stormy Took Mr Archibald McDougal to B 1st Mo (Jan 1883) Pa & Ma came here from Gananoque Went to Rows Corners to vote Fine & pleasant 2 Tu Pa went back to Gananoque very Fine Took Ma to Nellie Robertsons 3 Wed Went out to back lot stormed & drifted very rough out there no ice under snow 4 Thu Choreing around Cold split wood 5 Fri Jas Bell started for B. & next day for here Fine but very cold 6 Sat Went to B got cutter fixed Pa came in evening Fine 7 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached Temperance 8 Mo Took Pa to B he went to Gananoque Drew up 1 load straw quite warm Sim Fraser & Frank Bradley here Snow 9 Tue Finis splitting wood. husked corn good sleighing nice day Fine 10 Wed Helped A. Irelan saw wood Fine at Div & Jas Robertsons in evening very cold 11 Thu Took a small load of straw to Mr Chown at Maitland Fine & cold 12 Fri Went to B in evening, Cold & clear water very low in creek & wells 13 Sat Stormed most of day soft Allan McLean & Mifs Erma Earl here 14 Sun Rev T.G.Williams preached Missionary sermon at Bethel Fine Pa came about 9 AM 15 Mo Took Pa & Ma to B (for Gananoque) Roads drifted Fine A. Simpson, L Manhard & Mifs Holland here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train,______________ Conductor, J.B.Fraser 187 83 No of Car. FROM 16 Jan TO 4th Feb REMARKS. 16 Tu Finis husking corn very fine & plesant Missionary meeting at Bethel Dept Messrs Brown & Gifford 17 Wed Heavy storm (snow) Cleaned up Mr McLean's grain (that I borrowed in fall) 18 Thu Shoveled snow off Ho Wood Waggon horse Fine : & cold about 9 or 10 inches deep 19 Fri Stormed Took Mr Jno & H McLeans grain home Fine part of day 20 Sat Drew up 3 loads straw 2B Fine rain at night 21 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached Sacrament administered after Preaching 22 Mo Went to Back lot & broke road into swamp Fine high cold wind 23 Tu Drew one load wood for Joseph White Fine visited at Mr Geo Simpsons in evening 24 Wed Went out to swamp in AM & to B P.M. Snowed anniversary at S of T Hall at night 25 Thu " " " " " " " & went to Edward Easton & Grace Robertsons Wedding in evening 26 Fri Clear cold & bright - Cleaned up Grain for market 27 Sat went to market - Stormy AM Fine P.M Oats .37 ct 6 bags & Barley .50 4 bags Fine 28 Sun At home all day ( except at S.H.) Fine Fine 29 Mo Cleaned & took to Mr Jno McNish 40 bus of Barley & Oats .01 per lb very fine day warm 30 Tu Cleared up & took to B 25 bus of oats at .37 Per bag Fine & warm day 31 Wed stormed Went to B Jennie Wood here warm AM cold at night 1st Feb Thu } Cleaned seed wheat 1st time Allan McLean here cold & windy Fine 2 Fri Helped Jno McLean Saw wood AM & Rob Stewart PM Went to Algonquin Fine Penny Readings 3 Sat " H " " " stormed most of day 4 Sun Took Jennie & Jennie Wood to B Fine Mr Chown took tea with me } at Bethel PM </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train,______________ Conductor, J.B.Fraser 187 83 No of Car. FROM 5th Feb TO 24th Feb REMARKS. 5th Mo Boiled on pot of feed for pigs stormed AM Fine most of day 6 Tu Filed cross-cut saw Fine 7 Wed Fine PM. rough & stormy AM cut & Split part of oak tree at creek 8 Thu Drifted & Stormed. Filed saw sorted Potatoes &c 9 Fri started for Andras Earls PM roads bad so stopped at J Robertsons Fine most of day 10 Sat Went to B P.M. Made Mr T Wood a visit Fine & cold 11 Sun Fine Went to B at night 12 Mo Drew up Oak tree from creek Went to B Missionary meeting Fine 13 Tu Went to Quarterly Official meeting 11 voted for & 2 against Union Fine 14 Wed Boiled on pot feed for hogs Fine Pa came here about 7 PM 15 Thu Pa went back to Gananoque Fine Snow very deep 16 Fri Went to Swamp } Jennie came home from Kemptville Mr & Miss Ashley here Rain 17 Sat Thawed 2B Alva came down here Fine day 18 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached Fine & nice weather roads bad 19 Mo Mr & Mifs Ashley & Alva went home Mifs Sarah Gilroy here fine 2B Boiled feed 20 Tu Went to Swamp got one load Fine most of day 21 Wed " " " " 2 loads 1 to Mr Hurds & one home stormy Went to Oyster supper at Stove's 22 Thu Snowed most of day, Boiled one pot of feed 23 Fri Drew two loads wood one home Fine Mr Blow & Mifs Moorhouse here 24 Sat Went to B Mr Philp & Mifs Laidley called Fine & cold Mr Blow & Mifs Moorhouse went away Jennie & Allan McLean went to South Mountain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM 25th Feb TO 16th Mar REMARKS. 25 Sun Went to the Mr Shepperds Funeral 26 Mo Stormed most of the day Mifs Sarah Gilroy went to B Boiled one hot feed 27 Tu Fine, Cleaned Wheat. Pa & Mr Raymore here Mr Chown & Mifs Hammond here Fraser & Tennant running for MP here 28 Wed Pa went back to Gananoque Maggie V. Bell here Fine 1st March Thu } Fine Boiled Feed Cleaned Barn Floor cleaned up some rye 2 Fri Cleaned up Rye Fine went to penny reading 3 Sat Sold White Cow 29.00 & 43 Bus rye @ .60 Fine 2B at Jas Robertsons for evening 4 Sun Took Jennie F & Maggie V. Bell to B. Fine at Bethel Mr Chown preached 5 Mo Very Cold Boiled one pot feed Jennie & Maggie V Bell went to Gananoque 6 Tu Stormed most of day. Went to Jno Henry's sale Adam McGuin here 7 Wed Cleaned part of F Wheat Stormed & Blew very hard concession roads drifted today 8 Thu Cleaned rest of F Wheat 1st time Simeon Fraser here Fine 9 Fri Cleaned part " " " sec " Fine Boiled one pot of feed 10 Sat Stormy Jennie came home from Gananoque Finis F.W. 2nd time 11 Sun Stormed & drifted most of day at home all day 12 Mo Cleaned grain Stormy S. Dear brought one load manure & got some straw 13 Tu Went to B Wheat - 1.00 Per Bus $19.40 fine 14 Wed Cleaned grain Windy Fine 15 Thu Went to B Wheat & Rye $25.62 } Wht - 1.00 Rye .62 16 Fri Finis cleaning Wheat Stormy Mr & Mrs Raymore & 2 children here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April (Bk. 28.) No. 3 & 4 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM 17th Mar TO 5th April REMARKS. 17 Sat 2B Paid Mr Rath $130.66 on acct of Back lot Stormed 18 Sun Stormed most of day at home all day 19 Mo " " " " Drew up 2 loads of straw Took 3500 cwt of hay to Mifs Stewarts weighed out 1/2 ton for Mrs Reynolds 20 Tu Took one Ton hay to Mr McEwans (Williams) Fine Robert Powell & Mr Keller here 21 Wed " " 1/2 " " " Mrs Reynolds Fine & Pleasant 22 Thu " 3850 lbs hay to Mr McCally Fine 23 Fri Went to B ot suit of Clothes & Overcoat Fine 24 Sat " " Kingston @ Aunt Catharines Jenny Wood here 25 Sun @ Aunt Catharines & Francis's for this evening Heard Mr Chant Preach at Glenvale 26 Mo at Uncle Jno's & called at M Raycrofts in Evening Jas Bell & M.V. Bell & 2 Fine 27 Tu " " " & Uncle Alex Light rain Maggie V Bell went to B Jas. V Bell took me in morning 28 Wed At Uncle Alex Met Rev Mr Brown Mr Topping Flora Sherwood & daughter here At mifsnionary meeting at night 29 Thu At Uncle Ms's Mr McCarthy & Mr Harder Fine John Heard has been here this week @ manure & wood 30 Fri Came to Westbrook with Francis Bell & from that AK. heard the Salvation Army @ Uncle W. Frasers 31 Sat Came Went down to Gananoque on No 3 Fine Uncle Jno Bell & Aunt Ellen drove down today 1st Sun Went to Ashleys in PM Fine Mr Bond preached in AM 2 Mo Came home from G. Frisk calved yesterday Fine 3 Tu Bess calved } Boiled feed } 2B fine 4 Wed Got grist from B } Jno Hard started for the N.W.T. Fine 5 Thu Rain Cleaned part of seed oats (Australian) </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train,______________ Conductor, JB Fraser 187 83 No of Car. FROM 6th April TO 25th April REMARKS. 6 Fri Cleaned up seed Barley & Otas Fine ground bare in spots , Snow overtop of garden fence 7 Sat Snowed most of A.M. Boiled one pot feed Lill calved -- AM killed the calf PM Fine PM 8 Sun at home all day roads very bad 9 Mo Drew out 3 loads manure A.M. Made hot bed PM Mr & Mrs Chown called Fine 10 Tu Went to B got tooth filled second time Sold X doz eggs (6 1/2) 20 Per doz } Can see picket tops of garden fence 11 Wed Moved & Picked over Burbank's (Potatoes) moved all the potatoes on account of water in cellar 12 Thu Put sleigh & cutter away smoked meat boiled one hot feed Star calved 13 Fri Cleaning up around yard Fine & Nice & warm Warm 14 Sat Trimmed apple trees 2B Fine Sold Dacon Skin .65 15 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown Preached Mifs Ida M Bellamy baptized 16 Mo Got Mr McCulley's boar. Drew 1 load straw (bedding) & 3 loads hay from U Barn to H stable } 2B got grass & Clover seed 17 Tu ' PM 1W } : Clover 3E NS } Fixed fence cut wood roads drying fast Fine 18 Wed C A & SM 1W } Helpd H McLean take down barn Fine 19 Thu C 1W } Rained most of day 20 Fri C 1W } Finished taking down H McLeans barn Fine 21 Sat 1WO -- AM } Helped raise barn at Ross's Fine PM 22 Sun } at S.H. Jas Robertson here Fine 23 Mo O 1W ---& ==} Gathered up brush in Orchard Fine 24 Tu ' PM -- 2W } Drew 3 1/2 loads manure on to garden (back of H Pen) Flurries of snow PM Fine AM 25 Wed Drew out 12 loads manure 4E Fine 2 1/2 in snow fell last night -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 4-5 Train,______________ Conductor, JB Fraser 187 83 No of Car. FROM 26th April TO 15th May REMARKS. 26 Thu ' -- 2W } Cut Oak tops} Took hay to Mr Chown Rain in evening 27 Fri ' -- 2W Cut Oak tree tops Fine sold 3 calves to Mr Wright $10.00 28 Sat C AM -- 2W } Helped raise R.E. Stewarts barn P.M. Fine got 1 bus Early Ohio Potatoes H. Caldwell 29 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Chown preached Joined after Service Fine 30 Mo : == PM 1W } Drew 8 loads rails for No 4W Fine + 1st Tu May } 0 == 1W } : & == 1/2 2W } Took Mr McMullens pig home Fine & warm 2 Wed M 1/2 2W 0 == 2W 1 1/2 -- } M 1W } Fine most of day showery at night sowed piece of Onions 3 Thu Rained most of day Drew 3 loads manure 4E Pa came here from Gan 0 M 1W 4 Fri Took 35 bus grain to Brockville Mill Fine put up 10 bu Burbank seedlings Pa went back to G 5 Sat Rain AM } ' -- 4W } Got Dan shod 6 Sun Went to Quarterly Meeting Algonquin Fine Cherry calved (killed on the 7th) 7 Mo shipped 2 Pig and 5 sacks Potatoes to Gananoque Went to Quarterly meeting @ Algonquin Fine 8 Tuesday Drew Rails & stove for No 4W, fence 9 Wed C -- 4W } Put up fence 4W } 10 Thu Drew 11 loads Manure} Mr Jno McNish Killed with lightning 6 PM shower at night Had Grey Colt altered Fine 11 Fri : 1/2 No 4W & == it } Helped Mr Byers raise stable 10 -- 4W windy Fine 12 Sat : No 4W 0 & 0 == } Put up part line fence E Side back lot Fine 13 Sun at Jno McNish's funeral at Bethel & Fairfield with Mr Chown Fine. Gyp calved 14 Mo Drew out 6 loads Manure } 0 Fence Back lot Fine 15 Tu -- & :: & == Little Orchard (oats & Barley) Fine Drew out 5 loads manure + Last of snow disappeared yesterday </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May & June (Bk. 28.) No. 5 & 6 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 No of Car. FROM 16th May TO 4th June REMARKS. 16 Wed ' -- 4E Have had night frosts regular so far Fine 17 Thu : : 8 bush Australian & == them in PM 5W -- C 4E NS 18 Fri :: 8 bus Australian Oats == 5W Fine cut Potatoes &c 19 Sat == NS4E Potato ground } Fine nice & warm today for the first 20 Sun Fine at S. H. nice day 21 Mo Rained most of day Drew out 1 load manure scraped Barn yard cut Potatoes 22 Tu Drew out 2 loads manure put up 32 bus wheat in mill rained most of day 23 Wed Rained A & PM. } 2B } Ground very wet 24 Thu Attended trial of J L Wood at Algonquin H McLean & 2 together Fine 25 Fri C -- 4E } commenced to dig cellar drain Fine 26 Sat Went to Mill Lyn 32 bus wheat sold @ 1.07 Per bus Fine rain at night 27 Sun Went to Bethel Ch. Mr Chown Preached Mr Chown here all night Fine rain at night 28 Mo Drew out 3 loads manure Fine. light shower in morning Changed part fence WS No 3W 29 Tu Rain AM Moved fence PM (3E) Ma came here from Gananoque 30 Wed Made part fence between Orchard & yard heavy rain at night 31 Worked at fence stakes &c 4W SS got hinges wire &c 2B Ist Tu O -- 4E At Cellar drain Fine + 2 Sat Finis fence (Board, between Orchard & yard) Fine made gate Dug at cellar drain 3 Sun Pa here Jno McLean been sick most of week Fine 4 Mo W O :: S 1/2 of 4E & == 2 ways Pa went back to G == Planting ground + Pa & Lewella Miller came here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM 5th June TO 24th June REMARKS. 5 Tu O == 4E & ridged up planting ground Fine + 6 Wed Commenced to plant potatoes 2B Jennie sick with Diptheria } C -- 1E WS 7 Thu Planting Potatoes } Fine } O -- 1E WS 8 Fri " " " } O 1E WS } :: Barley No 1E WS == 1st + past 2nd time 9 Sat " " " rain at night } seeded 1E WS O == it cut waterfurrows 10 Sun Mr Chown preached farewell sermon at Bethal Fine Jennie getting over Diptheria 11 Mo O Planting potatoes. Planted corn Fine 12 Tu O Planting Corn. Hoed early potatoes Fine 13 Wed Took Ma to B (for Gananoque) Fine Hoed Potatoes 14 Thu Pa here from G O hoeing Early Potatoes 15 Fri helped Mr H McLean PM Moving Buildings Fine Moved rails from No 1E to 4WE 16 Sat " " " " " " " Drew stone & Posts for fence 4E Fine 17 Sun Went to Maitland { Mr Chown's last sermon as pastor 18 Mo Helped H McLean Move Building (Pig Barn) rained very heavy 19 Tu Went to B Got Factory Check cashed $31.83 Fine Put up fence 4E WS 20 Wed Finis fence 4E WS } ' -- W 1/2 No 2 W for buckwheat Fine 21 Thu C -- W 1/2 2S PM Fine } Got load of house hold stuff cutter &c home from Maitland for Mr Chown 22 Fri O -- 2W WS } Helped at raising H McLeans barn cow & stable Fine Hot 23 Sat O :: 2B & == Buckwheat ground 2W WS Fine 2B Pa here from Gananoque 24 Sun Heard Mr Raine preach } Rev Mr. Simpson at Bethel with Raine + took Lewella Miller to B & sent her to Gananoque </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June & July (Bk. 28.) No. 6 & 7 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM 25th June TO 14th July REMARKS. 25 Mo Commenced road work Fine } Pathmaster Jno Stewart Pa went back to Gananoque 26 Tu at Roadwork AM. Rain P.M. } Got waggon fixed 27 Wed Finis road work AM showery } W Corn ground too wet to Plow 5W Fixed Pump 28 Thu Straightening up things around the house Rev SD Chown & Stewart here 29 Fri Went to Kemptville with one load furniture for Mr Chown Pa here to do the work Fine heavy shower 6 PM 30 Sat " " Josiah Renders Fine 1st Sun July } At Van Camps Church Mr Stewart preached Fine 2 Mo Came home Pa went to Gananoque Fine 3 Tu + Potatoes & Corn } O Hilling Potatoes Little Orchard Fine 4 Wed O time Corn 4E NS } Rained most of AM hoed PM 5 Thu O == Potatoes 1st time 4E WS } Fine } 2B evening } O --/ corn 6 Fri Hoed Potatoes Fine & warm Cleaning Cellar PM 7 Sat " " A.M. Very heavy rain P.M. Finis cleaning cellar AM & Paris Greened Potato bugs (Early) 8 Sun Mr Simpson preached 1st sermon at Bethel at Jas Robertsons Fine 9 Mo W acre & 2E WS Fine 10 Tu O --/ Potatoes Raked acre & 2E WS Fine 11 Wed Cocked hay Uncle Jno Fraser & Alida Render here Fine 12 Thu Uncle Jno F & Alida went to Gananoque Put Paris Green on Potatoes Drew in 3 loads Hay acre Fine 13 Fri Heavy shower last night & light showers today Got 2 shoes on Dan 14 Sat Fine Uncle Jno & Alida came here from Gananoque 14 Francis Coleman came here 2B </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. 7 & 8 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM 15th July TO REMARKS. 15 Sun Rain Uncle Jno & Alida Render went home 16 Mo -- Potatoes one way N&S } Drew in 2 loads hay 2E WS water lying on ground 17 Tu Light Shower AM Fine PM } Drew in 7 loads hay 2E WS 18 Wed -- out & hilled Potatoes & corn showery 19 Hilled Potatoes & corn showery 20 Fri " " W 1E ES Pa here 2 hours from G. P.T. Barnums show in town today Fine 21 Sat Took a load of Cheese to B (33) Cocked up hay 1E ES (Fred Bell (Mountain) came here the 20th 22 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson preached 23 Mo Drew in 13 1/2 loads hay 1E ES H McLean & McCready helped Fine 24 Tu W Orchard } O --/ Potatoes & corn } Raked orchard Fine 25 Wed W S 1/2 3E } Drew in 3 loads (orchard) Fine 26 Thu Drew in 7 loads hay 3E SS P.M very fine hay day } Cocked it up AM 27 Fri Drew in 2 loads hay from 3E SS } O it Fine } W 1/2 E 1/2 2E light shower at night 28 Sat showery Took 30 bus grain to Mill at B 29 Sun At home shower 30 Mo O 2E ES W } Showery } Fixed shed for hay 31 Tu went to B shingled barn (in patches) 1st Wed Went to Ice Cream Social at Hall Drew up straw for bedding 2 Thu Raked & cocked up part no 2E ES PM light showers 3 Fri O cocking hay 2E ES } W Wheat 3E NS (Fall) rain Uncle Jno Fraser & Olive here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM 4th Aug TO 23rd REMARKS. 4 Sat C W wheat showery at B Uncle Jno F Olive & I 5 Sun Uncle Jno Fraser & I to Pres church AM & at International C - ground PM Ma came here AM } rain } 6 Mo " " " & Olive went home O W & Binding Rye & wheat } Drew in 2 loads hay 5E & 2 loads 2E ES 7 Tu Drew in 11 loads hay 2E ES Fine 8 Wed " " " 2 " " " " " " 3 " Rye 3E NS O Haying 9 Thu " " 6 loads F. Wheat Fine Ma went to Gananoque 10 Fri Drew in Rakings of wheat Fine Drew oats in (little orchard) 11 Sat Fine Sow had 10 Pigs 2B hot weather 12 Sun " 2nd " " 9 " Jennie & H Dougall } 13th nellie Robertson here H. Dougall went away 13 Mo Made Gate (road) for No 1W 2B Choreing & straightening things up Fine 14 Tu Hung road gate No. 1W made part of collar Drain cut weeds in front of place farm Fine 15 Wed W No 2W ES Barley & oats & W & bound up 4 1/2 ac oats 1W Fine H McLean R. McCready helped bind} 16 Thu O W Binding & stooking up oats 1W 17 Fri Geo Ward here cocked up Barley & oats 2W 18 Sat 2B to market light showers Potatoes onions Beans Butter & Eggs 19 Sun Jennie & F Coleman went to Maple Grove Fine Geo Ward went home to Q - Meeting 20 Mo Drew in 2 loads oats & Barley 2W ES F.PM Went to Quar Official Meeting Shower AM 21 Tu " " 4 " " " " " " " Fine 22 Wed Went to Harvest Dinner at Chippenhook N. Augusta Fine 23 Thu Aunt Ellen Bell & nellie & Mrs Raycroft & Jennie Put chip dirt around bushes Fine here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 24 Fri Drew in 8 loads oats 1W Took Aunt Ellen & Mrs Raycroft to Jas Robertsons & brought Nellie home with me Fine 25 Sat Drew in 2 loads oats 1W Fine Alva & Wife here for 3 hours Aunt Ellen & {illegible} to B 26 Sun Fine At S. of T Hall Mr Lewis preached & at S. School Bethel 27 Mo Helped Mr H McLean mow oats Fine 28 Tu W 5W NS Cut oats rain at night Fine most of day 29 Wed C W " " P.M. Rained most of day 30 Thu 2B Fine O W 5W PM 31 Fri Cocked up oats AM 5W & W & bound oats PM 4?W W. Dalton helped Fine 1st Sept Sat } W 5W O Flora } Binding 4W O Sherwood & } W 2W WS Buckwheat Jos Miller here Fine 2 Sun Went to International Camp ground Fine most of day rain at night 3 Mo O W Buckwheat 2W WS Fine Richard Macready helped bind 4 Tu 2B got 200 wt of provender & bran rain PM Turned over oats 5W Fine AM 5 Wed shook out oats & cocked part of them up 5W Fine but not a drying day 6 Thu Drew in 6 loads oats 5W 2B in evening Pa & Ma came down from Gananoque Fine 7 Fri Got in 3 loads (2 1/2 4W & 1/2 5W AM Raked 4W & hay - 5W cloudy 8 Sat Rainey. Got Dan shod. 2B. Traded heifer for lambs & sheep Boiled 1 hot feed 9 Sun At S. H. very cold & windy water frozen at night or mo morning 10 Mo Drew in 3 loads oats 1, 4W (rakings) Pa went back to Gan 1E WS Barley & oats Fine & 2SW 11 Tu O W 1E WS Fine } raking 5W & Just rakings in barn Mr & Mrs Bigg here 12 Wed Took 1100 lbs hay to Mr Bigg Fine Bound up Barley & oats No 1E WS Robert Stewart helped </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,______________ Conductor, __________187 83 No of Car. FROM 13th Sept TO 2nd Oct REMARKS. 13 Thu Stooked up Barley & oats No 1E WS O W oats No 4E SS Fine 14 Fri Cut corn 4E NS Fine 15 Sat " " " " went to Market Pigs 1.00 to 1.25 each apples .75 Butter .25 fowls 50 cts 16 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson Preached Fine 17 Mo ' -- AM 1W } Bound Corn P.M. } Helped H McLean thresh Fine 18 Tu ' AM -- 1W " " " Drew in 3 loads oats P.M. 2 Russels helped this week Fine 19 + Wed Jno McLean thresh Drew in 7 loads oats & Barley Helped H. McLean Finish & Robt E Stewart thresh (yesterday) Almaran Shipman helped 20 Thu Jno McLean finis threshing Drew in 3 loads Buckwheat Fine C -- 1W 21 Fri O Harvesting rakings 1E WS } C -- 1W Fine Mrs Thos Wo{illegible} here 22 Sat 2B Fine O -- 1W Jas Bell (Montreal) here 23 Sun Took Nellie Robertson home Fine 24 Mo O -- 1W } Got 7 bags grain from H. McLean rainey PM Drew out 1 load manure 25 Tu Drew out 6 loads manure P.M. rain in morning Fine most of day 26 Wed Drew out 20 loads manure Fine on 1W 27 Thu Drew out 4 loads manure A Shipman helped }:: 3 bus F wheat 1W Fine 29 28 Fri Sat } O == & :: Grasse seed 1W } 2B P. M. FH Beer & wife started for home 28 29 Sat == 2nd time O 1st & O :: 1W } 3 bus wheat & 4 bu Rye Hiram Bell went to B.} Alva & wife here 2B Fine 30 Sun At Bethel Nellie Robertson here 1st Mo Alva Pa & I to B AM Alva & wife went to Kingston Boiled 1 Pot feed Fine 2 Tu Rained Most of day chored around + FH Beer & Wife here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,______________ Conductor, Fraser187 83 No of Car. FROM 3rd Oct TO REMARKS 3 Wed Pa to Gananoque At Algonquin for threshers Alva & Eleanor came from Kingston 4 Thu At Kingston Fair Fine 5 Fri Took one load hay to B. Fine PM Came down from Kingston 6 sat Took 10 bus grain to Mill Helped unpack Household goods in B Fine 7 Sun At home Ma & Pa here, Alva & wife in town Fine 8 Mo Alva commenced business in Brockville Helped unpack goods & clean house Fine 9 Tu In town at Bakery } Fine } J Mo ' dig Potatoes 10 Wed " " " came home at night Fine 11 Thu Dug Potatoes Fine 12 Fri Helped A Irelan thresh rain 13 Sat Rain Dug Potatoes 14 Sun To Bethel Mr Simpson Preached Fine 15 Mo Dug Potatoes Fine Frost last night 16 Tu " " Fine } Helped A Irelan thresh PM 17 Wed O " " Jno Stewart " Fine 18 Thu Helped Jno Stewart thresh AM & threshed at home PM high south wind 19 Fri Threshed AM & 2B PM Shower at night (Alex Wright & Chad Simpson threshers) 20 Sat Took 20 bus Provender to Mill & 10 bus oats for Alva Fine 21 Sun at Home Fine 22 Mo Drew in 52 bus Burbank Potatoes Fine Cleaned up 46 1/2 bus oats A Shipman helped Mr & Mrs Knapp & Mr & Mrs Gilroy here. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Oct & November (Bk. 28.) No. 9 & 10 Train,______________ Conductor, JB Fraser187 83 No of Car. FROM 23rd Oct TO 4 Nov REMARKS 23 Tu 2B Oats 46 1/2 bus @ 38 A.M. Fine Drew in 15 bus Burbanks & 20 L Rose 24 Wed Drew in 5 loads coarn & took a load of hay to Alva PM 25 Thu In Brockville P.M. Boiled feed &c AM Fine 26 Fri Fixed Henhouse: Fine Ma here Chored around & fixed up for winter 27 Sat Fine Boiled one pot feed. Drew up bedding Went to Factory with mild C Cleaned hog pens 28 Sun at Bethel Mr Simpson preached 2B in evening Dr Meachans spoke Fine 29 Mo ' -- 4W SS AM Rain PM 30 Tu Light shower AM Put window in H. stable showery PM Fine 31 Wed C --- 4W Fine } Florence Sherwood here 1st Thu Nov } at Factory with Milk in Morning } Plowed 4W O N & S pieces 2 Fri Took horse in town } not feeling well did not do much 3 Sat Boiled 1 pot feed 2B Fine } Uncle James Bell here 4 Sun Pa, Ma & Uncle James Bell went to B in eve Fine 5 Mo Took Milk to Factory Husked corn AM ' -- 4E 6 Fri Went to Algonquin with Bread Fine 7 Wed ' -- 4E nice day Took milk 8 Thu C -- 4E Fine & warm 9 Fri 2 Algonquin with bread heavy rain PM & thunder shower 10 Sat 2B Fine Pulled beets & husked corn Boiled 1 pot feed 11 Sun 2 Bethel Mr Simpson preached Warm Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No.___ Train,______________ Conductor,_________ 187 83 No of Car. FROM 12 Nov TO REMARKS 12 Mo Hail last night, Cold freezing wind today Drew up wood Fine 13 Tu About 4 in snow fell today Boiled feed Husked corn Got more wood up shed &c 14 Wed Went to Algonquin with bread. Cold not stormy 15 Thu Killed 1 Pig for ourselves 2 for Jno McLean Went to S of T hall in even to Dr Kings Lecture Fine 16 Fri Snowstorm last night cutters & sleighs out today in B helping Pa & Alva Fine 17 Sat Quite nice sleighing } 2B Pa & Ma here at night Fine Boiled 1 hot feed 18 Sun } Fine & warm } Snow disappears } Nellie Robertson here 19 Mo Went to Back Lot & to Quar Official Meeting Fine & warm drove out with buggie 20 Tu Boiled 1 pot feed. Went to Algonquin with bread Snow most all off } We've had a S wind for 3 days 21 Wed } Commenced to deliver Bread in town no snow rainey } Henry White doing chores 22 Thu Helped Deliver bread Fine Maggie came from Prince Albert 23 Fri Sorted & put up Onions } Jennie & Maggie to B road in town bad on account of w. work 24 Sat 2B with Onions 60 Per bus } Boiled 1 pt feed neighbours plowing on 2 {illegible} Fine day 25 Sun 2 Bethel Mr Simpson preached Fine day 26 Mo Killed 2 hogs helped Stewart & H McLean Heavy rainstorm is evening & al night roads Muddy {Stratton \ 27 Tu Salted Pork Cleaned Pig pens &c PM 2B & Algonquin with bread PM 28 Wed Started to Deliver Bread in B roads quite hard Fine 29 Thu Rained & afterward turned colder Delivering Bread 30 Fri Some snow in AM A few cutters & light rigs out 1st Dec Sat Snowed at night Fine most of day Snider Simpson called in evening (at farm) </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,______________ Conductor,_________ 187 83 No of Car. FROM Dec 2nd TO 21st REMARKS 2 Sun at School house in AM In town in evening Fine 3 Mo Baked two batches Delivering bread zero 4 Tu " " " " " zero 5 Wed Baked two batches today Quite good sleighing Fine 6 Thu Run off one batch today Fine Snow disappearing 7 Fri Used sleigh delivering in AM & waggon in PM Fine day 8 Sat Roads breaking up & snow all gone Delivered 3 1/2 waggon loads Muddy Fine 9 Sun at Geo St Meth Church in AM & home P.M. Ma not well. Dr Van out to see her Fine 10 Mo Used waggon for delivering roads frozen hard Fine 11 Tu In town AM & to Algonquin P.M. Fine cold 12 Wed Threshed remainder of Wheat, Rye, Oats & Barley Ma very sick 2B for Alva Edna & Pa 13 Thu Finis threshing (Oats & Barley & Buckwheat) Fine Worked in town today Broke waggon arm & axle 14 Fri Drs Jones & Van + here to see Ma H McLean Ploughed Baked 2 Batches Fine roads very hard 15 Sat Broke hind axle arm Bread waggon Ma slightly better but very low Froze hard last night Fine 16 Sun At Sunday school. AM & 2B in evening 17 Mo 2 Batches today Fine Ma getting better 18 Tu Pa went to Algonquin with bread heavy flurry of snow about noon 19 Wed 2 Batches today roads smoothing somewhat 20 Thu 1 Batch " Ma some better Fine 21 Fri 2 Batches " Allan McLean back again Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December & January (Bk. 28.) No. 12 & 1 Train,______________ Conductor,_________ 187 83/4 No of Car. FROM Dec 22nd TO Jan 10th REMARKS 22 Sat 2 Batches today, had Swain Most all wekk. Fine & very cold Came out home in evening & went to H McLeans 23 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson Preached Fine & cold drove cutter 24 Mo Baked 2 batches Fine Delivered Bread for Xmas 25 Tu Jennie was married to Allan McLean Frankie McLean & Myself watiers Mr Mrs & Philanders McLean here Fine 26 Wed Allan & Jennie went to started for Syracuse yesterday at delivering yet 27 Thu Baked one batch today Good sleighing Fire at McEwen & storehouse 28 Fri Baked 2 batches Ma able to sit up a short time 29 Sat " " " In evening at school meeting was appointed trustee Fine 30 Sun The St Lawrence Hall burned this morning stormed in evening } at Wall St Ch in evening 31 Mo Baked 2 Batches & had all bread on hand but sold out clean Fine 1st Jan Took some bread to stores & to Algonquin Jennie & Allan home form Syracuse Elenor home 2 Wed Stormed hard Baked 2 batches 3 Thu Baked 2 Batches in PM had a blizzard wind blew 40 miles per hour 4 Fri Wind blew very hard snow drifted 7 feet deep in places 5 Sat Baked 2 batches Fine & cold came out to farm in evening 6 Sun Cold at S - H & Wall St Methodist Ch PM 7 Mo 2 Batches about 40 Pans each sold about all of it Election day Cold & fine 8 Tu Stormed heavily all afternoon roads blocked 9 Wed Baked 2 batches Stormed roads bad 10 Thu " 1 batch Fine Trains delayed with snow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January 1884 (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train, storm Conductor,_________ 187 84 No of Car. FROM Jan 11th TO Jan 31st REMARKS Jan 11th Fri Stormed P.M. 16 of a load of us went out to S of T Hall in eve 12 Sat Fine Quite a large Market - 2 Batches cold 13 Sun at Geo St Met Ch in AM & Baptist PM & Evangelical meeting in Victoria Hall stormy all day 14 Mo Delivered in AM at home P.M. Fine 15 Tu Went to Algonquin with bread at 8 AM Then was 18 below 0 at 8 PM 22 Fine 16 Wed Took Jennie's Organ & Oak Household goods to B to ship to Friend Neb. Fine No McLean here 17 Thu Cleaned up 6 bus Buck (4 for H McLean) & 20 bus oats cold wind stormed 18 Fri Took Hay grain & Potatoes to bakery stormed & drifted 19 Sat Took 25 bus oats to Brockville got 40 cts Allan & Jennie here also Harry Rowsom & wife Fine 20 Sun Allan & Jennie, Maggie, Frankie McLean, Wm & Ally Maxwell, Herb & Emma Dunham & I went to Bethel 21 Took Allan & Jennie to B (starting for Friend Neb) Mrs Sam Dean here Fine Ther 0/10 morn 8 eve 22 Tu 2B & to Maitland with bread rough & stormy roads drifted badly 23 Wed Started for Back lot but on acct of storm turned back stormed most of day H Frank & Mrs McLean here 24 Thu Stormed hard all day roads drifted badly visited at H McLeans 25 Fri Fine. Drew apple tree to wood shed & cleaned up 24 bus oats Jno Murphy's child dead yesterday Ther 0/23 0/18 PM 26 Sat 2B Oats, 48 & Buckwheat (60) Fine Got pants & vest (tweed from M White) 27 Sun at S.H. roads bad - blocked with snow Ther below zero all day Fine 28 Mo Drew up straw for cattle, stormed most of day Jno Murphy lost 3 children lately by Diptheria 29 Tu Went to Algonquin with Bread Fine Took Ma & Maggie to B keeping house alone 30 Wed Rain snow settling some, cleaning up another of Jno Murphy's children buried yesterday (3 in all) 31 Thu Broke road down to creek & got 1 tree Fine wrm wind </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary 1884 (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train, storm Conductor,_________ 187 84 No of Car. FROM 1st Feb TO REMARKS 1st Fri Put up Potatoes & Oats for B Fine & Cold Light Snow last night 2 Sat Fine most of day Mended bags PM Took " " " " to B. light flurry of Snow in morning 3 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson preached & to B Mr Bland Preached stormed at S-H in morn 4 Mo Cleaned up 41 bus Rye Cold wind Fine drifted 5 Tu Went to Algonquin Bread rained most all day Took out 112 loaves 6 Wed Cold stormed some Choreing around & cleaning Pantry 7 Thu went to B with Rye 36 bus sold for .60 cts Per bus very fine day roads pretty good 8 Fri Put Bob-sleighs together stormed 9 Sat Stormy (Frozen rain) Took petition around (about school) 2B Maggie came one with me in eve 10 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Burnfield Preached Mr Dudley's childs funeral sermon I & to Maitland Mr Wright {illegible} 11 Mo Went to Town Hall in Augusta with Petition Jno Stewart - & 2 about school cold wind Fine 12 Tu Went to Algonquin with bread stormed drifted 13 Wed Soft Rained got up some wood from creek Went to party at Albert Burritts 14 Thu Cut wood filed saw ground axe &c &c warm most of day Froz hard at night 15 Fri Went to Back lot got one load for R Stewart (from their place) Fine nice day 16 Sat Got 1 load for Robt E Stewart Fine 2B Ma & Pa came out tonight 17 Sun Went to Quarterly Meeting Fine & warm AM H & Mrs H McLean Jno McLean Mrs Dunham Maggie & I rain PM 18 Mo Went to B Oats & Hay rain Mr & Mrs McLean & Frankie here 19 Tu Went to Algonquin with Bread roads drifted & soft 20 Wed Took Pork out of Barrels washed it cold wind Took Maggie to Mr Hurds </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary & March (Bk. 28.) No. 2 & 3 Train,_______ Conductor,_________ 187 84 No of Car. FROM 21st Feb TO 9 Mar REMARKS. 21 Thu smoked meat Hitched up colt (Nix) 1st time to sleigh Fine 22 Fri Took 22 bus Barley & oats to H McLean & 4 3/4 bus Rye to Jno McLeans 23 Sat Cold & fine to Mr Maxwell's in eve Put on 2nd lot meat to smoke 24 Sun Went to Maitland Fine H McLean drew Maggie Mrs Frank & 2 {illegible} 25 Mo Went to Swamp & got 2 loads wood Fine 26 Tu Went to Algonquin Rained 27 Wed Went to back loat & got 2 loads wood Went to necktie social at Maitland ~ &2 28 Thu Stormed Went to B Nellie F came home with me 29 Fri Stormed & drifted badly { 22 of a load from town here} cut wood &c 1st Mar 1884 2 B took in 4 1/2 bus Potatoes Fine 2 Tu Went to Algonquin with bread took a surpiise part from 3rd street 23 in all 3 Wed Went to woods & got 2 loads Fine 4 2 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson preached Fine 3 Mo Went to A Council at New Dublin with school Petition Maggie went to Montreal 4 Tu Went to Algonquin with Bread had a surprise party from the 3rd 23 of them 5 Wed Went to Swamp got 2 loads Fine 6 Thu " " " " " " stormed in AM Fine PM 7 Fri roads drifted up did not go to swamp 8 Sat Stormed most of the day 9 Sun Stormed. At SH </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. ______ Train,_______ Conductor,_________ 187 84 No of Car. FROM 10 Mar TO REMARKS. 10 Mo stormed last night Fine today Roads nearly Blocked with snow com to clean wheat smoked meat 11 Tu Went to Algonquin with Bread Rained 12 Wed Cleaned up rest of Wheat Rained AM Fine PM Star calved 2B in evening smoked meat 13 Thu Went to Lyn with wheat got 1.05 Per bus Fine went to Hall to necktie & sugar-party & coming home 14 Fri Helped Robt. E. Stewart saw wood Fine Went to Mr Dunhams in evening 15 Sat Went to Market with Meat (Pork) Five Hams 12 1/2, side 12 1/2 shoulders 10, Paid last Payment on back lot $123.56 16 Sun Thos & Sam Bell here Went to Bethel Mr Simpson preached Fine 17 Mo Helped Jno Stewart saw AM. stormed fine in evening 18 Tu Went to Algonquin with Bread Fine 19 Wed Took 2 Pigs to B & got 1 load Manure rained P.M. Fine AM 20 Thu Snow AM Put up grist 37 bus Fine PM 21 Fri Drew up 4 loads hay from shed to H stable in PM Fine 22 Sat Went to Market (meat) & to mill 37 bus Provender Fine sleighing bad 23 Sun at S-H roads very soft 24 Mo Drew up rest of hay from shed Fine roads bad no good waggoning or sleighing 25 Tu Went to Algonquin with bread Fine 2B with waggon & to Algonquin with sleigh 26 Wed Loaded up hay for Alva Boiled Feed cleaned Pig Pen (partly on acct of frost) cut wood 27 Thu Took hay to bakery roads bad Fine Lill calved 28 Fri " 1 load to B 1590 @ 8.00 per ton rain at night Fine 29 Sat " " " " Chemical Works 1560 @ 8.00 Pr ton Got suit of clothes Boots shirts &c &c </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train,_______ Conductor,_________ 187 84 No of Car. FROM 30 Jan TO REMARKS. 30 Sun At S.H. Did not go to Bethel Fine most of day 31 Mo Fine day 2B Hay, got married in evening to Frances Sarah McLean 1st Tu Went to Prescott to Ogdensburg & from there to Syracuse to J.W. Millers very fine 2 Wed At Uncle W Millers, snowed 3 Thu " " " " Snowed at auction sale near Uncle's 4 Fri Went to Syracuse with Uncle Fine roads not good at Syr 5 Sat Snowed at Uncle's yet some sleighs running 6 Sun At church & S. School at Lafayette Fine 7 Mo went to Syracuse & from there to Oswego Fine at Geo Bells 8 Tu Stopping at Geo W. Bells U.S. Fine 9 Wed Left Oswego & went to Watertown Fine Geo Bell & wife went with us. 10 Thu Came from from Watertown Fine most of ime & our trip Ma not well 11 Fri Cleaned stove pipes & chimney fixed Rocking chair Moved Franks Piano here & got 2 heifers along with it 12 Sat Straightened up around house & barn Fine roads Muddy & soft 13 Sun At Bethel Mr Simpson preached & in town in evening Fine 14 Mo Fine & Warm Pa & Uncle Jno Bell here Put bees out doors 15 Tu Rain, Filed saw, cut wood Took down glass windows 16 Wed Took down stove Showery tonight (Light) 4 cows milking commenced to send to Factory on Monday 17 Thu Fixed pump Boiled feed, Fixed churn-dash Fine pruned trees 18 Fri Went to B got wall-paper clover-seed &c Misty Drove Grey cold to town 1st time </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April & May (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train,_______ Conductor,_________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 19 Sat Got White heifer calf from Jno McLean Fine cut sprouts & trimmed snow apple tree 20 Sun Went to SH Erasters Render Nellie & Alva here Fine went to B in evening 21 Mo Got 1 load manure from B Fine 22 Tu Cut wood, Fixed up fence, &c Fine Cut Black Knots from cherry trees 23 Wed Got 1 load Manure from B Fine 24 Thu Burnt limbs Black Knots &c Gyp calved Fine 25 Fri Made soap P.M. Jno Schofield came here seeded 1W with clover Fine AM 26 Sat Went to B Fine Cut wood in PM 27 Sun At S.H & at Bethel Mr Simpson preached Pearl Fine 28 Mo Drew out 4 loads Manure P.M. ' -- 3E SS Fine Boiled feed Cool Killed Pearl's calf 29 Tu " " 7 " " AM ' -- 3E SS PM 30 Wed " " 5 " " ' -- 3E SS Fine Lilly calved Killed it 1st Thu May " " 1 " " } C -- 3E SS Fine 2 Fri O -- 3E SS Fine } very high wind most of day blew over corn -crib & blew barn door off 3 Sat 2B got 3 bus wheat ground for calves Fine O spreading manure 4W SS 4 Sun At S.H in AM Fine at home rest of day 5 Mo Rain AM Cleaned up seed oats } C -- 4W PM & Put up part line fence 6 Tu O __ 4W AM 2 == & :: 3E SS PM Fine 14 bus Oats 7 Wed O -== 3E SS Rain Got Flora shod Melted Beeswax 8 Thu C -- 4E Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train,_______ Conductor,_________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM 9th TO 28th REMARKS. 9 Fri C -- 4E Rain at night loaded - a load hay 10 Sat O -- 4E 2B with hay 11 Sun At Bethel in Evening @ 7.PM Mr Simpson Preached Took Dinner in town 12 Mo :: oats & == once 4E } F } at Algonquin Quar board 13 Tu O == 4E Fine most of day Rain at night 14 Wed == & Ridged up Potato ground 4W SS Ma & Maggie here 2B Fine 15 Thu Commenced to plant Potatoes Rose 4W SS rain at night Fine most all day 2B 1 load Manure 16 Fri Finis planting Early Rose 4W SS cool & damp Got one load manure from B 17 Sat Put manure on & -- garden ~~ AM Drew out 6 loads manure on 4W NS PM Fine 18 Sun At S.H. Jno Murphy's Children's funeral sermon Preached at church Fine 19 Mo Drew out 8 loads manure 4W & 1 load from B shower at night 20 Tu Rained C -- 4W spread manure 21 Wed O -- & == 4W & ridged part of it up Fine 22 Thu Went to B -- 5W } Got David McCardnay } ridging O W 4W NS Fine 23 Fri C -- 5W 2 Teams Fine 24 Sat C -- 5W " " " 25 Sun At SH & Bethel Mr Simpson Preached 26 Mo O -- 5W & == 1 3/4 times Fine :: oats 5W 27 Tu O == 5W } Corn to plant Burbanks (Potatoes) Fine 28 Wed O Planting Potatoes Fine 2B </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 & 7 Train,_______ Conductor,_________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM May 29th TO June 17th REMARKS. 29 Thu Cut wood in AM hard frost last night ice 3/16 in thick } made part of mild stand & drew manure in little orchard PM 30 Fri Drew manure in & -- little orchard } O Fine Fixed gat & bars milk stand by corn-crib 31 Sat Got 1 load manure from B } Planted sweet corn in little orchard sowed oats Fine 1st June Sun } Mr Chown preached at Bethel PM June } 31 carrots & beets sowed mangolds 2 Mo ' -- 1W started to build hen yard built calf Run 3 Tu ' -- 1W Plowed with colt Nell Mare to Algonquin Making hen-house 4 Wed C -- Pa & Ma here warm day fixed over Fence (lane) Fine 5 Thu C -- 1W went up river Picknicking 6 Fri O -- 1W Fine but very hot 7 Sat O -- 1W & == it Fine Ther 87 {symbol for degrees} ] to B & got lath for hen house & finished it 8 Sun At Bethel Mr Philp preached & at to hear Saved Army at night 9 Mo Commenced Road-work light shower PM Fine AM cool 10 Tu Finished Elizabeth town road work Took Madam to Bull Fine 11 Wed Done Augusta Road-work Rained cleaned Buckwheat 12 Thu Drew 13 loads straw on 2W & Burnt it Fine most of day light shower 13 Fri :: Buckwheat & == over twice Fine 14 Sat O == 2W AM. Got a load of manure B PM Fine Put in a new gate Post (road-gate) 15 Sun At S. H. 2B 2 Saved Army in P.M 16 Mo == Potatoes 1st peice Fine & warm 17 Tu C -- W corn ground 5W In Ball day warm weather </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,_______ Conductor, Fraser 18784 . No of Car. FROM 18th June TO 7th July REMARKS. 18 Wed O -- W corn ground AM. O --/ Potatoes 1st peice PM Fair & hot 19 Thu Put ditch through w Corn ground 5W Fair :: & == in W corn 5W Hot Hot 20 Fri --/ & weeded Mangolds Beets & carrots &c Therm 120 {symbol for degrees) in sun, very hot 21 Sat 2B Fixed road near bridge Fair == W Corn one again 22 Sun } at Bethel Mr Simpson preached Fine 23 Mo Finished road at Bridge } Fixed corn-crib P.M 24 Tu Cleaned cellar AM. Drew stone off Bu Hill in lane Shower 9:30 PM Bees swarmed 25 Wed Graded up road E side of little field Fine 26 Thu == Potatoes 4W NS. Helped fix foundation of hall S of T Fine Pa & Ma here 27 Fri Went to Spencerville & Josiah Renders Fine --/ Potatoes " " " " 28 Sat O --/ Potatoes 4W NS -- Potatoes 4W SS } Went to Uncle Jno Frasers Fine 29 Sun Left Uncle Jno Frasers & went to Jos McLeans heard Mr Chown preach in AM Fine 30 Mo Came home from Jos McLeans } hilled Potatoes 4W SS warm Fine 1 Tu Put Paris Green on potatoes AM & hilled in PM Fine 2 Wed O hilling potatoes 4W SS Fine 3 Thu 2B AM } -- out Potatoes 4W NS } hilled potatoes 4W NS Fine warm 4 Fri O hilling Potatoes. Heavy shower at night 5 Sat 2B & got Jo{illegible} & Lath for S H Fine 6 Sun At Bethel Mr Simpson preached a Temperance Sermon 7 Mo Rain } 2B & got 1 load lumber } Jno Stewart took straw home 6&7 Maggie sick in bed </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,_______ Conductor, Fraser 18784 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 8 Tu Worked at S-H. Uncle Jno & Aunt Annas Fraser here 9 Wed Helped Alva deliver Bread. Fine Russul applied Paris Green Potatoes Put more rails on line fence 10 Helped Alva in B. Put Paris Green on Fine 11 Fri O putting on Paris Green AM . Thinned & weeded Carrots Beets & Mangolds PM Fine 12 Sat Rain Put mower & Reaper together AM worked at S-H P.M. 13 Sun At Home Ma & Pa here, fine 14 Mo 2B Hay for bakery 1/2 ton } W acre & orchard Fine 15 Tu " " " " Wiltsie Archie Bell here } raked hay & drew in 2 1/2 loads Fine 16 Wed 2B 1 load hay @ $14.00 Per ton worked at SH 17 Thu Worked at S.H. Drew in rakings Orchard Fine 18 Fri " " " " Fine 2B in evening 19 Sat Worked at S.H. Fine } light shower at noon 20 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson preached Fine light showers cool 21 Mo W E 1/2 2W Fine } Raked 2E ES } at SH AM 23 Wed Rain drew in 1/2 load Hay 2E ES } got 4 loads sand 24 Thu Cocked & Raked 2E } Fine } 2B } at S.H 25 Fri Drew in 8 loads hay 2E Fine Read Osler at Morter 26 Sat " " 3 1/2 " " " " " Worked at SH 27 Sun At home Rained most of day </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,_______ Conductor, Fraser 18784 . No of Car. FROM 28th July TO 16th Aug REMARKS. 28 Mo Rain Finis wood-work SH 29 Tu Worked at School -house Fine M 3E NS 30 Wed Worked at SH Fine cocked hay 3E NS sow Pigged 10 Pigs 31 Thu Rained very hard } worked some at S-H 1st Aug Fri Worked at SH. Sow had 8 Pigs at Mr Cunninghams Funeral shower 2 Sat Worked at S.H. } M 1W Wheat & Rye O cocked 3E NS Fine 3 Sun At home Alva & Nellie here fine 4 Mo at SH. M Par 1E WS Drew in 7 loads 3E WS 5 Tu O Plastering SH. O M 1E WS cocked hay 1E 6 Wed Drew in 9 1/2 loads hay 1E WS + 7 Thu M 1E ES Fine 2B with 1 load straw At Picture ure Perrys Grove got up by Dunhams 8 Fri O M " " Drew in 4 loads hay Fine Got colt from Jno McLean 9 Sat 2B AM & Raked & drew in 1E ES PM 4 1/2 loads Fine 10 Sun Went to Maitland in evening. Fine 11 Mo Drew in 1 load wheat & 1 load Rye & rakings went to Algonquin to Quarterly Board Fine 12 Tu worked around stabel le & house Fine Plastering ringing hogs &c 13 Wed " " " " " " Ground up tools &c 14 Thu Worked in B at H McLeans Kitchen Fine cut grass in hollow 4E Fine 15 Fri Worked in B " " " " Fine O grass in 4E 16 Sat Drew in Grass from Swales 3 loads Fine Ther 92{symbol for degrees} in shade + Pa & Ma moved from B back to farm </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <pre>August </pre> (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train,_______ Conductor,_____________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM 17th Aug TO 5th Sept REMARKS. 17 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson Preached Fine 18 Mo ' Black S.H. Went to Algonquin Committee meeting about pastorage 19 Tu O Blacking S.H Fine Ther 90 {symbol for degrees} in shade 20 Wed Took hay to B for Alva. Fine Drew in 3 loads oats for H McLean 21 Thu Blocked off school-house Fine 22 Fri " " " " 23 Sat 2B & got sash & glass for SH. Fine cut wood Fixed road at cow stable door 24 Sun At S.H. Fine, Frost at night 25 Mo Helped H McLean Mow oats AM } cut w corn 5W PM 26 Tu Ground Reaper guards AM } M & M 2W O C Buckwheat most of day Fine 27 Wed O M & M 2W Buckwheat } C M oats 4E Fine 28 Thu O M oats 4E Bound & set-up oats } 2B & bought 2 lots 5 & 6 {illegible} Black 3 29 Fri Rained all day } Put Glass in SH windows &c &c 30 Sat Went to Market Potatoes .35 Per Bus & Pigs 1.00 to 1.25 each Fine Daniel Folking here 31 Sun Went to Campground (Butternut Bay) light showers Fine 1st Sept Mo } M 3E SS Bound oats Fine 2 Tu Binding oats O set them up 3E SS } Drew in 5 loads oats 4E Fine 3 Wed + Drew in 2 1/2 loads oats 4E } Drew in 5 loads Bkwheat No 2W feed 3 loads Fine 4 Thu " " 6 loads Oats 3E SS Fine " " 5 Fri M 5W oats & bound part of them Fine D Tolkein went away. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No._______Train,_______ Conductor,_____________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 6 Sat Bound & Set up oats 5W Fine } 2B to Market 7 Sun at home Fine very hot & close 8 Mo Rain most of day. fixed shed for straw at Dunhams PM put up hay fork &c 9 Tu 2B with 30 cheese AM } at SH part of PM cut oats in little orchard Fine 10 Wed Drew in 1 load oats & 1 load corn AM 5W Pa, Ma, & Maggie went to Syracuse 11 Thu Helped H McLean thresh } Drew in 5 loads Oats 5W Fine 12 Fri Helped H McLean thresh AM & Jno Mc P.M Went to Algonquin with bread Drew in 1 load of oats 13 Sat Drew in 2 loads oats 1 of corn 5W Helped Jno McLean thresh fine 14 Sun Went to Bethel Fine Mr Simpson preached 15 Mo Drew in Oats from little orchard Picked up apples Fine 16 Tu 2B to Market AM cut sweet corn } Threshed P.M windy fine 17 Wed Finished Threshing Windy, Fine 18 Thu Threshed at McEwans A.M. Fine Bound & set up corn 19 Fri Went to Mill with 25 bus feed got ready for Market cleaned straw from B yard Fine 20 Sat " " Market Potatoes corn apples Picked up apples & cut wood Fine 21 Sun at SH in AM } 2B in eve at Geo St Met Chas Mr Card Preached } Saw R.M.B & Nell off for Sam Fran 22 Mo Got ready for market } put hay & straw on scaffold in E shed rain 23 Tu Went to Market } Dug Potatoes Rose's Fine 24 Wed Dug Potatoes & got ready for Market heavy rain at night 25 Thu Went to Market Rain dug Potatoes </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September & October (Bk. 28.) No._______Train,_______ Conductor,_____________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 26 Fri Dug Potatoes & got ready for Market Fine 27 Sat 2B to Market Rain } bought & Paid for lots $180.00 got Deed 28 Sun at Bethel Mr Simpson Preached Fine 29 Mo Helped Stratton thresh Fine Boiled feed & got ready for market 30 Tu Went to B Market Rosie Bell here Fine } Dug Potatoes & Picked up apples 1st Oct Wed } Went to Prescott Fair Frank Rosie Bell David McCarting 2 Thu Went to Prescott Fair Fine 3 Fri Took one load hay to Mrs Patrick @ $11.00 per Ton rain Husked corn 4 Sat Went to Market with Alva showers looking for a lot P.M. 5 Sun Went to Flora Rowsoms (nee Sherwood) Funeral Rosie & Thomas Bell with us Fine 6 Mo Dug Potatoes Fine Rain in Morning Fine rest of day Picked up apples 7 Tu " " " " " 4W Burbanks 8 Wed " " AM 2B Hay 1950 @ $11.00 } Rain PM } Put away Mower Husked Corn Cleaned H pen 9 Thu Finis digging Potatoes AM. Picked apples PM Frost last night - Took Grist to Mill Fine 10 Fri # Picked apples } Helped Houston's thresh Fine 11 Sat 2B with hay at 11.00 Per ton} Picked apples Got Grist 18 bags Fine 12 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Wright Preached 13 Mo O Went to B with hay 1900 lbs at $10.00 Per ton Picked apples & got ready for market rain AM 14 Tu Went to Market AM } Drew in 1 load Potatoes Fine PM 15 Wed Drew in 4 loads Potatoes Fine George Simpson Esqu buried today died Monday <ol><li>Jas Robertson here O Geo Simpson Esq died</li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,_______ Conductor,_____________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM 16th Oct TO 4th Nov REMARKS. 16 Thu Drew in 4 loads Potatoes & 3 cart loads Fine & cloudy 17 Fri Finis drawing in Potatoes AM Fine cool } Picking apples PM 18 Sat 2B Market AM } Finis Picking apples PM 19 Sun Fine Took dinner at H McLeans 20 Mo O -- S 1/2 4W & ' -- N 1/2 4W Got in 50-60 bus mangolds } Jas Robertson started for Manitoba Fine 21 Tu 2B AM to Market } O -- 4W NS Fine got in carrots Boiled feed 22 Wed Rain AM } Sawed wood } O -- PM 4W NS ' -- 5W 23 Thu Went to B to Market light rain & snow shower D. McCartney's trial 24 Fri Took hay to Bakery } Got ready for Market Fine 25 Sat 2B to Market } rain last night light rain 26 Sun Alva & Nellie & Erastus Render here to Geo St church Mr Chown preached PM 27 Mo ' -- 5W Fine most of day very light showers 28 Fri C -- 5W Fine 29 Wed C -- " " 30 Thu C -- " Drizzly Boiled one pot feed 31 Fri O --- 5W damp day 1st Nov Sat } O -- 5W in AM } Boiled feed got up bedding built fence in Orchard &c 2 Sun At S.H. Fine cool, roads good not much frost yet 3 Mo Fixed & cleaned Pig pens, Cloudy 4 Tu Rained most of day got Flora shod } Water furrowed 5W Got old buggy fixed </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train,_______ Conductor,_____________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM 5th TO 24th REMARKS. 5 Wed Went to Jno Murphy's funeral Snow Boiled hog feed } Fixed buggy Froze at night 6 Thu Laid part of line fence bottom Back lot some snow cold Fine 7 Fri Fine, Got 2 loads Broken rails &c &c brought in Plow harrows &c warmer 8 Sat Laid rails up on line fence back lot Fine & sunshine 9 Sun Quarterly meeting At Algonquin } at Bethel in evening Mr Simpson preached Fine 10 Mo Fine & warm } Helped Jno Stewart thresh 11 Tu ' -- 3E SS AM } Maggie started for St Paul Minn Fine 12 Wed ' -- " " } Took milk to factory in morn Fine 13 Thu O __ 3E SS Cloudy but fine 14 Fri Boiled one pot feed Mixed colouring for S.H. Joseph McLean wife & 2 girls here 15 Sat Coloured S-H 2nd Time } Finis fence, back lot very fine & warm Fine 16 Sun Took dinner at H McLeans } Fine & warm at SH in AM 17 Mo Light rain colder Fixed bread waggon & cut wood PM } striping SH 18 Tu Cut wood Blocking S.H. Boiled feed &c &c 19 Wed Killed one Pig in AM } O W sided SH (Blocking off ) 20 Thu Cut wood} put latch on barn door Rev Simpson & wife here } S. Simpsons PM got in Bees 21 Fri " " striped SH &c Fine 22 Sat Went to Market Fine & cool roads pretty good no sleighing yet 23 Sun Stormed (Rain) Most of day at home all day 24 Mo Drew out 5 loads manure No 5W scraped upper B{illegible} manure Fine & cold </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November & December (Bk. 28.) No. 11 & 12 Train,_______ Conductor,_____________ 18784 . No of Car. FROM 25th Nov TO 14th Dec REMARKS. 25 Tu Drew out 3 loads manure roads have been splendid } stormy snow 26 Wed " " 11 " " Fine & cold snow 5 in deep today 27 Thu " " 12 " " Drifted some drew out with waggon 28 Fri " " 6 " " some sleighs running snowed most of day (light) 29 Sat " " 10 " " Quite good sleighing striped 2 Hrs at SH 30 Sun Fine splendid sleighing } 2B P.M. 1st Dec Mo } Went to New Dublin on School buisness Fine 2 Tu Drew out 1 load manure & got 2 loads wood Jennie & Allen McLean here 3 Wed " 3 loads wood from 5E NE corner Went to Missionary meeting at Bethel 4 Thu Blocked off part of N face SH Fine Quite warm 5 Fri Thawing fast } O striping SH } got 3 loads wood 6 Sat Went to Market apples & Potatoes Fine 7 Sun At home most of day Rained 8 Mo Light snow Put glass in front of stov D 9 Tu Killed 3 hogs stormy } went to Mrs Perrys funeral 10 Wed cut up Port } Fine } Went to Jno Murphys sale Fine 11 Thu Cut up & salted Pork Light snow 12 Fri Sorted over apples. Got ready for market Fine 13 Sat Went to Market roads rough Fine 14 Sun " " Bethel Church Mr Simpson preached </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Dec 1884 & Pt Jan 1885 (Bk. 28.) No. 11 & 12 Train,_______ Conductor,_____________ 18784-85. No of Car. FROM 15th Dec TO 3rd Jan REMARKS. 15 Mo Drew 2 loads wood snowed 16 Tu Made Storm door for stoop stormy 17 Wed Went to B & got 1 hog Killed & dressed Fine 18 Thu Voting on the Scott Act today Fine At Rows Corner all day 19 Fri Cold Took up Pump Fine 20 Sat Went to Market Very Cold Ther 26 {symbol for degrees} Fine 21 At SH not so cold stormed Jennie & Allen out to Algonquin 22 Mo Went to Jno Corbetts sale Rain bought colt & sleigh Jen & Al back today 23 Tu Went to B. Snider Simpson died. Fine Cold 24 Wed Stormed all day } got calf from Jas McRae's } Fixed hen house 25 Thu Went to Snider Simpsons funeral } 2B for 2B 4T Fine Helped Alva at night 26 Fri In B AM Uncle Jno Fraser & Alida here Fine Jas Render came up with them 27 Sat Jennie & Allen Ma Uncle & Alida 2B Fine worked around house & barn Put in Pump 28 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson preached 29 Mo Helped Alva Fine PM } Uncle J Fraser & Alida went home } Allen & Jen started for home 30 Tu Very warm & mild Helped Alva today some waggons out 31 Wed Helped in town warm At home PM waggoning AM light rain 1st Jan Thu 1885 } Pa 2B } Cut up sausage meat light snow cold {illegible} 2 Fri 2B & got 1 load manure from Bull cold 3 Sat Went to B & got 1 load Manure from Alva Fine cold raw windy Put brine on meat. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Jan & Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 1 & 2 Train,Jno Fraser Conductor, January 18785. No of Car. FROM 24th Jan TO REMARKS. 24 Sat Drew 2 loads manure from Brackens light snow Quite good sleighing 25 Sun } At Bethel Mr Simpson Preached Fine 26 Mo Drew 2 loads Manure from Brackens light snow in morn Drifted rough & cold 27 Tu " " " " 1 from Bracken & 1 from Barr cold wind 0/6 28 Wed " 1 load " from Currie cold wind Ther 9/0 29 Thu Went to Swamp broke road & got 1 load wind cold & drifing in P.M 30 Fri Drew 2 loads manure 1 " Curry 1 from Brackens light snow most of day 31 Sat " 1 " wood (Cedar) from Back lot Fine 1st Feb Sun } Cold & Stormy. at home Ther 16 {symbol for degrees} 2 Mo Cut up load of wood A.M. } Got 2 loads manure (Bracken) P.M 3 Tu Drew two loads manure 1 " Curry 1 from Bracken Ther 20 {symbol for degrees} at 7 AM 4 Wed " " " Wood Cut wood at Back lot R Pyke & I cold drifted & light snow 5 Thu Drew 2 " Wood from Back Lot Ther 16{symbol for degrees} 6 Fri " " " " " " Fine & Cold 12{symbol for degrees} 7 Sat " " " " " " " Fine & cold 8 Mo Sun At Bethel Mr Henderson Preached Fine 9 Tu Mo Drew 2 loads Wood, rain at night Heavy snowstorm Milder +10 Wed Heavy rain last night stormed & drifted got 7 (seven) calves from H McLean $50.00 for lot 11 Thu Wed } Cold blustery day, got Chains Mended & whipple tree {illegible} 12 Thu Drew up 7 small loads straw light snow Warmer Hitched Grey mare Lulu up (to sleigh) + Made Horse blanket. Made whippletrees, Fixed cutter &c </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train,__________Conductor, Fraser 18785. No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 13 Fri Drew out 2 loads manure AM } Got 1 load Manure P.M. Fine 14 Sat Went to Market Butter .20 Potatoes .50 a bag apples .50 Per bus cold wind 15 Sun Went to Quarterly meeting Fine Had dinner at Artemus Bissell's Mr Simpson Preached 16 Mo " " " Board Drew 2 loads wood Heaviest snowstorm so far this winter 17 Tu Snow drifted badly last night & yesterday Fine } Made feeding places for calves 18 Wed Split wood } Put tongue on Bobs Breaking Grey Mare PM 19 Thu Moved Cedars from house to 3W } Got 2 loads Manure from Bracken Fine 20 Fri Got 2 loads manure 1 Bracken 1 Curry cold wind Finel light snow 21 Sat 2B to Market Got heifers H McLeans 22 Sun Went to Bethel Mr Simpson preached Fine 23 Mo Went to Back Lot got 2 loads Fine 24 Tu " " " " " / " " 25 Wed " " " " " " " " nice & warm 26 Thu " " " " " " " " very fine & warm 27 Fri Cleaned up & took 19 bus feed to Mill Fine Put up Potatoes for Market (KR McNish's) 28 Sat Went to Market Fine Pork .10 Per lb Potatoes .50 bag Got grist from McNish's 1st Sun March at home At home stormed 2 Mo 2B got Dan to go to Mountain } Got apples & Potatoes H McLeans 3 Tu at Augusta council to Geo Maxwell in S. Hc } a Jos McLeans a Ad McGuins 4 Wed Went to Dr McLeans from Jos McLeans Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No._______ Train,__________Conductor,________187 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 5 Thu Went to Render's from Dr McLean's 6 Fri At Josiah Renders Fine Alex Rose there in the evening 7 Sat At Uncle John Fraser's Fine & cold 8 Sun Heard Mr Chown Preach in Kemptville } Left Uncle John's & came back to Uncle Jos McLeans 9 Mo returned home Stormed hard P.M. Helped put H McLeans things in barn 10 Tu Got two loads manure 1 Brackens 1 Barr Drifted Fine most of day 11 Wed " " " " 1 Bracken 1 AV Fraser cold wind 12 Thu At home Boiled 1 Pot Feed meal (Potatoes apples) drifted badly 13 Fri Got 2 loads Manure Bracken Fine Ther 0/10 Cold wind 14 Sat Fine Cleaned Revolvers at Josiah Woods warm nice day 15 Sun At Home Stormed most of day 16 Mo Got 2 Loads Manure Bracken 17 Tu Got 2 loads Manure Bracken Mo McTavish Josiah Renders A Rose here Fine 18 Wed Got 1 load Manure PM (Brackens) Render McTavish & Rose went away 19 Thu Sawed wood at home (Jno Stewart Jos Edwards) 20 Fri " " At Robt Stewarts Old Mr Dalton died Fine 21 Sat " " " Jno McLeans rough & stormy 22 Sun at S.H. & at Bethel heard Wm. B. Daltons Funeral sermon 23 Mo Sawed wood at Richard Strattons 24 Tu " " " " " AM heavy snow & wind storm PM </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April (Bk. 28.) No. 3 & 4 Train,__________Conductor,________187 85 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 25 Wed Sawed Wood at Jos Strattons Fine 26 Thu Went to Market Pork .10 Per lb Potatoes 45 Per bag 27 Fri Put up potatoes for market } smoked meat } cleaned soft veggetables Fine 28 Sat 2B to market roads getting bare 29 Sun At home Fine snow deep yet 30 Mo Got 3 loads manure 1 from R Kenney 1 from Alva 1 Bracken Snowstorm PM 31 Tu Went to Market Meat & Potatoes 1 load PM snowed rain } Moved H McLean's goods to B 1st April Wed Went to B & got 1 load manure (Barr) Boiled 1 Pot feed Fine soft wind 2 Thu Went to Market Meat & Potatoes Fine AM Made gate for Barnyard, Fixed Organ PM. Rain in evening +3 Fri stormed all day } got Flora's shoe set } Made feed trough for calves } Smoked meat 4 Sat Got Harrow teeth sharpened } Got Iron for Gang Plow } stormed all day 5 sun Stormed } at Bethel Mr Simpson Preached 6 Mo Made Hot bed bottom Stormed had AM Fine part PM 7 Tu Went to B to Market Meat .10 Per lb Eggs ,20 , Potatoes .30 Fine 8 Wed Stormed rain AM. Put dirt on Hot bed worked around buildings PM 9 Thu Went to Market Meat 10 -lb, Potatoes 30 bus apples Fine 10 Fri Went to Jos McLeans & got Holstein calves J McLean & wife Frank & I Fine Madam calved 11 Sat Went to Market roads bad in places Fine Mud & icy other places 3 {illegible} 12 Sun At home Fine Poor sleighing + Bess calved </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train,__________Conductor,________187 85 . No of Car. FROM 13th April TO 30th REMARKS. 13 Mo Put 3 small loads hay above horses AM Pa to Mrs Caldwells funeral P.M. Cleaned Pig Pen 14 Tu 2B looking after a man waggons running in town Fine Star Calved Got Boar from Frew 15 Wed Put up 9 bags Potatoes } got lampers burnt out of nick Fine 16 Thu Split wood Fine & warm some waggons out 17 Fri Split Wood sold Bess's calf 2.00 Fine & warm 18 Sat Went to Market Fine drove waggon 19 Sun Fine at home the roads to 3rd full of wavy snow & not broke out. 20 Mo Shoveled shone in places 4 ft deep side road } Flora had a colt Fine & warm 21 Tu Fine, split wood, T.E.Bell here } Stewart Cole died yesterday 22 Wed Went to Stewart Coles funeral A.M. Put up Potatoes Fine 23 Thu Went to Market Potatoes 35 Per bus eggs .16 Doz } Went to Hall to sugar party Fine 24 Fri split Wood light shower Put up Potatoes Frost going out of ground 25 Sat Went to Market Potatoes .45 -.50 Per bag eggs .16 Doz roads drying up Fine 26 Sun Rained very hard at home Mr Ashley here Gananoque 27 Mo Trimmed apple trees Took Mr Ashley to B Fine 28 Tu " " " Jos Findons horse died by our fence Had a heavy fall of snow today Lill calved 29 WEd R Frew " Manure " " R. McNish drew milk with sleigh } Traded Bull calf for Plow cold & fine 30 Thu Fine, Trimmed apple trees, building hen safe Spring cold & backward Hay $17.00 per ton Alva in Brockville Pa & Ma too Jennie in Friend Neb & Maggie in North Branch Minn </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 & 6 Train,__________Conductor,________187 85 . No of Car. FROM May 1st TO 19 May REMARKS. 1 Fri May Trimmed apple trees Fine 2 Sat " " " " " O Large Orchard Jos White helped 3 Sun At Bethel Mr Simpson preached Mrs Jas Bisseles funeral sermon {She hath done what she could} 4 Mo -- S 1/2 4W rain } used plow that I got Ron McKenzie 5 Tu Went to B & got 2 loads manure rain at night 6 Wed Harrowed SS No 4W } Alvin Covil com work got 1 load Manure 7 Thu Cleaned seed oats P. M. sowed ashes on No 4W SS Rain PM 8 Fri Rained all AM } Cleaned up waggon & wood house } Took grist to R McNishs 9 Sat Went to B & got 1 load manure AM Rain AM } Ridged up SS4W Fine PM got " 10 Sun at SH AM } 2B & at Wall St Church FJ Williams Preached in eve 11 Mo Planted potatoes SS 4S } ' -- 5E Cloudy 12 Tu ' -- 5E } Burnt Brush PM Planted Corn & Peas AM Fine +13 Wed C -- 5E } sowed mangold & Carrot seed very fine got 1 load manure 14 Thu C -- 5E Fine Plowed garden got 1 load manure from B 15 Fri O -- 5E " } spread manure Fitted garden 16 Sat 2B 2 load manure } -- NS 4W } JA " " Bride R.M. Bell & wife here 17 Sun Pa to Algonquin } Frank & I G B heard G Williams 18 Mo :: 4W NS & == wheat Fine} at Qrly board P.M '--4E 19 Tu C -- 4E & Planted melons citrons & squash AM } ++ 5E & spread manure very fine P.M. + Put Flora to "Campsie Jock" </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May & June (Bk. 28.) No. 5 & 6 Train,__________Conductor,________187 85 . No of Car. FROM 20 May May TO 8th June REMARKS. 20 Wed :: 5E ++ 2 times } :: & == 3E } Fine 21 Thu ' -- 4E } O == 5E } C M 3ESS } == 3E SS } :: Grass-seed 4W NS 22 Fri C -- 4E } O M 3E, 4W NS, & 5E } Fine Till calved 23 Sat O -- 4E } ' -- little Orchard ] Got 2 loads manure Fine Light Shower 24 Sun } at SH, AM & home rest of day F & warm 25 Mo :: & + 4E 2 1/2 times } Heavy shower at night 26 Tu O == & M 4E } F } Put out 27 loads manure Took colts to Pasture P.M 27 Wed Put out 45 loads manure 5W from heaps in field spread manure Picked off stone 4 loads Fine 28 Thu :: Wheat & N end Grass seed 5W } '-- 5W } Drew out 4 loads manure 5W Fine 29 Fri C -- 5W } Drew out 4 loads manure spread manure Fine 30 Sat O -- 5W } == W Pt 5W rained set out Tomatoes } Put up seed Potatoes 31 Sun At Bethel Mr Simpson spoke } H Rath Sr buried 1st June Mo } Very heavy rain worked a little at at Planting ground 2 Tu Got 2 loads Manure from Bakery Cleaned out E Bay of Lower barn Fine 3 Wed Planted Potatoes Late Rose 5W . Fine sowed 1 Peck wheat 5W 4 Thu " " " " 5W " Ridged up Corn ground Planted Corn 5 Fri Rained AM Helped R Stratton P.M. 6 Sat Went to B to Market got 2 loads manure AVF Fine 7 Sun At SH AM & home all PM. Fine 8 Mo O Planting Corn A.M. } Hoed in garden & field </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,__________Conductor,JB Fraser 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 9th TO REMARKS. 9 Tu Got 2 loads manure from R Kinney P.M Planted some more Potatoes Fine 10 Wed Got 1 load Manure from R Kenny A.M } Fine } Fitted w Corn ground PM 11 Thu O --/ Potatoes 4W SS 2B got W Corn }:: W Corn 5W } Fine 12 Fri :: Oats 5W AM } Piled manure in Lower yard Fine 13 Sat Rain in evening & night } remaking hay rack Fine AM 14 Sun At SH } at Bethel Mr Simpson Preached Fine } heard T.G. Williams farewell sermon 15 Mo Com road work Fine most of day very sultry light shower in PM 16 Tu Finis " " had 8 days Robt Stewart Pathmaster 17 Wed Hoed & weeded Mangolds AM } worked among berry bushes PM Fine 18 Thu Drew shingle-bolts from Back lot to Algonquin Fine 19 Fri Hoed & weeded mangolds AM Put wood in shed P.M. Fine 20 Sat Went to Market Potatoes .25, Butter .19, eggs .13 Put wood in shed 21 Sun At SH Fine, Bees swarmed (1st swarm) 22 Mo Got shoe reset on Lulu } transplanted Mangels hoed Carrots very heavy rain AM 23 Tu Done road-work (Augusta) C == Corn u -- Potatoes 4W SS light shower 24 Wed Hilled Potatoes 4W SS } E.M Smith & wife here 2B --/ Corn 4w 25 Thu O == & --/ corn 5W } C == Potatoes 5W Fine 26 Fri O --/ corn 5W } O == Potatoes 5W Fine 27 Sat C --/ potatoes 5W } W.J. Maxwell & Earnie here Ally Maxwell & H & H McLean Fine 28 Sun at SH AM } Bethel P.M. Mr Henderson Preached } 2B in eve very heavy rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train,__________Conductor,JB Fraser 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 9th TO REMARKS 29 Mo C --/ Potatoes Fine PM } Jno B helping Alva light shower Light shower 30 Tu In B helping Alva } Al Colville hoeing at home 1st Wed } " " " " " " " 2 Thu " " " " AM at home PM } " == W corn PM Got 6 hives S Simpson 3 Fri Picked Cherries & Peas AM } 2 Mrs Ezra McLean's Funeral PM Fine --/ in Garden 4 Sat Went to Market, Peas .10 qt, Cherries .10 qut, Radish .4 bunch, Potatoes .35 bag --/ W corn Fine 5 Sun At home Jas Kelsoe & wife here 6 Mo C --/ W corn AM at raising Raths barn Fine 7 Tu Heavy rain AM } O --/ W corn } Finis raising W J Rath's barn PM Fine 8 Wed 2B AM got Boards for waggon rack & Lever for mowing machine } Hilled Potatoes C -- Potatoes 5W Fine 9 Thu Hilled Potatoes AM } terrific thunder storm Lightning struck near us 3 or 4 times 10 Wed Fri } Fixed up hayrack mower & horse rake cut wood & put wood in shed 11 Thu Sat } Hilled Potatoes } Put Paris Green on Potatoes 2B in eve Fine 12 Sun } At Bethel in P.M. SH in morning Fine 13 Mo Hilled Potatoes & --/ carrots AM Picked cherries P.M heavy rain at night 14 Tu Rained most all day & last night Mrs Wm McLean here 15 Wed Picked currants & Cherries Peas, Beets, Fine weeded & thinned carrots 16 Thu Went to Market Fine } M 1W } first hay cut this year 17 Fri O -- Potatoes 5W --/ Potatoes Fine AM } Raked & drew in hay 1W 4 loads P.M 18 Sat 2B AM Hay for Alva } O --/ Potatoes PM } put on P Green } hung window shutters SH </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. 7 & 8 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 19th July TO 7 Aug REMARKS. 19 Sun Jas Kelsoe & Wife & Aunt Ellen Fraser here fine W Maxwell here at SH 20 Mo -- Corn 5W } applied P.G. } M E Pt No 1E } Fine 21 Tu Heavy rain storm Picked cherries } M 23 ac 2F 22 Wed Drew in 7 1/2 loads 1E ES PM O M 2E ES. Raked 1E ES } Fine 24 Fri Rain P.M. cocked & raked hay 3E NS Jno S Fraser here Raked 2nd time 2E ES 25 Sat Went to B market Uncle Jno F & Pa } --/ corn Picked cherries Fine & hot got 1 load hay 26 Sun at Bethel Fine 2B in eve 27 Mo O M 3E NS Drew in 3 loads hay 3E Fine Raked & cocked hay 3E 28 Tu C M 2E WS } Drew in 5 " " " Raked & cocked hay 2E Fine 29 Wed O M 2E WS } Drew in 5 loads 2E WS Fine 30 Thu O M 1E WS drew in 3 loads 1E WS Drew in 2 loads 2E WS Fine 31 Fri Drew in 7 loads hay 1E WS Fine 1st Aug Sat } 2B hay 1820 at 9.00 Fine } cut grass little orchard } P.G. Potatoes 5W 1 load hay 2 Sun At SH Clinton Lockwood Buried Fine 3 Mo Pa to North Augusta } I went to New Dublin Rain got L5 Parcels land changed 4 Tu Rain last night & today } --/ corn Took out Honey 5 Wed --/ Corn (Cutting out weeds on acct of wet weather ) 6 Thu --/ Corn } -- W corn 1st time 7 Fri O --/ Corn got in hay } -- W Corn little orchard AM Fine --/ Corn PM second time </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 8 Aug TO REMARKS. 8 Sat + O --/ W Corn } P. G.d Potatoes 5W weeding citrons melons &c Fine 9 Sun at Bethel Fine } Both sows pigged yesterday 10 Mo Rained worked around Buildings 11 Tu Frank & I Took in Excursion to T I Park & Alex By Fine 12 Wed Commenced to cut hay Back lot muggy & warm Pa & Ma went to Kemptville 13 Thu at Back Lot Drew home a load hay cloudy & light rain 14 Fri " " " Rained 15 Sat " " " Drew home 1 load hay Allie Maxwell here in evening Fine 16 Sun At home all day Quar Meeting at Algonquin Fine 17 Mo at Back Place Drew home 1 load Fine at Quar Official Board 18 Tu " " " " Fred Bell here Pa & Ma got home from Kemptville last night 19 Wed " " " " " " Pa out helping us 2B in eve/ 20 Thu " " " " " 1 " Fine Pa out too 21 Fri " " " " " 2 " Rain 22 Sat M & Bound Spr Wheat Fine 2B in eve 23 Sun At Bethel Mr Simpson Preached 24 Mo Rain cut hay in swale 4W 25 Tu Put P.G. on Potatoes W Maxwell & I went & returned from Kingston 26 WEd P.G. on Potato Bugs M oats & Barley No 3E } Cut hay on back lot Fine 27 Thu Drew 1 load hay (swale ) cut hay Fine + sows pigged </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August & September (Bk. 28.) No. 8 & ( Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 28 Aug TO 15 Sept REMARKS. 28 Fri Got 1 load hay back lot & 1 load swale 4E Fine at Maxwells in eve rain at night 29 Sat O M 3E SS } cocked grass in swale 4E Fine cool night 30 Sun At SH at home rest of day Fine 31 Mo Rain M wheat in PM. 5W & some oats 5E Fine PM + 1st Sept Tu } Rain } went to Prescott for reaper casting } Got shingles from Algonquin 2 Wed shingling west shed } M oats 5 E } rain last night 3 Thu Turned over oats A.M. & drew in 5 loads P.M Fine high wind 4 Fri Rain shingling shed, got 1 load hay 4E got ready for market & 2 loads oats 3E 5 Sat Went to B to Market O M 5E rain last night 6 Sun T.E Bell here Maggie Bell to B Mr Simpson preached at Bethel E.Mc & C.C.P here 7 Mo Took 1 load hay to B drew in 5 loads oats 5E Fine 8 Tu M & M 4E oats } Drew in 2 loads wheat 4W & 2, 5W heavy rain at night 9 Wed Rained most all day } Put away Mower reaper &c Pa to Morrisburg 10 Thu Cut, Bound & set up W Corn 5W, turned over oats 2nd time Ground very wet 11 FRi Got 1 load hay (Back lot) AM Drew in 4 loads oats 5E PM Fine 12 Sat " " " " " AM 1 " " 4E 4 " " PM 13 Sun At home Alva here Fine 14 Mo Heavy rain last night } shingles 2B } Raked wheat groung oats 5E 3E 5W 15 Tu Drew in 4 loads grain Rain PM 2B + Maggie Bell (Sharpton) here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 16 Sept TO REMARKS. 16 Wed Threshed (Burns & Dyer's Machine) Fair wind nice day & good work 17 Thu Drew in Rakings last of Harvest } Took 2 loads straw to B Put on Shingles Fine 18 Fri At Jos McLeans for dinner & at Dr McLeans overnight Frank & I } to mill Brownley Fine 19 Sat Drove from Spencerville to J.S. Renders Pa to market Fine 20 Sun " " J.S. Renders to Campground & Heard S.P. Chown J.B. Sa{illegible} Fine 21 Mo " " Kemptville to Spencerville & Jos McLeans 22 Tu Came home heavy rain most of PM 23 WEd Went to B Oats } Got dowry Pokers Mrs Rath 24 Thu Took wheat to Lyn .85 per bus } Took 1 load hay to B 10.00 per ton J.S. Render here 25 Fri Cut corn, dug Potatoes. Put ridge boards on shed got ready for market very fine 26 Sat Picked up small Potatoes } Bound & cut corn } Pulled beans } Took in Citrons very fine 27 Sun At S.H. Fine 2B in even Rev McRitchey Preached Fine 28 Mo Com to dig Potatoes Fine Helped J.M wood thresh 29 Tu at Potatoes Helped Mr Wood thresh PM } 2B 30 Wed Frank & I went to Kingston Fair Fine 30 WEd Put hoski on SH shutters } Cleaned Chimney } Pa digging Potatoes } 2B {illegible} Fine night 1st Thu Frank & I went up to Kingston Fair Fine At Uncle Alex over night 2 Fri Came from Uncle Alex to Kingston } Looking for a house & Clergy 3 Mon Sat Rented a house W.J. Maxwell & I On Princess Got some Furniture for house 4 Sun heard Rev Mavety AM at Queen St SS in PM & at vespers in RC Cathedral in eve Rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 5th October TO REMARKS. X X at Medical College light showers 5 Mo Heard M Sullivan give "Introductory Lecture" light showers 6 Tues Took notes on Materia Medica rest of Professors did not Lecture Fine 7 Wed Took in 4 litures Chemistry, Materia Medica, Anatomy & Phisology Tine 8 Thu " " " " Maggy Bell & Frank came back from B 9 Fri " " 3 " Fine 10 Sat Piano &c came up from B fine got them here in eve 11 Sun At Queen St M Kilbournes room PM & salvation army barracks in eve 12 Mo Saw a Tumor taken from a womans breast on Sat saw a mans foot amputated Fine 13 Tu had 4 lecures Fine 14 Wed " " " " have had 3 or 4 fires in city since arrived 15 Thu " " " " Uncle Alex Aunt Sus & Jenny called here 16 Fri University had not lectures. Rained 17 Sat at Market in A.M. Studying P.M 18 Sun at St Andrews AM } at Sydenham H S.S. in P.M. } at Queen St in Eve 19 Mo had only 2 lec Chem & Anatomy } nom of candidates for President of Alma Mater Society 20 Tu Took in 4 Lectures damp & wet 21 Wed " " " " 22 Thu Fire near Depot at night 2 houses burned 23 Fri Took in 3 lec Mother McLean & Mrs Maxwell here On the 3rd rented a house from Mrs Dennis at 4.50 per month </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October & November (Bk. 28.) No. 10-11 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 24 Sat Made book cases Fine Uncle Jno Bell here 25 Sun at Sydenham St Ch AM & P.M. Fine at Kilbourns room & K & P depot P.M. 26 Mo 27 Tu 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 31 Sat 1st Sun at church AM & PM Fine 2 Mo 3 Tu 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat Went out to uncle Alex Bells Fine 8 Sun Came back from uncle Alex Rain at night 9 M roads sloppy & wet, Took in 4 lec 10 Tu Took in 4 lectures Finer weather 11 Wed Took in 4 Lectures 12 Thu Went down to B Thanksgiving day Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM 13 TO 30 REMARKS. 13 Fri at B helped pa make a stable in L.Barn rain } at Back lot & got 3 Cedars 14 Sat Helping at stable A.M. to B P.M. Came up to Kingston on night train 15 Sun At Queen St Frost & sleet last night 16 Mo Took in 4 Lectures 17 Tues " " " " 18 Wed " " " " 19 Thu " " " " 20 Fri " " 3 " 21 Sat At Market Writing part of day 22 Sun At Queen St took No 7 Pew Mr Bland preached 23 Mo Took in 4 Lectures sleet 24 Tu " " " " 25 Wed " " " " 26 Thu " " " " 27 Fri Took 2 lectures - no Physiology tonight 28 Sat Uncle Alex & Jenny & Philip, F.W. Bell and Aunt Margaret Bell here. Fine 29 Sun Went to Queen St Meth ch & sunday S Mr Hooker (Leroy) AM & Mr Bland PM 30 Mo Took 4 lectures, Exam on Botany today. Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 85 . No of Car. FROM Dec TO REMARKS. 1st Tu Moved from Corner of Clergy & Princess to house on Bagot St around by Lanangan Philip Bell helped Fine Took 3 lectures 2 Wed Had 4 lectures Fine rain at night 3 Thu had only 2 lectures Chem, & Phys Fine 4 Fri Phys Mater Med, & Anatomy today Fine 5 Sat Election for president Alma Mater saw a post mortem exam stormy snow 6 Sun very stormy At S. School & at Cooks Church saw another post mortem exam in eve 7 Mo Had 4 lectures. Fine but very cold 8 Tu some sleighs running, cold 4 lectures 9 Wed getting warmer 4 lectures 10 Thu Took in 4 lectures Fine 11 Fri Took in 2 lectures out to Uncle Alex in eve 12 Sat Called at Aunt Catherines, Uncle Johns & made Uncle Wm Bell a visit, then back to A Bells. Fine 13 Sun at Uncle all day. stormy wild day 14 Mon Came in from Uncle Alex. Had 3 lectures Fine 15 Tu Took in 3 lectures had not Physiology annual supper tonight fine 16 Wed Had only 1 lecture Materia Medica 17 Thu Had 4 lectures Fine sleighs running 18 Fri " 3 " Fine went down to B stayed over night at H McLeans 19 Sat At Alvas & Ke ellen & Frank & I out house at night stormed hard at eve 20 Sun at SH stormy, at home Alva & Ellen </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December & January (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 5 86 . No of Car. FROM 21st Dec 1885 TO 9 Jan 1886 REMARKS. 21 Mon Uncle Jno, Annas, Sie, Lida, Olive & Johnnie came up from S Mountain. Went to B. 22 Tu Went in to B. Fine took Sie & Olive in B 23 Wed Pa & Uncle John went to Syracuse, Rain 24 Thu Josiah, & wife, Aunt Annas went home cold wind 25 Fri Ma, Frank & I took dinner at Alva's Fine & cold 26 Sat went to Market, Fine dull market Put up windows banked up cellar 27 Sun at Bethel Mr Simpson preached 28 Mo Borded up part Cow stable L Barn at J McLeans P.M. 29 Tu Pa & Uncle Jno F home from Syracuse got Flora shod Fine 30 Wed Pa, Alva & Uncle Jno went to S Mountain Fine Took Flora & colt & got black mare 31 Thu Delivered Bread for Alva Back route rained nearly all day 1st 1886 Fri } Took dinner at H McLeans Pa & Alva back from Mountain Olive F with them 2 Sat Alva & Ellen brought Olive F. out in evening Pa to market 3 Sun Went over to Bethel Pa & Ma Fine 4 Mo Rained all day. Took Olive F to B 5 Tu Took dinner at Dulmages & tea at Dr McLeans roads muddy misty 6 Wed Snow & keen sharp frost, to Jos McLeans 7 Thu Took dinner at Ad McGuins & tea home went with buggie rough roads 8 Fri cold raw wind at home all day 9 Sat Came back to Kingston very very stormy Frank did not come back with us. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 10th Jan TO 29th REMARKS. 10 Sun At Sydenham Meth morn S S Queens PM & Cooks at night cold 11 Mo Took in Chem, Mater Med & Anat Cold 12 Tu " " " " " 13 Wed Commenced to take Clinics 14 Thu Took in Chem M Med Anat & Phys 15 Fri " " " " " " 16 Sat Heard Dr Lyman Abbot lecture on " {illegible} Ahead" 17 Sun + At Queen St in morn at Connection Hall afternoon & Congregational at night 18 Mo Had 5 Lectures (Taking surgery) 19 Tu Had 5 Lectures 20 Wed Took in Six Lectures Fine 21 Thu " " 5 " Phys, surgery, M Med, Chem, Anatomy 22 Fri Finished dissecting our abdomen & thorax Had 4 lectures 23 Sat Went to Hospital Clinic at work in dissecting room 24 Sun Queen St Methodist church burned at Sydenham St AM, & congregational evening 25 Mo Took in 5 lectures commenced to work on a Lower 26 Tu " " " " snow 27 Wed " " " 6 " 28 Thu " " " 5 " 29 Fri Took in 4 Lectures + heard Dr Lyman Abbot preach </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January & Febuary (Bk. 28.) No._______ Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 86 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 30 Sat Maggie Lee & husband in market at work on a lower 31 Sun at St Andrews hall A & PM & at Queen St Public School for S School 1st Mo Feb Took in 5 Lectures 2 Tu Had 5 Lectures Fine 3 Wed Had 6 Lectures Fine Phys Chem Anat Clinics surgery M M 4 Thu Very cold 5 4 Lec Ther -20 {symbol for degrees} Went to Tea meeting Ontario house 5 Fri 3 Lectures Phys M M & Anat Ther -22 {symbol for degrees} 6 Wed Sat went down to Brockville & out to fam farm 7 Thu Sun Pa, Ma Alva Nell, Frank & I at Farm fine 8 Fri Mo Back at 4 AM from B 5 Lectures Fine 9 Sat Tu Had Chem, Materia Med, Anatomy Surgery & Phys Fine 10 Sun Wed Had Chem, Materia Med, Surgery & Phys Fine warm 11 Mo Thu Alva here, Had 5 lectures 4, Fine & warm 12 Tu Fri Took in 4 lectures, Dissecting the lower 13 Wed Sat - } Alva & I took morning train for B 14 Thu Sun } went out to farm & back to B. 15 Mo } Took morning train for Kingston Had 4 lectures 16 Tu attending surgery, anatomy, Chem Physiology & Materia Medica 17 Wed Took in 5 Lectures Fine 18 Thu " " 5 " </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary & March (Bk. 28.) No. 2-3 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 19th Feb TO REMARKS. 19 Fri Had 4 Lectures 20 Sat Dissecting cold & fine 21 Sun at St Andrews hall AM & PM & S.S. class meeting 22 Mo Had 4 lectures some snow 23 Tu " " " 24 Wed Working on a Lower yet 25 Thu studying up Chemistry Fine 4 lectures 26 Fri 1st Wrote a month exam Chem child born a girl, Dr Vanx attending went to Brockville in P.M. {illegible} 27 Waiting on Frank most of day, Very cold 28 Sun " " " " " " the weather extremely cold 1st Mo March } with Frank at H McLeans all day Fine 2 Tu Out to the farm, Drifted, Back again in eve to B 3 Wed Took in 4 lectures Came up from B 4 Thu Nearly finished lower extremity 3rd this winter Fine 5 Fri Fine & warm 3 lectures 6 Sat Took in Anatomy lecture, saw Uncle Wm & Aunt Margaret in Market Fine 7 Sun at Bible class & St Andrews hall AM & S School & service in PM Fine 8 Mo Saw a Patts Fracture set a Hospital Took in 4 Lectures Fine & warm 9 Tu Fine & warm 4 Lectures 10 Wed " " " " " </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 11th Mar TO 30 REMARKS. 11 Thu Fine Had 4 lectures 12 Fri 2B from Kingston, Snow Last Lecture 13 Sat Came out to farm & back to B in eve 14 Sun With Frank all day Fine 15 Mo Studying Chemistry Fine 16 Fri " " Fine 17 Wed Went to Kingston P.M. with Frank had earache 18 Thu Took in Exam on Organic Chemistry & metals Fine 19 Fri Moved things out of Flanigan house 20 Sat Came to B on Morning Train Fine Fine part of day snowing some 21 Sun In town with Frank all day Fine 22 Mo Snowing, Went from B to farm split wood 23 Fri Drifted very hard split wood snowed some 24 Wed Frank W. Bell & Jennie Wood married Took Ma to B 25 Thu Fine, 2B, Alva & Nellie up from S Mountain Aunt Catherine Bell here 26 Fri Fine Went to B & took Frank out for a drive Alva & Jim B Nellie, Ma & Pa & Aunt Kate at home 27 Sat Went with Alva & Nellie to South Mt Aunt Catherine Bell to B Fine 28 Sun Went out to Jos Renders, at Hallville church & at Van Camps 29 Mo Came back to S. Mt. Went to Foxtons & got 2 load stone 30 Tu Rain A.M. got 2 load stone P.M. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train,__________Conductor,Fraser 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 31th Mar TO 19 April REMARKS. 31 Wed Rain most of day. At Uncle Jno Frasers 1st April Thu } Helped Uncle Jno Fraser saw wood roads breaking up 2 Fri Heavy floods at S.Mt. Rain & soft Light snow 3 Sat Went to Oxford Station from S.M. & to B Frank & baby came out to farm 3 Sun Roads bad at home all day Fine 4 Mo Drew out 5 loads manure 3E AM fine Made Hot bed & fixed gate 6 Tu Went to B got boards for gate pickets &c Hail, stormed, snow, went with waggon 7 Wed Stormed most of day repaired gate &c drifted a good deal 8 Thu Drew out 12 loads manure with sleigh 3W Fine Gyp calved 2B in evening 9 Fri " " " 12 " " " " with sleigh Jas Stratton & wife were here Fine 10 Sat 2B with buggie } Fine & warm sleighing } repaired harness &c used up 11 Sun At SH in Morn } Road not open to 3rd street Fine 12 Mo Fixed garden & road fence. Let water off 5W Sowed seeds in hotbed Fine 13 Tu Repairing & fixing up around farm 14 Wed Fine } Took down windows from in front stoop } Put out bees went to B AM 15 Thu Finis pattern for Plow Shoe } Made two whippletrees } Fine } Roads bad 16 Fri Got horses shod Fine drying wind } Drew 3 small loads hay from Shed to H Stable roads drying 17 Sat } Washed & oiled both sets double harness Pa & Ma to B. } Fine Pa Bot harness from Donaldson 18 Sun } Fine & warm went to SH in AM 19 Mo Put harness together in AM 2B PM with straw for Jail Shower PM </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April & May (Bk. 28.) No. 4 & 5 Train,__________Conductor,Fraser 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 20 April TO 9 May REMARKS. 20 Tu Commenced to Plow Ther 76 {symbol for degrees} O -- Little field Fine 21 Wed O -- 4W SS Fine hot drying weather 22 Thu ' -- 3E NS. == little field Fine 23 Fri C -- " " } Sowed onion seed Fine 24 Sat :: wheat 4W SS } U -- 3E NS Fine 2B market 25 Sun At SH Fine 26 Mo O -- 3D NS & == it once } Fine Had Baby Christened by Mr Jas Simpson 27 Tu ' -- 5W Rain } cleaned cook house &c set Leech &c 28 Wed Fine Cleaned seed grain 29 Thu Repaired chimney, Fixing up around buildings Fine 30 Fri ' -- 5W (Finis wheat ground } ridged up little field Killed Gyps calf 1st Sat May } 2B Market AM ' -- 5E PM Fine 2 Sun At Maple grove to 1/4 meeting Fine 3 Mo ' -- 5E AM }:: wheat 5W WS PM Fine 4 Tu :: 3E NS oats & == it } -- a few furrows 5E 5 Wed O -- 5E } Planted corn acre fine 6 Thu -- Barley ground 5W Fine 7 Fri light shower } :: & == 5E oats 8 Sat :: Barley 5W Fine Went to B in eve Took Frank & baby in town 9 Sun Went to B heard Rev Dyson Hagne Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM 10 May TO 9 May REMARKS. 10 Mo Went up to Kingston to study Botany Practical Chemistry & Matriculation. Fine 11 Tu Took 1st lesson in P Chem & Bot Fine 12 Wed { Looking for a house Took P chem & Bot Fine & warm (Jas Hall helped me move Fine Rented a house from W Meek on Elm St 13 Thu Frank & Baby came up from B Rained PM Fine AM 14 FRi } Getting things straightened up Thunder storm at night 15 Sat Uncle Alex & wife Aunt Catherine & Frank here Rain whitewashed Kitchen 16 Sun } at St Pauls Hall A.M. Rain P.M. 17 Mo Took Botany Practical Chem & at Ryans showery last night 18 Tu " " " " " " 19 Wed " " " " " " Operation at hospital necrosis of Tibia Fine 20 Thu " " " " " " Fine & Warm 21 Fri " " " " " " Fine got Long boots repaired .50 22 Sat Maggie Bell & Mifs Spooner & I Lee & wife here Fine 23 Sun Went to St Andrews Hall in AM & Frank went in PM Fine 24 Mo at Polsons experimenting } studying AM 25 Tu Took Prac Chem & Botany & at Ryans 26 Wed " " " " " " Fine weather keeps cool 27 Thu " " " " " " At laboratory in PM & went over 1st weeks work shower 28 Fri " " " " " " copied 1 lecture from Connells notes </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM 29 May TO June 17 REMARKS. 29 Sat Wrote out synopsis of Prac Chem Fine most of day, shower at night 30 Sun Went to St Andrews Hall AM Frank went in PM 31 Mon 1st June Mon } P.C. & Bot & At Ryans Fine 2 June Tu " " " " " " At Polsons store grinding up P.C. Light shower in eve 3 Thu " " " " " " Commenced testing by tables Fine 4 Fri " " " " " " at Polsons house in eve P.C. Fine 5 Sat At home studying Fine 6 Sun At at St Andrews hall AM , Frank went PM Fine 7 Mo Took P.C. Bot & at Ryans 8 Tu Light shower last night Fine 9 Wed Took P.C. & Bot & at Ryans Mother McLean came up from B 10 Thu " " " " " " Fine & warm 11 Fri " " " " " " Hot & dry weather 12 Sat Studying most of day Mother McLean went home } Uncle Alex & some of fam here 13 Sun at Mr Carr rothers & St Andrews Hall AM Frank at St Andrews Hall PM 14 Mo Took P.C. & Bot not at Ryan Fine most of day 15 Tu " " " " " " Not " " grinding up PC & {illegible} light shower 16 WEd " " " " " " at Polsons in eve grinding P C 17 Thu Took last Lecture in Botany heavy shower in A.M. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM June 18 TO July 7 REMARKS. 18 Fri Took last lecture in Prac Chem Wm, Nicholl Lecturer, Fine 19 Sat } Examination in Practical Chemistry at 2 P.M. Fine 20 Sun } At Mr Crothers & St Andrews AM Frank at Hall at night Fine 21 Mo Examination in Botany 10 AM Prof Fowler examiner, Prof Shortt Lecturer. 22 Tu At Ryans sutudying for Matriculation Fine 23 Wed " " " " " Bought a waterbarrel from Polson Heavy rain 24 Thu studying Algebra, Physics, Arithmetic Euclid, English grammar & Latin 25 Fri Showery AM Fine PM At Pronouns in Latin 26 Sat } Heavy shower in AM Studying Latin most of day } Aattebell 4 Mos old weighs 14 3/4 lbs 27 Sun At St Andrews Hall both of us one in morn other eve Fine 28 Mo Over at Ryans for part of AM 29 Tu Both Frank & I not feeling very well reviewing up studies 30 Wed not doing much today Fine weather 1st July .} Raas processions, &c &c Fireworks in eve some sharpton folks in today Fine 2 Fri F. W. Bell & wife & Aunt Catherine here. Frank & I & baby went home with them Fine 3 Sat At " " then to Uncle Johns in eve Had a swim in lake in eve Fine 4 Sun At Uncle John's , Tom Mires, Thomas Myres buried at Jim Bells for dinner Fine 5 Mo At Uncle Wm's & (Mr McCarthurs) stayed over night Fine 6 Tu From " " to Ashfords, Frank & Jennie also there Fine 7 Wed at Uncle Alex, Fine & hot, Jennie away </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM July 8 TO REMARKS. 8 Thu Helped Uncle Alex draw in hay & cut hay Fine 9 Fri Uncle Alex Aunt Susannah Frank baby & I went to Brockville Fine 10 Sat Pa to Market, Rain A.M hoed in little orchard PM 11 Sun Uncle & Aunt, Pa & Ma & I went to Bethel church Mr Shorey preached Fine 12 Mo Put poison on potatoes, hoed onions Fine & cool 13 Tu Uncle Alex & Aunt went home C --/ corn 3E SS Fine Pa & Ma to B. 14 Wed Rain. O --/ corn 3E SS hoed tomatoes & cabbage in little orchard to Roy & tena shod 1st time 15 Thu Rained most all day. Pa & Ma started for S. Mountain studying 16 Fri Rainey. Working around buildings most of day 17 Sat 2 Market butter 17.18 Per lba } put P.G on potatoes acre } cut grass little orchard rain eve 18 Sun Rain most of AM } Thos E Bell came out Sat eve } Frank & I to B PM 19 Mo M orchard PM } Moved straw out of barn into shed } Fine & cool PM Rain AM 20 Tu cutting around trees orchard } --/ corn acre } Pa & Ma home from S. Mt. 21 Wed Pa took Frank & the baby to B. working on different things Shower 22 Thu M hay in 1W Fine Drew in hay from orchard 23 Fri Drew in hay 1W 4 loads 24 Sat Pa to Market Fin Rakings 1W 1 small load 25 Sun Frank & I at Bth Fine at Wall St church came out at night with Maxwells in eve 26 Mo M 2E WS . to B & got them Frank, FW Bell & weife here. Pa went got it fixed 27 Tu Took F.W.Bell & wife to B Broke pitman of machine yesterday Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July & August (Bk. 28.) No. 7-8 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM July 28 TO 16 Aug REMARKS. 28 Wed Drew in hay from 2E WS & M part 2E ES all but 1 round Broke pitman Knife of M Machine 29 Thu Cut W 1/2 1E Had Mr Jno McLeans Machine & cut with 2 teams 30 Fri " E 1/2 1E " " Woods Fine " " raked up west half " " " " 31 Sat Pa went to Market. Fine Raked up E 1/2 & cocked up the acres 1st August Sun at SH Fine 2 Mo Drew in hay from 1E & put it in Hay loft above horses (10 loads) Fine Walter Frew helped in hay 3 Tu Raked up 2nd time 1E & drew in rakings studying 4 Wed M hay in 4W & 5W Fine studying 5 Thu at Maxwells in PM. Fine went to Ice cream social at S of T Hall 6 Fri Drew in 6 loads hay 4W & 5W NS. Fine 7 Sat Studying part of time Drew in hay from swale 4W & to 5W 1 load & rakings. Fine 8 Sun Pa & Ma went to Quarterly meeting at Algonquin Frank & I at the farm Fine 9 Mo Went to Brockville to Father McLeans to study with Will Maxwell 10 Tu Studying in B with W Maxwell Fine 11 Wed " " " " " Took a boat & went to old mans island 12 Thu Will Maxwell went to Maitland excursh Fine 13 Fri Studying today Fine Will Maxwell & I went to point swimming & to cave (below town) 14 Sat Went to Farpaughs show & out to farm Pa to market Fine 15 Sun At home all day Rain 16 Mo Packing up to start for Kingston Rain Put reaper together </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August & Sept (Bk. 28.) No. 7-8 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM 17 Aug TO REMARKS. 17 Tu Came home to Kingston from Brockville came upon boat. Fine 18 Wed Looked up a school to study at in Fine 19 Thu Commenced to study with Mr Mills Fine 20 Fri At Sundies Fine 21 Sat Met Uncle Wm & wife & Uncle Alex & wife at Market. Fine 22 Sun I went to Williamsville in AM & Frank to St Andrews at night 23 Mo Did not go to Mills as Mrs Mills Sen died & was buried yesterday Rain at night 24 Tu Fine. Rain last night studying at school Heard Rev J McDougall & 3 Indians & 2 chiefs 25 Wed At Mill's School at Matric Fine 26 Thu Translating about 1 chapter of Ceasar Per day - giving 4 Props in Euclid & working at grammar 27 Fri Fine day, gave chap 25 Ceasar & 13, 14, 15 & 16 Props in Euclid Fine Pleasant weather 28 Sat Aunt Helen (James) , Aunt Margaret & Susannah Bill & Mrs Howe here. Fine 29 Sun Heard Mr Sparling AM at Sydenham Frank at St Andrews PM At Church 30 Mo At Ceasar (Latin) & Euclid principally light shower 31 Tu At Mr Mills studying. Fine Sept 1st fine working at Matric pretty hard 2 Thu Had 3 chaps Ceasar & 4 props Euclid 3 Fri Had 3 chaps Ceasar & 4 props Euclid Fine 4 Sat Walked over to Fort Henry, Fine in AM & rambled near it 5 Sun Went out to Cataraqui to hear Frank to St Andrews </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sept (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. X Translating now without a translation 6 Mo Fine day, had only one chap of Ceaser 7 Tu Had 2 Chapters Ceasar & 3 props Euclid Fine Bought 3 charis 2.00 & wood 1.00 8 Wed " " " " " " " 9 Thu At Mr Mills school studying pretty hard 10 Fri Working at Book V Ceasar & Book 2 Euclid 11 Sat Jim H Bell & wife here & Mifs Parrott Fine Took a walk around market 12 Sun Rained Frank & Mifs Meck to cooks church Rained 13 Mo At Mr Mills 2 Ceas & 2 Props 14 Tu " " " " " " " " walked over to military camp 15 Wed Had 2 Chap Ceasar & 2 Props Euclid Rain 16 Thu Went over to Barriefield in PM. (soldiers drilling there) at Mills AM 17 Fri Went though Locomotive works PM. Fine Father McLean & wife came here 18 Sat Fine Father & Mother McLean went home Uncle Jno & Aunt Ellen Bell here 19 Sun At Mr Crothers & St Andrews Hall in AM Frank at Hall in eve 20 Mo Working at Mr Mills at Matric Fine 21 Tu At Latin, English grammar, Euclid, Arithmetic, Algebra &c 22 Wed Getting along Fairly with Work Fine 23 Thu Fine, studying 24 Fri At Study all day 25 Sat at home working all day. Fine X M.V.Bell, Rosa & Thomas E Bell here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September & Oct (Bk. 28.) No. 9 10 Train,__________Conductor,_________187 86 . No of Car. FROM 26 Sept TO 14 Oct REMARKS. 26 Sun Heard Mr Bland in AM. at Mr Crothers at 9:30 27 Mo Rain at Work at Matric papers 28 Tu Rain. Opening day of K- Fair 29 Wed Brushing up on Matric work Fine 30 Thu At Kingston Fair. Frank & I went out with Jno A Bell & wife to sharpton 1st Fri Oct At Uncle Johns Fine 2 Sat Went from Uncle Johns to Uncle Alex Fine called on FW Bell 3 Sun Heard Rev Jas Simpson at Westbrook I came in to K Frank at Uncle Alex 4 Mo + Introductory lecture by T.R. Dupuis Fine Will & I at it 5 Tu Fine Took Chem, M Med, Anatomy Practical Med & Physiol. 6 Wed attended Chem, M Med, Anat & Phys 7 Thu " Histology " " " Fine 8 Fri " " " " " Fine warm pleasant days 9 Sat Put up Made Stand for books for Will 10 Sun Did not go to church, Face swelled up badly Frank wnet in eve 11 Mo Took Chem, M Med, Anat & Phys Fine Pleasant Cooler 12 Tu " " " " " " " Uncle Jno & Alex Bell here to attend Court 13 Wed " " " " " Uncle Jno & Alex went home Colder 14 Thu " Histology anat & Phys Rain Uncle Jno Aunt Ellen Ella & Nellie Bell here + Minnie Bell & Wm J Maxwell here to board {arrow up to between 12 & 13} P Ella & Nellie started for Watertown </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,__________Conductor, Jno B Fraser 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 15th Oct TO 3 Nov REMARKS. 15 Fri Took Histology, Anat, Phys, M Med & Prac anat Fine 16 Sat Studying up Matric &c Fine 17 Sun Went to Mr Crothers & St Andrews Hall Rained most of day 18 Mo University day, No Lectures, Fine at Mr Mills P.M. 19 Tu Had Chem, M Med, Anat, Prac anat & Phys Fine & warm weather 20 Wed " " " " " " " & Phys 21 Thu At Histology, M Med, Anat & Phys 22 Fri At Histology, Mat Med Anat & Phys Frank went out to Uncle Alex 23 Sat At home most of day, Fine got 1 bag sweet apples .60 Fine 24 Sun Frank came back & Jennie Bell with her at St Andrew Hall & Salvation Army Fine 25 Mo Took in Phys in eve. Fine 26 Tu At Chemistry, M Med, Anat, Fine 27 Wed At home studying fine 28 Thu At Materia Med & Anatomy, no Histology Jennie Bell went home 29 Fri Studying at home 30 Sat Went down to Market saw Uncle Wm & Aunt Marg Uncle Alex & Kate & Luke Sharp, Fine 31 Sun Went to St Andrews hall A & PM Frank & I went in eve 1st Nov Mo Took Phys in eve studying for exam 2 Tu Fine studying for exam 3 Wed Matric Exam started today, wrote on Fine Algebra, Euclid, arithmetic & English </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No._______ Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 4th TO REMARKS. 4 Thu Wrote on Latin in AM & Physics PM. 5 Fri Attended M Med, Anat & Physiology 6 Sat Snowed first of season. Went to Market for apples 7 Sun Went to Mr Crothers, & St Andrews P.M & to Sydenham St church PM to hear Rev E A Telfer 8 Mo At Chemistry M Med, Anat & Phys Some rain 9 Tu " " " " " & Clinics dull gloomy weather + 10 Wed " " " " " & Phys Fine slight hailstorm, gloomy no rain 11 Thu " Histology, " " " " " & Phys & Clinics slight hail storm 12 Fri " " " " " & " " Turning Colder 13 Sat Bot Coal stone &c very cold last night snowed most of day & Uncle Jno went away 14 Sun At St Andrews Hall A& P.M. Fine cool 15 Mo Took in Anatomy, Chem, Phys, No M Med Fine Changed cook stove 16 Tu " " " " " & a clinical lecture. Fine 17 Wed " " " " " Fine some snow & frost 18 Thu No Lectures, Thanksgiving day 19 Fri Had anat, M Med & Phys. 20 Sat Sent 20.00 to Toronto to register for council unpleasant day snow 21 Sun At Mr Crothers & St Andrews Hall . Fine 22 Mo Had Anat, M Med, Chem, & Phys, Rain 23 Tu Had Chem, Anat, Phys - no M Med or Clinics Rain most of day + at Jos Cook's Lecture </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November & December (Bk. 28.) No. 11 -12Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 86 . No of Car. FROM 24th Nov TO 13 Dec REMARKS. 24 Wed At Anat, M Med, Phys & Chemistry 25 Thu No Histology, } Anat, Phys, M Med Clinics Stormy 26 Fri At Histology, Anatomy, Phys, M Med, & Clinical Lecture Fine 27 Sat Snow enough for light sleighing 28 Sun at All Saints Church in evening colder but not freezing mud 29 Mo Had Anat, M Med, Chem & Phys Fine Snow nearll all off 30 Tu Had Anat, M Med, Chem, Clinic & Phys Cold bitter wind, Freezing hard Fine 1st Dec had Anat M Med, Chem no Phys slightly warmer 2 Thu " " " Histology & Phys at Hospital Clinics 3 Fri " " " " " " some sleighs running 4 Sat Went to Market got 1 Quarter mutton at 6cts Per lb. Beef 3 1/2 per lb cold 5 Sun Cold wind at Mr Crothers & St Andrews A & PM went with SD Chown to Depot 6 Mo At Anat, M Med, & Phys. No Chemistry winding up on an upper Fine 7 Tu At Anat, M Med, Phys & Chemistry At Hospital at Post Mortem examination Fine 8 Wed " " " " " " 9 Thu " " " " " " & Histology Fine Quite warm weather 10 Fri Pa came up this PM, Anat, M Med & Phys no Histology 11 Sat Over at dissecting room & around market 12 Sun At St Andrews hall A & PM, Fine Mr Bland preached A & PM 13 con commenced to dissect upper. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Dec (Bk. 28.) No. 12Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 86 . No of Car. FROM Dec 14th TO 31st REMARKS. 14 Tu At Hospital in eve - Opthalmoscope At Anat, Chemistry & Physiology 15 Wed At Anat & Phys. Dissecting on an upper snow last night 16 Thu No Lectures today. Holidays commenced Working at an upper Fine 17 Fri Night of one Converzatione. Cloudy light snow 18 Sat, Working at Prac Anat, Helped at Convocation Hall Fine 19 Sun First service in new Queen St Church At Catholic Gnostic church at 5 P.M Heard Mr Bland & Whiting 20 Mo No Lectures Holidays Dissecting 21 Tu Some sleighs running Fine Jennie Bell here, Minnie went home 22 Wed Dissecting at Upper extreme Fine 23 Thu Will Maxwell went down home Fine Took Frank over to University museum 24 Frank, Baby & I went to Brockville snowed in morn, rained rest of day 25 Sat Took dinner at Father McLeans Fine & cold IN P.M. went out to farm. 26 Sun Went to S. School & to Bethel Mr Shorey preached 27 Mo Frank baby & I at farm cold 2B & got Maggie Lee & husband 28 Tu Maggie Lee & husband, Frank & baby went to B Pa & I went to S Mountain 29 Wed At Alva's & Uncle Johns cold + 30 Thu at Josiah Render's & Jno McTavish's 31 Fri Came up from S Mt, & in to B where I met a sad family stormed + Mother McLean died bet 11 & 12 PM </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 87 . No of Car. FROM 1st Jan TO REMARKS. 1st Sat Mother McLean was put in vault A sad new Year Brockville storm 2 Sun At Father McLeans, stayed last at Mr Camerons Fine 3 Mo Talking over matters & arranging things about future movements Fine 4 Tu Frank, Father, Baby & Earnie went out to Stewart Street. I went about 12 AM 5 Wed Commenced to Pack Furniture stormed 6 Thu I went down to S. mountain Fine At Alva's & Uncle Johns, cold 7 Fri Aunt Annas had cancer cut out of breast Drs Harkness, Reddick & Steacy 8 Sat Came back to B & stopped over clear & cold night at J McIntosh's 9 Sun Mother McLean's funeral sermon preached Mr Allen preached it. + 10 Mo Finished packing household goods went out with Pa in eve 11 Tu shipped goods to Kingston W. J. Maxwell, Ernie, Frank & I went to K 12 Wed Took Anat, M Med, Chem, & Phys stormed & blowed drifted 13 Thu At Anat M Med, Histology & Phys storm 14 Fri At Anat, M Med, & Phys, stormed hard roads blocked 15 Sat At Y.M.C.A. meeting in AM. at home snowed, very small market PM 16 Sun At Class & Preaching in AM & preaching in eve Mr Bland preached Cold 17 Mo At Post Mortem Hosp Jno Malcahy stormed 18 Tu At Anat, M Med, Chem & Phys Roads blocked up 19 Wed At Lithotrity operation Hospital snowed & drifted + Frank & I signed off about back Lot. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January & Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 1 & 2 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 1^887 . No of Car. FROM 20 Jan TO REMARKS. 20 Thu At Anat, M Med & Phys 21 Fri At Anat M Med & Histology 22 Sat At Y.M.C.A. in College, Rained hard 23 Sun At Queen St Meth AM & PM. Cold & fine 24 Mo At Anat, M. Med Chem & Physiol Fine 25 Tu At Anat, M.Med, Chem & Physiol, Fine 26 Wed At Anat, Chem & Physiology 27 Thu At Anat M Med Phys & Chem colder 28 Fri At Anat M Med & Phys warmer snow & rain 29 Sat Father McLean here Cold & fine 30 Sun at No 3 Meth Church A.M. S D. Chown preached at Queen St in eve S.G. Bland preached 31 Mo At Anat, Chem, & Phys Cold Father McLean away at night 1st Tu Feb } At Anat, Chem & Phys } no M Med 2 Wed At Anat, Chem & Phys Fine Stormed } no M Med 3 Thu At Anat, M Med, Chem & Phys at a head & neck Fine 4 Fri At Anat. M Med. Hist & Phys. Fine 5 Sat at Y.M.C.A in AM where some delegates spoke to convention Sir John A McDonald Opera house 6 Sun At Queen St Church AM & PM Rainy sleet 7 Mo Cold & Fine, At Anat, M. Med Phys & Chem 8 Tu At Anat , M Med, Phys & Chem Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 1^887 . No of Car. FROM 9 Feb TO 28th REMARKS. 9 Wed Rained most of day. No M.Med streets sloppy water on sidewalk 10 Thu Fine & warm, Rain at 10 P.M. Dissecting &c 11 Fri Stormed, Took Anat, M.Med, Phys 12 Sat At Y.M.C.A. in AM. Dissecting P.M. Rine roads drifted up 13 Sun At Queen St in A.M. Mr Whiting preached 14 Mo Fine & moderate. Anat, M.Med, Phy, Chem got porcelain dishes & funnel & Bottles 15 Tu At Anat, M. Med, Chem & Dissecting warm nomination day Fine Snow last night 16 Wed " " " " " 17 Thu " " " " " 18 Fri " " " " " & Phys 19 Sat At Y.M.C.A. Meeting I was leader, Fine 20 Sun At Queen St Meth Church Mr Whitney preached Fine 21 Mo At Anat, M Med, Chem & Phys 22 Tu " " " " " 23 Wed Beautiful day at usual studies 24 Thu At Anat, M. Med & Chem, No Phys 25 Fri At Anat M.Med & Phys nearly through dissecting very fine 26 Sat Blowed & light snow, At Hospital 3 P.M. At Physiology 2 P.M. 27 Sun At Queen St church A & P.M. snow drifted 28 Mo At Anat M Med, Phys & Chem Fine cold </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 1^887 . No of Car. FROM 1st TO REMARKS. 1 Tu At M Med Chem & Physiology 2 Wed At Anat, M Med, Chem & Phys 3 Thu At Anat, M.Med, Chem & Phys, Fine Weather, Fine & warm 4 Fri At Anat, M.Med, & Phys, Fine & warm Forman addressed Y.M.C.A. on Missions 5 Sat At Y.M.C.A. & market A.M. Studying P.M Fine most oday snow at night 6 Sun At Queen St Mr Bland preached A"M & At 3rd Meth Church Rev Crossly preached PM 7 Mo Soft Rain, Anat, Chem, M.Med & Phys 8 Tu At M Med Phys & Chem Fine 9 Wed At M Med Phys & Chem - no Anat - warm light shower very fine mostly 10 Thu At M Med, Phys & Chem Fine 11 Fri Last Lectures today . No Anat } had Chem today No Physiology today 12 Sat Studying for Exams. At market Aunt Margaret & Maggie Bell here Fine 13 Sun At Queen St A & PM, Rev Browning preached 14 Mo Hard at work on exams principly M Med Fine 15 Tu Fine went to College & got coat &c 16 Exam (College) in Materia Medica 17 Thu " " " Physiology . Fine 18 Fri " " " Anatomy " 19 Sat Working up for Chemistry. Fine 20 Sun } At Queen St A.M. Frank & Earnie in eve </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April (Bk. 28.) No. 3 & 4Train,__________Conductor,_________ 1^887 . No of Car. FROM 21st TO REMARKS. 21 Mo Took Chemistry exam in P.M. Fine working at Chem A.M. 22 Tu Studying up for Oral's Fine 23 Wed Took Oral exam on Materia Med Anatomy & Physiology Fine 24 Thu Fixed chair walked down to see Myles steamboat Fine 25 Fri Slight snow. R.E. McKechnie here Studying for council exams Fine A.M. 26 Sat R.E. McKechnie started for Montreal. Fine 27 Sun At Queen St church Mr Bland A & PM Fine Ernie & I in AM & Frank & I in eve 28 Mo Passed Anatomy exam. Light snow snowed last night 3 -4 inches this morn 29 Tu Studying for Council Exam cold Fine 30 Wed " " " " " " Went down to see "Myles" 31 Thu " " " " " Fine weather both sleighs & waggons running 1st April " " " " sleighs still running 2 Sat Got carriage for Baby Fine Emma Sharp here at market studying 3 Sun At Queen St in morn & Sy denham st in eve Fine 4 Mo Studying for exams Father McLean here 5 Tu Commenced Council Examination Took Anatomy 6 Wed Took Chemistry examin (Theoretical) Fine 7 Thu " Materia Medica & Pharmacy " Fine 8 Fri Took Physiology & Histology Fine 9 Sat " Prac Chemistry, & Toxicology Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 1^887 . No of Car. FROM 1st TO REMARKS. 1 Ju 10 Sun at Queen St & Wm - ville T.G. Williams church Fine 2 Wed 11 Studying up for Oral exam Fine 3 Thu 12 " " " " " Father McLean started for Dakota 4 Fri 13 Wed getting reaedy for exam Fine 5 Sat 14 Thu oral exam on all primary subjects Fine. 15 Fri Rain W. J. Maxwell went home. Alna came home P. M. light rain 16 Sat Went down to market & strolled around city with Alva fine 17 Sun At W Williamsville church A.M & Queen eve Fine 18 Mo Alva started for Gananoque & Frank & I started went to Westbrook Uncle Ale Fine 19 Tu At uncle Alex Fine 20 Wed . From uncle Alex to uncle John Bells Fine 21 Thu West to Uncle William Bills Fine 22 Fri Called at Jas Bells & took dinner with Aunt Catherine Fine 23 Sat at Uncle alex again Rain 24 Sun } At West brook T Smails preached Fine 25 Mo | Emie & I came back to K in stage 1 Lecture Fine 26 Fu | Frank & baby came in today Fine 27 Wed | At city hall Lauration day Fine 28 Thu | Rained most of day . On Friday look sanitary Science. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 1^887 . No of Car. FROM 29th Ap TO May REMARKS. 29 Fri Fixing up around house. Fine 30 Sat Fine Bought crib for baby At Market Painted chair & varnished crib &c 1st Sun May } At Queen St A & P.M. Mr Bland AM & Mr Whiting P.M. Fine 2 Mo At Hospital saw an operation for Ulcer Fine Lecture at 5 P.M. 3 Tu Frank commenced Housecleaning Fine 4 Wed At Hospital A.M. & Med Juriprudence 5 P.M. Fine 5 Thu Helping Frank at Housekeeping Fine 6 Fri At Housecleaning } Took Lecture on Sanitary Science Fine 7 Sat At Hospital A.M. Fine Saw uncle Alex & Aunt & Mr J Simpson 8 Sun At Queen St Church opening Fine Rev H Bland preached in AM & Rev Dr Douglass Eve 9 Mo At Hospital & Medical Jurisprudence 10 Tu At Home writing most of day. Fine 11 Wed At Hospital & Medical Jurisprudence At Prayer Meeting in eve Fine 12 Thu At Home cleaned Privy & fixed floor of wood shed Fine 13 Fri At Post mortem at Hospital } no Sanitary Science Fine part 14 Sat At Hospital Post Mortem remainder, Fine writing notes on Obstetrics 15 Sun At Queen St Church Rev Mr Hall preached in A.M. & Rev Dr Nelles in eve Fine 16 Mo Fine at Hospital & Lectures Med Juris 17 Tu At Hospital again fine weather 18 Wed Took first case to diagnosis Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May & June (Bk. 28.) No. 5 & 6 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 87 . No of Car. FROM 19th May TO May REMARKS. May 19 Thu At Hospital copying out Obstetrical notes. 20 Fri Presented report on case Hospital Mrs School aft Fine 21 Sat Writing & studying Fine 22 Sun At Queen St A & PM. Rev AB Chambers in PM & Rev T.G. Williams A.M. X 23 Mo Have drills 3 or 4 times ambulance corps Fine At Hosp & Med Juris 24 Tu Marched with 16th P.W.O over to Barrefield Rained a good part of day 25 Wed Fine at Hosp & Med Juris, writing out Obstet notes 26 Thu Took Med Juris , Fine, In eve at Queen St Church Revs Potts, Burwash & Dewart spoke 27 Fri At Medical Juris. Rev Mr Philps here Fine 28 Sat Mrs Wm McLean went home. Jas Hall here to dinner Fine O 29 Sun At Queen & Sydenham St Churches. Fine Rev Mr Philps } Rev Dr Carman {illegible}iation service 30 Mo At Hospital AM & Medical Jurisprudence PM Fine Rev Mr SD Chown here for tea 31 Tu At home most of day } at Med Juris PM Rev Jas Lawson here ] at S School meeting in eve 1st June Rained most of day No Med Juris 2 Thu At Med Jurisprudence cloudy Hospital no lecture 3 Fri At Hospital & Sanitary Science Fine 4 Sat Went out to Asylum Fine at market 5 Sun At Queen St AM & Pm both Frank & I Fine Mr Whiting AM Mr Bland PM O Philip Jen & Min Bell here & Mr Jas, Edgar & Harper Coates Conference sitting in Kingston X Mrs Wm McLean here from Farmville </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 87 . No of Car. FROM 6th June TO May REMARKS. 6 Mo Rain At Medical Jurisprudence studying at Sanis & Juris 7 Tu At Hospital saw operation on ankle removing cuticle & scrape Fine No Med Juris 8 Wed No Lectures either Hosp or Med Juris 9 Thu Had Lectures on Med Jurisprudence no Hospital lectures Fine 10 Fri Took last lectures on Sanitary Science Fine Studying up for exam 11 Sat Fine. At Market. Ernie went to Brockville 12 Sun went to Queen St AM & Frank in eve Fine 13 Mo Ernie came back & Will Maxwell with him At Hospital 14 Tu Studying up for exam. Fine 15 Wed At Hospital saw cataract removed saw an ey taken out Fine 16 Thu At Med Juris & Sanitary Science 17 Fri Did not go to Hospital studying 18 Sat Maggie H Bell here. Fine At Market 19 Sun At Queen St AM & P.M. Rain 20 Mo Took Med Juris & San Science exam went to Montreal at night Fine 21 Tu At Uncle Jas Bells & around street with Battalian Rain 22 Wed. Came home from Montreal Fine 23 Thu } got report of exam, Passed in both Sanit Science & med Juris Fine 24 Fri } Got Dunglisous Dictionary Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June & July (Bk. 28.) No._______ Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO May REMARKS. 25 Sat Uncle Jno, Aunt Ellen & Rose here Fine At Final subjects. light shower 26 Sun At Queen St A & PM, Mr Whiting AM & Mr Bland PM Fine 27 Mo Fine working at final work at Hospital 28 Tu At final work Fine 29 Wed At McGillivery studying Fine at Hospital in AM 30 Thu Mr Thomspon Killed by fireworks in eve Celebration of Queens Jubilee Fine 1 July Hot day At Review of Troops, Fine man drowned today 2 Sat Frank & I went out to Uncle Alex Bells Fine 3 Sun Hot & dry. Frank & the rest of fam to Westbrook 4 Mo At Uncle Wms & Johns & Aunt Catherines Fine & hot 5 Tu At Uncle Alex, Got out fossils Fine 6 Wed Went to Hartington, Saw Charles Bell Uncle Alex Maggie & Hiram Bell Fine 7 Thu At Harrowsmith to Jas Kelsoes & took tea with Maggie Lee. Fine 8 Fri I came back to Kingston Fine got Sargeant arm bandaging 9 Sat Frank came home today Fine studying at finals 10 Sun Heard Rev Mr Sparling AM & Rev S Bland P.M. } light rain 11 Mo At Hospital Fine Hot & dry 12 Tu Got Suit dark {illegible} Hat Hypodermic syringe } Hot Fine 13 Wed Started for B Went out to farm went down on "Pelsia" str Fine 14 Thu Visiting at farm Pa Ma Maggie Henry & Syd well Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train,__________Conductor,_________ 187 7 . No of Car. FROM 15 July TO 3rd Aug REMARKS. 15 Fri Made Splints for Loyd Hurds legs Fine ground very dry 16 Sat Fine, Reading & Amusing ourselves today 17 Sun At Bethel Church, Mr Shorey preached Fine 18 Mo Studying surgery "Wyeths" Fine weather extremely hot 19 Tu Jno Henry buried at B rowed up to cemetery Fine 20 Wed Geo & Wm Wood, Ernie & I went up the river at Mrs McIntoshs & Murphys 21 Thu Rain, Called at Ad McGuins, Mrs Knapp &c went back to farm 22 Fri Helped put up crosspiece for hayfork in Horse stable some rain 23 Sat Pa, Frank, H Hat & I drove down to S Mt Fine & cool At Alva's 24 Sun Heard Cornett at Presb church fine 25 Mo Drove out to Josiah Renders. Fine 26 Tu Visited at S{illegible} & Jno McTavishes Fine Good crop of hay down here 27 Wed Drove in from Jos Renders to Jno Frasers stayed at Uncles all night Fine 28 Thu Drove from S Mt to Spencerville Pa drove home 29 Fri Fine clear day, took a drive with Dr McLean & another Rev SD Chown 30 Sat Took dinner Dr & I at Jos McLeans shower in evening 31 Sun at Jos McLeans & Spencerville preacher SD Chown Fine 1st Aug } Frank & Hattie went to Jos McLeans Read at Drs 2 Tu Studying some of the Dr's cases fine 3 Wed Got the Drs horse & drove to J McLeans Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 8 Train,__________Conductor,Fraser 187 7 . No of Car. FROM 4th Aug TO 23rd REMARKS. 4 Thu Frank baby & I drove back from Jos McLeans to Dr McLeans Fine 5 Fri Frank & Lizzie went to Bishops Mills Fine 6 Sat Put Plaster Jacket on Smiths Leg Fine 7 Sun At Quat Meeting Spencer Chown Preacher Fine 8 Mo Drove from Spencers to S Mt 9 Tu Mrs Render Had a paralytic stroke At Jos Renders, Uncle Jno & Alva Drove back to Spencerville Fine 10 Wed Came back to Spencerville. Fine 11 Thu Went with Dr to J Frasers. Fine young man had intrapelvic abcess 12 Fri Reading most of day Frank with at Jos McLeans } at Spencers with Lizzie McLean 13 Sat Took Tea at Mrs Whites At Jos McLeans Fine 14 Sun At Prayer Meeting & Preaching at McLeans Fine Mr Chown preached 15 Mo Jos & Justus McLean & their wives drove Frank & I home Fine } 2B 16 Tu In Brockville to see Beach he not home Pa drove me Fine 17 Wed At Mr Maxwells in P.M. Fine reading in AM 18 Thu Visiting & reading 19 Fri Cooler weather but fine Reading 20 Sat Frank & I visiting in Brockv Fine 21 Sun Heard Rev Mr Blanchet at Bethel Fine 22 Mo Helped patch Barn roof fine Visited at Dunhams 23 Tu Pa at Market I walked in & out to B went in to see Beacock cool </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug & Sept (Bk. 28.) No. 8-9 Train,__________Conductor,_________18^87 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 24 Wed Wm J Maxwell Frank & I went up to Kingston Took train Fine Found all right 25 Thu went to McGilliverys & to Hospital Fine 26 Fri " " " " " " Very dry time wells failing X 27 Sat Montreal Fred Bell here. Fine Philip, Maggie, Aunt Susannah Uncle Wm & Anne here 28 Sun Frank at church in AM & I in PM Fine day Bland AM Whiting PM 29 Mo At Hospital dissecting brain Fine at McGilliverys in PM 30 Tu At McGilliverys studying & also dissecting Brain 31st Wed Sept Oct Got House from R. Love at Hospital Fine 2 Thu Sept Moved 5 loads furniture to house 332 5 Brock St Fine 3 Sat Aunt Helen Bell of Montreal here Moved Piano & Hair set furniture Fine 4 Sun Frank heard Mr Whiting in AM & I heard Salem Bland in eve 5 Mo Went to Barnums show Fine at McGilliverys WJ Max & I 6 Fri At Hospital man with double fracture of his lower jaw at McGilliverys Fine 7 Wed Seen Pacentesis performed on Mrs Burk went with W Maxwell & Dr Fenwick 8 Thu Went to Commercial Union Picnic over at Wolf Island Fine 9 Fri Went over to Point to see Mrs Burke wound oozing yet Fine grinding 10 Sat At market got 1 Qr mutton 4 1/2 Per lb Fine day Uncle Jas Bell here & Geo. 11 Sun At Queen St in eve Whiting spoke Fine 12 Mo At McGilliverys, Rain. grinding at home X wrote up suddards case </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,__________Conductor, J.B.F. 18^87 . No of Car. FROM 13th Sept TO REMARKS. 13 Tu At Hospital Saw operation on Tibia knee - opened Fine 14 Wed At operation scraping Tibia cupping & puncture Hydraulic 15 thu Rained Father McLean came back from Nebraska Fine AM 16 Ri At McGil home & hospital Tine + 17 Sat Uncles Jas, Wm & Alex Bell & wives here Uncle Jas wife & 4 Children started for home Fine 18 Sun At Mr WJ Crothers class in morn & at 2 services Mr Bland & Whiting Fine 19 Mo At McGillverys A.M. got wood saw } Ovariotomy performed by X 20 Went over to Fort hill in PM Father McLean Ernie & I Fine 21 Wed At McGilliverarys & with Gillies in PM Am light rain 22 Thu At Hospital grinding up with McGraw Fine also at McGillivarys 23 Fri At TH Suddards Post Mortem At Hospital Fine 24 Sat At Hospital Market &c Studying Fine 25 Sun at Queen St in eve Frank in AM Fine Father McLean at Gate's 26 Mo At McGillivarys in AM Fine reading on finals 27 Tu P & Mde Jno Fraser Sim Fraser Lill & Sims wife were here Fine 28 Wed Studying most of day Fine Mr & Mrs & Alice Mitchell, Mrs Murphy & Maud here II 29 Thu Went out to Fair Fine Took Pa & Uncle Jno Fraser through Museum 30 Fri went studied at home shower Pa & Uncle Jno Fraser went home II At Hospital on 1st obstretric case X Drs Dupuis & Fenwick on Mrs Fanny Bell + saw an operation on mans lower jaw </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,__________Conductor, J.B.F. 187 87 . No of Car. FROM 1st Oct TO 19th REMARKS. 1st Sat Oct At Hospital. showery Father McLean went to B Mr, Mrs & Alice Mitchell, Mrs Murphy & Maud went home to B 2 Sun at Queen St AM Mr Whiting & PM Rev Salem Bland Frank & I in eve 3 Mo At Hospital 2nd Obstretric case Rain. Sim Fraser, Jas Maxwell & I went over to Point 4 Tu Opening addresses by the professors Not much done today Rain 5 Wed at Prac Med, Obstect & Surgery dark & gloomy cool 6 " " " " " About 40 Freshmen entered this year 7 Fri At Prac med, Obstret, Surgery & Hospital 8 Sat Over at Hospital, at Market, Have had a rainy spell following the drought 9 Sun At Queen St Mr Whiting & Bland preached went A & PM. 10 Mo At Prac Med Surg, Obstret Hosp & Med showery 11 Tu At Surg Prac Med Obstretrics, At Med Jurisprudence cooler 12 Wed At Prac Med, Surg, Obstret, & Hospital clinic Showery 13 Thu At Prac Med, Obstretrics, no surgery Fine 14 Fri At Anat, surg, Prac Med, & Obstretrics In eve had Election of court officers Fine 15 Sat At Y.M.C.A. in AM & to Market In PM to Hotel dieu Fine 16 Sun At Queen St AM Rev S.H.Bland preached In Eve Ernie & Frank went & Ernie Joined the church 17 Mo Convocation day, No lectures, at Dr Saunders fixed Battery Fine 18 Tu At Obstret, Pract Med & Surgery 19 Wed At Hospital surgical clinic by gallery AT Hendersons Photographs Prof DuPuis at surg Prac & Obstret got Photographs taken Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,__________Conductor, J.B.F. 187 87 . No of Car. FROM 20th Oct TO 8th Nov REMARKS. 20 Thu At Obstret, Prac & surg Rain 21 Fri At Freshmen reception Y.M.C.A. in convocation Hall Fine 22 Sat At Market, Y.M.C.A & Hospital & Hotel Dieu Aunt Catherine here Fine 23 Sun Rain at night, In eve heard Rev Mr S Bland in Sydenham At Hospital 24 Mo At Obstret, Prac Med & Surg Fine got Potters Mat Med, Edis & Tyson 25 Tu AT Med Juris, Obstret, Pract & Surg Fine cool day 26 Wed At Clinic at Hospital & Practice Frost Fine surgery & Obstret 27 Thu At Practic Med, Surg & Obstret Fine 28 Tu At Reception in in Queen St Meth Church At Surg, Practice, Obstret 29 Sat Snow in afternoon, At Hospital ed ymca in AM. & Hotel Dieu 30 Sun At Queen St A & PM, Fine & Cold 31 Mo Took regular classes. Fine 1st Nov Tu } At regular classes AT Maggie Frizzells case 2 Wed Clinic at Hospital, At Surg, Prac & Obstret Fine 3 Thu At Prac Med, Obstret, Surgery & Hospital Fine Father McLean here from Brock 4 Fri Fine At Obstret, Prac Med, & an operation at Hotel Dieu, removing cancer of breast & + 5 Sat At Y.M.C.A A.M. Hospital P.M. Fine Frank & Father McLean & Baby at Highlands 6 Sun At Queen St AM Mr Whiting & PM Mr Salem Bland 7 Mo Had monthly exam in Obstretrics. Fine Had Prac Med, no surgery At Hospital Fine 8 Tu At Obstret, Prac Surg & Hospital very Fine day. + & also cancer of scrotum & cord </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 87 . No of Car. FROM Nov 9 TO Nov REMARKS. 9 Wed At regular work at Hospital Fine & clear 10 Thu At Practice surg, no surgery at Obstretics fine snow at night 11 Fri Had Monthly exam on Practic, At Obstret, & surgery no clinic Snow 12 Sat Frank, Father Mc & Baby came in from Westbrook At Hotel Dieu & Hospital 13 Sun At Queen St Am Mr Bland & Pm Mr Whiting In eve Frank & I at Chalmers YMCA } 8:30 14 Mo Went to see Dr Saunders about office work Had Clinic, at Obstret, Prac & Surgery 15 Tu Rain, At Obstret, Prac, Surgery At Dr Saunders office 16 Wed At Hospital Clinic, Obstret, Prac & Surgery Fine most of day 17 Thu Thanksgiving day, Fine, no Classes today Bright & sunshiny, no frost, grass green yet 18 Fri at Hospital. Fine. waggons running no snow 19 Sat At Saunders in AM & went out to Wilbur mines in P.M. for Dr Mundell, snow 20 Sun Out at mines, at service in School house snowed most of day 21 Mo Came back from Wilber, at Lectures in evening some snow here. 22 Tue At Obstret, Practice & surgery snow nearly all away 23 Wed " " " " Fine days & weather 24 Thu Fine, some frost, & in eve snow 25 At Obstret, Practice & Surgery Fine Dark day. at Hospital 26 Sat At Hospital, Hotel Dieu & Saunders made up 240 Pills Fine Rain 27 Sun Streets very sloppy, at Queens St A & PM Mr Whiting in AM & Salem Bland PM. Rain 28 Mo At surgery, Practice, Obstret & Hospital Fine most of day but cloudy, snow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November & December (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 87 . No of Car. FROM Nov 29 TO Nov REMARKS. 29 Tu At Regular work - college. Fine + 30 Wed Father McLean went to Brockville at regular work 1st Thu Put up coal stove & got in coal Ground frozen up 2 Fri At Hospital, Prac, Obstret & surgery 3 Sat At Alma Mater Elections. At Hotel Dieu Fine 4 Sun Rain, At Queen St A & PM. Bland Whiting 5 Mo At Exam in Obstretrics, At Prac & Surg At Hospital in eve Soft 6 Tu At Obstretrics, Practice, & Surgery Fine warm & pleasant 7 Wed At regular classes except Obstret nice Fine 8 Thu % Weather Mild, grass Quite green yet Have not had any severy frost yet 9 Fri At Hospital, Obstretrics, Practice & surgery Fine 10 Sat Rain most of day, at Hotel Dieu & Hospital Theodore Miller here 11 Sun At Sydenham St Church Rain Rev Hiraive preached 12 Mo At Practice exam, At Obstret, Surgery Fine 13 Tu " " Obstretrics, & Surgery Fine 14 Wed At Practice Obstret & no surgery Jennie Bell here Boys stoked it. 15 Thu At Montreal as delegate to Bishops college. Fine % Appointed delegate to Bishops college + Wed con Three operations today, Abcess, Tanotomy & secondary shoulder operation </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 87 . No of Car. FROM 16 Dec TO REMARKS. 16 Fri Went around city with the students at Uncle James Bells in eve. Fine 17 Sat At Geo Stoves, R McKechnies, started home little snow in the city 18 Sun Home from Montreal. Fine. was not at church 19 Mo went out to Wilbur mines for Dr Munhall light snow last night. Fine 20 Tu Came back from " " Fine some sleighs running 21 Wed Frank, Ernie, Will, Baby & I went to B snowed in night & forenoon 22 Thu At Jno McLeans in P.M. at home A.M. 23 Fri Henry Hurd & I in Brockville & Maggie & Frank At entertainment (S.S.) in School house in eve 24 Sat Frank, Baby & I went to B at Jas Murphys over night cold weather 25 Sun At Brockville Took Dinner at Jas Murphys Tea at J.B.McIntosh's 26 Mo Came out home & took another xmas dinner wind blew hard & very cold 27 Tu Went down to Mr Maxwells in P.M. Frank, Baby & I cold 28 Wed Frank at Jno McLeans, I helped paper bedroom cold 29 Thu In Brockville in the afternoon and at night went to a party at Maxwells. 30 Fri Went to Mr Dunhams for a visit. Fine all the family home but Emma 31 Sat Frank & I went in to B with Henry Hurd & stayed most of the day at R.Bell's. 1st Sun Jan 1888 } Pa & Ma, Henry Hurd Maggie & her two children are living near Brockville, Jennie has two children & is living in Friend Nebraska, Alva and Ellen with their baby are visiting </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. at the old homestead: Alva having rented his place in South Mountain. They have just finished a new addition to the house and Pa & Ma tak one end and Henry & Maggie the other. I am living at 332 Brock St Kingston studying medicine, have passed my primary exam before the council & " & Intermediate exam before the college beside two of the final subjects. Ernie is with us & Will Maxwell. Grandma Fraser, Uncles Jno, Wm, Sam & Aunt Alida are alive with their wives & husband. Uncles Jno Alex Wm & Jas Bell & their wives are alive and Aunts Mary & Margaret & their Husbands are alive too. During the year Minnie & Rosa McKechnie were married. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 1st TO REMARKS. 1st Jan 1888 Sun. Went to Bethel & heard Mr Shorey at S.H. in A.M. light rain in A.M. 2nd Mo Will Maxwell Frank Hattie & I came back to Kingston, Found things all right 3 Tu Commenced to write my Thesis Fine At Hospital last night confinement 4 Wed Called at 6 A.M to Hospital to a confinement writing on my thesis snow 5 Thu Writing up Hemiplegia. Sleighing quite good no lectures yet 6 Fri at Hospital. Fine At Thesis 7 Sat Aunt Susannah Uncle Alex & Philip here stormy in the morning 8 Sun At Queen St PM " Salem Bland Fine Frank & I PM AM Rev Mr Houston 9 Mo At Obstretrics & Practice, no surgery Lectures commenced today fine 10 Tu At Dr Saunders in A.M. at surgery Practice & Obstretrics in P.M. snow 11 Wed At Hospital in morning; operation by Dr Dupuis At Lectures in P.M. Very fine 12 Wed At Obstretrics, Practice & surgery Fine but cold 13 Fri At Hospital, Practice & surgery no Obstretrics. Fine but strong south wind snowed 14 Sat At Hospital. Y.M.C.A & Hotel Dieu 15 Sun At Queen St A & P.M. Revs {Bland Whiting sidewalks very slippery 16 Mo at regular work. Fine 17 Tu At Practice, surgery, Obstretrics & Med Juris Cold & Fine 18 Wed At Practice & surgery, No Obstret at Hospital. Fine 19 Thu At regular classes. cold Fine 20 Fri Fine & cold Ther 10 {symbol for degrees} below zero at regular classes </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 1 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 21st Jan TO REMARKS. 21 Sat, Ther 15 below Zero, Fine Principal Grant addressed the Y.M.C.A. at Hospitals 22 Sun Heard Revs Whiting & Bland 23 Mo Took regular lectures 24 Tu Weather extremely cold the Thermometer often far below zero 25 Wed At Lectures. Fine 26 Thu Roads & Railways blocked with snow 27 Fri At Hospital & Lectures 28 Sat At Hospital. Y.M.C A. & Hotel Dieu Leader T.J.Jamieson 29 Sun Heard Rev Mr Bland in A.M. & Rev Mr McGillivary P.M. 30 Mo Very cold weather. At Hospital at Lectures. Exam on obstetrics 31 Tu. At Obstetrics, Practice & surgery cold & Fine 1st Feb The weather very moderate but Fine Hospital roads has been blocked. 3 Lectures 2 Thu Minnie Bell here. Very fine day at regular lectures 3 Fri at Obstetrics, Practice & surgery Fine Snow in eve at Hospital 4 Sat. Father McLean came up from Brockville Drifted Rain in eve. At Hospitals 5 Sun At Queen St Meth church. Fine 6 Mo At H.J. Saunders. Fine & cool 7 Tu At regular lectures. Cold 8 Wed At Practice, surgery & Obstetrics 9 Thu Cold weather at regular lectures </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 2 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 10 Fri Thermom 14 below zero. Fine. At regular classes 11 Sat At Hospital, Hotel Dieu & Y.M.C.A. 12 Sun At Queen St in A.M. Fine & cold 13 Mo At Practice, Obstetrics & Surgery, Fine warmer weather 14 Tu Went to Wilbur Mines for Dr Mundell Rain in A.M. turning very cold at night 15 Wed Returned from Wilbur. Clear & Cold At Obstetrics, no surgery or practice 16 Thu Ther 15 {symbol for degrees} below zero. Cold but fine 17 Fri At Hospital A.M. Mild fine sunshiny 18 Sat At Hospitals, Cold 19 Sun At Queen St church. Fine 20 Mo At regular lectures. Fine 21 " " " " 22 Wed at regular Lectures, At Hospital 23 Thu At " " very Fine Like spring weather 24 Fri Beautiful day at Hospital Father McLean & I went to B & Jos McLeans 25 Sat went from Jos McLeans to Spencerville & from that back of {illegible} & home Rain & snow 26 Sun At Father Fraser's all day in eve at J McLeans Went to B at night 27 Mo at Practice & Obstetrics. Fine. Cold came up from Brockville 28 Tu At Surgery, Practice & Obstetrics Fine 29 Wed At Hospital & regular lectures </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. 3 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 1st March TO 20th Mar REMARKS. 1st March At Practice & Obstetrics stormed. Quite mild 2 Fri Colder, stormed, at Lectures 3 Sat Went out to Uncle Alex, with Uncle Wm Frank & Hattie went out with Philip. cold Fine 3rd Got examination ticket - Final - for Queens 4 Sun Came in from Uncle Alex. Cold & Fine 5 Mo At Practice, Obstet & Surgery Fine 6 Tu Had a dissecting group taken. 7 Wed At Hospital, Practice & Obstetrics 8 Thu No surgery. Had practice & Obstet Fine 9 Fri Had last Lectures of the season Fine 10 Sat Frank & Hattie cam in from WBrook. Got final group taken. Fine. At Hospital 11 Sun Not feeling extra & did not go to church 12 Mo Studying for exam. To hear Mifs Dinsdale in eve. cold 13 Tu Stormed nearly all day. At Home 14 Wed At Hospital. Fine. grinding with Kayle & Chamberlain Roads blocked 15 Thu at regular studying. Fine. 16 Frin Getting up Final work " 17 Sat At Hospital Thos R. Dupuis last lecture of 88 Fine 18 Sun At Queen St church Miss Dinsdale spoke A large number out 19 Mo. Father McLean came up from Spencerville Fine 20 Tu Took surgery exam both Royal & Trinity Fine. Wrote A & PM. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March & April (Bk. 28.) No. 3 & 4 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 21st March TO 9th April REMARKS. 21 Wed Wrote on Practice Royal A.M. & Obstetrics P.M Trinity 22 Thu Wrote on Obstetrics AM Royal & Practice P.M Trinity 23 Fri Packing up goods for Spencerville Fine & cold 24 Sat Packing up Household goods. Fine. waggons running 25 Sun At Queen St Meth church 26 Mo Shipped goods to Spencerville (Household) Rained & snowed Frank & FAther Baby & Ernie to Brock 27 Tu Had an oral exam took exam on Practice, Obstetrics & surgery 28 Wed snowed & Rained. Went down to Spencerville from Kingston 29 Thu Drawing Household goods from staion to Spencerville Fine 30 Fri Took team to Prescott & went to B and out home. Fine Putting away goods. 31 Sat Went up to Kingston expecting to write on the council exam. Fine 1st April At 3rd Meth Church AM & 1st in eve Called at Cyrus Sharp's & Jno Cowdy's eve 2 Mo Preparing for exam in AM & to start for home P.M. Fine 3 Tu Came to Spencerville Fine 4 Wed Made a trip to Jas McLennans Fine Frank & bab Hattie up to Jos McLeans 5 Thu Rained most of day. Fixed pump 6 Fri Weather cleared up, Busy all day. 7 Sat Out to Jno Vincents, Frank & Hattie & Ernie Father McLean to Mrs Knapps funeral came back 8 Sun At " " in A.M. Fine at home all day. Frank at church 9 Mo Wm Maxwell came down. very fine an easy day </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. 4 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 10th April TO REMARKS. 10 Tu Father McLean came back from Mrs Knapps funeral Rain P.M. Fine A.M. } W.J.Max away 5 P.M. 11 Wed Rain At Keelers to see child. got one bbl sugar from Kingston 12 Thu Light snow at night & cold Out to Mr Cummins in A.M. 13 Fri at Nat Bartons & Jos McLeans Took Ernie McLean up to ^ Fine Frost last night 14 Sat " " " & office work. Fine part of day some more snow 15 Sun Fine day at Nat Bartons & Pat Gores in eve Heard Rev SD Chown in A.M. 16 Mo Had a busy day. Fine Roads bad mud deep in some places & snow deep in others 17 Tu At Bartons & Whites in A.M. Fine shots of the road drying up 18 Wed W.J.Maxwell here & he & Father McLean Roads bad. went out to Bishops Mills 19 Thu Father McLean back. Plenty of mud. Cool 20 Fri Some snow fell. Roads sloppy 21 Sat Fine at usual work. Not out today 22 Sun Fine At Mr Melville's funeral Heard Rev Kellock preach 23 Mo AT work in office most of day Fine 24 Tu At Mrs Dillaboughs in A.M. Fine a busy day 25 Wed at Mr Sellecks, Lydia's & Cummins. Dr & Mrs McLean at Prescott. Roads drying Fine 26 Thu At Mrs Dillaboughs, some sowing done Fine 27 Fri at Cummins to see children Fine Fine & warm 28 Sat. At Geo Smiths (wife confirmed) Fine Roads good & dust flying Grass beginning to appear in spots. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 29 Sun Heard Rev S.D.Chown. Fine At Prayer meeting in eve. 30 Mo Cold. Raw day. but Fine at regular work 1st May Busy day. At P. Cottons Father McLean at B. snow & rain Fine 2 Wed Fine day. not very busy 3 Thu Queens Collage Glee club gave a concert here tonight. Fine 4 Fri Father McLean came back here Jos. Fred & Wm Lillie McLean here Fine 5 Sat At Posting books. Fine. 6 Sun Heard Mr Chown A.M. & at prayer meeting in eve Fine 7 Mo Fine day. I was not out. Roads good Posting books 8 Tu Posting books & studying. Fine 9 Wed Father McLean & Lizzie Mc went to Winchester Fine 10 Thu Fine day. Nice growing shower last night Roads dry & good 11 Fri Fine most of day. At usual work 12 Sat Father McLean & Lizzie came back from Winchester Fine most of day shower 13 Sun At church. Heard Mr Chown preach At prayer meeting in eve. 14 Mo Busy day. Fine Roads good 15 Tu Dr McLean & family went to Bishops Mills Quiet day. Fine 16 Wed Rain & Hail. At Geo Cummins. weather cold 17 Thu Fine day. At Thos Smailes child. grass in good condition </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. 5 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 18 Fri SC McLean wife & family came home Frank & I & Father at Jos McLeans PM. From B-Mills Light shower 19 Sat At ordinary work. The weather keeps very cool Rain 20 Sun At Church in A.M. Rev SD Chown preached Fine day, but cool 21 Mo At ordinary work. Studying also Fine 22 Tu S.C.McLean & Family went to Brock & Farmersville Fine 23 Wed Made a visit at D Pitts & Bannens Fine 24 Thu Geo W Bishop & wife here Fine at PM 25 FRi " " " " " S.C. McLean & wife & Family went away. at David Pitts came home. Fine 26 Sat at usual work & reading. Fine 27 Sun at Prayer meeting in eve Frank went in A.M. 28 Mo Drove to David Pitts. Fine 29 Tu Frank Hattie & Father McLean drove up to Brockville I went up by Railroad. Fine 30 Wed At Jno McLeans & Father Frasers Fine 31 Thu Went to Brock. Visited Geo W Bishops & Mrs Murphys Fine 1st June Fri At B Cemetery AM. Fine & at Knapps, RM Bells Mrs Dougs & A McGuins PM 2 Sat Came back from Brockville light showers 3 Sun Dry weather crops suffering. Fine 4 Mo At regular work. no great rush today. 5 Tu Heavy Gale of wind & rain much damage done 6 Wed crops look better after the rain Several people killed by yesterdays storm I went to Prescott AM. } H Mc at Kemptville </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 7th June TO REMARKS. 7 Thu Negotiations going on about Mrs Imrie's places. Fine 8 Fri Nothing unusual, regular work Fine 9 Sat Mad a verbal agreement with Mrs Imrie about her place. Fine 10 Sun Terrific thunder shower in eve. Heard Rev Kellock - ordained deacon. 11 Mo H McL to Jesse McLeans, At Whitleys, Greys Bannens & Lemans Rain 12 Tu A rush of business, crops looking nicely Fine 13 Wed Busy day at Greys Bannens &c Rain last night Fine 14 Thu Making out S.C.McLeans accounts Fine 15 Fri Very heavy thunder shower this P.M. not extra busy today 16 Sat At Greys & Bannens. Jos McLean & wife here H. McLean back again Fine 17 Sun Fine at home most of day Took Father McLean to Jos McLeans 18 Mo At Mr Greys. Hot close day 19 Tu Business Keeping up very well at usual work 20 Wed Reading up on surgery. Fine 21 Thu Thermometer 116 in sun Fine not much driving today 22 Fri Hot close day. Light showers Reading surgery 23 Sat At Ventnor David Browns shower Dr McLean & Family at Bishops Mills 24 Sun Heard Rev SD Chown A.M. 25 Mo At regular work 26 Tu Reading up & at office work Rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. 6 - 7 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 27th June TO 16th July REMARKS. 27 Wed At G Greys, Moderately busy At L Lyddia's Fine 28 Thu Father McLean to Bishops Mills for Lizzie & children cold day 29 Fri Frank & I at Joseph McLeans. Fine Got 1.00 worth of berries 13 baskets 30 Sat Reading Most of day (surgery) Fine Not very times (busy) 1st Sun At Home all day. Hattie not well. Fine day 2 Mo Reading. Fine weather. } Some hay cut 3 Tu At A.OU.W strawberry festival at usual work Fine 4 Wed Father McLean & I drove up to Brockville Fine 5 Thu At Henry Whitleys, all day. Fine Came back from Brockville. Got $800.00 6 Fri At Lyddia's, Jno Pitts & Henry Whitleys. Fine 7 Sat Uncle John Fraser & Josiah Render took dinner with us today. Fine Roads dusty 8 Sun At S.S. in morn & Frank at Prayer meeting in eve 9 Mo Plastering Fine day. Making preparations to move. 10 Tu Bot House & Lot in Spencerville from Mrs Imrie for $1600.00 gave $800.00 down and mortgage for rest 11 Wed Plastered up & Papered rooms O 12 Thu Moved part of our goods from Dr McLeans to our new home. 13 Fri Getting carpets down to their place &c Fine 14 Sat Moved Piano, Trunks valises Father McLean, & Ernie to Jno McLeans 15 Sun Frank at Presbyterian church A.M. & U at Meth in eve. 16 Mo Fine day. Not much biz today but working around house </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 17th July TO Aug 5 REMARKS. 17 Tu At work around house getting things in place. Fine 18 Wed Rain today which was needed very much, everything very dry 19 Thu Cutting down burdocks weeds &c Fine day 20 Fri Getting things in order in & about the house Fine 21 Sat At L Lyddia's Fine. Fixed up around house Read Med, Juris 22 Sun At Hermon Andersons vst-wf. Fine Mayer{illegible}ing in eve 23 Mo Took down henhouse & began to prepare for moving barn. Fine AM 24 Tu Made shoes for Barn. Went to Rex Hutchcrofts- injured head. Fine 25 Wed Took out timbers boards &c from barn Fine. Dry weather 26 Thu Took floor out of carriage house and fixed it up. Fine. Put shoes under barn 27 Fri Floored over the carriage house Fine 28 Sat Finished preparations for moving barn Fine, very dry weather 29 Sun Heard Rev SD Chown preach in Presby church 30 Mo Moved part of Dr McLeans goods Fine 31 Tu Got English with Capstan to move barn in P.M. helped Dr McLean move 1st Aug Finished moving building with Capstan helped Dr. McLean move 2 Thus Got Barn in position & took out runners Fine, not many calls 3 Fri At Perrins Boy with backward dislocation of elbow Joint Fine 4 Sat Fine & Hot, Father & Mother Fraser here Father McLean troubled with Sciatica 5 Sun at Quart Meeting Fine At Jas Smiths & Perrins </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. 7 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM Aug 6th TO REMARKS. Aug 6th Mo Father & Mother Fraser went home Fine day. Working about house We are living in Spencerville in a house bought from Mrs Imrie Paid $1600.00 for it. Father McLean is living with us & Ernie is with us part of the time the remainder he spends in Kingston at his studies. Pa & Ma Fraser is living on the farm near Brockville & have just been down on a visit. Henry & Maggie have 2 children Loyd & Edna & are working the farm. Alva & Nellie are in Smiths Falls have one child - Alva is delivering bread for a baker in that town. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. ______ Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 7th TO REMARKS. Allan McLean & Jen are living in Friend Nebraska & have 2 children. I have seen neither of them yet. 7 Tu Drove down to South Mountain at Uncle Jno Frasers. Rained 8 Wed Visited Jno McTavish & Sie Render. Fine 9 Thu Took down Partition of Hay loft after coming from S Mt home. Fine. Windy 10 Fri at Thos Boyds at night. Put floor in loft & moved Partition Fine 11 Sat At Lyddias & Thos Boyds. Light showers putting up gutters to stable 12 Sun At S School & prayer meeting at night Frank & Father McLean at preaching 13 Mo Rained almost all day Putting in gutters of on stable 14 Tu Fine until evening when rain came on Pretty busy times 15 Wed Rain again today. At Boyds Working on Stable 16 Thu Rain At Boyds, Showery, very wet now a good deal of grain cut down 17 Fri Rainy day. At Boyds, Joe Cummins Saffertys &c Heavy rains all week 18 Sat At Ricketts & Thos Boyds. Fine Drew up stone from old foundation to near stable 19 Sun At Meth Church. Mr Chown spoke Fine 20 Mo Moved partition in shop 21 Tu Took out shelves of shop & Kalsonined it. 22 Wed Fixed shelving of shop 23 Thu Finished fixing South shelving in shop Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August & September (Bk. 28.) No. ______ Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 24 Fri Shower. At Boyds, Moved counter in shop 25 Sat At Boyds, Dunlops & Billings Fine 26 Sun At Boyds & prayer meeting in eve Fine 27 Mo At Mahoney's (confin). Fine 28 Tu At usual work & at shop (fixing) 29 Wed Working around shop & house Fine 30 Thu Rained heavy. not very busy 31 Fri At Boyds, Fine most of day shower. set out berry plants 1st Sept R McKecknie, Henry Hurd wife & fam here Fine, H McLean up to B. 2 Sun At preaching in morn, Henry Maggie R. McKecknie & I. Mr Chown spoke Fine 3 Mo R McKecknie went away. Father McLean came home Fine day 4 Tu still attending Mrs Boyd some cold nights 5 Wed Early frosts injuring corn potatoes &c 6 Thu Frank & I at Ogdensburg Fair. Fine 7 Fri Nothing unusual. Fixing up around place. 8 Sat Allan McLean, wife & fam here. Fine 9 Sun At SS & Church Allen McLean wife Frank & I 10 Mo Allen & Jen went away. Uncle Jno Fraser & Aunt Annas here 11 Tu Rain cold Uncle John went to B in morn 12 Wed Frank Hattie & I drove to B. Fine Cool </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 12 Wed Came back from B. Allen & Jen & family started for Nebraska. Got Photos taken 13 Thu Air cool. Fine at ordinary work Old Mr Andrew Bennett dropped dead 14 Fri Uncle Jno Fraser & wife here for tea Fine At Hutchcrofts Hobbs Boyels &c & Fairbairns Sale 13 Thu Air cool. Camp meeting at Heckston going on. 14 Fri at Smails, Boyds, Holbs &c Fine 15 Sat At Fairbairns sale. Fine. Uncle John & Aunt Annas here for tea. At Robt Hutcrofts. 16 Sun Rained heavily most of day. At prayer meeting in eve 17 Mo Rain. Reading & working 18 Tu Pretty busy day. Fine weather Dr McLean & Lizzie to S Mountain 19 Wed Fine Weather moderately warm Potatoes Plentiful around here. 20 Thu Rain. A good many drives lately. 21 Fri Ernie McLean came down from Kingston At Smiths, Hutchcrofts, Holbs &c. Fine 22 Sat At Office most of day. Fine but cloudy 23 Sun At S.S in morn & prayermeeting in eve. Frank, Father & Ernie at preaching 24 Mo Getting wall under stable. Fine Quite busy times. 25 Tu Father McLean up to B & back again today At Holbs & Boyds Fine 26 Wed Frank & Earnie at Joseph McLeans Fine Working at stable. 27 Thu Frank Hattie & Ernie up to Brockville Rained heavily in AM Showery 28 Fri Frank, Ernie & Hattie back home again. At Hobbs & at Prescott. Fine Cool 29 Sat Hail, Rain & snow, Mr & Mrs Beech Dr & Mrs McLean took tea with us. Put new windows in store front. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM Sept 30 TO Oct REMARKS. Sep 30 Sun. Heard Mr Chown preach. Fine Oct 1st Rain most of day cold not much stir 2 Tu At Campbells, Smails & McCartin's Rain cold weather 3 4 Wed Father McLean & Ernie up to B ( for Kingston) at McCartin's Rain 4 Thu Rained. Quite heavy frost last night At Hobbs & Campbells 5 Fri Spencerville Fair held today Cool Father McLean back } cloudy 6 Sat Rained most of the day Di not have a drive. Frost last night 7 sun At P Gores Wife confined. Fine at Meeting at night 8 Mo Frank & I at South Mountain got show case. cold Rain 9 Tu " " home fomr " Fine Roads not very good, At Cavanaghs 10 Wed Sorting out & fixing goods. 11 Thu Lizzie McLean & I went to S Mountain & got some goods of Cavanagh } Fine 12 Fri Fine AM. Rain P.M. at McCartins 13 Sat Rain & snow At Hobbs Fixing stable 14 Sun At prayerme Presbyterian church & heard Mr Killock 15 Mo Cold & Rain. Not very busy Roads very bad 16 Tu Fine pleasant day 17 Wed Fine part of day At Gores. At Joseph McLeans Frank & I 18 Thu Wm Maxwell out this evening at Billings Rain 19 Fri Wet rainy afternoon, Mr & Mrs Joseph & John McLean here. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October & November (Bk. 28.) No. __________Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 20 Sat Rain & Snow at night. Fine AM. Got furnace for shop. At D Smiths 21 Rain. At P Hobbs. Heard Mr Chown in AM 22 Mo S Landon commenced to put in furnace in Office &c cold raw morning Fine PM 23 Tu Fine day. Got 20 bus Potatoes from P Hobbs 24 Wed Rain. Landon finished furnace in office &c 25 Thu Fine day made window for coal. Fixing coal bins 26 Fri Fine warm day. Got in coal for winter cotst 5.50 & Freight total $6.10 & cartage 27 Sat Rained heavily most of AM & part of last night Getting out accounts got in rest of coal 28 Sun Heard Rev SD Chown & Mr Parent preach Fine 29 Mo At Adam's, Holme's & hobbs. Fine some snow 30 Tu At Jno Wiley's performed operation for strangulated Hernia Fine 31 Wed Fine day. At J Adam's, Wilsons, Goggins &c Roads drying up. 1st Thu } At Cummins, Robinsons & Bradys Rain last night Fine 2nd Nov } At Uncle S.N Frasers funeral, hew was living in Brockville, & took typhoid fever 3 Sat & died in the Hospital. Had two children Uncle John Fraser came up from South Mountain & I went up with him very fine day 3 Sat At Jones, Cummins & Gambles. Rained most of last night </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 4 11 5 4th Nov TO 21st Nov REMARKS. 4 Sun Heard Rev SD Chown preach. Fine Had a very busy week. 5 Mo Orange Celebration here today At Jones to see child Fine 6 Tu At Jones, Rained heavily most of PM. Uncle Jno Fraser & Walter Frew here 7 Wed Cold raw day. Rain. Got some Lumber from Peters. At Hobbs 8 Thu At H Edwards. Rain, colder Have not started coalstove yet 9 Fri Rained heavily. At Shannons roads very bad 10 Sat Rain, Rain. Flats covered with water some Matilda roads impassible Made bell pull for shop } at Thomson 11 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach some snow 12 Mo Snow & Frost. At Hobbs bad roads yet 13 Tu Rain. At Thompson & Edwards. 14 Wed H Hurd & R Stratton here for potatoes At Robinsons (Ventnor) Thompsons &c 15 Thu Thanksgiving day. At Raycrofts Harry Hurd & R Stratton went home Fine 16 Fri At H Edwards. Roads freezing up at night Fine 17 Sat Ground frozen up. No drive today Fine & Quite cold 18 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. Fine Had coal stove running today 19 Mo Cut off A Leman's toe & part metacarpal Some snow & mud. 20 Tu Froze hard last night. At Goggins & Edwards Fine 21 Wed Roads hard. At Lemans. Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November & December (Bk. 28.) No. 11 Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 22nd Nov TO 11th Dec REMARKS. 22 Thu No snow to speak of yet. Roads hard. Not much driving for last day or two 23 Fri Fine Thermom +8 {symbols for degrees} last night. At Thornton Hutchcrofts cold & raw wind 24 Sat At Goggins. Fine Roads getting smooth no great rush of business 25 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. Fine & cold 26 Mo At Goggins Fine. Roads slippery cold 27 Tu Rain B light. At Duffs, Fine most of day. 28 Wed not very cold Thawed. At Lemans. 29 Thu Misty. At Lemans. Frank Hattie & Father Mc to Justus & Jos McLeans 30 Fri Got Outside Window frames from Tripp Roads slushy. Freezing at night Dec 1 Some snow. At Goggins, Lemans, Hutchcrofts &c Puttied & put up outside windows. 2 Sun Drove down to Gorham Hutchcrofts Fine 3 Mo At Lemans. Hills & Jno Lemans. Father McLean went to Prescott (Bus) 4 Tu At Hutchcrofts. snowed. Spencerville Fair today 2 or 3 sleighs out 5 Wed Cut at tumor out of W Mason Dr Mc & I Fine & Quite warm 6 Thu At Hutcrofts & Leman's. Fine At Jos Carmichael's 7 Fri At Hunters at night. Fine day not very busy 8 Sat At Goggins & Hunters. Fine Roads good Shop sales increasing 9 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach at Hunters Fine 10 Mo Fine day. Not much stir today got in hay 1370 lbs at $13.00 per ton 11 Tu Fine mild day. Unsurpassed roads (wheeling) at Hunters. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 18788. . No of Car. FROM 12th TO REMARKS. 12 Wed At McQuades (Alberts) Fine Turned very cold last night 13 Thu Thermom almost to zero. Cold driving but very little sleighing yet. 14 Fri At Paines, Hunterss & Lemans. Fine Peircing cold wind Ther 0 +2 15 Sat At Hunters, Goggins, Millers & Paines. Fine warmer toward evening 16 Sun Heard Rev S.D Chown. Fine & Colder At Paines 17 Mo Rain most of day. Busy times. 18 Tu Consultation with Buckley at Goggins at Lemans & Hunters. Very stormy 19 Wed At Paines & Hendersons. Fine sleighs running today cold 20 Thu Stormed At Prescott Hunters & Simons Fine night & cold 21 Fri Father McLean came back from his visit to B & C stormy 22 Sat Fine. Cold. Ther -5 {symbol for degrees} Ernie came here from Kingston At Connells & Kingstons 23 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. Fine. 24 Mo Snow disappearing. Busy day. 25 Tu Rained. snow going fast AT Home Father Mc Ernie Frank Hattie & I 26 Busy day. Most of frost out of ground Roads getting bad 27 Thu At Simons, Jenkinsons, Hunters Thos Connels & Rickets Rain 28 Fri Frost last night. At Connels. 29 Sat Fine. Cold. Roads Hard. At Connels & Goggins } 30 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach At Mr David Smiths & Seimens Fine 31 Mo Drove up to farm & from that to B Frank & I. Left Hattie with Father McLean Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. During the past year I wrote on Trinity & the Royal Medical exams & passed both. After which I came to Spencerville & commenced to practice with Dr McLean. We Lived with him until July when we bought a house & lot from Mrs Imrie for $1600.00. I am getting a fair share of proft (40%) & have almost half of the work to do. We have had not serious sickness this last year just closed. Jennie Allan & their two children were over here in the summer they are living in Friend Neb. Henry & Maggie are living on the farm & have two children. Alva & Nellie are living at Smiths Falls. Alva is </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. Working for Garrett - Delivering Bread. They have one little girl. Ernie McLean was at Kingston most of the summer & is there this winter attending med college. Father McLean is with us & does not go away for many visits. Father & Mother Fraser are living on the farm. Both seem to be moderately healthy. We have had a very mild winter so far; with an excessively rainey Fall. For a long time in the summer we had no rain which resulted in a scarcity of fodder. Oats. 37. Hay $14.00 - 16.00. Straw $9.00 Apples 2.00 Per bbl. Potatoes .25 per bus, Turnips .35 per bus. Coal per $6.60 delivered, Wood 1.00 per Cord stove soft </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 1st TO REMARKS. 1 Tu Took dinner with Father & Mother F & went to Smiths Falls P.M. Fine 2 Wed Came back from Smiths Falls Fine Visited Alva & McIntosh's. 3 Thu Came back to Sp ville. Took dinner with Jos McLean Fine } Took Tea at Chowns 4 Frim At Home most of day Fine Roads muddy 5 Sat At Smiths, Linnens, Father Mc took Ernie to B for Kingston. Fine 6 Sun Heard Rev Mr Horner Evangelist preach his first sermon here Fine 7 Mo Rained & frose. Disagreeable driving at Smiths & Linnens 8 Tu Trees broken down Telegraph & Telephone wires broken with weight of Ice 9 Wed Rained most of day. At Lafferty's Coat of Ice on trees yet. 10 Thu Snow, soft, high wind. } no great rush 11 Fri At Linnens, Mrs Davids & Jno's. Fine nice driving 12 Sat Beautiful day, good sleighing. At Lafferty's snow thin. 13 Sun Revival services going on yet Heard Rev Mr. Horner 14 Mo splendid sleighing for light loads } but little snow Fine 15 Tu Tine. Increased attendance at special services 16 Wed Pa came down & brought dumbstove Frank & I bbl apples Fine 17 Thu Pa went back home in A.M. snow disappeared, Rain at night 18 Fri Wm Maxwell here. At Thos Kingston, Roads very good soft Fine 19 Sat Fine day. Froze hard last night no services today Sleighing all gone & buggies out. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January & Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. 1 & 2 Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 20 Jan TO REMARKS. 20th Sun Heard Rev Mr Horner preach Fine 21 Mo Protracted meeting, going on much good being done. Fine 22 Tu Henry & Maggie & Family here. Fine Uncle John Fraser here in eve. 23 Wed Fine. Henry & Maggie to S. Mt. to visit Uncle John Josiah &c 24 Thu At Linnens Last night of protracted meeting carried on by Mr Horner. Fine 25 Fri Fine warm day, snow disappearing Mr Horner left Spencerville 26 Sat Very fine day. Some Sleighing At Jas McAuleys prayer meeting at L Lyddas. 27 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach, Fine 28 Mo Mr Chown carrying on revival services Over 50 Conversions now 29 Tu Fine day. sleighing pretty good 30 Wed snowed heavily Got goods from Skinner of Kingston 31 Thu At Mr Goggins. Fine sleighing pretty good Feb 1st Stormed & drifted part of day Got inhaler for Keeler & Peters. 2 Sat At Robt Hutchcrofts. Fine most of day at L Lyddas Prayer meeting 3 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown, some snow Roads not very good. 4 Mo Ther 32 below Zero At R Hutchcrofts Drifting 5 Tu At T Irvines (Ventnor) Robt & Thornton Hutchcrofts Snow snow. Roads bad. 6 Wed Stormed. AT Robt Hutchcrafts & Dunns Father McLean to B Cold 7 Thu Cold day. Roads bad. studying slightly warmer 8 Fri Snowed & drifted,. Roads blocked pretty badly Father McLean back home } </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Febuary (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 9th Feb TO REMARKS. 9 Sat Stormed, At Hutchcrofts. Roads filled This has been a cold stormy busy week. 10 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. At Hutchcrofts Plenty of snow 11 Mo Snow. Hard heavy roads Kept pretty busy. 12 Tu Roads very heavy. Drifted badly. Fine Attending Mrs Wm Kingston (confinement) 13 Fine Drifted. Frank called at Stritons. Visited Robt Hutchcroft & Matthew Sockerly 14 Thu Posting books all AM. Fine but drifting 15 Fri Fine. At Kellocks & Hutchcrofts at Presbyterian church tea meeting 16 Sat Very fine day. At Robt Hutchcrofts Roads pretty good} Rain at night 17 Sun Fine most of day. some rain Roads very soft. At Billings 18 Mo At Jno Billings. Blinding storm Roads full of snow all PM. 19 Tu Roads drifted badly, at Hutchcrofts 20 Wed Fine At Billings & Goggins sale Bought a cow at sale. Drifting 21 Thu Went out to Bishops Mills. Fine Frank & I, at Mr Fergusons & WJ Maxwells 22 Fri stormed hard most all day Did not have any driving 23 Sat Fine. Drifting. At Albert McQuades Thermometer 25 below zero 24 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach Fine Roads almost insurpassable 25 Mo Drifted. At Robt Hutchcrofts. sidelines badly drifted 26 Tu Cold. Not very busy today Fine 27 Wed Fine, at Geo Scotts. Heard Jno A Nicholl's lecture 28 Thu Fine day. Reading & at usual work </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM Mar 1st TO 10th REMARKS. 1 Fri At Robt Hutchcrofts. Fine warm 2 Sat Started for Kingston. Drove to B Father Mc & I stayed at Cyrus Sharps Jno Ayelsworth Bell & wife went from B to K with me 3 Sun Heard Rev Mr Whiting preach A & PM Fine & warm At Jno Cowdeys for tea & at night 4 Mo Looking for a boarding place. Fine & warm 5 Tu Went to Uncle Jno Bells to board. Fine Took one Lecture & got a Prac anatomy ticket 6 Wed Took in Obstetrics & Practice, Very fine Bought had from Mills $2.75 Trotting races here today, roads bad. 7 Thu At Practice & Obstetrics. Snowed on & off during day. At Y.M.C.A meeting 8 Fri Light flurries of snow. Colder at Post Mortem exam at Hospital. 9 Sat At Hospital & Hotel Dieu P.M. Reading A.M. Heard Sullivan Lecture 10 Sun At 3rd Meth Church Mr Timberlake preached AM. In P.M. at St Pauls & heard Rev W.B. Carey. Light flurry snow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. 11th FROM TO REMARKS. 11 Mo At Hospital A.M. & College P.M. Very fine 12 Tu At Practice & Obstetrics. Fine. Called on Hiram Bell. had a grind with McGillivary & Maxwell 13 Wed Last Lecture of session Practice & Obstetrics. Fine 14 Thu Working at home all A.M. Fine P.M. At Mr Pauls, college & McGillevarys & took tea with Hiram & Min Bell & Miss Rose 15 Fri At Hospital & Hotel Dieu. Fine & warm. snow disappearing 16 Sat Country roads bad (snow deep in roads) but in Kingston some are using waggon & carts. At Hotel Dieu We have had a fine month so far the weather is spring like. Have been studying hard. 17 Sun At Queen St Heard Rev Mr Crosby & Rev Dr Autliffe preach. Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 18th TO 25th REMARKS. 18 Mo At Hospital. Fine. Waggons buggies running now. At Anatomy & c 19 Tu Fine & warm, Reviewing, WJ Maxwell here today. But few sleighs out today 20 Wed Fine. Frank & Hattie came up to Kingston today & here at Uncle John Bell's, studying A.M. Frank & I at Jno Cowdys at night 21 Thu R.M. & Sam Bell here. Fine at Jno Cowdy's for dinner. WJ Max & Ernie here this P.M. no sleighs seen. 22 Fri Beautiful day. Snow disappears rapidly At Jas Pauls grinding with WJ Max. At Jno Cowdys last night 23 Sat Bright warm, sunshiney, studying A.M. Called at Uncle Wm Frasers & J Cowdys 24 Sun At Queen St Rev R Whiting A.M. Frank at 3rd Meth church in eve. 25 Mo Colder but fine. Jas H Bell & wife here (at uncles). Sent off $30.00 for final Exam (Council) </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> March (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. 26th FROM TO 5th April REMARKS. 26 Tu Fine at study AM. At Cyrus Sharps P.M. Colder today 27 Wed At Cyrus Sharps last night & at Uncle Wm Frasers for tea. slight cooler. shower 28 Thu At Surgical Anatomy A.M. & at McGillivarys P.M. Light snow 29 Fri Got Stackhouse to fill 3 cavities in 2 teeth cost $2.00. Colder 30 Sat At Cyrus Sharps & market A.M. Frank, Hattie & I at Uncle Alex Bells P.M. cool Fine 31 Sun At West brook heard Mr Simpson Down preach. not very cold. April 1. Came in from Westbrook. Fine snowed last night. Frank stayed at Uncle Alex, working P.M. with WJM. 2 Tu At Anatomy, surgical & medical Fine 3 Wed 4 or 5 in snow today. working with Will Maxwell P.M. & at courtroom 4 Thu At Anatomy, called a C Sharps. Fine 5 Fri working with McGil & Max. at Anatomy. Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 6th TO REMARKS. 6 Sat Fine. At studies. At Uncle Alex P.M. Frank has been there for a week. 7 Sun Heard Mr Simpson at Westbrook & came back with him to Cataraqui along with Mr Burwash. Took tea at Mr Marshalls (Westbrook). Fine 8 Mo Studying hard. Beautiful day. Kinston tannery burned last night 9 Tu Birds plentiful, dust flying. summerlike weather. Had first exam (council Final) in Practice & Therapeutics. 10 Wed Exam Operative midwifery in P.M. Fine at Obstetrics A.M. 11 Thu Exam "Midwifery other than Operative" & Puerperal & Infantile diseases. Some digging their gardens. Roads dusty, most of Ice out of harbour now warm rains yet but snow carried off by sunlight. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 12th TO 17th REMARKS 12 Fri Exam on Medical & Surgical anatomy A.M. & on Pathology P.M. Fine. Cloudy 13 Sat Surgery ( other than operative) AM. Sanitary Science P.M. Fine 14 Sun At Cyrus Sharps last night. Fine Heard Mifsses Mason & Birdsell in 4th Meth Church A.M. ; At dinner with Wm Fraser & there P.M. & in eve Aunt Ellen Fraser Frank & I at Sydenham St Meth Church. & heard Mr Sparling preach. 15 Mo Exam in Operative Surgery A.M. Fine. Dusty. At Med Juris P.M. 16 Tu Exam Medical Jurisprudence Fine. PM went to Hospital & then to Dr Saunders - At Microscopic work. 17 Wed Frank & Hattie went to Brockville in P.M. Fine warm day reviewing </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April April (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 18th TO REMARKS. 18 Thu Reviewing. Fine & warm day. Bought microscope ($27.50), tongue depressor (.75), Clinical Thermometer (1.75), Obstetric Forceps ($9.25), Cus{illegible} Bivalve Speculum ($3.00) 19 Fri Reviewing up for oral exams Fine 20 Sat had Oral Exams (council) Fine day. In P.M. arranged to start for home. 21 Sun Came out to farm this morning having come from Kingston during the night. Found all well. At Bethel Church P.M. & heard Rev Mr Shorey. 22 Mo At Brockville R.M. Bells, Mr Thos Woods, Mr Knapps, Mrs Murphys & At Maxwells at night. Fine 23 Pa drove us down to Spencerville Found things about as we left them. Fine day. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 24th TO REMARKS. 24 Wed Pa went back home & Father McLean also went up to B. Fine A.M. Rain P.M. 25 Thu Rained. Voting on the Scott Act repeal today. Things Quiet 26 Fri Rain. At Matthew Sockerly's & Murdocks Ventnor & at Jno Dukelows 27 Sat At Store most of day. Damp. 28 Heard Rev Mr Chown. Quiet day wet 29 Mo Not very busy - too went to work around garden 30 Tu At Jno Masons & Linnens cold weather May 1st Att Jno Kingstons wife. Fine Roads muddy, bad travelling At Moilans & Sellecks & Kinneys 2 Thu Posting Books & settling accts Fine day. At store most of day 3 Fri Fine day. At Clarks, Lockerbies, Rodicks &c Busy day. Roads drying up 4 Sat Got goods from Melville. Fine & warmer Father McLean has been circulating a petition to prevent Licensing a tavern here the last few days & has got more than 1/2 the voters. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 5th TO 23rd REMARKS. 5 Sun Quarterly meeting here today. Fine Rev Mr Chown preached 6 Mo Quiet day. Fine People at spring work. 7 Tu At Wm Throops Fine day, Building line fence between Mr McLean & our lot 8 Wed Fine hot day, Ther 84 {symbol for degrees} in shade. At Throops Finished Line fence. 9 Thu Had garden plowed & harrowed. Fine Planted some Potatoes 10 Fri + Finished planting potatoes, & planted corn cucumbers, strawberries, Beets, carrots &c 11 Sat Fine day. Planted Pop corn, Melons, & Onions Trees leaved out 12 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown preach. Fine At Mr Wm Throops 13 Mo Spring work is being rushed Cattle have been at pasture for some time 14 Tu Rained. Father McLean making screen doors 15 Wed Fine. Fixed drawer for corks &c. not very busy Put in Radishes 16 Thu At Ventnor Mr Lockerbies. Fine Roads quite muddy 17 Tu Fine day. Fixed desk for writing hot day 18 Sat Hot dry day. Ther 93 {symbol for degrees} in shade Fine at Ventnor 19 Sun At S. School & at Mr Chowns AM & at prayermeeting in eve 20 Mo Rain A.M. Potatoes .18 cts Per bus at station 21 Tu Rain P.M. not very busy. Working around house At C Campbells att wf. 22 Wed Rained . At Thos Comels. Made syrup Rheu aromations 23 Thu Painting doors & shutters. Fine. + Heavy rain & hailstorm. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May June (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 24th TO REMARKS. 24 Fri Fine but cool. Not very busy Dr & Mrs McLean at Bishops Mills 25 Sat At Thos Dobie's Att wf. cool } Fine Heard from Ontario council. Passed 26 Sun Heard Rev Mr Kellock preach AOUW sermon Fine 27 Mo Slack time. Working around shop most of time Rain 28 Tu Experimenting with syrups &c Frost at night Rain cold 29 Wed Went out to Prescott got drugs &c Ernie went up to Brockville Fine 30 Thu Made up some syrups scillae & c Fine cold & raw weather 31 Fri Rain Painted doors screen 2nd coat wind Got in Sabins dressing &c June 1 Sat Rained nearly all day painted window shutters & Father Mc made window The crops are in a forward condition; I notice Rye headed out on the 22nd May Cattle have been out nearly all of May month & the grass looks remarkably well. Grain looks well on high land but the low land has been too wet to seed. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM June 2nd TO REMARKS. 2 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown preach. Rain about 20 persons joined Meth church today. 3 Mo Rained . Low land very wet 4 Tu Rained heavily during day & night Put on screen doors & windows 5 Wed Went out to Prescott for drugs &c Rained again today 6 Thu + Rain. plenty of ground not cropped on account of wet. 7 Fri Rained. Put on window shutters working around office 8 Sat Rained heavily most of last night & this AM Fine P.M. 9 Sun Very heavy rain. Mr Tripp preached 10 Mo Rained. Alida & Olive back here from B. 11 Tu Fine. Alida & Olive went home working at shop most of day 12 Wed Rained. At Rev Mr Kellocks. Hoeing Potatoes 13 Thu Fine most of day. Hoeing Potatoes Garden wet 14 Fri At Frank Whitleys (Back) Fine day warm 15 Sat Very heavy rain; streets, roads & creeks filled to overflowing. Rained most of day 16 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown preach. Fine 17 Mo Plenty of ground overflowed with water ground bakes if no rain 18 Tu Showery weather. At Garden Potatoes &c Ernie at Gananoque 19 Wed Hoeing in Garden. Fine most of day at Andrew Johnstons at night 20 Thu Dug Post holes for fence by driving house At Andrew Johnstons at night. + Alida Render & Olive McTavish took dinner with us today & went on to B. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June & July (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM June 21st TO July 9th REMARKS. 21 Fri Rained heavily PM Fine A.M. 22 Sat Light Shower AM. Fine P.M. At Jas Shehans in eve. } Father Mc & Hattie at J McLeans 23 Sun Mr Andrew Snyder died. Heard Mr Chown Fine 24 Mo Fine. At Shehans & Johnstons Road drying up 25 Tu Fine day. At Shehans. Roads dry Mr Andrew Snyder buried today 26 Wed Rained heavily most of A.M. moderately busy 27 Thu Fine. At Shehans & Wm Throops. Frank & Hattie with me 28 Fri Rain. Hoed potatoes in garden ground wet 29 Sat Ernie came back from Camp at Ganaoque Fine warm day Mr & Mrs James Bissel here today 30 Sun } Heard Rev SD Chown Fine & hot July 1st } Very hot day Ther 85 {symbol for degrees} in shade At Stirtons & Spencers for Indian relics 2 Tu Sultry & hot, Camp meeting commenced at Hexton today. 3 Wed Rain in evening. & heavily at night sultry in day. 4 Thu Frank Hattie & I drove up to Brockville Paid Beatty $300.00 & Interest 5 Fri Came home from Brockville Fine. 6 Sat Father McLean went to Camp meeting at Hexton Fine At McGammons 7 Sun Heard Rev Mr Kellock AM In Presbyt church Fine At Presby meeting in eve. 8 Mo At John McGammons, Jenkinsons & Smails Fine 9 Tu Heavy rain in eve. At Hexton camp meeting for PM & c{illegible} services </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,__________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM July 19th TO REMARKS. 10 Wed At Jas Koyles, Making support for Mr Smiths Leg. Fine. 11 Thu At I Kayles & at Wallaces & Mr McGammons Fine 12 Fri Paid Mrs Imrie $22.50 Interest. Fine Hot day 13 Sat Fine day. Not much stir. Light shower at noon. Posting up books 14 Sun Heard Rev SD Chown. Fine At Allan McGammons at night 15 Mo Father Mc & Ernie went to B. Fine People cutting their hay 16 Tu At Jno McGammons. Fine & warm At Mr Gambles last night. 17 Wed Cool weather. working around house & shop today. 18 Thu Fine day. Haying going on but ground very wet 19 Fri Rained hard in P.M. Fine A.M. 20 Sat Rain. Busy PM. Posting books Father McLean & Ernie back from Brock 21 Sun At Mr John Vincents. Fine At prayermeeting at night 22 Mo Getting store stocked nicely with goods 23 Tu At Mr John Vincents. Fine 24 Wed At Mr Fergusons (Ventnor) Fine 25 Thu At Shehans, Fosters, Vincents. Fine Busy day 26 Fri Fine. Got goods from Brisette. 27 Sat Rained most of day. Posting books. 28 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown. Fine At James Lafferty's 29 Mo Somewhat busier times. doing more business in store. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,Brockville Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 30 Tu At Jas Laffertys. & Wm Forresters. 31 Wed At Wm Forresters. Very heavy shower The roads have been bad all the summer on account of heavy rains. August 1 Took tea with Thos Fosters. Fine At Laffertys & Petersons. shower 2 Fri At Wm Cooks 6th Con Laffertys & Petersons Rain Shower 3 Sat At Lafferty's, Petersons, Connells & Cookes Showery today 4 Sun At " & " Also at Cooks Quarterly meeting today Fine 5 Mo Fine day at Fine day for haying A large amount of hay standing yet on acct of rain 6 Tu At Laffertys & Petersons also Grices. Fine 7 Wed Frank & Hattie at Jos McLeans over night Fine Went out to Prescott A.M. 8 Thu At Bartons, Shehans, Petersons, Grices & Frickers & Laffertys Fine Frank got home 9 Fri At Petersons, & Laffertys, Fine, At Scotts 10 Sat Sprinkled at night. Fine most of day Got goods from K Campbell &c At Petersons 11 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. Fine Driving in P.M. Petersons & Laffertys 12 Mo at Petersons. Fine Busy times 13 Tu Fine day. At Dunlops to see Jno Billings in eve 14 Wed Very heavy rain this P.M. Busy all day 15 Thu Fine At Crowders & from that to S Mt to Uncle I Frasers At Petersons in A.M. 16 Fri At Petersons, Laffertys, Browns & Bellingers Fine most of day. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> August (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,Brockville Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 17th TO REMARKS. 17 Sat At Jacksons. Fine. Busy times 18 Sun Not at church AM, but at prayermeeting P.M. Busy A.M. 19 Mo very busy times now, slight shower At Petersons 20 Tu At Peters, Petersons, Laffertys, Browns, McQuades &c Rained heavily at night. Fine most of day 21 Wed Mostly fine. At Bass's Got Oats from Riley 22 Thu Got Oats from Fairborn, Fine day. James McQuades wf confined Cool 23 Fri Got At Rufus Steels wf confined Boy. Fine At Petersons & W. H. Masons 24 Sat At McQuades, Petersons, Peters. Fine day Cool & Pleasant 25 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown preach. Fine Pleasant day 26 Mo Busy times. Fine day. 27 Tu Harvesting coming to a close. Fine 28 Wed Dr McLean & family to B. Very busy day Fine day. Quite hot 29 Thu At Linnans, Peters, Petersons &c. Fine Pleasant weather 30 Fri Quiet day at Jno Davisons & Jacksons Fine & warm 31 Sat Another busy day. At Petersons & Dukelows in eve. Fine & warm Taking the month all through it has been finer & dryer than former months but cool as well. Trade has been dull. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,Brockville Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 17th TO REMARKS. Sep 1 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown preach. Fine Fine day. At Frank Dukelows. 2 Mo Busy day. Fine At Petersons cool nights 3 Tu Fine & warm. Quiet day. 4 Wed Warm day. Kemptville Fair today At Cliffords Duffs Chowns &c 5 Thu At McClary's, Cliffords, Chowns &c. Fine 6 Fri Rained most of A.M. Dust has been bad. 7 Sat Fine day. Moderately busy day. Potatoes rotting badly in this section 8 Sun No service (Preaching) in our church today Fine & warm 9 Mo Dr McLean went to Athens. Fine & warm 10 Tu Fine day At Wiers, Newmans & Petersons 11 Wed Beautiful day. Busy times. At Knowles & Cliffords 12 Thu Fine day - finest weather of the season 13 Fri Beautiful day. Busy in shop most of day 14 Sat Went to S Mt to Josiah Renders. Fine & warm called at Jno Cliffords 15 Sun At Jno McTavish's over night & for dinner Fine & warm 16 Mo Came back from S Mountain. Rained At Jacksons & Cliffords 17 Tu Rained most of day. Posted Books 18 Wed Rain. Roads soft. At M Kayles most of day windy Fine 19 Thu Pa & Ma drove down. Fine At Yeldons cold in morning 20 Fri Rained most of day. Very Quiet at Chowns & Carmichaels </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> September (Bk. 28.) No. 9 Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 21st Sep TO 10 Oct REMARKS. 21 Sat At Petersons, Fosters, Yeldons & Bovairds Fine. 22 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown. Fine 23 Mo Got in Pumpkins & dug Potatoes &c Fine day Pa & Ma went to S Mt. 24 Tu Fine day. Dug potatoes in garden. At Yeldons 25 Wed At P Drummonds in eve. Fine Beautiful day At Garden 26 Thu At Yeldons, Chowns &c. Rain 27 Fri Went to Kemptville & from that to Smiths Falls to see Alva & wf } Rain 28 Sat Took dinner with J.B. McIntosh. Fine At Alva's over night 29 Sun Heard Rev's Wilson & Blair. Fine Mifs Judd spoke in eve. 30 Mo Rain, Went to Brockville from Smiths Falls Pa met us at train & went to farm. Oct 1 Pa drove us home to Sp ville. Rain Rained most of day. 2 Wed Ernie & Father McLean went back with Pa - Ernie starts for Kingston. Fine. Cold 3 Thu Rained most of day. No drives today Put up coalstove 4 Fri Put Zinc splashboard on sulky. Rain At Yeldons, At S Mountain at night Kirkland 5 Sat Cold raw day. Roads bad. Not busy. Put box beneath sulky seat. 6 Sun Snowed Quite heavily (3 -4 in) & cold Heard Rev Mr Chown preach 7 Mo Rain. Roads bad moderately busy. 8 Tu At Wm Yeldons. Mifs Beach & Mrs Watson here Rain & cold } 1st day of Spville Fair 9 Wed Fine day. Quite a crowd here to Fair. 10 Thu Posted Books. Put up stove. Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> October (Bk. 28.) No. 10 Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 11th TO REMARKS. 11 Fri At Mr Shehans & Mr Ellices. Fine cut rest of corn & put it all in stable 12 Sat At Mr Jno Cooks, Ellices, & Yeldons. F 13 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown, Fine. Very Quiet day. 14 Mo Posted up books. Raw cold day, not busy 15 Tu Not much driving. Fine but raw day. 16 Wed got in carrots from Garden. Beautiful day Frank, Hattie & I went to S. Mountain. 17 Thu Came back from S Mountain, Fine windy got in cabbage & beets, from garden 18 Fri Fine day. Got in onions & Beans. At Mrs Blacks to see Mifs Scriven. At Yeldons 19 Sat At Thos Hottens wf confined. Fine Father McLean came back from Brockville. 20 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. Fine at James Bennett's 21 Mo Fine & cold. At Shehans yesterday Fixed fence at end of yard 22 Tu Posted up books. Fine. cool weather fixing for winter 23 Wed At Yeldons, Fine & cold } Ice 1/2 in thick all day long 24 Thu Fine. Frank Hattie & Father Mc At Jos McLeans Pa & Ma drove down. 25 Fri Roads best of season. Fine & cool Pa & Ma went to S. Mountain 26 Sat Working at shop most of day. Fine 27 Sun At Ben McNilages att. wf. Rained heavily cold & stormy at Jas Shehans. 28 Mo Rained most of AM. Fine in P.M. 29 Tu Fine. Making lists of accounts 30 Wed Working on Books, Fine but cool sprinkled. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train, Oct 3 Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM Oct 31st TO Nov REMARKS. Oct 31 Thu Pa & Ma came back from South Mount. At Shehans Fine but cold & cloudy The month was cool & cloudy as a rule although we had a few days of very nice weather. We have not had hard work this month - Just moderate. Nov 1st Fri Rain working at Books 2 Sat At Quarterly meeting. Rained Uncle Joseph McLean wife & Lilly & winny here. 3 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach Quarterly sermon Fine. 4 Mon Dr McLean started for New York At James Shehans. Fine 5 Tu Fine. At Shehans. Put on storm windows Roads improving 6 Wed Raw wind. Father McLean back from Brockville & brought Maggie McLean with him 7 Thu At Keilers (Dau); John Goodens, McFaddens & Robt Smails Fine day & night 8 Fri Beautiful day. Roads best of season Fine 9 Sat At Peter Drummonds, Fine, warm day. Indian summer 10 Sun At Andrew Fergusons attending wf. (Boy). Fine At Wm Peters & Walter Yonkers P.M. Cold 11 Mo At Robt Jacksons & Wm Peters &c, Fine day 12 Tu At Mrs Geo Bartons. Fine. Father Mc & Lizzie at Prescott Justus McLean here. 13 Wed Fine dayFine no drive 14 Thu 14 At Grodens. Rained. At Robt Linnens 15 Fri Amputated a toe for Jas Connell. At Robt Linnens & Peter Drummonds. Fine ground froze up last night </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> November (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 16th TO 28th REMARKS. 16 Sat At Pat Stoans, Jas Shehans & R Jacksons Fine weather, cold roads frozen. 17 Sun At Robt Linnens & Jno Cooks. Fine 18 Mo At Peters Linnes, & Groves, Fine The roads are good 19 Tu Rain Father Mc has been out collecting for 2-3 days roads softening up to date there has been but little snow & cattle are pasturing yet, The roads were frozen up for few days but are not frozen now - are muddy. I am doing the work here alone as Dr McLean is at N.Y. 20 Wed Amputated H Lawrences finger bone (3rd plalange) Rain 21 Thu At Robt Linnens, Amputate H. Lawrence finger Fine day. 22 Fri At Wm Peters Sr & Jno Cooks, Rain Roads very bad 23 Sat sprinkled Rain Cloudy, Mostly office work today 24 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. Cloudy Very Quiet day. 25 Mo At Walter McAuley's Jno Scully's & Adam Hendersons Fine roads freezing. 26 Tu Roads frozen up this morning. Fine At " " & Mrs Geo Holmes Sr 27 Wed Busy times. Roads rough & uneven Fine 28 Thu At M McAuley's. Heavy snowstorm. the hail fine & hard to face driving At Wm Doves Att wife. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. ________Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM Nov 29 TO REMARKS. 29 Fri Stormed. Roads getting broken. At Scully's & Robt Linnens Smail (att wf) 30 Sat At McAuleys, Scullys, Fentons, Leddys & Kellocks & Hendersons Fine day Dec 1 At Prayermeeting in eve } At Scullys & Liddys Drifted colder 2 Mo Warm & thawing. At Connells & Scully's & Peters Wm Sr. Roads Quite passible 3 Tu Spencerville Fair today. Very busy day Fine clear & cold At Scully's 4 Wed At Scullys, McAuleys & Peters. Fine. Cold 5 Thu At Marsh's, Quite busy day. Fine 6 Fri at James Vincents. Fine. Roads good. 7 Sat At Jno Scullys & Wm Peters Sr Fine Beautiful day. 8 Sun Frank & I went to Bishops Mills to see Father McLean who is sick there - Fine 9 Mo Visit James Vincent & at Mrs Whites Fine 10 Tu Quiet day. At JJ Marsh's 11 Wed At James Vincents & Mrs Geo Holmes Fine but roads getting bad 12 Thu Slack day no drives. Fine Cleaned up a number of bottles 13 Fri Busy day. At Geo Wilsons, Mrs Clarks & dressed Wm H Mason's leg. cold 14 Sat Stormed, cold, at Vincents & Holmes Father McLean back from Bishops Mills 15 Sun Heard Mr Chown preach. At Clarks Fine & cool 16 Mo At Geo Wilsons & Jno Hutchcrofts Fine day 17 No drives. Weather mild, but little snow & the waggons running </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> December (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 89 . No of Car. FROM 18th TO REMARKS. 18 Wed Rain in eve. Dr McLean back from N.Y. At Clarks & Jno Hutchcrofts 19 Thu Mild day. at Jno Wilsons. Roads mud & snow 20 Fri Rain. At Mrs James Clarks, Roads bad 21 Sat At Prescott Frank & I. Fine. At Kellocks At McAuley's Ventnor Operate on Phimosis 22 Sun At Clarks & McAuley's (Jno). Soft 23 Mo At Geo Wilsons. Fine. Roads good (wheeling) 24 Tu Rain. At Clarks Had a consultation with Dr Stevenson 25 Wed Fine Clarks & Anthony Tripps (att wf) warm Roads muddy & sloppy. 26 Thu Fine. At Clarks & Andersons. 27 Fri At Linnens at night. Fine & cold At Hutchcrofts 28 Sat Fine & Cold. At Andersons & Clarks Roads frozen hard - no sleighing 29 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown. At Jno Linnens Fine 30 Mo Drove up to farm Frank Hattie & I & then I went on to Toronto. Fine Cold 31 Tu Looking over the City for a good opening to practice Fine Cold </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> January (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 90 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. Wed 1st Rained most of dy. Left Toronto & went to Port Hope to Uncle James Bells Thu 2nd At Geo Clements at Milbrook P.M. Rain 3 Fri Fine. From Port Hope went to Napanee & seen Rev C.O. Johnston & wf & then back to Farm. 4 Sat Came back to Spencerville - took dinner at Joseph McLeans Fine & cool 5 Mo Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown preach. Fine At Erastus Browns 6 Tu Mo At Ras Browns, Fine, no sleighing but Buggies running yet 7 Wed Tu At Browns - his baby sick. Fine but cold 8 Wed Thu At Jno Davisons Put Plastic Jacket on Jnos thigh at Geo Andersons 9 Thu Cold day. Fine At Grants & Browns. Father McLean at Joseph McLeans. 10 Fri Ther 15 {symbol for degrees} below Zero, Light snow At Moilans & Kellocks 11 Sat Stormed - snow at Moilans & Browns, this P.M. Had cutter out 12 Sun Heard Mr Wm Bennett preach. Fine some cutters out today. Cold 13 Mo At Hutchcrofts, Terrific wind storm. a large number of roofs have been blown off &c snow off 14 Tu The Epidemic of La Grippe a Influenza is here & most of the houses in the village are affected Fine 15 Wed Roads hard & not snow. Busy times 16 Thu At John Hutchcrofts & Allan Burns. Snow Drove sulky. 17 Fri At Jno Linnens, Dukelows, Cowans & Kellocks Enough snow for sleighing 18 Sat Getting goods transferred to Dr McLean selling goods, at cost 19 Sun At Wm Bass's to see child. Fine Missionary meeting today 20 Mo Out to Jno Morris's attending wife cold. Fine </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sowed, Seeded & Planted 1874 (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. Wheat 7 1/2 bus } 1 1/2 little field } 6 bus East side No 2E Barley 12 bus } No 2 East Oats 33 bus } 28 No 2 3E } 5 bus No 2E Potatoes Early Rose 13 bus } 5 1/2 East North of Carrots No 2W Washington Peerless 18 1/2 " No 2 West field Chili's bus East side of No 2W Carrots long White Early horn 6 rows 1 row Eas NW side No 2W Turnips } ends of 2 lands in SE corner of 3E Mangolds 7 rows in NW corner of No 2W Beets 4 rows " " " " " Seeded down 2nd field west half farm Seeded little field front of house 21 Tu at Boss's in evening. At Andy Johnstons to see child Light snow 22 Wed At Jno Hottens to see Mifs Annie Brown at Bass's 23 Thu Stormed. Called at Jno Hutchcrofts & Bars snowing 24 Fri At Walter McAuleys set clavicle. Fine at Bass's to see baby. At J Hutchcrofts 25 Sat At Bass's Took tea at Stirtons. Fine wind blowing hard. drifted 26 Sun Heard Rev Mr Chown, Fine Quiet day 27 At Bass's. Posting Books. Fine Quite good sleighing </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Loads of hay Raised 1874 (Bk. 28.) No. 12 Train,____________Conductor,________ 187 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 5 loads of hay in Orchard 12 " " " " No 1 East 7 " " " " No 4 East 16 " " " " No 5 East 6 1/2 " " " " No 1 West 2 " " " grass in Nos 2 & 3E 13 12 loads hay in hay chamber 6 loads " above cows 2 " " small mow in lower barn 4 " : large " " " 3 loads hay in shed upper barn 1 load hay above hen house 15 " " large mow Upper Barn </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Loads of Grain raised on barn 1874 (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor,________ 1874 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. 11 loads Wheat 9 No 2 } 2 little field 2 " Barley No 2E 8 loads Barley & Oats No 2E 7 " Black Oats No 3E 5 " White " " " Bushels of Potatoes 260 Bushels of Chili's large } 44 small 180 Bushels of Washington Peerless 105 Bushels of Early Roses 44 Bushels of Small Chili's 3 Bushels of Prolificks 45 Bushels of Bushels of Carrots White 1/2 Bushel of Table carrots 25 Bushels of Mangolds </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sowed Seeded & Planted 1875 (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor,________ 1874 . No of Car. FROM TO REMARKS. Sowed No 1W with oats & Below the hill with Pease Sowed No 2W with Wheat Seeded " " with clover & Timothy Planted north half of No 3E with Chili's & Early Rose " South we west haff half with W. Peerless Sowed 1 1/2 acres in S.E.Corner of No 3E Planted 23 1/2 bus of Early Rose's Planted 87 1/2 " " large Chili's " 18 " " Small Chili's Planted 1 1/2 " " Breeze Prolifics Planted 23 1/2 " " Washington Peerless Planted 3 Pecks corn Total 154 bus Potatoes </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Bushels of Potatoes & Roots (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor,________ 1875 No. of Car FROM TO REMARKS. Bus Chilis large 599 594 594/60 } 654 " " small 60 650 " Earl Rose large 240 " " small " Peerless large 270 " " small 42 " Prolifics 10 Potatoes 1875 Bus Chilis large 590 " " small 60 } 650 " Earl Rose large 240 " " small 80 } 320 " Peerless large 270 " " small 57 } 327 " Prolifics 10 } 10 } 1307 " Carrots white 28 " " Table 1 1/2 } 32 " " Orange 2 1/2 " Mangolds 44 " Beets 26 } 70 } 102 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sowed Seeded & Planted (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor, Fraser 1876 No. of Car FROM TO REMARKS. Wheat N side of No 3E Seeded it down Barley S " " " " " Oats W " " 1 " Broke it up Pease sowed Orchard Planted 38 } 9 bus Early Rose little field } 21 " " " No 1W 2 51 1/2 " Chilis " " " W side No 1W Planted with corn & Part little field </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Loads of Hay & Grain (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor, Fraser 1876 No. of Car FROM Hay TO REMARKS. 10 loads off of No 2W 6 1/2 " " " " 4E 7 1/2 " " " " 5E 10 " " " " 2E east side 2 1/2 " " " " " West " 1/2 " " " " 3E S.W corner 37 6 loads of Wheat off of No 3E 6 " " Barley " " " 9 " " Oats Oats " " 1E eas W side 4 " " Pease Orchard </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sowed Seeded & Planted (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor, _______187 No. of Car FROM Hay TO REMARKS. No 5E 2 bus P. & I. Barley 8 bus Black oats, P.&I. 12 Black } 1877 No 1W Sowed 7 bus Wheat & Seeded down Orchard Planted Early Rose No 4E Sowed Oats 14 bus Peas 1 bus <pre> Oats & Peas 14 bus } Peas 1 bus </pre> No 5E 10 bus Quaker Russett } 1878 " " 8 " Chili's " " 10 " Early Rose's " " 5 acres Yellow corn " " 1 1/2 " Western corn 4E cut Rye early Sowed Buckwheat 3E Sowed 7 bus Wheat seeded down 2E " 13 " Oats & Peas 1E " 12 1/2 Black Oats Orchard " 4 " Barley seeded down Sowed 7 bus western Corn 1878 60 bus Russetts } 20 bus Chilis 2 15 early Roso } 180 Mangolds } 11 beets 10 Carrots } </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Loads of Hay & Grain (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor, _______187 No. of Car FROM TO REMARKS. 1877 Barley 12 loads No 1E. WS & SS No 5E Wheat 6 " " 1W Peas 1 " " 4E, SS. Oats 8 " " " NS " 10 " " 5E " 3 " mifs Stewarts Buckwheat 5 " No 2E, WS. 1 1878 No 1W 5 Loads Hay No 1E, WS 9 " " " 3E, NS. 12 " " Orchard 1 load swale (No 4E) 1 1/2 loads Put 14 loads above horses & waggonhouse " 3 " in Lower Barn " 1 " shed Small Cowstable " 2 " " Barn S.S " 6 " " " NS </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> conducter (Bk. 28.) No. _________Train,____________Conductor, _______187 No. of Car FROM TO REMARKS. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> {blank page} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 222.70 2.00 27450 141 411.50 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> N N Bell Bagny PiQa 873 Luck 20700 $ 2 M{illegible} Flora 103.50 Simpson 25.00 E way {illegible} 5.00 Presents 10.00 Groceries 1.00 Sow 2.00 Shoeing 2.50 Class 53.00 Maggy 2.00 Jennie 1.00 Ma 20.00 Bob Pike 30.00 Mr Bates 7.50 Towsley 3.00 Carl .60 CP & Oatmeal 8,00 Potatoes 274.10 132 40610 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> {Back cover of large journal/diary. Mottled brown with green marbling. Black cloth binding. Cover very worn on edges, but home to an amazingly wonderful account of 17 years of the life of a young farmer, who eventually studies to become a medical doctor} </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed