1 10 3 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/026ed9568066fcc5868f1b40c6955097.pdf 66cb9f3a51b5406af795821775add6e1 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/39541036300d9666ff48e4628c7c4cad.pdf 7db9150fd1df28701d357bb28d15e6af PDF Text Text Elizabeth Oliver “Olive” Burgess (1896-1980) 1924-25 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers {Front Cover} M.S.S {Inside front cover, written in pencil} {illegible} A.C’s {Archie Campbell’s} hay, how many loads? 1924 Diary Port Elgin. R. R. 1 EO. Burgess Tue. Jan. 1. Kind of stormy. Arthur, Agnes & Norman Sparrow were here. The boys were at the chores at the other place. Wed “ 2. Dull & cold with some snow. Noble was in Port Elgin & at the other place. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's clover threshing & our own. {Uncleaned?} about 6 bags. Sweet clover 2 loads in about 1/2 hr. Alfalfas 1 load. Rileys were threshing for us. J.H. Schwass helped. They were here for supper. Uncle Alfred brought me a book "Rosomond" by Mary J. Holmes. Alice & Norman were here. They & Jessie & her husband went away to Sharp's to-day. Mr. R.D. Northgrave died to-night. Thur. 3. Dull & cold with some snow. Rowand was doing carpenter work, chores & helping Archie Campbell to load some of the hay that he bought from us. Noble was at the bush after dinner. He was at Burgoyne last night. Fri. 4. Dull & cold. Stormy at times with quite a bit of snow. Rowand was in P.E. {Port Elgin} in the morning. He & Noble were at the other place after dinner. Ethel & Laurier Christie were here in the evening. Tom Burgess's (Southampton) funeral was to take place to-day. Noble was cleaning pens this morning. January Sat. Jan 5. Dull & cold. Stormy with quite a lot of snow. Noble was all day & Rowand in the morning at the other place. They were doing chores, carpenter work & helping Archie Campbell with the hay. Rowand is hard up with cold. Sun, 6. Very stormy. Noble walked to the other place to do the chores. He has a cold. No service held at church. Very few there. Lowest temp we noticed 8° or 10°. �Mon, 7. Snowed quite a lot. Part of the day calm. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was doing carpenter work on the typewriter. Tue, 8. Dull & turning milder. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was helping Arthur a little & he & Rowand were doing some things in the house. Noble was at an egg-circle meeting at the store. Wed, 9. Fine & mild. Rowand was in P.E. Noble was at the other place. They were putting complents impliments into the barn. Uncle Alfred brought me the 1st number of "The Canadian Home Journal" that Bessie Geddes subscribed to for a Christmas present It came for me. Uncle Alfreds got it in their mail box last night. Uncle Sandy & Aunt Lizzie were here for supper. Thur 10. Mild. Raining the most of the afternoon. Rowand was at the other place twice. He & Noble were at Uncle Alfred's at night. Noble was in P.E. Archie Campbell got the last of his hay to-day. Fri, 11. Raining last night. Turned pretty cold to-day. Rather stormy. Our boys & Arthur working in our bush after dinner. We got 134 lbs. of beef from Uncle Alfred's to-day @ 10¢ per lb. It is a front quarter. Rowand did the chores at the other place & Noble was doing some type writing. Uncle Alfred was here yesterday for a short time. Sat, 12. Dull & not very cold. Quite a lot of snow fell. Noble was at the other place & Rowand cleaned out the pens here. Part of the afternoon our boys & Arthur worked in our bush. Noble has not been very well this week. Sun, 13. Snowed a little on some & a rather cold wind. Mamma was at church. She got a ride both ways as Rowand drove over to do the chores. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. O. {Oliver} Geddes, Percy Sparrow & Uncle Alfred were here. January Mon Jan. 14. Some snow fell. Noble did the chores at the other place. Rowand was at the bush. In the afternoon they were both working there. Tue. 15. Drifting & after dinner bright mostly. Turned rather milder. Rowand was at the bush all day & Noble did the chores at the other place & was at a wood-bee at J.H. Schwass's. Rowand cleaned the hen-house. Wed. 16. Rained quite a bit & turned to snow again. Rowand was in P.E. He finished at the dentist. Noble was at the chores at the other place. He was at Uncle Alfred's in the afternoon. George �Campbell got a load of hay from the other place. Lewis Cobean's got a baby boy last night. Rowand was doing some other work. Thur. 17. Sometimes bright for a short time. Snowed some. Turned colder before night. Rowand did the other chores. He, Noble & Arthur were at the bush after dinner. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's at night. B. Geddes here in the afternoon. Pretty cold wind. Rowand & Arthur fixed the broken saw &c {etcetera}. Fri. 18. Snowed some. Bright sometimes. Cold wind. Rowand at the other chores. Our boys & Arthur at the bush after dinner. January Jessie & Norman were here. Sat. 19. Cold. Quite a lot of snow in the afternoon. Noble did the other place chores & cleaned out a pig pen. Rowand & Arthur at the bush & they & Noble there after dinner. Noble was at Burgoyne at night. About 50 of our logs are cut. 50 logs of ours are cut. Last Monday night Rowand was at Chas. McLean’s. Sun. 20. Stormy. Not as rough as the one on the 6th, but colder. 3° below to-night. Noble walked over to the other place. Percy Sparrow was here in the evening. About 25 people at church this morning. Mon. 21. Stormy. 8° below & 10° below for a fair minute in the forenoon. Stormier than yesterday. Rowand drove to the other place. He was mending & Noble was working with law-books. Arthur & P. Sparrow were here playing crokinole & checkers. Tue. 22. Stormy. 2° below. Later than when we looked yesterday. 14° about noon. Noble walked to the other place. Rowand was doing odd jobs. J.N. Schwass was here & he & our boys were at Uncle Alfred’s. January Alfred's. The boys were there in the evening too. Drifted this afternoon & evening about 22° sometime. �Wed. 23. Snowed a great deal. Noble was at the other chores & in P.E. They were bagging chop & c. The mail-man went past here to-day. Someone told Noble there was thunder, he thinks it was last night. Thurs. 24. Bright a small part of the day. Cold. Noble was in P.E. for chop & he & Rowand got a load of logs from the bush. Rowand did the other chores. To-day is the first day I have been at the stable since a week ago Tuesday, I had a cold though not bad all the time. We have been getting some aprons, pinafores, bolster-slip & towels made & Mamma fixed over some clothes & she has been knitting. The wind changed its quarter very often some of the last few days. Percy, Jessie & Norman Sparrow were here this evening. Fri. 25. Snowing & blowing. Turned very cold & stormy. Rowand did the chores at the other place. He & Noble did some office work & some other work? January Arthur was here for a short time. Sat. 26. Very stormy. Not blowing as much in the afternoon but snowing a lot. 2° below this morning. 12° below before supper. Noble did the other chores & was doing some work with law-books. 7° below once in the morning. 3° below 10° P.M. Sun. 27. Bright the most of the day. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's & Noble was at the other chores. Frosty. Mon. 28. Dull, Drifting some this morning. Noble was at the other place at the chores. He was working with law-books & typewriting. Rowand was feeling miserable with cold. I was at the stable & hen-house for the first time since Thursday. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Jessie & Norman were away, Uncle Alfred was here. Warmer than yesterday. Tue. 29. Mild & dull. Noble clean did the other chores. He & Rowand were cleaning clover seed. Rowand had a pretty sore finger this morning from the a hammer hitting his finger on the nail. January when it glanced off a nail he was hammering. Mamma, Rowand & I were at Uncle Alfred's in the evening. �Wed. Jan. 30. Mild & dull. Misty at first. Noble took the eggs to the store. They dug the sleighs out of the snow & cleaned clover seed. Rowand did the other chores. The snow sank down quite a bit. Thurs. 31. A frost last night. A crust on the snow. Nice & bright this afternoon. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. In the afternoon the boys laid some skids in the top of the field between the house & the creek & brought from the bush 1 load of logs & 1 load of poles. Some of us were remarking that this afternoon was like a March day. A cold wind for a while to-day. Fri. Feb. 1. Dull & not very cold. Sometimes there was a little gleam of sunshine. The boys went to the other place. Noble took grain from there to P.E for chop to get chopped. He took his dinner over with him. Rowand was at Andrew Kerr’s sale. The boys were at J.H. Schwass', Uncle Alfred was here. Sat. Feb. 2. Dull & mild. A little snow fell last night. A little snow & little like rain fine rain fell to-day. Noble took logs to P.E. He & Rowand drew from the bush after dinner. Uncle Alfred, Arthur, Georgina, Jessie, Norman & Percy were here for supper. Sun. 3. Colder & dull. Mamma & I were at church. We got a ride with Noble as he was going to the chores. Mamma's Uncle Wm. Rowand's son James came here after church. Arthur & P. Sparrow were here. I was at Uncle Alfred's listening to the radio. Rowand has a cold. Mr. Rowand & I got a ride with Noble from this side of the bridge. It is 11 years since he was home before. Mon. 4. A very cold wind especially in the afternoon. Rather stormy. The boys were drawing logs from the bush & skidding them in the afternoon. Noble took Mr. to Geddes's Rowand to Geddes's after supper. Tue. 5. Sleet fell. Roads hard to walk on as the snow under the feet was like sand. Rowand was going some carpenter work. Noble was at Malcolm Esplen's funeral. February He was at the cemetary. Mr. Esplen died very suddenly on Saturday morning. He was Henery Esplin's son. Uncle Alfred & J.H. Schwass were here. Wed. Feb. 6. Snowing quite a bit. Not very cold. Rowand was at Andrew Kerr’s as well as the other place. He & Noble drew logs from the bush. Noble is away to the store & Rowand to a Christian Endeaver or literacy meeting. Percy Sparrow came to bid us good-bye as he was going away to-day to Toronto & c. Mr. Rt. {Robert} Geddes Uncle Sandy's brother is dead. The boys sometimes do �more than chores at the other place. Rd. has not been very well lately. N. was at Uncle Alfred's a short time yesterday Rd. was doing some carpenter work. Thur. 7. Pretty calm. Dull mostly. The boys were drawing logs from the bush. I went to Geddes's with Jessie, Noble & Norman in the evening. Fri. 8. -2° this morning. Bright. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. He brought home poles, put logs on the sleigh & cleaned pens. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs this afternoon. February Sat. Feb. 9. Bright partly. The boys were at the bush for logs but they did not get any as the one they were trying to load was so hard to manage that it was time to come home before they finished it. Noble took a load to P.E. & Ed. Schwass took in a load for him. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Norman was here. Sun. 10. Blowing & drifting & snowing. There was no service held here at church. Noble did the other chores. He & Rowand were at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 11. Dull, calm & mild. The boys brought home poles & Noble took a load of logs to P.E. this afternoon. Rowand was helping Arthur. He is at Geddes's to-night. Jessie was here to-day. Mamma's heart was bad this morning, Mrs. Mary Margaret May of Bala died lately. Earl Busch had two operations at Owen Sound hospital last Friday. Tue. 12. Dull mostly. Colder than yesterday. Momma was at Geddes's for tea. Rd. drove her. Noble took February logs to P.E. & after dinner he & Rowand brought logs home. Arthur was in the house to-night. Wed. 13. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. & Rowand was in Southampton after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Norman Sparrow was here for dinner. Rowand was at a Valentine Social & Noble was at the store at night. Cold. Thurs. 14. Quite a bit of snow fell in showers part of the morning & last night. Bright in the afternoon.(?) Jessie & Norman were here. Noble was in P.E. with logs. He & Rowand were getting logs home after dinner. Rowand was a short time at Uncle Alfred's. �Fri. 15. Blowing & drifting turned bright before dinner. Noble did the other chores. After dinner he & Rowand brought home a load of logs. Sat. 16. Cold & bright. Noble took logs to P. E. & he & Rowand were sawing at the bush. Mamma was at Uncle Alfred's. Colin Campbell's cow that we have been feeding has been sold & was taken away on Thursday. 16° below this morning. Sun. 17. A cold wind. Bright. Mamma, Rowand & I were at church. Mamma & I got a ride with Noble as he drove over to the other place. February Uncle Alfred was here. Mon. Jan {should be Feb}. 18. A cold wind. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. & the boys drew poles logs home from the bush. Jessie & Norman were here. They went away on the train from P.E. They expect to start for their home in Manitoba this week. John Schwass was here. Arthur was here but not in the house. Tue. 19. A very cold wind. It got very high by night. It went down a little & a lot of snow fell in the evening. The boys took logs to P.E. both morning & afternoon. Noble helped Arthur in the bush after dinner. He was at Burgoyne & I was at Uncle Alfred's at night. Wed. 20. Snowed last night & to-day. Not so cold. The boys were at the bush for logs & poles after dinner. Rowand was cleaning pens this morning. Thur. 21. Snowing & blowing. Rowand drove to the other place & took the eggs to the store. The roads have some bad drifts on them. He & Noble were working in the barn & Noble was helping Arthur. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Mamma put a border around the quilt we have been making so that it is ready to quilt. February Fri. Feb. 22. Blowing & snowing the most of the day. Nobel did the other chores & was in P.E. with J.H. Schwass in the sleigh, Rowand did some odd jobs. There has not been a train from the South to P.E. since Wed. night & the Thursday early train had not got as far as Paisley this afternoon. �Sat. 23. 8° below this morning. Bright. The boys took the cattle to the creek to water as the {illegible} at the barn has not much water in it. Stevens Hepner are paying $50 per thousand ft. for elm logs. Noble was helping Arthur with bush work. Rowand was doing chores & c. Sun. 24. Bright except the middle of the day. Drifting some then. A cold wind till sometime in the afternoon. I was at church. Uncle Alfred was here. A little snow. Mon. 25. Bright & turned warmer. In the afternoon Rowand took logs to P.E. & Noble & Mamma went to Christie's. Mamma stayed there. Noble was at McLean's too. A hard frost yesterday & today. Tue. 26. Bright & more wind. 2° below this morning. Noble took logs to P.E. & he went in after dinner with J.H. Schwass, Noble, Arthur & J.H. & & Ed. Schwass are unloading February a cartload of Western oats. Part of them they are taking themselves. Mr. McVittie, Southampton is going to take some. He ordered the car. Rowand got a load of oats from P.E. for ourselves this afternoon. Wed. 27. Bright. Noble was in P.E. attending to the oats. Rowand did some chores for Schwasses & some things at home. Oliver Y was here. Thur. 28. Snowed a little. Dull at first. Noble was in P.E in the morning attending to the oats. He took Ed Schwass oats that he bought out for him over to him & I don’t know what else he was doing. Rowand was at Christie's & he brought mamma home. He was at the literary meeting at night. Arthur was here & Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. All the oats over what there was wanted by Noble & c. have been sold. Fri. 29. Bright part of the day. Snowing a little. Turned colder. The boys were at E. Ferguson's sale & they were doing other things. Rd. is away to a Box Social at a Saugeen school. The one Georgina teaches in (Cassidy's school, No. 5) March Sat. Mar. 1. Snowing a little. Bright partly. Noble was in P.E. for chop. He & Rowand were drawing poles from the bush, & c. Isabel was here. Mamma has not been well yesterday or to-day. I heard a spring bird to-day. �Sun. 2. A cold wind. Bright part of the day. Snowed a good bit late in the afternoon. Mamma & I were at church. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 3. Bright mostly. Thawing in the sun. Noble was in P.E. on business. Rowand was drawing poles & logs from the bush after dinner. Wilson Miller was here to see if we had cattle to sell & the assessor was here. Mamma saw the 1st crow seen by any of us to-day. The boys saw their 1st. ones to-day. Mrs. James McVeety's funeral took place to-day from Rt. Gowanlook's to Paisley cemetary. Tue. 4. Thawing. Rained quite a bit all together. Thunder & lightning in the evening. Noble was in P.E. for chop & to do some business. R. was at the other place too before N. went away. Rowand was helping Arthur to saw this morning afternoon. Aunt Jeannie & Bessie were here for dinner. N. was at the other place. Uncle Alfred was here. March Wed. Mar. 5. Not very cold. {blank space} Rowand helped Arthur & R. & Noble drew poles home from the bush. Noble's away to the store to-night. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Wilson Miller bought our 3 fat cattle to-day for $140. Mr. Chappell was here to-day & B. Geddes was here for a few minutes. Noble got a sack of sugar for $11.50. Thur. 6. Not very cold. Dull mostly. A little bit of snow. Archibald Campbell was here for hay. Noble did the other chores. Rowand took a heifer of "Meadow Maid's" to Wilson Miller's. R. & Noble were drawing poles from the bush. Uncle Alfred was here. I set 2 hens to-day. Fri. 7. Pretty stormy part of the day. Over by night. Colder by night. R. was at the other chores. He & Noble were doing some work in the house & Noble was at J.H. Schwass's storming some a good bit of the day. Sat. 8. A little snow last night. Drifting some to-day. Dull. Rowand was working at chores & c. this morning & Noble was at the other place doing chores & John McArthur was getting 2 loads of hay. The boys were trimming tops at the bush this afternoon. Drifting last night? This week the boys may have done work not put down. March Sun. Mar. 9. Mild & dull. A little rain or snow in the afternoon. Mamma was at church, Rowand was at the other chores, Noble was at Uncle Alfred's & Uncle Alfred was here. �Mon. 10. Mild & dull. Got windy. Noble was at the other place twice. McArthurs were getting hay for John. Rowand was doing chores & c. & after dinner he was at a bee at Burgoyne to put up a building for a blacksmith shop. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Arthur was here though not in the house. We made a quilt last week made in stripes. Tue. 11. Dull & Mild Rowand was at the other place. McArthurs were getting hay. Noble was at Burgoyne helping with the blacksmith shop & was helping Arthur. In the afternoon the boys were at Roppell's sale formerly Jos. Webster's farm. They only got 2 or 3 small things. Noble was at Burgoyne. Wed. 12. Brighter than Tue. A cold wind. The boys were drawing poles home after the chores. They finished them. I was at Geddes’s for tea. Rowand took the butter to the store. March Thur. 13. Frosty last night. Bright mostly & cold. The boys took the 2 cattle to Wilson Miller's & got a load of logs home from the bush. They were at Uncle Alfred's to help Arthur & c. Earl Busch got home yesterday from the Owen Sound Hospital. Fri. 14. 7° this morning. Pretty cold. At first dull with a little bit of snow. Bright afterwards. Noble took logs to PE. They got {blank space} from Stevens Hepner {illegible} for logs sold this year. After dinner they drew home logs for wood. They were getting grain ready to take to the mill & helped Arthur to set up a new stove. Mamma & I quilted the part flanelette quilt yesterday. Sat. 15. Cold wind. Bright a good bit. Rowand was at Paisley for chop. Noble was helping Arthur at the bush this afternoon. He got his supper at Uncle Alfred's. I was there to-night. J.H. Schwass was here, Mamma & I quilted a quilt on Thursday, I was at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Sun. 15. A strong cold wind. Mamma & I were at church & R. was there at night. Uncle Alfred was here & the boys were at his place. March Mon. Mar. 17. Bright mostly & a cold wind. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place. Rowand is away to a St. Patrick's Social to be held in the basement of the church. There have been quite a few men here all together looking at the cattle. looking at the cattle. �Tue. 18. Bright. {blank space} The boys were drawing out manure at the other place but did not finish were drawing out here the rest of the day. Noble was at Burgoyne. Wed. 19. Dull mostly. A few flakes of snow. Noble did the other chores & took the eggs to the store. They were drawing out manure. R. has a bad cold. Uncle Alfred was here but not in the house. Thur. 20. Bright mostly. Cold wind. The boys were drawing manure out part of the day & got some wood from the bush. Noble was doing some office work. B. {Bessie} Geddes was here for dinner & she & I went to Mrs. McAndrew's to the Women's Institute meeting. Thawing. Fri. 21. Cold wind. Thawing. Dull a good bit. Noble was at John Handbidge's for some seed oats in exchange for Western ones. He was helping Arthur & c. this afternoon. R. & Mamma were in P.E. this afternoon. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells. Sat. 22. Thawing. Dull mostly. Noble took grain to P.E. from the other farm for chop. Rowand was with him at the other place. He was at J.H. Schwass' this morning & after he was cleaning pens, during jobs & c. I was at Uncle Alfred's. A few buggies in town. Sun. 23. Bright & warm. Noble did the other chores. Uncle Alfred was here. Mon. 24. Bright a good bit. Warm. Noble did the other chores, some business & cleaning grain or other seeds. He was at J.H. Schwass's. Spence McLean came here & he & Rowand were sawing wood for J.H. Schwass. They carried their dinner with them. Arthur was here. Tue. 25. Bright partly. Not cold. R. & S. were working at Schwass's. Noble did the other chores, split wood took the boys dinner to them, went to see horses at Geo. Byers & A. McLean's. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Spence is away to A. McLean's & R. was at Uncle Alfred's. Frost harder last night. March Wed. Mar. 26. Dull & colder. A little shower of snow. Noble was helping at Uncle Alfred's to saw wood with the engine this afternoon. He is away to the store to-night to do some business. R. & S. were working at Schwass's. Mamma had a poor night last night. She did not get up to-day till the afternoon & did not eat anything till 7 o'clock or so to-night. We think that is must be La grippe. I got my Victor Victory Bonds on Friday for $200 through mail. Thur. 27. Thawing. Bright partly. Noble was helping Rd. Spence & J.H Schwass with Schwass's wood to saw & split it this afternoon. They finished it. John took the boys their dinner to-day. They �have to cross the bridge at the road to get there. Spence started away for home to-night. Thunder this afternoon. The water is in our cellar this week. Fri. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. The boys were sawing wood near the house, Rd. was setting a saw & c. Noble is not feeling very well. He has a cold. Mamma is quite a bit March better. Aunt Lizzie was here for supper. Sat. 29. A cold wind. Thunder in the afternoon. Sun. 30. Not as cold as yesterday. Snowed some in the afternoon. Noble did the other chores. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Rd. took a load of articles to the farm on the 4th from Uncle Alfred's. Noble split some wood & did other things. Tue Tue. April. 1. Snowed some. A cold wind but not as cold after. The boys were cleaning grain & c. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Rd to a social at the church. {Blank page} April Sun. April 27. Warmer to-day but turned cooler again. A white frost. Spence went away in the morning & came back at night. He did not go home. Noble & Rowand were each at the other place. Mamma feels some better. Communion service was held at church to-day. Mon. 28. Pretty warm in the middle of the day Frost. Spence was cultivating here & Noble was rolling after supper. He was at H. Schwass's buying 3 cattle. He & R. were sowing beets & carrots at the other place. N. & R. & R. alone were working at the fence. Noble helped Mr. Cunningham to clean timothy seed here & R. was doing some carpenter work. Tue. 29. Dull mostly. A cool wind part of the day. R. was working at the fence at the other place. N & S. were working on the land. They have about 15 ac. sown. 8 ac. sown by last Saturday night. N. was at the store with the eggs. He went with Spence who was going to A. McLean's. Wed. 30. Dull mostly. Turned pretty cold about noon. N. & S. were working at the seeding & R. �April & May was working at the fence. I was at the other place with B. Geddes to get some raspberry bushes for them. Spence is away to P. E. Georgina called here. Mamma was at Arthur's yesterday. Mamma weighs 133 1/4, R. {Rowand} 155, N {Noble} 160 1/4 & I weigh 128 3/4 lbs. Thur. May 1. Dull a partly. A very cold wind. A sprinkle of rain in the evening. R. was working at the fence on the other place. N. & S. finished the seeding here. I was at a Women's M. S. meeting at the manse & I was a few minutes at Arthur's. Fri. 2. Cold wind. Bright. N. was working Arthur's team this morning & this afternoon he & R. were both working at the fence. Spence was working the field where the S. fallow is & where buckwheat & c. is expected to be sown. N. was at Schwass's last night & to-night. R. & S. visited Arthur last night. May Sat. May. 3. Not so cold this morning. Dull & Rained nearly all afternoon & evening. R. was working at the fence & doing some work in the house. Spence finished working the field with the cultivator & helped Arthur on the land & to make chop & c. Noble did chores & other things. H. Schwasses were here with 2 yearling cattle that we have bought from them. Spence went home to-night. Sun. 4. Bright & a cold wind. I was at church & S.S. The S.S. opened to-day for the season. Mon. 5. Dull. Started to rain this evening. R. & S. were working at the fence & N. went over after dinner. He was doing chores & other things in the morning. Spence was away for supper to-night. It is a year ago to-night that Papa went to bed. Tue. 6. A lot of rain fell last night. Rained a little to-day. Bright partly. N. was doing office work & S. was splitting wood & after dinner they went to the bush to cut stakes. R. & I started to paint the N.W. bedroom. Arthur & Viola were here to-night. May Wed. 7. Showers of rain, a heavy shower in the morning. Sometimes it rained heavily. R. was helping Arthur, N. did different things & he & N. went to P.E. Spence was at Arthur Esplin's for posts for the other place & was at splitting wood. He & R. were in P.E. at night & N. was at Burgoyne. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells. He gave her some more medicine. Windy at night. �Thur. 8. Pretty windy. A lot of rain this afternoon & evening. R & I were painting & he was doing other things. N. & S were at the bush to get stakes & c. ready & they were doing other things. Fri. 9. Windy (high & cold). Raining a lot in the afternoon. N. & S. took the 2 steers to P.E. that Geo, Jamieson bought at 7¢ per lb. They weighed 2400 lbs. R. & I were papering in the N.W. bedroom after dinner. N. & S. were doing different things. N. was at Burgoyne twice. Sat. 10. Not very cold. N. & S. were at the other place getting grain ready for chop & doing other things. R. & I were papering. We were at Uncle Walter Gowanlock’s. They expect to move to P.E. on Tuesday. Sun. 11. Not very cold. Thunder in the afternoon. I was at S.S. & church. 1925 Diary January 1. -6° this morning. Dull & a cold wind. We had our dinner at Geddes's. Rowand was here last night & waited for his supper here to-night. Noble was at Arthur's. Caroline & Elizabeth Schwass were here at night. Fri. Jan, 2. Snowed some. Dull. Rd. & I were in P.E. Noble was at the church at a Congregational meeting. He was doing chores & I don't know what else. Rd. was working at something part of the afternoon. John Scott was here & Alice & Georgina Burgess. N. was at the store at night. Sat. 3rd. Snowed. I don't know just how much. Mr. Maxwell helped the boys at the bush. Sun. 4th. Drifting & snowing some. Not very cold. Rd. was home for dinner. Mon. 5th. Not cold. Snowed some. Mamma & Noble were at the school-house voting for the municipal elections. Chas. Thomas was elected Reeve of Arran Saugeen & Dougald Smith Smythe of Saugeen. The boys were doing some odd jobs. Noble was at Burgoyne at night. Tue. 6th. Dull. Temperature was not low but the wind was cold. Noble took Mamma to the Dumblane Church to vote on the "Church Union" questions. The boys were getting grain ready for chop & took it to Arthur's & R. took some wood back with him. Wed. 7th. Dull. Mild but the wind cold. The boys brought a load of wood from the bush for Rd. to take away with him & a couple of loads of poles for here. They were working in the bush themselves in the afternoon. N. was at the store at night. I was at Arthur's in the afternoon. �Thur. 8th. Colder. Dull. Drifted some last night. The boys were cleaning wheat. Noble took a little more than 32 bw. to P.E. & sold it M. Chappell & c. for $1.55 per bw. He was at J. H. Schwass's for logs. Fri. 9th. Bright in the morning. A little snow fell. Not so cold as yesterday. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys cleaned wheat & Noble took more of it to P.E. over 80 bu. {bushels} all together. He got $1.55 per bu for it. I don't know if R. was doing anything else here. He went away before night. Sat. 10th. Dull mostly. & Small showers of snow. 14° last night or rather this morning. N. & Arthur were cutting corn & making chop with the engine. N. had his dinner at Jc. Arthur's. He was here last night. The P. Elgin Presbyterian church gave a majority of votes in favor of going into the United Church. The results were known yesterday. R. did not come home to-day. 1925 January Sun, Jan. 11. A very cold wind, bright. 6° below this morning. Rd. {Rowand} was home for dinner & supper. Mon. 12. Bright partly, snowing late this afternoon & evening. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner. He went back after to clean the stable. He & N. were getting ready for chopping before dinner. N. & Arthur made chop after dinner. Tue. 13. N. was at Burgoyne at night. The boys did a little work in the house. N. was at the store at night. The boys got poles from the bush in the morning & worked in the bush themselves this afternoon. Wed. 14. A good bit of snow fell last night. Snow fell to-day. Bright partly, Jimmy Christie & Bessie Hill were here for dinner. N. was at Burgoyne at night. He was at Arthur's & J.H. Schwass's for a little while. Thur. 15. Snowed quite a bit. The boys did a little work in the house. Fri. 16. Snowed a lot. Mild. R. & N. took a heifer to Arthur's. One of Ruby's calves, her first one. Arthur gave $45.00 for it. They helped him some. They were at 1925 January the store this afternoon & N. is there this evening. The results of the voting of the Burgoyne church voting are 68 in favor of {illegible} Church Union & 91 against. �Sat. 17. Bright this morning. 14° this morning. N. & R. were getting poles from the bush in the morning & after dinner they worked at the bush without the team. N. was at Arthur's. Sun. 18. Snowing & blowing a good bit. Rd. was here for dinner & supper. He & I were at church. Arthur was here though not in the house. Mon. 19. 18 or 17° below zero this morning. Bright & cold. Arthur was here. He brought a young horse that we are buying from him for $110. The boys worked at the bush in the afternoon. Noble was at Arthur's. Tue. 20. 2° this morning. Bright partly. Blowing & snowing in the afternoon. N. was at a Congregational meeting at the church & he was at J.H Schwass's. He & Rd. were getting a load of poles from the bush & driving the new horse, Mamma & Rd. were fixing stove pipes. Rd. went back to the other place before night. Wed. 21. 14° this morning. Very windy & drifting & bright mostly. N. was in P.E. & Southampton. January & is away to an egg circle meeting to-night at Burgoyne. More than half of a pane of glass in the N.W. bedroom fell out last night on to the snow without being broken unless it was two corners were broken off. The pane was cracked right across before R. was not home to-day. Thur. 22. Not a hard frost last night but colder to-night. A high wind. Stormy a good bit of the day. Bright partly. Rd. was home for dinner. Arthur was here but not in the house. N. was moved to be auditor of the church books at the Congregational meeting. Donald A. Cameron son of Wm. Cameron of P.E. died very suddenly at Toronto on the 2nd of this month. Fri. 23. Bright & cold. 5° below zero this morning. Arthur got a heifer from us to-day. He paid $40 for her. The boys were at the bush for the afternoon. Sat. 24. Dull & cold but turned milder. 9° this morning. Rain in the air to-night. The boys got poles from the bush after dinner & had the colt hitched up in the morning & N. was doing some other work. R. was at the blacksmith's. A total eclipse of the sun occured this morning. It got quite dark here a little after nine o'clock but as it was cloudy we did not see the sun. Mamma finished January �a scarf for me to-night. It is blue-bell & white color. She has given it to me for a Xmas present. N. gave me a book "Lorna Doone", R. {blank space} Olive Hill an apron, B.Geddes & card with a picture & verse on it. It is to hang up. Alice B. a cup & saucer, H. Christie a handkerchief. Jessie Sparrow do., & E. Christie do. Sun. 25. Mild. Bright mostly. R. was here for dinner & supper I was at church. Arthur was here. Mon. 26. Cold. Snowed a good bit. Blowing. The boys did work at the barn & were in the house part of the time. Arthur was here. N. was at Burgoyne. Tue. 27. Very cold. 15° below zero this morning & 26° below to-night. A cold wind to-day. The boys were in the house part of the day. N. was at Arthur's. Arthur was here. Wed. 28. Cold. Bright. 20° below zero this morning. The wind in different direction. Rd. did some carpenter work & N. did some work in the stable or barn. They were in the house part of the afternoon. Arthur was here. Thur. 29. Not so cold to-day. zero this morning. yesterday morning at Paisley it was 30° below January & February zero. The boys drew poles home from the bush. Aunt Lizzie was here for dinner. I was at Arthur's. Fri. 30. Snowing & blowing quite a bit of the day. The boys finished drawing home poles. N. saw 2 crows this week. Sat. 31. A high wind, very high part of the day. Stormy part of the day. Mild for the middle of the day. N. was at Burgoyne in the afternoon & he was at Arthur's & was doing different things. R. took the metal part of the drain pipe out & thawed it. The water pipes to the cistern are frozen so that only a little water can run through them. There is a little water in the cistern. We have been melting snow for a while except when we got some water to use off the roof. Sun. Feb, 1. Cold & bright. I was at church. R. was here for dinner. Arthur was here. He does not very often come into the house. Mon. 2. Bright. Not so cold as yesterday. 5° this morning. The boys bagged up grain at the other place & brought it home. N. was doing carpenter work & c & R. helped Arthur illegible part of the afternoon. He was here in the house to-day. �Tue. 3. 10° below zero. A hazy brightness till noon or sometime in the afternoon & then dull. Cold. N. took a load of dry wood to P.E. to Rt. {Robert} Stevenson. R. did not come home. Wed. 4. This morning, mild & dull. N. took a load. A sprinkle of snow last night. February of wood to P.E. to another man. He got $3.50 for it a cord. R. helped Arthur after dinner. Maxwells got some hay from us at the other barn this week & they got some a while ago. Thur. 5. Mild. A little rain in the morning. Pretty dull. The boys unloaded straw at Arthur's off our sleigh & put hay on & took it to P.E. to Jas. Cassidy. Uncle Alfred was here for dinner. N. was at Arthur's & I was at J.H. Schwass's. Fri. 6. Mild & bright. N. took another load of timothy hay to P.E. & R. took chop over to the other place before night. N. got $9.00 a ton for the hay. A mist this morning. Sat. 7. Bright mostly. Quite warm. 38° to night. R. brought grain over to get chopped. The boys put up the storm window where the pane of glass fell out & N. did other things. More mist this morning than yesterday. Sun. 8. Bright mostly. Thawing. Rd. was here for dinner & supper & Uncle Alfred for supper. I was at church. Mon. 9. Windy. Rained quite a bit. Water has come on to our cellar floor. Noble carried some wood into the woodshed & c & helped Arthur to make chop. Mary Jane Esplin died on Saturday & was buried to-day at Burgoyne. Tue. 10. Colder. Dull. R. was home for dinner. He February did not feel very well. N. was carrying in wood & doing other things. He was at Arthur's. Wed. 11. Colder. Dull. Snowed some. N. was working in the barn. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma & I finished quilting a quilt we started to quilt yesterday. Thur. 12. Cold. Bright mostly. 15° this morning. R. was here for dinner. He & N. were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's. �Fri. 13. Cold. Bright quite a bit. Snowed some last night & to-day. R. walked over before dinner & back again to-night. They were doing bush work this afternoon. N. was helping Arthur with a heifer that he bought from us for $50? We bought 1/2 of a for quarter of bee for the heifer. Thur. 13. Cold. The boys were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's. The horse "Pearl" has had a cold for a while. Sat. 14. A cold wind. Bright mostly. Windy. N. took chop to the other place. He & R. cut & hung up the meat. Uncle Alfred was here. "Pearl" the horse has had a cold for a while. Sun. 15. Not cold in the morning but a rather cold wind in the afternoon. R. was here for dinner & supper. N. was at Arthur's & Uncle A. was here. I was at church. Mon. 16. Snow fell quite a bit of the day. Not cold. February R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church N. got the horses shod & was at the barn & stable working. Ethel Christie got home a week ago Saturday & went back to the Stratford hospital to-day to either have an operation on her tonsils or go on training for a nurse till she is able for the operation. She was recuperating at home after an attack of tonsilitis. R. was at Arthur's. Hogs are selling at $11.00 per cwt. Wheat has gone down in price. The boys loaded the wood onto the sleigh. Tue. 17. Bright partly & snowed part of the afternoon. Turned colder. N. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist manse. R. was at J.J. Hillis's sale. He bought a few things. One cow sold for $112. The boys loaded wood onto the sleigh. Wed. 18. 2° this morning. Cold. Bright partly. A little snow. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church. N. took the eggs to the store put wood on the sleigh & did other things. R. took clover seed to Arthur's to send away to get cleaned. I was at Geddes's. M. Chappell bought 2 heifers for $100 & took agreed to take Rosie McDougall to sell. R. was at Arthur's helping with the seed. The boys put wood onto the sleigh. Thur. 19. Cold. Dull a good bit. The boys took the cattle to P.E. Viola was here. Snowed quite a bit last night. Mild at first to-day. Fri. 20. Snowed some & then turned mild. R. took a load of big blocks of wood to P.E. to the Baptist February & March �Thur. 26. 14° about before breakfast. Tem. went lower before night. Cold. Stormy. High wind. N. came home for dinner. He walked across the fields. Fri. 27. 1°. Stormy & cold. R. was sharpening saws & doing some other things. I was at Arthur's. Sat. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. About 2° this morning. R. went over to see N. & afterwards N. & R. got 2 loads of logs home from the bush & R. took one load to P.E. N did chores & other things. Sun. Mar. 1. Not cold. Snowed quite a bit. N. was here for dinner & supper. R. was at Arthur's & I was at church. Mon. ,, 2. Pretty cold. Snowed & drifted quite a bit. N. was in P.E. & was doing work with papers? R. brought logs & wood from the bush & took logs to P.E. & brought {illegible}. There was an earthquake shock felt here on Sat. night. M. was sitting at the table & felt her chair shake & we saw the flowers shake on the 2 tables. In some houses the people never felt it & in some did & some didn't. R. was away to bed & he did not notice it. Tue. ,,3. Very cold. Snowing & drifting a good bit. R. took the sleigh with wood to the other place & got grain. They were getting it ready to take to Paisley to grind. N. was doing business & c. & R was helping Arthur. A. was here. March Wed. Mar. 4. Not so cold. Snowing (quite a bit?). R. went to Paisley. He is away to Rt. Chappell's to a party. N. did chores & business work. B. Geddes was here for dinner. Thur. 5. Thawing some. The boys brought grain from the other place in the morning. Drawing some poles I think from the bush. Fri. 6. Thawing. Bright, R. went to Paisley for chop. N. was doing office work & c. I don't know what else. They got some poles from the bush or one load & I think took another load off. Sat. 7. Warm: a thunder storm at night. The boys finished drawing the short wood from the bush. N. was doing office work & R. fixed the mail box onto the post. He did not feel very well. He was cleaning pens I think. I don't know if they were doing anything else. Sun. 8. N. was home for dinner & supper. Mon. 9. Cold wind (in afternoon?). The boys were sawing logs up for wood near the house after dinner. R. was doing some other things. He had a sore shoulder. He took Mamma to Geddes's. �Tue. 10. Turned very warm. R. was helping Arthur in the afternoon. I don't know what else they did. Wed. 11. Colder. Bright (mostly?) & windy. R. helped Arthur. I don't know what else they did. I don't know whether I have got the weather {illegible} February {this could be a mistake – should be March?} manse. He & N. were cutting logs after dinner. Sat. 21. Rained quite a bit this morning. Turned colder. N. did not come home. B. helped Arthur. Misty a good bit of the afternoon. Freezing to-night. Sun. 22. Rained a good bit in the afternoon but it did not feel very warm. There was to be service this afternoon when Mr. Gallagher was to preach. N. was home for dinner & supper. The rain was freezing as it fell. Mon. 23. A good bit of rain fell None the most of the afternoon. R. fixed the waste pipe from the cistern sink, cleaned pens helped us to quilt & c. N. was home this afternoon. He did some bush work on the road home. R. is away to Geddes's to-night. N. came across the field & went back by the road. Tue. 24. 16° this morning. Dull. Turned rather mild. R. was helping Arthur & after dinner he & N. were doing bush work. Wed. 25. Misty. Drippling a good bit. N. was cleaning grass seed. R. has a sore hand. A piece of thorn is in it. Arthur was here. March Thur. 12. N. split wood at the other place & helped Arthur. R. Helped A. all day. I don’t know whether the weather is {written?} down right or not. Fri. 13. Dull turned cold & windy. Some snow after dinner. N. was at P.E. & doing other things. R. was helping A. & helped Ed. Schwass to saw wood with the buzz-saw. Mamma was at Arthur's. Sat. 14. Blowing & (snowing?). Sun. 14. Warm? N. was here for dinner & supper. Mon. 16. “ {indicating “warm”?} Rowand was clipping the cattle & N. was in P.E. for salt. Mamma saw a robin. �Tue. 17. Warm. Florence was here for a short time. Arthur & J.H. Schwass was here but not in the house. N. was not home. He was at King's sale. R. was putting a lice killer on the cattle & was doing other things I think. Wed. 18. Warm but turned colder. A few drops of rain fell. Dull mostly. Our boys, A., Ed & J.H. Schwass sawed our poles, N. was at the store. Thur. 19. Rain, snow & a high wind last night. Stormy at first. Not very cold. R. was cleaning pens & c. He & N. took the sleigh to the other place & brought grain back to chop. N. got a sack of sugar for $7.75 at Burgoyne. March Fri. Mar. 20. Bright, dull before night. The boys went to help A. to saw wood but the engine needed repairing. N. & R. split & piled wood at home. R went to a box social at no.5 Saugeen. Sat. 21. Very windy. Some rain this morning. The boys helped A. to saw wood after dinner & did other things before. Sun. 22. A few flakes of snow. Bright (partly?). N. was home for dinner & supper. Mon. 23. Bright & turned dull. A cold wind after dinner. A few drops of rain. Sleet last night. N. was splitting wood & R. was was helping A. The boys helped A. to finish sawing his wood & N. was at the store & R. was doing odd jobs. Tue. 24. Warm. Quite a bit of rain to-night. N. was splitting wood & took back chop with him. R. was splitting wood & helping Arthur. Wed. 25. Fine & warm. The boys were in Southampton & at Herman Schwass. R. got his teeth filled. A Life Insurance agent was here. Thur. 26. Turned very warm. Windy. A thunder storm about midnight with hail. R. took M. to Christie's. Uncle Alfred & Isabel were here for supper. N. was splitting wood. A. was here but not for very long. Fri. 27. Colder. Dull some of the morning. The boys were in P.E. getting 4, 2 year old cattle from Herman Schwass. They were splitting & piling wood this morning. R. was at Arthur's. Sat. 28. Bright. The wind turned pretty cold by night. N. was splitting wood & R. cleaning pens. Will Gowanlock �March was here for hay & Bob Maxwell at the other barn for some. The boys were cleaning grain. John Campbell was here for Timothy seeds. Uncle called for apples. N. was cleaning seed a while ago. J. Campbell did not take any seed. Sun. 29. A cold wind. Bright. N. was here for dinner & supper. I was at church. Mon. 30. A pretty cold wind. N. was at Mrs Cheesman's (Mrs. Jas. Ferguson's mother) funeral. The boys were cleaning grain & picking over rotten turnips & c. They were at A's. I was there in the house. N. & R. were at Menno Faust’s. Tue. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Arthur & Viola had a little boy last night but he did not live. I was at A's. R. did some of A's chores. R & N were cleaning grain. Wed. April 1. A cold wind. R. went to the other place & he & N. ploughed. R. brought home a red cow that I bought from Menno Faust for $84. Aunt Jennie, Donnie & Jimmy brought Mamma home to-night. Ethel had her tonsils & adnoids removed a while ago while she was at the hospital. She was home for a while after & returned to the hospital on Friday. Thur. 2. Warmer. R. & Arthur killed one of our pigs & R. ploughed at the other place after dinner & cut the meat up at night. It weighed 171 3/4 lbs. dressed. C. Schwass was here. April Fri. 3 Not very cold. The boys ploughed & N. was working at a fence. Mamma was at A's. B, & F. Geddes were here. Sat. 4 A pretty cold wind. The boys ploughed at the other place and N. went to P.E. They were chasing a steer at the other place that got out of the barnyard Rt. Maxwell was working at the other place at a fence the last 2 days and this afternoon. Sun.5 A cold wind. Bright, I was at church. N. was here for dinner and supper. Mon. 6 13 about. A cold wind. Bright. a hard frost last night. The boys were ploughing the field at the south side of the front lawn. I was at A's, R was away to Geddes's to-night but was not in the house. �Tue. 7 Turned warmer, Dull a good bit. The boys were ploughing & c. N. is stopping at home tonight. Mr. Maxwell is to do his chores. Wed. 8 Bright. Warmer in the afternoon than the morning. The boys ploughed. They used Jack part of the time. N. went to the other place after supper see after the cattle to the store. George Maxwell was here for supper. N. brought 2 loads of wood from the bush. I was at A's. Thurs 9. Warm. Dull partly. The boys finished ploughing, cleaned grain & N. sowed grass seed & R. cut Pearl's hoofs. I sowed some radishes, lettuce & planted a few onions. April Thur. April 10 Bright mostly. A cold wind. R. was disking the the field S. {South} of the front lane. N, was cleaning grain, A. was here but not in the house. M, Strachan was here. I was at Lyness's for eggs. Sat. 11 Sun 12 A cold wind. A shower of snow. This is Easter Sunday. I was at church. Alice came home with me. We were at Arthur’s. N. was here for dinner & supper {back cover} For more information on Elizabeth Oliver “Olive” Burgess, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Copyright Notice: The diaries of Elizabeth Oliver Burgess are subject to copyright and may only be used for personal study, private research, or transcription for the Rural Diary Archive. Reproduction, scanning, or download for any other purpose, including publication, online display, or inclusion in a database other than the Rural Diary Archive will require permission of the copyright holder. Contact the Archives at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre to discuss the procedure for permission requests. Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>M.S.S</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">1924 Diary Port Elgin. R. R., EO. Burgess</span></h2> <p>Tue. Jan. 1. Kind of stormy. Arthur, Agnes &amp; Norman Sparrow were here. The boys were at the chores at the other place.</p> <p>Wed ,, 2. Dull &amp; cold with some snow. Noble was in Port Elgin &amp; at the other place. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's clover threshing on our own. {Illegible} about 6 bags. Sweet clover 2 loads in about 1/2 hr. Alfalfas 1 load. Rileys were threshing for us. J.H. Schwass helped. They were here for supper. Uncle Alfred brought me a book "Rosomond" by Mary J. Holmes. Alice &amp; Norman were here. They &amp; Jessie &amp; her husband went away to Sharp's to-day. Mr. R.D. Northgrave died to-night.</p> <p>Thur. 3. Dull &amp; cold with some snow. Rowand was doing carpenter work, chores &amp; helping Archie Campbell to load some of the hay that he bought from us. Noble was at the bush after dinner. He was at {Illegible place} last night.</p> <p>Fri. 4. Dull &amp; cold. Stormy at times with quite a bit of snow. Rowand was in P.E. in the morning. He &amp; Noble were at the other place after dinner. Ethel &amp; Laurice Christie were here in the evening. Tom Burgess's (Southampton) funeral was to take place to-day. Noble was cleaning pens this morning.</p> <p>2.a. ls hay how many loads?</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>Sat. Jan 5. Dull &amp; cold. Stormy with quite a lot of snow. Noble was all day &amp; Rowand in the morning at the other place. They were doing chores, carpenter work &amp; helping Archie Campbell with the hay. Rowand is hard up with cold.</p> <p>Sun, 6. Very stormy. Noble walked to the other place to do the chores. He has a cold. No service held at church. Very few there. Lowest temp we notice 8° or 10°.</p> <p>Mon, 7. Snowed quite a lot. Part of the day calm. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was doing carpenter work on the typewriter.</p> <p>Tue, 8. Dull &amp; turning milder. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was helping Arthur a little &amp; he &amp; Rowand were doing some things in the house. Noble was at an egg-circle meeting at the store.</p> <p>Wed, 9. Noble was at the other place. They were putting impliments into the barn. Uncle Alfred brought me the 1st number of "The Canadian Home Journal" that Bessie Giddes subscribed to for a Christmas present for me. Uncle Alfreds got it in their mail book last night. Uncle Sandy &amp; Aunt Lizzie were here for supper.</p> <p>Thur 10. Mild. Raining the most of the afternoon. Rowand was at the other place twice. He &amp; Noble were at Uncle Alfred's at night. Noble was in P.E. Archie Campbell got the last of his hay to-day.</p> <p>Fri, 11. Raining last night. Turned pretty cold to-day. Rather stormy. Our boys &amp; Arthur working in our bush after dinner. We got 134 lbs. of beef from Uncle Alfred's D-day @ 10¢ per lb. It is a front quarter. Rowand did the chores at the other place &amp; Noble was doing some type writing. Uncle Alfred was here yesterday for a short time.</p> <p>Sat, 12. Dull &amp; not very cold. Quite a lot of snow fell. Noble was at the other place &amp; Rowanda cleaned out the pens here. Part of the afternoon our boys Arthur worked in our bush. Noble has not been very well this week.</p> <p>Sun, 13. Snowed a little on some &amp; a rather cold wind. Mamma was at church. She got a side both ways as Rowand drove over to do the chores. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. &amp; Giddes. Peroy Sparrow &amp; Uncle Alfred were here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>Mon Jan. 14. Some snow fell. Noble did the chores at the other place. Rowand was at the bush. In the afternoon they were both working there.</p> <p>Tue. 15. Drifting &amp; after dinner bright mostly. Turned rather milder. Rowand was at the bush all day &amp; Noble did the chores at the other place &amp; was at a {wood-bee?} at J. Schwass's. Rowand cleaned the hen-house.</p> <p>Wed. 16. Rained quite a bit &amp; turned to snow again. Rowand was in P.E. He finished at the dentist. Noble was at the chores at the other place. He was at Uncle Alfred's in the afternoon. George Campbell got a load of hay from the other place. Lewis {Gobean's?} got a baby boy last night. Rowand was doing some other work.</p> <p>Thur. 17. Sometimes bright for a short time. Snowed some. Turned colder before night. Rowand did the other chores. He, Noble &amp; Arthur were at the bush after dinner. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's at night. B. Giddes here in the afternoon. Pretty cold wind. Rowand &amp; Arthur fixed the broken {sew...}.</p> <p>Fri. 18. Snowed some. Bright sometimes. Cold wind. Rowand at the chores. Our boys &amp; Arthur at the bush after dinner. Jessie &amp; Norman were here.</p> <p>Sat. 19. Cold. Quite a lot of snow in the afternoon. Noble did the other place chores &amp; cleaned out a pig pen. Rowand &amp; Arthur at the bush &amp; they &amp; Noble there after dinner. Noble was at {Busgay..} at night. About 50 of our {illegible} cut.. 50 logs of ours are cut. Last Monday night Rowand was at {Ghas. M &amp; Lian's?}.</p> <p>Sun. 20. Stormy. Not as rough as the one on the 6th, but colder. 3° below to-night. Noble walked over to the other place. Peroy Sparrow was here in the evening. About 25 people at church this morning.</p> <p>Mon. 21. Stormy. 8° below &amp; 10° below for a fair minute in the forenoon. Stormier than yesterday. Rowand drove to the other place. He was mending &amp; Noble was working with law-books. Arthur &amp; P. Sparrow were here playing, {c....mole} &amp; checkers.</p> <p>Tue. 22. Stormy. 2° below. Later than when we looked yesterday. 14° about noon. Noble walked to the other place. Rowand was doing odd jobs. J.N. Schwass was here &amp; he &amp; our boys were at Uncle Alfred.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Continued from previous page} Alfred's. The boys were there in the evening too. Drifted this afternoon &amp; evening about 22° sometime.</p> <p>Wed. 23. Snowed a great deal. Noble was at the other chores &amp; in P.E. They were bagging chop &amp; c. The mail-man went past here to-day. Someone told Noble there was thunder, he thinks it was last night.</p> <p>Thurs. 24. Bright a small part of the day. Cold. Noble was in P.E. for chop &amp; he &amp; Rowand got a load of logs from the bush. Rowand did the other chores. To-day is the first day I have been at the stable since a week ago Tuesday, I had a cold though not bad all the time. We have been getting some aprons, pinafores, bolster - slip &amp; towels made &amp; mamma fixed over some clothes &amp; she has been knitting. The wind changed its quarter very often some of the last few days. Percy, Jessie &amp; Norman Sparrow were here this evening.</p> <p>Fri. 25. Snowing &amp; blowing. Turned very cold &amp; stormy. Rowand did the chores at the other place. He &amp; Noble did some office work &amp; some other work? Arthur was here for a short time.</p> <p>Sat. 26. Very stormy. Not blowing as much in the afternoon but snowing a lot. 2° below this morning. 12° below before supper. Noble did the other chores &amp; was doing some work with law-books. 7° below once in the morning. 3° below 10° P.M.</p> <p>Sun. 27. Bright the most of the day. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Noble was at the other chores. Frosty.</p> <p>Mon. 28. Dull, Drifting some this morning. Noble was at the other place at the chores. He was working with law-books &amp; typewritting. Rowand was feeling miserable with cold. I was at the stable &amp; hen-house for the first time since Thursday. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Jessie &amp; Norman were away, Uncle Alfred was here. Warmer than yesterday.</p> <p>Tue. 29. Mild &amp; dull. Noble clean did the other chores. He &amp; Rowand were cleaning clover seed. Rowand had a pretty sore finder this morning from the a hammer hitting his finger on the nail.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{continued from previous page} when it glanced off a mail he was hammering. Mamma, Rowand &amp; I were at Uncle Alfred's in the evening.</p> <p>Wed. Jan. 30. Mild &amp; dull. Misty at first. Noble took the eggs to the store. They dug the sleighs out of the snow &amp; cleaned clover seed. Rowand did the other chores. The snow sank down quite a bit.</p> <p>Thurs. 31. A frost last night. A crust on the snow. Nice &amp; bright this afternoon. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. In the afternoon the boys laid some skids in the top of the field between the house &amp; the creek &amp; brought from the bush 1 load of logs &amp; 1 load of poles. Some of us were remarking that this afternoon was like a March day. A cold wind for a while to-day.</p> <p>Fri. Feb. 1. Dull &amp; not very cold. Sometimes there was a little gleam of sunshine. The boys went to the other palce. Noble took grain from there to P.E for chop to get chopped. He took his dinner over with him. Rowand was at Andrew Kerris sale. The boys were at J.H. Schwass', Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Sat. Feb. 2. Dull &amp; mild. A little snow fell last night. A little snow &amp; little like rain fine rain fell to-day. Noble took logs to P.E. He &amp; Rowand drew from the bush after dinner. Uncle Alfred, Arthur, Georgina, Jessie, Norman &amp; Peroy were here for supper.</p> <p>Sun. 3. Colder &amp; dull. Mamma &amp; I were at church. We got a ride with Noble as he was going to the chores. Mamma's Uncle Wm. Rowand's son James came here after church. Arthur &amp; P. Sparrow were here. I was at Uncle Alfred's listening to the radio. Rowand has a cold. Ms. Rowand &amp; I got a ride with Noble from this side of the bridge. It is 11 year since he was home before.</p> <p>Mon. 4. A very cold wind especially in the afternoon. Rather stormy. The boys were drawing logs from the bush &amp; skidding them in the afternoon. Noble took Ms. to Giddes's Rowand to Giddes's after supper.</p> <p>Tue. 5. Sleat fell. Roads hard to walk on as the snow under the feet was like sand. Rowand was going some carpenter work. Noble was at Maleolin Esplen's funeral.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{continued from previous page} He was at the cemetary. Mr. Esplin died very suddenly on Saturday morning. He was Henery Esplin's son. Uncle Alfred &amp; J.H. Schwass were here.</p> <p>Wed. Feb. 6. Snowing quite a bit. Not very cold. Rowand was at Andrew Kerris as well as the other place. He &amp; Noble drew logs from the bush. Noble is away to the store &amp; Rowand to a Christian Endeaver on literacy meeting. Percy Sparrow came to big us good-bye as he was going away to-day to {place?}. Mr. RT. Giddes Uncle Clandy's brother is dead. The boys sometimes do more than chores at the other place. Rd. has not been very well lately. N. was at Uncle Alfred's a short time yesterday Rd. was doing some carpenter work.</p> <p>Thur. 7. Pretty calm. Dull mostly. The boys were drawing logs from the bush. I went to Giddes's with Jessie, Nobel &amp; Norman in the evening.</p> <p>Fri. 8. -2° this morning. Bright. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. He brought home poles, put logs on the sleigh &amp; cleaned pens. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs this afternoon.</p> <p>Sat. Feb. 9. Bright partly. The boys were at the bush for logs but they did not get any as the one they were trying to ge load was so hard to manage that it was time to come home before they finished it. Noble took a load to P.E. &amp; Ed. Schwass took in a load for him. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Norman was here.</p> <p>Sun. 10. Blowing &amp; drifting &amp; snowing. There was no service held here at church. Noble did the other chores. He &amp; Rowand were at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 11. Dull, calm &amp; mild. The boys brought home poles &amp; Noble took a load of logs to P.E. this afternoon. Rowand was helping Arthur. He is at Giddes's to-night. Jessie was here to-day. Mamma's heart was bad this morning, Mrs. Mary Margaret may of Bala died lately. Earl Busch had two operations at Owen Found hospital last Friday.</p> <p>Tue. 12. Dull mostly. Colder than yesterday. Momma was at Giddes's for tea. Rd. drove her. Noble took ..</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{continued from previous page} .. logs to P.E. &amp; after dinner he &amp; Rowand brought logs home. Arthur was in the house to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 13. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. &amp; Rowand was in Southampton after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Norman Sparrow was here for dinner. Rowand was at a Valentine Social &amp; Noble was at the store at night. Cold.</p> <p>Thurs. 14. Quite a bit of snow fell in showers part of the morning &amp; last night. Bright in the afternoon.(?) Jessie &amp; Norman were here. Noble was in P.E. with logs. He &amp; Rowand were getting logs home after dinner. Rowand was a short time at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Fri. 15. Blowing &amp; drifting turned bright before dinner. Noble did the other chores. After dinner he &amp; Rowand brought home a load of logs.</p> <p>Sat. 16. Cold &amp; bright. Noble took logs to P. E. &amp; he &amp; Rowand were sawing at the bush. Mamma was at Uncle Alfred's. Colin Campbell's cow that we have been feeding has been sold &amp; was taken away on Thursday. 16° below this morning.</p> <p>Sun. 17. A cold wind. Bright. Mamma, Rowand &amp; I were at church. Mamma &amp; I got a ride with Noble as he drove over to the other place. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Mon. Jan {should be Feb}. 18. A cold wind. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. &amp; the boys drew poles logs home from the bush. Jessie &amp; Norman were here. They went away on the train from P.E. They expect to start for their home in Manitoba this week. John Schwass was here. Arthur was here but not in the house.</p> <p>Tue. 19. A very cold wind. It got very high by night. It went down a little &amp; a lot of snow fell in the evening. The boys took logs to P.E. both morning &amp; afternoon. Noble helped Arthur in the bush after dinner. He was at {Burgoyne?} &amp; I was at Uncle Alfred's at night.</p> <p>Wed. 20. Snowed last night &amp; to-day. Not so cold. The boys were at the bush for logs &amp; poles after dinner. Rowand was cleaning pens this morning.</p> <p>Thur. 21. Snowing &amp; blowing. Rowand drove to the other place &amp; took the eggs to the store. The wads have some bad drifts on them. He &amp; Noble were working in the barn &amp; Noble was helping Arthur. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Mamma put a border arount the quilt we have been making so that it is ready to quilt.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>Fri. Feb. 22. Blowing &amp; snowing the most of the day. Nobel did the other chores &amp; was in P.E. with J.H. Schwass in the sleigh, Rowand did some odd jobs. There has not been a train from the South to P.E. since Wed. night $ the Thursday early train had not got as far as Paisley this afternoon.</p> <p>Sat. 23. 8° below this morning. Bright. The boys took the cattle to the creek to water as the {illegible} at the barn has not much water in it. Steirns Hefones are paying $50 per thousand ft. for elm logs. Noble was helping Arthur with bush work. Rowand was doing chores &amp; c.</p> <p>Sun. 24. Bright except the middle of the day. Drifting some then. A cold wind till sometime in the afternoon. I was at church. Uncle Alfred was here. A little snow.</p> <p>Mon. 25. Bright &amp; turned warmer. In the afternoon Rowand took logs to P.E. &amp; Noble &amp; Mamma went to Christie's. Mamma stayed there. Noble was at McLean's too. A hard frost yesterday &amp; to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 26. Bright &amp; more wind. 2° below this morning. Noble took logs to P.E. &amp; he went in after dinner with J.H. Schwass, Noble, Arthur &amp; J.H. &amp; &amp; Ed. Schwass are unloading a cartload of Western oats. Part of them they are taking themselves. Mr. McVittie, Southampton is going to take some. He ordered the ear. Rowand got a load of oats from P.E. for ourselves this afternoon.</p> <p>Wed. 27. Bright. Noble was in P.E. attending to the oats. Rowand did some chores for Schwasses &amp; some things at home. Oliver Y was here.</p> <p>Thur. 28. Snowed a little. Dull at first. Noble was in P.E in the morning attending to the oats. He took Ed Schwass oats that he bought out for him over to him &amp; I dont know what else he was doing. Rowand was at Christie's &amp; he brought mamma home. He was at the literary meeting at night. Arthur was here &amp; Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. All the oats over what there was wanted by Noble &amp; C. {ha..} not been wed.</p> <p>Fri. 29. Bright part of the day. Snowing a little. Turned colder. The boys were at E. Ferguson's sale &amp; they were doing things. Rd. is away to a {crossed out work} &amp; Box Social at a Saugeen school. The one Georgina tracked in (Cassidy's school, no. 5)</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Sat. Mar. 1. Snowing a little. Bright partly. Noble was in P.E. for chop. He &amp; Rowand were drawing poles from the bush, &amp; c. Isabel was here. Mamma has not been well yesterday or to-day. I heard a spring bird to-day.</p> <p>Sun. 2. A cold wind. Bright part of the day. Snowed a good bit late in the afternoon. Mamma &amp; I were at church. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 3. Bright mostly. Thawing in the sun. Noble was in P.E. on business. Rowand was drawing poles &amp; logs from the bush after dinner. Wilson Miller was here to see if we had cattle to sell &amp; the assessor was here. Mamma saw the 1st crow seen by any of us to-day. The boys saw their 1st. ones to-day. Mrs. Jones M Veety's funeral took place to-day from Rt. Gowanlook's to Paisley cemetary.</p> <p>Tue. 4. Thawing. Rained quite a bit all together. Thunder &amp; lightning in the evening. Noble was in P.E. for chop &amp; to do some business. R. was at the other place too before N. went away. Rowand was helping Arthur saw their {illegible crossed out work} afternoon. Aunt Jeannie &amp; Besser were here for dinner. N. was at the other place. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Wed. Mar. 5. Not very cold. Rowand helped Arthur &amp; R. &amp; Noble drew poles home from the bush. Noble's away to the store to-night. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Wilson Miller bought our 3 fate cattle to-day for $140. Mr. Chappell was here to-day &amp; B. Giddes was here for a few minutes. Noble got a sack of sugar for $11.50.</p> <p>Thur. 6. Not very cold. Dull mostly. A little bit of snow. Archibald Campbell was here for hay. Noble did the other chores. Rowand took a heifer of "Meddow Maid's" to Wilson Miller's. R. &amp; Noble were drawing poles from the bush. Uncle Alfred was here. I sit 2 hens to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 7. Pretty stormy part of the day. Over by night. Colder by night. R. was at the other chores. He &amp; Noble were doing some work in the house &amp; Noble was at J.H. Schwass's storming some a good bit of the day.</p> <p>Sat. 8. A little snow last night. Drifting some to-day. Dull. Rowand was working at chores &amp; c. this morning &amp; Noble was at the other place doing chores &amp; John McArthur was getting 2 loads of hay. The boys were trimming tops at the bush this afternoon. Drifting last night? This week the boys may have done work not put {d..n?}.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Sun. Mar. 9. Mild &amp; dull. A little rain or snow in the afternoon. Mamma was at church, Rowand was at the other chores, Noble was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Mon. 10. Mild &amp; dull. Got windy. Noble was at the other place twice. McArthurs were getting hay for John. Rowand was doing chores &amp; c. &amp; after dinner he was at a {bee?} at {Busgayne?} to put up a building for a blaksmith shop. I was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Arthur was here though not in the house. We made a quilt last week made in stripes.</p> <p>Tue. 11. Dull &amp; Mild Rowand was at the other place. McArthurs were getting hay. Noble was at {Busgayne?} helping with the blacksmith shop &amp; was helping Arthur. In the afternoon the boys were at Roppell's sale formerly Jos. Webster's farm. They only got 2 or 3 small things. Noble was at {Burgayne?}.</p> <p>Wed. 12. Brighter than Tue. A cold wind. The boys were drawing poles home after the chores. They finished them.</p> <p>Thur. 13. Frosty last night. Bright mostly &amp; cold. The boys took the 2 cattle to Wilson Miller's &amp; got a load of logs home from the bush. They were at Uncle Alfred's to help {dr....}. Earl Busch got home yesterday from the Owen Found Hospital.</p> <p>Fri. 14. 7° this morning. Britty bold. At first dull with a little bit of snow. Bright afterwards. Noble took logs to PE. They got from from Stevens help for logs sold this year. After dinner they drew horn logs for wood. They were getting grain ready to take to the mill &amp; helped Arthur to set up a new store. Mamma &amp; I quilted the part flanelette quilt yesterday.</p> <p>Sat. 15. Cold wind. Bright a good bit. Rowand was at Paisley for chop. Noble was helping Arthur at the bush bush this afternoon. He got his supper at Uncle Alfred's. I was there to-night. J.H. Schwass was here, mamma &amp; I quilted a quilt on Thursday, I was at Uncle Alfred's to-nght.</p> <p>Sun. 15. A strong cold wind. Mamma &amp; I were at church &amp; R. was there at night. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; the boys were at his place.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Mon. Mar. 17. Bright mostly &amp; a cold wind. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place. Rowand is away to a St. Patrick's Social to be held in the basement of the church. There have been quite a few men here all together looking at the cattle. looking at the cattle.</p> <p>Tue. 18. Bright. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place but did not finish were drawing out here the rest of the day. Noble was at {Burgayne?}.</p> <p>Wed. 19. Dull mostly. A few flakes of snow. Noble did the other chores &amp; took the eggs to the store. They were drawing out manure. R. has a bad cold. Uncle Alfred was here but not in the house.</p> <p>Thur. 20. Bright mostly. Cold wind. The boys were drawing manure out part of the day &amp; got some wood from the bush. Noble was doing some office work. B. Giddes was here for dinner &amp; she &amp; I went to Mrs. McAndrew's to the Women's Institute meeting. {Thawing?}</p> <p>Fri. 21. Cold wind. Thawing. Dull a good bit. Noble was at John Handbridge's for some seed oats in exchange for Western ones. He was helping Arthur &amp; c. this afternoon. R. &amp; mamma were in P.E. this afternoon. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells.</p> <p>Sat. 22. Thawing. Dull mostly. Noble took grain to P.E. from the other farm for chop. Rowand was with him at the other place. He was at J.H. Schwass' this morning &amp; after he was cleaning pens, during jobs &amp; e. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Alfred buggies in town.</p> <p>Sun. 23. Bright &amp; warm. Noble did the other chores. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Mon. 24. Bright a good bit. Warm. Noble did the other chores, some business &amp; cleaning grain or other seeds. He was at J.H. Schwass's. Spence McLean came here &amp; he &amp; Rowand were sawing wood for J.H. Schwass. They carried their dinner with them. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Tue. 25. Bright partly. Not cold. R. &amp; S. were working at Schwass's. Noble did the other chores, split wood took the boys dinner to them, went to see horses at ged. {Illegible name} &amp; A. McLean's. Noble is away to {Busgayne?}. Spence is away to A. McLean's &amp; R. was at Uncle Alfred's. Frost harder last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Wed. Mar. 26. Dull &amp; colder. A little shower of snow. Noble was helping at Uncle Alfred's to saw wood with the engine this afternoon. He is away to the store to-night to do some business. R. &amp; S. were working at Schwass's. Mamma had a poor night last night. She did not get up to-day till the afternoon &amp; did not eat anything till 7 o'clock or so to-night. We think that is must be La grippe. I got my Victor Victory Bonds on Friday for $200 through mail.</p> <p>Thur. 27. Thawing. Bright partly. Noble was helping Rd. Spence &amp; J.H Schwass with Schwass's wood to saw &amp; split it this afternoon. They finished it. John took the boys their dinner to-day. They have to cross the bridge at the {illegible} to get there. Spence started away for home to-night. Thunder this afternoon. The water is in our cellar this week.</p> <p>Fri. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. The boys were sawing wood near the house, Rd. was setting a saw &amp; c. Noble is not feeling very well. He has a cold. Mamma is quite a bit better. Aunt Lippie was here for supper.</p> <p>Sat. 29. A cold wind. Thunder in the afternoon.</p> <p>Sun. 30. Not as cold as yesterday. Snowed some in the afternoon. Noble did the other chores. I was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Rd. took a load of articles to the farm on the 4th. from Uncle Alfred's. Noble split some wood &amp; did other things.</p> <p>Tue Tue. April. 1. Snowed some. A cold wind but not as cold after. The boys were cleaning grain &amp; c. Noble is away to {Bargayne?}. Rd to a social at the church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Page left blank.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April</span></h2> <p>Sun. April 27. Warmer to-day but turned cooler again. A white frost. Spence went away in the morning &amp; came back at night. He did not go home. Noble &amp; Rowand were each at the other place. Mamma feels some better. Communion service was held at church to-day.</p> <p>Mon. 28. Prety warm in the middle of the day Frost. Spence was cultivating here &amp; Noble was rolling after supper. He was at H. Schwass's buying 3 cattle. He &amp; R. were sowing beets &amp; carrots at the other place. N. &amp; R. &amp; R. alone were working at the fence. Noble helped Mr. Cunningham to clean timothy seed here &amp; R. was doing some carpenter work.</p> <p>Tue. 29. Dull mostly. A cool wind part of the day. R. was working at the fence at the other place. N &amp; S. were working on the land. They have about 15 ac. sown. 8 ac. sown by last Saturday night. N. was at the store with the eggs. He went with Spence who was going to A. McLean's.</p> <p>Wed. 30. Dull mostly. Turned pretty cold about illegible. N. &amp; S. were working at the seeding &amp; R. was working at the fence. I was at the other place with B. Giddes to get some raspberry bushes for them. Spence is away to P. E. Georgina called here. Mamma was at Arthur's yesterday. Mamma weighs 133 1/4, R. 155, N 160 1.4 &amp; I weigh 128 3/4 lbs.</p> <p>Thur. May 1. Dull a partly. A very cold wind. A sprinkle of rain in the evening. R. was working at the fence on the other place. N. &amp; S. finished the seeding here. I was at a Women's M. S. meeting at the manse &amp; I was a few minutes at Arthur's.</p> <p>Fri. 2. Cold wind. Bright. N. was working Arthur's team this morning &amp; this afternoon he &amp; R. were both working at the fence. Spence was working the field where the S. fallow is &amp; where buckwheat &amp; c. is expected to be sown. N. was at Schwass's last night &amp; to-night. R. &amp; S. visited Arthur last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May</span></h2> <p>Sat. May. 3. Not so cold this morning. Dull &amp; Rained nearly all afternoon &amp; evening. R. was working at the fence &amp; doing some work in the house. Spence finished working the field with the cultinator &amp; helped Arthur on the land &amp; to make chop &amp; c. Noble did chores &amp; other things. H. Schwasses were here with 2 yearling cattle that we have brought from them. Spence went home to-night.</p> <p>Sun. 4. Bright &amp; a cold wind. I was at church &amp; S.S. The S.S. opened to-day for the season.</p> <p>Mon. 5. Dull. Started to rain this evening. R. &amp; S. were working at the fence &amp; N. went over after dinner. He was doing chores &amp; other things in the morning. Spence was away for supper to-night. It is a year ago to-night that Papa went to bed.</p> <p>Tue. 6. A lot of rain fell last night. Rained a little to-day. Bright partly. N. was doing office work &amp; S. was splitting wood &amp; after dinner they went to the bush to cut stakes. R. &amp; I started to paint the N.W. bed soon. Arthur &amp; Viola were here to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 7. Showers of rain, a heavy shower in the morning. Sometimes it rained heavily. R. was helping Arthur, N. did different things &amp; he &amp; N. went to P.E. Spence was at Arthur Esplin's for posts for the other place &amp; was at splitting wood. He &amp; R. were in P.E. at night &amp; N. was at Burgayne. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells. He gave her some more medicine. Windy at night.</p> <p>Thur. 8. Pretty windy. A lot of rain this afternoon &amp; evening. R &amp; I were painting &amp; he was doing other things. N. &amp; S were at the bush to get stakes &amp; c. ready &amp; they were doing other things.</p> <p>Fri. 9. Windy (high &amp; cold). Raining a lot in the afternoon. N. &amp; S. took the 2 steers to P.E. that ges, Jamieson bought at 7¢ per lb. They weighed 2400 lbs. R. &amp; I were papering in the W.W. bedroom after dinner. N. &amp; S. were doing different things. N. was at Burgayne twice.</p> <p>Sat. 10. Not very cold. N. &amp; S. were at the other place getting grain ready for chop &amp; doing other things. R. &amp; I were papering. We were at Uncle Walter Yowanlock's. They expect to move to P.E. on Tuesday.</p> <p>Sun. 11. Not very cold. Thunder in the afternoon. I was at S.S. &amp; church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1925 Diary</span></h2> <p>Janurary 1. -6° this morning. Dull &amp; a cold wind. We had our dinner at Giddes's. Rowand was here last night &amp; waited for his supper here to-night. Noble was at Arthur's. Caroline &amp; Elizabeth Schwass were here at night.</p> <p>Fri. Jan, 2. Snowed some. Dull. Rd. &amp; I were in P.E. Noble was at the church at a Congregational meeting. He was doing chores &amp; I don't know what else. Rd. was working at something part of the afternoon. John Scott was here &amp; Alice &amp; Georgina Burgess. N. was at the store at night.</p> <p>Sat. 3rd. Snowed. I don't know just how much. Mr. Maswell helped the boys at the bush.</p> <p>Sun. 4th. Drifting &amp; snowing some. Not very cold. Rd. was home for dinner.</p> <p>Mon. 5th. Not cold. Snowed some. Mamma &amp; Noble were at the school-house voting for the municipal elections. Chad Thomas was elected Reeve {illegible}. Illegible name &amp; Donald Smirth illegible of Saugeen. The boys were doing some odd jobs. Noble was at Bagayne at night.</p> <p>Tue. 6th. Dull. Temperature was not low but the wind was cold. Noble took Mamma to the Damblane Church to vote on the "Church Union" questions. The boys were getting grain ready for chop &amp; took it to Arthur's &amp; R. took some wood back with him.</p> <p>Wed. 7th. Dull. Mild but the wind cold. The boys brought a load of wood from the bush for Rd. to take away with him &amp; a couple of loads of poles for here. They were working in the bush themselves in the afternoon. N. was at the store at night. I was at Arthur's in the afternoon.</p> <p>Thur. 8th. Colder. Dull. Drifted some last night. The boys were cleaning wheat. Noble took a little more than 32 bw. to P.E. &amp; sold it M. Chappell &amp; c. for $1.55 per bw. He was at J. H. Scwhass's for logs.</p> <p>Fri. 9th. Bright in the morning. A little snow fell. Not so cold as yesterday. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys cleaned wheat &amp; Noble took more of it to P.E. over 80 bu. all together. He got $1.55 per {illegible} for it. I don't know if R. was doing anything else here. He went away before night.</p> <p>Sat. 10th. Dull mostly. &amp; Small showers of snow. 14° last night or rather this morning. N. &amp; Arthur were cutting corn &amp; making chop with the engine. N. had his dinner at Jc. Arthur's. He was here last night. The P. Elgin Preshy train church gave a majority of votes in favor of going into the United Church. The results were known yesterday. R. did not come home to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1925 January</span></h2> <p>Sun, Jan. 11. A very cold wind, bright. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 12. Bright partly, snowing late this afternoon &amp; evening. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner. He went back after to clean the stable. He &amp; N. were getting ready for chopping before dinner. N. &amp; Arthur made chop after dinner.</p> <p>Tue. 13. N. was at Burgoyne at night. The boys did a little work in the house. N. was at the store at night. The boys got poles from the bush in the morning &amp; worked in the bush themselves this afternoon.</p> <p>Wed. 14. A good bit of snow fell last night. Snow fell to-day. Bright partly, Jimmy Christie &amp; Bessie Hill were here for dinner. N. was at Burgoyne at night. He was at Arthur's &amp; J.H. Schwass's for a little while.</p> <p>Thur. 15. Snowed quite a bit. The boys did a little work in the house.</p> <p>Fri. 16. Snowed a lot. Mild. R. &amp; N. took a heifer to Arthur's. One of Ruby's calves, her first one. Arthur gave $45.00 for it. They helped him some. They were at the store this afternoon &amp; N. is there this evening. The results of the voting of the Burgoyne church are 68 in favor of illegible Church Union &amp; 91 against.</p> <p>Sat. 17. Bright this morning. 14° this morning. N. &amp; R. were getting poles from the bush in the morning &amp; after dinner they worked at the bush without the team. N. was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sun. 18. Snowing &amp; blowing a good bit. Rd. was here for dinner &amp; supper. He &amp; I were at church. Arthur was here though not in the house.</p> <p>Mon. 19. 18 or 17° below zero this morning. Bright &amp; cold. Arthur was here. He brought a young horse that we are buying from him for $110. The boys worked at the bush in the afternoon. Noble was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Tue. 20. 2° this morning. Bright partly. Blowing &amp; snowing in the afternoon. N. was at a Congugational meeting at the church &amp; he was at J.H Schwass's. He &amp; Rd. were getting a load of poles from the bush &amp; dinning the new horse, mamma &amp; Rd. were fixing stone pipes. Rd. went back to the other place before night.</p> <p>Wed. 21. 14° this morning. Very windy &amp; drifting &amp; bright mostly. N. was in P.E. &amp; Southampton.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Duplicate of previous page.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>{continuation of previous page} &amp; is away to an egg circle meeting to night at Burgoyne. More than half of a pane of glass in the N.W. bedroom fell out last night on to the snow without being broken unless it was two corners were broken off. The pane was cracked right across before R. was not here to-day.</p> <p>Thur. 22. Not a hard frost last night but colder to-night. A high wind. Stormy a good bit of the day. Bright partly. Rd. was home for dinner. Arthur was here but not in the house. N. was moved to be auditor of the church books at the Congregational meeting. Donald A. Cameron son of {illegible}. Cameron of P.E. died very suddently at Toronto on the 2nd of this month.</p> <p>Fri. 23. Bright &amp; cold. 5° below zero this morning. Arthur got a heifer from us to-day. He paid $40 for her. The boys were at the bush for the afternoon.</p> <p>Sat. 24. Dull &amp; cold but turned milder. 9° this morning. Rain in the air to-night. The boys got poles from the bush after dinner &amp; had the cold hitched up in the morning &amp; N. was doing some other work. R. was at the {E....smith's?}. A total eclipse of the sun occured this morning. It got quite dark here a little after nine o'clock but as it was cloudy we did not see the sun. Mamma finished a scarf for me to-night. It is blue-bell &amp; white color. She has given it to me for a Xmas present. N. gave me a book "Lorna Doone", R. Olive Hill an apron, B.Giddes &amp; card with a picture &amp; verse on it. It is to hang up. Alice B. a cup &amp; saucer, H. Christie a handkerchief. Jessie Sparrow do., &amp; E. Christie do.</p> <p>Sun. 25. Mild. Bright mostly. R. was here for dinner &amp; supper I was at church. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Mon. 26. Cold. Snowed a good bit. Blowing. The boys did work at the barn &amp; were in the house part of the time. Arthur was here. N. was at Burgoyne.</p> <p>Tue. 27. Very cold. 15° below zero this morning &amp; 26° below to-night. A cold wind to-day. The boys were in the house part of the day. N. was at Arthur's. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Wed. 28. Cold. Bright. 20° below zero this morning. The wind in different direction. Rd. did some carpenter work &amp; N. did some work in the stable or barn. They were in the house part of the afternoon. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Thur. 29. Not so cold to-day. zero this morning. yesterday morning at Paisley it was 30° below</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">January &amp; February</span></h2> <p>{continuation from previous page} zero. The boys drew poles home from the bush. Aunt Lippie was here for dinner. I was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Fri. 30. Snowing &amp; blowing quite a bit of the day. The boys finished drawing home poles. N. saw 2 crows this week.</p> <p>Sat. 31. A high wind, very high part of the day. Stormy part of the day. Mild for the middle of the day. N. was at Burgoyne in the afternoon &amp; he was at Arthur's &amp; was doing different things. R. took the metal part of the drain pipe out &amp; thawed it. The water pipes to the {illegible} are frozen so that only a little water can run through them. There is a little water in the {illegible}. We have been melting snow for a while excet when we got some water to use off the roof.</p> <p>Sun. Feb, 1. Cold &amp; bright. I was at church. R. was here for dinner. Arthur was here. He does not very often come into the house.</p> <p>Mon. 2. Bright. Not so cold as yesterday. 5° this morning. The boys bagged up grain at the other place &amp; brought it home. N. was doing carpenter work &amp; c &amp; R. helped Arthur illegible part of the afternoon. He was here in the house to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 3. 10° below zero. A happy brightness till noon or sometime in the afternoon &amp; then dull. Cold. N. took a load of dry wood to P.E. to Rt. Stevenson. R. did not come home.</p> <p>Wed. 4. This morning, mild &amp; dull. N. took abroad a sprinkle of snow last night. of wood to P.E. to another man. He got $3.50 for it a cord. R. helped Arthur after dinner. Maxwells got some hay from us at the other barn this week &amp; they got some a while ago.</p> <p>Thur. 5. Mild. A little rain in the morning. Pretty dull. The boys unloaded {straid?} at Arthur's offour sleigh &amp; put hay on &amp; took it to P.E. to Jas. Cassidy. Uncle Alfred was here for dinner. N. was at Arthur's &amp; I was at J.H. Schwass's.</p> <p>Fri. 6. Mild &amp; bright. N. took another load of time thy hay to P.E. &amp; R. took chop over to the other place before night. N. got $9.00 a ton for the hay. A mist this morning.</p> <p>Sat. 7. Bright mostly. Quite warm. 38° to night. R. brought grain over to get chopped. The boys put up the storm window where the pane of glass fell out &amp; N. did other things. More mist this morning than yesterday.</p> <p>Sun. 8. Bright mostly. Thawing. Rd. was here for dinner &amp; supper &amp; Uncle Alfred for supper. I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. 9. Windy. Rained quite a bit. Water has come on to our cellar floor. Noble carried some wood into the woodshed &amp; c &amp; helped Arthur to make chope. Mary Jane Esplin died on Saturday &amp; was buried to-day at Burgoyne.</p> <p>Tue. 10. Colder. Dull. R. was home for dinner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>{continuation from previous page} did not feel very well. N. was carrying in wood &amp; doing other things. He was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Wed. 11. Colder. Dull. Snowed some. N. was working in the barn. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma &amp; I finished quilting a quilt we started to quilt yesterday.</p> <p>Thur. 12. Cold. Bright mostly. 15° this morning. R. was here for dinner. He &amp; N. were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Fri. 13. Cold. Bright quite a bit. Snowed some last night &amp; to-day. R. walked over before dinner &amp; back again to-night. They were doing bush work this afternoon. N. was helping Arthur with a heifer that he bought from us for $50? We bought 1/2 of a for quarter of bee for the heifer.</p> <p>Thur. 13. Cold. The boys were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's. The horse "Pearl" has had a cold for a while.</p> <p>Sat. 14. A cold wind. Bright mostly. Windy. N. took chop to the other place. He &amp; R. cut &amp; hung up the meat. Uncle Alfred was here. "Pearl" the horse has had a cold for a while.</p> <p>Sun. 15. Not cold in the morning but a rather cold wind in the afternoon. R. was here for dinner &amp; supper. N. was at Arthur's &amp; Uncle A. was here. I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. 16. Snow fell quite a bit of the day. Not cold. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church N. got the horses shod &amp; was at the barn &amp; stable working. Ethel Christie got home a week ago. Saturday &amp; went back to the Stratford hospital to-day to either have an operation on her tonsils or go on training for a nurse till she is able for the operation. She was recuperating at home after an attack of tonsilitis. R. was at Arthur's. Hogs are selling at $11.00 per {illegible}. Wheat has gone down, in prier. The boys loaded the wood onto the sleigh.</p> <p>Tue. 17. Bright partly &amp; snowed part of the afternoon. Turned colder. N. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist manse. R. was at J.J. Hillis's sale. He bought a few things. One cow sold for $112. The boys loaded wood onto the sleigh.</p> <p>Wed. 18. 2° this morning. Cold. Bright partly. A little snow. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church. N. took the eggs to the store put wood on the sleigh &amp; did other things. R. took clover seed to Arthur's to send away to get cleaned. I was at Giddes's. M. Chappel bought 2 heifers for $100 &amp; took agreed to take Rosie (McDougall) to sell. R. was at Arthur's helping with the seed. The boys put wood onto the sleigh.</p> <p>Thur. 19. Cold. Dull a good bit. The boys took the cattle to P.E. Viola was here. Snowed quite a bit last night. Mild at first to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 20. Snowed some &amp; then turned mild. R. took a load of big blocks of wood to P.E. to the Baptist</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">February &amp; March</span></h2> <p>Thur. 26. 14° about before breakfast. Tem. went lower before night. Cold. Stormy. High wind. N. came home for dinner. He walked across the fields.</p> <p>Fri. 27. 1°. Stormy &amp; cold. R. was sharpening saws &amp; doing some other things. I was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sat. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. About 2° this morning. R. went over to see N. &amp; afterwards N. &amp; R. got 2 loads of logs home from the bush &amp; R. took one load to P.E. N did chores &amp; other things.</p> <p>Sun. Mar. 1. Not cold. Snowed quite a bit. N. was here for dinner &amp; supper. R. was at Arthur's &amp; I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. ,, 2. Pretty cold. Snowed &amp; drifted quite a bit. N. was in P.E. &amp; was doing work with papers? R. brought logs &amp; wood from the bush &amp; took logs to P.E. &amp; brought {illegible}. There was an earthquake shock fell hue on Sat. night. M. was sitting at the table &amp; felt her chair shake &amp; we saw the flowers shake on the 2 tables. In some houses the people never felt it &amp; in some did &amp; some didn't. R. was away to bed &amp; he did not notice it.</p> <p>Tue. ,,3. Very cold. Snowing &amp; drifting a good bit. R. took the sleigh with wood to the other place &amp; got grain. They were getting it ready to take to Paisley to grind. N. was doing business &amp; c. &amp; R was helping Arthur. A. was here.</p> <p>Wed. Mar. 4. Not so cold. Snowing (quite a bit?). R. went to Paisley. He is away to Rt. Chappell's to a party. N. did chores &amp; business work. B. Giddes was here for dinner.</p> <p>Thur. 5. Thawing some. The boys brought grain from the other place in the morning. Drawing some poles I think from the bush.</p> <p>Fri. 6. Thawing. Bright, R. went to Paisley for chop. N. was doing office work &amp; c. I don't know what else. They got some poles from the bush or one load &amp; I think took another load off.</p> <p>Sat. 7. Warm: a thunder storm at night. The boys finished drawing the short wood from the bush. N. was doing office work &amp; R. fixed the mail box onto the post. He did not feel very well. He was cleaning pens I think. I don't know if they were doing anything else.</p> <p>Sun. 8. N. was home for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 9. Cold wind (in afternoon?). The boys were sawing logs up for wood near the house after dinner. R. was doing some other things. He had a sore shoulder. He took mamma to Gidde's.</p> <p>Tue. 10. Turned very warm. R. was helping Arthur in the afternoon. I don't know what else they did.</p> <p>Wed. 11. Colder. Bright (mostly?) &amp; windy. R. helped Arthur. I don't know what else they did. I don't know whether I have got the weather {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>{continuation from the page before the previous page} manse. He &amp; N. were cutting logs after dinner.</p> <p>Sat. 21. Rained quite a bit this morning. Turned colder. N. did not come home. B. helped Arthur. Misty a good bit of the afternoon. Freezing to-night.</p> <p>Sun. 22. Rained a good bit in the afternoon but it did not feel very warm. There was to be service this afternoon when Ms. Gallagher was to preave. N. was home for dinner &amp; supper. The rain was freezing as it fell.</p> <p>Mon. 23. A good bit of rain fell None the most of the afternoon. R. fixed the waste pipe from the illegible sink, cleaned pens helped us to quilt &amp; c. N. was home this afternoon. He did some bush work on the road home. R. is away to Giddes's to-night. N. came across the field &amp; went back by the road.</p> <p>Tue. 24. 16° this morning. Dull. Turned rather mild. R. was helping Arthur &amp; after dinner he &amp; N. were doing bush work.</p> <p>Wed. 25. Misty. Drippling a good bit. N. was cleaning grass seed. R. has a sore hand. A piece of thorn is in it. Arthur was here.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h3> <p>Thur. 12. N. split wood at the other place &amp; helped Arthur. R. Helped A. all day.</p> <p>Fri. 13. Dull turned cold &amp; windy. I don't know whether the weather is down right, or not. Some snow after dinner. N. was at P.E. &amp; doing other things. R. was helping A. &amp; helped Ed. Schwass to saw wood with the buzz-saw. Mamma was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sat. 14. Blowing &amp; (snowing?).</p> <p>Sun. 14. Warm? N. was here for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 16. Rowand was clipping the cattle &amp; N. was in P.E. for salt. Mamma saw a robin.</p> <p>Tue. 17. Warm. {Florence?} was here for a short time. Arthur &amp; J.H. Schwass was here but not in the house. N. was not home. He was at King's sale. R. was putting a {lier?} killer on the cattle &amp; was doing other things I think.</p> <p>Wed. 18. Warm but turned colder. A few drops of rain fell. Dull mostly. Our boys, A., Ed &amp; J.H. Schwass sawed our poles, N. was at the store.</p> <p>Thur. 19. Rain, snow &amp; a high wind last night. Stormy at first. Not very cold. R. was cleaning pens &amp; c. He &amp; N. took the sleigh to the other place &amp; brought rain back to chop. N. got a sack of sugars for $7.75 at Burgoyne.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Fri. Mar. 20. Bright, dull before night. The boys went to help A. to saw wood but the engine needed imparing. N. &amp; R. split &amp; piled wood at home. R went to a box social at no.5 Saugern.</p> <p>Sat. 21. Very windy. Some rain this morning. The boys helped A. to saw wood after dinner &amp; did other things before.</p> <p>Sun. 22. A few flakes of snow. Bright (partly?). N. was home for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 23. Bright &amp; turned dull. A cold wind after dinner. A few drops of rain. Sleet last night. N. was splitting wood &amp; R. was was helping A. The boys helped A. to finish sawing his wood &amp; N. was at the store &amp; R. was doing odd jobs.</p> <p>Tue. 24. Warm. Quite a bit of rain to-night. N. was splitting wood &amp; took back chop with him. R. was splitting wood &amp; helping Arthur.</p> <p>Wed. 25. Fine &amp; warm. The boys were in Southampton &amp; at Herman Schwass. R. got his teeth filled. A Life Insurance agent was here.</p> <p>Thur. 26. Turned very warm. Windy. A thunder storm about midnight with hail. R. took M. to Christie's. Uncle Alfred &amp; Sabel were here for supper. N. was splitting wood. A. was here but not for very long.</p> <p>Fri. 27. Colder. Dull some of the morning. The boys were in P.E. getting 4, 2 year old cattle from Herman Schwass. They were splitting &amp; piling wood this morning. R. was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sat. 28. Bright. The wind turned pretty cold by night. N. was splitting wood &amp; R. cleaning pens. Will {Gowarlock?} was here for hay &amp; Bob Maocurell at the other barn for some. The boys were cleaning grain. John Campbell was here for Timothy {Sudi?} A. for some. Uncle called for apples. N. was cleaning see a while ago. J. Campbell did not take any seed.</p> <p>Sun. 29. A cold wind. Bright. N. was here for dinner &amp; supper. I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. 30. A pretty cold wind. N. was at Mrs Cheesman's (Mrs. Jad. Ferguson's mother) funeral. The boys were cleaning grain &amp; picking over rotten turnips &amp; c. They were at A's. I was there in the house. N. &amp; R. were at {Name?}.</p> <p>Tue. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Arthur &amp; Viola had a little boy last night but he did not live. I was at A's. R. did some of A's chores. R &amp; N were cleaning grain.</p> <p>Wed. April 1. A cold wind. R. went to the other place &amp; he &amp; N. ploughed. R. brought home and was that I bought from {menno Flaust?} for $84. Aunt Jennie Donnie &amp; Jimmy brought mamma home to-night. Ethel had her tonsils &amp; a {d...?} removed a while ago while she was at the hospital. She was home for a while after &amp; returned to the hospital on Friday.</p> <p>Thur. 2. Warmer. R. &amp; Arthur killed one of our pigs &amp; R. ploughed at the other place after dinenr &amp; cut the meat up at night. It weight=ed 171 3/4 lbs. dressed. C. Schwass was here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April</p> <p>Fri. 3</p> <p>not very cold. The boys ploughed h. was working at a finer. Mamma was at A's, B, F, was here.</p> <p>Sat. 4</p> <p>A pretty cold wind. The boys ploughed at the other place and H. went to P.E. They were chasing at the other place that got out of the bangard Rt. Mascwell was working at the other place at a fena the last 2 dagard their of tennese</p> <p>Sun.5</p> <p>Of cold wind. Bright, I was at ehuoh. He was here for dinner and supper.</p> <p>Mon. 6</p> <p>13. a cold wind. Bright. a hard frost last night. The boys were ploughing the field at the south side of the front lawn. I was at A's, R was away to geddes's to might but was noting</p> <p><br />Tue. 7 Turned warmer, Dull a good bit. The boys were ploughing n. is stopping at home to-night. Mascwell is to do his chores.</p> <p>Wed. 8</p> <p>Bright. Warmer in the afternoon than the morning. The boys ploughed. They used Jack past of the time. N. went to the other place after supper see after the cattle to the close. George Mascwell was here for supper. H brought 2 loads of wood from the lush. I was at A's.</p> <p>Thurs 9. War. Dull partly. The boys finished ploughing, cleaned again &amp; N. sowed grass seed &amp; R. cut Pearl's hoofts, &amp; sowed some radishes, lettuce &amp; planed a few onions.</p> <p>Thur. april 18</p> <p>Bright mostly. A cold wind. R. was disking the field &amp; of the front lane. N, was cleaning grain, A. was here but not in the house. M, Sthasha was here. I was at dyness's for eggs.</p> <p>Sat. 11</p> <p>Sun 12.</p> <p>a cold wind. A shower of snow. This is Easter Sunday. I was at church. alice came home with me. We were at Gethus's. N. was here for dinner &amp; supper</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{back cover}</p> </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/638eb9fb37e272ed1d5f6d71850c454e.pdf 6fb29aacb4084ad10e21d62b9d1645ba https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b0b013257257b34edfd8587fa5f534dd.pdf 32a1ccde2f454de9d109c62d10fd715b https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b20f5f6c3091ac5452f917fd6635e00c.pdf 3ec5dbf38103e0499212361bbd0b2647 PDF Text Text Elizabeth Oliver “Olive” Burgess (1896-1980) 1918 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive Volunteers [Front Cover] 1918 {written in pencil} Scout [illustration of a boy scout placing a flag on a hilltop] [Inside Front Cover] E.{Elizabeth} O.{Oliver} Burgess 1918 Burgoyne Jan. 18 Thuri - 5° Below this morning. 11° Below zero to-night. Bright befor {before} dinner dull after, cold. Papa and Mamma were in town, Noble was at Paisley for chop and Rowand was at the bush after dinner . He was at Geddes's in the morning with their grain-bags. Papa and Mamma were only in in the afternoon. I was at Uncle Alfred's for a little bit. Mrs Buyer's and Isabel came home today. Noble is hard up with the cold to-night. Sat. 19 - 39° Below zero to-night. 9° Below his morning. It has risen to zero to-night. Cold S. wind changing to North. Dull the most of the day. R {Rowand} & Papa were in town. N. {Noble} was doing chores & odd jobs. We were baking pies, cakes & scrubbing. Agnes was here. Sun. 20 - zero before breakfast. Stormy. Jan. sometimes. Cold. I was at church in the morning. Uncle A. {Alfred}, Arthur and Edgar were here. Papa was not very well. He felt like taking a fainting spell. Rowand has had a cold for a while and is worse now. Mon. 21 - Not as cold. 8° This morning. Dull & smoky. Snowing a little. The boys were working at the bush before dinner. They brought home a load of logs from the bush after dinner. M & P & the boys have colds. Arthur was here plowing. I am getting better of my cold. P was doing office w. {work}, chores etc. M & I were sewing & mending. �Tue. 22 - About 6° after breakfast. Bright for a while in the morning Started to snow before dinner & snowed all afternoon. P & M. were in town & N took a load of logs in R. has a bad cold. He was at Uncle A's & Arthur was here phoning. Gordon Hepner hung himself in his father's cellar in Port Elgin. His father found him last night. Wed. 23 - 14° in the morning. Snowing through last night and all morning and part of afternoon. Calm. The boys are both hard up with colds. M. & I were baking bread. Agnes was here visiting U. A. was here for some saltpeter for a sick horse. I was at U. A's. Clear & 2° Below zero to-night. Thurs. 24- Snowing quite a bit of the day. Not very cold. Moon is shining to-night. 18° in the middle of the afternoon. Johnny McIntosh was here in the afternoon. Uncle A. and Arthur were here. The boys were helping Papa & bagging up grain. M. & I were churning. Jan. They have all got colds. P & M. are not coughing very much. M. has rheumatism just now and is not well other ways. Fri. 25 Snowing quite a bit to-day. Wind in S. turned to W. Stormy some of afternoon and to-night. Mild in the Western Canada. N, R & Edgar were trying to chop but could not get the engine to work. U. A. got the "Bell" telephone put into their hosue to-day. R & I were at the store. M. is not very well. She & I were sweeping & dusting. Sat. 26 - 12° Below zero this morning, 11° Below to-night. Bright & frosty cold wind. P & R. were in town. The roads weare pretty heavy in the morning, N. was cleaning pig-pens & helping Edgar to try to chop but they did not get any done. M & I were baking pies & cakes pies & cakes & scrubbing & cleaning the stove. The Patriotism Society gave a concert last night at Burgoyne. They made about $30 clear. Agnes was here. Sun. 27 - 30° Below zero. Bright. P. M & I were at church in the morning. U. A. was here. N is not very well to-night. Mon. 28 - 4° Below zero this morning. A cold N. E. wind changing to E. till sometime in the afternoon when the storm stopped though the snow fell. M. is not well. The boys were sawing wood in the woodshed. M. & I were sewing & mending. R. is at Mrs. McAndrew's to-night to practice for the Literary meeting. �Tue. 29 - Cold. N.W. wind. Went down sometime in afternoon. 2° This morning. Clear to-night. Bright some of the day. The boys were at the bush. Papa did a little carpentering etc. We were sewing and mending and melting snow. The barn cistern is getting dry & the creek is nearly all frozen up so the cattle were at Uncle A's. Uncle A. was here. Wed. 30 - 18° Degrees below zero this morning. Bright & nice though a cold wind though not very much of it. P & R. were in town. Noble took the pigs in in Jan. & Feb. the afternoon. He got $ 17,50 per. Cwt. for them. There were 5 of them averaging 200 lbs. a piece. Uncle A. helped N. to load them. Aunt Lizzie was here in the afternoon. R. & I were at the Literary meeting at night. M. & I were washing, baking bread and scrubbing. Thur. 31 - 2° Below 0 this morning, 12° Below to-night. Bright-and a little warmer than yesterday. N. took grain to P.E. {Port Elgin} for making into chop. He got flour "5 Jewels" at $6,20 per cwt. 100 "Pastry" at $5,60 per cwt. He got feed flour, bran & chop too. He was at the bush, after dinner and brought home a load of logs. He and R. were cutting wood. M & I were washing & ironing a little. Fri. Feb. 1 - 24° Below 0 this morning. Bright, some of the time at any rate. Cold W. wind. The boys were at the bush. M & I were doing sweeping & dusting & baking. & dusting I cleaned some of the hen-house. Sat. 2 - 2°, Down to zero before breakfast. P. & R. were in town. Roads better for going in than usual. N. took logs in in the afternoon. We were baking cakes, scrubbing & dusting. Sun. 3 - About 14° after 8 o'clock. Blue-looking around the bush in the morning. Got stormy. Not very stormy but kind of pretty stormy. I was at church in the morning. Papa was dizzy in the mornIng and M.'s back was sore. Mon. 4 - 19° Below zero this morning. 6° Below on Uncle A's thermometer at noon. 14° Below on ours to-night. Our thermometer we think registers too low. A very cold West wind. R & N. were at the bush. R. got a piece of his ear frozen at noon. They both got their noses frozen to-night when they were coming across the field at the bush. R. has got spots of his face and one ear frozen before this time this Winter. The mail-man did not come around. The train did not come from any further than Palmerston. Feb. �The wind is high to-night. There is a shower being giving to {Maidie?} Gowanlock to-night. M. was not feeling well this morning. This mail-man missed {crossed out} sometime before. Tues. 5 - 38° Below zero this morning. Bright. The boys did not go to the bush. Oliver Geddes was here. He, N. & R. were at Uncle Alfred's. N. was there in the forenoon too. O. & F. Geddes got their noses frozen on the 4th and so did Agnes. M & I were baking bread. Wed. 6 - 8°· This morning. A good bit milder. 13° At night. Snowed some last night an and drifted. N. took the sleigh to town after dinner. His chop was not done but he got feed at McGillivery's and Papa's papers. We cleaned the hall stove-pipes & We churned. Dull part of the day. The boys had to shovell the snow out of the lane gate. Thur. 7 - Below this morning. Cold wind. Bright & frosty. 11° at night. N. & R. got the logs from the bush to take to town. N. took them in after dinner. R. & E. were chopping after dinner. M. & P. were at Geddes's for tea. We were washing & scrubbing. Mr. Schwass and Ed, Sam & John were here to see Papa at night. Fri. 8 - 13° Below this morning. Bright & cold. S. wind. Raining at night. The boys were at the bush getting wood ready for selling. M. & I were sweeping, dusting, ironing & baking pies & cakes. Sat. 9 - Big flakes of snow falling early in the morning. Drifting a little. Bright the most of the day. 14° Before supper. The boys shovelled a road for the horses to get in to the bush, took a load of grain to U. Alfred’s to get chopped & brought home 3 loads of wood from the bush to take to Eawald's. P & M. were in town this afternoon. Papa did not light a fire as an order has been issued by the "Fuel Controller" that all business places with a few exceptions are not to be heated with wood, coal or oil on the 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th. M. was at Miss Geddes's. M and I baked bread Feb. cakes & scrubbed & dusted. Mamma had a bad cramp in her leg this evening. Sun. 9 - Snowed hard for a while. Not cold. Dull the most of the day. Rd. {Rowand} & I were at church in the morning. Drove up. Small congregation. Mr. & Mrs. Keith McDonald were at church. U. Alfred was here in the afternoon. Mon. 10 - A very nice day. Thawing, Bright some of the day. N. took a load of wood to Harman Eawald's this afternoon. The roads are cutting away to-day. He got off the road at McAnnel's hill and had to take some of the wood off and left it there then came back. A few sticks fell off before he got �to town. The boys brought the wood home from the bush that was left of Eawald's this morning. Johnny McIntosh & Mr. Underwood were here to do business. U. A was here for a few minutes twice. R & Arthur were chopping this afternoon. Mamma & I were washing, baking cakes, sewing. Papa was painting the board he put up in the kitchen for clothes. Arthur & Edgar was at the stable to see the boys at night. Tue. 11 - Raining before we got up and raining for quite a bit of the forenoon and then snowed the rest of the day. Wet snow and snowed a lot. Papa & Rd. {Rowand} were in town. Noble was threshing peas & working at other things around the barn. He has a cold. Mamma & I were ironing & mending {inserted: & sewing}. Mamma was not well. Mrs. D. Stewart's sale was to-day. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Feb. 13 - Dull, snowing some, 9° this morning. The boys were thrashing peas etc. Mamma & I were churning scrubbing & sewing. Not cold. Feb. 14 - Dull & thawing. 27° This morning. About 40° This afternoon. High S. wind. A little rain in afternoon. Thunder, lightning & a little rain to-night. Rd. took a load of wood to Mrs. Ewald. Noble was threshing peas & they were both threshing this afternoon. Rd. was at Uncle Alfred's. Mr. Charles Sam, Ed & John Schwass & John's and Ed's wife Feb. & John's baby were here on business. M. & I were washing & ironing a little, sweeping, mending & sewing. Fri. 15 - Dull and then bright. A cold wind. Papa & Mamma went to town in the morning. Rd. took a load of wood to Ewald's after dinner. N. was in the house with a cold. Mrs. Henderson's brother died yesterday. His body was taken to the station this afternoon. Service at Mrs. Henderson's at {illegible} o'clock. Darkie got down in the snow on the road out. P. & M. are going to stay at Miss Geddes's all night. They took the coal-oil stove with them. R. skied to Geddes's at night. I was making pies. 10° Below, A. M. Snowed hard a little while. Sat. 16 - 4° This morning below zero. Bright this morning. Cold to-night. R. took a load of wood to town this morning. N. was working around the stable. In the afternoon they were at the bush and brough home the chop from Uncle Alfred's. Agnes was here a little bit I was baking bread & cakes and scrubbing. P. & M. came home to-night. �Sun. 17 - Cold West wind. Bright. Mamma & I were at church. U. A. was here. N. Arthur & E. were away for a walk. A hard crust on the snow in the morning. Softer later on. I got one of my ears touched with the frost on the {illegible} the road to church. 2° between 7 and 8 a. m. Mon. 18 - Cold Wind. 4° This morning. N. & R. were at the bush cutting logs. Uncle A. brought Papa's typewriter (that he has on trial from a company in Toronto) from Papa's office. Uncle Alfred took the girls in to Port Elgin this morning. Ed. Schwass, Mr. Maxwell, Colin Campbell & Mr. Gregg were here on business. Mamma was washing & sewing. She has a sore back. Papa got the lumbago on Sat. morning. High wind to-night. Tue. 19 - Raining a lot through last night & raining some to-day & raining very heavily for a while this evening. Big ponds of water. P & N. were in town. N. went to {T loto's?} sale. R, M. & I cleaned the kitchen Feb. stove-pipes & R. mended the wheel-barrow. M. was ironing. Edgar was here. Very windy to-night. Quite a bit early in the day too. 40° in evening. Wed. 20 - Very High W. wind. 7° Below zero this morning. 11° Below to-night. Very cold. Arthur & our boys killed a pig to-day. N & R. are cutting it up to-night. They were at the bush in the afternoon. A. R. & N. all got a piece of their face frozen on the way home to-night before they got as far as the creek. I was at U. A's this afternoon. M. was sewing & mending. Thur. 21 - 13 ° Below this morning. Cold high W. wind. Wind down to-night. 7° Below to-night. Bright a good bit of the day. Arthur was here a few minutes & N. was at their place. Uncle Sandy was here this afternoon. The boys were in the house the most of the time. M. & I were sweeping & dusting salting the meat & churning. Papa has a cold. Fri. 22 - Kind of stormy a good bit of the day. A high wind. 2° In the morning & warmer at night. Papa & Mamma went to P. E. {Port Elgin}. The boys were at the bush. Arthur was helping them before dinner. I was baking bread & making head-cheese. R. was skating on the creek at Uncle A's at night. Sat. 23 - 19° In the morning. 30° To-night. Bright & thawing. N. went to Arkwright for chop & R. cleaned pig pens. After dinner they drew logs and logs to saw for wood home from the bush. Agnes & Alice were here. Robbie G. & Clifford Reanney were here for a few minutes. I was baking pies & cakes & scrubbing. R. is away to Cunningham's to skate to-night. Moonlight. P. & M. came home tonight. �Sun. 24 - Mild. Bright part of the day. Raining a little. M, P. & I were at church in the morning. U. A. was here after dinner. Thawing. [Blank page] [Blank page] Feb. & Mar. Mon. 25 - Bright partly. Started to Rain this afternoon and rained quite a bit. Roads bad to-night. P. & I were in town. N & R. were at the bush. Came home early this afternoon. M. was washing. Tue. 26 - A very high cold wind. Calm to-night. 6° This morning. 38° Last night. Noble was at the bush. Rd. & P. were grinding an axe. R. did not go to the bush this after-noon for fear he would get his face frozen. He helped us to make sausage. We were ironing some. 12° to-night. Wed. 27 - Thawing. 26° This morning. 31° Before dark to-night. P. was at the bush. M & I were ironing, scrubbing, sweeping & dusting. R. & Arthur are away to McIvor's to a Social of the Literary Society held at McIvor's tonight. The boys were working at the bush. Thur. Mar. 28 - Dull. Not very cold. Some snow fell. P. & M went to town. N took them in. R. was at the bush in the morning. They were both there after dinner. N. brought the saw out that Karcher was sharpening & the boys were sawing in the afternoon. Bessie G. {Geddes} & Ethel Christie were here for dinner. I was at U. Alfred’s at night. 26° This morning. Fri. Mar. 1 - Bright & nice. N. took a load of logs to town to get sawn. R. was threshing peas. After dinner N. brought a load of logs home from the bush & they were sawing too. Thawing in the sun. 18° This morning & to-night. Windy to-night. Sat. 2 - High S. W. wind. Thawing. Bright a good bit of the day. N. took a load of logs to town & brought out the lumber from the logs yesterday. They brought home a load of logs from the bush after dinner & were weighing the pigs. R. was was cleaning pig-pens in the morning. N. brought P & M. out toMar. -night. P. has been very busy. He was not well to-day. Florence was here for tea. Clear & windy tonight. �Sun. 3 - Bright with a cold wind. P., M., & I were at church in the morning. R. was there at night. The Communion service was held in the morning. P. was at Uncle A's. Mon. 4 - Bright part of the day. Started to rain late in the afternoon. Did not rain as much as last Monday. P & I were in town, M. was washing & N. took a load of logs to town in the morning & they were at the bush working at the logs after dinner. U. Sandy was here on business. N. saw a robin in town to-day. Tue. 5 - Misty. Not cold. The boys were threshing peas. M. ironed a little. I was at U. A.’s. Ar. &. E. are visiting the boys at the stable this evening. Wed. 6 - Dull with a cold wind. Papa was at the bush. The boys cut a tree down & the boys brought home logs from the bush. M. & I were washing white clothes & scrubbing & I was at the store. Neil Swinton & Wat McTaggart were here to see Papa. Wat & Maggie McTaggart are going to the West this week. R. is at the L. meeting {Literary Society?} to-night. Agnes & I were skating near our house. I was at U. A's. 14° This morning. Thur. 7 - Bright part of the time. 3 or 4 In. of snow fell last night. Calm & then a cold wind. Wind is blowing quite a bit to-night. N. took 2 loads of logs to town. R. was threshing peas & he & I cleaned the hen-house. M. & I were baking bread & ironing. R. went to stake to-night at the creek in Maurice Chappel's place but the wind was too high. Geo. Falconer died from pneumonia. Fri. 8 - 8° This morning. Bright. Sun. [Blank page] [Blank page] Mar. thawed the snow some. M. & P. went to P. E. {Port Elgin}. N & R. brought home a load of logs from the bush & N. took them to town after dinner. R. & Arthur sawed wood for us to sell to the church. A. was here for tea. N. & Edgar brought home some lumber for N. I was sweeping & dusting & cleaning the stove. Sat. 9 - 12°. cold E. wind. Dull & very stormy in the afternoon & evening. Sleet falling. N. took logs to town & E. took a load for him. They brought home all the lumber & did not get home till after 5 �o'clock as they waited for the lumber. P. & M. came home to-night. Sleet cutting their face coming out to-night. They thought that they saw lightning. I was scrubbing & baking pies & cakes. Geo. Falconer's funeral was to-day to P. E. cemetery. Sun. 10 - Stormy the first part of the morning. Bright afterwards. I was at church in the morning & R. was there at night. There were only 14 beside Mr. Strachan there in the morning. Uncle A. was here & N & R. were at his place. M's leg is sore just now. 2° at night. Mon. 11 - Dull a good bit of the day. Cold & turned warmer. 3° This morning. Windy the first part of the day. N. & R. took the sleight. N. took 1 pig less than 6 months old to town after dinner. He got $18.75 per cwt for it. It weighed 200 lbs. He took the harrows to town to get them sharpened & brought home some shingles for the barn. R. & P. were piling lumber. One of Papa's clients was here. Very stormy on Saturday in some other parts of the country. Worse than here. Tue. 12 - Raining a little & then bright the most of the day. S. wind. Thawing quite a bit. P. & R. were in town. N. was working around the barn. M. & I were churning & ironing. M's leg is sore. We. 13 - Bright at first but dull the Mar. most of the time. A rather cold wind. The boys were cutting the wood for the church. P. was at the bush. 2 of his clients were here to see him. M. & I were at scrubbing & mending. U. A. was here. Thur. 14 - Very dull. A wet snow all after-noon. Not cold. R. was at U. A. as the clover-thresher came there yesterday. We had part of a load of clover last year and had seed. U. A. had pretty near 3 loads of clover and they had seed. N. was splitting & piling wood this morning at the bush. M & I were baking bread. Fri. 15 - 2° This morning. Bright with a cold wind. P. & M. went to town N. & R. were sawing wood before dinner. R. was splitting & piling afterwards & N. went to town for some feed that came in a load that Bob Telfer was getting. We got 25 bags. Arthur was at the door and Agnes brought some yarn for knitting for the soldiers. I was sweeping & dusting. Sat. Sat 16 - 12° This morning. A very cold W. wind. Bright. The boys were taking wood to the church. I was baking pies & cakes & scrubbing & doing a rooster. P & M came home to-night. �Sun (Thur. crossed out) 17 - Bright. P. R & I were at church in the morning. Edgar was here. Mon. 18 - Bright & mild. 21° This morning & 40° in the shade to-day. The boys took the rest of the wood to the {crossed out} church. N. was throwing wood into the wood-shed etc. They brought home a load of poles from the bush. P. was at the bush & felt like taking a fainting-spell. M. & I were washing. I was at Uncle A's & R. & E are away to Geddes's to-night. Edith Buyers is at Uncle Al's just now. Tue. 19 - Bright & nice all day. Mar. Thawing a lot. P. & M. went to town. N. took 1 1/2 cords of 14 in. wood to Miss Geddes & brought out the rest of the shingles. R. was getting ready to tap this morning. They tapped after dinner & brought home 2 loads of poles. I went to a United Prayer meeting at Burgoyne church. Rev. Messrs S. Strachan, Mann, {Gishler?}, Buckborough, Leger, Hallman, McDougall & Scanlon & Mr. Sagles & A. F. George & Uncle Gilbert (who was chairman) took part. Wed. 20 - Very warm. Bright. 52° This afternoon in the shade. The boys were cleaning grain before dinner & were at the bush after dinner sawing & brought home the sap. There was not very much. Some of the trees did not run. They had to get across the creek at the bridge on the fence. M & I were ironing, churning & scrubbing. H. Crowe & B. Hanbidge were here to see the cattle. Thawing a lot. Fri 22 - Bright with a cold wind though it was not very high. 27° This morning. Thawing. The ice on the river is broken up. The boys got the sap from the bush. There was only a little bit. They were cleaning grain. I was sweeping. P. & M. went to town. I was at Geddes's & Alice was here. Thur. 21 - Bright and thawing. A frost last night though not as low hard as Fri. morning. The boys were cleaning grain & helping U. A's to saw wood with the engine & getting the sap. Less sap than yesterday. Al Eaton was here and bought the heifer with the queer horns. It was 2 yrs. old last summer. We are to get 9 1/2 cts a lb. for it. Agnes were here & P. was at U. A's. Mar. Sat. 23 - 17° or 18° This morning. Bright with a cold wind. Colder than yesterday. Not thawing in the shade. The boys finished cleaning the grain this morning & took some for chopping to U. A's. They were working at the poles this afternoon. Did not get much sap to-day. �Sun. 24 - Bright, warmer than yester-day. P., M, & I were at church in the morning. P. was at U. A's. U. S. has a cold. Mon. 25 - 22° This morning. A very cold W. wind. Snowed some near night. The boys made chop & porridge meal, split wood & gathered the sap. They got 5 pails-full of sap. M. & I washed. Uncle Sandy was at the door and Papa had 2 other men to see him. Isabel was here at night. Tue. 26 - 11° This morning. A little snow fell. It all melted. P. & R. went to town & N. went to the store & Andrew Carr's. He bought a white sow from him for $55 & bu.{bushel} of turnips at 10 c per bu. & bu. of mangles at 15 per. bu. N. was working at the wood. M. & I were ironing & baking bread. Agnes was here. Wed. 27 - Bright with a cold wind. 16° This morning. The boys brought home the pig & the roots. After dinner they helped Ar. & E. to extend the bridge, split wood etc. A man was her to see the cattle. Papa had a client here. Agnes was here to-night. M. & I scrubbed & finished the syrup. We got 2 qts. {quarts} Thur. 28 - Bright and rather cold. 11° This morning. The boys were bringing home poles. P. & M. were at Geddes's for tea. Alice was here to-night. Ar. & E. were at the stable. Clem Morton died at Southhampton Mar. 24. Fri.29 - Bright, cold wind, air Mar. & A. {April} warmer than yesterday. A circle round the sun. The boys brought home the rest of the poles home and the most of the afternoon R. helped U A's to finish theirs. Ed went to Tara and met Mr. Sharpe and brought him {home crossed out} back with him. M. & P. took the heifer to A. Eaton. She weighed 660 lbs. M. & I were sweeping dusting & scrubbing churning. This is Good Friday. Sat 30. Misty at first & dull part of the time afterwards. Warmer than Fri. P. & R. went to town. N & I got over 4 pails of sap in the morning & some wood from the bush. N. Helped E. to take away the piece that they put to the bridge & he took the horses to this side of the bridge & brought the sap across to it this afternoon. He got 4 pails. I was at U. A's. M & I were scrubbing dusting & baking cakes & a little bread. I was at U. A's Sun. 31 - Warm & bright. Roads are �getting dry in some places. We were all at church in the morning but Noble. R. was there at night. U. Alfred & Mr. Sharpe were here for tea. Agnes was here but not for tea. A thunderstorm at night. Hail and rain. Mon. April 1 - Bright part of the day. A cool wind but warm air like Spring. Misty at first. Mist or drizzle to-night. O. & A Geddes were here to-night. Jessie & Alice were here to-day. Mr. Sharpe went away to-day. The boys were splitting wood. They got a little over a churn barrel-full of sap. Tus. 2 - Bright. Turned colder throughout the day than it was at first. Misty at first. P & I were in town. R & N. were helping Uncle A's to saw poles. Mamma was boiling sap. Robbie G. was here in the afternoon. A. {April} 1st - M. was boiling sap. Agnes got into the creek on Saturday when she was crossing it on some rails. She had her feet on the under ice. Edgar lifted her get out. Wed. 3 - A very cold wind in the morning. Wind changed & got some warmer before April noon. 18 {degrees symbol} This morning. M. & P. {Mamma & Papa} were in town. N. {Noble} took the team to town this morning & got some chop made & brought the harrows, coal-oil, Keith's seed etc. home. N & R. {Noble & Rowand} with Uncle A's boys were sawing wood with the buzz-saw after dinner. Ar {Arthur} & E. {Edgar} were here for tea. Alice & J. McLean were here for a few minutes. R. {Rowand} is away to the Literary meeting & N. to Burgoyne to-night. Thur. 4 - A cold wind & bright. A hard frost last night. Ar. Ed. & our boys finished sawing the wood about 6 o'clock. They started before nine & were off som time at noon and a little other times. M & I churned, baked bread & ironed. P & M & I carried 4 pails of sap home from the bush. We did not get all of it. Fri. 5 - A cold wind & bright. N & R. drew 3 loads of manure to the bush field & sawed wood at the bush this afternoon. M & I swept & dusted. We fried some pork & put it into a crock. I was at U 'A's {Uncle Alfred's} sugar bush & Alice was here for tea & Agnes came up after tea. A man was here on business. Sat. 6 - Bright & warmer. A S. wind got up. It was pretty high. P & R were in town. N. {Noble} was away at the bush for sap. He got the churn full & got some wood. He ploughed some of the afternoon & got about 3 pails of sap. We were baking, scrubbing & fring {frying?} pork. We filled a �15lb crock with sides & shoulder. The side of the last pig & the shoulder of the first pig. I was at U. A's {Uncle Alfred's} sugar bush. Sun. 7 - Bright some & kind of cold. Wind pretty cold. P. {Papa} & I were at church in the morning. Ar. & E. {Arthur & Edgar} were visiting the boys at the barn. S. Schwass was at the door. Dull & like rain. Turned colder. A few drops of rain fell. Mon. 8 - Dull & turned pretty cold, freying {frying}. April A little snow fell. N. {Noble} has had a sore side at the ribs for about a week. It hurts when he takes a deep breath & when he jerks certain ways. He was at the Doctor to-day: He said it was in the nerves that the trouble was. It was caused by getting wet. He gave him pills & told him to wear a bandage. N & R. {Noble & Rowand} took 3 white pigs to town after dinner. They averaged 200 lbs a piece. They got $19.25 per {illegible?} for them. Mr. & Mrs. Strachan, Neil, Donald & the baby were here today. Neil was sick while he was here. U. A. {Uncle Alfred} is here to-night. M's {Mama's} knee was pretty sore yesterday & to-day. We were boiling sap. Tue 9 - Very cold wind. Bright 12 {degree symbol} In the morning. P. {Papa} & I were in town. The boys were working at the barn some. They were not working very hard. R. {Rowand} has a cold & a sore back. Gladys Buesh & Muriel Reanney were here trying to sell concert tickets. I was at Kennedy's in town. E. was here. Mamma's leg is sore. She carried water for washing & baked cookies. Wed. 10 - Cold wind. 16 {degree symbol} This morning. Noble tried ploughing this afternoon but the ground was too much frozen. He & R. {Rowand} were working in the stable this morning. P & R. {Papa & Rowand} were working at the wood this afternoon. M. {Mamma} & I were washing & we ironed some. I was at Mrs. McAndrew's, Jim Ferguson's & the store. Ag. & E. {Agnes & Edgar} were here. Thurs. 11 - Bright part of the time. Like rain. E. {East} wind. The boys were bringing stones from S. Smith's before dinner. Afterwards N. ploughed & R. split wood. We churned & ironed. I was at Geddes's for tea & U. {Uncle} Alfred is here to-night. Fri. 12 - Cold wind. 27 {degrees} In the morning. N. was ploughing & R. was working at the wood. P. {Papa} piles wood. They watered the cattle at the creek. We were sweeping, dusting & were baking bread. Agnes was here. �Sat. 13 - Warmer. 20 {degrees} this morning. P & M. {Papa & Mamma} were April in town. N. wheeled to the Town Line hunting for pigs at Grant's. R. was ploughing this morning & was at a bee at D. Dick's this afternoon. They were sawing wood for him as he is not well. N. Ploughed this afternoon. The boys got some sap. Alice was here. Sun. 14 - Warm & bright. P. & R & I were at church in the morning & R. was there at night. Mamma's knee is pretty sore. Mon. 15 - A frost. Warm & bright. R. went to town & brought another "Royal" typewriter our that the Co. sent to P. instead of the old one. R. brought out Eatons' things too. N. finished ploughing in the back field & started to plough. R. was splitting wood & he & P. plugged the sap trees up. P & I were pruning trees. Agnes & U. A {Alfred} were here. Tue. 16 - Warmer still. A white frost last night. Dull a good bit. 2 or 3 drops of rain dropped to-night. P & R. were in town. N. was ploughing. M. {Mamma} & I were washing & started to clean out drawers. R. is at Geddes' to-night. Wed. 17 - Dull quite a bit of the day. A heavy rain fell this evening. It started before 5 o'clock. Warm. N. finished ploughing the ground for the buckwhat, harrowed it, disked the orchard and started to disk in the field S. {South} of the back lane from the house. R. & P. were splitting & piling wood. We got rhubarb roots from Uncle Alfred's and planted them where the rhubarb used to be. M. & I were cleaning drawers & ironing. We made 15 qts {quarts} of syrup this year. Thur 18 - Snowing quite a bit of the day. Cold. We were cleaning a little in the {N?} room. Agnes, Jessie McLean & I were at a Lecture at the church by Mr. Wilson from Walkerton. It was illustrated. We were fring {frying} pork. We have 3 hams & 3 shoulders un-{illegible} Fri. 19 - Quite a bit of frost last night. Bright & cold. N. drove to Wm. Grant's at the town line & got 4 little pigs at $6.25 a piece. R. went to Greathead's and got 5 cedar posts. We were sweeping, dusting, churning & baking bread. Papa fainted at the stable to-day. I was there April but not hear him at the time. Al. & Ag. {Alice & Agnes} were here to-night. N. is at D. Dick's. �Sat. 20 - Bright at first & then dull. Wind blowing like rain. P & R. were in town. N. was splitting wood, drawing rails to the orchard & working around the barn. M's knee was some better the last 2 days but was worse to-day. We were baking, scrubbing, etc. 20 {degrees} This morning & warmer than yesterday. The cat had 4 kittens this week. Sun. 21 - Raining when we got up. Rained quite a bit in the morning. Dull all day. I was at church in the morning. Arthur was at the barn & R. went with him to A.Ca when he went to do the chores. Mon. 22 - Raining some in the morning & dull. Bright part of the afternoon and not cold. Like rain. The boys were splitting wood in the afternoon. R. & M. were mending the buggy-top. M. & I finished the print patch quilt ready for quilting. Tue. 23 - A very high W {West} wind till it started to rain in the afternoon but very soon turned to snow. The ground looks white. Some wind again. Bright part of the time. P. & R. were in town. N. was splitting & piling wood & M. & I washed & ironed some. Wed. 24 - Cold & bright. The boys & P. split & piled wood. M & I ironed. M. was puting {putting} hotpoultices on her leg. R & I went to a Social at Mr. Strachan's. Agnes was here. Thur. 25 - Warmer & bright. A white frost last night. The men were working at the wood & the boys were drawing rails for the calf fence. A man was here to see Papa. Uncle A. was here & the boys were here at the stable. We were cleaning the pantries & baking bread. P. was at Uncle A's. M's knee is some better. Fri 26 - Cooler than yesterday & bright. The men were working at the wood. We were sweeping, dusting, churning & cleaning drawers. Sat. 27 - Wind like rain. A white frost. Cool in early part & pretty April & May warm afterwards. Dull. A few drops of rain fell this morning. The boys were working at the wood & putting up the calf fence. They finished splitting the wood except P & M. were in town. I was baking some bread etc. Agnes was here. �Sun. 28 - Rained a little in the morning. A high S. {South} wind. Raining some in the evening thunder & lightening too. We were all at church in the morning but N. He & R. were at P.E. {Port Elgin} Presbyterian church at night. A Salvation Army man was speaking. M. has a cold. Mon A. 29 - A very high S. wind. A storm this afternoon. Quite a lot of rain fell altogether with this evening too. Raining very heavily in the afternoon & the wind was very high too. N. was disking in the field on this side of the creek on the S. {South} side of the back lane fence. R. was trimming trees putting up fences etc. He & N. are at U. A's to-night. Tue. May 1 A. {April} 30 - Cold. P & M. were in town. I was cleaning shelves in the back kitchen. The boys fixed the fence at the road & started to make post-holes for the fence accross the creek. Bert Struthers was here. Wed. May 1 - A very cold wind & bright. M. & I were sowing flower seeds in boxes & putting a few into the ground & raking around the house. We were baking bread too. R & P were working at the fence. N. was getting the land ready for sowing. The boys were at the store. Ed. {Edgar} was here {illegible} and P. had clients here. The boys got a load of stones from W{Illegible}. Thur. May 2 - N was working on the land. R. & P were working at the fence. M. & I were churning & washing & ironing, U. A. {Uncle Albert} was here. Fri. M. {May} 3 - The boys took 3 red & white steers & 1 black one to P.E. {Port Elgin} in the morning. They were the ones they sold to Bert Struthers. May 1 Red one weighed 1230 lbs at 12 c {cents} per lb. The black one weighed {blank space} & the other 2 averaged {blank space} apiece. We got 11 3/4 c cents for the 2 & 11 1/2 c for the black one. P. & M. went to town & the boys came out with the horse & buggy. N. sowed some barley on part of the Fall what & some oats & some peas in the ten-acre field. R. sowed grass-seed on the ground with the barley & disked harrowed with Fred. They were rolling before dinner. I was sweeping & dusting. Agnes was here in the evening & I was at their place for a little while. Warmer than yesterday. Some showers of rain fell in the afternoon but not enough to stop the boys from working. A white frost last night. R. & Edgar went to town to see moving pictures but they were not given. Sat. 4 - Dull & cold this morning. Bright & warmer this afternoon. N. harrowed & worked the orchard & all of another piece of wheat. He sowed & harrowed them both. They have �6 or 7 acres sowed now. R brought P & M out to-night. R. was doing odd jobs. I was baking, scrubbing etc. Sun. 5 - Pretty warm. P. R & I were at church in the morning. I was at SS. & R was at church in the evening. Aunt Lizzie was here for dinner. Mon 6 - Warm. 7 In the shade. N. was sowing etc. R & P were working at the fence. P. M. & I were at Uncle A's We cleaned the boys bedroom. Tue. 7 - Raining a little before morning. Cooler than yesterday. In the afternoon a little mist came and it was cooler after. A little sprinkle of rain fell. N. was sowing etc. R & P were working at the fence & M. & I put pale blue muresco on the big bedroom walls and ceiling. Oliver G. {Geddes} is here to-night. Wed. 8 - A cold wind. Bright, calm this evening. R. was disking & P. was working May. at the fence. N. wheeled to town to get part of the disk mended & a man came with his auto & took Papa to town this afternoon. He brought him back near 6 o'clock. We were baking bread & washing. Agnes was here & Edgar was at the barn. N. is away to Burgoyne to-night. Thursday 9 - Some little showers. Bright part of the day. Cooler near night. M & I were cleaning the parlor & sowing onions, radishes, beets carrots & lettuce. N & P were working at fences. R. was working on the land A show Fri. 10 - A thunder storm through the night. Showers of fine rain falling Stopped & then a shower of rain fell late in the afternoon in the morning. Turned cold. The men were seeding & working at the fences. We were sweeping, churning & ironing. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here. Sat. 11 A hard white frost last night. Cool Cool & bright. N & R. were working at the fence & the seeding & cleaning pig-pens. 19 acres {of corn?} now. I was baking scrubbing etc. P & M. were in town. Sun. 12 - Raining nearly all day. R. was at church in the evening. Mr. Mann was preaching. Mon. 13 - Dull quite a bit of the day. A few drops of rain fell. M & I washed & ironed some. N was in town for wire. He was drawing rails & they & P. were working at fences. B & O. {Bessie & Oliver} Geddes were here to-night. �Tue. 14 - Windy. The men were working at the fences. M & I were baking bread & cleaning the library. Agnes & {E - Edgar?} were here & P was at U. A's. The boys caught an animal at the bush that they thought was a coon. They let it away again. Wed. 15 - A good bit of wind. Pretty bright. Like rain. Ice this moing {morning}. Ed. was helping N. They disked the back field & part of May the 10 acre field. They harrowed some & sowed some in the 10 acre field. R. & P. {Rowand and Papa} were working at fences. M. {Mamma} painted the bedroom. R is away to the {CE.?} meeting. Thur. M. 16 - Pretty warm. Bright. The men sowed & harrowed the field over the creek & were working at fences. We churned, stitched curtains, etc. N. {Noble} got his ankle hurt with the horse stepping on it yesterday. Papa has a touch of lumbago. Ed. {Edgar} was here to-night. The young cattle went to the bush yesterday. Six of them. The cows were in the lane to-day. Fri. M. 17 - Warmer than yesterday. R. took P & M. to town. I was at the Burgoyne cemetery at Mrs. Rt. Esplen's funeral. I was at Uncle A's {Alfred's} on the way to the funeral & Jessie here. Ar. & Ed {Arthur & Edgar} were here. U. A's finished sowing to-day. The boys were working at fences & getting the root ground ready. Windy. Sat. M. 18 - Very warm & windy. The boys sowed the mangle seed & finished sowing the grain & harrowed some grass seed ground. N. {Noble} brought P & M. {Papa & Mamma} out to-night. I was baking bread, pies & cakes, scrubbing, etc. Alice was here. The blossoms & trees are coming out. Uncle Johnny {Gowanlock?}, Aunt Janet & Bessie came home from the West on Thursday night. Sun. M. 19 - Hot. 80 {degrees symbol} In the shade in the afternoon. I was at S.S. {Sunday or Sabbath School} we were all at church in the morning. R. {Rowand} was at church in the evening. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here. O. {Oliver} Geddes was at the house for a few minutes & N & R were at U. A's. Thundered in the afternoon. Mon. M. 20 - it rained & thundered through last night. Only a little rain. A drizzle this morning for a little while. Cooler. Bright in the afternoon. The boys were disking & drawing out manure. The May The boys helped U. A's the to raise their slaughter house to day. �Tue. M. {May} 21 - Bright a good bit of the day. Cool this morning. Papa & I were drawing out & in town, the boys were drawing out manure and spreading it. They got a load of stone for the fence. M. {Mamma} was churning & ironing. I got a new hat at Miss Robertson's for $4. and a pair of good boots at Geddes for $3.40. R. {Rowand} was at Uncle A's tonight. Wed. M. {May} 22 - Warm & bright. The boys cleaned some the stove-pipes & went spearing & fishing with Ar. & Ed. {Arthur & Edgar} to Snake creek but they did not get any fish. We were ironing & cleaning the store room. A thunder storm through last night. Some rain. Thur. M. {May} 23 - A cold wind & bright. R. {Rowand} was getting the potato ground ready. P & N {Papa & Noble} were cutting potatos etc. We were cleaning my bedroom. Fri. M. {May} 24 - not very cold or hot. We planted 1/2 of an acre of potatoes in the field at the line fence next the road. N {Noble} was working at the buck-wheat ground & {illegible/crossed out} {illegible/crossed out} sowing flaxseed. We were cleaning the halls. Aunt Lizzie & {illegible/crossed out} were here. Sat. M. 25 - Rained quite a lot. Thundering. The red {illegible/crossed out} heifer was sick to-night. N. was helping U A with the roof cleaning pig-pens etc. We were churning baking etc. Sun. M. 26 - A little warm. Raining & misty in the morning. I was at S.S. {Sunday School} & P {Papa} & I were at church. R. {Rowand} was at church at night. Ed. & U.A. {Edgar & Uncle Alfred} were here. M's {Mamma's} knee is sore just now. Mon. M. 27 - Raining & thundering May to June some. Warm. The boys were working at the fence across the creek. N., P, M & I were painting the kitchen. Cream ceiling & light blue grey walls. U. A. was here. Tue. M 28 - Cool. Misty some of the morn-ing. P. & M. were ion town in the morning. N. & R. were putting the wires on the fence. We were painting. Agnes was here to-night. J. Lynes was here gathering money for wrist-watches for the drafted soldiers. Wed. 28 - Warm & dull the most of the day. Some rain fell this afternoon. R. & P. were finishing the fence & N. was disking the summer fallow. In the after-noon they were doing add jobs & R. was �working at the fence for a while. P. helped us to paint. A man was here on business. R. is away to the presentation to-night. 2 kittens are missing. Thur. 29 - We finished painting the kitchen except the window sashes. N. {Noble} sowed corn & beans. P & M. {Papa & Mamma} put 8 tomato plants outside. We churned. 2 kittens killed last night. Fri. 30 - Very hot. P. & M. were in town. N. was preparing the turnip ground & R. {Rowand} was digging & doing other things. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here. I swept, baked bread, etc. Alice was here. A little rain & thunder at noon. Sat. June 1 - Hot with a very high wind which kept it cooler than Fri though it was still very hot. 72 {degrees symbol}. Before breakfast I baked cakes etc. scrubbed, washed a little & ironed a little. N. sowed the turnips in the field next the road. R. drew rails for the pig fence & they put part of it up in the clover-field S {south} of the front lane. R. brought P & M. home. Cooler in the evening. Sun. J. 2 - Cooler. P. R. & I were at church in the m {morning}. I was at B.C. R. was at church at night. Mon. J. 3 - Cool & windy. Warmer later. The boys finished the pig-fence, brought home June a pole from the bush for the scaffold & R was cultivating the ground the twitch grass is on. N. & R. are away to a musicale at the church to-night. Jessie & Onna McLean & Agnes were here for a kitten for McLean's. We were washing. Tue. 4 - Dull. Raining a little. P. & M. were in town in the norming. N. was working the buck-wheat ground. R was away to spear fish but they did not get any. E. {Edgar} was with him. In the afternoon they did odd jobs. U.A. {Uncle Alfred} was here & N. was at their place. We ironed, churched & sowed some flower & v. {vegetable?} seeds. Wed. 5 - A lovely day. Dull late in the day & cool. Hot in the sun. We were washing some old clothes, sowed some seeds & ironed. N. helped U. A's to plough the buck-wheat ground at Carr's. R. cut thistle. P. helped him. R got his identification card. He registered a while ago. Thur. 6 - Fine & warm though not as warm as yesterday. N. was in town R. brought cut thistles they �took out some manure. P. was cutting thistles. M. went away to Meaford in Christie's auto with Aunt Lizzie & Aunt Jeannie, Uncle Gilbert & Donnie. Fri. J. 7 - A cold wind, very cold. Bright. N. got some gravel from Miller's. P & R. fixed the front fence. I baked bread, cleaned the stove & swept & dusted. M. came home from Meaford to-night. Sat. 8 - A white frost last night. Very dull this afternoon. A few drops of rain fell to-night. P & M. were in town. N. R. & A {Arthur} put up a scaffold at the barn. A was here for dinner. N. & R. took out some manure. I was baking pies, cakes etc. scrubbing etc. The white pig had 11 little pigs to-day. This is N's birthday. There was to be an eclipse of the sun to-day but it was dull at the time. Sun. 9 - Cool. A nice rain in the morning & a little sprinkle in the afternoon. The boys were not at church. I was at S. S. too. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here. 1 little pig died. June Mon. 10 - Misty at first. Nice after. N. R. & A. {Arthur} were working at the barn roof. E {Edgar} helped them in the afternoon. We washed & ironed some planted tomatoes, etc. P. helped us. He was painting the window sashes. R. is away to Buyer's with Ar. {Arthur} to-night. Tue. 11 - A very high wind. A thunderstorm in the evening. P & M. were in town in the morning. N. R. A. & E. were working at the barn. P. was at U. A's. Wed. 12 - Mist & Raining in the morning. A little cold. Dull. N. & R. were at U. A's. Ar & Ag. {Arthur & Agnes} were here. O. {Oliver} Geddes was at the door. R. & Ar. were in town in the afternoon with the waggon. We churned & whitewashed the cellar. Thur. 13 - Some wind & bright. We were washing blankets & baking bread. N, R, A. & E. were shingling. Fri. 14 - Cool & bright. I was 22 to-day. Papa, Mamma, Noble & Rowand gave me a watch. It is a gold one with a hunting case. We were sweeping - dusting scrubbing & doing other things. Alice was here. Ar. brought out the steel track from P.E. {Port Elgin}. Sat. 15 - Bright & rather warm for a while in the afternoon. P & M. were in town. Our boys and Ed. finished the shingling & started to put up the track. Alice & Agnes were here. A frost last night. Sun. 16 - Bright. P, M, & I were at church in the morning, R. was there at night & I was at S. S. {Sunday School}. Uncle A. was here. �Mon. 17 - Pretty windy. Papa has not been well to-day. Some men were here to see him. U. A, Ar. & Georgina were here. R. is at Geddes's. The boys were working at the barn, drawing out manure etc. We were washing & painting. Tue. 18 - Warmer & bright. P. & U. A. were in town this morning. The boys were drawing out & spreading manure. We June were ironing etc. Some men were here to see Papa. Wed. 19 - We baked bread, carried shingles, painted, scrubbed. N. was getting the buck-wheat ground ready, R. was scuffling etc. Thur. 20 - Sun warm & some wind. P. was cutting thistles, N. sowed the buckwheat and harrowed it, R. carried shingles, M weeded the garden & we carried shingles. R, N, & Ar. made lightning rods. Agnes was here & I was at their place. P & M. were at Geddes's. Fri. 21 - Rained quite a bit. P was not well. The boys & P. were working around the barn. N. was cutting thistles. M. & R. were washing the buggy. We were sweeping & dusting etc. A frost on Tue. or Wed night. Alice & Ed. were here. Sat. 22 - Pretty cold. Drizzly some of the day. P. M & I were at the school-house registering then P & N. went to town. R. registered in the afternoon. R. was cutting thistles, doing odd jobs. We were baking, scrubbing etc. Ed. was here to see R. but was not in the house. Sun. 23 - Pretty cold. P., M & I were at church in the morning. It was Sacrament Sunday. Uncle A was here. Mon. 24 - Warmer. Dull this afternoon. A few drops of rain fell. The boys were taking down part of the scaffold & weeding mangles. Alice & Ar. were here. Papa was cutting thistles etc. we were washing & weeding. Tue. 25 - Hot. P. & M. were in town. R. was helping U. A's. N. was disking the Summer fallow & weeding mangles. I was ironing. R. & I were at an illustrated Bible Society meeting. Threatening rain. Wed. 26 - Hot. Threatening rain. N. was June & July �doing road-work & R. was weeding. P. was weeding & doing office work. M. was baking bread & doing other things. I was weeding currant-bushes & mangles. R. & Ed. are away to Southampton. N. is away to Burgoyne. The road-work is being done on a different system this year. It is being paid for in takes & then teams hired to do the work. Thur June 29 - Hot. R., P. & N. were working at the hen house. R. was weeding. We were weeding, cleaning outside etc. Thunder storm. Fri. 30 - Cooler. The boys were working at the hen-house. We were ironing, sweeping, scrubbing & dusting. P, and I were away for a drive along the B line. P. fainted a while after we came home. Uncle Sandy & Florence were here. Sat. 31 - Cooler than Fri. P. & M. were in town. n. was in for cement & other things. The boys were working at the henhouse and other things. R. is away to a concert in P.E. {Port Elgin}. Agnes was here. Sun. 30 - A thunder storm, quite a lot of rain. Rained heavily. P, M & I were at church & I was at S.S. Mr. Strachan gave a special sermon as it was Patriotic Sunday. U. A. {Uncle Alfred} was here. Mon. July 1 - Very cold day. High wind & drizzling rain. The men were working at the hen-house etc. R. got his thumb hurt quite a bit while they were working with the hay-fork track. The thumb was crushed. We were doing sitting work. M has had the tooth-ache yesterday afternoon & to-day. Al. & Ar. & Ed. {Alice & Arthur & Edgar} were here. N. & Ed. are away to P.E. to see the moving pictures, Snow at Walkerton. Tue. July 2 - A lot nicer than Mon. Quite a bit of wind. We were washing, scrubbing, weeding, planting & sowing onions & radishes. The men were working at the hen-house. Some people were here to see Papa. Ar, Al & Ag {Arthur, Alfred & Agnes} July were at our place. Thunder lightning & rain in the evening. Wed. 3 - Warmer than yesterday. Rained some through last night. The men were working at the hen-house. P. does office work every day. A man was here to see him to-day. We ironed, baked bread & weeded & transplanted some pink asters. Ar. Al. {Alice} & U.A. were here. The boys are away to Burgoyne to-night. �Thurs 4 - Cool in the morning & evening hot in the middle of the day. P., M., & I were at Christie's & I went with Ethel to the Red Cross meeting at Archie Bryce's. The boys were cementing & weeding. Florence came to stay. Fri. 5 - Kind of hot. The boys were cutting hay in the field next Dick's, cutting weeds & scuffling. Papa was helping to cut weeds & helping with the mower. We were sweeping, dusting, baking & other things. Al. & Ag. {Alice & Agnes} were here. Cool generally in the evening. Sat. 6 - Cold rather. Windy. Dull partly. The boys finished cutting that field, raked & coiled some & did other things. i cooked & cleaned. Ag. was here for tea. She & I planted out some cauliflower. Florence went away this morning. Sun. 7 - Cold wind & bright. We were all at church in the morning & the boys were there at night. I was at S.S. Mon. 8 - Cold wind & bright part of the time. Rained in the evening & at night. The boys were cutting hay in the fence-corners, raking & coiling & singling turnips. Papa was cutting weeds, we were washing, weeding & M. was picking wild strawberries. She just got a few. N. got $1 dollars worth of strawberries from W. Cheesman, 8 boxes. R. & N. were at Geddes's. Tue. 9 - Raining a good bit of the day. Frost one morning this month. July R. & P. were in town. N. was working around the barn. We were ironing. Uncle Johnny & Aunt Janet Gowanlock were here for tea. Wed. 10 - Bright with a cool wind. The boys & Ar. & Ed. put up lightning rods on the barn. They twisted the wire themselves a while ago. Ar. was here for dinner. P. was weeding etc. We were baking, churning & doing garden-work. I was at Geddes's for tea. uncle A. was here. Thur. 11 - Warmer & a little thunder and bright. N. cut the front field of clover. They were coiling in the back field & hoeing. We were working at garden work. P. was doing office work (he works at it every day) & weeding. Uncle Sandy was here. {back inside cover} {back cover} �For more information on Elizabeth Oliver Burgess, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca � 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/. 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UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Front Cover</p> <p>1918 {written in pencil}</p> <p>Scout</p> <p>[illustration of a boy scout placing a flag on a hilltop]</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[Inside Front Cover]</p> <p>E.{Elizabeth} O.{Oliver} Burgess</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1918</p> <p>Burgoyne Jan. 18 Thuri - 5° Below this morning. 11° Below zero to-night. Bright befor {before} dinner dull after, cold. Papa and Mamma were in town, Noble was at Paisley for chop and Rowand was at the bush after dinner . He was at Geddes's in the morning with their grain-bags. Papa and Mamma were only in in the afternoon. I was at Uncle Alfred's for a little bit. Mrs Buyer's and Isabel came home today. Noble is hard up with the cold to-night.</p> <p>Sat. 19 - 39° Below zero to-night. 9° Below his morning. It has risen to zero to-night. Cold S. wind changing to North. Dull the most of the day. R {Rowand} &amp; Papa were in town. N. {Noble} was doing chores &amp; odd jobs. We were baking pies, cakes &amp; scrubbing. Agnes was here.</p> <p>Sun. 20 - zero before breakfast. Stormy.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Jan.</p> <p>sometimes. Cold. I was at church in the morning. Uncle A. {Alfred}, Arthur and Edgar were here. Papa was not very well. He felt like taking a fainting spell. Rowand has had a cold for a while and is worse now.</p> <p>Mon. 21 - Not as cold. 8° This morning. Dull &amp; smoky. Snowing a little. The boys were working at the bush before dinner. They brought home a load of logs from the bush after dinner. M &amp; P &amp; the boys have colds. Arthur was here plowing. I am getting better of my cold. P was doing office w. {work}, chores etc. M &amp; I were sewing &amp; mending.</p> <p>Tue. 22 - About 6° after breakfast. Bright for a while in the morning Started to snow before dinner &amp; snowed all afternoon. P &amp; M. were in town &amp; N took a load of logs</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>in R. has a bad cold. He was at Uncle A's &amp; Arthur was here phoning. Gordon Hepner hung himself in his father's cellar in Port Elgin. His father found him last night.</p> <p>Wed. 23 - 14° in the morning. Snowing through last night and all morning and part of afternoon. Calm. The boys are both hard up with colds. M. &amp; I were baking bread. Agnes was here visiting U. A. was here for some saltpeter for a sick horse. I was at U. A's. Clear &amp; 2° Below zero to-night.</p> <p>Thurs. 24- Snowing quite a bit of the day. Not very cold. Moon is shining to-night. 18° in the middle of the afternoon. Johnny McIntosh was here in the afternoon. Uncle A. and Arthur were here. The boys were helping Papa &amp; bagging up grain. M. &amp; I were churning.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Jan.</p> <p>They have all got colds. P &amp; M. are not coughing very much. M. has rheumatism just now and is not well other ways.</p> <p>Fri. 25 Snowing quite a bit to-day. Wind in S. turned to W. Stormy some of afternoon and to-night. Mild in the Western Canada. N, R &amp; Edgar were trying to chop but could not get the engine to work. U. A. got the "Bell" telephone put into their hosue to-day. R &amp; I were at the store. M. is not very well. She &amp; I were sweeping &amp; dusting.</p> <p>Sat. 26 - 12° Below zero this morning, 11° Below to-night. Bright &amp; frosty cold wind. P &amp; R. were in town. The roads weare pretty heavy in the morning, N. was cleaning pig-pens &amp; helping Edgar to try to chop but they did not get any done. M &amp; I were baking pies &amp; cakes pies &amp; cakes &amp; scrubbing &amp; cleaning the stove. The Patriotism Society gave a concert last night at Burgoyne. They made about $30 clear. Agnes was here.</p> <p>Sun. 27 - 30° Below zero. Bright. P. M &amp; I were at church in the morning. U. A. was</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>here. N is not very well to-night.</p> <p>Mon. 28 - 4° Below zero this morning. A cold N. E. wind changing to E. till sometime in the afternoon when the storm stopped though the snow fell. M. is not well. The boys were sawing wood in the woodshed. M. &amp; I were sewing &amp; mending. R. is at Mrs. McAndrew's to-night to practice for the Literary meeting.</p> <p>Tue. 29 - Cold. N.W. wind. Went down sometime in afternoon. 2° This morning. Clear to-night. Bright some of the day. The boys were at the bush. Papa did a little carpentering etc. We were sewing and mending and melting snow. The barn cistern is getting dry &amp; the creek is nearly all frozen up so the cattle were at Uncle A's. Uncle A. was here.</p> <p>Wed. 30 - 18° Degrees below zero this morning. Bright &amp; nice though a cold wind though not very much of it. P &amp; R. were in town. Noble took the pigs in in</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Jan.{illegible}{Jul?}</p> <p>the afternoon. He got $ 17,50 per.cent. for them. There were 5 of them averaging 200 lbs. a piece. Uncla A. helped h. to load them {illegible}. Aunt Lizzie was here in the after-noon. R. &amp; I were at the Literary meeting at night. M. &amp; I were washing, baking bread and scrubbing.</p> <p>Thur.31-2° Below 0 this morning, / 2° Below to-night-. Bright-and a little warmer than yes-terday. h took grain to P.E. for making in to chop. He got flour "5 gewels" at $6,20 per cent. 100 "Pastry" at $5,60 per cent. He got feed flour, bran &amp; chops too. He was at the bush, after dinner and brought home a load of logs. He and R. were cutting wood. M &amp; I were washing &amp; ironing a little.</p> <p>{illegible}. Feb. 1-24° Below 0 this morning. Bright, some of the time at any {illegible}. Cold W. wind. The boys were at the bush. M &amp; I were doing sweeping &amp; dusting &amp; baking. &amp; dusting I cleaned some of the hen-house.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sat. 2 - 2°, Down to zero before breakfast. P. &amp; R. were in town. Roads better for going in than usual. N. took logs in in the afternoon. We were baking cakes, scrubbing &amp; dusting.</p> <p>Sun. 3 - About 14° after 8 o'clock. Blue-looking around the bush in the morning. Got stormy. Not very stormy but {kind of - both crossed out} pretty stormy. I was at church in the morning. Papa was dizzy in the morn-ing and M.'s back was sore.</p> <p>Mon. 4 - 19° Below zero this morning. 5° Below on Uncle A's theromometer at noon. 14° Below on ours to-night. A very odd West wind. R &amp; N. were at the bush. R. got a piece of his ear frozen at noon.They both got their noses frozen to-night when they were coming across the field at the bush. R. has got spots of his face and one ear frozen before this time this Winter. The mail-man did not come around. The train did not come from any further than Palmerston.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Unclear}</p> <p>The wind is high to-night. There is a shower being giving to {unclear} Gowanlork to-night. M. was not feeling well this morning. This mail-man missed {crossed out} sometime before.</p> <p>Tues. 5 - 38° Below zero this morning. Bright. The boys did not go to the bush. Oliver Geddes was here. He, N. &amp; R. were ar Uncle Alfred's. N. was there in the forenoon too. O. &amp; F. Geddes got their noses frozen on the 4th and so did Agnes. M &amp; I were baking break.</p> <p>Wed. 6 - 8°· This morning. A good bit milder. 13° At night. Snowed some last night {crossed out} and drifted. N. took the sleigh to town after dinner. His chop was not done but he got feed at McGillivery's and Papa's papers. We cleaned the hall stove-pipes &amp; We churned. Dull part of the day. The boys had to shovel the snow out of the lane gate.</p> <p>Thur. 7 - Below this morning. Cold wind. Bright &amp; frosty. 11° at night. N. &amp; R. got the logs from the bush to take to town. N. took them in after dinner. R. &amp; E. were</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>chopping after dinner. M. &amp; P. were at Geddes's for tea. We were washing &amp; scrubbing. M. Schwass and Ed, Sam &amp; John were here to see Papa {unclear} night.</p> <p>Fri. 8 - 13° Below this morning. Bright &amp; cold. S. wind. Raining at night. The boys were at the bush getting wood ready for selling. M. &amp; I were sweeping, dusting, ironing &amp; baking pies and cakes.</p> <p>Sat. 9 - Big flakes of snow falling early in the morning. Drifting a little. Bright the most of the day. 14° Before supper. The boys shovelled a road for the horses to get in to the bush, took a load of grain to U. Alfred to get chopped &amp; brought home 3 loads of wood from the bush to take to Eawald's. P &amp; M. were in town this afternoon. Papa did not light a fire as an order has been issued by the "Fuel Controller" that all business plases with a few exceptions are not to be heated with wood, coal or oil on the {crossed out} 9th, 10th &amp; 11th. M. was at Miss Geddes's. M and I baked bread</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb.</p> <p>cakes &amp; scrubbed &amp; dusted. Mamma had a bad cramp in her leg this evening.</p> <p>Sun. 9 - Snowed hard for a while. Not cold. Dull the most of the day. Rd. &amp; I were at church in the morning. Drove up. Small congregation. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Keith McDonald were at church. U. Alfred was here in the afternoon.</p> <p>Mon. 10 - A very nice day. Thawing, Bright some of the day. N. took a load of wood to Harman Eawald's this afternoon. The roads are cutting away to-day. He got off the road at McAnnel's hill and had to take some of the wood off and left it there {then came back} a few sticks fell off before he got to town. The boys brought the wood home from the bush that was left of Eawald's this morn-ing. Johnny McIntosh &amp; Mr. Underwood were here to do business. N. A was here for a few minutes twice. R &amp; Arthur were chopping this afternoon. Mamma &amp; I were washing, baking cakes, sewing. Papa was painting the board he put up in the kitchen for clothes. {crossed out} {illegible} was at the stable to see the boys at night.</p> <p>Tue. 11 - Raining before we got up and raining for quite a bit of the forenoon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>and then snowed the rest of the day. We snow and snowed a lot. Papa &amp; Rd. were in town. Nobel was threshing peas &amp; working at other things around the barn. He has a cold. Mamma &amp; I were ironing &amp; mending {inserted: &amp; sewing}. Mamma was not well. Mrs. D. Stewart's sale was to-day. Nobel was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Feb. 13 - Dull, snowing some, 9° this morning. The boys were thrashing peas etc. Mamma &amp; I were churning scrubbing &amp; sewing. Not cold.</p> <p>Feb. 14 - Dull &amp; thawing. 27° This morning. About 40° This afternoon. High S. wind. A little rain in afternoon. Thunder, lightning &amp; a little rain to-night. Rd. took a load of wood to Mrs. Ewald. Nobel was thresh-ing peas &amp; they were both threshing this afternoon. Rd. was at Uncle Alfred's. Mr. Charles Sam, Ed &amp; John Schwass &amp; John's and Ed's wife</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb.</p> <p>&amp; John's baby were here on business. M. &amp; I were washing &amp; ironing a little, sweeping, mending &amp; sewing.</p> <p>Fri. 15 - Dull and then bright. A cold wind. Papa &amp; Mamma went to town in the morning. Rd. took a load of wood to Ewald's after dinner. N. was in the house with a cold. Mrs. Henderson's brother died yesterday. His body was taken to the station this afternoon. Service at Mrs. Henderson's at {unclear} o'clock. Darkie got down in the snow on the road out. P. &amp; M. are going to stay at Miss Gaddes's all night. They took the coal-oil stove with them. R. {unclear} to Geddes's at night. I was making pies. 10° Below, A. M. Snowed hard a little while.</p> <p>Sat. 16 - 4° This morning below zero. Bright this morning. Cold to-night. R. took a load of wood to town this morning. N. was working aroudn the stable. In the afternoon they were at the bush and brough home the chop from Uncle Alfred's. Agnes was here a little</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>bit I was baking bread &amp; cakes and scrubbing. P. &amp; M. came home to-night.</p> <p>Sun. 17 - Cold West wind. Bright. Mamma &amp; I were at church. U. A. was here. N. Arthur &amp; E. were away for a walk. A hard crust on the snow in the morning. Softer later on. I got one of my ears touched with the frost on {crossed out} the road to church. 2° between 7 and 8 a. m.</p> <p>Mon. 18 - Cold Wind. 4° This morning. N. &amp; R. were at the bush cutting logs. Uncle A. brought Papa's typewriter (that he has on trial from a company in Toronto) from Papa's office. Uncle Alfred took the girls in to Port Elgin this morning. Ed. Schwass, Mr. Maxwell, Colin Campbell &amp; Mr. Gregg were here on business. Mamma was washing &amp; sewing. She has a sore back. Papa got the {unclear} on Sat. morning. High wind to-night.</p> <p>Tue. 19 - Raining a lot through last night &amp; raining some to-day &amp; raining very heavily for a while this evening. Big ponds of water. P &amp; N. were in town. N. went to T loto's sale. R, M. &amp; and I cleaned the kitchen</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb.</p> <p>stove-pipes &amp; R. mended the wheel-barrow. M. was ironing. Edgar was here. Very windy to-night. Quite a bit early in the day too. 40° in evening.</p> <p>Wed. 20 - Very High W. wind. 7° Below zerio this morning. 11° Below to-night. Very cold. Arthur &amp; our boys killed a pig to-day. {unclear}R. are cutting it up to-night. They were at the bush in the afternoon. A. R. &amp; N. all got a piece of their face frozen on the way home to-night before they got as far as the creek. I was at U. A's this afternoon. M. was sewing &amp; mending.</p> <p>Thur. 21 - 13 ° Below this morning. Cold high W. wind. Wind down to-night. 7° Below to-night. Bright a good bit of the day. Arthur was here a few minutes &amp; N. was at their place. Uncle {unclear} was here this afternoon. The boys were in the house the most of the time. M. &amp; I were sweeping &amp; dusting salting the meat &amp; churning. Papa has a cold.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Fri. 22 - Kind of stormy a good bit of the day. A high wind. 2° In the morning &amp; warmner at night. Papa &amp; Mamma went to P. E. The boys were at the bush. Arthur was helping them before dinner. I was baking bread &amp; making head-cheese. R. was skating on the creek at Uncle A's at night.</p> <p>Sat. 23 - 19° In the morning. 30° To-night. Bright &amp; thawing. N. went to {unclear} for chop &amp; R. cleaned pig pens. After dinner they drew logs and logs to saw for wood home from the bush. Agnes &amp; Alice were here. Robbie G. &amp; Clifford Reanney were here for a few minutes. I was baking pies &amp; cakes &amp; scrubbing. R. is away to Cunningham's to skate to-night. Moonlight. P. &amp; M. came home to-night.</p> <p>Sun. 24 - Mild. Bright part of the day. Raining a little. M, P. &amp; I were at church in the morning. U. A. was here after dinner. Thawing.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb. &amp; Mar.</p> <p>Mon. 25 - Bright partly. Started to Rain this afternoon and rained quite a bit. Roads bad to-night. P. &amp; I were in town. N &amp; R. were at the bush. Came home early this afternoon. M. was washing.</p> <p>Tue. 26 - A very high cold wind. Calm to-night. 6° This morning. 38° Last night. Noble was at the bush. Rd. &amp; P. were grinding an axe. R. did not go to the bush this after-noon for fear he woudl get his face frozen. He helped us to make sausage. We were irongin some. 12° to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 27 - Thawing. 26° This morning. 31° Before dark to-night. P. was at the bush. M &amp; I were ironing, scrubbing, sweeping &amp; dusting. R. &amp; Arthur are away to McIvor's to a Social of the Literary Society held at McIvor's {unclar} The boys were working at the bush.</p> <p>Thur. {crossed out} 28 - Dull. Not very cold. Some snow fell. P. &amp; M went to town. N took</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>them in. R. was at the bush in the morning. They were both there after dinner. N. brought the saw out that Karcher was sharpening &amp; the boys were sawing in the afternoon. Bessie G. &amp; Ethel Christie were here for dinner. I was at U. Alferd's at night. 26° This morning.</p> <p>Fri. Mar. 1 - Bright &amp; nice. R. was threshing peas. After dinner N. brought a load of logs home from the bush &amp; they were sawing too. Thawing in the sun. 18° This morning &amp; to-night. Windy to-night.</p> <p>Sat. 2 - High S. W. wind. Thawing. Bright a good bit of the day. N. took a load of logs to town &amp; brought out the lumber from the logs yesterday. They brought home a load of logs from the bush after dinner &amp; were weigh-ing the pigs. R. {crossed out} was cleaning pig-pens in the morning. N. brought P &amp; M. out to-</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar.</p> <p>-night. P. has been very busy. He was not well to-day. Florence was here for tea. Clear &amp; windy to-night.</p> <p>Sun. 3 - Bright with a cold wind. P., M., &amp; I were at church in the morning. R. was there at night. The Communion service was held in the morning. P. was at Uncle A's.</p> <p>Mon. 4 - Bright part of the day. Started to rain late in the afternoon. Did not rain as much as last Monday. P &amp; I were in town, M. was washing &amp; N. took a load of logs to town in the morning &amp; they were at the bush working at the longs after dinne. U. Jandy was here on business. N. saw a robin in town to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 5 - Misty. Not cold. The boys were threshing peas. M. ironed. (crossed out) I was at U. A. &amp;. E. are visiting the boys at the stable this evening.</p> <p>Wed. 6 - Dull with a cold wind.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Papa was at the bush. The boys cut a tree down &amp; the boys brought home logs from the bush. M. &amp; I were washing (unclear) clothes &amp; scrubbing &amp; I was at the store. Neil Swinton &amp; Wat McTaggart were here to see Papa. Wat &amp; Maggie McTaggart are going to the West this week. R. is at the L. meeting to-night. Agnes &amp; I were skat-ing near our house. I was at U. A's. 14° This morning.</p> <p>Thur. 7 - Bright part of the time. 3 or 4 In. of snow fell last night. Calm &amp; then a cold wind. Wind is blowing quite a bit to-night. N. took 2 loads of logs to town. R. was threshing peas &amp; he &amp; I cleaned the hen-house. M. &amp; I were baking bread &amp; ironing. R. went to stake to-night a the creek in Maurice Chappel's place but the wind was too high. Geo. Galconer died from pneumonia.</p> <p>Fri. 8 - 8° This morning. Bright. (unclear)</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar.</p> <p>thawed the snow some. M. &amp; P. went to P. E. N &amp; R. brought home a load of logs from the bush &amp; N. took them to town after dinner. R. &amp; Arthursawed wood for us to sell to the church. A. was here for tea. N. &amp; Edgar brought home some lumber for N. I was sweeping &amp; dusting &amp; cleaning the (unclear).</p> <p>Sat. 9 - 12°. cold E. wind. Dull &amp; very stormy in the afternoon &amp; evening. Sleet falling. N. took logs to town &amp; E. took a load for him. They brought home all the lumber &amp; did not get home till after 5 o'clock as they waiting for the lumber. P. &amp; M. came home to-night. Sleeting cutting their face coming out to-night. They thought that they saw lightning. I was scrubbing &amp; baking pies &amp; cakes. Geo. Falconer's funeral was to-day to P. E. cemetary.</p> <p>Sun. 10 - Stormy the first part of the morning. Bright afterwards. I was at church in the morning &amp; R. was there at night. There were only 14 beside</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr. Strachan there in the morning. Uncle A. was here &amp; N an R. were at his place. M's leg is sore just now. 2° at night.</p> <p>Mon. 11 - Dull a good bit of the day. Cold &amp; turned warmer. 3° This morning. Windy the first part of the day. N. &amp; R. took the sleight. N. took 1 pig less than 6 months old to town after dinner. He got $18.75 per cart for it. It weighed 200 lbs. He took the harrows to town to get them sharp-ened &amp; brought home some shingles for the barn. R. &amp; P. were piling lumber. One of Papa's clients was here. Very stormy on Saturday in some other parts of the country. Worse than here.</p> <p>Tue. 12 - Raining a little &amp; then bright the most of the day. S. wind. Thawing quite a bit. P. &amp; R. were in town. N. was working around the barn. M. &amp; I were churning &amp; ironing. M's leg was sore.</p> <p>We. 13 - Bright at first but dull the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar.</p> <p>most of the time. A rather cold wind. The boys were cutting the wood for the church. P. was at the bush. 2 of his clients were here to see him. M. &amp; I were (crossed out) scrubbing &amp; mending. U. A. was here.</p> <p>Thur. 14 - Very dull. A wet snow all after-noon. Not cold. R. was at U. A. as the clover-thresher came there yesterday. We had part of a load of cloves last year and had seed. U. A. had pretty near 3 loads of clover and they had seed. N. was splitting &amp; piling wood this morning at the bush. M &amp; I were baking bread.</p> <p>Fri. 15 - 2° This morning. Bright with a cold wind. P. &amp; M. went to town N. &amp; R. were sawing wood before dinne. R. was splitting &amp; piling afterwards &amp; N. went to town for some feed that came in a load that Bob Telfer was getting. We got 25 bags. Arthur was at the door and Agnes</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>brought some yarn for knitting for the soldiers. I was sweeping &amp; dusting.</p> <p>Sat. Sat 16 - 12° This morning. A very cold W. wind. Bright. The boys were taking wood to the church. I was bak-ing pies &amp; cakes &amp; scrubbing &amp; doing a rooster. P &amp; M came home to-night.</p> <p>Sun (Thur. crossed out) 17 - Bright. P. R &amp; I were at church in the morning. Edgar was here.</p> <p>Mon. 18 - Bright &amp; mild. 21° This morning &amp; 40° in the shade to-day. The boys took the rest of the wood to the {crossed out} church. N. was throwing wood into the wood-shed etc. They brought home a load of poles from the bush. P. was at the bush &amp; felt like taking a faiting-spell. M. &amp; I were washing. I was at Uncle A's &amp; R. &amp; E are away to Geddes's to-night. Edith Buyers is at Uncle Al's just now.</p> <p>Tue. 19 - Bright &amp; nice all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar.</p> <p>Thawing a lot. P. &amp; M. went to town. N. took 1 1/2 cords of 14 in. wood to Miss Geddes &amp; brought out the rest of the shingles. R. was getting ready to tap this morn-ing. They tapped after dinner &amp; brought home 2 loads of poles. I went to a United Prayer meeting at Burgoyne church. Rev. {unclear} Strachan, Mann, {unclear} Buckborough, Legur, Hallman, McDougall &amp; Scanlon &amp; Mr. Sagles &amp; A. F. George &amp; Uncle Gilbert (who was chairman) took part.</p> <p>Wed. 20 - Very warm. Bright. 52° This afternoon in the shade. The boys were cleaning grain before dinner &amp; were at the bush after dinner sawing &amp; brought home the sap. There was not very much. Some of the trees did not run. They had to get across the creek at the bridge on the fence. M &amp; I were ironing, churning &amp; scrubbing. H. Crowe &amp; B. Hanbridge</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>were here to see the cattle. Thawing a lot.</p> <p>Fri 22 - Bright with a cold wind though it was not very high. 27° This morning. Thawing. The ice on the river is broken up. The boys got the sap from the bush. There was only a little bit. They were cleaning grain. I was sweeping. P. &amp; M. went to town. I was at Geddes's &amp; Alice was here.</p> <p>Thur. 21 - Bright and thawing. A frost last night though not as {low crossed ou} hard as Fri. morning. The boys were cleaning grain &amp; helping U. A's to saw wood with the engin &amp; getting the sap. Less sap then yesterday. Al Eaton was here and bought the heifer with the queer horns. It was 2 yrs. last summer. We are to get 9 1/2 cts a lb. for it. Agnes were here &amp; P. was at U. A's.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar.</p> <p>Sat. 23 - 17° or 18° This morning. Bright with a cold wind. Colder than yesterday. Not thawing in the shade. The boys finished cleaning the grain this morning &amp; took some for chopp-ing to U. A's. They were working at the poles this afternoon. Did not get much sap to-day.</p> <p>Sun. 24 - Bright, warmer than yester-day. P., M, &amp; I were at church in the morn-ing. P. was at U. A's. U. S. has a cold.</p> <p>Mon. 25 - 22° This morning. A very cold W. wind. Snowed some near night. The boys made chop &amp; porridge. {unclear} split wood &amp; gathered the sap. They got 5 pails-full of sap. M. &amp; I washed. Uncle Sandy was at the door and Papa had 2 other men to see him. Isabel was here at night.</p> <p>Tue. 26 - 11° This morning. A little snow fell. It all melted. P. &amp; R. went to town</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>&amp; N. went to the store &amp; Andrew Carr's. He bought a white sow from him for $55 &amp; bu. of turnips at 10 c per bu. &amp; bu. of mangles at 15 per. bu. N. was working at the wood. M. &amp; I were ironing &amp; baking bread. Agnes was here.</p> <p>Wwed. 27 - Bright with a cold wind. 16° This morning. The boys brought home the pig &amp; the roots. After dinner they helped Ar. &amp; E. to extend the bridge, split wood etc. A man was her to see the cattle. Papa had a client here. Agnes was here to-night. M. &amp; I scrubbed &amp; finished the syrup. We got 2 qts.</p> <p>Thur. 28 - Bright and rather cold. 11° This morning. The boys were bringing home poles. P. &amp; M. were at Geddes's for tea. Alice was here to-night. Ar. &amp; E. were at the stable. Clem Morton died at South-hampton Mar. 24.</p> <p>Fri.29 - Bright, cold wind, air</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar. &amp; A.</p> <p>warmer than yesterday. A circle round the sun. The boys brought home the rest of the poles {home crossed out} and the most of the afternoon R. helped U A's to finish theirs. Ed went to Tara and met Mr. Sharpe and brought him {home crossed out} back with him. M. &amp; P. took the heifer to A. Eaton. She weighed 660 lbs. M. &amp; I were sweeping dusting &amp; {scrubbing crossed out} churning. This is Good Friday.</p> <p>Sat 30. Misty at first &amp; dull part of the time afterwards. Warmer than Fri. P. &amp; R. went to town. N &amp; I got over 4 pails of say in the morning &amp; some wood from the bush. N. Helped E. to take away the piece that they put to the bridge &amp; he took the horses to this side of the bridge &amp; brought the say across to it this afternoon. He got 4 pails. I was at U. A's. M &amp; I were scrubbing dusting &amp; baking cakes &amp; a little bread. {I was at U. A's crossed out}</p> <p>Sun. 31 - Warm &amp; bright. Roads are</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>getting dry in some places. We were all at church in the morning but Noble. R. was there at night. U. Alfred &amp; Mr. Sharpe were here for tea. Agnes was here but not for tea. A thunder-storm at night. Hail and rain.</p> <p>Mon. April 1 - Bright part of the day. A cool wind but warm air like Spring. Misty at first. Mist or drizzle to-night. O. &amp; A Geddes were here to-night. Jessie &amp; Alice were here to-day. Mr. Sharpe went away to-day. The boys were splitting wood. They got a little over a churn barrell-full of sap.</p> <p>Tus. 2 - Bright. Turned colder throughout the day than it was at first. Misty at first. P &amp; I were in town. R &amp; N. were helping Uncle A's to saw poles. Mamma was boiling sap. Robbie G. was here in the afternoon.</p> <p>A. 1st - M. was boiling sap. Agnes got inot the creek on Satruday when she was crossing it on some rails. She had her feet on the under ice. Edgar lifted her {crossed out} out.</p> <p>Wed. 3 - A very cold wind in the morning. Wind changed &amp; got some warmer before</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April</p> <p>noon. 18 {degrees symbol} This morning. M. &amp; P. {Mamma &amp; Papa} were in town. N. {Noble} took the team to town this morning &amp; gort some chop made &amp; brought the harrows, coal-oil, Keith's seed etc. home. N &amp; R. {Noble &amp; Rowand} with Uncle A's boys were sawing wood with the buzz-saw after dinner. Ar {Arthur} &amp; E. {Edgar} were here for tea. Alice &amp; J. McLean were here for a few minutes. R. {Rowand} is away to the Literary meeting &amp; N. to Burgoyne to-night.</p> <p>Thur. 4 - A cold wind &amp; bright. A hard frost last night. Ar. Ed. &amp; our boys finished sawing the wood about 6 o'clock. They started before nine &amp; were off som time at noon and a little other times. M &amp; I churned, baked bread &amp; ironed. P &amp; M &amp; I carried 4 pails of sap home from the bush. We did not get all of it.</p> <p>Fri. 5 - A cold wind &amp; bright. N &amp; R. drew 3 loads of manure to the bush field &amp; sawed wood at the bush this afternoon. M &amp; I swept</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>&amp; dusted. We fried some pork &amp; put it into a crock. I was at U 'A's {Uncle Alfred's} sugar bush &amp; Alice was here for tea &amp; Agnes came up after tea. A man was here on business.</p> <p>Sat. 6 - Bright &amp; warmer. A S. wind got up. It was pretty high. P &amp; R {Papa &amp; Rowand} were in town. N. {Noble} was away at the bush for sap. He got the churn full &amp; got some wood. He ploughed some of the afternoon &amp; got about 3 pails of sap. We were baking, scrubbing &amp; fring {frying?} pork. We filled a 15lb crock with sides &amp; shoulder. The side of the last pig &amp; the shoulder of the first pig. I was at U. A's {Uncle Alfred's} sugar bush.</p> <p>Sun. 7 - Bright some &amp; kind of cold. Wind pretty cold. P. {Papa} &amp; I were at church in the morning. Ar. &amp; E. {Arthur &amp; Edgar} were visiting the boys at the barn. S. Schwass was at the door. Dull &amp; like rain. Turned colder. A few drops of rain fell.</p> <p>Mon. 8 - Dull &amp; turned pretty cold, freying {frying}.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April</p> <p>A little snow fell. N. {Noble} has had a sore side at the ribs for about a week. It hurts when he takes a deep breath &amp; when he jerks certain ways. He was at the Doctor to-day: He said it was in the nerves that the trouble was. It was caused by getting wet. He gave him pills &amp; told him to wear a bandage. N &amp; R. {Noble &amp; Rowand} took 3 white pigs to town after dinner. They averaged 200 lbs a piece. They got $19.25 per {illegible?} for them. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Strachan, Neil, Donald &amp; the baby were here to-day. Neil was sick while he was here. U. A. {Uncle Alfred} is here to-night. M's {Mama's} knee was pretty sore yesterday &amp; to-day. We were boiling sap.</p> <p>Tue 9 - Very cold wind. Bright 12 {degree symbol} In the morning. P. {Papa} &amp; I were in town. The boys were working at the barn some. They were not working very hard. R. {Rowand} has a cold &amp; a sore back. Gladys Buesh &amp; Muriel Reanney were here trying to sell concert tickets. I was at Kennedy's in</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>town. E. was here. Mamma's leg is sore. She carried water for washing &amp; baked cookies.</p> <p>Wed. 10 - Cold wind. 16 {degree symbol} This morning. Noble tried ploughing this afternoon but the ground was too much frozen. He &amp; R. {Rowand} were working in the stable this morning. P &amp; R. {Papa &amp; Rowand} were working at the wood this afternoon. M. {Mamma} &amp; I were washing &amp; we ironed some. I was at Mrs. McAndrew's, Jim Ferguson's &amp; the store. Ag. &amp; E. {Agnes &amp; Edgar} were here.</p> <p>Thurs. 11 - Bright part of the time. Like rain. E. {East} wind. The boys were bringing stones from S. Smith's before dinner. Afterwards N. ploughed &amp; R. split wood. We churned &amp; ironed. I was at Geddes's for tea &amp; U. {Uncle} Alfred is here to-night.</p> <p>Fri. 12 - Cold wind. 27 {degrees} In the morning. N. was ploughing &amp; R. was working at the wood. P. {Papa} piles wood. They watered the cattle at the creek. We were sweeping, dusting &amp; were baking bread. Agnes was here.</p> <p>Sat. 13 - Warmer. 20 {degrees} this morning. P &amp; M. {Papa &amp; Mamma} were</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April</p> <p>in town. N. wheeled to the Town Line hunting for pigs at Grant's. R. was ploughing this morning &amp; was at a bee at D. Dick's this afternoon. They were sawing wood for him as he is not well. N. Ploughed this afternoon. The boys got some sap. Alice was here.</p> <p>Sun. 14 - Warm &amp; bright. P. &amp; R &amp; I were at church in the morning &amp; R. was there at night. Mamma's knee is pretty sore.</p> <p>Mon. 15 - A frost. Warm &amp; bright. R. went to town &amp; brought another "Royal" typewriter our that the Co. sent to P. instead of the old one. R. brought out Eatons' things too. N. finished ploughing in the back field &amp; started to plough. R. was splitting wood &amp; he &amp; P. plugged the sap trees up. P &amp; I were pruning trees. Agnes &amp; U. A {Alfred} were here.</p> <p>Tue. 16 - Warmer still. A white frost last night. Dull a good bit. 2 or 3 drops of rain dropped to-night. P &amp; R. were in town. N. was ploughing. M. {Mamma} &amp; I were washing &amp; started to clean out drawers. R. is at Geddes' to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 17 - Dull quite a bit of the day. A heavy</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>rain fell this evening. It started before 5 o'clock. Warm. N. finished ploughing the ground for the buck-what, harrowed it, disked the orchard and started to disk in the field S. {South} of the back lane from the house. R. &amp; P. were splitting &amp; piling wood. We got rhubarb roots from Uncle Alfred's and planted them where the rhubarb used to be. M. &amp; I were cleaning drawers &amp; ironing. We made 15 qts of syrup this year.</p> <p>Thur 18 - Snowing quite a bit of the day. Cold. We were cleaning a little in the {N?} room. Agnes, Jessie McLean &amp; I were at a Lecture at the church by Mr. Wilson from Walkerton. It was illustrated. We were fring {frying} pork. We have 3 hams &amp; 3 shoulders un-{illegible}</p> <p>Fri. 19 - Quite a bit of frost last night. Bright &amp; cold. N. drove to Wm. Grant's at the town line &amp; got 4 little pigs at $6.25 a piece. R. went to Greathead's and got 5 cedar posts. We were sweeping, dusting, churning &amp; baking bread. Papa fainted at the stable to-day. I was there</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April</p> <p>but not hear him at the time. Al. &amp; Ag. {Alice &amp; Agnes} were here to-night. N. is at D. Dick's.</p> <p>Sat. 20 - Bright at first &amp; then dull. Wind blowing like rain. P &amp; R. were in town. N. was splitting wood, drawing rails to the orchard &amp; working around the barn. M's knee was some better the last 2 days but was wose to-day. We were baking, scrubbing, etc. 20 {degrees} This morning &amp; warmer than yesterday. The cat had 4 kittens this week.</p> <p>Sun. 21 - Raining when we got up. Rained quite a bit in the morning. Dull all day. I was at church in the morning. Arthur was at the barn &amp; R. went with him to A.Ca when he went to do the chores.</p> <p>Mon. 22 - Raining some in the morning &amp; dull. Bright part of the afternoon and not cold. Like rain. The boys were splitting wood in the afternoon. R. &amp; M. were mending the buggy-top. M. &amp; I finished the print patch quilt ready for quilting.</p> <p>Tue. 23 - A very high W {West} wind till it started</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>to rain in the afternoon but very soon turned to snow. The ground looks white. Some wind again. Bright part of the time. P. &amp; R. were in town. N. was splitting &amp; piling wood &amp; M. &amp; I washed &amp; ironed some.</p> <p>Wed. 24 - Cold &amp; bright. The boys &amp; P. split &amp; piled wood. M &amp; I ironed. M. was puting {putting} hot-poultices on her leg. R &amp; I went to a Social at Mr. Strachan's. Agnes was here.</p> <p>Thur. 25 - Warmer &amp; bright. A white frost last night. The men were working at the wood &amp; the boys were drawing rails for the calf fence. A man was here to see Papa. Uncle A. was here &amp; the boys were here at the stable. We were cleaning the pantries &amp; baking bread. P. was at Uncle A's. M's knee is some better.</p> <p>Fri 26 - Cooler than yesterday &amp; bright. The men were working at the wood. We were sweeping, dusting, churning &amp; cleaning drawers.</p> <p>Sat. 27 - Wind like rain. A white frost. Cool in early part &amp; pretty</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April &amp; May</p> <p>warm afterwards. Dull. A few drops of rain fell this morning. The boys were working at the wood &amp; putting up the calf fence. They finished splitting the wood except P &amp; M. were in town. I was baking some bread etc. Agnes was here.</p> <p>Sun. 28 - Rained a little in the morning. A high S. {South} wind. Raining some in the evening thunder &amp; lightening too. We were all at church in the morning but N. He &amp; R. were at P.E. {Port Elgin} Presbyterian church at night. A Salvation Army man was speaking. M. has a cold.</p> <p>Mon A. 29 - A very high S. wind. A storm this afternoon. Quite a lot of rain fell altogether with this evening too. Raining bery heavily in the afternoon &amp; the wind was very high too. N. was disking in the field on this side</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>of the creek on the S. {South} side of the back lane fence. R. was trimming trees putting up fences etc. He &amp; N. are at U. A's to-night.</p> <p>Tue. May 1 A. {April} 30 - Cold. P &amp; M. were in town. I was cleaning shelves in the back kitchen. The boys fixed the fence at the road &amp; started to make post-holes for the fence accross the creek. Bert Struthers was here.</p> <p>Wed. May 1 - A very cold wind &amp; bright. M. &amp; I were sowing flower seeds in boxes &amp; putting a few into the ground &amp; raking around the house. We were baking bread too. R &amp; P were working at the fence. N. was getting the land ready for sowing. The boys were at the store. Ed. {Edgar} was here {illegible} and P. had clients here. The boys got a load of stones from W{Illegible}.</p> <p>Thur. May 2 - N was working on the land. R. &amp; P were working at the fence. M. &amp; I were churning &amp; washing &amp; ironing, U. A. {Uncle Albert} was here.</p> <p>Fri. M. {May} 3 - The boys took 3 red &amp; white steers &amp; 1 black one to P.E. {Port Elgin} in the morning. They were the ones they sold to Bert Struthers.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May</p> <p>1 Red one weighed 1230 lbs at 12 c {cents} per lb. The black one weighed {blank space} &amp; the other 2 averaged {blank space} apiece. We got 11 3/4 c cents for the 2 &amp; 11 1/2 c for the black one. P. &amp; M. went to town &amp; the boys came out with the horse &amp; buggy. N. sowed some barley on part of the Fall what &amp; some oats &amp; some peas in the ten-acre field. R. sowed grass-seed on the ground with the barley &amp; disked harrowed with Fred. They were rolling before dinner. I was sweeping &amp; dusting. Agnes was here in the evening &amp; I was at their place for a little while. Warmer than yesterday. Some showers of rain fell in the afternoon but not enough to stop the boys from working. A white frost last night. R. &amp; Edgar went to town to see moving pictures but they were not given.</p> <p>Sat. 4 - Dull &amp; cold this morning. Bright &amp; warmer this afternoon. N. harrowed &amp; worked the orchard &amp; all of another piece of wheat. He sowed &amp; harrowed them both. They have</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>6 or 7 acres sowed now. R brought P &amp; M out to-night. R. was doing odd jobs. I was baking, scrubbing etc.</p> <p>Sun. 5 - Pretty warm. P. R &amp; I were at church in the morning. I was at SS. &amp; R was at church in the evening. Aunt Lizzie was here for dinner.</p> <p>Mon 6 - Warm. 7 In the shade. N. was sowing etc. R &amp; P were working at the fence. P. M. &amp; I were at Uncle A's We cleaned the boys bedroom.</p> <p>Tue. 7 - Raining a little before morning. Cooler than yesterday. In the afternoon a little mist came and it was cooler after. A little sprinkle of rain fell. N. was sowing etc. R &amp; P were working at the fence &amp; M. &amp; I put pale blue muresco on the big bedroom walls and ceiling. Oliver G. {Geddes} is here to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 8 - A cold wind. Bright, calm this evening. R. was disking &amp; P. was working</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May.</p> <p>at the fence. N. wheeled to town to get part of the disk mended &amp; a man came with his auto &amp; took Papa to town this afternoon. He brought him back near 6 o'clock. We were baking bread &amp; washing. Agnes was here &amp; Edgar was at the barn. N. is away to Burgoyne to-night.</p> <p>Thursday 9 - Some little showers. Bright part of the day. Cooler near night. M &amp; I were cleaning the parlor &amp; sowing onions, radishes, beets carrots &amp; lettuce. N &amp; P were working at fences. R. was working on the land A show</p> <p>Fri. 10 - A thunder storm through the night. Showers of fine rain falling Stopped &amp; then a shower of rain fell late in the afternoon in the morning. Turned cold. The men were seeding &amp; working at the fences. We were sweeping, churning &amp; ironing. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here.</p> <p>Sat. 11 A hard white frost last night. Cool Cool &amp; bright. N &amp; R. were working at the fence</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>&amp; the seeding &amp; cleaning pig-pens. 19 acres {of corn?} now. I was baking scrubbing etc. P &amp; M. were in town.</p> <p>Sun. 12 - Raining nearly all day. R. was at church in the evenining. Mr. Mann was preaching.</p> <p>Mon. 13 - Dull quite a bit of the day. A few drops of rain fell. M &amp; I washed &amp; ironed some. N was in town for wire. He was drawing rails &amp; they &amp; P. were working at fences. B &amp; O. {Bessie &amp; Oliver} Geddes were here to-night.</p> <p>Tue. 14 - Windy. The men were working at the fences. M &amp; I were baking bread &amp; cleaning the library. Agnes &amp; {E - Edgar?} were here &amp; P was at U. A's. The boys caught an animal at the bush that they thought was a coon. They let it away again.</p> <p>Wed. 15 - A good bit of wind. Pretty bright. Like rain. Ice this moing {morning}. Ed. was helping N. They disked the back field &amp; part of</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May</p> <p>the 10 acre field. They harrowed some &amp; sowed some in the 10 acre field. R. &amp; P. {Rowand and Papa} were working at fences. M. {Mamma} painted the bedroom. R is away to the {CE.?} meeting.</p> <p>Thur. M. 16 - Pretty warm. Bright. The men sowed &amp; harrowed the field over the creek &amp; were working at fences. We churned, stitched curtains, etc. N. {Noble} got his ankle hurt with the horse stepping on it yesterday. Papa has a touch of lumbago. Ed. {Edgar} was here to-night. The young attle went to the bush yesterday. Six of them. The cows were in the lane to-day.</p> <p>Fri. M. 17 - Warmer than yesterday. R. took P &amp; M. to town. I was at the Burgoyne cemetary at Mrs. Rt. Esplen's funeral. I was at Uncle A's {Alfred's} on the way to the funeral &amp; Jessie here. Ar. &amp; Ed {Arthur &amp; Edgar} were here. U. A's finished sowing to-day. The boys were working at fences &amp; getting the root ground ready. Windy.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sat. M. 18 - Very warm &amp; windy. The boys sowed the mangle seed &amp; finished sowing the grain &amp; harrowed some grass seed ground. N. {Noble} brought P &amp; M. {Papa &amp; Mamma} out to-night. I was baking bread, pies &amp; cakes, scrubbing, etc. Alice was here. The blossoms &amp; trees are coming out. Uncle Johnny {Gowanlock?}, Aunt Janet &amp; Besie came home from the West on Thursday night.</p> <p>Sun. M. 19 - Hot. 80 {degrees symbol} In the shade in the afternoon. I was at S.S. {Sunday or Sabbath School} we were all at church in the morning. R. {Rowand} was at church in the evening. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here. O. {Oliver} Geddes was at the house for a few minutes &amp; N &amp; R were at U. A's. Thundered in the afternoon.</p> <p>Mon. M. 20 - it rained &amp; thundrered through last night. Only a little rain. A drizzle this morning for a little while. Cooler. Bright in the afternoon. The boys were disking &amp; drawing out manure. The</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May</p> <p>The boys helped U. A's the to raise their slaughter house to day.</p> <p>Tue. M. {May} 21 - Bright a good bit of the day. Cool this morning. Papa &amp; I were drawing out &amp; in town, the boys were drawing out manure and spreading it. They got a load of stone for the fence. M. {Mamma} was churning &amp; ironing. I got a new hat at Miss Robertson's for $4. and a pair of good boots at Geddes for $3.40. R. {Rowand} was at Uncle A's tonight.</p> <p>Wed. M. {May} 22 - Warm &amp; bright. The boys cleaned some the stove-pipes &amp; went spearing &amp; fishing with Ar. &amp; Ed. {Arthur &amp; Edgar} to Snake creek but they did not get any fish. We were ironing &amp; cleaning the store room. A thunder storm through last night. Some rain.</p> <p>Thur. M. {May} 23 - A cold wind &amp; bright. R. {Rowand} was getting the potato ground ready. P &amp; N {Papa &amp; Noble} were cutting potatos etc.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>We were cleaning my bedroom.</p> <p>Fri. M. {May} 24 - not very cold or hot. We planted 1/2 of an acre of potatoes in the field at the line fence next the road. N {Noble} was working at the buck-wheat ground &amp; {illegible/crossed out} {illegible/crossed out} sowing flaxweed. We were cleaning the halls. Aunt Lizzie &amp; {illegible/crossed out} were here.</p> <p>Sat. M. 25 - Rained quite a lot. Thundering. The red {illegible/crossed out} heifer was sick to-night. N. was helping U A with the roof clening pig-pens etc. We were churning baking etc.</p> <p>Sun. M. 26 - A little warm. Raining &amp; misty in the morning. I was at S.S. {Sunday School} &amp; P {Papa} &amp; I were at church. R. {Rowand} was at church at night. Ed. &amp; U.A. {Edgar &amp; Uncle Alfred} were here. M's {Mamma's} knee is sore just now.</p> <p>Mon. M. 27 - Raining &amp; thundering</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May to June</p> <p>some. Warm. The boys were working at the fence across the creek. N., P, M &amp; I were painting the kitchen. Cream ceiling &amp; light blue grey walls. U. A. was here.</p> <p>Tue. M 28 - Cool. Misty some of the morn-ing. P. &amp; M. were ion town in the morning. N. &amp; R. were putting the wires on the fence. We were painting. Agnes was here to-night. J. Lynes was here gathering money for wrist-watches for the drafted soldiers.</p> <p>Wed. 28 - Warm &amp; dull the most of the day. Some rain fell this afternoon. R. &amp; P. were finishing the fence &amp; N. was disking the summer fallow. In the after-noon they were doing add jobs &amp; R. was working at the fence for a while. P. helped us to paint. A man was here on business. R. is away to the presentation to-night. 2 kittens are missing.</p> <p>Thur. 29 - We finished painting the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>kitchen except the window sashes. N. {Noble} sowed corn &amp; beans. P &amp; M. {Papa &amp; Mamma} put 8 tomato plants outside. We churned. 2 kittens killed last night.</p> <p>Fri. 30 - Very hot. P. &amp; M. were in town. N. was preparing the turnip ground &amp; R. {Rowand} was digging &amp; doing other things. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here. I swept, baked bread, etc. Alice was here. A little rain &amp; thunder at noon.</p> <p>Sat. June 1 - Hot with a very high wind which kept it cooler than Fri though it was still bery hot. 72 {degrees symbol}. Before breakfast I baked cakes etc. scrubbed, washed a little &amp; ironed a little. N. sowed the turnips in the field next the road. R. drew rails for the pig fence &amp; they put part of it up in the clover-field S {south} of the front lane. R. brought P &amp; M. home. Cooler in the evening.</p> <p>Sun. J. 2 - Cooler. P. R. &amp; I were at church in the m {morning}. I was at B.C. R. was at church at night.</p> <p>Mon. J. 3 - Cool &amp; windy. Warmer later. The boys finished the pig-fence, brought home</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June</p> <p>a pole from the bush for the scaffold &amp; R was cultivating the ground the twitch grass is on. N. &amp; R. are away to a muscale at the church to-night. Jessie &amp; Onna McLean &amp; Agnes were here for a kitten for McLean's. We were washing.</p> <p>Tue. 4 - Dull. Raining a little. P. &amp; M. were in town in the norming. N. was working the buck-wheat ground. R was away to spear fish but they did not get any. E. {Edgar} was with him. In the afternoon they did odd jobs. U.A. {Uncle Alfred} was here &amp; N. was at their place. We ironed, churched &amp; sowed some flower &amp; v. {vegetable?} seeds.</p> <p>Wed. 5 - A lovely day. Dull late in the day &amp; cool. Hot in the sun. We were washing some old clothes, sowed some seeds &amp; ironed. N. helped U. A's to plough the buck-wheat ground at Carr's. R. cut thistle. P. helped him. R got his identification card. He registered a while ago.</p> <p>Thur. 6 - Fine &amp; warm though not as warm as yesterday. N. was in town R. brought cut thistles they</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>took out some manure. P. was cutting thistles. M. went away to Meaford in Christie's auto with Aunt Lizzie &amp; Aunt Jeannie, Uncle Gilbert &amp; Donnie.</p> <p>Fri. J. 7 - A cold wind, very cold. Bright. N. got some gravel from Miller's. P &amp; R. fixed the front fence. I baked bread, cleaned the stove &amp; swept &amp; dusted. M. came home from Meaford to-night.</p> <p>Sat. 8 - A white frost last night. Very dull this afternoon. A few drops of rain fell to-night. P &amp; M. were in town. N. R. &amp; A {Arthur} put up a scaffold at the barn. A was here for dinner. N. &amp; R. took out some manure. I was baking pies, cakes etc. scrubbing etc. The white pig had 11 little pigs to-day. This is N's birthday. There was to be an eclipse of the sun to-day but it was dull at the time.</p> <p>Sun. 9 - Cool. A nice rain in the morning &amp; a little sprinkle in the afternoon. The boys were not at church. I was at S. S. too. Uncle A. {Alfred} was here. 1 little pig died.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June</p> <p>Mon. 10 - Misty at first. Nice after. N. R. &amp; A. {Arthur} were working at the barn roof. E {Edgar} helped them in the afternoon. We washed &amp; ironed some planted tomatoes, etc. P. helped us. He was painting the window sashes. R. is away to Buyer's with Ar. {Arthur} to-night.</p> <p>Tue. 11 - A very high wind. A thunderstorm in the evening. P &amp; M. were in town in the morning. N. R. A. &amp; E. were working at the barn. P. was at U. A's.</p> <p>Wed. 12 - Mist &amp; Raining in the morning. A little cold. Dull. N. &amp; R. were at U. A's. Ar &amp; Ag. {Arthur &amp; Agnes} were here. O. {Oliver} Geddes was at the door. R. &amp; Ar. were in town in the afternoon with the waggon. We churned &amp; whitewashed the cellar.</p> <p>Thur. 13 - Some wind &amp; bright. We were washing blankets &amp; baking bread. N, R, A. &amp; E. were shingling.</p> <p>Fri. 14 - Cool &amp; bright. I was 22 to-day. Papa, Mamma, Noble &amp; Rowand gave me a</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>watch. It is a gold one with a hunting case. We were sweeping - dusting scrubbing &amp; doing other things. Alice was here. Ar. brought out the steel track from P.E. {Port Elgin}.</p> <p>Sat. 15 - Bright &amp; rather warm for a while in the afternoon. P &amp; M. were in town. Our boys and Ed. finished the shingling &amp; started to put up the track. Alice &amp; Agnes were here. A frost last night.</p> <p>Sun. 16 - Bright. P, M, &amp; I were at church in the morning, R. was there at night &amp; I was at S. S. {Sunday School}. Uncle A. was here.</p> <p>Mon. 17 - Pretty windy. Papa has not been well to-day. Some men were here to see him. U. A, Ar. &amp; Georgina were here. R. is at Geddes's. The boys were working at the barn, drawing out manure etc. We were washing &amp; painting.</p> <p>Tue. 18 - Warmer &amp; bright. P. &amp; U. A. were in town this morning. The boys were drawing out &amp; spreading manure. We</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June</p> <p>were ironing etc. Some men were here to see Papa.</p> <p>Wed. 19 - We baked bread, carried shingles, painted, scrubbed. N. was getting the buck-wheat ground ready, R. was scuffling etc.</p> <p>Thur. 20 - Sun warm &amp; some wind. P. was cutting thistles, N. sowed the buckwhat and harrowed it, R. carried shingles, M weeded the garden &amp; we carried shingles. R, N, &amp; Ar. made lightning rods. Agnes was here &amp; I was at their place. P &amp; M. were at Geddes's.</p> <p>Fri. 21 - Rained quite a bit. P was not well. The boys &amp; P. were working around the barn. N. was cutting thistles. M. &amp; R. were wasing the buggy. We were sweeping &amp; dusting etc. A frost on Tue. or Wed night. Alice &amp; Ed. were here.</p> <p>Sat. 22 - Pretty cold. Drizzly some of the day. P. M &amp; I were at the school-house</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>registering then P &amp; N. went to town. R. registered in the afternoon. R. was cutting thistles, doing odd jobs. We were baking, scrubbing etc. Ed. was here to see R. but was not in the house.</p> <p>Sun. 23 - Pretty cold. P., M &amp; I were at church in the morning. It was Sacrament Sunday. Uncle A was here.</p> <p>Mon. 24 - Warmer. Dull this afternoon. A few drops of rain fell. The boys were taking down part of the scaffold &amp; weeding mangles. Alice &amp; Ar. were here. Papa was cutting thistles etc. we were washing &amp; weeding.</p> <p>Tue. 25 - Hot. P. &amp; M. were in town. R. was helping U. A's. N. was disking the Summer fallow &amp; weeding mangles. I was ironing. R. &amp; I were at an illustrated Bible Society meeting. Threatening rain.</p> <p>Wed. 26 - Hot. Threatening rain. N. was</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June &amp; July</p> <p>doing road-work &amp; R. was weeding. P. was weeding &amp; doing office work. M. was baking bread &amp; doing other things. I was weeding currant-bushes &amp; mangles. R. &amp; Ed. are away to Southampton. N. is away to Burgoyne. The road-work is being done on a different system this year. It is being paid for in takes &amp; then teams hired to do the work.</p> <p>Thur June 29 - Hot. R., P. &amp; N. were working at the hen house. R. was weeding. We were weeding, cleaning outside etc. Thunder storm.</p> <p>Fri. 30 - Cooler. The boys were working at the hen-house. We were ironing, sweeping, scrubbing &amp; dusting. P, and I were away for a drive along the B line. P. fainted a while after we came home. Uncle Sandy &amp; Florence were here.</p> <p>Sat. 31 - Cooler than Fri. P. &amp; M. were in town. n. was in for cement &amp; other things. The boys were working at the henhouse and other things. R. is away to a concert in P.E. {Port Elgin}. Agnes was here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sun. 30 - A thunder storm, quite a lot of rain. Rained heavily. P, M &amp; I were at church &amp; I was at S.S. Mr. Strachan gave a special sermon as it was Patriotic Sunday. U. A. {Uncle Alfred} was here.</p> <p>Mon. July 1 - Very cold day. High wind &amp; drizzling rain. The men were working at the hen-house etc. R. got his thumb hurt quite a bit while they were working with the hay-fork track. The thumb was crushed. We were doing sitting work. M has had the tooth-ache yesterday afternoon &amp; to-day. Al. &amp; Ar. &amp; Ed. {Alice &amp; Arthur &amp; Edgar} were here. N. &amp; Ed. are away to P.E. to see the moving pictures, Snow at Walkerton.</p> <p>Tue. July 2 - A lot nicer than Mon. Quite a bit of wind. We were washing, scrubbing, weeding, planting &amp; sowing onions &amp; radishes. The men were working at the hen-house. Some people were here to see Papa. Ar, Al &amp; Ag {Arthur, Alfred &amp; Agnes}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July</p> <p>were at our place. Thunder lightning &amp; rain in the evening.</p> <p>Wed. 3 - Warmer than yesterday. Rained some through last night. The men were working at the hen-house. P. does office work every day. A man was here to see him to-day. We ironed, baked bread &amp; weeded &amp; transplanted some pink asters. Ar. Al. {Alice} &amp; U.A. were here. The boys are away to Burgoyne to-night.</p> <p>Thurs 4 - Cool in the morning &amp; evening hot in the middle of the day. P., M., &amp; I were at Christie's &amp; I went with Ethel to the Red Cross meeting at Archie Bryce's. The boys were cementing &amp; weeding. Florence came to stay.</p> <p>Fri. 5 - Kind of hot. The boys were cutting hay in the field next Dick's, cutting weeds &amp; scuffling. Papa was helping to cut weeds &amp; helping with the mower. We were sweeping, dusting, baking &amp; other things. Al. &amp; Ag. {Alice &amp; Agnes} were here. Cool generally in the evening.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sat. 6 - Cold rather. Windy. Dull partly. The boys finished cutting that field, raked &amp; colied some &amp; did other things. i cooked &amp; cleaned. Ag. was here for tea. She &amp; I planted out some cauliflower. Florence went away this morning.</p> <p>Sun. 7 - Cold wind &amp; bright. We were all at church in the morning &amp; the boys were there at night. I was at S.S.</p> <p>Mon. 8 - Cold wind &amp; bright part of the time. Rained in the evening &amp; at night. The boys were cutting hay in the fence-corners, raking &amp; coiling &amp; singling turnips. Papa was cutting weeds, we were washing, weeding &amp; M. was picking wild strawberries. She just got a few. N. got $1 dollars worth of strawberries from W. Cheesman, 8 boxes. R. &amp; N. were at Geddes's.</p> <p>Tue. 9 - Raining a good bit of the day. Rost one morning this month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July</p> <p>R. &amp; P. were in town. N. was working around the barn. We were ironing. Uncle Johnny &amp; Aunt Janet Gowanlock were here for tea.</p> <p>Wed. 10 - Bright with a cool wind. The boys &amp; Ar. &amp; Ed. put up lightning rods on the barn. They twisted the wire themselves a while ago. Ar. was here for dinner. P. was weeding etc. We were baking, churning &amp; doing garden-work. I was at Geddes's for tea. uncle A. was here.</p> <p>Thur. 11 - Warmer &amp; a little thunder and bright. N. cut the front field of clover. They were coiling in the back field &amp; hoeing. We were working at garden work. P. was doing office work (he works at it every day) &amp; weeding. Uncle Sandy was here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{back inside cover}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{back cover}</p> </div> transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/559808d2af54a7441eaedf003e4814b2.pdf 0c2fca3654eec605105cb777035a153f PDF Text Text �������������������������������� https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b96fe176d3beafb3e60d41b9d500985d.pdf 530924e31aedd5e55d4b9b1d960b00b4 PDF Text Text �������������������������������� https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1960b92bc66caab2d2266b7cc611f6b7.pdf 885fba3f1f20de1c95d8e1bbb73abf14 PDF Text Text Elizabeth Oliver “Olive” Burgess (1896-1980) 1920 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive Volunteers 1920 {written in pencil} {Front cover - Sketch of winding road bordered by trees through a valley, ending at a Roman colosseum. Clouds in the background} The Stadium {Inside front cover - blank} Diary 1920 Sat. May 1 A very cold wind. Bright mostly. Papa & I were in Port Elgin. The boys were drawing wood to the church & they put the gates up around the house one on the east & one on the west. The one on the South & East were put up before. Rowand fell into the creek & got his arm & leg wet. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Mrs. Archibald Wilkie died last Tuesday. Noble was at Geddes's Sun. 2 A very cold wind. Bright. Mamma, Rowand & I were at church in the morning I was at S.S. There were 87 present at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand was at Geddes's for dinner. There was a total eclipse of the moon tonight. Papa & Mamma were not very well. Mon. 3 A cold wind. Bright partly. The boys were fencing at the other place. Papa was not well. Mamma was not very well this morning. Tue. 4 Bright. Wind cold. Noble was ploughing the buckwheat ground & he was cultivating the front field. R was working at fences. Papa and Mamma were in P.E. today. He has been away all winter. Sugar is $20.00 per cwt, dutch set onions 30c per lb. & Rice is 20 cnts. Isabel was here. 1920 May Wed. May 6 Bright + warmer than usual. The nicest day there has been for a long time. Papa & Rowand were working at fences & Rowand & Noble were working on the land. They got the first seeds in to-day. We sowed some of the flower seeds too Mail-man did not come around to-day as train got off the tracks near Paisley. �Thu. 7 6 Bright & warm. The boys were working on the land & Papa & Rowand were working at the fence too. Uncle Alfred, Edgar, & Alex Geddes were here. We cleaned the spare room yesterday and the boy's room to-day. Fri. 7 Bright & warm. The boys were working on the land & Papa & Rowand were working at the fence. One of the steers that we sold to Joe Lyness is sick to-day. Sat. 8 A cold wind. Looked like rain sometimes. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rowand was at the dentist & he was working on fences. Noble was working on the land. We have about 11 ac. sown now. Rowand was at Chas. McLean's on the wheel. Alex & Rt. {Robert?} Geddes were here for 1/2 ton of hay. Sun.9 Cold. A little shower of rain. I was at S.S., P.M & I were at church in the morning & Rd. {Rowand} was there at night. Uncle Alfred was here. Mon. 10. Cold. A tiny little rain. May Papa & the boys were working at the fence the land & carpenter work. Mrs. John Cobean has got the caste off her broken leg that she has had on for 10 weeks. Beauty had a calf this morning. John Schwass's 3 youngest girls have the mumps. Tue. 11 A cold wind in the afternoon. Bright by partly. Noble & Rd. were working on the land & Rowand took a cattle beast to Port Elgin of Uncle Alfred's & was at the dentist's. Noble was at Lyness's & Alec Geddes was here. We used the first of our rhubarb yesterday. Wed. 12 Cold. Rowand took the 2 steers to P.E. along with other people's. Jos. Lyness took bought them. They weighed 2020 together apiece. We got between 14 & 15 cents a lb for them. The boys were working on the land. Uncle Alfred was here. We got a different violin from Eaton's to-day. Thur. 13 A very cold wind. The boys were working on the land. Uncle Alfred was here. An Armenian peddlar stayed here all night. Bright to-day. Fri. 14 Very cold. Ice outside this morning. Rowand was working on the land & Noble & Papa were working on the fence. Papa & I were at the Preparatory service. Al Alice & Mrs Wark joined the church by proffessions of Faith & Miss Menzes by Certificate. Lewis Cobean's baby, Sandy McConnel's & Harold Smith’s were baptised. {Illegible}, Rowand has a cold just now. �1920 May Mc {space left blank} the new minister at Paisley preached Sat. 15 Not so cold to-day as lately. Ice outside to-day. Papa & I were in P.E. Noble finished sowing. Rowand was at Southampton to get his watch that was being repaired. Rd. was doing odd jobs. Rd. did not get his watch. Mamma has not been well lately. Sun. 16 Warmer. Bright. I was at S.S. Papa & Mamma went to church in the morning. The Sacrament was held to-day. Uncle Alfred was here & the boys were at his place. I? {illegible} outside this morning. Mon. 17 Dull. Fairly warm. Papa & Rowand were working at the front fence. They got it finished except that they will have to get more wire for a bit of it where they put up a different kind. The boys were drawing out manure & Noble was disking the mangle ground & garden. A few drops of rain today. Thunder to-night. Rd. has a cold just now. The boys have had pretty sore lips lately. Papa has not been very well yesterday & to-day. Tue. 18 A little shower last night. Dull a good bit. Cooler for a while. Papa & Rowand were in P.E. this afternoon. Noble was working the garden & mangle ground. In the morning the boys drew out manure part of the time. They are playing ball at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Uncle Alfred is here. May Thur Wed 19 Warm. Rained a little in the afternoon. N was working the mangle ground & he & Papa sowed them. We planted some onions & did some other gardening. Rowand was in P.E. Cool wind. U Thur. 20 Warm. Noble was ploughing the buckwheat ground & Rowand was working at fences. In the afternoon Arthur helped them to take 9 of our young cattle to the other farm. A thunder storm with some rain. 2 complete rainbows, one a beautifully colored one. Uncle Alfred was here. Dr. Philps was here to see Chloe. We sowed carrots, beets, radishes & lettuce seed. Cows were outside to-day. Fri. 21 Warm. Turned cooler. Noble was ploughing & harrowing. Rowand & Papa were staking a fence for a lane between Uncle Alfred's farm & ours from the bridge to the bush. Rd. got some red raspberry, black currants & gooseberry bushes from Geddes's. We planted some of them got a waggon-load of bush soil & some evergreens to plant. The boys put 2 cows & 2 heifers out to stay. �Sat. 22 Pretty warm. P & Mamma were in P.E. Noble finished ploughing & they drew out manure. Rowand was doing odd jobs too. Uncle Alfred's got some hay from us. B. {Bessie} Geddes has been here a few minutes. Fred was outside to-day. A White frost this morning. Rowand has had a sore leg lately. May Sun. May 23 Warm. A few short heavy showers. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys were at his place. Oliver Geddes was here for dinner & tea. We were all at church except Noble. Rd. & Oliver were there at night. I was at S.S. To-day is called Empire Sunday. Mon 24 Misty at first. Warm. Rowand was working at the fence of the future lane across the creek. Papa was helping him. Noble was working the land & we put in 3 rows of potatoes, some of them early ones. Edgar was here. Rd. was fishing & Noble was away playing ball. I was at U.A’s. Isabel was here. We worked in the flower-garden. Tue 25 Warm. Papa & I were in P.E. after dinner. The boys were drawing out manure cutting potatoes &e. Rowand was at the store. I was at a Missionary address and at the church buy Miss Mitchel. Uncle Alf Arthur is here. Papa is not very well just now. We started putting cows outside all night to separate 2 times per day. {In margin} We put in some flower seeds. Wed. 26 Warm. Cool wind for a while. Mamma & I were at the store. Uncle Alfred was here & I was at their place. We were working in the garden. We put in some mangles & carrots for seed. Thur 27 A nice day. Our boys & Arthur & Edgar went to our other place to plant potatoes yesterday. They hired A. Kerr's Planter. Rowand went to Christie's for all night & Edgar wheeled home. Arthur & Noble stayed on the farm. They came home to-night. They planted May half an acre for each family. Mamma's Uncle Wm. Rowand is not well just now. Elmer Rowand died lately. We were working in the garden. We planted sweet corn, beans, pumpkins & squash & citrons & potato onions. Mc Laren's man put up a new eve-trough on the South side of our shed & a pipe connecting the South side of the front of the house with the cistern. Uncle Alfred & Papa helped him. Turned cold. Fri. 28 A cold wind. The boys were drawing out manure. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's. He has had a cold for a while. Papa has a cough. Blossoms, some at least are out. �St. 29 Warm this morning. Not so warm this afternoon. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Noble was disking. Rowand was working at the fence. Alice was here for a few minutes. A white frost this morning. Rowand was sick this afternoon. Sun. 30 Warm. I was at S.S. Papa, Mamma & I were at Dunblane church. Rowand is not well. Edgar was here. Mon. 31 Very warm. A few drops of rain. Noble 1920 May & June was disking. Papa & Rowand were shelling corn. Papa & Mamma were at Uncle Walter Gowanlock's. Uncle Gilbert & Aunt Jeannie started away to Western Canada to-day. Uncle Walter & Aunt Mary are to start to morrow too. Mr. & Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. & Mrs. Adam Esplen & Mr & Mrs Alec Lamont are to start away to-day by boat. Tue, June 1 Very warm. Windy part of the time. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. {Port Elgin}. Noble was sowing & planting flax-seed, beans & potatoes. Noble is not well. Rowand is getting better. Rowand was shelling corn &c. Cooler to-night. Wed. 2 Cool. Dull. Mist once & drizzle. Rowand & Papa were working at the fence & were at Jas. Ferguson's at a tractor demonstration. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Uncle Alfred was here. Our watermelons & cucumbers were sown to-day. Thur. 3 Cold wind bright. The boys were helping Uncle Alfred to saw wood & were working at our fence. Neither of them are well. Papa was not well to-night. Agnes was here. Georgina is in Port Elgin with She has the mumps. June 1920 Friday 4 Warmer than yesterday. Cloudy part of the time. Rowand was working at fencing & cultivating. Noble worked part of the morning. He was not well. Rowand was pretty well except that his lip was sore. Uncle Alfred was here. Saturday 5 Dull partly. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. & the boys were fencing. Edgar was here. Richard died lately Webb died lately. �Sunday 6 Bright. Cool wind. We were all at church except Noble. Service and S.S. were in the afternoon on account of Mr. Strachan preaching the pulpit vacant in Port Elgin where Mr. Mann has just left in Southampton where Mr. Soules has just left. Monday 7 Pretty warm for a while. Thunder lightning & some rain to-night. Rowand was cultivating the Summer-fallow. Noble was at the other place putting our cattle out of Karcher's. He & Papa were putting up fences. Noble was at Burgoyne at the ball playing. Uncle Alfred was here. Tuesday 8 Cool tho wind though warm. Papa & Rowand were in P.E. part of the day. Noble is 30 years June 1920 old to-day. We gave him some money. Noble was at Southampton, A nice rain last night. Wed. 9 Pretty hot at times. Papa & Rowand were in P.E. & at the other farm. Noble was sowing the turnips & rolling some ground. Aunt Lizzie & Oliver were here. Rowand finished getting his teeth fixed yesterday. Rowand was consulting Dr. Well about his leg that has been sore some time. Dr. thinks it is rheumatism. The boys were fencing yest to-day & Rowand was yesterday. Noble was carpentering yesterday. Thur. 10 Very hot. Thunder & lightning to-night. An arora last night. The boys were fencing & working on the ground. Papa was helping Rowand. He has lumbago. Fri 11 A thunder storm last night. Rain through not as much as the last time. Warm to-day. The boys were sharpening tools & Noble was working on the land & Rowand & Papa were doing carpenter work. Edgar & Uncle Alfred were here. Mr. & Mrs. John Burgess from Bala & Mrs Carr were here. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Sat. 12 Very hot. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Noble got a load of gravel from Geo. Esplen's. Rowand finished the thing like a stoneboat that June they have been making for logs. They skidded nearly all the logs they intended to do & brought home a few poles. Thundering to-night Noble was working on the land Rowand was at a meeting in P.E. of the Junior Farmer's Club. Mrs. Ed. Cook was buried to-day. Alice has the mumps just now. A few sprinkles of rain. The boys put one of the calves in the orchard. �Sun. 13 A nice day. Not too cold or hot, Papa & Mamma & I were at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred & Edgar were here. I was at S.S. We got rides in the morning with John Burgess. Mrs. & Mrs. Burgess & Mrs. Carr intend to leave for Bala to-morrow. Misty this morning. Monday 14 Rather hot. Misty this morning Rowand & Papa were clearing the horse stable to be ready for cementing. Noble was drawing gravel from George Esplen's. Papa was not very well. Uncle Alfred was here. I am 24 years old to-day. The boys gave me a gold brooch with a blue stone in it. Papa & Mamma gave me $2.00 & some grey cloth for a dress. Agnes gave me a framed picture of a girl's head. Coral McIver spoke to me on the June telephone to give me birthday wishes. Papa took a picture off Uncle Alfred’s bridge of the cows & me. Tuesday 15 Hot. Showers in the afternoon. Rain at night. Thunder & lightning. Noble was drawing gravel. Rowand was working at the stable & helping Uncle Alfred to start making a ladder for us. Papa is not well to-day yet He & Uncle Alfred were at Rt. Crawford's for tea. P Wednesday 16 Cool. The boys got a load of stone from McCannel's & Noble was drawing out manure to the buckwheat ground. Rowand was at P.E. & Southampton. Thursday 17 Cold wind. Noble was cultivating the buckwheat ground & Rowand was at the other place. In the afternoon Rowand was cultivating & Noble was fishing at snake creek but he did not get any fish. Papa, Mamma & I were picking potato bugs. Papa & Mamma were at Geddes's. A thunder storm to-night with some rain. Fri 18 Bright. Cold wind. The boys were working at the stable. Papa was at Uncle Alfred's. Papa & I went into Bruce a little further than Underwood & back again in an auto in the afternoon. Sat. 19 Bright. Not hot. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Noble sowed the buckwheat & worked on the ground for it. Rowand was working at the at the stable & was scuffling. Noble is away to Burgoyne to-night. June Oliver called here on the way to church. �Sunday 20 We were all at church in the morning except Noble. Raining to-night. Monday 21 Rained quite a lot last night & the most of to-day. The boys were doing odd jobs. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Tuesday 22 Rained last night some & this morning some. Bright this afternoon. Edgar & Uncle Alfred were here. The boys were working at odd jobs. Noble was at Burgoyne. The cistern at the house got not very far from full about 8 in. from the top. The water leaks out after it gets up a certain distance. Cool to-day. Mamma was sick yesterday. She was very dizzy when she got out of bed in the morning. Uncle Alfred finished our ladder Monday. Wednesday 23 Bright. Cool wind. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. part of the day. Rowand was in with Edgar in the waggon after dinner. The boys were doing odd jobs. We picked some wild strawberries to-day for using for the first time. Wild & Garden ones are a good crop. Wild ones are big. We have no garden ones, except a few. Noble was away for a drive. Edgar was here. Thursday 24 Beautiful day. Rowand got 2 pigs from Peirson's 2 months old for $7 a piece. Noble was at the farm in & in P.E. with part of mower. Edgar June Was here. Papa picked wild strawberries. Uncle Andrew hurt his muscles in his sides to-day. was here. The boys were cutting hay around the house & Noble was wee cutting the thistles. He got some furniture varnish from a peddlar to-day. Fri. 25 Papa & the boys were cutting thistles & raking hay. Noble took the mower that we got at Gammie's sale to P.E. & traded it for a new “Ideal Giant {illegible}" mower. We got $10 for the old one the price of the new one was $92.75. It is a 5 ft. one. The boys were at Burgoyne Garden Party. Over $2.00 taken at the gate. Sat.26 Hot this afternoon. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Noble & Rd. were at the other place cutting, raking & coiling part of alfalfa. Noble took the new mower there from P.E. yesterday. Noble was at Burgoyne to-night. We bought 10 boxes of strawberries/5c per box. Rowand called at Burgoyne. Sun.27 Rather hot. Cool breeze. Papa, Mamma & I were at church in the forenoon. I was at S.S. Oliver Geddes was here for dinner. Uncle Alfred was here. Mr. Strachan wanted the service special as it was 1 yr. since the Memorial Tablet was put in the church. No service at night. �Mon. 28 Very hot. Thundering a little in afternoon. Thunder & lightning & a little shower in the evening. Some rain through night. Papa was cutting thistles. the night. Rowand went over to the other place Noble was scuffling & then he went too. Tuesday 29 Showery. The boys came home. Papa & I were in P.E. in the afternoon. Uncle Andrew & Aunt Minnie & Uncle Alfred were here in the evening. The boys were cleaning fall wheat for sale. Wednesday 30 Noble took 30 bushels of Wheat to P.E. for $1.95 & the certificate. Rowand finished pigpen & wheeled to Southampton. Noble was cutting thistles. They went to the other place in the evening. Fine & warm. We sold the red & white heifers of $13.90 per cwt. to M. Chappelle. Papa was cutting thistles. We were picking wild strawberries. Thursday July 1 Fine & warm. A celebration at P. Elgin & Owen Sound to-day. The three of us were at Uncle Alfred's in the evening. Papa was cutting thistles. We were picking wild strawberries. Friday July 2 Hot. Rain last night with thunder & lightning. The boys came home. They were cleaning grain & weeding. Papa was cutting thistles. Pat Cumming from B.C. was here. Saturday 3 A mist last night. Got quite cool to-day. The boys were at the other place. The alfalfa is all cut. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Mamma's Uncle William Rowand's funeral was to- July day in Brant. He died suddenly on Thursday. One of Wm. Karcher's children is dead. Third form scholars at High School finished examinations a week ago Friday. Thunder & a rainbow this morning. Sunday July 4 Cold. We were all at church in the morning except Noble. He & Rd. were there in the evening. Mr. Budge was preaching at night. I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here. Mr. & Mrs. John Burgess, Mr. & Mrs. Graham (Tom Burgess in Southampton's daughter from same family) & Mr. Edge & all from Durham were here. Monday July 5 Warm. Papa was cutting thistles & we were weeding mangles. The boys went to the other place. Sam Schwas & family are visiting around just now. Tue. July 6 Dull. Mist & a little rain. Some showers last night. Rowand came home to-day. He, Papa & I were weeding a little. We preserved 2 qrts of wild strawberries. this year. Uncle Alfred was here. Cool. �Thur. 8 Warm partly. Papa & Uncle Alfred were in P.E. in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here for dinner. We were weeding & scuffling. Rowand is away to the other place. July George Esplen died lately of appendicitis. A few drops of rain to-day. Thunder to-day. Fri. 9 Dull, then cleared up. Noble drove home & wheeled back to the other place. They had no hay drawn in when he was here. They have the alfalfa and part of clover cut. They took the heifers to Turner's Station to-day. The white one weighed 1010 lbs & the red one 1050 lbs. Our garden is poor in parts. We have a calceolaria & acatia in flower. Agnes was here. She is taking music lessons this summer. Uncle Alfred was here he & Papa were at George Esplen's funeral. Neil D. McDonald's son died of appendicitis. Our crops are looking better than they were. Saturday 10 Rather hot. Bright. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. The boys have 4 loads of alfalfa in to the barn on the other place & brought 1 load home. There are 9 acres of alfalfa, 9 acres of clover & 9 acres of timothy on other place. The boys were coiling to-day. Sun.11 Hot. Papa & Mamma were not at church as they were not well. The boys were there in the evening too. I was at S.S. Mr. Budge of Hamilton was preaching. Uncle Alfred, Arthur, Edgar & Oliver Geddes were here. Mr. Strachan is away on at least part of his holiday. 1920 July Mon. July 12 Some rain last night & this morning. Thunder. Bright & hot this afternoon. The boys were doing odd jobs & Noble was in P.E. He got a barrel of salt costing $3.25. Rowand was helping Uncle Alfred to put roofing on their barn after dinner. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's & Edgar & Alice were here. Alice was here. Our hen-house got sprayed again to-day. I got a new Testament from B. Geddes (for my birthday.) to-day. Tuesday 13 Wed 14 Mist & drizzling this morning. Bright this afternoon. Cool since the mist. Windy. A shower at other place last night. A few drops here with lightning. Mamma finished singling turnips. Papa was cutting thistles. The boys came home. They cut part of clover here & weeded a little corn. A little shower last night & lightning. A shower at other place last night. They got 5 loads of hay in yesterday. �Tue. 13 Very hot. We finished singling turnips A cool wind this afternoon & Papa was cutting thistles. Kitty had 4 kittens a while ago. Arthur sprayed their & our potatoes, at other place. I have not kept a record of our kittens. Thur. 15 Cool, bright & windy. Noble finished cutting the clover here & went to other place. Rowand went in morning. Papa was cutting thistles & we were July weeding things & picking wild strawberries. We got enough for tea & 3/4 of a qt. preserved. Isabel was here. We have been making a pair of overalls for me out of shirting at 45c per yd. We have not finished them yet. The boys were at Christie's on Friday. There have been a lot of appendicitis cases for a piece around lately. Looked like rain. Said to be coldest days in July for a long time. Friday 16 Cool & bright. The boys came home this afternoon & brought a load of alfalfa. The have all the alfalfa & clover in on other place now, 4 Loads of clover & 10 1/2 of alfalfa in all. The boys were raking & coiling tonight here. Uncle Alfred, Alice & Edgar were here & Florence & Robbie Geddes were here. We got the potatoes & beans finished weeding & Papa finished the thistles in the field he was at. I helped Mamma with weeding the garden. An aurora last night. Looked like rain. Cool wind. Rowand was not feeling very well. Robbie got word to-day that he had passed the Entrance examination to High School. Rd. got his leg jagged with pitch fork. Sat. 17 Rather hot. Bright. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rd. was at Lockerby for chop. The boys finished coiling hay. Noble sprayed the potatoes. 1920 July Sunday 18 About 1 in. of rainfall here last night & this morning. Thunder. Bright in the afternoon. Some of the rain fell pretty heavily. Papa, Mamma & I were at church in the morning. The boys were there at night. Mr Padden from Milverton preached. Edg The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. Uncle Alfred was here. Cool. Monday 19 Warm. Dull this morning, drizzled a little bit. Bright in afternoon. Edgar was here. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Rowand was sick last night & this morning he did not eat any breakfast. Some better now. Wm. English is at Christie's just now. Noble cut part of timothy & he & Rowand did odd jobs. Rowand was cutting some weeds & cutting a little hay with the scythe. He was not able to work much. Papa was cutting weeds. �Tuesday 20 Rather hot. Bright. Noble was spraying the potatoes on other place & he raked all & coiled part of timothy here. Papa, Mamma & I were weeding. Rowand had the pain again last night & to-day again. Papa was coiling hay. Wed. 21 Dull. Cool & part of the time misty this morning. Bright & warm this afternoon. July Papa & the boys were working at the hay. Mamma & I were weeding. There was a humming bird around the house yesterday & to-day. We have a few garden flowers in bloom. We sowed beets 3 different times, just a few of first ones came up, dutch set, & potato & onions & carrots & radishes look well. Beans look as if they are doing well. Corn is scarce. We have not eaten any lettuce yet. Mangles & beets for seed are growing well. We have a calceolaria, a Pansy germanium & {acatos?} flower in the house in flower. Mrs. John Goar of Port Elgin (John Goar's mother), John Lamont of Red Deer & Albert M. Fluke of Pontiac Mich. all died lately. Albert Fluke was drowned. We have some house flowers in bloom outside. Thur. 22 Rather hot. Bright. Papa & the boys were working at the hay & Papa was weeding besides doing his own work very nearly every day. Mamma & I were weeding. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Edgar & Uncle Alfred were here. Rowand has threatened with the pain this evening. Alice brought us some raspberries to-day to us. Word was in the papers to-night that Helen & Laurier Christie had passed the Lower School Examinations. P Lightning last night or night before. July Friday 23 Saturday 24 Rained some a good bit of the day. Thundery. Noble was doing odd jobs. They took all of the load of hay. Rowand was not well enough to work very much. He did not eat any dinner. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's & Uncle Alfred & Edgar were here. Noble was at Burgoyne. Rowand was helping to grind a knife. Lightning last night or night before. Sat. 24 Rained a little in the morning. Bright afterwards. Cool. Papa & I were in P.E. The boys were raking hay & they brought in one load of hay, The last of the clover here. Mamma & Rowand sprayed the potatoes. & the boys were grinding the mower & cement from Brigden's. Rowand feels better than yesterday. Rowand was turning hay out. Yesterday Mamma gathered some caraway seed. �Sun. 25 Cool & bright. Papa, Mamma & I were at church & I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred & Arthur were here. O. {Oliver} Geddes was here. Papa was not well to-day. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 26 Bright & cool. The boys were working at the hay & weeding. We picked some wild strawberries to-day. Mr. Sayles sold "The Port Elgin Times" editorship to Mr. Wesly this summer. Mrs Walter Rowand's father, Peter McIntosh was July killed last week by falling off a load of hay. The black calf & red calf were outside to-night for the first night for pasturing. Arthur was here to-night. Tuesday 27 Bright, warmer. I was picking berries. Noble took the waggon & rake to the other place this afternoon. They raked the 2nd rakings & took them in {illegible} on one field. Rowand was scuffling the corn & fixing a fence. Papa was working at the fence & weeding & Mamma was weeding. Edgar was here. Hay done here except timothy seed. Uncle Alfred's are taking off hay for E. Ferguson on shares & put in grain on shares this year. broke a blue and white bowl to-day that we have had some for some time. Wednesday 28 Rained a little in the forenoon. Cleared up at noon. Thundered some after dinner & before. Papa & Rowand were doing odd jobs. In the afternoon Rowand & I went to the Rowand picnic {in margin: about 90 at picnic} at Nelson's Grove at P.E. Elgin. Uncle Alfred & Edgar were here. A few drops of rain after dinner. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's. Mamma was weeding corn. I got 3 quarts of preserved raspberries yesterday to preserve. Papa & Rowand were fixing fence. A few drops of rain in afternoon. Thur. 29 Rather hot this afternoon. A very high wind. A bi Showery this morning. Bright {added in at bottom: Papa & Mamma finished weeding the corn practically.} July part of afternoon. A big branch blew off one of our little apple trees to-day. Rowand, Arthur & Edgar went over to the other place to-day to work on the hay. Arthur & Edgar came home to-night. I was picking berries. Agnes & Isabel were here. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's. Florence & Robert Geddes & Wm. English were here to-day. Sarah Kennedy, daughter of the late Wm. Kennedy died lately. Papa & Mamma were weeding & Papa was working at a fence. The co Thundering. We tried new potatoes to-day. �Fri. 30 Bright in the forenoon. Thunder & rain in afternoon. Not much rain though heavy. rather hot. The boys came home to-night. There are 51 loads of hay in all of this first crops cuttings. 14 1/2 loads of timothy off q ac. {quarter acre} and a gully on the other place. Noble has not been well. Mamma was not well yesterday. I was picking berries. 74 degrees In shade at noon at Uncle Alfred's. We had some apple-sauce yesterday. 17 load hay here & 34 other place. Sat. 31 A cold wind. Bright. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. The boys put the red calf & black calves into orchard. Rowand was patching wood-shed roof & doing other things. He is away to Burgoyne tonight. Edgar was here. Nights are always July & August cool this Summer. We had 9 ac. of alfalfa, 15 loads off it, 9 ac of clover, 14 loads off it a little over 9 ac. of timothy, 14 loads off it on other place. 9 ac. of timothy 11 loads off it 7 ac. of clover 9 loads off it on this place. Arthur was here. Sun. Aug. 1 Dull & Quite cold. A little shower. Papa & Mamma & I were at church & I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred & O. {Oliver} Geddes were here. Our boys were at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 2 A rain last night. Bright partly. Noble was working at the Summer-fallow & scuffling Rowand was doing various things & after dinner he stooked the Fall wheat at the other place. Cairnses cut it. Papa was helping Rowand, picking wild gooseberries & c. Mamma & I were picking raspberries. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. T Thursday 3 Bright. Warmer than Monday. A little frost last night. Papa & Rowand were in P.E. & Papa was weeding. Noble was scuffling & he & Rowand were at the bush getting logs for the bridge & the stable. Mamma & I were picking berries. Rowand is at Uncle Alfred's. O. Geddes & Uncle Alfred were here. Papa was not very well last night or to-day. Wed. 4 Rather hot. Bright. The boys were working at the bridge. Papa, Mamma & I were August weeding mangles & picking wild gooseberries. Uncle Alfred was here. July was said to be the coldest month July month for 33 years. The most rainfall for July for 22 years. Rowand was weeding. Thur. 5 Pretty hot. The boys were preparing to cement the stable. Papa was helping the boys �weeding and helping us to wash the buggy. We were weeding. Arthur, Edgar Georgina & Helen Cameron were here. Noble is better to-day than he has been for a week. Fri. 6 Hot. The boys were working at the stable. Edgar was helping them. Uncle Alfred was helping some. Papa was weeding the rest of the mangles. He & Noble were at the other place. Georgina passed the Middle School Exams with Honors. Mary Alice passed ul {unless?} in History. Thundering to-day. Sat. 7 Very hot. A thunder storm this morning with some rain. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Arthur & Edgar were helping our boys with the cementing. Noble is away to P.E. to-night. We have used some potatoes, they are very poor. Sun. 8 Very hot. Thunder storm with a little rain. We were all at church in the morning but Noble. I was August at S.S. O. Geddes was here for dinner & supper & Uncle Alfred was here to-day. Mon. 9 Some sprinkles of rain. Not so very hot. Arthur, Edgar & our boys were cementing. I was picking berries. We used first green peas to-day. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys are at the river tonight. Mrs. Reed died this morning. Papa & the boys were doing other things. Tue.10 Dull in the morning. Bright after dinner. Warm. Papa was in P.E with Arthur in the morning. Noble was in with waggon. The boys & I were at S.S. picnic at Peirson's. Noble We were all at U.A's {Alfred’s} to say good-bye to Arthur but were not there long. Papa was weeding & doing other things. Hugh McGillivray died lately. Mrs. Neil Bell died lately. Joe Lyness has been pretty sick with appendicitis. Mrs. John W. Leeds died lately. Rowand was doing various things. Wed. 11 Hot. Dull partly. The boys were weeding & doing the cementing where the forms were. After dinner they were at the other place. They got 2 loads of F. {Fall?} wheat taken in. Part of the afternoon Rowand was at Christie's at some stock judging. We were reading. Uncle Alfred was here. He & Papa were at Mrs. Reid's funeral. Georgina passed the Matriculation Examination. I was at the Bible Society meeting. August �Thur. 12 Hot. Dull partly. A heavy mist this morning. The boys finished taking in the wheat & brought home a load of alfalfa. Rowand was home at noon & weeded a little. We were weeding. I was at Geddes’s. Garnet Mitchel died lately. There were 4 loads of wheat. Fri. 13 Very hot. Dull partly. Thundering. The boys & Papa were weeding & the boys were cutting & stooking the timothy hay for seed. Noble was at the river Uncle Alfred & Edgar were here. Mr. Jos Lyness died about 9: 30 A.M. from appendicitis. Sat. 14 Some rain & thunder throught the night. Hot to-day with some sprinkles of rain. Papa & I were in Port Elqin. Mary Jane Esplen died this morning of heart failure. She was Henry Esplen’s daughter. The boys were helping to churn & doing odd jobs. Noble was at Burgoyne. Sun. 15 Sun hot & wind cool. Papa, Rowand & I were at church in the morning I was at S.S. A Lord's Day Alliance man was speaking. There was not {under “was not” : (in afternoon)} service at night or at Dunblane. Uncle Alfred {under “Uncle Alfred” : (in afternoon)}was here. Noble and Rowand were at Jos. Lyness’s funeral. Donnie & Loy Christie were here for tea. August Mon. Aug. 16 Hot. Dull partly. The boys cut & stooked the barley & were doing odd jobs & weeding. Uncle Alfred was here. He & Papa were at Mary Jane Esplen's funeral. Edgar was here. Mamma & I were picking berries. Alice was here. Tue. 17 Hot. Rowand went to the other place. Noble took 2 pigs about 10 months old to town. They weighed 410 lbs. to-gether & we got $18.75 per cwt. for them. Noble & I were picking berries & Noble was helping Uncle Alfred after dinner. We got about 27 qts. of raspberries preserves this year. Papa was not well to-day. Wed. 18 Hot. Noble went to the other place. He & Rowand came home to-night. Uncle Alfred was here. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Papa was weeding. Papa & I were away for a drive through by Mc Taggart's around the block. Mamma was not well to-day. Thur.19 Very hot. Papa & Noble were weeding & Noble was cutting again. Rowand & Papa were doing carpenter work. Rowand & I were at other place getting apples & coiling hay. Edgar was here. Rowand was stooking. Mrs. Chas. Bailey & Isabel Burgess were here. Fri. 20 Very hot. Windy. The boys were working at the grain. Uncle Harold came to Uncle Alfred's August �last night from St. Catharines. He was here to-day. We put our black heifer into the beef-ring y this week. Sat. 21 Very hot at first. Turned cool in the afternoon. A little thunder & rain. Mist in the evening. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. The boys were working at the grain part of the day. Rowand was working at pictures. Uncle Alfred was here. Windy. Some rain last night. Uncle Harold was helping the boys. Sun. 22 A cold wind. Bright. We were all at church in the morning except Mamma. She was not well. The boys were at S church at night & I was at S.S. It was the Anniversary service. Rev. J. C {Tolmie?} was preaching. Uncle Alfred & Uncle Harold were here. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. I go there nearly every Sunday to get to S.S. Mon. 23 Bright & cool. Noble was in P.E. He & Rowand were swe stooking, bringing in the rest of the barley (3 loads in all) bringing in the timothy hay seed & doing odd jobs. The boys are away to other place to-night. Uncle Harold was here. Uncle Abram came here to-day. He has been down from the West a week or two. Grass hoppers are bad around here this year. A white frost last night. Papa was helping the boys. August T Tue.24 Cool. Rather dull. Uncle Abram went away to-day. The boys came home. Uncle Harold was here. The boys brought in 1 load of grain here. Noble was at Burgoyne. Wed.25 Hotter to-day. A cool breeze. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Uncle Harold was here Rowand was helping Edgar in the morning. We got our field across the creek cut. Oliver, Alice & Robbie Geddes were here. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma is getting better. Thur. 26 Hot. Dull. Mamma was at Geddes's & Uncle Harold was here. Noble finished cutting the grain & Rowand & Papa were stooking. Something is broken about the binder so that it took him a long time to get it moved this morning. Papa & Mamma sprayed the potatoes. We canned some beans to-day. Aunt Lizzie gave me a white primrose plant to-day for a birthday present. Fri. 27 Pretty hot. Dull partly. The boys were stooking & drawing in grain. Papa was helping them. We pulled the duchess & part of the astrachan apples. 1/2 barrell of duchess. Uncle Harold is here to stay all night. Thundering this morning. Edgar was here. Sat. 28 Hot. A couple of sprinkles. Thunder & lightning. Papa & I were in P.E. Uncle Harold & the boys were �August drawing in grain. 6 loads of grain in. 5 loads of barley & oats off about 3 1/2 acres. I saw my first skunk to-day. Sun. 29 Hot. Mamma & Noble & I were at church in the morning. Mr. {blank space} from {blank space} was preaching. I was at S. S. Uncles Alfred & Harold were here for tea. Edgar was here & Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 30 - Hot & very windy. The boys & Papa were drawing in grain. Uncle Alfred & Harold were here. Uncle Alfred took Uncle Harold to P.E. {Port Elgin} today to go on the train to Montreal & the boat from there to the old country. O. {Oliver} Geddes was here. Thundering. Tue. 31 A rain last night. Cool & a high wind. Papa was working at the grain. The boys were working the Summer-fallow, raking, bringing home a load from the field & doing other things. Alice was here. Wed. Sept. 1 Cool & bright. Said to be frost last night, don't know whether there was any here or not. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Noble was helping Edgar. Rowand was at other place & was cutting clover here for seed. He & Noble brought in some grain. Papa helped Rd. to unload 1 load. Georgina was here & Noble was at the field accross the creek, 10 loads of oats off {blank space} acres September in the field SW of front lane. Papa was sharpening mower knife. Thurs 2 Bright & cool. Rowand was helping Edgar & Noble was ploughing the Summer fallow & doing odd jobs. Papa was helping off with 1 load, Noble & Rowand brought in some S. wheat. Papa was stooking on Tuesday, 60 some stooks. He may have done other work besides his own. Friday 3 Bright & warmer than yesterday. Noble was helping Edgar. Uncle Abram was here & Aunt Lizzie & Florence were here. Papa & Rowand took off a load. {written in margin - Papa may have done other work to-day besides his own}. Rowand & Uncle Abram brought in a load. Rowand brought in the rest of the S. wheat. Less than 3 loads of S. wheat off {blank space} acres. Rowand was raking the clover for seed & he & Papa coiled it. We made cucumber pickles to-day & apple-jelly yesterday. Rundel liniment agent was here yesterday. Frost the last three nights. Papa generally helps to take off the loads. �Sat. 4 Warm part of the time. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. The boys finished drawing in the grain except some of the rakings. Ice some places on Thursday morning. 38 loads of grain alltogether. 8 loads of peas & oat grain off almost 5 1/2 ac. Sun. 5 A few drops of rain We were all at church in the morning except Noble, he & Rowand were there at night. A Dominion September Alliance man was speaking. I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here. Papa was not very well to-day. Oliver Geddes was here. Cool to-day. Mon. 6 Dull & windy. Noble finished ploughing the Summer fallow. Rowand & Papa were working at the horse stables. Edgar was here. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Rowand was doing odd jobs. Margaret McVinnie daughter of John McVinnie died on Aug. 26 from appendicitis. A little rain last night. Papa was turning over some rakings. Tue. 7 Dull. A cool wind. Rain some on Mon. night. The boys were taking manure to the Summerfallow. Uncle Alfred was here & Rowand is at Uncle Alfred's. Robert & Florence Geddes started to High School to-day at P.E. Samuel F. Barwash died lately. Mo Wed. 8 Warm. The boys were drawing out manure & brought in the barley rakings & the clover 1 load. Noble is away to Southampton & Rowand to the Burgoyne meeting. Mamma & I were at Uncle Alfred's for plums. Mrs. John Schwass & Dorothy were here. Papa was turning out the hay. Mamma was not well yesterday or to-day. I have generally been putting down when our boys & Uncle Alfred's boys are only a few minutes to visit one another. R September Thur. 9 Warm & like rain. Noble took threshing wood to other place & brought home wheat from Cairns to sow. He brought home some of our blue & yellow plums. Rowand & Noble were getting threshing wood for here & doing other things. I had my supper at Uncle Alfred's. A few drops of rain to-night. Papa was helping the boys. Fri. 10 Warm. Noble was at Geddes's threshing after dinner. Rowand was working the Summer fallow. Papa was cutting weeds. I was helping Aunt Lizzie. Mamma preserved 15 quarts of yellow plums yesterday. Uncle Alfred was here. Noble was treating the wheat & doing other things. �Sat. 11 Warm, windy & dull a good bit. A little rain. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. They were at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Mrs. Wm. Sharpe, her daughter Mrs. Smith & her son Calvin are at Uncle Alfred's. Rowand was at Geddes's threshing & Noble sowed the wheat. Uncle Alfred was here. 4 Acres of Fall wheat we have. Thunder & lightning. Sun. 12 Dull & hot. We were all at church in the morning & the boys were there at night. Mr. {blank space} from {blank space} was preaching. I was at S.S. Rowand was at Geddes's for dinner. Uncle Alfred, Isabel, Earl Jacklin, Mrs. Sharpe, September Mrs. Smith, Calvin Smith & Miss Higgadore were here. A thunder storm last night with a very high wind. Cool at night. Mon.13 Bright, sun hot but air fresh. Rowand was at Geddes’s & John Schwass’s at the threshing. Noble took the pig belonging to the set that the other 2 belonged to, to P.E. It weighed 190 lbs. & brought $17.75 per cwt. Flour costs $7.75 per cwt. We had cucumbers of our own this year. We had some good radishes this year. Noble was running the water furrows in the wheat & he & Papa were grinding the binder knife. A rain last night. Aunt Lizzie & Bessie were here. Bessie got home on Saturday. A barn in Amabel was burnt yesterday having been struck with lightning. Mrs. Alex Campbell, Saugeen died on Sat. night. Pig was about 11 months old. Tue.14 Bright. Yesterday & to-day were lovely days. Noble was at the threshing & cut some of our flax. Rowand worked at the flax & they were working at the binder & Papa & Rowand were working at a reach for the waggon & grinding. Agnes was here and Papa was at Uncle Alfred’s. Wed.15 Hot & windy. Like rain. Papa & Mamma were in P.E after din & I was at Southampton September with Agnes. Noble went to other place. He, Papa & Rowand were fixing the waggon. Rowand was working at the flax & taking water out of the cistern. Agnes was here. Agnes & I called at Jos. Chappell’s. Sept. 16 Thur Very windy, a cold wind tonight. A thunderstorm last night with a high wind and some rain. Rowand plastered the cistern worked at the stable &c. He & I were at other place for plums & to help Noble to put on a load of hay. Frank Stanley’s barn was burnt last night. Uncle Abram went to Toronto last week & is around here again now. Uncle Alfred was here. �Sept. 17 Fri A cool wind. Bright. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred’s threshing at Ferguson's place. Noble came home. He got threshing wood ready for other place & he & Papa were tying & stooking at the flax. Mamma & I were at Geddes’s. Sept. 18 Sat. Warm then turned cool. Wind quite cold to-night. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Noble was at the threshing & was stooking flax & buckwheat Rowand was at working at the flax & buckwheat. Sept. 19 Sun. Cold & bright. A hard frost. Ice. We were all at church in the morning & I was September at S.S. Mr Taylor of Moorefield preached. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys were at church at night. Mon. 20 Some drops of rain. Very dull & cold. The boys finished the buckwheat put up the fence around the garden & worked at another & I was at Uncle Alfred's. Uncle Alfred was here. I was at Uncle Sandy's to say good-bye to Bessie who was to go to Toronto to-day. Uncle Abram was here for dinner & supper. Tue 21. Warm & bright. The boys took a load of threshing wood to other place & brought home a load of hay. The boys were cutting corn & plastering the cistern. We picked some of our crab apples. Papa helped the boys take off the load. I was at Ed. Schwass's. The hay is the 2nd. crop of alfalfa that was cut before & 1 load out last week. Wed. 22 Very hot & bright. The boys were at other place with wood & getting hay & brought in the flax ^ {Above it reads: here} 1 load & out corn. Papa was working in the mow, The boys are away to Burgoyne & Alec was here. Papa has been feeling better than he was a week ago. Uncle Gilbert & Aunt Jeannie Christie came home from the West the night before last. Rowand hurt his knee & arm by falling off the wheel to-day. Mr. Peirson had an operation lately for cancer of the hip. Hazel September Moore was married lately to Bert Byers. Thur. 23 Very hot, some wind. Papa & I were in P.E. part of the day. The boys brought a load of hay from other place. They were working at the corn, fixing the pump at the barn & the cistern pipe at the house. Papa was helping them. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Mamma was not very well to-day. I was at �Mrs. John Forrester's & Uncle J. Gowanlock's. The cat had 5 kittens on Monday. Mamma preserved blue plums yesterday & made plum & crab apple (minced) jelly to-day. Fri. 24 Very hot. The boys finished the corn & were fish-ing at the river. The {they} got 4 bass, the biggest one weighing 2lbs. -1oz. We started picking winter beans to-day. Uncle Alfred & Edgar were here. Duncan Campbell had {scratched out} a piece raised to his barn to-day. Sat. 25 Very hot. Noble was at Geddes' silo filling. He was doing other things & Rowand was taking wood to the church. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. We made govenor sauce yesterday. Our balsams were frozen last Saturday night. Our asters have been flowering for a while. Mamma & Noble were not very well to-day. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Wm. Burgess' son Tom was in the office to-day. Mist at first to-day. September Sun. 26 Very hot. Thunder & lightning in the evening. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys were at P.E. church at night. No service was held at Burgoyne or Dunblane as Mr. Strachan was not able to be back to preach. Mon. 27 Showers to-day. A little rain last night. Thunder & lightning. Cooler to-day. The boys took the last wood to the church & brought home threshing wood. Noble went to Geddes's & at Burgoyne & Edgar was here. Papa & the boys were working at the stable. Our water-melons & cucumbers were frozen We a week ago Saturday. We dried corn & preserved some peaches, peaches $1.10 per basket. Noble has a sore shoulders to-day. Tue. 28 Bright partly. Windy. A little shower. Papa & Mamma were at Christie's & our other place. The boys took Northgrave's wood to P.E. & took a cooking stove to other place from P.E. We got it second hand for $12. Rowand stayed over to cut seed alfalfa clover. Wed. 29 Cold wind. Showery. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rowand came home. Edgar was here. Noble was working around the barn. A rainbow this evening. Uncle Alfred was here. Hail to-day. Thur. 30 Cold. Showery. Very dull. Papa & Rowand were working at the horse stable. Noble was cultivating & doing other things & was at Mrs. Geo Esplen's sale. He got some little things. Uncle Alfred was here. �Fri. Oct. 1 Cold. Rained all day. Rained last night. Snow mixed with the rain. Papa & the boys were working at the horse stable. They put the horses into it. This is the first night for the cows to stay in all night. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's & Edgar was here. We harvested 11 qts. of crab preserves. Sat. 2 Rained last night & rained some this morning. Bright this afternoon. Not as cold as yesterday. Snow 2 in. deep at Bruce Twp. yesterday. Noble was at Dick's threshing & was doing odd jobs. Rowand was at the office. Papa was at home as he was not well last night or to-day. Uncle Alfred was here. Branches broken off trees at Owen Sound so heavy with fruit & snow. Noble is at Burgoyne. Our cistern was runng {running} over to-day. Mamma has had a sore back lately. Sun. 3 Rained last night & a little to-day. Rather cold. I was at S.S. & Mamma & I were October at church. Mr. Strachan was preaching. Uncle Alfred was here & Noble was at Uncle Alfred’s. Our well has water in it just now. There was no service to-night. Rowand fell into the creek to-night day. Mon. 4 Bright partly. Noble started to plough. Rowand was working at the stable & Uncle Alfred was here & Rowand is away to Geddes' & to concert in P.E. Cool & windy. Tue. 5 Dull partly. Rather cold. Rowand went to other place & Noble ploughed & helped Mamma to bring home the rest of the beans. Isabel & Agnes were here & Noble was at the beef ring meeting at Uncle Alfred's. Wed. 6 Bright. A beautiful day. Uncle Alfred's & Noble & I went to our other place to digging potatoes. Noble stayed over to-night. Rowand came home. We packed our Winter eggs last week. A white frost last night. We started to dry crabs ap {apples?} last week. Warm. Noble was at Christie's to-night. Thur. 7 Bright & nice. Rowand was at Jas. Ferguson's threshing. I went over to other place with Isabel & Agnes. We took up the rest of the potatoes except what will harrow up. Noble came home to-night. Warm. Fr. 8 Bright & warm. Rowand was at the threshing & he & I took up the potatoes here about 3 1/2 {illegible} sacks & 1/2 sack of early ones. Noble was at other place harrowing October �the potatoes ground. There were about 50 1/2 bags from there. Noble, Rowand & Papa got some sticks from the bush & the boys brought in loads of buckwheat. Papa is able to do more now than at the beginning of the week. Saturday 9 Bright & pretty warm. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rowand helped Noble to unload a load of buckwheat & to take in another load & then he went to Sam Shaw Smith's threshing. Noble took in the rest of the buckwheat & put up 2 props at the driving shed on other place. He brought home the rest of the potatoes. Agnes was here for a few minutes. Mrs. Kate Jos. Collard & Finlay McLennan died lately. Sunday 10 A beautiful day warm & bright. Mamma & I were at church in the morning & I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred & O. Geddes were here. Monday Oct. 11 Warm, rained a lot. Papa & I were in P.E. in the afternoon. Papa, Mamma, Rowand & I were shelling some beans. The boys were doing other things & the Noble was at Uncle Alfred's and away buying pigs, Noble was in Southampton. He bought 8 from Gottlieb DamHausen. Rowand has a cold just now. Mamma planted a yellow rose & s {blank space} bush. Thundering to-day. October Tue. Oct. 12 Pretty warm, bright. Noble was ploughing. Rowand & Papa were doing carpenter work & Rowand was helping Mamma & me to pick some snow apples. Papa was at Uncle Alfred's. Wed. 13 Warm & bright. Noble was ploughing. Rowand was doing carpenter work & was at other place. Papa & Uncle Alfred were in P.E. in the morning. Papa Mamma & I were picking apples. We have 3 llbs barrels at any rate of pulled snows from here & about 17 pails of Alexanders. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Lightning to-night. Thur. 14 Warm & bright. Noble was ploughing here & coiling part of seed clover at other place. Rowand cut the seed clover here & ploughed some. Thundering. Our campanula has been in flower for a good while. We bought a {blank space} cook stove a few weeks ago from John George for $72 belonged to ?. Windy. Papa was working outside. Fri. 15 Hot. Windy. Noble was ploughing. Rowand went to other place. We planted crocuses to-day. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Alice & Georgina came home on Wed. night. Alice was here yesterday. Mrs. Bently daughter of the late Wm. Jones died lately. We finished threshing the white beans to-day. �Sat. 16 Cooler. Dull. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rowand came home from other place. Noble was ploughing. Rowand was at Christie's last night. October John Hills got an automobile this Summer. Sun. 17 Dull & cool. We were at church in the morning except Noble. I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here & O. Geddes was here for dinner. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Misty at first. Mon. 18 Dull & warm. This is Thanksgiving Day. Noble was at Geddes's for oats & brought in 1 load of mangles & he was ploughing. Rowand was taking up mangles. I helped him a little. Papa took a bad cold last night. Mamma has a little. Uncle Alfred & Georgina were here. Aunt Lizzie went to Toronto on Saturday for the holiday. Tue. 19 Hot. Bright partly. Rowand was work-ing at the mangles & ploughing. Noble was working at the mangles & took apples to {Weishuhons?} for making into apple-butter. Rowand has a cold. Wed. 20 A sprinkle of rain. Bright after dinner. Hot. Papa & I were in P.E. part of the day. About 7 loads of mangles. Mamma & I picked some apples. The boys finished the mangles & ploughed & went to the mill for the apple-butter. Uncle Alfred was here. We had 23 or 24 qts. of apple-butter. Thur. 21 Warm & bright partly. The boys brought home 2 loads of clove seed clover from other place. October They were doing other things. Thos. {Thomas} Taylor died at Southampton lately. Some drops of rain this morning. Fri. 22 Cool part of the day. A lovely afternoon. Papa's cold is getting better. The boys were at the threshing at the other place. The threshing was from about 8 O'clock to 3 O'clock. Uncle Alfred was here. Thos. B. McBride died on the 21st very suddenly. Sat. 23 Warm part of the day. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. The boys were working with the seed clover. They got it all in 2 3/4 loads. Edgar was here. Sun. 24 Thunder & lightning with some rain. Cool in the afternoon. P. M. {Papa, Mamma} & I were at church in the morning & I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here. �Mon. 25 Cool wind. Bright partly. Rowand did odd jobs & picked 1 {bbl?} of snows at other place. Papa helped him with odd jobs & Mamma & I helped Isabel & Agnes to peel apples after dinner. Tue. 26 Rained quite a bit, thunder & lightning. Noble was ploughing part of the day. Rowand was doing carpenter work & cleaned & sprayed the hen-house. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Uncle Alfred was here. We started to dry apples to-night. Rained last night. Wed. 27 Rained last night & to-day. Thunder & lightning to-day. The boys were at a cattle sale & cattle judging in P.E. Noble {added in at bottom: Rowand was working in the forenoon}. October finished ploughing the back field. We did about 3 pailes {pails} of Bailey Reds & 6 pails of Tolmon Sweets apples beside fallen ones here. Uncle Abram went to Toronto on Oct.16 & came back to Christie's on the 20th. Rowand saw some wild geese flying South on Sunday. Windy to-day. Thur. 28 Rained some this morning. Cleared up to-night. Cold. Rowand was doing carpenter work & Rd. Noble was doing odd jobs. They each took a waggon's team to other place in the afternoon. Mamma was at Geddes's. Fri. 29 Cold & Dull. A little sleet fell last night & to-day. Rowand came home. He took grain to P.E. from other place. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand did not get the chop home. Sat. 30 Windy & bright. Cold in morning & warmer at night. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Noble came home. Rowand finished the stair from the horse stable to the barn & was doing other things. We had a fire in the hall for the 1st time this Fall last night. Sun. 31 Bright & windy. Raining in the after-noon. Papa & Mamma were at church it was Communion service. Uncle Alfred was here, he gave me a book called "St. John's Gospel of Christ" by "George Mattheson D.D." To-day is the last day of of the S.S. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. Nov. 1 Rained this morning & a little shower in the afternoon. Cold. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Windy. Nov. 2 Warm & turned cold. Rained a lot last night & to-day. Cold & windy this afternoon. Rain very heavy sometimes. Uncle Alfred was here. Uncle Abram came here yesterday & went home to-day Uncle Andrew's after dinner. Noble was at Gotlieb Danhausen's & at Southampton & He went to �other place after dinner yesterday. We made some governor sauce last week & chili-sauce to-day. Rowand was picking russets, 7 pails & he was doing other things yesterday. Papa was helping him to put a floor in a cow stall to-day. Thundering. Rowand was doing other things to-day. Wed. 3 Cold. A few showers. Rowand was at P.E. for chop, flour &c & he was doing odd jobs. Uncle Alfred was here. We got some bulbs hyacinths, tulips, snowdrops & daffodil narcissus & crocuses from Wm. Rennie Co. Thur. 4 Very windy at noon & to-night. A cold wind. A shower today. Rowand went to other November place. We bought 3 cattle from J. Coulter last week. R for $90 per per head 10c per lb about. Bright after rain. Papa has not been very well lately. Fri. 5 Dull a good bit. Noble came & ploughed here half of afternoon. Rowand came home to-night. Sat. 6 Bright & warm this morning. Dull & cold this afternoon. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Noble was ploughing & Rowand was picking apples at other place. Walkerton Flour is $6.75 per cwt. Mamma planted the bulbs except 2 yesterday outside. John McVinnie died lately. Shipers of potatoes are paying$1.25 per bag for potatoes at Port Elgin. Sun. 7 Rained quite a bit, felt chilly. Papa & Mamma were at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here & our boys were at his place. Mon. 8 Bright Mostly. The boys each ploughed part of the day. Noble was at Southampton & at Dan Haussen's & got the 8 pigs at $6 per piece each. Rowand & Papa were fixing a stall for them. Uncle Alfred was here. Papa & Mamma & Rowand are away to Dunblane church to a concert. There were 2 special services there yesterday. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Not very cold. Tue. 9 Rained some last night & part of this morning. November Stopped & then rained some in showers. Very windy. Noble was ploughing & Rowand was doing odd jobs. Wed. 10 Ice in the back kitchen this morning. Showers of snow. Cold. Noble was ploughing & Rowand took a load of wood to P.E. & was doing different things. Uncle Alfred was here. �Thur. 11 Cold. Warmer to-night. Snowed some. Rowand went to other place. Noble ploughed & was at the store. We made hard soap to-day with Caustic Soda. Fri. 12 About 1ft. of snow fell last night. Stormy & calm alternately to-day. Cold. Noble took the team & 2 sleighs to other place after dinner. Papa was helping him to get ready the sleigh. We had about 1/2 bu. of Dutch Set & 1 bu. at the least of potato onions off our garden this year. Sat. 13 Dull & kind of cold. Noble came home with the sleigh. He & Rowand went for cattle (that we got from J. Coulter yesterday) but had to go to-day to get them. Papa & Edgar were in P.E. this afternoon. Papa's birthday is to-day. Mamma & I gave him some money. Uncle Alfred was here. Noble has a sore feet cut with his boots with walking over to where the cattle are. Papa was not very well this morning. November He had 1 pr. {pair} of socks & no insoles on. Rowand got a blister on his foot. Papa & Edgar had the buggy to P.E. Sun. 13 14 Dull & cold. Mamma & I were at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand came home on horse back & went back with the cutter. Papa was not very well. Mon. 15 Snowed some. Not cold. Noble took up some turnips & brought home some corn from the field. Papa & I were at Uncle Alfred's. Miss McKellar Missionary spoke at Burgoyne church to-night. Rowand has a sore foot. He brought some apples home. Tue. 16 A hard frost last night. Bright some. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rowand brought rest of apples that are picked & he & Noble took up some more turnips. Edgar was visiting the boys & Uncle Alfred was here & Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Turnips were frozen some. Rather cold. Do not get done all Noble's work. Wed. 17 Dull & Bright too. Thawing. Wind North East or N. West. Noble took wood to Rt. Stevenson's P.E. Mamma was not well. We started house cleaning. Cars are running some yet. Thur. 18 Thawing, cold wind. Bright partly Frost last night. Noble took wood to P.E. too Emmanuel Bock & he was drawing & piling the pig pen rails. November �My white primrose is flowered. Uncle Walter, Aunt Mary & Douglas & his wife came home from the West lately. Mr. John Lamont of St. Catherine's formerly of Arran died. Fri. 19 Thawing, rained some. Bright partly. Noble ploughed some. Darkie has not been working much for a long time on account of a sore shoulder. Edgar was visiting Noble. Uncle Alfred & Mr. Strachan were here. Neil McGillivray was selling sugar at $14.00 per cwt. this week. Bran is $2.50 or $3.00. Noble was visiting Edgar. Sat. 20 Very Dull. Some sleet to-night. Not very cold. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rowand came home before dinner. He & Noble have got about more than half of the turnips up. Rowand took the Fall wheat from other place to Turners' station yesterday, 25 bu. & 5 lbs. bringing $45.65. Sun. 21 Dull. Raining & freezing as it fell. Very slippery walking. Rowand & I were at church. He went to other place in afternoon. He & Noble were at Uncle Alfred's. Grass all icy. Mon. 22 Dull. Rained & thawed. Still some ice. Rowand came before dinner. Noble was working around the stable. Edgar was up & he & our boys were hunting sparrows November at both places. Our boys are away to Uncle Alfred's to-night hunting sparrows. Uncle Alfred was here. We started to-day to separate once a day. Tue. 23 Very dull. Raining a little. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. The boys brought home the rest of the turnips & Mamma took 2 pails of carrots up. Mild. Wed. 24 Milder. Drizzling & a few flakes of snow. Noble was at S. Smith's threshing. Rowand was at other place & he & Mamma & Papa put cotton on hen-house window. I was at Schwass's for chicken & cream money. Cairnses intend to attend to our cattle this week. Thur. 25 Drizzling this morning. Cleared up this afternoon. Been calm for a while. Mild. Rowand was ploughing. Noble was at Smith's threshing & propping up gangway & c. Papa helps with the chores at noon as well as milking all the time. Tom is kind of sick. Agnes was here. A little windy in the evening, a little snow last night. Fri. 26 A little snow last night. Dull. Rowand was in P.E. & he & Noble were at other place for hay. We are selling 8 tones + 1200 lbs of timothy pressed to R.D. November �Northgrave for $15 per ton less $5 {illegible} for delivering at Turner's station. Noble was ploughing. Uncle Alfred was here. Nellie Gertrude eldest daughter of Rev J.A. & Mrs. McLachlan of Chesley died Nov. 19th. Saturday 27 Drizzling, snowing a little. Bright part of the afternoon. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's threshing. I was there for dinner. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Caroline Schwass was here yesterday for a little bit to sell Xmas seels. We did not get our baldwin apples or the russets at other place pulled. A great many people have not finished their Fall work. Sun. 28 A nice day. Bright. Papa Rowand & I were at church in morning. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's & Uncle Alfred was here. Wm. Geddes died to-night. Mon. 29 Bright & nice. Atkinsons started to thresh just before dinner here. Agnes helped us at dinner time. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma has not been well for a few days. Frost last night. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's threshing in the morning. Frost came last night. The boys were at Uncle Alfred’s {illegible} in the morning. Not cold Sun. or Mon. Tue. 30 Bright partly. Finished threshing between 3 & 4 O'clock. Uncle Alfred was here. Noble was at Ed. Schwass's threshing the rest of day. Frost last night. Jas. Gowanlock was here last night to see Mr. Atkinson. $3.50 an hour for threshing. We are near the last Atkinsons have to thresh. Wed. Dec. 1 Dull mostly. A little drizzle in the morning December & raining this evening. Not cold. Papa & Mamma were in P.E Noble was at Schwass's threshing till 3 o'clock. Rowand & Noble both ploughed some & were getting some grain ready for chop. Rowand is hard up with the cold. Thur. 2 Very bright, cold wind. Rowand went to Lockerby for chop & Noble went to other place. Uncle Alfred was here. 7c per cwt for chopping at Lockerby. Rowand was at Geddes's for some of our chickens. Fri. 3 Very dull at first. Bright then dull. A hard frost last night. Warm to-day. Rather windy. Rowand went to other place & he & Noble got the alfalfa for seed into the barn. Rowand came home. We got the rest of the carrot up & home about 20 {illegible} this year. Sat. 4 Rained a lot. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Alec Geddes was here. Rowand did some odd jobs. Rowand has a bad cold. A little rain got into our cellar first time since spring. �Sun.5 Rained & snowed a little. Froze some. None of us were at church. Uncle Alfred was here. Some wind. Mon. 6 Dull, cleared up at night. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Edgar helped Rowand to put up some storm windows & c. Wood, dry, that we sold to Bock's 14 in. at $4 per cord, bold wind, not a very cold day. 1920 December Dec. 7 Dull. Middling cold. Frost last night. Rowand was at other place, he put some implements & corn inside here. Uncle Alfred was here. Papa was not well the last few days. Loyd Ferguson had an operation on Monday for appendicitis. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Papa got 2 books from the boys for his birthday, "Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson" by his widow Lucy, & "The Life of Wm. Carey" by George Smith. Wed. 8 Hard frost last night. Dull then bright. Cold wind, Rowand took chop to P.E. after dinner. Thur. 9 Dull in the morning, bright after dinner. A hard frost last night. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand took a load of wood to Bock's & got his grist home. Noble was home for dinner. He was doing odd jobs, too. Colder Wed & to-day than lately. Fri. 10 Dull. Snowed & drizzled a little. Warmer. Noble was home. He & Rowand were doing odd jobs & were working in the bush. Oliver Geddes is here. Sat. 11 Dull mostly. Papa & Mamma were in P.E. Rowand was cleaning pens, at the store & Edgar helped him to fix the pump. Uncle Alfred & Jessie were here. Jessie got home last night. Noble was in P.E. with grist from other place. Sun. 12 A beautiful day bright & warm. Frost last night. Papa & I were at church. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma & I were at his place. Mamma has a bad cold. Mon. 13 Windy. Has been calm for some time lately. A few showers. No frost last night. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand was at other place & brought from the field part of seed red clover. We got the upstairs about finished cleaning to-day & did some downstairs, we cleaned one pantry a while ago. Warm to-day. Bright partly. Mamma was feeling hard up last night & to-day. Tue. 14 Very Windy & showery. Shower of snow or hail once. Rained & blew some through the night. Rowand was cleaning some of the flax & taking some posts out of the fence between the �house fence & the barn & maybe doing other things. Uncle Alfred was here. This year we had about 20 pails of carrots, 1/2 bu. of Dutch set & 1 bu. at least of potato onions, enough beets for ourselves, some corn, radishes, lots of cucumbers, too late water melons (did not taste bad) & no citrons & lots of tomatoes, some lettuce. Wed. 15 Blowing & snowing. Rowand was cleaning some of the floor & doing various other things. Uncle Alfred was here. Uncle Wattie & Aunt Mary are living in the house J. Lyness used to live in owned by Wes. {Reany?} now. December Mamma has been hard up with cold. Papa was feeling better yesterday than for a good while, not so well to-day. Last Sunday & the Sunday before a collection was taken at Burgoyne church for China Famine. Not much frost. Dec. 16 Not cold. Blowing & snowing some. Papa & Rowand were Uncle Alfred were in P.E. Noble came home & Rowand went over & took 3 calves. Uncle Sandy & Aunt Lizzie were here & J.H. Schwass & Edgar were at the stable. Our boys were at Uncle Alfred's. We lost about 1 load of red clover this year. Boys were doing odd jobs. Fri. Dec. 17 Snowed & stormed some. Noble was at Peirson's & Kaufman's & was doing various jobs. We got 20 lbs. of honey from Kaufman's at 20c {cents} per lb. We are about done housecleaning. Sat. Dec. 18 Snowing & blowing partly & bright partly. Papa & I were in P.E. Noble brought the alfalfa for seed from other place. {Blank space} Alice & Agnes called. Pantry window froze last night. Not very cold to-day. Sun. 19 Snowed a lot last night & some to-day. Not very cold. I was at church in the morning. Jessie was here. Uncle Alfred's mare "Dora" died yesterday. She was one of the team that Arthur used to work. Mon. 20 Snowed a good bit. A kind of cold wind part of the time. Rowand was home for dinner. December He & Noble were doing some odd jobs. Edgar was here though not in the house. Noble is away to Geddes's to-night. Rowand was at Christie’s to-night. �Tue. 21 A hard frost last night. Bright partly. Stormy in evening. Rowand came & Noble went back to other place. Rowand & I went to Xmas Entertainment at Burgoyne church. The boys were working at the bush. Uncle Alfred was here. Before noon there was a rainbow a halo (colored some of the time) & a bright streak around the sun. Noble was at John Schwass's. Wed. 22 Stormy. Rained quite a lot. Rowand cleaned the hen house & c. Thur. 23 Stormy. Cold wind. John Schwass, Rowand & Edgar killed 2 pigs for us. Uncle Alfred got 1/2 pig. The pig & 1/2 weighed {blank space} Fri. 24 Cold wind. Stormy sometimes. Rowand & Papa were in P.E. Noble came home. Cairns's to feed our cattle. Sat. 25 Bright & frosty. Papa Mamma & I were at Uncle Andrew's for supper. Uncle Alfred was here. I got a pair of mitts from Papa & Rowand, a vest from Mamma & a handkerchief & handkerchief case from Mary Alice. Uncle Abram came back from Toronto last Saturday. Papa got where he was for a few days December a fountain pen & pencil. Rowand got a purse some shaving cream & a pair of cufflinks. Mamma got a pr. {pair} of felt boots & a handkerchief & Noble got a knife, some pocket pincers & a {illegible} for holding papers. About 8° this morning. Sun. 26 Kind of stormy. I was at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand went to other place in the morning. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's Mon. 27 Snowed a little & then cleared up a good bit. Rowand was home for dinner. Noble was at the bush in the morning. He was at the store in the afternoon. Uncle Alfred was here. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Nomination day. Tue. 28 Snowed a good bit. Drizzled a lot last night. Not Cold. Rowand was home. Thomson's clover thresher came to-day. Uncle Alfred was here. O. {Oliver} Geddes was here working in the afternoon. Bessie Geddes came home from Toronto on Mon. night to stay. She has been working there since the beginning of Jan. Wed. 29 Stormy. Got through threshing and had an early dinner. Noble was doing odd jobs. Uncle Alfred was here. Noble was at Burgoyne. Edgar was here but not in the house. Hard frost last night. �Thur. 30 Snowed some. Not cold. Noble went to other place & Rowand brought a load of hay home. Papa & Uncle Abram were in P.E. in afternoon. Uncle Abram was at Uncle Alfred's. Georgina, B. {Bessie} & J. R. Geddes were here. Jas. Clark's daughter in the West died lately. Thawing to-night. Fri. 31 Some frost last night. Very bright part of the day. Papa & Uncle Alfred were in P.E. {Port Elgin} Rd. {Rowand} is at Uncle Alfred's. He got a load of hay from other place. Neil Steadman died this morning. Arthur came home last night from Manitoba. B Geddes sent me a gold bar pin last night. Rowand is 22 to-day. He got a young pig + 1 heifer (Spottie's last years calf) + $1.00. {Inside back cover - blank} For more information on Elizabeth Oliver “Olive” Burgess, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca � 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/. 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Elizabeth Oliver Burgess Diary Collection UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1920 {written in pencil}</p> <p>{Front cover - Sketch of winding road bordered by trees through a valley, ending at a Roman gate with illegible words. Gusts of wind in the background}</p> <p>The Stadium</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Inside front cover - blank}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Diary 1920</span></h2> <p>Sat. May 1 A very cold wind. Bright mostly. Papa &amp; I were in Port Elgin. The boys were drawing wood to the church &amp; they put the gates up around the house one on the east &amp; one on the west. The one on the South &amp; East were put up before. Rowand fell into the creek &amp; got his arm &amp; leg wet. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Mrs. Archibald Wilkie died last Tuesday. Noble was at Geddes's</p> <p>Sun. 2 A very cold wind. Bright. Mamma, Rowand &amp; I were at church in the morning it was at S.S. There were 87 present at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand was at Geddes's for dinner. There was a total eclipse of the moon tongiht. Papa &amp; Mamma were not very well.</p> <p>Mon. 3 A cold wind. Bright partly. The boys were fencing at the other place. Papa was not well. Mamma was not very well this morning.</p> <p>Tue. 4 Bright. Wind cold. Noble was ploughing the buckwheat ground &amp; he was cultivating the front field. R was working at fences. Papa and Mamma were in P.E. today. He has been away all winter. Sugar is $20.00 per cwt, dutch set onions 30c per lb. And Rice is 20 cnts. Isabel was here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1920 Apri May</span></h2> <p>Wed. May 6 Bright + warmer than usual. The nicest day there has been for a long time. Papa &amp; Rowand were working at fences &amp; Rowand &amp; Noble were working on the land. The got the first seeds in to-day. We sowed some of the flower seeds too Mail-man did not come around to-day as train got off the tracks near Paisley.</p> <p>Thu. 7 6 Bright &amp; warm. The boys were working on the land &amp; Papa &amp; Rowand were working at the fence too. Uncle Alfred, Edgar, &amp; Alex Geddes were here. We cleaned the spare room yesterday and the boy's room to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 7 Bright &amp; warm. The boys were working on the land &amp; Papa &amp; Rowand were working at the fence. One of the steers that we sold to Joe Lyness is sick to-day.</p> <p>Sat. 8 A cold wind. Looked like rain sometimes. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rowand was at the dentist &amp; he was working on fences. Noble was working on the land. We have about 11 ac. sown now. Rowand was at Chas. McLean's on the wheel. Alex &amp; Rt. {Robert?} Geddes were here for 1/2 ton of hay.</p> <p>Sun.9 Cold. A little shouwer of rain. I was at S.S., P.,M &amp; I were at church in the morning &amp; Rd. {Rowand} was there at night. Uncle Alfred was there.</p> <p>Mon. 10. Cold. A tiny little rain.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May</span></h2> <p>Papa &amp; the boys were working at the fence the land &amp; carpenter work. Mrs. John Colbean has got the caste off her broken leg that she has had on for 10 weeks. Beauty had a calf this morning. John Schwass's 3 youngest girls have the mumps.</p> <p>Tue. 11 A cold wind in the afternoon. Bright by partly. Noble &amp; Rd. were working on the land &amp; Rowand took a cattle beast to Port Elgin of Uncle Alfred's &amp; was at the dentist's. Noble was at Lyoness's &amp; Alec Geddes was here. We used the first of our rhubarb yesterday.</p> <p>Wed. 12 Cold. Rowand took the 2 steers to P.E. along with other people's. Jos. Lyness book bought them. They weighed 2020 together together. we got them between 12&amp;13 cents a lb for them. The boys were working on the land. Uncle Alfred was here. We got a different violin from Eaton's to-day.</p> <p>Thur. 13 A very cold wind. The boys were working on the land. Uncle Alfred was here. An Armenian peddlar stayed here all night. Bright to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 14 Very cold. Tee outside this morning. Rowand was working on the land &amp; Noble &amp; Papa were working on the fence. Papa &amp; I were at the preparatory service. Ol Alice &amp; Mrs Wark joined the church by proffessions of Faith &amp; Miss Minzes by Certificate. Lewis Cobean's baby, Sandy M Cammel's &amp; Harold Smith were baptised. {Illegible}, Rowand has a cold just now.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1920 May</span></h2> <p>Mc The new minister at Paisley preached</p> <p>Sat. 15 Not so cold to-day as lately. Ice outside to-day. Papa &amp; Lewis were in P.E. Noble finished sowing. Rowand was 's at Southampton to get his watch that w was being repaired. Rd. was being odd. Rd. did not get his watch. Mamma has not been well lately.</p> <p>Sun. 16 Warmer. Bright. I was at SS. Papa &amp; Mamma went to church in the morning. The Sacrament was held to-day. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; the boys were at his place. I {illegible} this morning.</p> <p>Mon. 17 Dull. Fairly warm. Pap &amp; Rowand were working at the front fence. They got it finished except that they will have to get more wire for a bit of it where they put up a different kind. The boys were drawing out manure &amp; Noble was disliking the mangle ground &amp; garden. A few drops of rain to-day. Thunder to-night. Rd. has a cold just now. The boys have had pretty sore lips lately. Papa has not been very well yesterday &amp; to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 18 A little shower last night. Dull a good bit. Cooler for a while. Papa &amp; Rowand were in P.E. this afternoon. Noble was working the garden &amp; mangle ground. In the morning the boys draw out manure part of the time. They are playing ball at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Uncle Alfred is here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May</p> <p>Thur Wed 19 Warm. Rained a little in the afternoon. N was working the mangle ground &amp; he &amp; Papa sowed them. We planted some onions &amp; did some other gardening. Rowand was in P.E. Cool wind. U</p> <p>Thur. 20 Warm. Noble was ploughing the back wheat ground &amp; Rowand was working at fences. In the afternoon Arthur helped them to take 9 of our young cattle to the other farm. A thunder storm with some rain. 2 complete rainbows, one a beautifully colored one. Uncle Alfred was here. Dr. Philps was here to see Chloe. We sowed carrots, beets, radishes &amp; lettuce seed. Cows were outside to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 21 Warm. Turned cooler. Noble was ploughing &amp; harrowing. Rowand &amp; Papa were staking a fence for a lane between Uncle Alfred's farm &amp; ours from the bridge to the bush. Rd. got some red raspberry, black currants &amp; gooseberry bushes from Geddes's. We planted some of them got a waggon-load of bush soil &amp; some evergreens to plant. The boys put 2 cows &amp; 2 hides out to stay.</p> <p>Sat. 22 Pretty warm. Pa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble finished ploughing &amp; they drew out manure. Rowand was doing odd jobs too. Uncle Alfred's got some hay from us. R. Geddes has been here a few minutes. Fred was outside to-day.W White frots this morning. Rowans has had a sore leg lately.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May</span></h2> <p>Sun. May 23 Warm. A few short heavy showers. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys were at his place. Oliver Geddes was here for dinner &amp; tea. We were all at church except Noble. Rd. &amp; Oliver were there at night. I was at S.S. To-day is called Empire Sunday.</p> <p>Mon 24 Misty at first. Warm. Rowand was working at the fence of the future lane across the creek. Papa was helping him. Noble was working the land &amp; we put in 3 rows of potatoes, some of them early ones. Edgar was here. Rd. was fishing &amp; Noble was away playing ball. I was at U. Cis. Isabel was here. We worked in the flower-graden.</p> <p>Tue25 Warm. Papa&amp; I were in P.E. after dinner. The boys were drawing out manure cutting potatoes &amp;e. Rowand was at the store. I was at a {Misuriey?} address and at the church buy miss Mitohel. Uncle Alf Arthur is here. Papa is not very well just now. We started putting cows outside all night to separate 2 times per day. {In margin} We put in some flower seeds.</p> <p>Wed. 26 Warm. Cool wind for a while. Mamma &amp; I were at the store. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; I was at their place. We were working in the garden. We put in some mangles &amp; carrots for seed.</p> <p>Thur 27 A nice day. Our boys &amp; Arthur &amp; Edgar went to our other place to plant potatoes yesterday. They hired A Kerr's Planter. Rowand went to Christie's for all night &amp; Edgar wheeled home. Arthur &amp; Noble stayed on the farm. They came home to-night. They planted</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May</span></h2> <p>half an acre for each family. Mamma's Uncle Wm. Rowand is not well just now. Elmer Rowand died lately. We were working in the garden. We planted sweet corn, beans, pumpkins &amp; squash.&amp; citron &amp; potato onions. Mc Laren's man put up a new eve-trough on the South side of our shed &amp; a pipe connecting the South side of the front of the house with the cistern. Uncle Alfred &amp; Papa helped him. Turned cold.</p> <p>Fri. 28 A cold wind. The boys were drawing out manure. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's. He has had a cold for a while. Papa has a cough. Blossoms, some at least are out.</p> <p>St. 29 Warm this morning. Not so warm this afternoon. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble was disking. Rowand was working at the fence. Alice was here for a few inutes. A white frost this morning. Rowand was sick this afternoon.</p> <p>Sun. 30 Warm. I was at S.S. Papa, Mamma &amp; I were at Dumblane church. Rowand is not well. Edgar was here.</p> <p>Mon. 31 Very warm. A few drops of rain. Noble</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">1920 May &amp; June</span></h2> <p>was disking. Papa &amp; Rowand were shelling corn. Papa &amp; Mamma were at Uncle Walter Gowanlock's. Uncle Gilbert &amp; Aunt Jeannie started away to Western Canadaa to-day. Uncle Walter &amp; Aunt Mary are to start to morrow too. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Adam Esplen &amp; Mr &amp; Mrs Alec Lamont are to start away to-day. by boat.</p> <p>Tue, June 1 Very warm. Windy part of the time. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. {Port Elgin}. Noble was sowing &amp; planting flax-seed, beans &amp; potatoes. Noble is not well. Rowand is getting better. Rowand was shelling corn &amp;c. Cooler to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 2 Cool. Dull. Mist once &amp; drizzle. Rowand &amp; Papa were working at the fence &amp; were at Jas. Ferguson's at a tractor demonstration. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Uncle Alfred was here. Our water-melons &amp; cucumbers were sown to-day.</p> <p>Thur.3 Cold wind bright. The boys were helping Uncle Alfred to saw wood &amp; were working at our fence. Neither of them are well. Papa was not well to-night. Agnes was here. Georgina is in Port Eligin with She has the mumps.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1920</span></h2> <p>Friday 4 Warmer than yesterday. Cloudy part of the time. Rowand was working at fencing &amp; cultivating. Noble worked part of the morning. He was not well. Rowand was pretty well except that his lip was sore. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Saturday 5 Dull partly. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. &amp; the boys were were fencing. Edgar was here. Richard died lately Webb died lately.</p> <p>Sunday 6 Bright. Cool wind. We were all at church except Noble. Service and S.S. were in the afternoon on account of Mr. Strachan preaching the pulpit vacant in Port Elgin where Mr. Mann has just left in Southampton where Mr. Soules has just left.</p> <p>Monday 7 Pretty warm for a while. Thunder lightning &amp; some rain to-noght. Rowand was cultivating the Summer-fallow. Noble was at the other place putting our cattle out of Karcher's. He &amp; Papa were putting up fences. Noble was at Burgoyne at the ball playing. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Tuesday 8 Cool tho wind though warm. Papa &amp; Rowand were in P.E. part of the day. Noble is 30 years</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1920</span></h2> <p>old to-day. We gave him some money Noble was at Southampton, A nice rain last night.</p> <p>Wed. 9 Pretty hot at times. Papa &amp; Rowand were in P.E. &amp; &amp; at the other farm. Noble was sowing the turnips &amp; rolling some ground. Aunt Lizzie &amp; Oliver were here. Rowand finished getting his teeth fixed yesterday. Rowand was consulting Dr. Well about his leg that has been sore some time. Dr. thinks it is rheumatism. The boys were fencing yestero-day &amp; Rowand was yesterday. Noble was carpentering yesterday.</p> <p>Thur. 10 Very hot. Thunder &amp; lightning to-night. And arora last night. The boys were fencing &amp; working on the ground. Papa was helping Rowand. He has lumbago.</p> <p>Fri 11 A thunder storm last night. Rain through not as much as the last time. Warm to-day. The boys were sharpening tools &amp; Noble was working on the land &amp; Rowand &amp; Papa were doing carpenter work. Edgar &amp; Uncle Alfred were here. Mr. &amp; Mrs. John Burgess from Bala &amp; Mrs Carr were here. I was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Sat. 12 Very hot. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble got a load of gravel from Geo. Esplen's. Rowand finished the thing like a stoneboat that</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June</span></h2> <p>they have been making for logs. They skidded nearly all the logs they intended to do. &amp; brought home a few poles. Thundering to-night Noble was working on the land Rowand was at a meeting in P.E. of the Junior Farmer's Club. Mrs. Ed. Cook was buried to-day. Alice has the mumps just now. A few sprinkles of rain. The boys put one of the calves in the orchard.</p> <p>Sun. 13 A nice day. Not too cold or hot, Papa &amp; Mamma &amp; I were at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred &amp; Edgar were here. I was at S.S. We got rides in the morning with John Burgess. Mrs. &amp; Mrs. Burgess &amp; Mrs. Carr intend to leave for Bala to-morrow. Misty this morning.</p> <p>Monday 14 Rather hot. Misty this morning Rowand &amp; Papa were clearing the horse stable to be ready for cementing. Noble was drawing gravel from George Esplen's. Papa was not very well. Uncle Alfred was here. I am 24 years old to-day. The boys gave me a gold brooch with a blue stone in it. Papa &amp; Mamma gave me $2.00 &amp; some grey cloth for a dress. Agnes gave me a framed picture of a girl's head. Coral McIver spoke to me on the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June</span></h2> <p>telephone to give me birthday wishes. Uncle Alfred's {illegible} &amp; me. Papa took a picture off</p> <p>Tuesday 15 Hot. Showers in the afternooon. Rain at night. Thunder &amp; lightning. Noble was drawing gravel. Rowand was working at the stable &amp; helping Uncle Alfred to start making a ladder for us. Papa is not well to-day yet He &amp; Uncle Alfred were at Rt. Crawford's for tea. P</p> <p>Wednesday 16 Cool. The boys got a load of stone from McCannel's &amp; Noble was drawing out manure to the buckwheat ground. Rowand was at P.E. &amp; Southampton.</p> <p>Thursday 17 Cold wind. Noble was cultivating the buckwheat ground &amp; Rowand was at the other place. In the afternoon Rowand was cultivating &amp; Noble was fishing at snake creek but he did not get any fish. Papa, Mamma &amp; I were picking potato bugs. Papa &amp; Mamma were at Geddes's. A thunder storm to-night with some rain.</p> <p>Fri 18 Bright. Cold wind. The boys were working at the stable. Papa was at Uncle Alfred's. Papa &amp; I went into Bruce a little further than Underwood &amp; back again in an auto in the afternoon.</p> <p>Sat. 19 Bright. Not hot. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble sowed the buckwheat &amp; worked on the ground for it. Rowand was working at the at the stable &amp; was scuffling. Noble is away to Burgogne to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June</span></h2> <p>Oliver called here on the way to church.</p> <p>Sunday 20 We were all at church in the morning except Noble. Raining to-night.</p> <p>Monday 21 Rained quite a lot last night &amp; the most of to-day. The boys were doing odd jobs. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Tuesday 22 Rained last night some &amp; this morning some. Bright this afternoon. Edgar &amp; Uncle Alfred were here. The boys were working at odd jobs. Noble was at Burgoyne. The cistern at the house got not very far from full about 8 in. from the top. The water leaks out after it gets up a certain distance. Cool to-day. Mamma was sick yesterday. She was very dizzy when she got out of bed in the morning. Uncle Alfred finished our ladder Monday.</p> <p>Wednesday 23 Bright. Cool wind. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. part of the day. Rowand was in with Edgar in the waggon after dinner. The boys were doing odd jobs. We picked some wild strawberries to-day for using for the first time. Wild &amp; Garden ones are a good crop. Wild ones are big. We have no garden ones. except a few. Noble was away for a drive. Edgar was here.</p> <p>Thursday 24 Beautiful day. Rowand got 2 pigs from Pierson's 2 months we sold for $7 a piece. Noble was at the farm in &amp; in P.E. with part of mower. Edgar</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June</span></h2> <p>Papa picked wild strawberries. Uncle Andrew hurt his muscles in his sides to-day. was here. The boys were cutting hay around the house &amp; Noble was wee cutting the thistles. He got some furniture varnish from a peddlar to-day.</p> <p>Fri.25 Papa &amp; the boys were cutting thistles &amp; raking hay. Noble took the mower that we got at Gammie's sale to P.E. &amp; traded it for a "New Giant During" mower. We got $10 for the old one the price of the new one was $92.75. It is a 5 ft. one. The boys were at Burgoyne Garden Party. Over $2.00 taken at the gate.</p> <p>Sat.26 Hot this afternoon. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble &amp; Rd. were at the other place cutting, raking &amp; coiling part of alfalfa. Noble took the new mower there from P.E. yesterday. Noble was at burgoyne to-night. We bought 10 boxes of strawberries/5c per box. Rowand called at Burgoyne.</p> <p>Sun.27 Rather hot. Cool breeze. Papa, Mamma &amp; I were at church in the foremoon. I was at S.S. Oliver Geddes was here for dinner. Uncle Alfred was here. Mr. Strachan wanted the service special as it was 1 yr. since the Memorial Tablet was put in the church. No service at night.</p> <p>Mon. 28 Very hot. Thundering a little in afternoons Thunder &amp; lightning &amp; a little shower in the evening. Some rain through night. Papa was cutting thistles.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>the night. Rowand went over to the other place Noble was scuffting &amp; then he went too.</p> <p>Tuesday 29 Showery. The boys came home. Papa &amp; I were in P.E. in the afternoon. Uncle Andrew &amp; Aunt Minnie &amp; Uncle Alfred were here in the evening. THe boys were cleaning fall wheat for sale.</p> <p>Wednesday 30 Noble took 30 bushels of Wheat to P.E. for $1.95&amp;the certificate. Rowand finished pigpen. &amp; wheeled to Southampton. Noble was cutting thistles. They went to the other place in the evening. Fine &amp; warm. We sold the red &amp; white heifers of $13.90 per cwt. to M. Chappelle. Papa was cutting thistles. We were picking wild strawberries.</p> <p>Thursday July 1 Fine &amp; warm. A celebration at P.Elgin &amp; Owen Sound to-day. The three of us were at Uncl Alfred's in the evening. Papa was cutting thistles. We were picking wild strawberries.</p> <p>Friday July 2 Hot. Rain last night with thunder &amp; lightning. The boys came home. They were cleaning grain &amp; weeding. Papa was cutting thistles. Pat Cumming from B.C. was here.</p> <p>Sturday 3 A mist last night. Got quite cool to-day. The boys were at the other place. The alfalfa is all cut. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Mamma's Uncle William Roand's funeral was to-</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>day in Brant. He died suddenly on Thursday. One of Wm. Karcher's children is dead. Third form scholars at High School finished examinations a week ago Friday. Thunder &amp; a rainbow this morning.</p> <p>Sunday July 4 Cold. We were all at church in the morning except Noble. He &amp; Rd. were there in the evening. Mr. Budge was preaching at night. I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here. Mr. &amp; Mrs. John Burgess, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Graham (Tom Burgess in Southampton's daughter from same family) &amp; Mr. Edge &amp; all from Durham were here.</p> <p>Monday July 5 Warm. Papa was cutting thistles &amp; we were weeding mangles. The boys went to the other place. Sam Schwas &amp; family are visiting around just now.</p> <p>Tue.July 6 Dull. Mist &amp; a little rain. Some showers last night. Rowand came home to-day. He, Papa &amp; I were weeding a little. We preserved 2 qrts of wild strawberries. this year. Uncle Alfred was here. Cool.</p> <p>Thur. 8 Warm partly. Papa &amp; Uncle Alfred were in P.E. in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here for dinner. Were were weeding &amp; scuffling. Rowand is away to the other place.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>George Esplen died lately of appendicitis. A few drops of rain to-day. Thunder to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 9 Dull, then cleared up. Noble drove home &amp; wheeled back to the other place. They had no hay drawn in when he was here. They have the alfalfa and part of clover cut. They took the heifers to Turner's Station to-day. The white one weighed 1010 lbs &amp; the red one 1050 lbs. Our garden is poor in parts. We have a calceolaria &amp; acaia in flower. Agnes was here. She is taking music lessons this summer. Uncle Alfred was here he &amp; Papa were at Goerge Esplen's funeral. Neil D. McDonald's son died of appendicitis. Our crops are looking better than they were.</p> <p>Saturday 10 Rather hot. Bright. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. The boys have 4 loads of alfalfa in to the barn on the other place &amp; brought 1 load home. There are 9 acres of alfalfa, 9 acres of clover &amp; 9 acres of timothy on other place. The boys were coiling to-day.</p> <p>Sun.11 Hot. Papa &amp; Mamma were not at church as they were not well. The boys were there in the evening too. I was at S.S. Mr. Budge of Hamilton was preaching. Uncle Alfred, Arthur, Edgar &amp; Oliver Geddes were here. Mr. Strachan is away on at least part of his holiday.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1920 July</span></h2> <p>Mon.July 12 Some rain last night &amp; this morning. Thunder. Bright &amp; hot this afternoon. The boys were doing odd jobs &amp; Noble was in P.E.He got a barrel of salt costing $3.25. Rowand was helping Uncle Alfred to put roofing on their barn after dinner. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Edgar &amp; Alice were here. Alice was here. Our hen-house got sprayed again to-day. I got a new Testament from B. Geddes (for my birthday.) to-day.</p> <p>Tuesday 13 Wed 14 Mist &amp; drizzling this morning. Bright this afternoon. Cool since the mist. Windy. A shower at other place last night. A few drops here with lightning. Mamma finished singling turnips. Papa was cutting thistles. The boys came</p> <p>Wednesday 14 home. They cut part of clover here &amp; weeded a little corn. A little shower last night &amp; lightning. A shower at other place last night. They got 5 loads of hay in yesterday.</p> <p>Tue. 13 Very hot. We finished singling turnips A cool wind this afternoon &amp; Papa was cutting thistles. Kitty had 4 kittens a while ago. Arthur sprayed their &amp; our potatoes. at other place. I have not kept a record of our kittens.</p> <p>Thur.15 Cool, bright &amp; windy. Noble finished cutting the clover here &amp; went to other place. Rowand went in morning. Papa was cutting thistles &amp; we were</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>weeding things &amp; picking wild strawberries. We got enough for tea &amp; 3/4 of a qt. preserved. Isabel was here. We have been making a pair of overalls for me out of shirting at 45c per yd. We have not finished them yet. The boys were at Christie's on Friday. There have been a lot of appendicitis cases for a piece around lately. Looked like rain. Said to be coldest days in July for a long time.</p> <p>Friday 16 Cool &amp; bright. The boys came home this afternoon &amp; brought a load of alfalfa. The have all the alfalfa &amp; clover in on other place now, 4 Loads of clover &amp; 10 1/2 of alfala in all. The boys were raking &amp; coiling tonight here. Uncle Alfred, Alice &amp; Edgar were here &amp; Florence &amp; Robbie Geddes were here. We got the potatoes &amp; beans finished weeding &amp; Papa finished the thistles in the field he was at. I helped Mamma with weeding the garden. An aurora last night. Looked like rain. Cool wind. Rowand was not feeling very well. Robbie got word to-day that he had passed the Entrance examination to High School. Rd. got his leg jagged with pitch fork.</p> <p>Sat. 17 Rather hot. Bright. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rd. was at Lookerby for chop. The boys finished coiling hay. Noble sprayed the potatoes.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1920 July</span></h2> <p>Sunday 18 About 1 in. of rainfall here last night &amp; this morning. Thunder. Bright in the afternoon. Some of the rain fell pretty heavily. Papa, Mamma &amp; I were at church in the morning. The boys were there at night. Mr Padden from Milverton preached. Edg The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. Uncle Alfred was here. Cool.</p> <p>Monday 19 Warm. Dull this morning, drizzled a little bit. Bright in afternoon. Edgar was here. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Rowand was sick last night &amp; this morning he did not eat any breakfast. Some better now. Wm. English is at Christie's just now. Noble cut part of timothy &amp; he &amp; Rowand did odd jobs. Rowand was cutting some weeds &amp; cutting a little hay with the scythe. He was not able to work much. Papa was cutting weeds.</p> <p>Tuesday 20 Rather hot. Bright. Noble was spraying the potatoes on other place &amp; he raked all &amp; coiled part of timothy here. Papa, Mamma &amp; I were weeding. Rowand had the pain again last night &amp; to-day again. Papa was coiling hay.</p> <p>Wed. 21 Dull. Cool &amp; part of the time misty this morning. Bright &amp; warm this afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>Papa &amp; the boys were working at the hay. Mamma &amp; I were weeding. There was a humming bird around the house yester day &amp; to-day. We have a few garden flowers in bloom. We sowed beets 3 different times, just a few of first ones came up, dutch set, &amp; potato &amp; onions &amp; carrots &amp; radishes look well. Beans look as if they are doing well. Corn is scarce. We have not eaten any lettuce yet. Mangles &amp; beets for seed are growing well. We have a calceolaria, a Pansy germanium &amp; {acatas?} flower in the house in flower. Mrs. John Goar of Port Elgin (John Goar's mother), John Lamont of Red Deer &amp; Albert M. Fluke of Pontiac Mich. all died lately. Albert Flukewas drowned. We have some house flowers in bloom outside.</p> <p>Thur. 22 Rather hot. Bright. Papa &amp; the boys were working at the hay &amp; Papa was weeding besides doing his own work very nearly every day. Mamma &amp; I were weeding. I was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Edgar &amp; Uncle Alfred were here. Rowand is threatened with has the pain this evening. Alice brought us some rasperries to-day to us. Word was in the papers to-night that Helen &amp; Laurier Christie had passed the Lower School Examinations. L Lightining last night or night before.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>Friday 23 Saturday 24 Rained some a good bit of the day. Thundery. Noble was doing odd jobs. They took all of the load of hay. Rowand was not well enough to work very much. He did not eat any dinner. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Uncle Alfred &amp; Edgar were here. Noble was at Burgogne. Rowand was helping to grind a kinfe . Lightning last night or night before.</p> <p>Sat. 24 Rained a little in the morning. Bright afterwards. Cool. Papa &amp; I were in P.E. The boys were raking hay &amp; they brought in one load of hay, The last of the clover here. Mamma &amp; Rowand sprayed the potatoes. &amp; the boys were grinding the mower &amp; cement from Brigdon's. Rowand feels better than yesterday. Rowand was turning hay out. Yesterday Mamma gathered come. Caraway was used.</p> <p>Sun. 25 Looks bright. Papa, Mamma &amp; I were at church &amp; I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred &amp; Arthur were here. O. Geddes was here. Papa was not well to-day. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 26 Bright &amp; cool. The boys were working at the hay &amp; weeding. We picked some wild strawberries to-day. Mr. Sayles sold "The Port Elgin Times" editorship to Mr. Wesly this summer. Mrs Walter Rowand's brother father was Peter McIntosh.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>killed last week by falling off a load of hay. The black calf &amp; red calf were outside to-night for the first night for pasturing. Arthur was here to-night.</p> <p>Tuesday 27 Bright, warmer. I was picking berries. Noble took the waggon &amp; rake to the other place this afternoon. The raked the other 2 nd rakings &amp; took them in {reg?} on one field. Rowand was scuffling the corn &amp; fixing a fence. Papa was working at the fence &amp; weeding &amp; Mamma was weeding. Edgar was here. Hay done here except timothy seed. Uncle Alfred's are taking off hay for E. Ferguson on shares &amp; put in grain on shares this year broke a blue and white bowl to-day that we have had some for some time.</p> <p>Wednesday 28 Rained a little in the forenoon. Cleared up at noon. Thundered some after dinner &amp; before. Papa &amp; Rowand were doing odd jobs. In the afternoon Rowand &amp; I went to the Rowand picnic {in margin: about 90 at picnic} at Nelson's Grove at P.E. Elgin. Uncle Alfred &amp; Edgar were here. A few drops of rain after dinner. Rowand as at Uncle Alfred's. Mamma was weeding corn. I got 3 quarts of preserved raspberries yesterday to preserve. Papa &amp; Rowand were fixing tfence. A few drops of rain in afternooon.</p> <p>Thur. 29 Rather hot this afternoon. A very high wind. A bi Showery this morning. Bright Papa &amp; Mamma finished winding the corn practically.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>part of afternoon. A big branch blew off one of our little apple trees to-day. Rowand, Aethur &amp; Edgar went over to the other place to-day to work on the hay. Arthur &amp; Edgar came home to-night. I was picking berries. Agnes &amp; Isabel were here. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's. Florence &amp; Robert Geddes &amp; Wm. English were here to-day. Sarah Kennedy daughter of the late Wm. Kennedy died lately. Papa &amp; Mamma were weeding &amp; Papa was working at a fence. The co- Thundering. Wetseed new potatoes to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 30 Bright in the forenoon. Thunder &amp; rain in afternoon. Not much rain though heavy. rather hot. The boys came home to-night. There are 51 loads of hay in all of this crops cuttings. 14 1/2 loads of timothy off q ac. and a gully on the other place. Noble has not been well. Mamma was not well yesterday. I was picking berries. 74 degrees In shade at noon at uUncle Alfred's. We had some apple-cause yesterday. 17 load hay here &amp; 34 other places.</p> <p>Sat. 31 A cold wind. Bright. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. The boys put the red calf &amp; black calves into orchard. Rowand was patching wood-shed roof &amp; doing other things. He is away to Burgoyne to-night. Edgar was here. Nights are always</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July &amp; August</span></h2> <p>cool this Summer. We had 9 ac. of alfalfa, 15 loads of it, 9 ac of clover, 14 loads off it on the other place. a little over 9 ac. of timothy 11 loads off it on the other place. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Sun. Aug. 1 Dull &amp; Quite cold. A little shower. Papa &amp; Mamma &amp; I were at church &amp; I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred &amp; D. Geddes were here. Our boys were at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 2 A rain last night. Bright partly. Noble was working at the Hummer-fallow &amp; souffling Rowand was doing various things &amp; after dinner he stroked the Fall wheat at the other place. {Ce?} air no is cut it. Papa was helping Rowand, picking wild goodseberries &amp; c. Mamma &amp; I were picking raspberiies. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>T Thursday 3 Bright. Warmer than Monday. A little frost last night. Papa &amp; Rowand were in P.E. &amp; Papa was wading. Noble was scuffling &amp; he &amp; Rowand were at the bush getting logs for the bridge &amp; the stable. Mamma &amp; I were picking berries. Rowand is at Uncle Alfred's. O. Geddes &amp; Uncle Alfred were here. Papa was not very well last night or to-day.</p> <p>Wed. 4 Rather hot. Bright. The boys were working at the bridge. Papa, Mamma &amp; I were</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">August</span></h3> <p>weeding, mangles &amp; picking wild gooseberries. Uncle ALfred was here. July was said to be the coldest month July month for 33 years. The most rainfall for July for 22 years. Rowand was weeding.</p> <p><br />Thur. 5 Pretty hot. The boys were preparring to cement the stable. Papa was helping the boys weeding and helping us to wash the buggy. We were weeding. Arthur, Edgar Georgina &amp; Helen Cameron were here. Noble is better to-day than he has been for a week.</p> <p>Fri. 6 Hot. The boys were working at the stable. Edgar was helping them. Uncle Alfred was helping some. Papa was weeding the rest of the mangles. He &amp; Noble were at the other place. Gerogina passed the Middle School Exams. with Honors. Mary Alice passed ul unless in History. Thundering to-day.</p> <p>Sat. 7 Very hot. A thunder storm this morning with some rain. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Arthur &amp; Edgar were helping our boys with the cementing. Noble is away to P.E&gt; to-night. We have used some potatoes, they are very poor.</p> <p>Sun. 8 Very hot. Thunder storm with a little rain. We were all at church in the morning but Noble. I was</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">August</span></h3> <p>at S.S. O. Geddes was here for dinner &amp; supper &amp; Uncle Alfred was here to-day.</p> <p>Mon. 9 Some sprinkles of rain. Not so very hot. Arthur, Edgar &amp; our boys were cementing. I was picking berries. We used first green peas to-day. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys are at the river to-night. Mrs. Reed died this morning. Papa &amp; the boys were doing other things.</p> <p>Tue.10 Dull in the morning. Bright after dinner. Warm. Papa was in P.E with Arthur in the morning. Noble was in with waggon. The boys &amp; I were at S.S. picnic at Peiren's. Noble We were all at U.C's to say good-bye to Arthur but were not there long. Papa was weeding &amp; doing other things. Hugh McGillivray died lately. Mrs. Neil Bell died lately. Joe Lyness has been pretty sick with appendicitis. Mrs. John W. Leeds died lately. Rowand was doing various things.</p> <p>Wed. 11 Hot. Dull partly. The boys were weeding &amp; doing the cementing where the forms were. After dinner they were at the other place. They got 2 loads of {?} wheat taken in. Part of the afternoon Rowand was at Cri Christie's at some stock judging. We were reading. Uncle Alfred was here. He &amp; Papa were at Mrs. Reid's funeral. Georgina passed the Matriculation Examination. I was at the Bible Society meeting.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August</p> <p>Thur. 12 Hot. dDll partly. A heavy mist this morning. The boys finished taking in the wheat.&amp; brought home a load of alfalfa. Rowand was home at noon &amp; weeded a little. We were weeding. I was at Geddes’s. Garnet Mitchel died lately. There were 4 loads of wheat.</p> <p>Fri. 13 Very hot. Dull partly. Thundering. The boys &amp; Papa were weeding &amp; the boys were cutting &amp; stooking the{^timothy} hay for seed. Noble was at the river Uncle Alfred &amp; Edgar were here. Mr. Jos Lyness died about 9: 30 A.M. from appendicitis.</p> <p>Sat. 14 Some rain.&amp; thunder throught the night. Hot to-day with some sprinkles of rain. Papa &amp; I were in Port Elqin. Mary Jane Esplen died this morning of heart failure. She was Henry Esplen’s daughter. The boys were helping to churn &amp; doing odd jobs. Noble was at Burgoyne.</p> <p>Sun. 15 Sun hot &amp; wind cool. Papa, Rowand &amp; I were at church in the morning I was at .SS. A Lord's Day Alliance man was speaking. There was not {under “was not” : (in afternoon)} service at night or at Dumblane. Uncle Alfred {under “Uncle Alfred” : (in afternoon)}was here. Noble and Rowand were at Jos Lyness’s funeral. Donnie &amp; Loy Christie were here for tea.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">August</span></h3> <p>Mon. Aug. 16 Hot. Dull partly. The boys cut &amp; stooked the barley.&amp; were doing odd jobs &amp; weeding. Uncle Alfred was here. He &amp; Papa were at Mary Jane Esplen's funeral. Edgar was here. Mamma &amp; I were picking berries. Alice was here.</p> <p>Tue. 17 Hot. Rowand went to the other place. Noble took 2 pigs about 10 months old to loan. They weighid 410 lbs. to-gether.&amp; we got $18.75 per cent. for them. Noble &amp; I were picking berries &amp; Noble was helping Uncle Aflred after dinner. We got about 27 qts. of raspeberries preserves this year. Papa was not well to-day.</p> <p>Wed. 18 Hot. Noble went to the other place. He &amp; Rowand came home to-night. Uncle Alfred was here. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Papa was weeding. Papa &amp; I were away for a drive through by Mc Taggart's around the block. Mamma was not well to-day.</p> <p>Thur.19 Very hot. Papa &amp; Noble were weeding &amp; Noble was cutting again. Rowand &amp; Papa were doing carpenter work. Rowand &amp; I were at other place getting apples &amp; coiling hay. Edgar was here. Rowand was stooking. Mrs. Chas. Bileg &amp; Isabel Burgess were here.</p> <p>Fri. 20 Very hot. Windy. The boys were working at the grain. Uncle Harold came to Uncle Alfred's</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">August</span></h3> <p>last night from St. Catharines. He was here to-day. We put our black heifer into the beef-ring y this week.</p> <p>Sat. 21 Very hot at first. Turned cool in the afternoon. A little thunder &amp; rain. Mist in the evening. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. The boys were working at the grain part of the day. Rowand was working at pictures. Uncle Alfred was here. Windy. Some rain last night. Uncle Harold was helping the boys.</p> <p>Sun. 22 A cold wind. Bright. We were all at church in the morning except Mamma. She was not well. The boys were at S church at night &amp; I was at S.S. It was the Anniversary service. Rev. J. C Jolmie was preaching. Uncle Alfred &amp; Uncle Harold were here. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. I go there nearly every Sunday to get to S.S.</p> <p>Mon. 23 Bright &amp; cool. Noble was in P.E. He &amp; Rowand were swe stooking, bringing in the rest of the barley (3 loads in all) bringing in the timothy hay seed &amp; doing odd jobs. The boys are away to other place to-night. Uncle Harold was here. Uncle Abram came here to-day. He has been down from the West a week or two. Grass hoppers are bad around here this year. A white frost last night. Papa was helping the boys.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">August</span></h3> <p>T Tue.24 Cool. Rather dull. Uncle Abram went away to-day. The boys came home. Uncle Harold was here. The boys brought in 1 load of grain here. Noble was at Burgoyne.</p> <p>Wed.25 Hotter to-day. A cool breeze. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Uncle Harold was here Rowand was helping Edgar in the morning. We got our field across the creek cut. Oliver, Alice &amp; Robbie Geddes were here. Uncle ALfred was here. Mamma is getting better.</p> <p>Thur.26 Hot. Dull. Mamma was at Geddes's &amp; Uncle Harold was here. Noble finshed cutting the grain &amp; Roawnd &amp; Papa were stooking. Something is broken about the binder so that it took him a long time to get it moved this morning. Papa &amp; Mamma sprayed the potatoes. We canned some beans to-day. Aunt Lizzie gave me a white primrose plant to-day for a birthdya present.</p> <p>Fri.27 Pretty hot. Dull partly. The boys were stooking &amp; drawing in grain. Papa was helping them. We pulled the duchess &amp; part of the astraoan apples. 1/2 barrell of duchess. Uncle Harold is here to stay all night. Thundering this morning. Edgar was here.</p> <p>Sat.28 Hot. A couple of sprinkles. Thunder &amp; lightning. Papa &amp; I were in P.E. Uncle Harold &amp; the boys were</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August</p> <p>drawing in grain. 6 loads of grain in. 5 loads of barley &amp; oats off about 3 1/2 acres. I saw my first skunk to-day.</p> <p>Sun. 29 Hot. Mamma &amp; Noble &amp; I were at church in the morning. Mr. {blank space} from {blank space} was preaching. I was at S. S. Uncles Alfred &amp; Harold were here for tea. Edgar was here &amp; Noble was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 30 - Hot &amp; very windy. The boys &amp; Papa were drawing in grain. Uncle Alfred &amp; Harold were here. Uncle Alfred took Uncle Harold to P.E. {Port Elgin} today to go on the train to Montreal &amp; the boat from there to the old country. O. {Oliver} Geddes was here. Thundering.</p> <p>Tue. 31 A rain last night. Cool &amp; a high wind. Papa was working at the grain. The boys were working the Summer-fallow, raking, bringing home a load from the field &amp; doing other things. Alice was here.</p> <p>Wed. Sept. 1 Cool &amp; bright. Said to be frost last night, don't know whether there was any here or not. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Noble was helping Edgar. Rowand was at other place &amp; was cutting clover here for seed. He &amp; Noble brought in some grain. Papa helped Rd. to unload 1 load. Georgina was here &amp; Noble was at the field accross the creek, 10 loads of oats off {blank space} acres</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September</p> <p>in the field SW of front lane. Papa was sharpening mower knife.</p> <p>Thurs 2 Bright &amp; cool. Rowand was helping Edgar &amp; Noble was ploughing the Summer fallow &amp; doing odd jobs. Papa was helping off with 1 load, Noble &amp; Rowand brought in some S. wheat. Papa was stooking on Tuesday, 60 some stooks. He may have done other work besides his own.</p> <p>Friday 3 Bright &amp; warmer than yesterday. Noble was helping Edgar. Uncle Abram was here &amp; Aunt Lizzie &amp; Forence were here. Papa &amp; Rowand took off a load. {written in margin - Papa may have done other work to-day besides his own}. Rowand &amp; Uncle Abram brought in a load. Roward brought in the rest of the S. wheat. Less than 3 loads of S. wheat off {blank space} acres. Rowand was raking the clover for seed &amp; he &amp; Papa coiled it. We made cucumber pickles to-day &amp; apple-jelly yesterday. Rundel liniment agent was here yesterday. Frost the last three nights. Papa generally helps to take off the loads.</p> <p>Sat. 4 Warm part of the time. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. The boys finished drawing in the grain except some of the rakings. In some places on Thursday morning. 38 loads of grain alltogether. 8 loads of peas &amp; oat grain off almost 5 1/2 ac.</p> <p>Sun. 5 A few drops of rain We were all at church in the morning except Noble, he &amp; Rowand were there at night. A Dominion</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September</p> <p>Alliance man was speaking. I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here. Papa was not very wewll to-day. Oliver Geddes was here. Cool to-day.</p> <p>Mon. 6 Dull &amp; windy. Noble finished ploughing the Summer fallow. Rowand &amp; Papa were working at the horse stables. Edgar was here. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Rowand was doing odd jobs. Margaret McVinnie daughter of John McVinnie died on Aug. 26 from apendicitis. A little rain last night. Papa was turning over some rakings.</p> <p>Tue. 7 Dull. A cool wind. Rain some on Mon. night. The boys were taking manure to the Summer-fallow. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; Rowand is at Uncle Alfred's. Robert &amp; Forence Geddes started to High School to-day at P.E. Samuel F. Barwash died lately. Mo</p> <p>Wed. 8 Warm. The boys were drawing out manure &amp; brought in the barley rakings &amp; the clover 1 load. Noble is away to Southampton &amp; Rowand to the Burgoyne meeting. Mamma &amp; i were at Uncle Alfred's for plums. Mrs. John Schwass &amp; Dorothy were here. Papa was turning out the hay. Mamma was not well yesterday or to-day. I have generally been putting down when our boys &amp; Uncle Alfred's boys are only a few minutes to visit one another. R</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September</p> <p>Thur. 9 Warm &amp; like rain. Noble took threshing wood to other place &amp; brought home what from Cairns to sow. He brought home some of our blue &amp; yellow plums. Rowand &amp; Noble were getting threshing wood for here &amp; doing other things. I had my supper at Uncle Alfred's. A few drops of rain to-night. Papa was {illegible} boys.</p> <p>Fri. 10 Warm. Noble was at Geddes's threshing after dinner. Rowand was working the Summer fallow. Papa was cutting weeds. I was helping Aunt Lizzie. Mamma preserved 15 quarts of yellow plums yesterday. uncle Alfred was here. Noble was treating the wheat &amp; doing other things.</p> <p>Sat. 11 Warm, windy &amp; dull a good bit. A little rain. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. They were at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Mrs. Wm. Sharpe, her daughter Mrs. Smith &amp; her son Calvin are at uncle Alfred's. Rowand was at Geddes's threshing &amp; Noble sowed the wheat. Uncle Alfred was here. 4 Acres of Fall wheat we have. Thunder &amp; lightning.</p> <p>Sun. 12 Dull &amp; hot. We were all at church in the morning &amp; the boys were there at night. Mr. {blank space} from {blank space} was preaching. I was at S.S. Rowand was at Geddes's for dinner. Uncle Alfred, Isabel, Earl Jacklin, Mrs. Sharpe,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">September</span></h3> <p>Mrs. Smith, Calvin Smith &amp; Miss Haggadore were here. A thunder storm last night with a very high wind. Cool at night.</p> <p>Mon.13 Bright, sun hot but air fresh. Rowand was at Geddes’s &amp; John Schwass’s at the threshing. Noble took the big belonging to the set that the other 2 belonged to, to P.E. It weighed 190lbs. &amp; brought $17.75 per cwt. {T’loan?} costs $7.75 per cwt. We had cucumbers of our own this year. We had some good radishes this year. Noble was running water {illegible} in the wheat &amp; he &amp; Papa were grinding the knife. A rain last night. Aunt {Liggie?} &amp; Bessie were here. Bessie got home on Saturday. A barn {illegible} Amabel was burnt yesterday having been struck with lightning. Mrs. Alex Campbell, Saugeen died on Sat. night. Pig was about 11 months old.</p> <p>Tue.14 Bright. Yesterday &amp; to-day were lovely days. Noble was at the threshing &amp; cut some of our flax. Rowand worked at the flax &amp; they were working at the binder &amp; Papa &amp; Rowand were working at a {illegible} for the waggon &amp; grinding. Agnes was here and Papa was at Uncle Alfred’s.</p> <p>Wed.15 Hot &amp; windy. Like rain. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E after din &amp; I was at Southampton</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">September</span></h3> <p>with Agnes. Noble went to other place. He, Papa &amp; Rowand were fixing the waggon. Rowand was working at the flax &amp; taking water out of the cistern. Agnes was here. Agnes &amp; I called at {illegible}.</p> <p>Sept. 16 Thur Very windy, a cold wind tonight. A thunderstorm last night with a high wind and some rain. Rowand plastered the cistern worked at the stable &amp;c. He &amp; I were at other place for plums &amp; to help Noble to put on a load of hay. {illegible} Stanley’s barn was burnt last night. Uncle Abram went to Toronto last week &amp; is around her again now. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Sept. 17 Fri A cool wind. Bright. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred’s threshing at Ferguson's place. Noble came home. He got threshing wood ready for other place &amp; he &amp; Papa were tying &amp; stooking at the flax. Mamma &amp; I were at Geddes’s.</p> <p>Sept. 18 Sat. Warm then turned cool. Wind quite cold to-night. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble was at the threshing &amp; was stooking flax &amp; buckwheat Rowand was at working at the flax &amp; buckwheat.</p> <p>Sept. 19 Sun. Cold &amp; bright. A hard frost. Ice. We were all at church in the morning &amp; I was</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September</p> <p>at S.S. Mr Taylor of Moorefield preached. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys were at church at night.</p> <p>Mon. 20 Some drops of rain. Very dull &amp; cold. The boys finished the buckwheat put up the fence around the garden &amp; worked at another &amp;. I was at Uncle Aflred's. Uncle Alfred was here. I was at Uncle Sandy's to say good-bye to Bessie who was to go to Toronto to-day. Uncle Abramwas here for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Tue 21. Warm &amp; bright. The boys took a load of threshing wood to other place &amp; brought home a load of hay. The boys were cutting corn &amp; plastering the cistern. We picked some of our crab apples. Papa helped the boys take off the load. I was at Ed. Schwass's. The hay is the 2nd. crop of alfalfa that was cut before &amp; 1 load out last week.</p> <p>Wed. 22 Very hot &amp; bright. The boys were at other place with wood &amp; getting hay &amp; brought in the flax ^ {Above it reads: here} 1 load &amp; out corn. Papa was working in the mow, The boys are away to Burgoyne &amp; Alec was here. Papa has been feeling better than he was a week ago. Uncle Gilbert &amp; Aunt Jeannie Christie came home from the West the night before last. Rowand hurt his knee &amp; arm by falling off the wheel to-day. Mr. Peirson had an operation lately for cancer of the hip. Hazel</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September</span></h2> <p>Moore was married lately to Bert Byers.</p> <p>Thur. 23 Very hot, some wind. Papa &amp; I were in P.E. part of the day. The boys brought a load of hay from other place. They were working at the corn, fixing the pump at the barn &amp; the {illegible} pipe at the house. Papa was helping them. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Mamma was not very well to-day. I was at Mrs. John Forrester's &amp; Uncle J. Gowanlock's. The cat had 5 kittens on Monday. Mamma preserved blue plums yesterday &amp; made plum &amp; crab apple (minced) jelly to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 24 Very hot. The boys finished the corn &amp; were fish-ing at the river. The {they} got 4 bass, the biggest one weighing 2lbs. -1oz. We started picking winter beans to-day. Uncle Alfred &amp; Edgar were here. Duncan Campbell had {scratched out} a piece raised to his barn to-day.</p> <p>Sat. 25 Very hot. Nobel was at Geddes' silo filling. He was doing other things &amp; Rowand was taking wood to the church. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. We made govenor sauce yesterday. Our balsams were frozen last Saturday night. Our asters have been flowering for a while. Mamma &amp; Noble were not very well to-day. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Wm. Burgess' son Tom was in the office to-day. Mist at first to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September</span></h2> <p>Sun. 26 Very hot. Thunder &amp; lightning in the evening. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys were at P.E. church at night. No service was held at Burgoyne or Dumblane as Mr. Strachan was not able to be back to preach.</p> <p>Mon. 27 Showers to-day. A little rain last night. Thunder &amp; lightning. Cooler to-day. The boys took the last wood to the church &amp; brought home threshing wood. Noble went to Geddes's &amp; at Burgoyne &amp; Edgar was here. Papa &amp; the boys were working at the stable. Our water-melons &amp; cucumbers were frozen We a week ago Saturday. We dried corn &amp; preserved some peaches, peaches $1.10 per basket. Noble has a sore shoulders to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 28 Bright partly. Windy. A little shower. Papa &amp; Mamma were at Christie's &amp; our other place. The boys took Northgrave's wood to P.E. &amp; took a cooking stove to other place from P.E. We got it second hand for $12. Rowand stayed over to cut seed alfalfa clover.</p> <p>Wed. 29 Cold wind. Showery. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rowand came home. Edgar was here. Noble was working around the barn. A rainbow this evening. Uncle Alfred was here. Hail to-day.</p> <p>Thur. 30 Cold. Showery. Very dull. Papa &amp; Rowand were</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>working at the horse stable. Noble was cultivating &amp; doing other things &amp; was at Mrs. Geo Esplen's sale. He got some little things. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Fri. Oct. 1 Cold. Rained all day. Rained last night. Snow mixed with the rain. Papa &amp; the boys were working at the horse stable. They put the horses into it. This is the first night for the cows to stay in all night. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Edgar was here. We harvested 11 qts. of crab preserves.</p> <p>Sat. 2 Rained last night &amp; rained some this morning. Bright this afternoon. Not as cold as yesterday. Snow 2in. deep at Bruce Twp. yesterday. Noble was at Dick's threshing &amp; was doing odd jobs. Rowand was at the office. Papa was at home as he was not well last night or to-day. Uncle Alfred was here. Branches broken off trees at Owen Sound so heavy with fruit &amp; snow. Noble is at Burgoyne. Our cistern was sunny over to-day. Mamma has had a sore back lately.</p> <p>Sun. 3 Rained last night &amp; a little to-day. Rather cold. I was at S.S &amp; Mamma &amp; I were</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October</span></h2> <p>at church. Mr. Strachan was preaching. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; Noble was at {illegible}. Our well has water in it just now. There was no service to-night. Rowand fell into the creek to-nightday.</p> <p>Mon. 4 Bright partly. Noble started to plough. Rowand was working at the stable &amp; Uncle Alfred was here &amp; Rowand is away to Geddes' &amp; to concert in P.E. Cool &amp; windy.</p> <p>Tue. 5 Dull partly. Rather cold. Rowand went to other place &amp; Noble ploughed &amp; helped Mamma to bring home the rest of the beans. Isabel &amp; Agnes were here &amp; Noble was at the beef ring meeting at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Wed. 6 Bright. A beautiful day. Uncle Alfred's &amp; Noble &amp; I went to our other place to digging potatoes. Noble stayed over to-night. Rowand came home. We packed our Winter eggs last week. A white frost last night. We started to dry crabs ap last week. Warm. Noble was at Christie's to-night.</p> <p>Thur. 7 Bright &amp; nice. Rowand was at Jas. Ferguson's threshing. I went over to other place with Isabel &amp; Agnes. We took up the rest of the potatoes except what will harrow up. Noble came home to-night. Warm.</p> <p>Fr. 8 Bright &amp; warm. Rowand was at the threshing &amp; he &amp; I took up the potatoes here 3 1/2 {illegible} &amp; 1 sacks &amp; 1/2 sack of early ones. Noble was at other place harrowing</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October</span></h2> <p>the potatoes ground. There were about 50 1/2 bags from there. Noble, Rowand &amp; Papa got some sticks from the bush &amp; the boys brought in loads of buckwheat. Papa is able to do more now than at the beginning of the week.</p> <p>Saturday 9 Bright &amp; pretty warm. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rowand helped Noble to unload a load of buckwheat &amp; to take in another load &amp; then he went to Sam Shaw Smith's threshing. Noble took in the rest of the buckwheat &amp; put up 2 props at the driving shed on other place. He brought home the rest of the potatoes. Agnes was here for a few minutes. Mrs. Kate Jos. Collard &amp; Finlay McLennan died lately.</p> <p>Sunday 10 A beautiful day warm &amp; bright. Mamma &amp; I were at church in the morning &amp; I was at S.S Uncle Alfred &amp; O. Geddes were here.</p> <p>Monday Oct. 11 Warm, rained a lot. Papa &amp; I were in P.E. in the afternoon. Papa, Mamma, Rowand &amp; I were shelling some beans. The boys were doing other things &amp; the Noble was at Uncle Alfred's {unsure} away buying pigs, Noble was in Southampton. He bought 8 from Gottlieb DamHausen. Rowand has a cold just now. Mamma planted a yellow rose &amp; s {blank space} bush. Thundering to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October</span></h2> <p>Tue. Oct. 12 Pretty warm, bright. Noble was ploughing. Rowand &amp; Papa were doing carpenter work &amp; Rowand was helping Mamma &amp; me to pick some snow apples. Papa was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Wed. 13 Warm &amp; bright. Noble was ploughing. Rowand was doing carpenter work &amp; was at other place. Papa &amp; Uncle Alfred were in P.E. in the morning. Papa Mamma &amp; I were picking apples. We have 3 {illegible}. --- at any rate of puffed snows from here &amp; about 17 pails of Alexanders. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Lightning to-night.</p> <p>Thur. 14 Warm &amp; bright. Noble was ploughing here &amp; coiling part of seed clover at other place. Rowand cut the seed clover here &amp; ploughed some. Thundering. Our campanula has been in flower for a good while. We bought a {blank space} cook stove a few weeks ago from John George for $92 belonged to. Windy. Papa was working outside.</p> <p>Fri. 15 Hot. Windy. Noble was ploughing. Rowand went to other place. We planted crocuses to-day. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Alice &amp; Georgina came home on Wed. night. Alice was here yesterday. Mrs. Bently daughter of the late Wm. Jones died lately. We finished threshing the white beans to-day.</p> <p>Sat. 16 Cooler. Dull. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rowand came home from other place. Noble was ploughing. Rowand was at Christie's last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October</span></h2> <p>John Hills got an automobile this Summer.</p> <p>Sun. 17 Dull &amp; cool. We were at church in the morning except Noble. I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; O. Geddes was here for dinner. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Misty at first.</p> <p>Mon. 18 Dull &amp; warm. This is Thanksgiving Day. Noble was at Geddes's for oats &amp; brought in 1 load of mangles &amp; {unsure} was ploughing. Rowand was taking up mangles. I helped him a little. Papa took a bad cold last night. Mamma has a little. Uncle Alfred &amp; Georgina were here. Aunt Lizzie went to Toronto on Saturday for the holiday.</p> <p>Tue. 19 Hot. Bright partly. Rowand was work-ing at the mangles &amp; ploughing. Noble was working at the mangles &amp; took apples to Weishuns for making into apple-butter. Rowand has a cold.</p> <p>Wed. 20 A sprinkle of rain. Bright after dinner. Hot. Papa &amp; I were in P.E. part of the day. About 7 loads of mangles. Mamma &amp; I picked some apples. The boys finished the mangles &amp; ploughed &amp; went to the mill for the apple-butter. Uncle Alfred was here. We had 23 or 24 qts. of apple-butter.</p> <p>Thur. 21 Warm &amp; bright partly. The boys brought home 2 loads of clove seed clover from other place.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October</span></h2> <p>They were doing other things. Thos. {Thomas} Taylor died at Southampton lately. Some drops of rain this morning.</p> <p>Fri. 22 Cool part of the day. A lovely afternoon. Papa's cold is getting better. The boys were at the threshing at the other place. The threshing was from about 8 O'clock to 3 O'clock. Uncle Alfred was here. Thos. B.McBride died on the 21st. very suddenly.</p> <p>Sat. 23 Warm part of the day. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. The boys were working with the seed clover. They got it all in 2 3/4 loads. Edgar was here.</p> <p>Sun. 24 Thunder &amp; lightning with some rain. Cool in the afternoon. P. M. {Papa, Mamma} &amp; I were at church in the morning &amp; I was at S.S. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Mon. 25 Cool wind. Bright partly. Rowand did odd jobs &amp; picked 1 {unsure} of snows at other place. Papa helped him with odd jobs &amp; Mamma &amp; I helped Isabel &amp; Agnes to peel apples after dinner.</p> <p>Tue. 26 Rained quite a bit, thunder &amp; lightning. Noble was ploughing part of the day. Rowand was doing carpenter work &amp; cleaned &amp; sprayed the hen-house. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Uncle Alfred was here. We started to dry apples to-night. Rained last night.</p> <p>Wed. 27 Rained last night &amp; to-day. Thunder &amp; lightning to-day. The boys were at a cattle sale &amp; cattle judging in P.E. Noble Rowand was working in the forenoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October</span></h2> <p>finished ploughing the back field. We did about 3 pailes {pails} of Bailey Reds &amp; 6 pails of Tolmon Sweets apples beside fallen ones here. Uncle Abram went to Toronto on Oct.16 &amp; came back to Christie's on the 20th. Rowand saw some wild geese flying South on Sunday. Windy to-day.</p> <p>Thur. 28 Rained some this morning .Cleared up to-night. Cold. Rowand was doing carpenter work &amp; Rd. Noble was doing odd jobs. They each took a waggon's team to other place in the afternoon. Mamma was at Geddes's.</p> <p>Fri. 29 Cold &amp; Dull. A little sleet fell last night but &amp; to-day. Rowand came home. He took grain to P.E. from other place. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand did not get the chop home.</p> <p>Sat. 30 Windy &amp; bright. Cold in morning &amp; warmer at night. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble came home. Rowand finished the stair from the horse stable to the barn &amp; was doing other things. We had a fire in the hall for the 1st time this Fall last night.</p> <p>Sun. 31 Bright &amp; windy. Raining in the after-noon. Papa &amp; Mamma were at church it was Communion service. Uncle Alfred was here, he gave me a book</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>called "St. John's Gospel of Christ" by "George Mattheson D.D." To-day is the last day of of the S.S. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. Nov. 1 Rained this morning &amp; a little shower in the afternoon. Cold. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Windy.</p> <p>Nov. 2 Warm &amp; turned cold. Rained a lot last night &amp; to-day. Cold &amp; windy this afternoon. Rain very heavy sometimes. Uncle Alfred was here. Uncle Abram came here yesterday &amp; went home to -day Uncle Andrew's after dinner. Noble was at Gothhel Danhausen's &amp; at Southhampton &amp; He went to other place after dinner yesterday. He made some {unsure of word}-sauce last week &amp; chili-sauce to-day. Rowand was picking russets, 7 pails &amp; he was doing other things yesterday. Papa was helping him to put a floor in a cow stall to-day. Thundering. Rowand was doing other things to-day.</p> <p>Wed. 3 Cold. A few showers. Rowand was at P.E. for chop flour &amp; &amp; he was doing odd jobs. Uncle Alfred was here. We got some bulbs hyacinths, tulips, snowdrops &amp; daffodil narcissus &amp; {illegible} from Wm. Rennie Cc.</p> <p>Thur. 4 Very windy at noon &amp; to-night. A cold wind. A shower today. Rowand went to other</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h2> <p>place. We bought 3 cattle from J. Coulter last week. R for $90 per {illegiblle} head 10 - per 11 about. Bright after rain. Papa has not been very well lately.</p> <p>Fri. 5 Dull a good bit. Noble came &amp; ploughed here half of afternoon. Rowand came home to-night.</p> <p>Sat. 6 Bright &amp; warm this morning. Dull &amp; cold this afternoon. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Noble was ploughing &amp; Rowand was picking apples at other place. Walkerton Flour is $6.75 per {unsure}. Mamma planted the bulbs except 2 yesterday outside. John Vinnie died lately. Shipers of potatoes are $1.25 per bag for potatoes at Port Elgin.</p> <p>Sun. 7 Rained quite a bit, felt chilly. Papa &amp; Mamma were at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; our boys were at his place.</p> <p>Mon. 8 Bright Mostly. The boys each ploughed part of the day. Noble was at Southampton &amp; at Dan Haussen's &amp; got the 8 pigs at $6 per {illegible} each. Rowand &amp; Papa were fixing a stall for them. Uncle Alfred was here. Papa &amp; Mamma &amp; Rowand are away to Dumblane church to a concert. There were e2 special services there yesterday. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Not very cold.</p> <p>Tue. 9 Rained some last night &amp; part of this morning.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h2> <p>Stopped &amp; then rained some in showers. Very windy. Noble was ploughing &amp; Rowand was doing odd jobs.</p> <p>Wed. 10 Ice in the back kitchen this morning. Showers of snow. Cold. Noble was ploughing &amp; Rowand took a load of wood to P.E. &amp; was doing different things. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Thur. 11 Cold. Warmer to-night. Snowed some. Rowand went to other place. Noble ploughed &amp; was at store. We made soap to-day with Caustic Soda.</p> <p>Fri. 12 About 1ft. of snow fell last night. Stormy &amp; calm alternately to-day. Cold. Noble took the team &amp; 2 sleighs to other place after dinner. Papa was helping him to get ready the sleigh. We had about 1/2 bw. of Dutch Set &amp; 1 bw. at the least of potato onions off our garden this year.</p> <p>Sat. 13 Dull &amp; kind of cold. Noble came home with the sleigh. He &amp; Rowand went for cattle (that we got from J. Coulter yesterday) but had to go to-day to get them. Papa &amp; Edgar were in P.E. this afternoon. Papa'a birthday is to-day. Mamma &amp; I gave him some money. Uncle Alfred was here.Noble has a sore feet cut with his boots with walking over to where the cattle are. Papa was not very well this morning.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h2> <p>He had 1 pr. {pair} of socks &amp; no insoles on. Rowand got a blister on his foot. Papa &amp; Edgar had the buggy to P.E.</p> <p>Sun. 13 14 Dull &amp; cold. Mamma &amp; I were at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand came home on horse back &amp; went {illegible} with the cutter. Papa was not very well.</p> <p>Mon. 15 Snowed some. Not cold. Noble took up some turnips &amp; brought home some corn from the field. Papa &amp; I were at Uncle Alfred's. Miss McKellar Missionary spoke at Burgoyne church to-night. Rowand has a sore foot. He brought some apples home.</p> <p>Tue. 16 A hard frost last night. Bright some. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rowand brought rest of apples that are picked &amp; he &amp; Noble took up some more turnips. Edgar was visiting the boys &amp; Uncle Alfred was here &amp; Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. Turnips were frozen some. Rather cold. Do not get down all Noble's work.</p> <p>Wed. 17 Dull &amp; Bright too. Thawing. Wind North East or N. West. Noble took wood to Rt. Stevenson's P.E. Mamma was not well. We started house cleaning. Cars are running some yet.</p> <p>Thur. 18 Thawing, cold wind. Bright partly Frost last night. Noble took wood to P.E. too Emmanuel Bock &amp; he was drawing &amp; piling the pig pen rails.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h2> <p>My white primrose is flowered. Uncle Walter, Aunt Mary &amp; Douglas &amp; his wife came home from the West lately. Mr. John Lamont of St. Catherine's formerly of Assan died.</p> <p>Fri. 19 Thawing, rained some. Bright partly. Noble ploughed some. Darkie has not been work-ing much for a long time on account of a sore shoulder. Edgar was visiting Noble. Uncle Alfred &amp; Mr. Strachan were here. Neil McGillivray was selling sugar was selling sugar at $14.00 per cwt. this week. Bran is $2.50 or $3.00. Noble was visiting Edgar.</p> <p>Sat. 20 Very Dull. Some sleet to-night. Not very cold. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rowand came home before dinner. He &amp; Noble have got about more than half of the turnips up. Rowand took the Fall wheat from other place to Turness' station yesterday, 25 bw. &amp; 5lbs. bringing $45.65.</p> <p>Sun. 21 Dull. Raining &amp; freezing as it fell. Very slippery walking. Rowand &amp; I were at church. He went to other place in afternoon. He &amp; Noble were at Uncle Alfred's. Grass all joy.</p> <p>Mon. 22 Dull. Rained &amp; thawed. Still some {illegible}. Rowand came before dinner. Noble was working around the stable. Edgar was up &amp; he &amp; our boys were hunting sparrows</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h2> <p>at both places. Our boys are away to Uncle Alfred's to-night hunting sparrows. Uncle Alfred was here. We start-ed to-day to separate once a day.</p> <p>Tue. 23 Very dull. Raining a little. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. The boys brought home the rest of the turnips &amp; Mamma took 2 pails of carrots up. Mild.</p> <p>Wed. 24 Milder. Drizzling &amp; a few flakes of snow. Noble was at S. Smith's threshing. Rowand was at other place &amp; he &amp; Mamma &amp; Papa put cotton on hen - house window. I was at Schwass's for a chicken &amp; cream, money. Cairneses intend to attend to our cattle this week.</p> <p>Thur. 25 Drizzling this morning. Cleared up this afternoon. Been calm for a while. Mild. Rowandnd was ploughing. Noble was at Smith's threshing &amp; propping up {unsure} &amp; c. Papa helps with the chores at noon as well as milking all the time. Tom is kind of sick. Agnes was here. A little windy in the evening, a little snow last night.</p> <p>Fri. 26 A little snow last night. Dull. Rowand was in P.E. &amp; he &amp; noble were at other place for hay. We are selling 8 tones + 1200 {unsure} of timothy pressed to R.D.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h2> <p>Northgrave for $15 per ton less $5 {illegible} for delivering at Turner's station. Noble was ploughing. Uncle Alfred was here. Nellie Gertrude eldest daughter of Rev J.A. &amp; Mrs. {illegible} of Chesley died Nov. 19th.</p> <p>Saturday 27 Drizzling, snowing a little. Bright part of the afternoon. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's threshing. I was there for dinner. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Caroline Schwass was here yester-day for a little bit to sell Xmas seels. We did not get our baldwin apples or the russets at other place putted. A great many people have not finished their Fall work.</p> <p>Sun. 28 A nice day. Bright. Papa Rowand &amp; I were at church in morning. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Uncle Alfred was here. Wm. Geddes died to-night.</p> <p>Mon. 29 Bright &amp; nice. Atkinsons started to thresh just before dinner here. Agnes helped us at dinner time. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma has not been well for a few days. Frost last night. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's threshing in the morning. {unsure of sentence}.</p> <p>Tue. 30 Bright partly. Finished threshing between 3 &amp; 4 O'clock. Uncle Alfred was here. Noble was at Ed. Schwass's threshing the rest of day. Frost last night. Jas. Gowanlock was here last night to see {illegible} Atkinson. $3.50 an hour for threshing. We are near the last Atkinsons {illegible} to thresh.</p> <p>Wed. Dec. 1 Dull mostly. A little drizzle in the morning</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December</p> <p>&amp; raining this evening. Not cold. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E Noble was at Schwass's threshing till 3 o'clock. Rowand &amp; Noble both ploughed some &amp; were getting some grain ready for chop. Rowand is hard {unsure of word} with the cold.</p> <p>Thur. 2 Very bright, cold wind. Rowand went to Lockerby for chop &amp; Noble went to other place. Uncle Alfred was here. 7c per cut for chopping at Lockerly, Rowand was at Gedes's for some of her chickens.</p> <p>Fri. 3 Very dull at first. Bright then dull. A hard frost last night. Warm to-day. Rather windy. Rowand went to other place &amp; {unsure of word} &amp; Noble got the {unsure of sentence} the barn. Rowand came home. We got the rest of the {unsure word} up &amp; home {unsure of word} 20 {unsure of word} this year.</p> <p>Sat. 4 Rained a lot. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Alec Geddes was here. Rowand did some odd jobs. Rowand has a bad cold. A little rain got into our cellar first time since spring.</p> <p>Sun.5 Rained &amp; snowed a little. Froze some. None of us were at church. Uncle Alfred was here. Some wind.</p> <p>Mon. 6 Dull, cleared up at night. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. after dinner. Edgar helped Rowand to put up some storm windows &amp; c. Wood, dry, that we sold to Bock's 14 in. at $4 per cord, bold wind, not a very cold day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1920 December</span></h2> <p>Dec. 7 Dull. Middling cold. Frost last night. Rowand was at other place, he put some implements &amp; {unsure of word}-side here. Uncle Alfred was here. Papa was not well the last few days. Loyd Ferguson has an operation on monday for appendicitis. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Papa got 2 books from the boys for his birthday, "Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson" by his widow Lucy, &amp; "The Life of Wm. Carey" by George Smith.</p> <p>Wed. 8 Hard frost last night. Dull then bright. Cold wind, Rowand took chop to P.E. after dinner.</p> <p>Thur. 9 Dull in the morning, bright after dinner. A hard frost last night night. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand took a load of wood to Bock's &amp; got his {unsure of word} home. Noble was home for dinner. He was doing odd jobs, too. Colder Wed &amp; to-day than lately.</p> <p>Fri. 10 Dull. Snowed &amp; drizzled a little. Warmer. Noble was home. He &amp; Rowand were doing odd jobs &amp; were working in the bush. Oliver Geddes is here.</p> <p>Sat. 11 Dull mostly. Papa &amp; Mamma were in P.E. Rowand was cleaning pens at the store &amp; Edgar helped him to fix the pump. Uncle Alfred &amp; Jessie were here. Jessie got home last night. Noble was in P.E. with {unsure of word} from other place.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sun. 12 A beautiful day bright &amp; warm. Frost last night. Papa &amp; I were at church. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma &amp; I were at his place. Mamma has a bad cold.</p> <p>Mon. 13 Windy. Has been calm for some time lately. A few showers. No frost last night. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand was at other place &amp; brought from the field part of seed red clover. We got the upstairs about finished cleaning to-day &amp; did some downstairs, we cleaned one pantry a while ago. Warm to-day. Bright partly. Mamma was feeling hard up last night &amp; to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 14 Very Windy &amp; showery. Shower of snow or hail once. Rained &amp; blew some through the night. Rowand was cleaning some of the flax &amp; taking some posts out of the fence between the house fence &amp; the barn &amp; {unsure of sentence}. Uncle Alfred was here. This year we had about 20 pails of carrots, 1/2 ba. of Dutch set &amp; 1 ba. of {unsure of word} of potato {unsure of word}, enough beets for ourselves, some corn, radishes, lots of cucumbers, too late water melons (did not taste bad) &amp; no citrons &amp; lots of tomatoes, some lettuce.</p> <p>Wed. 15 Blowing &amp; snowing. Rowand was cleaning some of the floor &amp; doing various other things. Uncle Alfred was here. Uncle Wattie &amp; Aunt Mary are living in the house Lyness used to live in owned by Wes. {unsure of word} now.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December</span></h2> <p>Mamma has been hard up with cold. Papa was feeling better yesterday than for a good while, not so well to-day. Last Sunday &amp; the Sunday before a collection was taken at Burgoyne church for China {unsure of word}. Not much frost.</p> <p>Dec. 16 Not cold. Blowing &amp; snowing some. Papa &amp; Rowand were Uncle Alfred were in P.E. Noble came home &amp; Rowand went over &amp; took 3 calves. Uncle Sandy &amp; Aunt Lizzie were here &amp; J.H. Schwass &amp; Edgar were at the stable. Our boys were at Uncle Alfred's. We lost about 1 load of red clover this year. Boys were doing odd jobs.</p> <p>Fri. Dec. 17 Snowed &amp; stormed some. Noble was at Peirson's &amp; Kaufman's &amp; was doing various jobs. We got 20 lbs. of honey from Kaufman's at 20c{cents} per lb. We are about done house-cleaning.</p> <p>Sat. Dec. 18 Snowing &amp; blowing partly &amp; bright partly. Papa &amp; I were in P.E. Noble brought the alfalfa for seed from other place. {Blank space} Alice &amp; Agnes called. Pantry window froze last night. Not very cold to-day.</p> <p>Sun. 19 Snowed a lot last night &amp; some to-day. Not very cold. I was at church in the morning. Jessie was here. Uncle Alfred's mare "Dora" died yesterday. She was one of the team that Arthur used to work.</p> <p>Mon. 20 Snowed a good bit. A kind of cold wind part of the time. Rowand was home for dinner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December</span></h2> <p>He &amp; Noble were doing some odd jobs. Edgar was here though not in the house. Noble is away to Geddes's to-night. Rowand was at {unsure of word} to-night.</p> <p>Tue. 21 A hard frost last night. Bright partly. Stormy in evening. Rowand came &amp; Noble went back to other place. Rowand &amp; I went to Xmas Entertainment at Burgoyne church. The boys were working at the bush. Uncle Alfred was here. Before noon there was a rainbow a halo (colored some of the time) &amp; a bright streak around the sun. Noble was at John Schwass's.</p> <p>Wed. 22 Stormy. Rained quite a lot. Rowand cleaned the hen house &amp; c. {unknown abbreviation}</p> <p>Thur. 23 Stormy. Cold wind. John Schwass, Rowand &amp; Edgar killed 2 pigs for us. Uncle Alfred got 1/2 pig. The pig &amp; 1/2 weighed.</p> <p>Fri. 24 Cold wind. Stormy sometimes. Rowand &amp; Papa were in P.E. Noble came home. Cairns's {illegible} cattle.</p> <p>Sat. 25 Bright &amp; frosty. Papa Mamma &amp; I were at Uncle Andrew's for supper. Uncle Alfred was here. I got a pair of mitts from Papa &amp; Rowand, a vest from Mamma &amp; a handkerchief &amp; handkerchief ease from Mary Alice. Uncle Abram came back from Toronto last Saturday. Papa got where he was for a few days</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December</span></h2> <p>a fountain pen &amp; pencil. Rowand got a purse some shaving cream &amp; a pair of cufflinks. Mamma got a pr. {pair} of felt boots &amp; a handkerchief &amp; Noble got a knife, some pocket joiners &amp; for holding papers. About 8° this morning.</p> <p>Sun. 26 Kind of stormy. I was at church in the morning. Uncle Alfred was here. Rowand went to other place in the morn-ing. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's</p> <p>Mon. 27 Snowed a little &amp; then cleared up a good bit. Rowand was home for dinner. Noble was at the bush in the morn-ing. He was at the store in the afternoon. Uncle Alfred was here. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Nomination day.</p> <p>Tue. 28 Snowed a good bit. Drizzled a lot last night. Not Cold. Rowand was home. Thomson's clover thresher came to-day. Uncle Alfred was here. O. {Oliver} Geddes was here working in the afternoon. Bessie Geddes came home from Toronto on Mon. night to stay. She has been working there since the beginning of Jan.</p> <p>Wed. 29 Stormy. Got through threshing and had an early dinner. Noble was doing odd jobs. Uncle Alfred was here. Noble was at Burgoyne. Edgar was here but not in the house. Hard frost last night.</p> <p>Thur. 30 Snowed some. Not cold. Noble went to other place &amp; Rowand brought a load of hay</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>home. Papa &amp; Uncle Abram were in P.E. in afternoon. Uncle Abram was at Uncle Alfred's. Georgina, B.{Bessie} &amp; J. R. Geddes were here. Jas. Clark's daughter in the West died lately. Thawing to-night.</p> <p>Fri. 31 Some frost last night. Very bright part of the day. Papa &amp; Uncle Alfred were in P.E. {Port Elgin} Rd.{Rowand} is at Uncle Alfred's. He got a load of hay from other place. Neil Steadman died this morning. Arthur came home last night from Manitoba. B Geddes sent me a gold bar pin last night. Rowand is 22 to-day. He got a young pig + 1 heifer (Spottie's last years calf) + $1.00.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Inside back cover - blank}</p> </div> transcribed