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Treffry January 1st 1867 [Mathematical calculation] 24 lbs of Wool at 28¢ $6.72 Carding 1.20 Spinning 4.00 Color 1.00 Weaving 3.16½ 16.08½ .50 101 15.58 ½ Cost of Car (shortform for carpet) pr yd say 62¢ {In left hand corner he has worked out the 62¢ calculation} 5-1 {L07 NC pyw LX} or something like that, likely written by archival staff} Diary for 1867 Diary for 1867 C J Treffry Lot No 2 - 10th Con South Norwich Canada West Tuesday Jany 1st 1867 Very fine & mild self & Sam sawing wood dined in the woods Mr Randall & Mr Trefford dined with us Mother dined here Wednesday 2d �fine day self & Horses as yesterday Thursday 3d fine mild weather self & team as yesterday Friday 4th self & team & John in the woods sawing 1867 Saturday Jany 5th Self cutting wood out of the tree tops John draw'g it in the forenoon afternoon John went to Otterville self cutting wood &c Sunday 6th Mothers Birthday aged 79 Father Jane Mother & Wm here to dinner self Wife Mother & Wm went to Randalls in the afternoon Wife taken very poorly Monday 7th Attended Town Meeting G. Goodwin Reeve A L. Wilson Dpy Reeve Sam Wallace H A Titus & D Randall Councillors Tuesday Jany 8th 1867 Self Wm & John attended South Norwich Branch Agl. Soc'y Annual Meeting at the Town Hall Otterville the following persons were Elected C J Treffry Presdt A. L. Wilcox V. P. W. H. Treffry H. A. Titus G. Goodwin H. Shattuck Martin Harris Henry Vanmere, A. B. Moore Dr. Maccasar, & J B Smith Directors Wednesday 9th Mary R. came to help fine day self attended school meeting H. A. Titus Elected Trustee in place of Martin Duhig M. Reynolds & Mr Marshall here to dinner Mary Randall here Written vertically] John commenced to work. Self & Wife went to Otterville in the afternoon Thursday Jany 10th �Cold self & Wife left home for Foxes got there about ½ past two in the afternoon Friday 11 self & Wife went with P Fox to Woodstock to get the girls dress's also calln on Mr. & Mrs Wright. Saturday 12 Cold self & wife at P Foxes Sunday 13th Cold & Blustry self & wife returned home wife very poorly Monday Jany 14th 67 self went down to Hamilton to timber lot to see about drawing shingle timber in the forenoon afternoon making rack for drawing shingle bolts Wife very poorly [Written vertically] John took 8 bul of Oats to Otterville for chop and got the Horse line repaired Tuesday 15th self went down with John & team drew 1 cord of shingle wood for Hamilton in the forenoon afternoon got out a load of staves for Phelps from Silverthorns Wife very poorly Wednesday 16th John took the load of staves to M. Allmorts Farm to have $4 per 1200 afternoon got out another load 1867 Thursday Jany 17 Cold John took a load of staves to M Allmorts self went to Shaws & Beals in the forenoon to see about staves afternoon making sleigh rack Friday 18 self went with John to Beals & brot out a load of staves John took them away in the afternoon Saturday 19 �self & John as yesterday Moses & M Corless came in the evening Sunday 20th Cold Moses & Wife & self dined at Fathers Wife not well enough to go Mother Wm and Jane here to Tea Monday Jany 21st 67 snow during the part night self & Moses cleaned up a grist in the forenoon John drawing firewood afternoon self & Moses went to Otterville & to Barkers Mill with 4 Bl of Wheat & 10 of Oats Moses & Wife & Wm at D Randalls in the evening they could not go home on account of his mare being very lame Kickd by his horse Tuesday 22 John got out a load of staves in the forenoon afternoon J took Melisia and babe home, Moses Mare being too lame to go faster than a walk. Wednesday Jany 23 67 The snow now is about 1ft deep self & John getting down firewood in the forenoon afternoon John took down a load of staves self spliting wood &c H Lossing brot Rebecca Reynolds here Mother & Wm also here to dinner self & Wife took tea at Mothers. Thursday 24 Mild, got out a load of staves in the forenoon afternoon John took them away self helping Wm clean oats {This page and part of the next are written in different handwriting.} Friday 25th Jany 67 Snowing a little in the forenoon afternoon snowing very fast with some rain self & John drawing staves out of the woods Saturday 26th �very stormy snowing and drifting. John went to Otterville & to Barkers Mill in the forenoon for the chop which I left there last monday self went to the shoemaker & G Southwick sold 8½ lb of Butter 16¢ afternoon self making bin for chop stuff & John spliting wood & helpd clean up 8 bags of oats Sunday 27 snowing & drifting lane drifted full impassable obliged to make road through the field [Written vertically in different handwriting] Father not here 1867 Monday Jany 28th Self & John breaking roads through the front field also to the woods drew 2 load of wood for Father Corless 1 for Wm & 2 for ourselves unloaded the staves & brot the sleigh home self repaird the Barnyard Gate & doing other jobs snowing again towards evening with a strong west wind John took the team [written vertically] to go to Gillette Tuesday 29th {handwriting changes back to the original diarist} Cold day John took the Children to school & brot Mother up to spend the day self writing John threshing oats Wm at Otterville Auditing Township Books John went to Otterville in the evening Wm returned with him. 1867 Wednesday Jany 30th Cold day John self took the children to school & went to Otterville took Wm out & called at the school with the children orderd a ash pail & shovel for the school & got a poker John spliting wood in the forenoon afternoon self got Nelly shod/shoe John threshing oats Themr 0/6 paid Joshua $2.15 Thursday 31 Mild Themr 20 in morning evening 42 with rain S.W. Wind John Drawing staves took 623 Martin Nold here in the forenoon and paid Lottice Dickins $38.40 & 1.50 Interest self threshing & cleaning up barn in the afternoon Friday Feby 1st 1867 �very slopy Themr 36 in the morning 30 in the evening John drew a load of staves out of the woods the road is to soft to take them out self threshing oats in the forenoon afternoon self & John cleaning up oats RB Cromwell calld in the evening Saturday 2d John took a load of staves 618 Wm help'd me clean up some oats self went to Otterville in the evening rain & freezing most of the day Sunday Feby 3 1867 rather stormy in the forenoon Father here to dinner Catherine Mott Elias & Alice with their 2 children came in the afternoon Mother & Wm here to Tea Father also came up in the afternoon C Mott went home with Mother Monday 4th fine mild morning commenced to snow about ½ past three in the afternoon John took 676 staves to Allmorts self & Wife dined at fathers with Motts C & A. M. left for home about 3 oClock Catherine staid at fathers Lydia heifer calved heifer calf self went to J Randalls for our X cut saw Tuesday Feby 5th 1867 Mild John took a load of staves to Allmorts self jobing drawing wood spliting &c went to Fathers for C Mott Mother & Wm here to dinner Wednesday 6th fine day John went to the woods for staves could not get a load sold part of a load to M Carder for 60¢ afternoon drawing wood. self preparing cutting box Moth Thursday 7th very fine John drawing wood self clean'd up a grist 4 bl of wheat afternoon to the wheat & 4 bags of oats to Otterville Mill and attended Meeting of the Directors of the S.W.A. Society Friday Feb 8th �very fine day John drew 7 load of wood self went to the saw mill to see Hamilton about sawing he said he would saw on shares or for $2.50 per M. or would buy good logs and pay $3.50 per M. in the log afternoon self cut down a large dry pine, wife at Fathers with C. Mott Saturday 9th wet snow self drew 4 load of wood snow fell so fast & wet obliged to quit went to Fathers for C Mott John went to M Allmort to meet Phelps to get his pay for drawing stave returnd there without his money Phelps out Sunday Feby 10th 1867 Cold Themr 4 snow drifting with a west wind too stormy for Father to come up to dinner Monday 11th Cold south wind Themr 6 self took C Mott to Elias Motts George Mary Maggie Emma & Berry all went with us for a visit dined at Elias's and took Tea at Moses Corless's returnd about 7 in the evening Tuesday 12th 1867 more mild thawing fast in the afternoon Themr 40 in the evening self went to the smiths shop to get chains mended & to James Randalls to get him to cut saw logs could not get him afternoon cut a pine tree for saw logs John poorly went to Otterville brot home the grist of wheat I took to mill on Thursday wife went to see Mrs Snyder who is very ill sent a letter to Morton {Poulium} 1867 Wednesday Feby 13th John poorly not doing any thing but chores self cut a pine tree for saw logs commenced rain about 11 oClock & rained very hard all the afternoon self hung the meat in the smoke house Thursday 14th self in the woods preparing for sawing John took the children to school and went for Mary Randall in the forenoon afternoon sawing saw logs Friday 15th Mild self & John sawing R B Cromwell came in the evening with a bill of exchange for {ASF} for $609.0.8 {SLG} I gave him his mortgage �Monday 18th Feby 1867 fine warm day John threshing oats self helping him also made a pen for calf &c Father here in the evening paid $36.40 on his land {purchase} for me to send to Toronto Tuesday 19 John threshing oat self & Wm went to Otterville in the afternoon Wednesday 20th very stormy self & Wm attended Mrs McCurdys funeral on foot dined at Robt Tuffords Thos Pennington here to tea John threshing oats some snow fell last night & this morning but not enough to make good sleighing Thursday 21st self & John cutting roads & took one log to mill in the forenoon afternoon took 4 logs had Wms Oxen to load with Mother & Wm here to tea Mothers staid the night Friday snowing very fast most of the afternoon Friday 22 self & John geting out logs took 2 logs to mill in the forenoon afternoon Wm took the horses to draw wood self & John skiding logs & cutting roads Mother & Wm here to tea Mother staid the night Saturday Feby 23 snow going fast south wind rain in the evening self & John with oxen & horses took 9 logs to the mill Sunday 24th more cold Father here to dinner fine day Mother here in the afternoon Monday 25 fine day self went to Otterville in the forenoon also call'd on JW Snyder to see about clover seed bot a pair of Boots of Creighton afternoon self & Wife went to see Jesse Cornell John poorly split wood ½ day Tuesday Feby 26th 1867 �fine day cleand up oats in the forenoon John poorly but help'd me clean oats afternoon self spliting wood John went to get his boot mended Wednesday 27th fine day self went to Lossings Mill with chop for horses & cows took Mary Cunliffe to Dr Cardens to have a tooth drawn Mary Sherwood & Mrs Randall here Thursday 28th Cloudy some slight showers self brot 6 & ½ thousand shingles from Longstreets which they made last spring afternoon fixing waggon to take shingles John took his Aunt Alice to Snyders left her there whilst he went to Otterville 1867 March Friday 29 1st fine morning Wm returnd from Moses Corless's about noon Wife went to D Randalls in the morning self went for her in the evening self loaded the shingles & doing other jobs John not fit for work Saturday 2d Cold blustry self went to see Hamilton about sawing lumber in the forenoon afternoon went to post office Sunday 3 Cold but more mild than yesterday Father here to dinner self & wife went down to Mothers a little while in the afternoon Monday March 4th fine day but rather cold self jobing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville got a bottle of Medicine for Wife Tuesday 5th afternoon fine warm day self went in search of clover seed for the Agricultural Society dined at Mr Eagles south of Delhi could not get any seed Wednesday 6th �East Wind rather chilly self threshing peas and fixing shingle load &c Mary Sherwood Jr here to dinner slight shower of sleet in the evening 1867 Thursday March 7 [change of handwriting] fine day self drawing wood & got Nelly shod Friday 8th fine day self left home with a load of Shingles 11½ m for Ingersoll sold them in Otterville to Moses Jackues Jacques & deliver them 1 mile North of Burgessville for $2.25 per m. Saturday 9th fine day self Job drew 200 spokes from the woods in the forenoon afternoon Wm had the team to go to Mill John Hillier call'd about clover seed Johny went to G Southwicks to stay in shop Sunday March 10th 1867 Cloudy rain in the afternoon Father here to dinner Monday 11th Cloudy self & Father went to Moses Corless exchanged 4 Bushel of wheat for seed winter for spring also went to Jas Martins with Father snow in the evening Tuesday 12th fine day self skin'd the calf which died yesterday some time in the night from bloat after drinking afternoon threshing peas sent $25 to Mr A McLinn by George to School snow came last night nearly all gone this evening roads very muddy Wednesday March 13th Cloudy growing colder towards evening with a strong west Wind self cleand up 10½ Bushel of wheat and a bag of Barley for a grist Thos Pennington here to Tea & staid the evening Thursday 14 �very cold Themr 6 self went to Barkers Mill returnd by Otterville. Maild Fathers Instalment $36.40 to W.T. Mason Toronto & Paid {Garvan} **Goodwin $6 on account Mr Friday 15th D Tufford & Mary Randall here also Mother & William Friday March 15th 1867 Cold self threshing peas &c Saturday 16th Cold and stormy towards evening self made a Map for Morton {Toulmin} posted it to him by George in the afternoon self spliting wood &c John came home from G Southwick in the evening Sunday 17 Snowing and blowing from the West Wm went to John Siples for Marianna Lossing self & Wife at Mothers Marianna & Wm came about 8 oclock in the evening Monday March 18th 1867 fine day self & John went to Simcoe and bot 12 Bushel of clover seed paid $7.50 per Bl Tuesday 19th fine day self weighing clover seed & threshing peas Paid JH Treffry $1.50 Wednesday 20th fine morning cold east wind in the afternoon self putting up fences on the line east & threshing peas John went to Otterville Sam Innis & John Hillier came for clover seed sent a letter to the Office for John Dennis also sent one to J Pittitt Otterville Paid John H Treffry $2.50 March Thursday 21st 1867 Stormy most of the day D Randall & Wife here to dinner self & Wife went with them to Mothers to Tea Friday 22nd self & John went to Otterville to look after the timber on Lot No 10 in the 9 Con brot home a load of pine �Saturday 23 fine day very slopy on the roads self killed Peggys Calf 5 weeks old. afternoon self went to Otterville Sunday 24th commenced snow and rain about noon self went to P. Foxes in the afternoon Father here to dinner Monday 25th March 1867 fine day but chilly self at P. Foxes drawing Leases between P. Fox and J. Rutherford Tuesday 26 fine day self & P. Fox went to Woodstock in the forenoon afternoon returned home Bot cloth for self & Boys Wednesday 27 very chilly self & Wife went to G Southwick store bought trimmings for cloth also dresses for Girls & 1lb 75¢ Tea sold him 56¾ lb of side pork @ 8¢ Als bought a Carboy of Oil of H.H Southwick 10 Gal @ 20¢ per Gal sold him a Shoulder 31½ lb @ 9¢ pd the balance 17¢ cash afternoon self & John threshing peas with the flail. Thursday March 28th 67 fine day self & John threshing peas in the forenoon George went to the P.O. with a letter for FR Ball afternoon John went to Roots Mill to work self helping Wm clean oats Friday 29th self cleared up Barley Wm helping in the evening Saturday 30th fine day Spot cow had Bull calf, self did not go to Simcoe with Barley as intended staid home in the morning to look after the Cow afterwards went to Otterville Mill with 2 Bags of Chop Barley & Millett Monday March 31st 1867 very fine day Mother & Father here to dinner Wm went to Stephen Lossings with Marianna John came home last night left again this evening �April Monday 1st Ground coverd with snow Snow & Rain most of the forenoon self threshing oats & helped Father draw a load of Hay Tuesday 2d fine day self threshing oats &c Mrs Randall called here in the afternoon George & Mary went home with her to eat hot sugar self took ham to P Southwick in the evening 21½ lb @ 10¢ heard the Frogs first for the season 1867 April Wednesday 3rd A fine day self threshing &c. &c. Thursday 4th Mild self threshing oats rain in the afternoon Jim Wood here in the morning assessing Jane Corless & her Mother here self took them home in the evening very wet & muddy 1867 April Friday 5th Cloudy & snow showers in the afternoon self threshing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville attended a Meeting of the Directors of the {A.S c/o} decided to have a spring show on the 25 of this month Saturday 6th Cloudy but also and chilly R. Longstreet returnd 255lb of wheat borrowed last septr self kiled Spots calf in the forenoon afternoon went to S.P. Cornells and returned by Otterville P.O. recd a letter from Lizzie John came home in the evening April Sunday 7th 1867 fine day Father here to dinner also Mrs D. & Mr Jas Randall who called on their way home from J. W. Snyders whose wife died this morning Monday 8th �Cloudy day self & George threshing oats Tuesday 9th very fine day self and Mother attended Mrs Snyders funeral Wife too poorly to go baby & Maggie also poorly Wednesday 10 a very wet day Wife very poorly put a blister between her shoulders self & George working in the Barn Thursday April 11th Chilly cleand up some oats took 2 Bags of oats & 2 of Barley to Otterville Mill Wife still poorly Friday 12th self & George cleand up some Oats, &c in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville for the chop Bot a pr of shoes from P Southwick for George & took my Boots to Fowlers to be mended Saturday 13th fine day self with J.P. McCurdy & Elias Boweman at Fongers & Summers acting as Fence Reivers respecting Water courses George went to Otterville McC & E B dined here Sunday April 14th 1867 Cloudy & warm Father & John here to dinner Wife continue very poorly G Tufford & Wife calld in the evening Monday April 15 Wet day self & George finishd cleaning the oats Wm helpd a little while Mrs Randall & Mrs Lemons here to dinner Wife a little better George Cornell paid his ½ year Interest for {Asser} Tuesday 16 fine day self & George drawing manure into the Orchard Maggie & Emma went to Randalls to eat hot sugar 1867 �April Wednesday 17th fine day self & George drawing manure Marys Birthday 15th Children at at Grandmas to tea Wife very poorly Thursday 18th fine day self & George as yesterday Mary Randall here Wife very poorly Friday 19 fine day self went to Norwichville for Dr Cook to come down and see Wife he left her medicine for pleurisy a inflamation on the lungs self returnd by Otterville took 2 B of Barley to Barkers mill for Father Saturday April 20th 67 fine day strong west wind self & George drawing manure until Tea time after tea drew a load of Hay for Father Wife very poorly in bed all day Johny came home in the eve Sunday 21st fine day self went to Dr. Cook for more medicine for wife who is a litle better today Mr & Mrs Stowe D Randall & Wife G Tufford & Wife Warren Sherwood & Wife calld to see Wife Monday 22 Ground coverd with snow & snowing most of the day self went to the Store & Blacksmith shop in the forenoon and afternoon self & Wm went to the Cheese April Tuesday 23 1867 Cold & Cloudy self & George drawing manure self went over to help T Penning to ring his pigs Wife better Wednesday 24th Stormy most of the day self at the Smith shop with the plow in the forenoon afternoon commenced plowing after it quit snowing George spreading manure Wife still improving Thursday 25 �John Win diging Garden fine day self sow'd about 31 Bushel of Peas on the sod south of the railroad in the forenoon afternoon attended the first Spring Show in this Township George draging with Wms Oxen Friday Apr 26th 1867 fine day self plowing George spreading manure Mary Sherwood Senr here to tea J Wrin finished spading garden at noon paid him one dollar Saturday 27 very cold Themr 30 at 9 oClock in the forenoon self plowing Overcoat & Mitts on George spreading manure in the forenoon afternoon draging self attended Milk Meeting Mr Farrington present John came home in the evening George planted some Beans Sunday 28 Chilly Father here to dinner Mariannas Birthday 1 yr old Jane here to Tea Mr Nobbs & Wife & Mother & 3 Children calld in the afternoon Monday April 29th 1867 fine day took chilly & Cloudy sowd some Spring wheat in the orchard George harrowing self finishd planting Top onions sowd some Lettuce radish early york and cauliflower seed evening plowing Tuesday 30th slight shower during the night Warm & Cloudy finishd the spring wheat 4 Bushel in all also plowing sold to James Martin 20 Bushel of Barley @ 50¢ it has been a cold wet month Wednesday May 1st 1867 Rain in the part night a chilly day attended Councill in the afternoon and left a written award of fence viewer respecting Fongers & Summers water courses Thursday 2d {No entry} Friday 3 {No entry} �Saturday April May 4th 1867 {No entry} Sunday 5th {No entry} Monday 6 Cold & wet self & Wm went to Otterville bot 5 Bl of potatoes from Mr Cornell @ 35¢ Tuesday 7th April May 1867 self plowing for Barley George spreading manure Wednesday 8th a fine day self plowing George spreading manure Joseph Kelly R. Randall W Treffry Marianne Lossing Mary Randall & Alice Tufford here to Tea Thursday 9th fine but chilly self cleand & sow'd 7 Bushel of Barley wrote an Agreement for Jonathan TItus & other jobs George draging Wife went with Mrs Randall to Fathers & Penningtons Friday April May 10th 1867 fine day self George finishd draging Jonathon Titus came for his agreement self plowing east of the house Saturday 11th fine day self plowing & sowd 1½ B of Barley George harrow'd some & sowd some carrots self went down after tea to assist in cleaning School House Sunday 12 fine day self & Children attended Sabbath School first Elias & Alice Mott here to dinner self & wife with them at Mothers to Tea Father here to dinner Monday May 13th 1867 �Showery self Gardening sow'd some Cabbage seed and planted Pri plant Hoarhound & Wormwood & fixing porch &c George taking the manure from the cellar banking Jane Corless & her Mother here Tuesday 14 some slight showers land very wet self as yesterday until 4 oClock when I went down to the school engaged Mr A McLinn to teach the school for a year from 15th of May evening attend a committee meeting at the Cheese factory Wednesday 15 self plowing in the east field for peas Thursday May 16th Cloudy self finishd plowing in the east field all that was dry enough and sowd 4½ Bl of peas George draging them in rain in the evening Friday 17 George finishd draging in the peas sowd yesterday rain very hard before he finished self & John making wheelbarrow self commenced plowing the North field about 4 oClock for Oats very wet Saturday 18 fine day but cold self plowing George jobing Sunday 19 Cold & cloudy rain in the evening no Sabbath School Joel Comfort buried today Father here to dinner Mother has staid the night Tuesday Monday May 20 1967 Cloudy land very wet self plowing in the North field John went to the Mill again to work in the evening after finishing the wheelbarrow George put in some more carrot seed Tuesday 21st self plowing untill noon when it set in to rain and raind all the afternoon and at night wet cold backward weather �Wednesday 22 Wet day went to the mill to see about having logs saw'd took plowshare to the smith shop got a hole drilld in it took 1 ham & 1 shoulder of pork to G Southwick 53½ lb @ 9¢ lb Wife at G Southwick on a visit Thursday 23rd May 1867 wet day self took 53½ lbs of Meat Ham & shoulder to George Southwick 9¢ per lb went to T S McCurdys for seed corn in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville Friday 24 Queens Birthday self plowing for corn fine day Fathers children & their mother here Saturday 25 Cloudy morning commenced to rain again about 11 oClock Old Mr Tufford call'd in the forenoon self plowing in the forenoon afternoon self & Wife went to C.P. Cornells & Otterville Sunday 26th May 1867 fine day but very chilly self & Children attended Sabbath School Lizzie went for the first, Father here In the evening self Wife and Children went to the Corners to meeting Preacher did not come self & Wife returnd by George Tuffords call'd to see Mr & Mrs Tufford Senr Polly Mare got a mare colt Monday 27 No rain but rather cloudy self plowing and harrowing ground for corn Tuesday 28 Rain again in the forenoon self went to the Store to exchange Marys shoes also got 1lb Tea afternoon furrowing corn ground, self & Wife took T at Mothers with Tuffords & Randalls caught a brood Wood Duck in Formans bush Wednesday May 29th 1867 fine and warm self & George drawing manure for the corn hills Ben & Cornelius here in the afternoon commenced to plant, wife went over to Randalls & Tuffords after Tea Thursday 30th �fine day but very chilly self planting corn Boys drawing manure & putting it in the hills Mary planted the Beans in the corn field in the afternoon Friday 31st fine day warmer than yesterday Boys planting corn John Wrinken diging post holes for fence self plowing for oats George plowing with Wms oxen in the afternoon for the first Boys finishd the corn before Tea Mrs Hamilton Mrs {Diletinn} & Mrs G Southwick here in the afternoon We have had a very wet cold May June 1st 1867 Saturday fine & warm for this season Themr 76 self plowing with the oxen in the forenoon Wife & George went to Otterville in the morning got a hat for Mary afternoon George Harrowing self plowing finishd the Oat ground for Oats Johny came in the evening Sunday 2d A very wet day Father Johny & Marianna Lossing here to dinner could not attend School on account of reason rain hard in the evening after dark sharp thunder & lightening Monday 3d Cloudy morning self & George fixing fence around the meadows North in the forenoon afternoon plowing ground for potatoes some slight showers June Tuesday 4th 1867 fine & warm self finishd plowing & harrowing potatoe ground Wednesday 5th fine & warm George harrowing self sowd 18 Bl of Oats North of the Orchard & 1 peck of vetches also washed the sheep water very warm the girls at Father's Mary C - Birthday 24 Thursday 6th fine day sow'd ½ Bushel of Peas self & George finishd harrowing in Oats & furrowed them out Themr 84 at noon Friday 7 �fine very hot Themr 90 at noon thunder showers passing round in the evening sow'd 45 lb clover seed & 33 of Timothy on 6½ acres of ground North of the orchard also small amount potatoe ground June Saturday 8th 1867 fine day self George Maggie Emma & Morton planted the potatoes about 15 Bushel in all also planted Cucumber Squash Pop Corn & radishes, in the evening drew fence posts in the front field John came home in the afternoon cool in the evening Sunday 9 fine day Father & Johny here to dinner Wife at Fathers to Tea Maggie Robertson & her niece & Mrs {---} self & 6 children attended Sabbath School Monday 10th very warm George covering in the grass seed on the oats self setting fence posts in the front field Tuesday June 11 1867 fine day self setting fence posts Wednesday 12 Hot & Cloudy rain towards evening self as yesterday Thursday 13 self drawing fence Boards and making fence wife cleaning house white washed parlour to day Friday 14 fine day hot self & George making fence Roxalana leuber and 2 children here to tea also Mother & Wm Saturday 15th self & George as yesterday Sunday June 16 �Somewhat Cloudy & very hot self took Mother & Marianna Lossing to Quartly meeting dined at Benson Lossings left Marianna at S Pitchers Father at meeting also; wife left home. Monday 17th Cloudy & hot very fine growing weather self & Morton went to Lossings Mill with 7 Bl of Wheat & 2 of Chop could not get it ground went to Barkers & from there to Otterville where I got it ground 17 Buildings burnd in Otterville last night rain in the evening Tuesday June 18th commenced plowing for Turnip ground with Wms Oxen Wednesday 19th plowing Turnip ground Thursday 20 fine day preparing Turnip ground after Tea drove 8 pigs to Jonathan Titus Cheese factory to be fatted on halves Friday 21st June self & George preparing turnip ground Saturday 22 drill'd in the Turnip seed Wm went to Otterville in the evening Sunday 23 very hot self & Children attended sabbath School in the morning afternoon self & Wife went to Henry Lossings Father here to dinner Monday 24th self cultivating corn George hoeing Beans after tea self killd a calf and went to the cheese factory & to H Lossings Recd from him $216 which he got from the Bank at Simcoe for the Cheese factory Polly Mare to Bonds Horse Tuesday 26 25 June �self finished cultivating corn slight shower in the evening Wednesday 26 very warm self sheard the sheep got {blank} lbs of wool from 16 Thursday 27 fine self warning hands on the roads self & Wife went to Randalls in evening Friday 28 very hot self plowing in the old Garden Wife at Sherwoods Saturday 29th very hot self plowing in the forenoon afternoon with D. Randall examining the New Road East of Southwick [Written vertically] H Corless {---} To CJT after paying for carpet $4.18 Copied the above from Box {----} {----} made at the time Sunday 30th June 1867 very hot self & children attended sabbath school Father here to dinner also John Treffry Monday July 1st Public Holiday Confederation of the Provinces begins today self on the roads John plowing afternoon took his Aunt Alice to Otterville self on the Roads Tuesday 2d Hot & dry self on the roads John plowing for self & Wm Mr Jacob Tufford dined here Mother Marianna here picking wool also Jane here in the afternoon pickd 24½ lbs for frocks Wednesday 3d very hot self on the roads let a job of ditching to John Wrin 80 Rods @ 25¢ Mary Randall here D Randall here for Rape seed 10 lb Thursday July 4th 1867 �Cloudy morning Father took Wife to Moses Corless's on a visit to stay untill Sunday self on the roads part of the day sowd 4½ lb of Rape in the old Garden a slight shower Friday 5th more rain in the night & morning self went to the mill to see about geting logs saw'd John at the mill in the afternoon self gardening in the afternoon & sowd 1½ B of Bire wheat East of the house slight shower in the evening Saturday 6 Rain during part night rain trough away over John at Carders Mill self got Nelly shod & Gardening after Tea self & Mother went to Moses Corless's Topsy To Jack May July 4th 1867 Lydia " Jack May July 5 Spot " Jack May July 7 Suke " Jack May July 9 X Peggy " Jack July 13 Bobtail Red " Jack July 15 Cherry " (second time Aug 13) 22 Lydia " 2nd time Jack July 26 3rd time 14 August Polly Mare to King of France June 24 Jenny " "Pennington Colt" June 25 Sunday July 7th 1867 fine day self & Mother attended friends meeting Wife staid at Moses Motts, self Wife & Mother & Martha Bowden from London England dined at M Motts, came home in the evening after tea Father here to dinner Monday 8th �fine morning self John & George hoeing & cultivating potatoes in the forenoon afternoon drew a load of hay for Wm when it came to rain planted some Cabbage plants this evening self & Wife drove over to George Tuffords Tuesday 9th rain during the part night and rain this morning self finished cultivating potatoes Wednesday 10th 1867 self repaird the cultivator in the morning afterwards cultivating corn Thursday 11th finishd cultivating corn in the forenoon afternoon went to Mr Wilkinsons with the half years School Report returnd through Otterville settled with [Written vertically] Bree Rink for Milk Company heavy shower in the afternoon heavy shower in the afternoon Friday 12 self & George hoeing potatoes after tea raking hay for Wm Saturday 13th Themr morning 48 Evening 46 self repairing rakes in the morning helpd Wm rake hay & drew in 5 load after Tea went to Barkers Mill got 4 Bl of Wheat from D Randall & 2 from S Tufford lent them last fall Sunday July 14th 1867 fine day self & children attended Sabbath School after School took self & D Randall took 21 children in our waggon down to the Meeting house to hear a Sabbath School lecture deliverd by Ward Kelly. Wife walk'd down & rode back D Randall & Father here to dinner - self Wife & children attended Ward Kelly meeting at the corners 4 oClock Monday 15th self writing to Morton Toulium rain in the afternoon put up 10 Cocks of hay for Wm Tuesday 16th July 1867 �fine day self finishd up for Morton Toulium and went to Norwichville & Otterville bot a sythe & swath also calld at Barkers Mill for Grist left there saturday last Wednesday 17 fine day self commenced to mow on the railroad Thursday 18th fine day self commenced to mow in the clover meadow North made a cart rack for Father Corless Friday 19th self mowing cut 2 acres William & George raked what I cut yesterday Saturday July 20th 1867 fine day self mowing in the forenoon afternoon raking Wm helpd in the afternoon Tuesday 21st very hot self & Children at Sunday School self & Wife walked over to Randalls in the evening Monday 22 self mowing in the new meadow north in the forenoon afternoon rain, in the evening self cuting Canada Thistles Tuesday 23 July fine self mowing George raking Wednesday 24 self mowing in the forenoon afternoon raking hay Wm helpd in the afternoon about 3 hours Thursday 25 Cloudy morning a wet day self fixing waggon rack &c John Treffry came from D Carders afternoon Friday 26 �John cultivating potatoes in the morning helping in the hay self mowing drew in 2 load of hay in the evening Saturday July 27th 1867 fine day self & John George drawing and raking hay Wm helpd in the forenoon, got 8 load of hay in G Goodwin calld to request the postponement of the Agricultural Meeting Sunday 28th very warm self & Children attended Sabbath School Children attended meeting in the afternoon Father here to dinner Monday 29th fine & cool self mowing John cultivating Potatoes & Turnips Wife & children Picking Black raspberries pickd 29 Quarts in our slashing North evening self went down to the cheese factory Tuesday July 30th fine day John fin & George finishd cultivating Turnips in the morning then went and drew in Wms hay evening attended cheese meeting at the Factory Wednesday 31st fine day self & John mowing in the forenoon afternoon self finished mowing in the new meadow Wm & John drawing & raking hay Mary cut her leg with the scythe Thursday August 1st Cloudy self & John drew in 2 load of hay in the forenoon came up a shower about noon self & Wm attended the agricultural meeting to make out prize list Friday August 2d 1867 Cloudy heavy fog in the morning self mowing John & George hoeing Turnips untill about 11 oClock when we commenced cutting Wheat south of the railroad Mary Anne Treffry came for her milk money paid her $17.31 cents less 30¢ discount Saturday 3d �very hot self & John cutting & putting up the wheat finishd about 2 oClock Mrs Jonathan Titus & Carrie Robertson here to dinner at Mothers to Tea Mrs Austin & Peter Corn came to see Johnny afternoon self preparing show Bill and took it to Otterville in the evening sent it to Norwich for printing by G. Goodwin Sunday 4th August very hot and dry self & Children & Carrie Robertson attended Sabbath school Moses & Melisia Corless here to dinner also Father and Carrie R afternoon all hands at Fathers to Tea Monday 5th self & John cutting Barley Tuesday 6 Threatening rain self & John finishd cutting what Barley was fit Wm help'd part of the afternoon drew in 3 load Wednesday 7 very hot self went with H Southwick down on the East New Road in the forenoon Johnny poorly afternoon drew in the winter wheat August Thursday 8th 1867 very hot showers passing around John pulling peas self cleaning out the well in the Turnip field George & Mary & Mary Corless went to Moses Corlesses & took 2 little pigs with them for Moses Friday 9 very hot John pulling peas self cleaning out water ditch Saturday 10th very hot John went to H Southwick road Bee self fixing the well & fence so the cattle could get to the water Wife Made a cheese Sunday 11 hot & dry self & children at Sabbath School, afternoon self & wife went to G Tuffords to Tea Father here to dinner �Monday August 12th 1867 continued dry weather self & John cutting spring wheat John cut some Barly in the morning Wife made a cheese same as saturday with the milk from Wms and our Cows Water works out of order at the factory Tuesday 13 Tuesday Wednesday 14th {No entry} August 15th 1867 Thursday {No entry} Friday 16 {No entry} Saturday 17 {No entry} Sunday 18 {No entry} August Monday 19th {No entry} Tuesday 20th {No entry} Wednesday 21 self & John raked some hay & drew in 2 load in the forenoon afternoon self went to Otterville Council meeting & to Barkers Mill for grist Jones Gibing Bessy Wardle & E Meddeon here Thursday 22 �self & John mowing in the forenoon afternoon John raking & drew in a load in the evening with Georges half August Friday 23 1867 very sultry heavy thunder showers went round North in the evening self & John raked hay for 14 Cocks remainder of day preparing for Pic Nic Saturday 24 fine day good breese from the North self & Wife & 4 oldest children attended S.S. Pic Nic in McCurdeys Woods Sunday 25 self & children attended S School after school self & Wife Maggie & Emma dined and took Tea at D Randalls E Mott & Wife & Mellisa Corless there Father here to dinner Monday 26 sultry John mowing part of the day too poorly to work all day sold 14 lambs to Drovers from Hamilton at $1.50 each Wm sold & brot the yarn from Tuffords Tuesday August 27 Hot & sultry self laying out ditch on G Sommers line for John Winn to dig in the forenoon afternoon at the Smith shop to get Waggon tires set Wednesday 28 Drovers came for the Lambs Shower in the morning self went to Otterville in the afternoon drew in 2 load of hay in the forenoon Thursday 29 {No entry} Friday 30 {No entry} Saturday August 31 �cloudy self & Mother left home for Foxes & Woodstock reachd Foxes about noon afternoon self & P Fox went into Woodstock rain all the afternoon could not do business being too late for the bank Sunday Sept 1st 1867 Cool & Cloudy most of the day self & Mother at P Foxes Alice Trufford George Longstreet Marianna Lossing Johny & Granfather here to dinner Monday 2nd Chilly self went into Woodstock with P Fox in the forenoon afternoon came home Tuesday Sept 3d 1867 fine morning rain towards evening Gervase Goodwin came for me to go to Otterville to act as check clerk for J Noxon Candidate for the LLA of Ontario Wednesday 4 fine day self as yesterday Thursday 5th fine day very hot self cutting oats & John took the team with a load of folk to pick blackberries wife & Mary went both came home poorly Friday 6th Sept 1867 Shower in the morning early John left for Root Mill in Windham paid him $1.00 after it dried self cutting oats Robt Treffry came from Iowa Saturday 7th fine day self raking & binding oats Sunday 8th fine day very warm self & Children went to S. School John & Father here to dinner Grandmother Lossing Wm & Mother here to Tea Monday 9 �cloudy self cutting & binding oats in the forenoon afternoon attended Agricultural Meeting at Otterville rain in the evening Paid J Win $1 on road job Tuesday Sept 10th self cutting oats R Treffry here to dinner George took him to Norwichville in the afternoon Wednesday 11 My Birthday 42 fine day self working at the oats George drawing manure Wife at Wm Deldinnes visiting Weather Indicator indicate rain this morning Thursday 12 fine self at the oats George drawing manure Wife at Formans visiting Friday 13 Cloudy self & James Forman raking oats in the forenoon afternoon rain self jobing George drawing manure in the forenoon - his Birthday 12 yrs Sept Saturday 14th 1867 Cool day Eclipse on the Moon last night self & George Tufford examined the new road & accepted the Job from H Southwick paid him 11 Dol. James Forman & self finishd cutting oats & rake & bound got our flannel from Father Corless's 25¼ yds Paid J F $1.50 Sunday 15th fine chilly in the evening self attended Sabbath School afternoon self Wife & Mr D Randall & Wife went to Mr Jacob Tuffords Sept 16th Monday 1867 {No entry} Tuesday 17th {No entry} Wednesday 18 {No entry} �Thursday Sep 19th 1867 fine day self plowing Friday 20th 20 fine day self plowing Saturday 21 self & Wm at Otterville fixing up the show ground sowd a little over 3 Bl of Mediterain Wheat in the orchard Sunday 22 Sept 1867 {No entry} Monday 23rd 1867 fine day self & George & Benny drawing in Oats Tuesday 24th fine day finishd drawing oats afternoon drawing wood Benny here Sept 25th Wednesday fine day strong West Wind self plowing in the forenoon afternoon at Longstreets looking after Pettingers share of Grain Thursday 26 fine day self at Longstreets looking after Pettingers grain in the forenoon afternoon at D Randalls threshing Friday 27th fine day self went to Otterville fixing up show ground drawing saw dust &c Saturday 28th Sept 1867 very fine day self Wife Mary George Maggie & Emma attended the 2d Annual Exhibition of SNB Agl Society show not as good on the whole as last year but was a good show �Sunday 29th fine day self & Children attended Sabbath School Monday 30th fine day self sow'd some more wheat in the orchard George dragd it in Tuesday Oct 1st 1867 fine day C Baughslaugh's Threshing Machine came about 10 oClock in the forenoon commenced threshing after dinner Thos & Miles Pennington & Team here Robt Randall George Tufford & Johnny 28½ Bushel of Wheat 111 Bl of Oats 37½ Barley poor crops wet spring & very dry summer Threshers left for H Lossings in the evening Wednesday 2 self & George cleaning up the barn Thursday 3 fine day self went to see J Wins ditch & paid him in part $5 yet due him John R & Marianna Harris here self wrote Mrs Wilkison's Will Friday Oct 4th 1867 fine day self & Wife Johnny & Robt Treffry attended the Dereham & County Show Saturday 5th rain in the part night self & Wm attended Agricultural Meeting at Otterville read the prize list & paid prizes Sunday 6th fine day self unable to attend school having to attend Jenny mare who is taken ill this morning like the colic Martin Hulbert & one Jackson from Tilsonburgh came to see but could not relieve her sent Johny to Norwichville for a vitinery could not get him George & D Randall staid late in the evening self & Wm staid up with the men nearly all night John took R Treffry to Norwichville Oct Monday 7th 1867 �sent John again for the Farrier he arrived here about 11 oClock but could not do any good she died about 4 oClock we opend her & found inflamation & mortification had taken place could not get any passage through not even with Proton oil in the evening exchanged horses with the farrier gave him old Jim 15 yr old Polly's sucking colt and a note for $12 payable 1st of Jany for his mare 4 yr old John & Team at Penningtons threshing from 4 oClock Tuesday 8 John & Team as yesterday until noon self help'd Wm clean 13 Bags of Oats which I lent him weighing 26 Bl 16 lbs self & children picking apples Wednesday 9th Cloudy morning self & children picking apples in the forenoon afternoon rain self went to Randalls in the evening John & Wm attended North Norwich show R Treffry returned with them Thursday 10th fine day self & George brot the Cow from Randalls in the forenoon afternoon went again Friday 11th Cloudy rain towards evening John took Robert to Norwichville Wife at fathers Oct Saturday 12th 1867 self & George cleand up a grist 8 Bushel of wheat John returnd about noon self took the grist to Barkers Mill in the afternoon Moses Corless & Wife came in the evening Sunday 13th fine day Father Moses & Wife Mother & Wm here to dinner self & Wife went with them to Mothers to Tea Monday 14 fine day George went to mill for the grist self at Carders Mill looking after the Lumber cut from my logs Tuesday Oct 15th 1867 �fine day self at Carders Mill as yesterday self & Wife took Tea at Fathers Saml Smith & Wife & J Pollard also there Father signed and deliverd his a deed to S Smith of his Lot in Norwichville Wednesday 16 fine and very warm self at the Mill in the forenoon afternoon drew home 2 load of Lumber evening self Wife and Wm at Titus's self preparing account of Milk deliverd at the factory Thursday 17th self drew home 1 load of Lumber afternoon finishd Milk account went to the factory in the evening loaded 27 cheese and left for Woodstock about 10 oClock Friday Oct 18 1867 fine day reachd Woodstock about daylight left Woodstock about 4 in the afternoon got home about 10 oClock 3 fellow attempted to get in to my waggon near Otterville Johny & Children diging potatoes Saturday 19th self at Otterville got a warrant to arrest the fellow that attempted to stop Moyers horses & to get in my Waggon caught one Frank Johnson the other two ran away Sunday 20 very warm self wife & children except Maggie & Babe attended sunday school Father here to dinner I Pennington here in the afternoon Monday Oct 21st 1867 fine day self at Otterville attending the examanitation of the 2 Prisoners C Wayner & Frank Johnson they were fined $1 each and Costs or to go to jail for 10 days they prefered going to jail Tuesday 22 fine day digging potatoes Wednesday 23 finishd the potatoes a poor crop only about 35 Bushel put them in the cellar �Thursday Oct 24th 1867 drawing home Lumber from Carden Mill Friday 25th draw pileing Lumber Saturday 26th Went to Titus's Factory for the 8 pigs I took there on the 20th of June to fat on halves they are not more than half fat commenced to feed them corn Sunday 27 self and children attended sabbath school self & Wife call'd to see Mrs Dildine & Tufford who are very ill Father here to dinner Monday 28 Oct 1867 {No entry} Tuesday 29 {No entry} Wednesday 30 {No entry} Thursday 31 {No entry} Friday Nov 1st 1867 {No entry.} Saturday 2 fine day self plowing Sunday 3 �a wet day Father here to dinner D Randall & Wife calld in the afternoon Monday 4 chiliy self plowing & logging Tuesday 5th Nov 67 very chilly John plowing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville for a Bl of salt self went Jobing preparing to butchering pig Wednesday 6 rather chilly self Wm Johny & James Forman killed the 8 Pigs that was at the factory & altered the old Boar & 2 young ones Thursday 7 fine day self went to Pettingers farm to measure the hay stack in the forenoon afternoon went to took in the Turnips only 30 Bushel Evening went to J Titus & to A TItus Friday Novr 8th 1867 fine day self & Jonathan Titus cut up the pork pack'd 2 Barrals & salted the hams & shoulders Wm Terhune here to see about taking the school left after dinner. self & Wife took 23lb of Butter to George Southwicks sold it for 15¢ per lb the first sold since sending the Milk to the Factory [Written vertically] self staid at Tuffords all night Saturday 9th fine day self & George got a load of wood from the Woods and cleand up a load of Barley Sunday 10th Novr 1867 self & Wife went to see Tuffords in the forenoon afternoon at Mothers Mr Cornell & Wife & Jenny there. Monday 11th self went to Woodstock took 27 Bl & 30 lb of Barley sold it for 65¢ per Bl went to P Foxes in the evening �Tuesday 12 Chilly ground coverd with snow left P Foxes soon after breakfast returnd by Woodstock bought a palour cook stove and exchanged it with Wm for his Box stove Wednesday Nov 13 self plowing & sent 8 sheep to T Penningtons Wm took two to JB Smith & 3 to Penningtons Thursday 14 self plowing Friday 15th chilly self & Wm attended SP Cornells sale returned by Otterville Saturday 16th Chilly self & Wife went to Otterville in the afternoon Recd $150 from Wood School money $60 Sil & 4% dis & 90 papers Sunday Nov 17 self & Wife drove over to Randalls & Tuffords to see the sick Wm went for Dr Carroll for Mrs T & Mary R [ Written vertically] Father here to dinner Monday 18 Cold self drawing wood Tuesday 19 Chilly self repairing shed & stables Wednesday 20 self as yesterday in the forenoon afternoon plowing in the East field Thursday Nov 21st More mild self plowing Friday 22 �self plowing fixing fences &c. Wm took the horses in the afternoon to Otterville Mother went with him as far as Randalls Saturday 23 very warm self plowing Jacob Flouten threshing peas ¾ day self & Wife at Randalls & Tuffords in the evening very dark & a dense fog Sunday Nov 24th foggy morning very warm & dry for the time of year self went over to Tuffords in the evening Father here to dinner Mother & Wm here in the afternoon rain in the evening slightly Monday 25 showery self plowing in the forenoon afternoon took Wife over to Randalls & Tuffords & went to Otterville for the Doctor for Mrs Tufford Jacob & Sam Flouten threshing peas Tuesday 26 Cloudy somewhat chilly self plowing Mr Pettinger came in the afternoon went with him to his farm J. & S. F as yesterday Wednesday 27th Nov 1867 Cloudy self plowing part of the day very lame with a Boil on my thigh Jacob & Sam Flouten finishd the peas paid them $3.45 Wife went over to see Mrs Tufford came home made a chicken pie and sent to her Thursday 28 Cloudy self plowing in the forenoon obliged to quit on account of Boil on my thigh which is very large and painful Friday 29th Novr 1867 Cold wet day snow & rain mixed self laid up unable to wear my pants Mr A McLine Teacher calld in the evening paid him $20 Saturday 30th �Cold wintery day self laid up as yesterday George & Mary put the Cows in the stable for the first for the season Sunday December 1st 1867 cold Father here to dinner Wm took Marianna Lossing to her Granmother Lossings Monday Dec 2nd 1867 Cold ground still coverd with snow self better walkd to G Southwick Store got a pair of Boots for Morton Paid G. S. $5.92 in full up to date afternoon went down again and bought an axe & handle which I did not pay for $1.50 Wm went to Mill took 6 Bl of wheat for me and 10 Bl of Corn for himself Tuesday 3rd Wm went to Mill for the Grist Wife went with him as far as Randalls & staid until he returned self not doing much H C Lossing call'd in the forenoon afternoon self went into the woods {--} cut a liller wood Wednesday 4th Dec 1867 More Mild self chopping Wood in the woods George went to Otterville Thursday 5th Mild self cutting wood & helpd George load he drew 5 load Friday 6th High Winds with some rain & sleet self helping Wm Kill his pigs in the forenoon afternoon cutting wood Saturday 7th Cold ground coverd with snow wind blowing strong from the west self & George drawing manure for banking the Cellar in the forenoon afternoon attended Trustees Meeting at the School House Sunday Dec 8th 1867 rather cold but fine Father here to dinner also Johnny afternoon self & Maggie & Emma went to Randalls & Tuffords �Monday 9th self took Nell to the shop & got her shod afternoon Wm went to Otterville with the horses self drew a load of manure for banking the cellar and fixing stables Tuesday 10 cold self fixing shed for calves & sheep made a sheep rack &c Wednesday 11th Dec 67 Mild self helpd Wm get the wagon ready for loading sheep and went to the woods to see about cutting log roads Wm went to Foxes with 5 sheep in the afternoon self went to Randalls brot home the Cow and went to see Warren Sherwood about drawing logs Mother here to dinner & Lee George & Maggie went home with her Thursday 12 very cold with a strong East Wind Them at 9 Zero, self cutting wood and attending the Cattle too Cold to work George & Maggie with Mother Wm returned in the evening Friday 13th Dec More Mild but still very cold self went to see Warren Sherwood about drawing logs - afternoon Warren Sherwood came up to see the logs he agreed to deliver them a Gradons Mill for 71 or 87½¢ p m he is to have Wm Oxen he finds them hay and gives Wm one days drawing of logs when he is ready Saturday 14th Cold self drawing wood for Wm & for self Wm killd a sheep for me self went to Otterville in the evening settled up with Mr A McLinn School Teacher Sunday Dec 15 1867 Mild Father & Johnny here to dinner Wife went to see Tuffords H C Lossing here in the afternoon evening self took tea with Wife at Tuffords & went to Randalls for a short time Monday 6th �Mild self cutting wood George drawing 2 load in the forenoon John Wood Collector here to dinner & settled with me School accounts afternoon self & Wife went to Otterville Tuesday Dec 17 67 self & George getting in Wood in the forenoon afternoon preparing for Butchering evening went to the School House to let Wood contract the other Trustees did not attend did not let the contract Wednesday 18 Mild self & Jas Foreman killd 4 July Pigs which weighed 96 - 95 - 80 - 85 afternoon cut them up H C Lossing calld in the evening to pay over the money got for Cheese December Thursday 19 1867 very cold self hung 8 hams 16 Shoulders in the Smoke House & went to Jonathan Titus's in the forenoon afternoon went to Gradons Mill & to Otterville got the Harness repaird & paid 62¢ for it to Warren {Durker} Friday 20 mild Jonathan Titus here in the forenoon making up the milk & cheese account afternoon self helping Warren Sherwood make sawlog road Jonathan Titus & B Dell here about milk account Lent J Titus $100 1867 Saturday Decr 21st very red in the east rain and snow in the evening self cutting & drawing wood - Fish put a pump in the Barnyard well Sunday 22 rain during the past night Father & Johnny here to dinner self went to G Tuffords in the afternoon Monday 23 fine but cold self at the factory Books in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville attended the Nomation for Councillors Tuesday 24th 1867 �fine but chilly self went to the store in the morning & put the carpet down in the dining room afternoon went to the School paid the Teacher $10 and engaged him to teach six months @ 22 dollars per month Jonathan Titus and Luy Nold here in the evening to tea Wednesday 25 Xmas day Father Jane & all their children here to dinner & tea allso also Mother & Wm had 2 roast Geese & plum pudding very stormy evening rain and wind took 24¼ lb Butter to G Southwick Wm Dildine burried Thursday 26 Decr fine warm day like spring self attend factory Committee Meeting in the forenoon afternoon Patrons meeting Wife at Randalls self & Wm went to Otterville Friday 27 soft & showery Wife very poorly with a violent head ache self fixing the platform around the pump Saturday 28 self & George went in to the woods got a trough for the barnyard pump got the X cut saw got a Barral of salt from G Southwick Sunday 29th Dec 1867 Father Mother & Wm here to Dinner roast Duck & plum pudding Mother staid to tea. Monday 30th self cutting firewood in the forenoon & helpd Wm clean up 6 Bl of corn afternoon at Otterville making out Report for Annual Agricultural Meeting {written vertically} took 13½ lb Butter to G Goodwins 18¢ per lb Tuesday 31st and last of 67. fine day self in the woods cutting wood Mother & Wife at Pennington self went for them in the evening, Jany 1st 1868 Wednesday �A little snow fell during the part night self & Wife left home on a visit to Moses Corless & Alice dined at Moses and took Lea and staid the night with Elias & Alice Mott Thursday 2nd Mild self Wife Moses & Wife went to James Martins to see Aunt Jinny dined there self returned home left Wife at Moses Corless Friday 3rd self writing school notice went to PO in the afternoon & put up notices in the section rec'd a Letter from Leys of Toronto Saturday 4th 1868 wet disagreeable day rain & snow self cutting wood writing to Leys & to the Editor of the Leader enclosed Bank of Upper Canada Bill of five dollars for the Leader No of Bill 36126 96 Kingston date 1st Jan 1861 Sunday 5th very fine day self & Wm went to Addisons Mrs Addison buried in Norwichville Wife returned from Moses Corlesses with Moses & Wife and E Mott & Alice all hands dined at Father Corless's & took tea with us Monday Jany 6th 68 fine day but cold self out electioneering for D Randall as Deputy Reeve Johnny drove the team Wife at D Randalls self took Tea at DRs AL Wilcox elected Dpy Reeve by a majority of 6 Tuesday 7th fine day self took a load of poles to Gradons Mill to put under the saw Logs Warren Sherwood & Sam Innis commenced to draw logs Afternoon self went to the school house & to A Titus's to see about the school Report J E Terhinn here in the evening making Report Wednesday 8th Jany 68 self attended School meeting Wife at Fathers also Morton & Lizzie Mrs Pettinger here to dinner Thursday 9th �very cold self & Wm attended Directors meeting and Members Annual Meeting of the Agricultural Meeting Society Friday 10th very cold self in the woods in the forenoon cutting poles & butting sawlog afternoon cutting wood &c. Saturday 11th cold but more mild than yesterday self cutting & drawing wood & took poles to the saw mill &c. Sunday Jany 12th 1867 Cold self Wm & George attended the funeral of Isreal Wood who was buried in Titus's burying ground Father & Johny here to dinner self & Wife at Mothers to Tea D Randall & Wife here in the evening Monday 13th Cold self & Wm cutting dry pine for firewood drew a load for him & one for self in the evening went to the saw mill Tuesday 14 still continues cold self took a load of poles to the mill in the forenoon afternoon sawing for Wm cut 5 Logs George & his Ma went to Otterville maild the School Report to L Sup little snow in the evening January Wednesday 15th 1867 forenoon helped Wm cut logs also part of the afternoon Thursday 16th cold self went to the Mill to see about placing the Logs James Forman butting Logs help'd Wm cut some Basswoods Logs self paid him 3/ for ½ days work afternoon sharpend the saw in the evening self & Wife D Randall & Wife & G Tufford & Wife at Mothers & Wm Oysters supper Friday 17th More Mild self & George Longstreet cutting saw Logs 6 cuts for self & 3 for George L Saturday 18th Jan 1867 �cold slight showers of snow self went to J Read for ground augur to bore the well and took the Long sleigh to the smiths shop to be repair'd afternoon boreing in the barnyard well for water took 9½ lb of Butter to G Southwick Sunday 19 [Mathematical calculations] 4) 63 13 3 ___ 39 63 ___ 102 125 102 13 25¼ yds @ 12½¢ per yd $3.16 1¾ lb yarn @ 63¢ per lb $1.02 $4-18 D To Wool in all $5.33 4.18 $1-15 Paid Due CJT from HC March 9th 1868 1. Measurement of Cut by Self GL. 18 18 436 436 315 594 633 398 609 436 644 976 304 600 736 835 288 532 344 457 493 �567 582 459 436 436 500 334 596 648 377 377 524 493 200 391 657 510 457 228 562 X609 436 588 344 784 233 330 303 552 477 500 213 739 657 600 330 657 500 500 303 404 450 548 334 840 644 411 240 770 588 404 454 876 616 334 1068 11047 9320 9304 8373 Woods Saw Logs 1868 657 739 588 210 644 375 680 213 411 �622 500 548 334 575 375 609 377 657 280 500 459 14 509 x 459 x 654 532 542 784 119 500 925 954 86 739 303 439 162 459 14 439 344 100 588 2 710 710 548 692 588 855 222 692 838 870 576 657 801 552 185 500 675 532 304 582 548 609 x 784 377 710 377 650 548 �800 251 377 1046 840 436 330 1110 12196 10595 7117 11904 657 548 14915 600 509 17700 657 600 11904 725 657 7117 552 871 9595 692 975 12196 840 1207 8373 657 800 9304 710 772 9510 600 954 100614 390 840 �500 903 509 903 550 925 240 920 552 954 436 840 493 1007 657 14915 650 708 820 Corrected 782 Cut by GL 101649 850 by self 11047 609 622 112696 �493 786 17725 $37.50 22 $37.72 37½ $38.09 Thick Total of 30146 inch $20 / 1211 31357 250 40 85 375 686.07 210 84 $475.23 Thick P 1349 �Inch Pick Thick P No of M Pottz Thick Piece Pecies 1613 3993 1204 Total in all 36963 Saw Logs 1868 Dr Jany 3 Paid G. Longstreet for cutting $30.00 Paid G. Longstreet for cutting 4.00 Feby 3 Paid G. Longstreet for cutting 3.94 Jan " 25 By Warren Sherwood order 11.10 Sam Innis for drawing 10.00 March 9th Warren Sherwood 10.00 18 Warren Sherwood 20.00 �21 Paid W Sherwood 13.79 23 Saml Innis 23.80 Apr ½ Bushel of Wheat 1.50 9 Cash per Boy S Innis 8.00 Hay for Oxen .50 136.63 Paid Reably for Teaming 110.84 S Longstreet Teaming 12.69 D Randall Teaming 2.30 F Graydon for sawing &c Cr fd By 36,947 sold to Cook $686.07 �2000 Eighing 12.00 2446 E Mott @ $6.50 15.90 L Stenhoof @ $6-0 7. 1050 S Wallace $6.50 6.80 1000 Showground $6 6.00 1012 J Martin $6.50 6.60 333 Siple $6 2.00 8214 A White 744 J Williams $6.50 & $10 5.35 May 13 307 Steinhoof & Watt C.C. 3.07 Dec 29 600 Watts @ 10 Dol per M 6.00 {Blank page} {Blank page} �[Mathematical calculations] June 10th 1869 T S McCurdy Elias Bowman & CJ Treffry fence reivers met on the line between Summers & Fonger and traced a line shown by John & George Summers which they said was the old line shown to their Father by John Treffry many years ago as the proper line - after staking out the line they the fence reivers divided the portion to be fenced & apportioned 9 chains 41½ Links for Summers to build commencing at the front of the Lot running South to a stake planted at a distance of 9 C 41½ L James Fonger is to build a fence from the stake planted as before described and running South 9 C 41½ Links 18.81 4 72 A/c of Lumber sold To A White 1869 June 1543 Self Con 26 X625 Sam L Con 26 1996 Sam L Con 28 1939 Sam L Con 30 1020 D Randall Feb 2 X 1091 Clear June 8th/69 Bal due from Wm White $46.24 8 Longstreet delivered 5651 ft of Lumber to A White for one at $225 $2.25 per M $12.69 �Paid 1.00 Due 11.69 4098 for WHJ 9.22 $20.91 Total Paid S Longstreet $21-93¾ Feb 9th 1869 Mem June 9th 1869 Paid W.H. T, in full for lumber $44.30 and recd from him $10 in Sil on Wm Pettinger's a/c say 90000 feet in Log will make ¼ clear 4/ 90 22-2 Clear 22000 at $18 176000 22000 $396000 340 $736 360 376 90 22 68000 at $5 340,000 Cuting drawing & sawing $4 per M 90 4 360 [Mathematical calculations] �First Pile 376 Peices [Mathematical calculations] X July 17 Pickd Beans first full scize [Mathematical calculations] Seed sown in 1867 lb Gch Apr 25 sowd Peas Apr 27 Planted Beans {----} Apr 29 & 30 Spring Wheat Apr 29 sowd Early York Lettuce & Califlower 3 00 4 00 planted onions May 9 Barley 7 May 11 Barley sowd carrots 14 May 16 Barley peas 44 29 to 31 planted Corn & Beans one & ¾ acres May 31 planted Tomatoes June 4 sow'd some lettuce June 5th sow'd Oats June 5th vetches 1 peck 18 Bl �June 6 peas June 7 sowd 45 lb Clover & 33 Timothy seed on 6½ acres North of Orchard June 7th sowd radishes / pulld first July 5th June 8th planted Potatoes 13 Bl also Squash Cucumbers & popcorn July 5 sowd ½ Bl Buckwheat July 4 4½ lb Rape ½ Bl 1867 Feby 15th Recd for drawing Staves Cash $21.30 $21.60 March 8th sold 11 & ½ M Shingles 25.87 March 27th Sold G Southwick 56 & ¾ meat 8¢ 4.54 March 27th Sold H H Southwick shoulder 2.83 April 2nd G Southwick Ham 2.15 30 lb veal 1.50 20 Bl of Barly to J Martin 10.00 Apr {Page duplicated} 1867 Recd for drawing Staves �Sep Octr 9 changed $10 Bill lent Wm $2.00 Paid Horse Doctor $1.50 & J H Treffry $2.00 Nov 30 lent WHT $2.00 Decr 11 Lent WHT $10 Commercial & 5 Dol Bil M Duhig [Mathematical calculations] [Mathematical calculations] [Mathematical calculations] [Mathematical calculations] For more information on Charles John Treffry, check out the “Meet the Diarists” page 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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Title A name given to the resource Charles John Treffry Diary & Transcription, 1867 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1867 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Charles John Treffry Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charles John Treffry Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Norwich & District Archives Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Oxford County, Norwich Township, Ontario Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <h2><span class="mw-headline">C.J. Treffry January 1st 1867</span></h2> <p>{in right hand corner is written the following calculation}</p> <p>24 lbs of Wool at 28¢</p> <p>$6.72</p> <p>Carding 1.20</p> <p>Spinning 4.00</p> <p>Color 1.00</p> <p>Weaving 3.16 1/2</p> <p>______________</p> <p>16.081/2</p> <p>{-} .50</p> <p>______________</p> <p>101 /15.58 1/2</p> <p>Cost of Car (shortform for carpet) pr yd say 62¢</p> <p>{In left hand corner he has worked out the 62¢ calculation}</p> <p>5-1 {L07 NC pyev LX or something like that, likely written by archival staff}</p> <p>Diary for 1867</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Diary for 1867 C J Treffry</span></h2> <p>Lot No 2 - 10th Con</p> <p>South Norwich</p> <p>Canada West</p> <p>Tuesday Jan 1st 1867 Very fine &amp; mild self &amp; Sam sawing wood dined in the Woods Mr Rendall &amp; Mr Trefford dined with us Mother dined here</p> <p>Wednesday 2d fine day self &amp; Horses as Yesterday</p> <p>Thursday 3d fine mild weather self &amp; team as yesterday</p> <p>Friday 4th self &amp; team &amp; john in the woods sawing</p> <p>1867</p> <p>Saturday Jany 5th Self cutting wood out of the tree tops John draw'g it in the forenoon afternoon John went to Otterville self cutting wood &amp;c</p> <p>Sunday 6th Mothers Birth day aged 79 Father Jany{?} Mother &amp; Wm here to dinner self Wife Mother &amp; Wm went to Randalls in the afternoon Wife taken very poorly</p> <p>Monday 7th Attended Town Meeting G. Goodwin Reeve A L. Wilson Dpy reeve Sam Wallace H A Titus{?} &amp; D{?} Randall Councillors</p> <p>Tuesday Jan/y 8th 1867</p> <p>Self W &amp; John attended South Norwich Branch Agl. Soc'y Annual Meeting at the Town Hall Otterville the following persons were Elected C J Treffry Presdt A. L. Wilcox V. P. W. H. Treffry H. A. Titus G. Goodwin H. Shattuck Martin Harris Henry Vanmere, A. B. Moore Dr. Meccasar{?}, &amp; J B Smith Directors</p> <p>Wednesday 9th</p> <p>Mary R. came to help fine day self attended school meeting H. A. Titus Elected Trustee in place of Martin Du{illegible} M. Reynolds &amp; Mr Marshall here to dinner Mary Randall here</p> <p>[written vertically:] John comenced to work. Self &amp; wife went to Otterville in the afternoon</p> <p>Thursday Jany 10th</p> <p>Cold self &amp; Wife left home for Foxes got there about 1/2 past two in the afternoon.</p> <p>Friday 11</p> <p>self &amp; Wife went with P Fox to Woodstock to get the girls (dres's?) also call a on M &amp; Mrs Wright.</p> <p>Saturday 12</p> <p>Cold self &amp; wife at P Foxes</p> <p>Sunday 13th</p> <p>Cold &amp; blustry self &amp; wife returned home wife very poorly</p> <p>Monday Jan/y 14th 6y</p> <p>self went down to Hamilton to timber lot to see about drawing shingle timber in the forenoon afternoon making rack for drawing shingle botts Wife very poorly</p> <p>Tuesday 15th</p> <p>self went down with John &amp; team drew 1 cord of shingle wood for Hamilton in the forenoon afternoon got out a load of staves for Phelps from {illegible} Wife very poorly</p> <p>Wednesday 16th</p> <p>John took the load of staves to M Allwort Farm to have $4 per 1200 afternoon got out another load</p> <p><br />Crosshatched: John took 8 Bul of Oats to Otterville for chop &amp; got the horse line repaired</p> <p>1867</p> <p>Thursday Jany 17 Cold John took a load of staves to M Allmorts self went to Shaws &amp; Beals in the forenoon to see about staves afternoon making sleigh rack</p> <p>Friday 18 self went with John to Beals &amp; brot out a load of staves John took them away in the afternoon</p> <p>Saturday 19</p> <p>self &amp; John as yesterday Moses &amp; M Corless came in the evening</p> <p>Sunday 20th</p> <p>Cold Moses and Wife and self dined at Fathers Wife not well enough to go Mother Wm and Jane here to tea</p> <p>Monday Jany 21st/67 snow during the past night self and Moses cleaned up a grist in the forenoon John drawing firewood afternoon self and Moses went to Otterville &amp; to Barkers Mill with 4 lb of Wheat &amp; 10 of Oats Moses &amp; Wife &amp; Wm at D Rowdaly in the evening they could not go home on account of his mare being very lame Rickd by his horse</p> <p>Tuesday 22 John got out a load of staves in the forenoon afternoon J took Melisia and babe home, Moses mare being too lame to go faster than a walk.</p> <p>Wednesday Jany 23/67 The snow now is about 1ft deep self &amp; John getting down firewood in the forenoon afternoon John took down a load of staves self spliting wood &amp; H Lossing brot Rebecca Reynolds here Mother &amp; Wm also here to dinner self &amp; Wife took tea at mothers.</p> <p>Thursday 24 Mild, got out a load of staves in the forenoon afternoon John took them away self helping Wm clean Oats</p> <p>{This page and part of the next are written in different handwriting.}</p> <p>Friday 25th Jan/67 Snowing a little in the forenoon afternoon snowing very fast with some rain self and John drawing staves out of the wood.</p> <p>Saturday 26th very stormy snowing and drifting. John went to Otterville &amp; to Barkers Mill in the forenoon for the chop which I left there last Monday self went to the shoemaker &amp; G Southwick {?} sold 8 1/2 lb of Butter 16 cents afternoon self making {illegible} for chop stuff &amp; John spliting wood &amp; helped clean up 8 bags of oats</p> <p>Sunday 27 Snowing &amp; drifting lane drifted full impassable obliged to make road through the field</p> <p>{note vertically at right side of page in larger and possibly different handwriting} Father not here</p> <p>1867 Monday Jan'y 28th</p> <p>Self &amp; John breaking roads through the front field also to the woods drew 2 load of wood for Father Corless 1 for Wm &amp; 2 for ourselves unloaded the staves &amp; brot the sleighs home self repaired the Barnyard Gates &amp; doing other jobs snowing again towards evening with a strong west wind John took the team {written vertically up right side of page "to go to Gillette" perhaps to finish this sentence}</p> <p>Tuesday 29th {now handwriting changes back to the original diarist}</p> <p>Cold day John took the children to school &amp; brot Mother up to spend the day self writing John threshing oats Wm at Otterville Auditing Township Books John went to Otterville in the evening Wm returned with him</p> <p>1867 Wednesday Jan'y 30th</p> <p>Cold day John self took the children to school &amp; went to Otterville took Wm out &amp; called at the school with the children ordered a ash pail &amp; shovel for the school &amp; got a poker John spliting wood in the forenoon afternoon self got Nelly shod/shoe John threshing oats Therm 0/6 paid Joshua $2.15</p> <p>Thursday 31</p> <p>Mild Therm 20 in morning evening 42 with rain S.W. wind John drawing {or perhaps "sawing"} staves took 623 Martin {Nold?} here in the forenoon and paid {illegible} Dickins $38..60 &amp; 1..30 Interest self threshing &amp; cleaning out barn in the afternoon</p> <p>Friday Feb'y 1st 1867</p> <p>Very slopy Therm 36 in the morning 30 in the evening John drew a load of staves out of the woods the road is to soft to take them out self threshing oats in the forenoon afternoon self &amp; John cleaning up oats RB Cromwell called in the evening</p> <p>Saturday 2d</p> <p>John took a load of staves 618 Wm helped me clean up some oats self went to Otterville in the evening rain &amp; freezing most of the day</p> <p>Sunday Feb'y 3 1867</p> <p>rather {snowy or stormy?} in the forenoon Father here to dinner Catherine Mott Elias &amp; Alice with their 2 children came in the afternoon Mother &amp; Wm here to tea Father also came up in the afternoon C Mott went home with Mother</p> <p>Monday 4h</p> <p>fine mild morning commenced to snow about 1/2 past three in the afternoon John took 676 staves to Allworts self &amp; wife dined at fathers with Motts {C or E?} &amp; A. M. left for home about 3 oclock Catherine staid at fathers Lydia heifer calved heifer calf self went to J Randalls for our X cut saw</p> <p>Tuesday Feby 5th 1867</p> <p>Mild John took a load of staves to Allmotts self jobing drawing wood spliting &amp; went to Fathers for C Mott Mother &amp; Wm here to dinner.</p> <p>Wednesday 6th</p> <p>fine day John went to the woods for staves could not get a load sold parts of a load to M Carder for 60 cents afternoon drawing wood. self preparing cutting box {Moth?}</p> <p>Thursday 7th</p> <p>very fine John drawing wood self clean'd up a grist 4 bl of wheat afternoon to the wheat &amp; 4 bags of oats to Otterville Mill and attended meeting of the Directors of the S.W.A. Society</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1867</span></h2> <p>Friday Feb 8th Very fine day John drew 7 load of wood self went to the saw mill to see {?} about sawing he said he would saw on shares or for $2,,50 pr M. or would buy good log and pay $3,,50 pr M. in the log afternoon self cut down a large dry pine, wife at Father with C. Mott</p> <p>Saturday 9th wet snow self drew 4 load of wood snow fell so fantly wet oblijed to quit went to Fathers for C Mott {?} her went to M Allmort to meet Phelps to get his pay for drawing stave returned there without his money Phelps not</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Feby 10th 1867</span></h2> <p>Cold Thaw 4 snow drift with a west wind too stormy for Father to come up to dinner</p> <p>Monday 11th Cold south wind Them 2 6 self took C Mott to Elia's Motts Geutrye May Maggie Emma &amp; Berry all went with us for a visit dined at Eliass and took Tea at Moses Corless s returned about 7 in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 12th 1867</span></h2> <p>More mild thawing out in the afternoon Therm 2 40 in the evening self went to the smiths shop to get chain needed &amp; to James Randalls to get him to cut saw logs could not get him afternoon out a price tree for saw logs Jim poorly went to Ottawa brot home the grist of wheat I took to Mice on Thursday wife {?} out to see Mr Snyder who is very ill sent a letter to Morton Pouleem</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1867 Wednesdsay Feby 13th</span></h2> <p>John poorly not doing any thing but chores self cut a pine tree for sew logs commenced rain about {?} &amp; rained very hard all the afternoon self hung the meat in the smoke house</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 14th</span></h2> <p>self in the woods preparing for sawing John took the children to school and went for Mary Randalls in the forenoon afternoon sawing saw logs</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 15th</span></h2> <p>Milet self &amp; John sewing R B Cromwell came in the evening with a bill of exchange for {?} for bog - 8 Stlg I gave him his mortgage</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 18th Feby 1867</span></h2> <p>fine warm day Wm threshing oats self help-ing him also made a pen for calf see Father here in the evening paid $36,,40 on his {?} for me to send to Toronto</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 19</span></h2> <p>John threshing oat self &amp; Wm went to Ottawa in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 20th</span></h2> <p>very stormy self &amp; Wm attended Mr M Cuidys funeral on foot dined at Rob Tuffords {?} Pennington here to tea John threshing oats some snowfall last night &amp; this morning but not enough to make good sleighing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 21st</span></h2> <p>self &amp; John cutting roads &amp; took one log to mile in the forenoon afternoon took 4 logs had Wm Oxen to load with Mother &amp; Wm here to tea Mothers staid the night Friday snowing very fast most of the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 22</span></h2> <p>self &amp; John {?} out logs took 2 logs to Mile in the forenoon afternoon Wm took the horses to draw wood self John skiding log &amp; cutting road, Mother &amp; Wm here to tea Mother staid the night</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday Feby 23</span></h2> <p>snow going fast south wind rain in the evening self &amp; John with Oxen &amp; horses took 9 logs to the Mill</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 24th</span></h2> <p>more cold Father here to dinner fine day Mother here in the afternoon</p> <h1><span class="mw-headline">= Monday 25</span></h1> <p>fine day self went to Otterville in the forenoon also call'd on JW Snyder to see about Cloves seed bot a pair of Boots of creynton afternoon self &amp; wife went to see Jesse Cornele John poorly split wood 1/2 day</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday Feby 26th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day cleand up oats in the forenoon John poorly but help'd me clean Oats afternoon self spliting wood John went to get his boot mended</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 27th</span></h2> <p>fine day self went to Losings Mile with chop for horses &amp; cows took Mary Cunliffe to Dr Cardens to have a tooth drawn Mary Sherwood &amp; Mr Randall here</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 28th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy some slight showers self brot 6 &amp; 1/2 thousand shingles from {?} which they made last spring afternoon fixing wagon to take shingles John took his Aunt Alice to {?} left them whilst he went to Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March Friday 29 1st 1867</span></h2> <p>fine morning Wm returned from Moses Corlesss about noon Wife went to Dr Randalls in the morning self went for her in the evening self loaded the shingles &amp; storing other jobs John not fit for work</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 2d</span></h2> <p>Cold blustry self went to see Hamilton about sawing lumber in the forenoon afternoon went to post office</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 3</span></h2> <p>Cold but more mild then yesterday Father here to dinner self &amp; wife went down down to Mothers a little while in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday March 4th</span></h2> <p>fine day but rather cold self jobing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville got a bottle of Medicine for Wife</p> <p>== Tuesday 5th == afternoon fine warm day self went in search of Clover seed for the Agricultural Society dined at Mr Eagles south of Delhi could not get any seed</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 6th</span></h2> <p>East wind rather chilly self threshing peas and fixing shingle load {?} Mary Sherwood here to dinner slight shower of sleet in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1867 Thursday March 7</span></h2> <p>fine day self drawing wood &amp; god Nelly shod</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 8th</span></h2> <p>fine day self left home with a load of singles 11 1/2 M for Ingersoll sold them in Otterville to Miss Jackie Jacques &amp; deliver them 1 mile North of Burgessville for $2,,25 pr M.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 9th</span></h2> <p>fine day self Job drew 200 spokes from the woods in the forenoon afternoon Wm had the team to go to Mill John Hillier call'd about clover seed Johny went to G Southwks {?} to stay in shop</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday March 10th 1867</span></h2> <p>Cloudy rain in the afternoon Father here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 11th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy self &amp; Father went to Moses Corless exchanged 4 Bushel of wheat for seed winter for spring also went to Jas Martins with Father snow in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 12th</span></h2> <p>fine day self skin'd the calf which died yesterday some time in the night from bloat after drinking afternoon threshing peas sent $25 to Wm AM Lin by George to School snow came last night nearly all gone this evening roads very muddy</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday March 13th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy growing colder towards evening with a strong west wind self cleand up 10 1/2 Bushel of wheat and a bag of Barley for a {?} Shop Pennington here to Tea &amp; staid the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 14</span></h2> <p>very cold Therm <span style="text-decoration:underline;">2</span> 6 self west to Barkers Mile returned by Otterville. Maild Fathers Initaliment $36,,40 to W.T. Mason Toronto xx Goodwin $6 on af Mr {?} Tufford &amp; Mary Randall here also Mother &amp; William</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday March 15th 1867</span></h2> <p>Cold self threshing pease tc</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 16th</span></h2> <p>Cold and stormy towards evening self made a Map for Morton Toulurin pasted it to him by George in the afternoon self splitting wood John came home from G Southwrick in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 17</span></h2> <p>Snowing and blowing from the West Wm went to John Siples for Marianna tossing self &amp; Wife at Mothers Marianna Wm came about 8 oclock in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday March 18th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; John went to Simcoe and bot 12 Bushel of Clover seed paid $7,,50 pd</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 19th</span></h2> <p>fine day self weighing Clover seed &amp; threshing peas paid J{?} Truffry $11-50</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 20th</span></h2> <p>fine morning cold east wind in the afternoon self putting up fences on the {?} east &amp; threshing peas John went to Otterville Sam Innis &amp; John Heillien came for clover seed sent a letter to the office for John Dennis's also sent one to J Pittitt Otterville Paid John H Truffry $2,,50 ==</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#March_Thursday_21st_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">March Thursday 21st 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_22d"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 22d</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_23"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 23</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_24th"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 24th</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March Thursday 21st 1867</span></h2> <p>Stormy most of the day D Randall &amp; Wife here to dinner self and Wife went with them to Mothers to Tea</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 22<span style="text-decoration:underline;">d</span></span></h2> <p>self &amp; John went to Otterville to look after the timber on Lot no 10 in the g con book home. a load of pine</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 23</span></h2> <p>fine day very slopy on the roads self killed Peggys Calf 5 weeks old afternoon self went to Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 24th</span></h2> <p>commenced snow and rain about noon self went to P. Foxes in the afternoon Father here to deliver</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 25th March 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day but chilly self at P. Fores drawing Seases between P. Fores and J. Rutherford</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 26</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; P. Fox went to Woodstock in the forenoon afternoon returned home bot cloth forself &amp; boys</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 27</span></h2> <p>very chilly self &amp; Wife went to G. Southwick store bought trimmings for cloth. also dresses for girl &amp; 1lb 75¢ Lea sold him 5b 3/4th of side pork a 8¢ als bought a carbog of oil of H. H Southwick 10 gal a 20¢ for Gal sold him a Shoulder 21 1/2th a 9¢ pd the balance 17¢ cash afternoon self &amp; John threshing peas with the flail.</p> <p>.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday March 28th /67</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; John threshing peas in the porenoon George went to the P.O. with a letter for FR Bale afternoon John went to Root Mile to work self helping Will clean oats</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 29th</span></h2> <p>self cleared up Barley Will helping in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 30th</span></h2> <p>fine day Spot cow had Bull calf, self did not go to Simcoe with Barley as intended slaid home in the morning to look after the cow afterwards went to Otterville Mile with 2 bog of chip Barley &amp; butter</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday March 31st 1867</span></h2> <p>very fine day Mother &amp; Father here to dinner W went to Stephen Losunge with Marianna John came home last night left again this morning</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April Monday 1<span style="text-decoration:underline;">st</span></span></h2> <p>ground coverd with snow Snow &amp; Rain most of the forenoon self threshing oats &amp; helped Father draw a load of hay</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 2d</span></h2> <p>fine day self threshing oats &amp; Mr Randall called here in the afternoon George &amp; Mary went home with her to eat hot sugar self took him to P Southwick in the evening 21 1/2 lb at 10¢ heard the Frogs first for the season</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April Wednesday 3d 1867</span></h2> <p>a fine day self thrashing oats</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 4th</span></h2> <p>Mild self threshing oat rain in the afternoon Jm Wood here in the morning assessing Jane Corless &amp; her Mother here self took them home in the evening very wet &amp; muddy</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1867 April Friday 5th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy and snow showers in the afternoon self threshing in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville attended a Meeting of the Directors of the A.Locz decided to have a spring show on the 25th of this month</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 6th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy but and chilly R. Longstreet returned 255lb of wheat borrowed last sept self Riled spots calf in the forenoon afternoon went to L.P. Connelly and returned by Otterville P.O. recd a letter from Sirrie John came home in the evening</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#April_Sunday_7th_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">April Sunday 7th 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_8th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 8th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_9th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 9th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_10"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 10</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April Sunday 7th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day Father here to dinner also Mrs D. &amp; Mr Jas Randall who called on their very home from J. W. Snyder whose wife died this morning</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 8th</span></h2> <p>Claudy day self &amp; George threshing oats</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 9th</span></h2> <p>very fine day slef and Mother attended Mrs Snyders funeral Wife too poorly to go baby &amp; Maggie also poorly</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 10</span></h2> <p>a very wet day Wife very poorly put in blisher between her shoulder, self &amp; George working in the Barn</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday April 11th</span></h2> <p>Chilly cleand up some Ants took 2 Bags of oats &amp; 2 of Barley to Otterville Mile Wife still poorly</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 12th</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George cleand up some Oats, &amp; in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville for the chop Bot a pr of shoes from P. Southwicks for George &amp; took my boots to Forolers to be mended</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 13th</span></h2> <p>fine day self with J.P. McCurdey &amp; Elia Boweman at Fongers &amp; Summons acting as Feuce Veiairs {no idea } respecting Water courses George went to Otterville NcP &amp; E B dived here</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday April 14th 1867</span></h2> <p>Cloudy &amp; warm Father &amp; John here to dinner Wife continue very poorly G Tuford &amp; wife caled in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday April 15</span></h2> <p>Wet day self &amp; George finishd cleaning the oats Will helped a little while Mr. Randall &amp; Mr Lemons here to dinner Wife a little better George Cornell</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 16</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; George drawing manure into the Orchard Maggie &amp; Emma went to Randalls to eat hot sugar</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1867 April Wednesday 17th</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; George drawing manure Marys Birthday 15th Children at at Grandmas to tea Wife very poorly</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 18th</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; George as yesterday Mary Randar here Wife very poorly</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 19</span></h2> <p>fine day self went to Norwichville for Dr Cook to come down and see Wife he left her medicine for placing a inflamation on the lungs self returned by Otterville took 2 B of Bark to Barkers mile for Father</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday April 20th / 67</span></h2> <p>fine day strong wet wind self &amp; George drawing manure until Tea time after tea drew a load of Hay for Father Wife very poorly in bed all day Johny came home in the eve</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 21st</span></h2> <p>five day self went to Dr. Cookes for more medium for wife where a litle better today Mr &amp; Mrs Stowe D Randall &amp; Wife G Tufford &amp; wife warren Sherwood &amp; Wife called to see Wife</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 22</span></h2> <p>Ground coverd with snow &amp; snowing most of the day self went to the Store &amp; Blacksmith shop in the forenoon and afternoon self &amp; W went to the Cheese</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April Tuesday 23 1867</span></h2> <p>Cold &amp; Cloudy self &amp; George drawing manure self went over to help F Denny to wring his pigs Wife better</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 24th</span></h2> <p>Storm most of the day self at the Smith shop with the plow in the forenoon afternnon commenced plowing after it quit snowing George spreading manure Wife still improving</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 25</span></h2> <p>John Min. (?) Cardin fine day self sow'd about 31 bushel of peas on the sod south of the railroad in the forenoon afternoon attended Mr first Spring Show in this Township George draging with Mr Apen</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday Apr 26th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self plowing George spreaing manure Mary Sherwood Sent these to tea J Wrin finished spading (?) at noon paid him one dollar</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 27</span></h2> <p>very cold Them 30 at (?) ni the foremoon self plowing overcoat &amp; Mittgon George spreading manure in the forenoon afternoon draging self attended Milk meeting Mr. Farrington present John came home in the evening George planted some bean</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 28</span></h2> <p>Chilly Father here to dinner Marianna Birthday 1 yr old Jane here to Lun Mr Nobbs &amp; Wife &amp; Mother &amp; 3 children called in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday April 29th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day took chilly &amp; Cloudy sowd some spring wheat in the orchard George harrowing self finished planting top onions sowd some Lettuce radish early goods and cauliflower seed evening plowing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 30th</span></h2> <p>slight shower during the night Warm &amp; Cloudy finished the spring wheat to P. while in ale also plowing sold to James Martin 20 Bushel of Barley a 50¢ it has been a cold wet month</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday May 1st 1867</span></h2> <p>Rain in the part night a chilly day attended councile in the afternoon and left a written award of feuce viewer respecting Fongers &amp; Luminus water couries</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 2nd</span></h2> <pre>== Friday 3 == </pre> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday April May 4th 1867</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 5th</span></h3> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 6</span></h2> <p>Cold &amp; wet self &amp; Mr went to Otterville bot 5 Bl of potatoes from Mr Cornell at 35¢</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 7th May April 1867</span></h2> <p>self plowing for Barley George spreading manure</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 8th</span></h2> <p>a fine day self plowing George spreading manure Joseph Kelly R Randall W Triffy Marianne lossing Mary Randall &amp; Alice Tufford here to Tea</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 9th</span></h2> <p>fine but chilly self cleand &amp; sowd 7 Bushel of Barley wrote an agreement for Janathan TItus &amp; other jobs George draging Wife went with Mrs Randall to Fathers &amp; Pennington</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday April May 10th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self George finished draging Jonathon Titus came from his agreement self plowing earth of the house</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 11th</span></h2> <p>fine day self plowing &amp; sowd 1 1/2 B of Barley george harrowed to me &amp; sowd some carrots felf went down after tea to assist in cleaning School House</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 12</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; Children attended Labbeth School first Elias &amp; Alice Matt here dinner self &amp; wife with them at Mothers to Tea Father here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday May 13th 1867</span></h2> <p>Showery self gardening sow'd some Cabbage seed and planted Pri plant Hoarhound &amp; Wormwood &amp; fixing porch &amp; George taking the manure from the celar banking Jane Corless &amp; her Mother here</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 16</span></h2> <p>some slight showers land very wet self as yesting until 4 oclock when I went down to the shool engaged W A McLim to teach the shool for a year from 15th of May evening attend a committe meeting at the Cheese factory</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 15</span></h2> <p>self plowing in the east field for peas</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday May 16th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy self finished plowing in the east field all that was dry enough and sowd 4 1/2 Bl of peas George draging them in rain in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 17</span></h2> <p>George finished draging in the peas sowd yesterday rain very hard before he finished self &amp; John making wheelbarrow self corn plowing the North field about 4 of (?) for Ants very wet</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 18.</span></h2> <p>fine day but cold self plowing George Johny</p> <p>Sunday 19 cold &amp; cloudy rain in the evening no Sabbath School Joel Comfort buried to day Father here to dinner Mother has stayed the night</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday. Monday May 20 1967</span></h2> <p>Cloudy land very wet self plowing in the North field John went to the Mill again to work in the evening after finishing the wheelbarrow George put in some more carrot seed</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 21st</span></h2> <p>self plowing untile noon when it set in to rain and rained all the afternoon and at night wet cold backward weather</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 22</span></h2> <p>Wet day went to the mill to see about drawing logs saw'd took plow share to the smith ship got a hole drilled in it took 1 ham &amp; 1 shoulder of took to G Southwick 53 1/2 lb a 9¢ lb wife at G Southwick on a visit</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 23rd May 1867</span></h2> <p>wet day self took 53 1/2 lbs of meat Ham shoulder to Geroge Southwick 9¢ pr lb went to T L McCurdys for seed corn in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 24</span></h2> <p>Queens Birthday self plowing for sorn five day Fathers children &amp; their mother here</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 25</span></h2> <p>Cloudy morning commenced to rain again baout 11 oclock Old Mr Tufford cal'd in the forenoon self plowing in the forenoon afternoon self &amp; wife went to C.P. Cornells &amp; Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 26th May 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day but very chilly self &amp; children attended Sabbath School Lissie went for the first, Father here In the evening self Wife and Children went to the corners to meeting Preacher did not come self &amp; Wife returned by George Tuffords call'd to see Mr &amp; Mrs Tufford son Polly Mare got a mare colt</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 27</span></h2> <p>No rain but rather cloudy self plowing and harrowing ground for corn</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 28</span></h2> <p>Rain again in the forenoon self went to the store to exchange shoes also get 1 lb ten afternoon furrowing corn ground, self &amp; Wife took P at Mother with Tuffords &amp; Randalls caught a brook &amp; Wood Duck in forenoon bush</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday May 29th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine and warm self &amp; George drawing manure for the corn hills Ben &amp; cornelius here in the afternoon commenced to plant, wife went over to Randall &amp; Tuffords after Tea</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 30th</span></h2> <p>fine day but very chilly self planting corn Boys drawing manure &amp; putting it in the hills Mary planted the beans in the corn field in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 31st</span></h2> <p>fine day warmer than yesterday Boys planting corn John Winken diging post holes for fence self plowing for Oats George plowing with W open in the afternoon for the first Boys finished the corn before Tea Mrs Hamilton Mr Dileturn &amp; Mrs G Southwick here in the afternoon We have had a very wet Cold May</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1st 1867</span></h2> <p>Saturday fine &amp; warm for this season Them (?) 6 self plowing with the Oxen in the forenoon Wife &amp; George went to Otterville in the evening got a hat for Mary afternoon George Harrowing self plowing finished the Oat ground for Oats Johny came in the evening</p> <p>== Sunday 2<span style="text-decoration:underline;">nd</span> == A very wet day Father Johny &amp; Marianna (?) here to dinner could not attend School on a/c of (?) rain had in the evening after dark sharp thunder &amp; lightening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 3<span style="text-decoration:underline;">rd</span></span></h2> <p>Cloudy morning self &amp; George firing fever around the meadows North in the forenoon afternoon plowing ground for potatoes some slight showers</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#June_Tuesday_4th_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">June Tuesday 4th 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_5th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 5th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_6th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 6th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_7"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 7</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June Tuesday 4th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine warm self finished plowing &amp; harrowing potatoe ground</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 5th</span></h2> <p>fine &amp; warm George harrowing self sowd 18 Bl of Oats North of the Orchard &amp; 2 Peck of vetches also washed the sheep water very warm; the girls at Father's Marys C- Birthday 22</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 6th</span></h2> <p>fine day sow'd 1/2 bushel of Peas self &amp; George finished harrowing in Oat &amp; furrowed them out Therm 84 at noon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 7</span></h2> <p>fine very hot Therm 90 at noon thunder showers pening round on the eveing sow'd 45 lb clover seed &amp; 33 of Timothy on 6 1/2 acres of ground south of the orchard also small amount potatoe ground</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June Saturday 8th 1867.</span></h2> <p>Fine day self George Maggie Emma &amp; Morton planted the potatoes about 15 Bushel in all also planted cucumber Squash Pop Corn &amp; radishes, in the evening drew fence posts in the front field John came home in the afternoon cool in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 9th</span></h2> <p>Fine day Father &amp; John to dinner Wife at Fathers to Tea Maggie Robertson &amp; her niece &amp; Mr lambert self &amp; 6 children attended Sabbeth School</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 10th</span></h2> <p>Very warm George covering in the grass seed on the oats self setting fence posts in the front field</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_June_11_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday June 11 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_12"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 12</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_13"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 13</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_14"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 14</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_15th"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 15th</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday June 11 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self setting finer ports</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 12</span></h2> <p>Hot &amp; Cloudy rain towards evening self as yesterday</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 13</span></h2> <p>self drawing fence Boards and making fence wife having house white washed parlour to day</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 14</span></h2> <p>fine day hot self &amp; George making fence Roxalana leuber and 2 children here to tea also Mother &amp; Mrs.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 15th</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George as yesterday</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday June 16</span></h2> <p>Somewhat Cloudy &amp; very hnot self took Mother &amp; Marianna (?) to Quartly meeting dined at Bewson Lossings left Marianna at Y Pitchers Father at meeting also; wife left home</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 17th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy &amp; hot very fine growing weather self &amp; Morton went to Lossny, Mile with 7 B' of Wheat &amp; 2 f chop could not pct of ground went to Barkers &amp; from there to Otterville where I got it ground 17 Buildings burned in Otterville last night rain in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday June 18th</span></h2> <p>commenced plowing Jos Turnip ground with Mr. Ojen</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 19th</span></h2> <p>plowing Turnip ground</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 20</span></h2> <p>fine day prepare up Turnip ground after Tea above 8 pigs to Jona then Tituis Cheese factory to be fatten on halves</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_21st_June"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 21st June</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_22"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 22</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_23"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 23</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_26th"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 26th</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 21st June</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George preparing turnip ground</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 22</span></h2> <p>drill'd in the Turnip seed W went to Otterville in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 23</span></h2> <p>very hot self &amp; children attended sabbeth School in the morning afternoon self &amp; Wife went to Heury Lossings Father here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 26th</span></h2> <p>self cultivating corn George hoeing Beans after tea self hilld a calf went to the cheese factory &amp; to H Lossings Rec<span style="text-decoration:underline;">d</span> from him $216 which he got from the Bank at Simcoe for the Cheese factory Polly Mare to Bonds Home</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_36_25_June"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 36 25 June</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_26"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 26</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_27"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 27</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_28"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 28</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_29"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 29</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 36 25 June</span></h2> <p>self finished cultivating corn slept shower in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 26</span></h2> <p>very warm self sheard the sheep got lbs of wool from 16</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 27</span></h2> <p>fine self warning hands on the roads self &amp; Wife went to Randals in eving</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 28</span></h2> <p>very hot self plowing in the old garden Wife at Sherwoods</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 29</span></h2> <p>very hot self plowing in the forenoon afternoon with D. Randall examining the New Road East of Southwick</p> <p>{In pencil written vertically} H Corless D Lo C P after preparing for carpet $4-18 Copied the about from Box Cousin Mem made at the time</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_30th_June_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 30th June 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_July_1st"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Monday July 1st</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_2d"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 2d</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_3d"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 3d</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 30th June 1867</span></h2> <p>very hot self &amp; children attended sabbath school Father here to dinner also John Triffay</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday July 1st</span></h2> <p>Public Holiday Confederation of the Provinces begins today self on the roads John plwing afternoon took his Aunt Alice to Otterville self on the Roads</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 2<span style="text-decoration:underline;">d</span></span></h2> <p>Hot &amp; dry self on the roads John plowing for self &amp; W W Jacob Tufford drived her Mother Marianna here McRing wool also Jane here in the afternoon pickd 24 1/2 lbs for pocks (frocks ?)</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 3<span style="text-decoration:underline;">d</span></span></h2> <p>very hot self on the roads let a (?) diteting to John Min 80 Rods a 25¢ Mary Randall here D Randall here for Rope seed 90lb</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday July 4th 1867</span></h2> <p>Cloudy morning Father took Wife to Moses Corlesss on a visit today untile Sunday self on the roads part of the day sowd 4 1/2 lb of Rafis in the old garden a slight shown</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 5th</span></h2> <p>more rain in the night morning self went to the mile to see about getting logs saw'd John at the mile in the afternoon self gardeng in the afternoon &amp; sow 1 1/2 B of Bire wheat East of the house slight shower in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 6</span></h2> <p>Rain during part night rain trough away over John at Carders Mile self get Nelly shod &amp; Gardening after Tea self &amp; Mother went to Moses Corlesss</p> <p>Topay Lou Jack May July 4 - 1867</p> <p>Lydia Jack May July 5</p> <p>Spot Jack May July 7</p> <p>Suke Jack May July 9</p> <p>Peggy Jack May July 13</p> <p>Bobtail Red May July 15</p> <p>Cherry (seed time Aug 13) 26 3rd time August</p> <p>Polly Mare to King of France June 24</p> <p>Jenny "Pennington Colt" June 25</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday July 7th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; Mother attended friends meeting Wife staid at Moses Motte, self Wife &amp; Mother &amp; Martha Bowden from London England dined at Mr Motts, came home in the evening after tea Father here to diner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 8th</span></h2> <p>fine morning self John &amp; George hoeing &amp; cultivating potatoes in the forenoon afternoon drew a load of hay for Wm where it came to rain planted some Cabbage plants this evening self &amp; Wife drove over to George Tuffords</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 9th</span></h2> <p>rain during the part night and rain this morning self finished cultivating potatoes</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 11th</span></h2> <p>(written on the side of the page) heavy shower in the afternoon, Bree Rink for Milk Co.</p> <p>finished cultivating corn in the forenoon afternoon rent to W Wilkinson with the half years school report returned through Otterville settled with</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 12</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George hoeing potatoes after tea raking hay for Wm</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 13th</span></h2> <p>morning Therm 48 Evening 46 self repairing rakes in the morning helpd Wm raking hay &amp; drew in 3 (?) after tea went to Barkers mill got 4 Bl of wheat from D Randed &amp; 2 from S Taffrd first them part fall</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday July 14th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; children attended Sabbeth School after school took self &amp; D. Randall took 21 children in our waggon down to the Meeting house to hear a sabbath school lecture deliverd by Mark Kilry. Wife walk'd down &amp; rode back D Randall &amp; Father here to dinner - self Wife &amp; children attended Maid Rilly meeting at the corners 4 oclock</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 15th</span></h2> <p>self writing to Morton Loulrim ariv in the afternoon put up 10 cocks of hay for Wm</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_16th_July_1967"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 16th July 1967</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_17"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 17</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_18th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 18th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_19th"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 19th</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 16th July 1967</span></h2> <p>fine day self finished up for Morton Toulinun and went to Norwichville &amp; Otterville bot a sythe &amp; swath also culed at Barker Mile for grit left there saturday last</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 17</span></h2> <p>fine day self commenced to mow on the railroad</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 18th</span></h2> <p>fine day self commenced to mow in the clover meadow - north made a cart rack for Father Corless</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 19th</span></h2> <p>self mowing cut 2 acres William &amp; George raked what I cut yesterday</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday July 20th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self mowing in the forenoon afternoon raking Wm helpd in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 21st</span></h2> <p>very hot self &amp; children at Sunday School self &amp; Wife walked over to Randall in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 22</span></h2> <p>self mowing in the new meadow north in the forenoon afternoon rain, in the evening self cuting Canada Thistles</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_23_July"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 23 July</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_24"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 24</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_25"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 25</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_26"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 26</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 23 July</span></h2> <p>fine self mowing George raking</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 24</span></h2> <p>self mowing in the forenoon afternoon raking hay Wm helpd in the afternoon about 3 hours</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 25</span></h2> <p>Cloudy morning a wet day self fixing waggon rack (?) John Triffry came from D Carders afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 26</span></h2> <p>John cultivating potatoe in the morning helping in the hay self morning drew in 2 load of hay in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday July 27th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; John George drawing and raking hay Wm helpd in the forenoon, got 8 load of hay in G Goodwin called to request the portpowerment of the Agricultural Meeting</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 28th</span></h2> <p>very warm self &amp; children attended Sabbath School Children attended meeting in the afternoon Father here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 29th</span></h2> <p>fine &amp; cool self mowing John cultivating potatoes Turnips Wife &amp; children picking Black raspberries pickd 29 Quarts in our slashing North evening salf went down to the cheese factory</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday July 30th</span></h2> <p>fine day John fin&amp; George finished cultivating Turnips in the morning then went and drew in Wm hay evening attended cheese meeting at the Factory</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 31st</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; John Mowing in the forenoon afternnon self finished mowing in the new meadow Wm &amp; John drawing &amp; raking hay Mary cut her leg with the scythe</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday August 1st</span></h2> <p>cloudy self &amp; John drew in 2 load of hay in the forenoon came up a shower about noon self &amp; Wm attended the agricultural meeting to snake out prize list</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday August 2nd 1867</span></h2> <p>cloudy heavy fog in the morng self mowing John &amp; Georg hoeing Turnips until about 11 oclock when recommenced cutting Wheat south of the railroad Mary Anne Treffry came for her milk money paid her $17 nil cents less .30¢ discount</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 3rd</span></h2> <p>very hot self &amp; John cutting &amp; putting up the wheat finished about 2 oclock Mr Jonathan Titers &amp; Carrie Robertson here to dinner at Mothers to Tea Mrs Austin &amp; Peter Corn came to see Johny afternoon self preparing show Bike and took it to Otterville in the evening sent it to Norwich for printing by G. Goodrom</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_4th_August"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 4th August</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_5th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 5th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_6"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 6</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_7"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 7</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 4th August</span></h2> <p>very hot and dry self &amp; children &amp; Carrie Robertson attended Sabbath school Moses &amp; Melisier Corless here to dinner also Father and Carrie R afternoon all hands at Fathers to Tea</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 5th</span></h2> <p>self &amp; John cutting Barley</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 6</span></h2> <p>Threatening rain self &amp; John finished cutting what Barley was fit Wm help'd part of the afternoon drew in 3 load</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 7</span></h2> <p>very hot self went with H Southwrik down on the Cart New Road in the forenoon Johny poorly afternoon drew in the winter wheat</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#August_Thursday_8th_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">August Thursday 8th 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_9"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 9</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_10th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 10th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_11"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 11</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August Thursday 8th 1867</span></h2> <p>very hot showers passing around John pulling peas self cleaning out the well in the TUrnip field George &amp; Mary &amp; Mary Corless went to Moses Corless &amp; took 2 little pies with them for Moses</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 9</span></h2> <p>very hot John pull in peas self cleaning out water ditch</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 10th</span></h2> <p>very hot John went to H Loathac road Bu self fixing the well &amp; fence so the cattle could get to water wife made a cheese</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 11</span></h2> <p>hot &amp; dry self &amp; children at Sabbath school, afternoon self &amp; wife went to go Tuffords to take Father here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday August 12th 1867</span></h2> <p>continued dry weather self &amp; John cutting spring wheat John cut some Barly in the morning Wife made a cheese same as saturday with the milk from Wms and out cows water works out of the order at the factory</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 13</span></h2> <p>Tuesday</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 14th</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 16</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 17</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 18</span></h2> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#August_Monday_19th"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">August Monday 19th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_20th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 20th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_21"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 21</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_22"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 22</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August Monday 19th</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 20th</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 21</span></h2> <p>self &amp; John raked some hay U drew in 2 load in the forenoon afternoon self went to Otterville Courner meeting &amp; to Barkers Mile for guiet John Gibing Bessy Wardle &amp; E Meddeon (?)</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 22</span></h2> <p>self &amp; John Mowing in the forenoon afternoon John raking &amp; drew in a load in the evening with George half</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#August_Friday_23_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">August Friday 23 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_24"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 24</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_25"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 25</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_26"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 26</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August Friday 23 1867</span></h2> <p>very sultry heavy thunder showers went round North in the evening self &amp; John raked hay for 14 cocks remainder of day preparing for Pic Nic</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 24</span></h2> <p>fine day good breese from the North self &amp; Wife &amp; 4 oldest children attended S.S. Pic Nic in McCurdneys Woods</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 25</span></h2> <p>self &amp; children attended S School after school self &amp; Wife Maggie &amp; Emma dined and took Tea at D Randalls E Mott &amp; Wife &amp; Nellisen Corless there Father here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 26</span></h2> <p>sultry John Mowing part of the day too poorly to work all day sold 14 lambs to Drovers from Hamilton at $1-50 each Wm sold but the yarn from Tuffords</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_August_27"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday August 27</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_28"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 28</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_29"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 29</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_30"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 30</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday August 27</span></h2> <p>Hot &amp; sultry self laying out ditch on G Sommers line for John Winer to dig in the forenoon afternnon at the Smith shop to get Waggon tires set</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 28</span></h2> <p>Drover cause for the Lasnler shower in the moring self went to Otterville in the afternoon drew in 2 load of hay in the forenoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 29</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 30</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday August 31</span></h2> <p>cloudy self &amp; Mother left home for Foler &amp; Woodstock reached Foler about noon afternnon self &amp; P Los went into Woodstock rain all the afternnon could not do business being too late for the bank</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Sept 1st 1867</span></h2> <p>Cool &amp; Cloudy most of the days self &amp; Mother at P Foler Alice Trufford G Longstreet Marianna Losing Johny &amp; Granfather here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 2nd</span></h2> <p>Chilly self went into Woodowes with P Foler in the forenoon afternoon came home</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday Sept 3d 1867</span></h2> <p>fine morning rain towards evening Servase Goodwin came for me to go to Otterville to act as check clerk for J Noxon Candidate for the LLA of Ontario</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 4</span></h2> <p>fine day self as yesterday</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 5th</span></h2> <p>fine day very hot self cutting oats &amp; John took the team with a load of folk to pick blackberries wife &amp; Mary went both came home poorly</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_6th_Sept_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 6th Sept 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_7th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 7th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_8th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 8th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_9"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 9</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 6th Sept 1867</span></h2> <p>shower in the morning early John left for Root Mile in Windham paid him $1-00 after it dried self cutting oats Robt Treffy came from Iowa</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 7th</span></h2> <p>fine day self raking &amp; binding oats</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 8th</span></h2> <p>fine day very warm self &amp; Children went to S School John &amp; Father here to dinner Grandmother Sassing Wm &amp; Mother here to Tea</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 9</span></h2> <p>cloudy self cutting &amp; binding oats in the forenoon afternoon attended Agriculturel meeting at Otterville rain in the evening Paid J Kin $1 on load job</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_Sept_10th"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday Sept 10th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_11_My_Birthday_42"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 11 My Birthday 42</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_12"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 12</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_13"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 13</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday Sept 10th</span></h2> <p>self cutting oats R Treffry here to dinner George took him to Norwichville in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 11 My Birthday 42</span></h2> <p>fine day self working at the Oats George drawing manure Wife at Mrs <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Deldinnes visiting</span> Weather indicator indicate rain this morning</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 12</span></h2> <p>fine self at the Oats George drawing manure Wife at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Formans visiting</span></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 13</span></h2> <p>Cloudy self &amp; James Forman raking oats in the forenoon afternoon rain self jobing George drawing manure in the forenoon - his Birthday 12 yrs</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sept Saturday 14th 1867</span></h2> <p>Cool day Eclipes on the Moon last night self &amp; George Tufford examined the new road &amp; accepted the Job from H Southwick paid him 11 Dol. James Form &amp; Self finished cutting oats &amp; rake &amp; bound got our Flannel from Father Corless 25 1/2 yds Paid J F $1.50</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 15th</span></h2> <p>fine chilly in the evening self attended sabbath School afternoon self Wife &amp; Mrs. D. Randal &amp; Wife went to Mr Jacob Triffords</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sept 16th Monday 1867</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 17th</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 18</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday Sep 19th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self plowing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 20th 20</span></h2> <p>fine day self plowing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 21</span></h2> <p>self &amp; Wm at Otterville filing up the show pound sowd a little over 3 Bl of medaterain Wheat in the orchard</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 22 Sept 1867</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 23rd 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; George &amp; Bing drawing in Oats</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 26th</span></h2> <p>fine day finished drawing oats afternoon drawing wood Burngheu f</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sept 25th Wednesday</span></h2> <p>fine day strong West winds self plowing in the forenoon afternoon at Longstreets forking after Pettinges share of Grain</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 26</span></h2> <p>fine day self at Longstreets looking after Pettingers grain in the forenoon afternoon at D. Randalls theshing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 27th</span></h2> <p>fine day self went to Otterville fixing up show ground drawing saw dustter</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 28th Sept 1867</span></h2> <p>very fine day self Wife Mary George Maggie &amp; Emma attended the 2nd Annual Exhibition of Set B Agr Society show not as good on the whole as last years but was a good show</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 29th</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; children attended sabbath School</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 30th</span></h2> <p>fine day self sow'd some more wheat in the orchard George dragd it in</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday Oct 1st 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day C Baughslaugh's Threshing Machine came about 10 oclock in the forenoon commenced threshing after dinner Thos &amp; Miles Pennington &amp; Team here Robt Randall George Tufford &amp; Johnny 28 1/2 Bushel of Wheat 111 Bl of Oats 37 1/2 Barley poor crops wet spring &amp; very dry summer Threshers left for H Lossings in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 2</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George cleaning up the barn</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 3</span></h2> <p>fine day self went to see for Wm's ditch &amp; paid him in part $5 yet due him John R &amp; Marianna Harris here self wrote Mrs Wilkison's Will</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday Oct 4th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; Wife Johnny &amp; Robt Treffry attended the Derehaw &amp; Country Show</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 5th</span></h2> <p>rain in the past night self &amp; Wm attended Agricultural. Meeting at Otterville read the prize list &amp; paid Jurer</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 6th</span></h2> <p>fine day self unable to attend school having to attend Jurey mare who is taken ill this morning like the colic Martin Hulbert &amp; one Jackson from Tilsonburgh came to see but could not relieve her sent Johny to Norwichville for a vetinery could not get him George &amp; D Randale staid (?) in the evening self &amp; Wm staid up with the men nearly all night</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Oct 2 Monday 7th 1867</span></h2> <p>sent John again for the Fairier he arrived here about 11 oclock but could not do any good she died about 4 oclock we opened her &amp; found imflamation &amp; mortification had taken place could not get any passage through not even with proton oil in the evening exchanged horses with the fairier gave him old Jim 15 yr old Polly sucking colt and a note for $12 payable 1st of Jany for his mare 4 yr old John &amp; Team at Perringtons threshing from 4 oclock</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 8</span></h2> <p>John &amp; Team as yesterday untils noon self help'd Wm clean 13 Bags of Oats which I lent him weighing 26B16 lbs self &amp; children picking apples</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 9th</span></h2> <p>Cloudy moring self &amp; children picking apples in the forenoon afternoon rein self went to Randalls in the eveing John &amp; Wm attended North Norwich show R Treffry returned with them</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 10th</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; George brot the Cow from Randalls in the forenoon afternoon went again</p> <p>== Friday 11th ==Cloudy rain towards evening</p> <p>John took Robert to Norwichvilla Wife at fathers</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Oct Saturday 12th 1867</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George cleand up a grist 8 Bushel of wheat John returned about noon self took the grist to Barkers Mill in the afternoon Moses Corless &amp; Wife came in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 13th</span></h2> <p>fine day Father Moses &amp; Wife Mother &amp; Wm here to dinner self &amp; Wife went with them to Mothers to Tea</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 14</span></h2> <p>fine day George went to milr for the grist self at Carder Mill looking after the lumber cut from my logs</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday Oct 15th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self at Carders Mill as yesterday self &amp; Wife took Tea at Fathers same Smith &amp; Wife &amp; J Pollard also there Father signed and deliverd a deed to L Smith of his Lot in Norwichvilla</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 16</span></h2> <p>fine and very warm self at the Mile in the forenoon afternoon drew home 2 load of lumber evening self Wife and Wm at Litus &amp; self preparing ap of Milk deliverd at the factory</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 17th</span></h2> <p>self drew home 1 load of Lumber afternoon finished Mild ap e went to the factory mothr evening loaded 27 cheese and left for Woodstock about 10 oclock</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday Oct 18 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day reached Woodstock about daylight left Woodstock about 4 in the afternoon got home about 10 oclock 3 fellow attempted to get in to my waggon near Otterville Johny &amp; Children diging potatoes</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 19th</span></h2> <p>self at Otterville got a warrent to arrest the fellow that attempted to stop Moyers horses &amp; to get in my waggon caught one Frank Johnson the other two ran away</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 20</span></h2> <p>very warm self wife &amp; children execpt Maggie O Babe attended sunday school Father here to dinner T Pennington here in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday oct 21st 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self at Ottervile attending the examanitation of the 2 Prisioner B Wagner &amp; Frank Johnson they were fined $1 each and costs or to go to Jail for 10 days they prefered goiong to Jail</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 22</span></h2> <p>fine day digging potatoes</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 23</span></h2> <p>finished the potatoes a poor crop only about 35 bushel put them in the cellar</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_Oct_24th_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday Oct 24th 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_25th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 25th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_26th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 26th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_27"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 27</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday Oct 24th 1867</span></h2> <p>drawing home Lumber from Carden Mill</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 25th</span></h2> <p>draw pileing Lumber</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 26th</span></h2> <p>Went to Tituss Factory for the 8 pigs I took there on the 20th of June to fats on halves they are not more than half fat commenced to feed them corn</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 27</span></h2> <p>self and children attended sabbath school self &amp; Wife call'd to see Mrs Dildini &amp; Tuffor who are very ill Father here to dinner</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_28_Octer_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 28 Octer 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_29"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 29</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_30"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 30</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_31"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 31</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 28 Octer 1867</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 29</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 30</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 31</span></h2> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_Nov_1st_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Friday Nov 1st 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_2"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 2</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_3"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 3</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_4"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 4</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday Nov 1st 1867</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 2</span></h2> <p>fine day self plowing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 3</span></h2> <p>a wet day Father here to dinner D Randall &amp; Wife called in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 4</span></h2> <p>chily slef plowing &amp; Logging</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 5th Nov 67</span></h2> <p>very chilly John plowg in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville for a Bl of salt self went Jobing preparing to butching (?)</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 6</span></h2> <p>rather chilly self Wm Johny &amp; James Forman killed the 8 Pigs that was at the factory &amp; altered the old Boar &amp; 2 young ones</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 7</span></h2> <p>fine day self went to Pettnger farm to Measure the hay stock in the forenoon afternoon went to took in the Turnips only 30 Bushel Evening went to J Titus &amp; to A TItus</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday Novm 8th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; Jonathan Titus cut up the pork pack'd 2 Barrals &amp; salted the hams &amp; shoulders Wm Terhune here to see about taking the school lift after dinner. self &amp; Wife took 23lb of Butter to George Southwicks sold it for 15¢ lb (?) the first sold since sending the Milk to the Factory self stand at Tuffords all night</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 9th</span></h2> <p>fine day self &amp; George got a load of wood from the Woods and cleand up a load of Barley</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 10th Nov 1867</span></h2> <p>self &amp; Wife went to see Tuffords in the forenoon afternoon at Mothers Mr Cornell &amp; Wife &amp; Jenny there</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 11th</span></h2> <p>self went to Woodstock took 27 Bl 30 lb of Barley sold it for 65¢ pr Bl went to P FOxes in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 12</span></h2> <p>Chilly ground coverd with snow left P Foxes soon after breakfast returned by Woodstock bought a palour cookstove and exchanged it with Wm for his Box stove</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_Nov_13"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday Nov 13</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thurdsy_14"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Thurdsy 14</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_15th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 15th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_16th"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 16th</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday Nov 13</span></h2> <p>self plowing &amp; sent 8 sheep to T Penningtons Wm took two to J B Smith &amp; 3 to Penningtons</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thurdsy 14</span></h2> <p>self plowing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 15th</span></h2> <p>chilly self &amp; Wm attended LP Cornells sale returned by Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 16th</span></h2> <p>Chilly self &amp; wife went to Otterville in the afternoon Recd $150 from J Moud Schhol Mony $60 Sil &amp; 4/Cdrs &amp; 90 papers</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_Nov_17"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday Nov 17</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_18"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 18</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tuesday_19"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday 19</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_20"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 20</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Nov 17</span></h2> <p>self &amp; Wife drove over to Randalls &amp; tuffords to see the sick Wm went for Dr Carroll for Mrs. T U May R</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 18</span></h2> <p>Cold self drawing wood</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 19</span></h2> <p>Chilly self reparing shed &amp; stables</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 20</span></h2> <p>self &amp; yesterday in the forenoon afternoon plowing in the East field</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday Nov 21st</span></h2> <p>More Mild self plowing</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 22</span></h2> <p>self plowing fixing fences &amp; Wm took the horses in the afternoon to Otterville Mother went him as far as Randalls</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 23</span></h2> <p>very warm self plowing Jacob Floriten threshing peas 3/4 day self &amp; SWife at Randalls &amp; Tuffords in the eveing very dark &amp; a dense fog</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Nov 24th</span></h2> <p>foggy moring very warm &amp; dry for the time of year self went over to Tuffords in the evening Father here to dinner Mother &amp; Wm here in the afternoon rain in the evening slightly</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 25</span></h2> <p>showering self plowing in the forenoon afternoon took Wife over to Randalls &amp; Tuffords &amp; went to Otterville for the Doctor for Mrs. Tufford Jacob &amp; Garn Flouten threshing peas</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 26</span></h2> <p>Cloudy somewhat chilly self folowing Mr Pettinger came in the afternoon went with him to his farm &amp; S.F as yesterday</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 27th Nov 1867</span></h2> <p>Cloudy self plowing part of the day very lame with a Boil on my thigh Jacob &amp; Lam Flouten finished the peas paid them $3.45 Wife went over to see Mrs. Tufford came home made a chicken pie and sent to her</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 28</span></h2> <p>Cloudy self plowing in the forenoon obliged to quit on account of Boil on my thigh which is very large and painful</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 29th Nov 1867</span></h2> <p>Cold wet day snow &amp; rain mild self laid up unable to wear my pants Wm A McLine Teacher called in the evening paid him $20</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 30th</span></h2> <p>Cold winter day self laid up as yesterday George &amp; Mary put the Cows in the stables for the first for the season</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday December 1st 1867</span></h2> <p>cold Father here to dinner Wm took Marianna Losing to her Grandmother Lossings</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday Dec 2d 1867</span></h2> <p>Cold ground still coverd with snow self better walkd to G Southwick Store got a pair of Boots for Morton Paid G. L. $5.92 in full up to date afternoon went down again and bought an axe &amp; handle which I did not pay for $1.50 Wm went to Mill took 6 Bl of wheat for me and 10 Bl of Corn for himself</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 3rd</span></h2> <p>Wm went to Mill for the Grist Wife went with him as far as Randalls &amp; staid until he returned self not doing much H C Lossing called in the forenoon afternoon self went into the woods : cat a litter wood today</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_4th_Dec_1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 4th Dec 1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thursday_5th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday 5th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_6th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 6th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_7th"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 7th</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 4th Dec 1867</span></h2> <p>More Mild self chopping Wood in the woods George went to Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 5th</span></h2> <p>Mild self cutting wood &amp; helpd George load he drew 5 load</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 6th</span></h2> <p>High Winds with some rain &amp; sleet self helping Wm Kill his pigs in the forenoon afternoon cutting wood</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 7th</span></h2> <p>Cold ground coverd with snow wind blowing strong from the west self &amp; Geroge drawing manure for banking the Cellar in the forenoon afternoon attended Trustees meeting at the School House</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Dec 8th 1867</span></h2> <p>rather cold but fine Father here to dinner also Johny afternoon elf &amp; Maggie &amp; Emma went to Randalls &amp; Tuffords</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 9th</span></h2> <p>self took Nell to the shop &amp; got her shod afternoon Wm went to Otterville with the horses self drew a load of manure for banking the cellar and fixing stables</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 10</span></h2> <p>cold self fixing shed for calves &amp; sheep made a sheep rack (?)</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 11th Dec 67</span></h2> <p>Mild self helpd Wm get the wagon ready for loading sheep and went to the woods to see about cutting log roads Wm went to Foxes with 5 sheep in the afternoon self went to Randalls brothers the cow and went to see Warren Sherwood about drawing logs Mother here to dinner &amp; Lee Geoge (?) went home with her</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 12</span></h2> <p>very cold with a strong East Wind Therm at 9 Zero, self cutting wood and attending the Cattle too Cold to work George &amp; Maggie with Mother Wm returned in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 13th Dec</span></h2> <p>more Mild but still very cold self went to see Warren Sherwood about drawing logs - afternoon Warren Sherwood came up to see the logs he agreed to deliver them a Gradons Mill for 7/ or 8/1/2 cp M he is to have Mr Oxen he finds them hay and gives Wm one days drawing of logs when he is ready</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 14th</span></h2> <p>Cold self drawing wood for Wm &amp; for self Wm killd a sheep for me self went to Otterville in the eveing settled up with Mr AM Gim School Teacher</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Dec 15 1867</span></h2> <p>Mild Father &amp; Johny here to dinner Wife went to see Tuffords H C Lossing here in the afternoon evening self took tea with Wife at Tuffords &amp; went to Randalls for a short time</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 6th</span></h2> <p>Mild self cutting Wood George drawing 2 load in the forenoon John Wood Collector here to dinner &amp; settled with me School account afternoon self &amp; Wife went to Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday Dec 17 67</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George getting in Wood in the forenoon afternoon preparing for Butching evening went to the School House to let Wood contract the other Trustees did not attend did not let the contract</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 18</span></h2> <p>Mild self &amp; Ja Foreman killd 4 July Pigs which weighed 96 - 95 - 80 - 85 afternoon cut them up H Thursday calld in the evening to pay over the money for the Cheese</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December Thursday 19 1867</span></h2> <p>very cold self hung 8 hams 16 Shoulders in the smoke House &amp; went to Jonathans Titus in the forenoon afternoon went to Gradons Mill &amp; to Otterville got the harness repaired &amp; paid 62¢ for it to Warren Durker</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 20</span></h2> <p>mild Jonathan Titus here in the forenoon making up the milk &amp; cheese (?) afternoon self helping Warren Sherwood make sawlog road Jonathan Titus &amp; B Dell here about Milk after Lent J Titus $100</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#1867"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">1867</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_Decbr_21st"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday Decbr 21st</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_22"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday 22</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_23"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 23</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1867</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday Decbr 21st</span></h2> <p>very red in the east rain and snow in the evening self cutting &amp; drawing wood - Fish put a pump in the Barry and well</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 22</span></h2> <p>rain during the past night Father &amp; Johnny here to dinner self went to G Tuffords in the afternoon</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 23</span></h2> <p>fine but cold self at the factory Book in the forenoon afternoon went to Otterville attended the Nomation for Councillar</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 24th 1867</span></h2> <p>fine but Chilly self went to the store in the morning &amp; put the carpet down in the dining room sftarnoon went to the School paid the Teacher $10 and engaged him to teach six months a 22 dollars pr month Jonathen Titus and Lugs Nold here in the evening (?)</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 25</span></h2> <p>Xmas day Father Jane &amp; all their children here to dinner &amp; tea allso also Mother &amp; Wm had 2 roast Geese &amp; plum pudding very stormy evening rain and wind took 24 1/2 lb butter to E Southwick Wm Dildine burried</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 26 Dec</span></h2> <p>fine warm day like spring self attend factor Committee Meeting in the forenoon afternoon Patrons meeting Wife at Randall self &amp; Wm went to Otterville</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 27</span></h2> <p>soft &amp; showery Wife very poorly with a violent head ache self fixing the platform around the pump</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 28</span></h2> <p>self &amp; George went in to the woods gat a hough for the barnyard pump got the X cutsaw got a Barrel of salt from P Southwick</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 30th</span></h2> <p>self cutting firewood in the forenoon &amp; helpd Wm clean up 6 Bl of corn afternoon at Otterville making out Report for Annual Agricultural Meeting took 13 1/2 lb Butter to G Goodway 18¢ pr lb</p> <p> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 31st and last of 67</span></h2> <p>fine day self in this woods cutting wood Mother &amp; Wife at Pennington self went for them in the evening,</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Jany 1st 1868 Wedneday</span></h2> <p>A little snow fell during the past night self &amp; Wife left home on a visit to Moses Corless &amp; Alice dined at Moses and took Lea and staid the night with Elias &amp; Aline Mott</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 2d</span></h2> <p>Mild self wife Moses &amp; Wife went to James Martins to see Aunt Ginny dined there self returned home left Wife at Moses Corless</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 3rd</span></h2> <p>self writing school Notice went to PO in the afternoon O put up notices in the section rec'd a Letter from J Leys of Toronto</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 4th 1868</span></h2> <p>wet disagreeable day rain &amp; snow self cutting wood writing to Lays &amp; to the Editor of the Leader enclosed Bank of Upper Canada Bill of five dollar, for the Leader No of Bill 36126 JG Kingston date 1st Jan 1861</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 5th</span></h2> <p>very fine day self &amp; Wm went to Addison Mrs Addison buried in Norwichville Wife returned from Moses Corless with Moses Wife and E Motts &amp; Alice all hands dined at Father Corlesss &amp; took tea with us</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">MOnday Jany 6th 68</span></h2> <p>fine day but cold self out electioneering for D Randall as Deputy Rein Johnny drove the team Wife at D Randalls self took Tea at Drs Al Wilcox elected Dp'y Reeve by a majority of 6</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 7th</span></h2> <p>fine day self took a load of poles to Gradons Mile to put under the saw Logs Warren Sherwood &amp; Lam Innis commenced to draw logs Afternoon Self went to the school house &amp; to A Tituss to see about the school Report J E Terhenun here in the evening making Report</p> <div class="toc"> <div> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_8th_Jany_68"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 8th Jany 68</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thurdsy_9th"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Thurdsy 9th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Friday_10th"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Friday 10th</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday_11th"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday 11th</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 8th Jany 68</span></h2> <p>self attended School meeting Wife at Fathers also Morton &amp; Lirris Mrs Pettinger here to dinner</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thurdsy 9th</span></h2> <p>very cold self &amp; Wm attended Directors meeting and Members Annual Meeting of the Agricultral Meeting Society</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 10th</span></h2> <p>very cold self in the woods in the foremoon cutting poles &amp; butting saw Log afternoon culting wood (?)</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 11th</span></h2> <p>cold but morn mild then yesterday self cuttings drawing wood &amp; took poles to the saw mill here</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Jany 12th 1867</span></h2> <p>Cold self Wm &amp; George attended the funeral of Isreal Wood who was buried in Titus s burying ground Father &amp; Johny here to dinner self &amp; Wife at Mothers to Tea D Randall &amp; Wife here in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Monday 13th</span></h2> <p>cold self &amp; Wm cutting dry pine for firewood drew a load for him &amp; one for self in the evening went to the saw mill</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday 14</span></h2> <p>still continue cold self took a load of poles to the Mill in the forenoon afternoon sawing for Wm cut 5 logs George &amp; his Ma went to Otterville Maild the School Report to L Sup little snow in the evening</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Thursday 16th</span></h2> <p>cold self went to the Mill to see about placing the Logs James Forman butting Logs help'd Wm cut some Basswoods Logs self paid him 3/ for 1/2 days work afternoon sharpend the saw in the evening self &amp; Wife D Randall and Wife &amp; G Tufford &amp; Wife at Mothers &amp; Wm Oysters supper</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Friday 17th</span></h2> <p>more MIld self &amp; George Longstreet cutting saw Logs 6 cuts for self &amp; 3 for George L</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saturday 18th Jan 1867</span></h2> <p>cold slight showers of snow self went to J Read for ground argar to bore the well and took the Long sleigh to the smiths shop to be repair'd afternoon boreing in the barnyard well for water to ok 9 1/2 lb of Butter to G Southwick</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sunday 19</span></h2> <p>(there are math calculations)</p> <p>4) 63</p> <pre> 13 3 ___ 39 63 ___ 102 </pre> <p> </p> <p>125 102 ___ 13</p> <p>25 1/2 yds a 12 1/2 ¢ pr yd $3.16</p> <p>1 3/4 lb yarn a 63¢ pr lb 1-02</p> <pre> ________ $4-18 </pre> <p>D To Wool in all</p> <pre> $5-33 4-18 ______ $1-15 Due CJT from 26 @ March 9th 1868 </pre> <p>1. Measurement of</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Cut by Self</td> <td>GL.</td> <td>18</td> <td>18.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>436</td> <td>436</td> <td>315</td> </tr> <tr> <td>594</td> <td>633</td> <td>398</td> <td>609</td> </tr> <tr> <td>436</td> <td>644</td> <td>976</td> <td>304</td> </tr> <tr> <td>600</td> <td>736</td> <td>835</td> <td>288</td> </tr> <tr> <td>532</td> <td>344</td> <td>457</td> <td>493</td> </tr> <tr> <td>567</td> <td>582</td> <td>459</td> <td>436</td> </tr> <tr> <td>436</td> <td>500</td> <td>334</td> <td>596</td> </tr> <tr> <td>648</td> <td>377</td> <td>377</td> <td>524</td> </tr> <tr> <td>493</td> <td>200</td> <td>391</td> <td>657</td> </tr> <tr> <td>510</td> <td>457</td> <td>228</td> <td>562</td> </tr> <tr> <td>X609</td> <td>436</td> <td>588</td> <td>344</td> </tr> <tr> <td>784</td> <td>233</td> <td>330</td> <td>303</td> </tr> <tr> <td>552</td> <td>477</td> <td>500</td> <td>213</td> </tr> <tr> <td>739</td> <td>657</td> <td>600</td> <td>330</td> </tr> <tr> <td>657</td> <td>500</td> <td>500</td> <td>303</td> </tr> <tr> <td>404</td> <td>450</td> <td>548</td> <td>334</td> </tr> <tr> <td>840</td> <td>644</td> <td>411</td> <td>240</td> </tr> <tr> <td>770</td> <td>588</td> <td>404</td> <td>454</td> </tr> <tr> <td>876</td> <td>616</td> <td>334</td> <td>1068</td> </tr> <tr> <td>____________</td> <td>____________</td> <td>____________</td> <td>____________</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11047</td> <td>9320</td> <td>9304</td> <td>8373</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Law Logs 1868</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>657</td> </tr> <tr> <td>739</td> <td>588</td> <td>210</td> <td>644</td> </tr> <tr> <td>375</td> <td>680</td> <td>213</td> <td>411</td> </tr> <tr> <td>622</td> <td>500</td> <td>548</td> <td>334</td> </tr> <tr> <td>575</td> <td>375</td> <td>609</td> <td>377</td> </tr> <tr> <td>657</td> <td>280</td> <td>500</td> <td>459</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14 509</td> <td>x 459 x</td> <td>654</td> <td>532</td> </tr> <tr> <td>542</td> <td>784</td> <td>119</td> <td>500</td> </tr> <tr> <td>925</td> <td>954</td> <td>86</td> <td>739</td> </tr> <tr> <td>303</td> <td>439</td> <td>162</td> <td>459</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14 439</td> <td>344</td> <td>100</td> <td>588</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 710</td> <td>710</td> <td>548</td> <td>692</td> </tr> <tr> <td>588</td> <td>855</td> <td>222</td> <td>692</td> </tr> <tr> <td>838</td> <td>870</td> <td>576</td> <td>657</td> </tr> <tr> <td>801</td> <td>552</td> <td>185</td> <td>500</td> </tr> <tr> <td>675</td> <td>532</td> <td>304</td> <td>582</td> </tr> <tr> <td>548</td> <td>609</td> <td>x 784</td> <td>377</td> </tr> <tr> <td>710</td> <td>377</td> <td>650</td> <td>548</td> </tr> <tr> <td>800</td> <td>251</td> <td>377</td> <td>1046</td> </tr> <tr> <td>840</td> <td>436</td> <td>330</td> <td>1110</td> </tr> <tr> <td>____________</td> <td>____________</td> <td>____________</td> <td>____________</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12196</td> <td>10595</td> <td>7117</td> <td>11904</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>657</td> <td>548</td> <td>14915</td> </tr> <tr> <td>600</td> <td>509</td> <td>17700</td> </tr> <tr> <td>657</td> <td>600</td> <td>11904</td> </tr> <tr> <td>725</td> <td>657</td> <td>7117</td> </tr> <tr> <td>552</td> <td>871</td> <td>9595</td> </tr> <tr> <td>692</td> <td>975</td> <td>12196</td> </tr> <tr> <td>840</td> <td>1207</td> <td>8373</td> </tr> <tr> <td>657</td> <td>800</td> <td>9304</td> </tr> <tr> <td>710</td> <td>772</td> <td>9510</td> </tr> <tr> <td>600</td> <td>954</td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td>390</td> <td>840</td> <td>100614</td> </tr> <tr> <td>500</td> <td>903</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>509</td> <td>903</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>550</td> <td>925</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>240</td> <td>920</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>552</td> <td>954</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>436</td> <td>840</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>493</td> <td>1007</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>657</td> <td>_______</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>650</td> <td>14915</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>708</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>820</td> <td>Corrected</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>782</td> <td>Cut by GL</td> <td>101649</td> </tr> <tr> <td>850</td> <td>by self</td> <td>11047</td> </tr> <tr> <td>609</td> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td>622</td> <td> </td> <td>112696</td> </tr> <tr> <td>493</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>786</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>_______</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>17725</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 38.09&lt;/tr&gt; <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>$37.50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> </tr> <tr> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td>$37.72</td> </tr> <tr> <td>37 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>_______</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Thick</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Total of</td> <td>30146</td> </tr> <tr> <td>inch</td> <td>1211</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td>$20 /</td> <td>31357</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>250</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>40</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>85</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>375</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>686-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>210 84</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>$475 23</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Thick P</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1349</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inch Pick</td> <td>Thick P</td> <td>self</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M Pottz</td> <td>Thick Piece</td> <td>Pecies</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1613</td> <td>3993</td> <td>1204</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>in all</td> <td>36963</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Saw Logs 1868 Dr</span></h2> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jany 3</td> <td>Paid G. Longststreet for cutting</td> <td>$30.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>I"</td> <td>4.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feby 3</td> <td>D</td> <td>3.94</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan " 25</td> <td>By Warren Sherwood order</td> <td>11.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Saw Innis for drawing</td> <td>10.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 9th</td> <td>Warren Sherwood</td> <td>10.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18.</td> <td>Warren Sherwood</td> <td>20.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Paid W Sherwood</td> <td>13.79</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Sam Innis</td> <td>23.80</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr 7</td> <td>Bushel of Wheat</td> <td>1.50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Cash for Boy S Innis</td> <td>8.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Hay for Oten</td> <td>50</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>13663</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Paid Reably for Teaming</td> <td>110.84</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>S Longstreet Teaming</td> <td>12.69</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>D Randall Teaming</td> <td>2.30</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>F Graydon for saving ten</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Cr ft</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>By</td> <td>36,947</td> <td>sold to cook</td> <td>$686.07</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>2000</td> <td>Eighing</td> <td>12.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>2446</td> <td>E Mott at $6.30</td> <td>15.90</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>L Stenhoofa $6-0</td> <td>7"</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>1050</td> <td>S Wallace $6.50</td> <td>6"80</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>1000</td> <td>Showground $6</td> <td>6"00</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>1012</td> <td>J Martin $650</td> <td>6"60</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>333</td> <td>Tiple $6</td> <td>2"00</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>8214</td> <td>A Mirte</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>744</td> <td>J Williams $650 8 of 10</td> <td>5.35</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 13</td> <td>307</td> <td>Steinhoof &amp; Watt C.C.</td> <td>3.07</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec 29</td> <td>600</td> <td>Watts a 10 Dolf$4</td> <td>6-00</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>{Blank page}</p> <p>{Blank Page}</p> <p>{page used for mathematical calculations}</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 10th 1869</span></h2> <p>TT McCurdy Elias Bowman &amp; CJ Tuffry Jessie veivers met on the line between Summers &amp; Longer and traced a line shown by John &amp; George Summers which they said was the old line shown to their Father by John Tuffry many years ago as the proper line - after staking out the line they the fence veiwes divided the portion to be fenced &amp; apportioned 9 chains 41sh Sinks for Summers to build commencing at the front of the Posts running South to a stake planted at a distance of 9C41 1/2 L</p> <p>James Fonger is to build a fence from the stake planted as before described and runing south G C 41 1/2 Links</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>18-81</p> <pre> 4 </pre> <p>______ 72</p> <p>A/c of Lumber sold To A White 1869</p> <p>1543 self com 26 X625 Sam L ' ' 26 1996 Saw L ' ' 28 1939 Sam L ' ' 30 1020 D Randall Feb 2</p> <p> </p> <p>X 1091 Clear</p> <p> </p> <p>June 8th/69 Bal dirc from Wm White $46.24</p> <p>8 Longstreet delivered 5651 ft of Lumber to A White for one at $225 $2,25 pr M</p> Total Paid S Longstreet $21-93 3/4 Feb 9th 1869 Mem June 9th 1869 Paid W.H. T, in full for lumber $44-30 and recd from him $10 in Sil on W Pettinger ' a/c <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td>$12-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paid</td> <td>1-00</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Due</td> <td>11-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4098 for WHJ</td> <td>9-22</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>$20-91</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>say 90000 feet in Log will make 1/4 clear 4/ 90 22-2</p> cuting drawing &amp; sawing $4pr M (mathematical calculations) <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Clear</td> <td>22000</td> <td>90</td> </tr> <tr> <td>at</td> <td>$18</td> <td>22</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>176000</td> <td>68000</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>22000</td> <td>at $5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> <td>_______</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>$396,000</td> <td>340,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>340</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>$736</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>360</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>_______</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>376</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>First Pile 376 peices</p> <p>{,mathematical calculations with no references}</p> <p>X July 17 Pickd Beans first full scise</p> <p> </p> <p>(mathematical calculations)</p> <p>Seed sown in 1867</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>lb Gch</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr 25</td> <td>sowd Peas</td> <td>3 00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>X 27</td> <td>Planted Beans hasejam</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>29 &amp; 30</td> <td>Spring Wheat</td> <td>4 00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>sowd Early York Lettuce &amp; Califlower</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>planted onions</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 9</td> <td>Barley</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>"sowd carrots</td> <td>1 4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>" peas</td> <td>4 4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29 to 31</td> <td>planted corn &amp; Beans one &amp; 3/4 acres</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>planted Tomatoes</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 4</td> <td>sow'd some lettuce</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td>Sow'd Oats</td> <td>18,131</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>vetches 1 peck</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>peas</td> <td>Tr Bl</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>sowd 45lb Clover &amp; 33 Trimothy seed on 6 1/2 acres North of Orchard</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>sowd radishes / pulled first July 5th</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>8th</td> <td>planted Potatoes 13 Bl also squash cucumbers &amp; prp corn</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>July 5</td> <td>sowd 1/2 Bl Buckwheat</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>4 1/2 H Rape</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>1867</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Feby 15th</td> <td>Recd for drawing Staves cash</td> <td>$21.30</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Dr D</td> <td>60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 8th</td> <td>sold 11 &amp; 1/2 M Shingles</td> <td>25.87</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27th</td> <td>Sold G Southwick 56 &amp; 3/4 meat 8¢</td> <td>4.54</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>" H H Southwick shoulder</td> <td>2.83</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April 2nd</td> <td>G Southwick Ham</td> <td>2.15</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>3 ottveal</td> <td>1.50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr</td> <td>20 Bl of Barly to J Martin</td> <td>10.00</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>{this seems to be a second scanned copy of the previous page}</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1867</span></h2> <p>Sep Oct r 9 changed $10 Bill but W $200 Paid Horse Doctor $1.50 J H Treffry $2.00 Nov 30 lent WHT $2-- Decb 11 Lent W H T $10 Cornmercial &amp; 5 Dol Lit</p> <p>M Duhig</p> <p>{mathematical calculatons}</p> <p>{mathematical calculations}</p> <p>{mathematical calculations}</p> <p>{mathematical calculations}</p> <p>{Back cover of diary}</p> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed