1 10 1 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/04d52e41d717b3471650bb1cb2de173f.pdf 7127622b26c1134df3e60c35147e9e2b PDF Text Text �� Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Lenna A.M. Baker {Image of English Flag on the 3rd page} Diary Lenna Baker Jan 23rd, 1901 1901. Jan. 23rd: Queen Victoria died Jan 22nd, 6.55 in the morning. The Queen is dead. "Long live the king". F.S.d.L.B Jan. 24th. Report corroborated in all newspapers. M-B.H came. Jan 25th Stay at school for dinner. Mrs.Law was buried. Jan 26th Went down to Mr Hare's & to Jarvis in afternoon. Jan 27th. Went to Jarvis church, decorated with flags reversed, come home. Mar 4rd School as usual. Mar 5th Went to the reception. Got-home at 4.30. MAr 6th. Rather sleepy. Mar 8th stayed all night with Mamie. Mar. 9th Went over to the store at Renton. Invested in some hair pins. Went on to Mr. Nixon's for a little while, then home.{piece of bush at the end of page} Mar 11th. Stayed at home Mar 13th.The two Miss Shando & Willie in ire the evening. Awfully sleepy. Mar 15th. Mr. Nixon & Alfred Bauslaugh ire after school. We went down to Shands in Dover at night. Met Presby preacher & his wife. Wilie's birthday. Mar 16th Finished my violet centrepiece. Mar 17th St.Patrick's Day. Wore my sprig of green. Went to Dover Church in the morning. Over to J.Shaud's after dinner. {uncertain text} & Bruce Hair & Alfred Bauslaugh came over with us to tea. Mar 18th Mud & Clay, Clay & Mud. Danced the turkey dauce & bad {unfamiliar text} wrestle before we went to bed. Mar.19th Wallace came into school for a few minutes on way home from Selkirk & Cheapside. Mar 20th Rain, snow & mud. Mar 22th Went home. John Bock died. Only 50 first cousins left. Mar.23rd. Went to town about 8 o'clock. Heard from V. Lowry. Got a pair of rubber boots. Wrote to B. Reid & B. Austine. Mar.24th. Went to church Mrs. {uncertain text} came home wiht us. Father & Aunt Ann brought me down Sunday afternoon. Took us two hours. Mar. 28th Went up to Evan's at night. Mar.29th Read ' The Chautauqua Girls at home' & 'Judge Burnhaw's daughters'. Mar.30th. Nothing Mar 31st Went to woods with Flossie, {uncertain text} & Charlie. Found buds on hepatics and picked the first {uncertain text}. Over at J Shared's for tea. Mr & Mrs J. Hare there. Apr.1st April Fool's day. Wasn't fooled once. Finished "The Days of Bruce." Apr.2nd Flossie over with her grandmother to-night. Rennie unusually aggravating. Tired & sleepy. Apr.4th Last day of school. Apr.5th Went to church in morning. Apr.6th Went to town. Saw Aunt Mary. Got several new dresses. Got pictures taken. Apr.7th Went to church. Apr.9th Went to Maple Sugar Social at Grinder's. Awfully slow. Apr.10th Went to town. {uncertain text} {uncertain text} for tea. Apr.11th Al Bowlby's for tea Apr.12th Maggie Brown buried. Apr.13th Went to town Apr.14th Went to J. Shared's in afternoon Apr.15th School begins. Apr.16th Went for flowers found some hepaticas Apr.19th Walked par of the way home. Went to Bowlby's to church meeting at night. Snowing when we came home. Apr.20th Snow over a foot deep and still snowing. Apr.21st Raining. Snow all slush. Drive Kindergartners to church Down to J. Chand's in afternoon. Apr.22nd Reading the story of an African Farmer. Rather odd book. Apr.23rd Got a letter from Ida. Willie & {uncertain text} brought it out at night. Apr.25th Went to woods for flowers with Clare & Ella Brearley, Charlie & Lot Chaud, Found quite a few hepaticas some blood-root. Awfully tired at night. Apr.26th Census man came. Miss Thyne sang for us Didn't go home. Apr.27th Got a ride to {Uncertain text} Hollow with Chuad. Walked rest of way home. Planted a few flowers {Uncertain text} Apr.28th Lovely day. Went to church this morning. {Luit ?} & Wil came down with me & stayed for tea. We went to woods.{Uncertain text} nearly all gone. adder Tongue, Spring. Beauty and Hearts all out. Apr.29th Cut a wooden tooth last Friday searching how to read fortunes in a teacup. Apr.30th Mr. J. Shand very sick {Uncertain text} without may be dangerous slight touch of Typhoid also. Thunder shower, lightning very bright. {Uncertain text} {Uncertain text} over at Harvey Should S. Harvey Shaud here I'm sleeping in {Uncertain text} {Uncertain text}. Everything in a muddle. May-day in England to mothers Reading {Uncertain text}. May 1st May-day. Slick at H. Shaud. awful thunder. {Uncertain text} at night Eliyah {Uncertain text}'s {Uncertain text} himself. May 2nd thunder storm while at school. bolt awfully {Uncertain text} like a {Uncertain text}. Am at H. Shaud'n yet May 3rd Came down to uncle {Uncertain text} & Walked, aunt Liggie wet {Uncertain text} the track. Found some white violets. May 4th Alice S. came home from (Old her {Uncertain text}). Wore Aunt Liggie's mew print wrapper all day May 5th Went to church. {Uncertain text} in into {Uncertain text} 2te deep. Choir sung {Uncertain text} {Uncertain text} & going but Very pretty voice. {Uncertain text}. Beautiful to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath. John Rodgers {Uncertain text} afternoon. Went to Shaud's at night. May 6th Over at Harvey Shaud's till Thursday morning. May 7th Read "Wife in name only" & felt her face or {Uncertain text}" Went to woods for a few minutes after {Uncertain text} & got any amount of lilises & violets. May 8th Read "Puzzles" May 9th {Uncertain text} at John Shaud's again. Started a netted daily. Cut me more wooden Tooth, two others cutting. May 10th marie & {Uncertain text} his {Uncertain text} went home with me. May 11th Went to woods in the morning. Got some big violets and a few {Uncertain text}. Went to town in afternoon. May 12th Went to St. Johns in morning to hear the birds. {Uncertain text} from 14 {Uncertain text} Luke 7-24 verses. Went to H. {Uncertain text}'s woods in afternoon and to {Uncertain text} at night. Saw his {Uncertain text} on sheet. Made me feel blue for a little while. May 13th Started test examinations. May 16th Visitors at school. Alina Johnson & Sadie MacPherson & Lee Fick. May 17th Went home. Went to Choral Concert at night. May 18th Went to town. Saw Dr.Wadsworth. May 19th Rainy. Went to church. For {Uncertain text} in afternoon. Got 2 limes {Uncertain text}ful. Down to Shaud's after tea. May 20th Inspector at school. Not as awfully cross. May 22th Curious-day. Raining and only two at school. Stopped shortly after recess. May 23th Swinging in afternoon. Empire Day. Walked 4 miles of the walk home. {Illegible} Petit and I went for morrels after supper May 24th Went to town {Illegible} à la S. Baud May 25th Went to Waterford with Clara and father. Saw some fine houses May 26th Another rainy Sunday and cold, cold. Saw a {Illegible} at night down at Shaud's. May 27th Housecleaning and raining May 28th Same story continued May 29th Went over To H {T or cross} Shaud's at nights. {Illegible} Brearley there too. Went to bed about 12 o' clock May 30th Still cold and rainy but "Wait till the clouds roll by." June 7th Clara came down & stay over. I went home & went to town social at Comon Young's at night made <s>50</s> 20 clear. June 9th Sizzie J. & Walter {Illegible} auntie went home with them. Wallace g found a new road {Illegible} June 10th Went to {Illegible} monday night. June 11th Went home Tuesday night. June 12thth Went to Edna's wedding. {Illegible} Dressed at aunt Lois's and swelled out airy new white organdy. Bride looked sweet. With a veil and had Gladys Hewett as maid of honor & zelwa as bridesmaid. Almost forgot the groom and had to go back & salute him. Surprised him I gues. Went down to station 8 fired nice in all directions. Went to {Illegible} Gill's at night. Put slips In her stockings {Illegible} drew Stranger. Pearl drew Stevenson & I drew f H' Didn't I dream anything {Illegible} June 13th {Illegible} Gill drove me down early in the morning. Saw {Illegible} Dufton. June 15th Walked home at night. Awfully tired. June 17th Went to church & wore my white dress {illegible} church for too Sunday's June 18th Had a row with Guss as usual. All over it by night. Am wearing my sailor suit. apr 15th - 10 1.50 apr 22nd - 26th 1.50 apr 30th - may 3d 1.50 may 6th - may 10th 1.50 may 13th - may 18th 1.50 may 20th - may {illegible} 1.50 may 27th - may {illegibke} 1.50 June 2nd - June 7th 1.50 June 10th - June 14th 1.50 June 17th - {Line} aug 19th - aug 23red 1.50 aug 26th - aug 30th 1.50 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e97bc5a7fcdfc2285224b6220fe9a5c9.pdf 3c0f23631b74ee1e26f99db1c088a72b PDF Text Text Lenna Baker (1882-1953) 1901 Diary Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers Lenna A. M. Baker, {Blank page} {Blank page} {Sketch of the Union Jack flag in red and blue on a pole; pole is on right side of flag; flag is at the top of the pole} {The following inscription is done in red and blue lettering} Diary Lenna Baker, Jan. 23rd, 1901. 1901. Jan. 23rd: Queen Victoria died Jan. 22nd, 6.55 in the morning The Queen is dead. "Long live the king." F. S. & L. B. {the letters F and B are in blue pencil; S and L are in orange} Jan. 24th. Report corroborated in all newspapers. M & B.H came. Jan 25th. Stay at school for dinner. Mrs. Law was buried. Jan 26th Went down to Mr Hare’s & to Jarvis in afternoon. Jan 27th. Went to Jarvis church, decorated with flags reversed. Came home. Mar 4rd. School as usual. Mar 5th Went to the reception. Got home at 4.30. Mar 6th. Rather sleepy. Mar. 8th. Stayed all night with Marnie. Mar. 9th. Went over to the store at Renton. Invested in some hair pins. Went on to Mr. Nixon's for a little while, then home. �{A dried sprig of cedar is lying at the bottom of this page.} Mar 10th. Stayed at home Mar 13th. The two Miss Shands & Willie in in the evening. Awfully sleepy. Mar 15th. Mr. Nixon & Alfred Bauslaugh in after shcool. We went down to Shands in Dover at night. Met Presby - preacher & his wife. Willie's birthday. Mar 16th. Finished my violet centrepiece. Mar. 17th. St. Patrick's Day. Wore my sprig of green. Went to Dover Church in the morning. Over to J. Shand's after dinner. Minnie & Bruce Hair & Alfred Bauslaugh came over with us to tea. Mar. 18th Mud and clay, Clay & mud. Danced the turkey dance & had squaw wrestle before we went to bed. Mar. 19th. Wallace came into school for a few minutes on way home from Selkirk & Cheapside. Mar. 20th Rain, snow & mud. Mar 22nd. Went home. John Brock died. Only 50 first cousins left. Mar. 23rd. Went to town about 8 o'clock. Heard from V. Lowry. Got a pair of rubber boots. Wrote to B. Reid & B. Austin. Mar. 24th. Went to church Mrs. {Udell} came home with us. Father & Aunt Ann brought me down Sunday afternoon. Took us two hours. Mar. 25th Went up to Evans' at night. Mar. 29th Read ‘The Chautauqua Girls at home’ & ‘Judge Burnham's daughters.’ Mar 30th. Nothing Mar 31st Went to woods with Flossie, Marnie & Charlie. Found buds on hepatics and picked the first {bradle}. Over at J Shand's for tea. Mr & Mrs J. Hare there too. Apr. 1st. April Fool's day. Wasn't fooled once. Finished "The Days of Bruce." Apr. 2nd. Flossie over with her grandmother to-night. Rennie unusually aggravating. Tired & sleepy. �Apr. 4th. Last day of school. Apr 5th. Went to church in morning. Apr 6th Went to town. saw Aunt Mary. got several new dresses. got pictures taken Apr 7th Went to church. Apr 9th. Went to Maple Sugar Social at Trinder's. Awfully slow Apr 10th. Went to town. To Maskelyne's for tea. Apr 11th. At Bowlby's for tea Apr 12th. Maggie Brown buried. Apr 13th. Went to town Apr 14th. Went to J. Shand's in afternoon Apr 15th. School begins. Apr 16th. Went for flowers Found some hepaticas Apr 19th. Walked part of the way home. Went to Bowlby's to church meeting at night Snowing when we came home. Apr 20th Snow over a foot deep and still snowing. Apr. 21st. Raining. Snow all slush. Drive Kindergarteners to church Down to J. Shand's in afternoon. Apr 22nd. Reading ‘The story of an African Farm.’ Rather odd book. Apr. 23rd. Got a letter from Ida. Willie & Marnie brought it out at night. Apr 25th. Went to woods for flowers with Clare & Ella Brearley, Charlie & Lot Shand. Found quite a few hepaticas & some blood-root. Awfully tired at night. Apr 26th. Census man came. Miss Thyne sang for us Didn't go home. Apr 27th. Got a ride to {Ivan's} Hollow with Shand's. Walked rest of way home. Planted a few flower seeds �Apr 28th. Lovely day. Went to church this morning. Mil & Web came down with me & stayed for tea We went to woods. Hepaticas nearly all gone Adder-Tongue, Spring Beauty and Hearts all out. Apr 29th. Cut a wisdom tooth last Friday. Learning how to read fortunes in a tea-cup. Apr. 30th. Mr. J. Shand very sick, abscess in throat may be dangerous, slight touch of typhoid also. Thunder shower, lightning very bright. Mrs Nixons over at Harvey Shands. Harvey Shand here. I'm sleeping in spare room. Everything in a muddle. May-day in England to-morrow. Reading "Burns". May 1st. May-day. Sleep at H. Shand's. Awful thunder-storm at night. Elijah Decon's barn burnt. May 2nd. Thunder storm while at school. Got awfully nervous like a dunce. Am at H. Shand's yet. May 3rd. Came down to Uncle Sile's. Walked. Aunt Lizzie met me at the track. Found some white violets May 4th. Alice S. came home from Old Mr Synder's Wore Aunt Lizzie's new print wrapper all day May 5th. Went to church. Roads in ruts about 2ft. deep. Choir sing coming in & going out. Very pretty service. Text, 'Be swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath.' John Rodgers up in afternoon. Went to J. Shand's at night. May 6th. Over at Harvey Shand's till Thursday morning. May 7th Read "Wife in Name only" & Jet, her face or her fortune." Went to woods for a few minutes after supper & got any amount of lilies & violets. May 8th. Read "Puzzles". May 9th. Over at John Shand's again. Started a netted doily. Cut one more wisdom tooth, two others cutting. May 10th. Marnie & Mrs. Nixon went home with me. May 11th. Went to woods in morning. Got some big violets and a few morrels. Went to town in afternoon. May 12th Went to St. Johns in morning to hear the bishop. Text from 14 Chap. Luke 7-24 verses. Went to H. Trinder's woods in afternoon and to Trinity at night. Text 'Naaman and Elijah.’ Saw Mr Smith on street. Made me feel blue for a little while. �May 13th Started test examinations. May 16th Visitors at school Alma Johnson & Sadie MacPherson & Lee Fick. May 17th. Went home. Went to Choral Concert at night. May 18th Went to town. Saw Dr. Wadsworth. May 19th Rainy. Went to Church. For morrels in afternoon. Got 2 dinner pailsful. Down to Shand's after tea. May 20th. Inspector at school. Not so awfully cross. May 22nd. Circus-day. Raining and only two at school. Stopped shortly after recess. May 23rd. Singing in afternoon. Empire Day. Walked 4 miles of the way home. {illegible} Mil. Miss Pettit and I went for morrels after supper. May 24th Went to town to hear Phinney's {illegible} Band. May 25th Went to Waterford with Clara and father. Saw some fine houses May 26th. Another rainy Sunday and cold, cold. Saw A. Dunneth at night down at Shand's. May 27th Housecleaning & raining. May 28th Same story continued May 29th. Went over to H.T Shand's at nights. Evanses and Brearleys there too. Went to bed about 12 o'clock. May 30th. Still cold and rainy but "Wait till the clouds roll by." June 7th. Clara came down to stay over. I went home & went to lawn social at Canon Young's at night. Made $20 clear. June 9th Lizzie J. & Walter up. Auntie went home with them. Wallace & I found a new road down June 10th. Went to {illegible} Monday night. June 11th. Went home Tuesday night. �June 12th. Went to Edna's wedding. Mac's & all of us went down in a livery rig. Dressed at Aunt Lois's and swelled out in my new white organdy. Bride looked sweet. Wore a veil and had Gladys Hewitt as maid of honor & Zelma as bridesmaid. Almost forgot the groom & had to go back & salute him Surprised him I guess. Went down to station & fired rice in all directions Went to McGill's at night. Put slips in our stockings Mil drew Stranger, Pearl drew Stevenson & I drew F.H. Didn't dream anything sensible, though. June 13th Mr McGill drove me down early in the morning. Saw Jim Dufton. June 15th. Walked home at night. Awfully tired. June 17th. Went to church & wore my white dress no church for two Sundays now anyway. June 18th Had a row with Guss as usual. All over it by night Am wearing my sailorsuit. Apr 15th - 19nd $1.50 Apr 22nd - 26th $1.50 Apr 30th - May 3rd $1.50 May 6th - May 10th 1.50 May 13th - May 17th 1.50 May 20th - May 24th 1.50 May 27th - May 31st $1.50 June 3rd - June 7th $1.50 June 10th - June 14th $1.50 June 17th – _____________________ Aug 19th - Aug 23rd $1.50 Aug 26th - Aug 30th $1.50 For more information on Lenna Baker, check out the “Meet the diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Lenna Baker Diary & Transcription, 1901 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lenna Baker Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Norfolk County, Woodhouse Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1901 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Lenna Baker Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Private Donor Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <pre> Lenna A.M. Baker </pre> {Image of English Flag on the 3rd page} Diary Lenna Baker Jan 23rd, 1901 1901. Jan. 23rd: Queen Victoria died Jan 22nd, 6.55 in the morning. The Queen is dead. "Long live the king". F.S.d.L.B Jan. 24th. Report corroborated in all newspapers. M-B.H came. Jan 25th Stay at school for dinner. Mrs.Law was buried. Jan 26th Went down to Mr Hare's & to Jarvis in afternoon. Jan 27th. Went to Jarvis church, decorated with flags reversed, come home. Mar 4rd School as usual. Mar 5th Went to the reception. Got-home at 4.30. MAr 6th. Rather sleepy. Mar 8th stayed all night with Mamie. Mar. 9th Went over to the store at Renton. Invested in some hair pins. Went on to Mr. Nixon's for a little while, then home.{piece of bush at the end of page} Mar 11th. Stayed at home Mar 13th.The two Miss Shando & Willie in ire the evening. Awfully sleepy. Mar 15th. Mr. Nixon & Alfred Bauslaugh ire after school. We went down to Shands in Dover at night. Met Presby preacher & his wife. Wilie's birthday. Mar 16th Finished my violet centrepiece. Mar 17th St.Patrick's Day. Wore my sprig of green. Went to Dover Church in the morning. Over to J.Shaud's after dinner. {uncertain text} & Bruce Hair & Alfred Bauslaugh came over with us to tea. Mar 18th Mud & Clay, Clay & Mud. Danced the turkey dauce & bad {unfamiliar text} wrestle before we went to bed. Mar.19th Wallace came into school for a few minutes on way home from Selkirk & Cheapside. Mar 20th Rain, snow & mud. Mar 22th Went home. John Bock died. Only 50 first cousins left. Mar.23rd. Went to town about 8 o'clock. Heard from V. Lowry. Got a pair of rubber boots. Wrote to B. Reid & B. Austine. Mar.24th. Went to church Mrs. {uncertain text} came home wiht us. Father & Aunt Ann brought me down Sunday afternoon. Took us two hours. Mar. 28th Went up to Evan's at night. Mar.29th Read ' The Chautauqua Girls at home' & 'Judge Burnhaw's daughters'. Mar.30th. Nothing Mar 31st Went to woods with Flossie, {uncertain text} & Charlie. Found buds on hepatics and picked the first {uncertain text}. Over at J Shared's for tea. Mr & Mrs J. Hare there. Apr.1st April Fool's day. Wasn't fooled once. Finished "The Days of Bruce." Apr.2nd Flossie over with her grandmother to-night. Rennie unusually aggravating. Tired & sleepy. Apr.4th Last day of school. Apr.5th Went to church in morning. Apr.6th Went to town. Saw Aunt Mary. Got several new dresses. Got pictures taken. Apr.7th Went to church. Apr.9th Went to Maple Sugar Social at Grinder's. Awfully slow. Apr.10th Went to town. {uncertain text} {uncertain text} for tea. Apr.11th Al Bowlby's for tea Apr.12th Maggie Brown buried. Apr.13th Went to town Apr.14th Went to J. Shared's in afternoon Apr.15th School begins. Apr.16th Went for flowers found some hepaticas Apr.19th Walked par of the way home. Went to Bowlby's to church meeting at night. Snowing when we came home. Apr.20th Snow over a foot deep and still snowing. Apr.21st Raining. Snow all slush. Drive Kindergartners to church Down to J. Chand's in afternoon. Apr.22nd Reading the story of an African Farmer. Rather odd book. Apr.23rd Got a letter from Ida. Willie & {uncertain text} brought it out at night. Apr.25th Went to woods for flowers with Clare & Ella Brearley, Charlie & Lot Chaud, Found quite a few hepaticas some blood-root. Awfully tired at night. Apr.26th Census man came. Miss Thyne sang for us Didn't go home. Apr.27th Got a ride to {Uncertain text} Hollow with Chuad. Walked rest of way home. Planted a few flowers {Uncertain text} Apr.28th Lovely day. Went to church this morning. {Luit ?} & Wil came down with me & stayed for tea. We went to woods.{Uncertain text} nearly all gone. adder Tongue, Spring. Beauty and Hearts all out. Apr.29th Cut a wooden tooth last Friday searching how to read fortunes in a teacup. Apr.30th Mr. J. Shand very sick {Uncertain text} without may be dangerous slight touch of Typhoid also. Thunder shower, lightning very bright. {Uncertain text} {Uncertain text} over at Harvey Should S. Harvey Shaud here I'm sleeping in {Uncertain text} {Uncertain text}. Everything in a muddle. May-day in England to mothers Reading {Uncertain text}. May 1st May-day. Slick at H. Shaud. awful thunder. {Uncertain text} at night Eliyah {Uncertain text}'s {Uncertain text} himself. May 2nd thunder storm while at school. bolt awfully {Uncertain text} like a {Uncertain text}. Am at H. Shaud'n yet May 3rd Came down to uncle {Uncertain text} & Walked, aunt Liggie wet {Uncertain text} the track. Found some white violets. May 4th Alice S. came home from (Old her {Uncertain text}). Wore Aunt Liggie's mew print wrapper all day May 5th Went to church. {Uncertain text} in into {Uncertain text} 2te deep. Choir sung {Uncertain text} {Uncertain text} & going but Very pretty voice. {Uncertain text}. Beautiful to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath. John Rodgers {Uncertain text} afternoon. Went to Shaud's at night. May 6th Over at Harvey Shaud's till Thursday morning. May 7th Read "Wife in name only" & felt her face or {Uncertain text}" Went to woods for a few minutes after {Uncertain text} & got any amount of lilises & violets. May 8th Read "Puzzles" May 9th {Uncertain text} at John Shaud's again. Started a netted daily. Cut me more wooden Tooth, two others cutting. May 10th marie & {Uncertain text} his {Uncertain text} went home with me. May 11th Went to woods in the morning. Got some big violets and a few {Uncertain text}. Went to town in afternoon. May 12th Went to St. Johns in morning to hear the birds. {Uncertain text} from 14 {Uncertain text} Luke 7-24 verses. Went to H. {Uncertain text}'s woods in afternoon and to {Uncertain text} at night. Saw his {Uncertain text} on sheet. Made me feel blue for a little while. May 13th Started test examinations. May 16th Visitors at school. Alina Johnson & Sadie MacPherson & Lee Fick. May 17th Went home. Went to Choral Concert at night. May 18th Went to town. Saw Dr.Wadsworth. May 19th Rainy. Went to church. For {Uncertain text} in afternoon. Got 2 limes {Uncertain text}ful. Down to Shaud's after tea. May 20th Inspector at school. Not as awfully cross. May 22th Curious-day. Raining and only two at school. Stopped shortly after recess. May 23th Swinging in afternoon. Empire Day. Walked 4 miles of the walk home. {Illegible} Petit and I went for morrels after supper May 24th Went to town {Illegible} à la S. Baud May 25th Went to Waterford with Clara and father. Saw some fine houses May 26th Another rainy Sunday and cold, cold. Saw a {Illegible} at night down at Shaud's. May 27th Housecleaning and raining May 28th Same story continued May 29th Went over To H {T or cross} Shaud's at nights. {Illegible} Brearley there too. Went to bed about 12 o' clock May 30th Still cold and rainy but "Wait till the clouds roll by." June 7th Clara came down & stay over. I went home & went to town social at Comon Young's at night made 50 20 clear. June 9th Sizzie J. & Walter {Illegible} auntie went home with them. Wallace g found a new road {Illegible} June 10th Went to {Illegible} monday night. June 11th Went home Tuesday night. June 12thth Went to Edna's wedding. {Illegible} Dressed at aunt Lois's and swelled out airy new white organdy. Bride looked sweet. With a veil and had Gladys Hewett as maid of honor & zelwa as bridesmaid. Almost forgot the groom and had to go back & salute him. Surprised him I gues. Went down to station 8 fired nice in all directions. Went to {Illegible} Gill's at night. Put slips In her stockings {Illegible} drew Stranger. Pearl drew Stevenson & I drew f H' Didn't I dream anything {Illegible} June 13th {Illegible} Gill drove me down early in the morning. Saw {Illegible} Dufton. June 15th Walked home at night. Awfully tired. June 17th Went to church & wore my white dress {illegible} church for too Sunday's June 18th Had a row with Guss as usual. All over it by night. Am wearing my sailor suit. apr 15th - 10 1.50 apr 22nd - 26th 1.50 apr 30th - may 3d 1.50 may 6th - may 10th 1.50 may 13th - may 18th 1.50 may 20th - may {illegible} 1.50 may 27th - may {illegibke} 1.50 June 2nd - June 7th 1.50 June 10th - June 14th 1.50 June 17th - {Line} aug 19th - aug 23red 1.50 aug 26th - aug 30th 1.50 </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed